# 2022–23 Wolfsberger AC season

The 2022–23 season is the 93rd in the history of Wolfsberger AC and their 11th consecutive season in the top flight. The club will participate in Austrian Football Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players

    As of 24 January 2023
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 | GER | Hendrik Bonmann |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Jonathan Scherzer |
| 4 | DF | AUT | David Gugganig |
| 5 | DF | GER | Tim Oermann (on loan from VfL Bochum) |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Nikolas Veratschnig |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Konstantin Kerschbaumer |
| 8 | DF | AUT | Simon Piesinger |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Tai Baribo |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Matteo Anzolin |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Pascal Müller |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Mario Leitgeb |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Ervin Omić |
| 18 | FW | AUT | Thorsten Röcher |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | ANG | Kevin Bukusu |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Augustine Boakye |
| 21 | GK | AUT | David Skubl |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Dominik Baumgartner |
| 24 | DF | AUT | Raphael Schifferl |
| 25 | DF | AUT | Fabian Tauchhammer |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Michael Novak |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Matthäus Taferner |
| 32 | GK | AUT | Lukas Gütlbauer |
| 70 | MF | AUT | Thierno Ballo |
| 77 | FW | GER | Maurice Malone (on loan from Augsburg) |
| 97 | MF | BIH | Adis Jašić |

### 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 |
| — | MF | AUT | Lukas Schöfl (at Floridsdorfer AC) |
| — | FW | GRE | Nikos Vergos (at Lamia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CRO | Dario Vizinger (at Jahn Regensburg) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 23 July 2022 | | Matchday 1 | | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 031.25 |
| Austrian Cup | 16 July 2022 | | First round | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 3 August 2022 | 25 August 2022 | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 043.48 |
Last updated: 13 November 2022 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBS | STU | LIN | RWI | AWI | KLA |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 67 | 22 | +45 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | LASK | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 25 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 24 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 23 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |
| 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 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 August 2022. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | L | |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.