2022–23 SK Sturm Graz season

The 2022–23 season was the 114th in the history of SK Sturm Graz and their 57th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League.

SK Sturm Graz
2022–23 season
ChairmanChristian Jauk
Head coachChristian Ilzer
StadiumMerkur Arena
Austrian Bundesliga2nd
Austrian CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Emanuel Emegha (9)

All:
Emanuel Emegha (10)

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 30 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   SVN Jon Gorenc Stanković
5 DF   SUI Gregory Wüthrich
6 DF   AUT Aleksandar Borković (on loan from Hoffenheim)
8 MF   AUT Alexander Prass
10 MF   GEO Otar Kiteishvili
11 MF   AUT Manprit Sarkaria
13 FW   AUT Jakob Jantscher
14 DF   AUT Paul Komposch
16 MF   AUT Sandro Schendl
17 MF   AUT Lukas Jäger
18 DF   CRO Alois Oroz (on loan from Vitesse)
20 FW   AUT Martin Krienzer
20 FW   NED Emanuel Emegha
21 MF   AUT Samuel Stückler
22 DF   BIH Jusuf Gazibegović
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW   AUT Luca Kronberger
24 DF   AUT Sandro Ingolitsch
25 MF   AUT Stefan Hierländer
26 MF   AUT Christoph Lang
27 GK   AUT Jörg Siebenhandl
28 DF   AUT David Schnegg
29 FW   GHA Mohammed Fuseini
30 MF   AUT Ivan Ljubić
32 GK   AUT Tobias Schützenauer
35 DF   AUT Niklas Geyrhofer
36 DF   AUT Vincent Trummer
37 DF   AUT Moritz Wels
42 DF   AUT David Affengruber
44 DF   MLI Amadou Dante
FW   DEN William Bøving

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   AUT Christopher Giuliani (at Kapfenberg until 30 June 2022)
DF   AUT Florian Weiler (at Hartberg until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   AUT Dardan Shabanhaxhaj (at Kapfenberg until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 June 2022 Friendly Voitsberg   0–11   Sturm Graz Voitsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sparkassen-Arena Voitsberg
2 July 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz   0–0   Liefering Schladming
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Schladming
2 July 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz   1–1   Blau-Weiß Linz Schladming
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Schladming
9 July 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz   0–0   Zbrojovka Brno Weiz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: SIEMENS Energy Stadion
9 July 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz   2–1   Galatasaray Graz
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Merkur Arena
26 July 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz   4–0   Al-Wahda Rottenmann
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
23 September 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz   5–1   Maribor Wildon
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Sportplatz Wildon
3 December 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz   1–0   Almería Benahavís, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Campo La Quinta
Referee: Enrique Pareja Nieto
5 December 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz   1–2   Empoli Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Campe de Futbol Atalaya Park Hotel
7 December 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz   P–P   Nice Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
13 January 2023 Friendly Sturm Graz     Mura

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga 23 July 2022 Matchday 1 22 14 6 2 37 15 +22 063.64
Austrian Cup 16 July 2022 First round 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 100.00
UEFA Champions League 3 August 2022 9 August 2022 Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 000.00
UEFA Europa League 8 September 2022 3 November 2022 Group stage Group stage 6 2 2 2 4 10 −6 033.33
Total 34 20 8 6 53 30 +23 058.82

Last updated: 19 March 2023
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 22 17 4 1 49 13 +36 55 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Sturm Graz 22 14 6 2 37 15 +22 48
3 LASK 22 10 8 4 38 28 +10 38
4 Rapid Wien 22 10 3 9 34 26 +8 33
5 Austria Wien 22 10 5 7 37 31 +6 32[a]
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]
Notes:
  1. ^ Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS STU LIN RWI AWI KLA
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 32 23 8 1 67 22 +45 49 Qualification for the Champions League group stage 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–3 3–2
2 Sturm Graz 32 20 6 6 57 29 +28 42 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 4–1
3 LASK 32 14 12 6 54 38 +16 35 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 4–0
4 Rapid Wien 32 12 6 14 50 47 +3 25 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–3 3–1
5 Austria Wien (O) 32 11 10 11 55 52 +3 24 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–2
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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL LUS WAT HAR ALT RIE
1 Wolfsberger AC 32 12 6 14 51 51 0 31 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0
2 Austria Lustenau 32 11 10 11 50 54 −4 29 1–3 2–4 5–1 1–0 2–2
3 WSG Tirol 32 10 8 14 44 53 −9 24 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
4 Hartberg 32 9 6 17 39 56 −17 24 0–2 0–1 5–0 2–2 2–0
5 Rheindorf Altach 32 6 10 16 29 53 −24 19 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1
6 Ried (R) 32 4 11 17 27 50 −23 14 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–2 4–4 1–1 1–3 0–1
Source: [1]
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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.[2]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
28 18 6 4 48 23  +25 60 10 1 3 26 14  +12 8 5 1 22 9  +13

Last updated: 7 May 2023.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

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GroundAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAH
ResultDWDWLWDWWWWWDWDDWWLWWWWLWLWW
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Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2023. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.[4]

