2021–22 Wolfsberger AC season
# 2021–22 Wolfsberger AC season

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) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 048.65 |

Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Football Bundesliga

**Regular stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 | | |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2021.

**Championship round**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 to 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 to 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 to 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 to 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 | — |
