# 2022–23 TSV Hartberg season

The 2022–23 season was the 77th in the history of TSV Hartberg and their fifth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Austrian Football Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup.
Manager Klaus Schmidt was dismissed on 14 November 2022, Markus Schopp was appointed as Schmidt's replacement on 2 December 2022.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 29 August 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 | Maximilian Sellinger |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Manfred Gollner |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Philipp Erhardt |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Fabian Wilfinger |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Lukas Fadinger |
| 9 | MF | TUR | Okan Aydın |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Eylon Almog (on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Matija Horvat |
| 12 | DF | AUT | Michael Steinwender |
| 14 | DF | AUT | Christian Klem |
| 16 | DF | AUT | Mario Sonnleitner |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Mario Kröpfl |
| 18 | FW | AUT | Philipp Sturm |
| 21 | GK | AUT | Florian Faist |
| 22 | MF | CRO | Marin Karamarko |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Tobias Kainz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | AUT | Dario Tadić |
| 26 | FW | AUT | Jakob Kolb |
| 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 | SWE | Albert Ejupi |
| 33 | FW | AUT | Dominik Frieser |
| 35 | GK | AUT | Raphael Sallinger |
| 39 | FW | AUT | René Kriwak (on loan from Rapid Wien) |
| 44 | GK | AUT | Maximilian Pußwald |
| 70 | FW | FRA | Ruben Providence (on loan from Roma) |
| 77 | DF | AUT | Marcel Schantl |
| 90 | FW | ROU | Patrick Gânțe |
| 92 | FW | AUT | Jakob Knollmüller |

### 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 |
| — | GK | AUT | Elias Scherf (at SKU Amstetten until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | AUT | Jürgen Lemmerer (at SV Lafnitz until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Austrian Football Bundesliga
#### Regular stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Hartberg | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | SV Ried | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 17 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

##### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.
| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 24 July 2022 | 17:00 | Rheindorf Altach | H | 2–1 | Avdijaj 45+1', 77' | 1,943 |
| 31 July 2022 | 17:00 | WSG Tirol | A | 1–2 | Aydın 37' | 1,926 |
| 6 August 2022 | 19:30 | RB Salzburg | H | 0–2 | | 2,659 |
| 14 August 2022 | 17:00 | Austria Lustenau | A | 1–4 | Tadić 8' pen. | 3,531 |
| 27 August 2022 | 17:00 | SV Ried | H | 2–0 | Almog 62', Tadić 90+1' | 1,619 |
| 3 September 2022 | 17:00 | Sturm Graz | A | 0–0 | | 11,427 |
| 11 September 2022 | 14:30 | Austria Wien | H | 0–3 | | 2,905 |
| 17 September 2022 | 17:00 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 1–3 | Tadić 25' pen. | 2,409 |
| 2 October 2022 | 14:30 | Austria Klagenfurt | H | 2–3 | Tadić 16' pen., Kriwak 56' | 1,721 |
| 8 October 2022 | 17:00 | LASK | A | 3–0 | Kriwak 55', Tadić 62', Horvat 78' | 4,499 |
| 16 October 2022 | 14:30 | Rheindorf Altach | A | 0–1 | | 4,677 |
| 22 October 2022 | 17:00 | WSG Tirol | H | 1–5 | Fadinger 8' | 1,673 |
| 26 October 2022 | 16:00 | Rapid Wien | A | 1–5 | Aydın 44' | 15,837 |
| 29 October 2022 | 17:00 | RB Salzburg | A | 0–1 | | 10,345 |
| 5 November 2022 | 17:00 | Austria Lustenau | H | 1–1 | Providence 58' | 1,966 |
| 12 November 2022 | 17:00 | Rapid Wien | H | 1–2 | Aydın 44' | 4,607 |
| 12 February 2023 | 14:30 | SV Ried | A | 1–0 | Frieser 78' | 3,284 |
| 18 February 2023 | 17:00 | Sturm Graz | H | 1–2 | Tadić 75' | 4,624 |
| 25 February 2023 | 17:00 | Austria Wien | A | 0–3 | | 10,263 |
| 4 March 2023 | 17:00 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 2–1 | Prokop 16', Providence 90' | 2,498 |
| 12 March 2023 | 17:00 | Austria Klagenfurt | A | 0–1 | | 3,646 |
| 19 March 2023 | 17:00 | LASK | H | 2–2 | Fadinger 29', Providence 75' | 2,375 |

#### Relegation round
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WOL | LUS | WAT | HAR | ALT | RIE |
| 1 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 31 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Austria Lustenau | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 1–3 | — | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 24 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 24 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 19 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 6 | Ried (R) | 32 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 14 | Relegation to Austrian Football Second League | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |

##### Matches

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 31 March 2023 | 19:30 | Austria Lustenau | H | 0–1 | | 1,827 |
| 8 April 2023 | 17:00 | SV Ried | A | 3–1 | Avdijaj 19', Heil 63', Prokop 83' | 3,038 |
| 15 April 2023 | 17:00 | Rheindorf Altach | H | 2–2 | Heil 58', Prokop 60' | 2,607 |
| 21 April 2023 | 19:30 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 2–2 | Sangare 5', Tadić 53' | 2,390 |
| 29 April 2023 | 17:00 | WSG Tirol | A | 1–1 | Avdijaj 90+5' | 1,629 |
| 6 May 2023 | 17:00 | WSG Tirol | H | 5–0 | Providence 6', 34', Bacher 9' o.g., Avdijaj 39' pen., Prokop 65' | 2,049 |
| 13 May 2023 | 17:00 | Rheindorf Altach | A | 1–0 | Sangare 13' | 4,134 |
| 20 May 2023 | 17:00 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 0–2 | | 3,456 |
| 27 May 2023 | 17:00 | SV Ried | H | 2–0 | Providence 65', Avdijaj 76' | 2,390 |
| 2 June 2023 | 19:30 | Austria Lustenau | A | 1–5 | Avdijaj 79' | 4,296 |

### Austrian Cup

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 15 July 2022 | 19:00 | DSV Leoben | A | 2–1 | Aydın 32', Heil 34' | 2,400 | |
| Second round | 31 August 2022 | 19:00 | FC Dornbirn 1913 | A | 2–3 | Almog 45+2', Steinwender 90+3' | 850 | |