# 2021–22 TSV Hartberg season

The 2021–22 season was the 76th season in the existence of TSV Hartberg and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, TSV Hartberg participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 30 January 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUT | René Swete |
| 4 | MF | AUT | Florian Weiler (on loan from Sturm Graz) |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Manfred Gollner |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Philipp Erhardt |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Michael John Lema |
| 8 | DF | AUT | Marcel Schantl |
| 9 | MF | TUR | Okan Aydın |
| 10 | MF | GER | Noel Niemann (on loan from Arminia Bielefeld) |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Matija Horvat |
| 12 | DF | AUT | Michael Steinwender |
| 14 | DF | AUT | Christian Klem |
| 16 | DF | AUT | Mario Sonnleitner |
| 18 | FW | AUT | Philipp Sturm |
| 20 | FW | AUT | Marc Andre Schmerböck |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | AUT | Florian Faist |
| 22 | MF | AUT | Mario Kröpfl |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Tobias Kainz |
| 24 | FW | AUT | Dario Tadić |
| 26 | FW | BEL | Gabriel Lemoine |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Thomas Kofler |
| 28 | MF | AUT | Jürgen Heil |
| 29 | DF | AUT | Patrick Farkas |
| 30 | MF | GHA | Seth Paintsil |
| 31 | DF | AUT | Thomas Rotter |
| 32 | MF | MLI | Youba Diarra (on loan from RB Salzburg) |
| 35 | GK | AUT | Raphael Sallinger |
| 44 | GK | AUT | Maximilian Pusswald |
| 77 | FW | KOS | Donis Avdijaj |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | AUT | Stefan Gölles (at SV Lafnitz until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AUT | Lukas Fadinger (at SV Lafnitz until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | AUT | Florian Weiler (on loan from Sturm Graz II) |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Philipp Erhardt (from Türkgücü München) |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Michael John Lema (from Sturm Graz, previously on loan) |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Belaković (from Spartaks Jūrmala) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Noel Niemann (on loan from Arminia Bielefeld, previously on loan at Türkgücü München) |
| 12 | DF | AUT | Michael Steinwender (from St. Pölten) |
| 16 | DF | AUT | Mario Sonnleitner (from Rapid Wien) |
| 19 | FW | AUT | Jürgen Lemmerer (from AKA Burgenland U18) |
| 22 | DF | AUT | David Stec (from Pogoń Szczecin) |
| 26 | FW | BEL | Gabriel Lemoine (from Bordeaux II, previously on loan at Lommel) |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Thomas Kofler (from Wacker Innsbruck) |
| 30 | MF | GHA | Seth Paintsil (from Ried) |
| 77 | FW | KOS | Donis Avdijaj (from AEL Limassol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Michael Huber (to GAK) |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Andreas Lienhart (retired) |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Julius Ertlthaler (free agent) |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Samson Tijani (loan return to Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 9 | MF | SVN | Rajko Rep (to Sepsi OSK) |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Stefan Rakowitz (free agent) |
| 22 | MF | AUT | Florian Flecker (to LASK) |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Lukas Ried (free agent) |
| 29 | MF | AUT | Sascha Horvath (to LASK) |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Felix Luckeneder (to LASK) |
| 39 | DF | AUT | Stefan Gölles (on loan to Lafnitz) |
| 42 | MF | MLI | Bakary Nimaga (to Zalaegerszegi) |
| 45 | FW | AUT | Seifedin Chabbi (to Ried) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 24 July 2021 | 20 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 021.88 |
| Austrian Cup | 16 July 2021 | 2 March 2022 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 029.73 |
Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Football Bundesliga
#### Regular stage

Austrian Bundesliga regular season table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | LASK | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Hartberg | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 22 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 38 | −28 | 13 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2021.

#### Relegation round

Austrian Bundesliga relegation round table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAT | LIN | ALT | RIE | HAR | ADM |
| 1 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | — | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| 2 | LASK | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 26 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 6–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 22 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 4 | Ried | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 22 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 |
| 6 | Admira Wacker Mödling (R) | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 21 | Relegation to Austrian Football Second League | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |