Wolfsberger AC Squad 2022-23, History, Table
Wolfsberger AC, commonly known as Wolfsberg or simply WAC, is an Austrian association football club from Wolfsberg, Carinthia, currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. Between the 2007-08 and 2011-12 seasons, Wolfsberger AC entered into a cooperation with SK St. Andrä, competing under the name WAC/St. Andrä during that period. The team is currently called RZ Pellets WAC for sponsorship reasons.
Wolfsberger AC full name is Riegler & Zechmeister Pellets Wolfsberger Athletik Club.
Wolfsberger FC Team History
Wolfsberger AC was founded by Adolf Ptazcowsky, Karl Weber, Hermann Maierhofer, Franz Hafner and Michael Schlacher in 1931. After spending the first thirty-seven years of its existence in the lower echelons of the Austrian league pyramid, the club finally achieved promotion to the Austrian league. Regional League, which was in the second tier of the pyramid at the time, in 1968. WAC remained at this tier, with one exception during the 1977–78 season, for the next seventeen years, establishing themselves as a mid-table side.
At the end of the 1984–85 season, Wolfsberger AC finally returned to the third tier. The club returned for two more second-tier appearances during the 1988–89 and 1990–91 seasons but was immediately relegated each time. In 1994, the club was a founding member of the Regional League reactivated as the third level of the pyramid. After being in the promotion race for the first few years in the new league, the club’s strength gradually waned, eventually leading to relegation at the end of the 2001–02 season.
The team became known as ‘RZ Pellets WAC’ beginning in the 2014-15 season, due to sponsorship.
Wolfsberger AC qualified for the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League group stage for the first time in their history, after finishing third in the 2018-19 Austrian Football Bundesliga
Wolfsberger FC Team Home Stadium
Lavanttal-Arena is an association football stadium in Wolfsberg, Carinthia, Austria, which is the home of Wolfsberger AC. The stadium has a capacity of 7,300 spectators and was built in 1984. Previously, the stadium was known as Sportsstadion Wolfsberg.
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FWolfsberger AC Current Squad 2022-23
| No | Position | Nation | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Defender | Austrian | David Gugganig |
| 6 | Midfielder | Austrian | Nikolas Veratschnig |
| 7 | Midfielder | Israel | Eliel Peretz |
| 8 | Forward | Senegalese | Cheikhou Dieng |
| 9 | Forward | Croatian | Dario Vizinger |
| 10 | Midfielder | Austrian | Michael Liendl |
| 11 | Forward | Israel | Tai Baribo |
| 16 | Midfielder | Austrian | Mario Leitgeb |
| 17 | Defender | Austrian | Jonathan Scherzer |
| 18 | Forward | Austrian | Thorsten Röcher |
| 19 | Midfielder | Austrian | Sven Sprangler |
| 20 | Midfielder | Ghana | Augustine Boakye |
| 21 | Goalkeeper | Austrian | David Skubl |
| 22 | Defender | Austrian | Dominik Baumgartner |
| 23 | Midfielder | Austrian | Lukas Schöfl |
| 24 | Midfielder | Austrian | Christopher Wernitznig |
| 27 | Defender | Austrian | Michael Novak |
| 29 | Goalkeeper | Austrian | Manuel Kuttin |
| 30 | Midfielder | Austrian | Matthäus Taferner |
| 31 | Goalkeeper | Austrian | Alexander Kofler |
| 33 | Midfielder | Austrian | Kai Stratznig |
| 34 | Forward | Austrian | Marcel Holzer |
| 44 | Defender | Georgian | Luka Lochoshvili |
| 77 | Defender | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Amar Dedić (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 97 | Midfielder | Austrian | Adis Jasic |
Wolfsberger AC team coach
Ferdinand Feldhofer (1 January 2020 – present)
Honours
League
Liga:
Winners (1) 2011–12
Wolfsberger AC Table
Wolfsberger AC is currently in third place in the tipp3-Bundesliga table. Last match played against Floridsdorfer AC, which ended with the result: Win Wolfsberger AC 4:2.
