2021–22 Wolfsberger AC season

Wolfsberger AC
2021–22 season
Chairman	Dietmar Riegler
Manager	Robin Dutt
Stadium	Lavanttal-Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga	3rd
Austrian Cup	Semi-finals
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 91st season in the existence of Wolfsberger AC and the club's tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Wolfsberger AC participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 January 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
4	DF	AUT	David Gugganig
6	MF	AUT	Nikolas Veratschnig
7	MF	ISR	Eliel Peretz
8	FW	SEN	Cheikhou Dieng
9	FW	CRO	Dario Vizinger
10	MF	AUT	Michael Liendl
11	FW	ISR	Tai Baribo
16	MF	AUT	Mario Leitgeb
17	DF	AUT	Jonathan Scherzer
18	FW	AUT	Thorsten Röcher
19	MF	AUT	Sven Sprangler
20	MF	GHA	Augustine Boakye
21	GK	AUT	David Skubl


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	AUT	Dominik Baumgartner
23	MF	AUT	Lukas Schöfl
24	MF	AUT	Christopher Wernitznig
27	DF	AUT	Michael Novak
29	GK	AUT	Manuel Kuttin
30	MF	AUT	Matthäus Taferner
31	GK	AUT	Alexander Kofler
33	MF	AUT	Kai Stratznig
34	FW	AUT	Marcel Holzer
44	DF	GEO	Luka Lochoshvili
77	DF	BIH	Amar Dedić (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
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
—	DF	GEO	Guram Giorbelidze (at Dynamo Dresden)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUT	Joshua Steiger (at SV Lafnitz)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

26 June 2021 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	1–0	Olympiacos	Wörgl, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportstadion Wörgl

29 June 2021 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	0–0	Ufa	St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz St. Ulrich

3 July 2021 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	1–3	Rijeka	Velden am Wörthersee, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Velden

9 July 2021 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	3–2	Sparta Prague	Wolfsberg, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

21 January 2022 Friendly	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–3	Wolfsberger AC	Belek, Turkey
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Titanic Sports Center

24 January 2022 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	Belek, Turkey
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Titanic Sports Center

27 January 2022 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	1–1	Bohemians 1905	Belek, Turkey
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Titanic Sports Center

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	25 July 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	3rd	32	14	5	13	48	53	−5	043.75
Austrian Cup	16 July 2021	16 March 2022	First round	Semi-finals	5	4	1	0	19	7	+12	080.00
Total					37	18	6	13	67	60	+7	048.65

Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Regular stage

Austrian Bundesliga regular season table
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	22	17	4	1	50	13	+37	55	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Sturm Graz	22	10	7	5	46	32	+14	37
3	Wolfsberger AC	22	11	4	7	34	32	+2	37
4	Austria Wien	22	8	9	5	31	23	+8	33
5	Rapid Wien	22	8	7	7	35	31	+4	31

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.^[1]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	10	4	6	33	31	+2	34	6	1	3	19	14	+5	4	3	3	14	17	−3

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L
Position	7	11	12	12	9	5	8	7	9	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2021.^[2]

25 July 2021 1	Austria Klagenfurt	1–1	Wolfsberger AC	Klagenfurt
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

1 August 2021 2	Wolfsberger AC	1–4	Sturm Graz	Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena

7 August 2021 3	Rapid Wien	3–0	Wolfsberger AC	Vienna
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Allianz Stadion

14 August 2021 4	Wolfsberger AC	2–2	WSG Tirol	Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena

21 August 2021 5	Wolfsberger AC	3–0	Admira Wacker Mödling	Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena

28 August 2021 6	Rheindorf Altach	1–2	Wolfsberger AC	Altach
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz

11 September 2021 7	Wolfsberger AC	1–3	Hartberg	Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena

18 September 2021 8	Ried	3–3	Wolfsberger AC	Ried im Innkreis
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wießmeier 62' 90+1' 90+4' Leo Mikić 70' Offenbacher 79'	Report	Peretz 19' 64' Röcher 25' Baribo 57' Kofler 69'	Stadium: Josko Arena Attendance: 4,030 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

