2023–24 Grazer AK season

Grazer AK
2023–24 season
Manager	Gernot Messner
Stadium	Merkur-Arena
2. Liga	1st
Austrian Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Daniel Maderner (7); All: ; Daniel Maderner (8)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is Grazer AK's 122nd season in existence and fifth consecutive in the 2. Liga, the second division of Austrian football. They also compete in the Austrian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 July, 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	AUT	Jakob Meierhofer
5	DF	GER	Yannick Oberleitner
6	MF	AUT	Markus Rusek
7	MF	JPN	Atsushi Zaizen
9	FW	AUT	Daniel Maderner
10	MF	AUT	Christian Lichtenberger
11	MF	GEO	Levan Eloshvili
13	MF	AUT	Marco Perchtold (captain)
15	DF	AUT	Lukas Graf
16	MF	AUT	Thomas Mayer
17	MF	AUT	Thomas Schiestl
18	DF	AUT	Sebastian Jost
19	DF	AUT	Marco Gantschnig


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	AUT	Thorsten Schriebl
21	MF	AUT	Michael Lang
22	DF	AUT	Felix Holzhacker
23	MF	AUT	Paolo Jager
24	DF	AUT	Felix Köchl
26	GK	AUT	Christoph Nicht
27	DF	AUT	Benjamin Rosenberger
30	DF	AUT	Miloš Jovičić
31	GK	SWE	Haris Mujanic
32	MF	AUT	Martin Murg
33	GK	AUT	Maximilian Fahler
70	FW	AUT	Jan Stefanon
99	FW	CMR	Michael Cheukoua

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 Alterdinger (at Grödig)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CRO	Filip Smoljan (at SC Kalsdorf)
—	FW	AUT	Paul Kiedl (at SC Kalsdorf)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

24 June 2024 Friendly	SV Wildon	1–4	Grazer AK
18:30

30 June 2024 Roland Sulzbacher Tournament	Hartberg	0–0	Grazer AK
19:15
Note: 45-minutes match.

30 June 2024 Roland Sulzbacher Tournament	Grazer AK	1–0	FC Gleisdorf 09
20:00	Peham 8'
Note: 45-minutes match.

15 July 2023 Friendly	Grazer AK	1–4	Polissya Zhytomyr	Graz
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportzentrum Graz-Weinzödl

8 September 2023 Friendly	Austria Klagenfurt	4–2	Grazer AK	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Viktring

17 November 2023 Friendly

Weiz

1–5

Grazer AK

13 January 2024 Friendly	Fürstenfeld	0–6	Grazer AK
15:00			Milla 24', 26' Jastremski 46', 54', 74', 87'

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 %
2. Liga	28 July 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1		15	12	1	2	28	14	+14	080.00
Austrian Cup	22 July 2023	2 November 2023	First round	Third round	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	066.67
Total					18	14	1	3	36	20	+16	077.78

Last updated: December 2023
Source: Soccerway

2. Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grazer AK (C, P)	30	21	6	3	57	27	+30	69	Promotion to 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga
2	Guntamatic Ried	30	18	5	7	67	22	+45	59
3	First Vienna FC	30	15	6	9	52	39	+13	51
4	DSV Leoben^[a] (R)	30	15	6	9	47	31	+16	51	Relegation to 2024–25 Austrian Football Regionalliga
5	Floridsdorfer AC	30	13	10	7	45	33	+12	49

Source: 2.Liga Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Direct Duel; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored ; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored

(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ DSV Leoben was not granted admission to the 2nd division in the first and second instance. The club then appealed to the league's permanent neutral arbitration tribunal, where it also failed. As no other club from the Regionalliga West that had applied for a second division licence was granted, Amstetten remained in the league and the number of relegated teams was reduced to two. Dornbirn also failed to gain admission to the 2nd division and was relegated together with Leoben.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: August 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on August 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.^[1]

Austrian Cup

22 July 2023 First round	Bad Gleichenberg	2–4	Grazer AK	Bad Gleichenberg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gantschnig 2' (o.g.) Schleich 81'	Report	Rosenberger 11' Maderner 32' Lang 40' Lichtenberger 48'	Stadium: Bad Gleichenberg Arena Referee: Harald Lechner

References

^ "2Liga.at - Spielplan der ADMIRAL 2. Liga 2023/24". www.2liga.at.

External links

Official website

[table_note_LEO0.20396108748576-1] DSV Leoben was not granted admission to the 2nd division in the first and second instance. The club then appealed to the league's permanent neutral arbitration tribunal, where it also failed. As no other club from the Regionalliga West that had applied for a second division licence was granted, Amstetten remained in the league and the number of relegated teams was reduced to two. Dornbirn also failed to gain admission to the 2nd division and was relegated together with Leoben.

[2] "2Liga.at - Spielplan der ADMIRAL 2. Liga 2023/24". www.2liga.at.

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