2024–25 Wolfsberger AC season

Wolfsberger AC
2024–25 season
ChairmanDietmar Riegler
ManagerDietmar Kühbauer
StadiumLavanttal-Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga4th
Austrian CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Thierno Ballo
Dejan Zukić
(10 each)
All:
Thierno Ballo
(13 goals)

The 2024–25 season was the 94th season in the history of Wolfsberger AC. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Austrian Cup.

On 1 May 2025, Wolfsberg defeated TSV Hartberg in the final of the Austrian Cup to secure a first ever major trophy for the club.[1]

Current squad

As of 6 February 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUT Lukas Gütlbauer
2 DF  SRB Boris Matić
3 DF  AUT Jonathan Scherzer
5 DF  CIV Cheick Mamadou Diabaté
7 MF  AUT Angelo Gattermayer
8 DF  AUT Simon Piesinger
9 FW  CIV Sankara Karamoko
10 FW  AUT Thomas Sabitzer
11 MF  AUT Thierno Ballo
12 GK  AUT Nikolas Polster
14 MF  AUT Pascal Müller
17 MF  GHA David Atanga
19 MF  GEO Sandro Altunashvili
20 MF  SRB Dejan Zukić
21 GK  AUT David Skubl
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  AUT Dominik Baumgartner
27 MF  NGA Chibuike Nwaiwu
30 MF  CIV Claude Kouakou
31 DF  AUT Maximilian Ullmann
32 FW  AUT Markus Pink
34 MF  GHA Emmanuel Agyemang
37 DF  AUT Nicolas Wimmer
44 MF  AUT Ervin Omić
47 FW  SVN Erik Kojzek
77 MF  AUT Maximilian Scharfetter
97 MF  BIH Adis Jašić
— MF  CIV Anderson Niangbo
— MF  AUT Alessandro Schöpf
— MF  CIV Abou Sylla

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  AUT Tobias Gruber (on loan to SKU Amstetten) until 30 June 2025

Friendlies

Competitions

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Main article: 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Austria Wien 22 14 4 4 36 19 +17 46 Qualification for the Championship round
3 Red Bull Salzburg 22 10 8 4 33 22 +11 38
4 Wolfsberg 22 11 3 8 44 30 +14 36
5 Rapid Wien 22 9 7 6 32 24 +8 34
6 Blau-Weiß Linz 22 10 3 9 30 29 +1 33
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STU RBS AWI WAC RWI BWL
2 Red Bull Salzburg 32 16 9 7 53 36 +17 38 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 1–2 — 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–1
3 Austria Wien 32 18 6 8 47 32 +15 37 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round 2–1 1–3 — 0–0 1–2 2–2
4 Wolfsberg 32 16 7 9 60 38 +22 37 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a] 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 5–1 2–0
5 Rapid Wien (O) 32 12 8 12 43 42 +1 27 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 — 0–0
6 Blau-Weiß Linz 32 11 5 16 37 45 −8 21 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 —
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[3]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2024–25 Austrian Cup winners (Wolfsberg) qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LSK HAR TIR GAK ALT AKL
1 LASK 32 16 6 10 51 36 +15 38 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs — 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 6–0
2 TSV Hartberg 32 11 11 10 40 40 0 31 0–1 — 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–3
3 WSG Tirol 32 7 9 16 35 50 −15 20 1–3 1–3 — 1–1 1–0 5–3
4 Grazer AK 32 5 13 14 34 54 −20 20 1–0 0–3 0–0 — 1–0 1–1
5 Rheindorf Altach 32 5 11 16 29 46 −17 18 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 — 0–0
6 Austria Klagenfurt (R) 32 6 9 17 33 70 −37 16 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–4 0–1 1–4 0–0 2–3 —
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[3]
(R) Relegated

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

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Austrian Cup
26 July 2024 First round ASV Draßburg 0–7 Wolfsberg Draßburg
19ː00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Etzelsdorfer 5' (o.g.)
Sabitzer 24'
Ballo 32'
Gattermayer 43'
Kojzek 69', 87'
Agyemang 85'		 Stadium: Sportplatz
Attendance: 510
Referee: Gabriel Gmeiner
28 August 2024 Second round SV Wallern 0–2 Wolfsberg Wallern
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportanlage Wallern
Attendance: 600
Referee: Patrick Koscielnicki
30 October 2024 Round of 16 Wolfsberg 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(9–8 p)		 SK Austria Klagenfurt Wolfsberg
20:30 CET Gütlbauer  14'
Baumgartner  14'
Agyemang  50'
Sabitzer  66' 70' (Agyemang)
Ballo 95' (Karamoko)
Omić  118'		 Report Toshevski 15' (pen)
Dehl  63'
Robatsch  90+1' 111' (Mahrer)		 Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 2,651
Referee: Safak Barmaksiz
Penalties
Jašić
Omić
Baumgartner
Altunashvili
Piesinger
Karamoko
Matić
Ballo
Ullmann
Wimmer 		Bobzien
Cvetko
Wernitznig
Binder
Jaritz
Szerencsi
Mahrer
Straudi
Dehl
Robatsch
31 January 2025 Quarter-final Wolfsberg 3–1 Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz Wolfsberg
20:30 CET Gattermayer 23'
Nwaiwu 29'
Zukić 50'		 Report Fetahu 37' Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
2 April 2025 Semi-final LASK 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Wolfsberg Linz
18:15 CET Entrup 5' (Flecker)  104'  105' Report Nwaiwu  5' 83' (Omić)
Jašić  43'
Zukić  43'
Baumgartner  73'
Ballo  113'		 Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 12,900
Referee: Markus Hameter
Penalties
Jovičić
Ziereis
Daněk
Adeniran 		Omić
Schöpf
Kojzek
Ballo
1 May 2025 Final Wolfsberg 1–0 TSV Hartberg Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
17:00 CET
Report Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Walter Altmann

References

  1. ^ "Final-Premiere für WAC und Hartberg im UNIQA ÖFB Cup". OFB.at. OFB. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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