Wolfsberger AC

Wolfsberger AC

Full name	Wolfsberger Athletik Club
Founded	1931
Ground	Lavanttal-Arena Wolfsberg
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Dietmar Riegler
Manager	Manfred Schmid
League	Austrian Football Bundesliga
2022/23	7th

Team of WAC/St.Andrä relegation match 2010

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).

Current squad

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

• Germany Robin Dutt Headcoach
• Austria Hannes Jochum Assistant coach
• Austria Matthias Urlesberger Assistant coach
• Austria 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		Manfred Schmid

International matches

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