23 July 2022 1 Wolfsberger AC 1–1 Sturm Graz Wolfsberg
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Christopher Jäger
30 July 2022 2 Sturm Graz 2–1 Red Bull Salzburg Graz
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 12,317
Referee: Julian Weinberger
6 August 2022 3 Ried 1–1 Sturm Graz Ried im Innkreis
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Josko Arena
Attendance: 4,345
Referee: Josef Spurny
13 August 2022 4 Sturm Graz 4–0 Rheindorf Altach Graz
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 9,584
Referee:   Gerhard Grobelnik
20 August 2022 5 Sturm Graz 0–1 LASK Graz
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 12,704
Referee:   Walter Altmann
28 August 2022 6 Rapid Wien 1–2 Sturm Graz Wien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 19,180
Referee:   Christopher Jäeger
3 September 2022 7 Sturm Graz 0–0 Hartberg Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 11,427
Referee:   Julian Weinberger
11 September 2022 8 Austria Klagenfurt 0–2 Sturm Graz Klagenfurt
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 28 Black Arena
Attendance: 4,653
Referee:   Manuel Schüttengruber
18 September 2022 9 Sturm Graz 2–0 Austria Lustenau Graz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 10,237
Referee:   Markus Hameter
2 October 2022 10 Austria Wien 0–3 Sturm Graz Wien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 13,977
Referee:   Sebastian Gishamer
9 October 2022 11 Sturm Graz 2–1 WSG Tirol Graz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 11,004
Referee:   Arnes Talic
16 October 2022 12 Sturm Graz 3–2 Wolfsberger AC Graz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 11,915
Referee:   Christopher Jäeger
22 October 2022 13 Red Bull Salzburg 0–0 Sturm Graz Salzburg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,527
Referee:   Stefan Ebner
30 October 2022 14 Sturm Graz 2–1 Ried Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Nutz   59'
  • Michael Martin   90+1'
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 15,023
Referee:   Harald Lechner
6 November 2022 15 Rheindorf Altach 1–1 Sturm Graz Altach
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena
Attendance: 7,143
Referee:   Manuel Schüttengruber
13 November 2022 16 LASK 1–1 Sturm Graz Pasching
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 5,800
Referee:   Sebastian Gishamer
10 February 2023 17 Sturm Graz 1–0 Rapid Wien Graz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 15,595
Referee:   Walter Altmann
18 February 2023 18 Hartberg 1–2 Sturm Graz Hartberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Profertil Arena
Attendance: 4,700
Referee:   Dieter Muckenhammer
25 February 2023 19 Sturm Graz 1–2 Austria Klagenfurt Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 12,025
Referee:   Alan Kijas
4 March 2023 20 Austria Lustenau 0–2 Sturm Graz Lustenau
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Planet Pure Stadion
Attendance: 4,300
Referee:   Christopher Jäeger
12 March 2023 21 Sturm Graz 3–1 Austria Wien Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 14,500
Referee:   Stefan Ebner
19 March 2023 22 WSG Tirol 0–2 Sturm Graz Innsbruck
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Attendance: 3,400
Referee:   Manuel Schüttengruber

Austrian Cup

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16 July 2022 First round SC Röfix Röthis 0–6 Sturm Graz Röthis
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Decet   40'
  • Scheichl   80'
  • Domig   92'
Report
Stadium: Sportplatz an der Ratz
Attendance: 1,487
Referee: Andreas Heiss
31 August 2022 Second round Sturm Graz 3–1 Austria Salzburg Graz
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Krainz   5'
  • Matthias Theiner   14'
  • Marinko Sorda   72'
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 7,120
Referee:   Harald Lechner
19 October 2022 Third round Grazer AK 0–1 Sturm Graz Graz
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 15,400
Referee:   Alexander Harkam
3 February 2023 Quarter-finals Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Sturm Graz Salzburg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 9,300
Referee:   Julian Weinberger
6 April 2023 Semi-finals Sturm Graz LASK Graz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Merkur-Arena

UEFA Champions League

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Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

3 August 2022 First leg Dynamo Kyiv   1–0   Sturm Graz Łódź, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla
Attendance: 6,092
Referee: François Letexier (France)
9 August 2022 Second leg Sturm Graz   1–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 agg.)
  Dynamo Kyiv Graz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 14,007
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEY MID LAZ STU
1   Feyenoord 6 2 2 2 13 9 +4 8[a] Advance to round of 16 2–2 1–0 6–0
2   Midtjylland 6 2 2 2 12 8 +4 8[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–2 5–1 2–0
3   Lazio 6 2 2 2 9 11 −2 8[a] Transfer to Europa Conference League 4–2 2–1 2–2
4   Sturm Graz 6 2 2 2 4 10 −6 8[a] 1–0 1–0 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker. Between Feyenoord and Midtjylland, overall goals scored is used as the tiebreaker.
8 September 2022 1 Sturm Graz   1–0   Midtjylland Graz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 10,521
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
15 September 2022 2 Feyenoord   6–0   Sturm Graz Rotterdam, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 30,025
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
6 October 2022 3 Sturm Graz   0–0   Lazio Graz
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 14,171
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
13 October 2022 4 Lazio   2–2   Sturm Graz Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 21,059
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
27 October 2022 5 Sturm Graz   1–0   Feyenoord Graz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 13,987
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
3 November 2022 6 Midtjylland   2–0   Sturm Graz Herning, Denmark
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: MCH Arena
Attendance: 9,134
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

References

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  1. ^ "Ständig Neutrales Schiedsgericht weist Austria-Klage ab" [Permanent Neutral Arbitration Court dismisses Austria claim]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  4. ^ "FRISCH EINGETROFFEN: Neuer Spielplan der ADMIRAL Bundesliga-Saison 2022/2023!".
  5. ^ "Europa League: Attraktive Gegner für Sturm Graz!". 26 August 2022.