Wolfsberger AC

**Wolfsberger AC** is a football club from the city of Wolfsberg, Carinthia, Austria. The club was founded in 1931. The colours are black and white.

The club competed in twenty seasons on the second level of the Austrian football leagues. Between the 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons, Wolfsberger AC united with SK St. Andrä to compete under the name **WAC/St. Andrä**. Both clubs stayed independent, but had a central administration and marketing. In 2010 they reached the Austrian football first league. In their first season they reached the 4th place. After 2011/12 season the club was promoted to Austrian Bundesliga  for the first time in their history.

Wolfsberg finished third in the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga. They were qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage. They finished in fourth place in Group J of the UEFA Europa League in the 2019–20 season.

The second squad of WAC is playing in the Regionalliga Mitte (3th division).

### Coaching staff

- Ismail Atalan Headcoach
- Hannes Jochum Assistant coach
- Mario Krassnitzer Goalkeeper coach

## Coaching history (21st century)

|Start|End|Coach|
| --- | --- | --- |
|7/1997|6/2001|Harald Holzer|
|7/2001|4/2003|Herbert Weissegger|
|4/2003|6/2003|Gerhard Lanz|
|7/2003|6/2004|Herbert Kunter|
|7/2004|12/2004|Herbert Weissegger|
|1/2005|6/2005|Max Raninger|
|7/2005|6/2007|Peter Kienleitner|
|7/2007|10/2008|Peter Hrstic|
|10/2008|9/2014|Darko Milanič|
|9/2014|5/2010|Hans-Peter Buchleitner|
|5/2010|6/2013|Nenad Bjelica|
|7/2013|9/2013|Slobodan Grubor|
|9/2013|11/2015|Dietmar Kühbauer|
|11/2015|3/2018|Heimo Pfeifenberger|
|3/2018|6/2018|Robert Ibertsberger|
|7/2018|6/2019|Christian Ilzer|
|7/2019|11/2019|Gerhard Struber|
|11/2019|12/2019|Mohamed Sahli|
|1/2020|3/2021|Ferdinand Feldhofer|
|3/2021|6/2021|Roman Stary|
|7/2021|3/2023|Robin Dutt|
|3/2023|6/24|Manfred Schmid|
|7/2024|10/2025|Dietmar Kühbauer|
|10/25|11/2025|Peter Pacult|
|11/2025||Ismail Atalan|

## International matches

|Season|Competition|Round|Opponent|Home|Away|Aggregate|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2015–16|rowspan="2"|UEFA Europa League|2Q|Shakhtyor Soligorsk|style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|2–0|style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|3–0||
|3Q|Borussia Dortmund|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–1|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–5|style="text-align:center"|0–6||||||
|rowspan="3"|2019–20|rowspan="3"|UEFA Europa League|rowspan="3"|Group J|Roma|style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|1–1|style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|2–2|style="text-align:center" rowspan="3"|4th out of 4|
|Borussia Mönchengladbach|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–1|style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|4–0|||||||||
|İstanbul Başakşehir|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–3|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–1|||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2020–21|rowspan="4"|UEFA Europa League|rowspan="3"|Group K|CSKA Moscow|style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|1–1|style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|1–0|style="text-align:center" rowspan="3"|2nd out of 4|
|Dinamo Zagreb|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–3|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–1|||||||||
|Feyenoord|style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|1–0|style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|4–1|||||||||
|R32|Tottenham Hotspur|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|1–4|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–4|style="text-align:center"|1–8||||||
|rowspan="2"|2022–23|rowspan="2"|UEFA Europa Conference League|3Q|Gżira United|style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|0–0|style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|4–0|style="text-align:center"|4–0||
|PO|Molde|style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|0–4|style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|1–4||||||

## Infobox (football club)

- **clubname**: Wolfsberger AC
- **fullname**: Wolfsberger Athletik Club
- **founded**: 1931
- **ground**: Lavanttal-Arena Wolfsberg
- **capacity**: 8,000
- **chairman**: Dietmar Riegler
- **manager**: Manfred Schmid
- **league**: Austrian Football Bundesliga
- **season**: 2024/25
- **position**: 4th