SK Sturm Graz

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Sturm Graz
Full nameSportklub Sturm Graz
Nickname(s)Blackies
Founded1909
GroundMerkur-Arena
Capacity15,400
ChairmanChristian Jauk
ManagerChristian Ilzer
LeagueAustrian Bundesliga
2022-23Austrian Bundesliga, 2nd
Merkur Arena-homeground of SK Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz, -Cupfinal 2018
Christian Ilzer coach of SK Sturm Graz

S.K. Sturm Graz is a football club which plays in Austria. It was founded in 1909 and the colors are black and white. Therefore they are nicknamed the "Blackies".

History[change | change source]

The club was founded on 1 May 1909. It was founded by teenagers between 16 and 18. The official foundation of the club was in 1912. From 1921 to 1949 Sturm won the styrian championship 11 times. During German occupation the club played his first season in the highest division, the Gauliga Ostmark, but was relegated the same year. 1949 Sturm entered the national league as first team which came not from Vienna. In 1981 the team had the first success, it finished second in the league and reached the quarterfinals of tne UEFA Cup.

With the new president Hannes Kartnig a new successful era started. In 1994 Ivica Osim became coach of the team. 1995 they finished second in the league and 1996 they reached their first title, the Austrian Cup beating Admira Wacker. In 1998 they reached the first title. In 1999 they also won the league.

The first time they played for the Champions League, they only got one point against Spartak Moscow of Russia. The second time they played there they reached the 3rd place in the group. In the 1999/2000 season of the Champions League they won the Group D versus Galatasaray Glasgow Rangers and AS Monaco.

After this success some key players left the club and also coach Ivica Osim. Since 2005 Sturm has had financial problems. Therefore Sturm was forced to play with young players. Under Franco Foda this way was successful, and now Sturm is one of the top four teams in the league. In 2010 they reached the third title and played in the qualification for the Champions League but lost in the play off round against BATE Borisov.

In the 2010-11 season Sturm Graz reached their third championship. And 2017 and 2023mthey won the Cup.[1]

Current squad[change | change source]

As of 8 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
4 DF Slovenia Slovenia Jon Gorenc Stanković
5 DF Switzerland  Switzerland Gregory Wüthrich
6 DF Austria Austria Aleksandar Borković (on loan from Hoffenheim)
8 MF Austria Austria Alexander Prass
9 FW Denmark Denmark Rasmus Højlund
10 MF Georgia (country) Georgia Otar Kiteishvili
11 MF Austria Austria Manprit Sarkaria
13 FW Austria Austria Jakob Jantscher
14 DF Austria Austria Paul Komposch
16 MF Austria Austria Sandro Schendl
17 MF Austria Austria Vesel Demaku
18 DF Austria Austria Alois Oroz
19 MF Slovenia Slovenia Tomi Horvat
21 MF Austria Austria Samuel Stückler
22 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Jusuf Gazibegović
23 FW Austria Austria Luca Kronberger
24 DF Austria Austria Sandro Ingolitsch
25 MF Austria Austria Stefan Hierländer
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Austria Austria Christoph Lang
27 GK Austria Austria Jörg Siebenhandl
28 DF Austria Austria David Schnegg
29 DF Ghana Ghana Mohammed Fuseini
30 MF Austria Austria Ivan Ljubić
31 GK Austria Austria Luka Marić
32 GK Austria Austria Tobias Schützenauer
34 DF Austria Austria Simon Nelson
35 DF Austria Austria Niklas Geyrhofer
36 DF Austria Austria Vincent Trummer
37 DF Austria Austria Moritz Wels
41 GK Austria Austria Christopher Giuliani
42 DF Austria Austria David Affengruber
44 DF Mali Mali Amadou Dante
FW Netherlands Netherlands Emanuel Emegha

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Coaching staff[change | change source]

Honors[change | change source]

  • Champions (3): 1998,1999, 2011
  • Winners (6): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2010, 2018, 2023
  • Austrian Supercup
  • Winners (3): 1996, 1998, 1999
  • Austrian Amateur Champions (1): 1934
  • Styrian Regional Champions (11)
  • Styrian Cup Winners (9)
  • UEFA Champions League (3)