25 September 2021 9	Wolfsberger AC	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gugganig 41' 44'	Report	Onguéné 15' Okafor 51' Bernardo 56' Camara 90'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 3,023 Referee: Josef Spurny

2 October 2021 10	Wolfsberger AC	1–0	Austria Wien	Wolfsberg
17:00 CET	Liendl 27' Baribo 43' Peretz 71' Taferner 90+3'	Report	Mühl 86' Can Keles 90+1'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Stefan Ebner

17 October 2021 11	LASK	0–1	Wolfsberger AC	Pasching
14:30 CET	Flecker 56'	Report	Leitgeb 51' Baribo 55' 73' Röcher 61'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

23 October 2021 12	Wolfsberger AC	2–1	Austria Klagenfurt	Wolfsberg
17:00 CET	Röcher 16' Peretz 30' Liendl 51' Lochoshvili 67'	Report	Timossi Andersson 46' 63' Paul 71'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Chiristian-Petru Ciochirca

31 October 2021 13	Sturm Graz	0–3	Wolfsberger AC	Graz
14:30 CET		Report	Lochoshvili 6' Liendl 16' Baumgartner 61' Dante 64' (o.g.) Jasic 78' Dieng 90+4'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 10,007 Referee: Markus Hameter

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBS	STU	AWI	WOL	RWI	KLA
2	Sturm Graz	32	16	8	8	62	46	+16	37	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	2–1	—	1–0	1–4	2–1	3–1
3	Austria Wien	32	11	13	8	44	39	+5	29	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	1–2	4–2	—	2–1	1–1	1–1
4	Wolfsberger AC	32	14	5	13	48	53	−5	28	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round	1–4	0–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–2
5	Rapid Wien (O)	32	10	11	11	48	45	+3	25	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	2–2
6	Austria Klagenfurt	32	8	12	12	43	57	−14	21		0–6	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	—

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.^[3]
(O) Play-off winners

Austrian Cup

16 July 2021 First round	Wiener Sport-Club	0–3	Wolfsberger AC	Vienna
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Buzuk 30' Josic 65'	Report	Dedić 18' Scherzer 32' Vizinger 60' Liendl 63'	Stadium: Sportklub Stadium Referee: Alan Kijas

21 September 2021 Second round	ASV Seigendorf	1–6	Wolfsberger AC	Siegendorf
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Secco 34'	Report	Baribo 7' Taferner 14', 18' Baumgartner 28' Boakye 47', 82' Dieng 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportplatz Siegendorf Attendance: 910 Referee: Harald Lechner

26 October 2021 Third round	SV Lafnitz	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Wolfsberger AC	Lafnitz
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wendler 23' Baumgartner 26' (o.g.) Siegl 54' Schriebl 68' Sittsam 103'	Report	Leitgeb 11' Taferner 19' Vizinger 38' Peretz 55' Wernitznig 78', 120+3' Baumgartner 112'	Stadium: Sportplatz Lafnitz Attendance: 840 Referee: Arnes Talic

4 February 2022 Quarter-finals	Wolfsberger AC	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Floridsdorfer AC	Wolfsberg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baribo 35' Vizinger 46' Dedić 111' Kuttin 112' Röcher 113', 117' Jasic 120'	Report	Oliveira 20', 117' Maier 64' Bubalović 77' 110' Krainz 90' Rechberger 90+6', 111' Flavio 111' Felber 116'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Alexander Harkam

16 March 2022 Semi-finals	Wolfsberger AC	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Taferner 3', 120' Peretz 63' Veratschnig 90+4'	Report	Šeško 77', 117' Kjærgaard 101'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 4,380 Referee: Markus Hameter
	Penalties
	Leitgeb Wernitznig Peretz Baumgartner Liendl		Kristensen Okafor Kjærgaard Aaronson Solet

References

^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "Bundesliga veröffentlicht Spielplan für die Saison 2021/22". Sky Sport Austria. 22 June 2021.
^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-1] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[2] "Bundesliga veröffentlicht Spielplan für die Saison 2021/22". Sky Sport Austria. 22 June 2021.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table2-3] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

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