Wolfsberger AC

association football club in Austria

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.

Wolfsberger AC
Full nameWolfsberger Athletik Club
Founded1931
GroundLavanttal-Arena Wolfsberg
Capacity8,000
ChairmanDietmar Riegler
ManagerManfred Schmid
LeagueAustrian Football Bundesliga
2022/237th
Team of WAC/St.Andrä relegation match 2010

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).

Current squad change

As of 17 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   Germany Hendrik Bonmann
2 DF   Georgia Guram Giorbelidze
3 DF   Austria Jonathan Scherzer
4 DF   Austria David Gugganig
6 MF   Austria Nikolas Veratschnig
7 MF   Austria Konstantin Kerschbaumer
8 DF   Austria Simon Piesinger
9 FW   Croatia Dario Vizinger
10 MF   Austria Thierno Ballo
11 FW   Israel Tai Baribo
12 DF   Italy Matteo Anzolin
14 MF   Austria Pascal Müller
16 MF   Austria Mario Leitgeb
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   Austria Ervin Omić
18 FW   Austria Thorsten Röcher
20 FW   Ghana Augustine Boakye
21 GK   Austria David Skubl
22 DF   Austria Dominik Baumgartner
24 DF   Austria Raphael Schifferl
25 DF   Austria Fabian Tauchhammer
27 DF   Austria Michael Novak
29 FW   Greece Nikos Vergos
30 MF   Austria Matthäus Taferner
32 GK   Austria Lukas Gütlbauer
97 MF   Austria Adis Jasic

Coaching staff change

[1]

Coaching history (21st century) change

[2]

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   Manfred Schmid

International matches change

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 2Q   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 1–0 3–0
3Q   Borussia Dortmund 0–1 0–5 0–6
2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group J   Roma 1–1 2–2 4th out of 4
  Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 4–0
  İstanbul Başakşehir 0–3 0–1
2020–21 UEFA Europa League Group K   CSKA Moscow 1–1 1–0 2nd out of 4
  Dinamo Zagreb 0–3 0–1
  Feyenoord 1–0 4–1
R32   Tottenham Hotspur 1–4 0–4 1–8
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 3Q   Gżira United 0–0 4–0 4–0
PO   Molde 0–4 1–0 1–4

References change

  1. Wolfsberger AC official website
  2. [1] (in German) weltfussball.de. Retrieved 10 February 2022