SK Sturm international matches[change | change source]

  • Q= Qualifying
  • P= Preliminary
  • PO = Play-off
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away
1970–71 UEFA Cup 1 Finland Ilves 3–0 2–4
2 England Arsenal 1–0 0–2
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1 Belgium Royal Antwerp 2–1 0–1
1975–76 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 3–1 0–1
2 Hungary Szombathelyi Haladás 2–0 1–1
QF West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 0–1
1978–79 UEFA Cup 1R West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 1–5
1981–82 UEFA Cup 1 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 1–0 1–2
2 Sweden IFK Göteborg 2–2 2–3
1983–84 UEFA Cup 1 Romania Sportul Studențesc 0–0 2–1
2 Italy Hellas Verona 0–0 2–2
3 East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig 2–0 0–1
QF England Nottingham Forest 1–1 (AET) 0–1
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1 Switzerland Servette 0–0 0–1
1991–92 UEFA Cup 1 Netherlands Utrecht 0–1 1–3
1995–96 UEFA Cup Q Czech Republic Slavia Prague 0–1 1–1
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–2 1–1
1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 Cyprus APOEL 3–0 1–0
2 Greece AEK Athens 1–0 0–2
1998–99 UEFA Champions League Q2 Hungary Újpest 4–0 3–2
Group C – 4th Russia Spartak Moscow 0–2 0–0
Italy Internazionale 0–2 0–1
Spain Real Madrid 1–5 1–6
1999–00 UEFA Champions League Q3 Switzerland Servette 2–1 2–2
Group D – 3rd, P France Marseille 3–2 0–2
England Manchester United 0–3 1–2
Croatia Croatia Zagreb 1–0 0–3
1999–00 UEFA Cup 3 Italy Parma 3–3 (AET) 1–2
2000–01 UEFA Champions League Q2 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 2–1
Q3 Netherlands Feyenoord 2–1 1–1
Group D – 1st, P Scotland Rangers 2–0 0–5
Turkey Galatasaray 3–0 2–2
France Monaco 2–0 0–5
Group A – 3rd Spain Valencia 0–5 0–2
England Manchester United 0–2 0–3
Greece Panathinaikos 2–0 2–1
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 0–1 3–3
2002–03 UEFA Champions League Q3 Israel Maccabi Haifa 3–3 0–2
2002–03 UEFA Cup 1 Scotland Livingston 5–2 3–4
2 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–0 0–1 (p 8–7)
3 Italy Lazio 1–3 1–0
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 Andorra Rànger's 5–0 1–1
2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 2–2
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup R Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 0–0
3 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 0–0 2–1
2008–09 UEFA Cup Q2 Switzerland Zürich 1–1 (p 2–4) 1–1
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Q2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2–1 1–1
Q3 Montenegro Petrovac 5–0 2–1
Play-off Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 1–1 1–0
Group F – 4th Romania Dinamo București 0–1 1–2
Turkey Galatasaray 1–0 1–1
Greece Panathinaikos 0–1 0–1
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Q3 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 1–1
Play-off Italy Juventus 1–2 0–1
2011–12 UEFA Champions League Q2 Hungary Videoton 2–0 2–3
Q3 Georgia (country) Zestafoni 1–0 1–1
PO Belarus BATE Borisov 0–2 1–1
UEFA Europa League Group L – 4th Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–2 1–3
Greece AEK Athens 1–3 2–1
Belgium Anderlecht 0–2 0–3
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Q2 Iceland Breiðablik 0–1 0–0
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Q3 Russia Rubin Kazan 2–3 1–1
2017–18 UEFA Europa League Q2 Montenegro Mladost Podgorica 0–1 3–0
Q3 Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–2 1–1
2018–19 UEFA Champions League Q2 Netherlands Ajax 1–3 0–2
UEFA Europa League Q3 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0–2 0–5
2019–20 UEFA Europa League Q2 Norway Haugesund 2–1 0–2
2021–22 UEFA Europa League Play-off Slovenia Mura 2–0 3–1
Group B France AS Monaco 1–1 0–1
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–4 0–2
Spain Real Sociedad 0–1 1–1


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