# 2023–24 Wolfsberger AC season

The 2023–24 Wolfsberger AC season is the club's 93rd season in existence and its 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Wolfsberger AC will participate in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 7 July 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Hendrik Bonmann |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Jonathan Scherzer |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Scott Kennedy |
| 5 | DF | GER | Kevin Bukusu |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Samson Tijani (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Konstantin Kerschbaumer |
| 8 | DF | AUT | Simon Piesinger |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Bernhard Zimmermann (on loan from Rapid Wien) |
| 10 | FW | AUT | Thomas Sabitzer |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Thierno Ballo |
| 12 | FW | CIV | Mohammed Bamba |
| 13 | DF | AUT | Tobias Gruber |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Pascal Müller |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Mario Leitgeb |
| 17 | DF | AUT | Nikolas Veratschnig |
| 18 | FW | AUT | Thorsten Röcher |
| 19 | MF | GEO | Sandro Altunashvili |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Augustine Boakye |
| 21 | GK | AUT | David Skubl |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Dominik Baumgartner |
| 23 | FW | AUT | Florian Rieder |
| 26 | DF | AUT | Lukas Ibertsberger (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Michael Novak |
| 32 | GK | AUT | Lukas Gütlbauer |
| 44 | MF | AUT | Ervin Omić |
| 97 | MF | BIH | Adis Jašić |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | AUT | Raphael Schifferl (at Unterhaching) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Austrian Football Bundesliga | July 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 036.36 |
| Austrian Cup | 22 July 2023 | 31 October 2023 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 038.89 |
Last updated: 21 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Football Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | SCR Altach | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* 1 2 Head to head points: Rapid 4, Austria Wien 1.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STU | RBS | LIN | RWI | HAR | AKL |
| 1 | Sturm Graz (C) | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 7–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 |
| 3 | LASK | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 28 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 3–2 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 22 | | 0–4 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |
* ↑ Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
* ↑ The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WOL | AWI | BWL | ALT | WAT | LUS |
| 1 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 31 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 29 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 22 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| 4 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 21 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 5 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 19 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 6 | Austria Lustenau (R) | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 58 | −36 | 16 | Relegation to Austrian Football Second League | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 2023. Source:

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.

### Austrian Cup

The draw for the season's first round took place on 25 June.