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.

Wolfsberger AC
Full nameWolfsberger Athletik Club
Founded1931
GroundLavanttal-Arena Wolfsberg
Capacity8,000
ChairmanDietmar Riegler
ManagerRobin Dutt
LeagueAustrian Football Bundesliga
2020/215th
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
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

[1]

Coaching history (21st century)

[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 Robin Dutt

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

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wolfsberger AC.
  1. Wolfsberger AC official website
  2. (in German) weltfussball.de. Retrieved 10 February 2022
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.