# 2023–24 SC Austria Lustenau season

The 2023–24 SC Austria Lustenau season is the club's 110th season in existence and its second consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, SC Austria Lustenau will participate in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### First-team squad

Updated 4 September 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 |
| 2 | DF | MTQ | Boris Moltenis |
| 3 | DF | TOG | Kennedy Boateng |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Tobias Berger |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Leo Mätzler |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Darijo Grujcic |
| 7 | DF | AUT | Fabian Gmeiner |
| 8 | MF | GER | Torben Rhein (on loan from Bayern Munich II) |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen (on loan from Vitesse) |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Lukas Fridrikas |
| 11 | DF | SEN | Baïla Diallo (on loan from Clermont) |
| 15 | FW | AUT | Namory Cisse |
| 18 | MF | AUT | Anthony Schmid |
| 19 | FW | GER | Ben Bobzien (on loan from Mainz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Schmid |
| 21 | GK | AUT | Ammar Helac |
| 22 | MF | GUI | Yadaly Diaby (on loan from Clermont) |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Pius Grabher |
| 27 | GK | AUT | Domenik Schierl |
| 28 | DF | BRA | Anderson |
| 29 | GK | AUT | Simon Nesler-Täubl |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Rafael Devisate |
| 31 | DF | AUT | Matthias Maak |
| 33 | MF | HUN | Daniel Tiefenbach |
| 41 | MF | AUT | Enes Koc |
| 70 | FW | AUT | Stefano Surdanovic |

### 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 | Raul Marte (at Dornbirn] until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Leo Mätzler | SKN St. Pölten | €40,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Namory Cisse | Fortuna Sittard U21 | Undisclosed | 20 July 2023 |
| DF | Boris Moltenis | Wisła Kraków | €25,000 | 16 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| DF | Hakim Guenouche | Austria Wien | Free | 1 July 2023 | |
| MF | Jean Hugonet | 1. FC Magdeburg | Free | 1 July 2023 | |

## 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 | August 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 40 | −32 | 000.00 |
| Austrian Cup | 22 July 2023 | 1 November 2023 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 46 | −27 | 010.00 |
Last updated: 9 December 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 |
| 11 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 49 | −36 | 10 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 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.