2023–24 SK Sturm Graz season

SK Sturm Graz
2023–24 season
Manager	Christian Ilzer
Stadium	Merkur-Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga	2nd
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
UEFA Europa Conference League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tomi Horvat; Szymon Włodarczyk; (5 each); All: ; Szymon Włodarczyk (9)

The 2023–24 SK Sturm Graz season is the club's 118th season in existence and its 58th consecutive season in the second division of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sturm Graz will participate in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 September 2023

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Kjell Scherpen (on loan from Brighton)
2	DF	SCO	Max Johnston
4	DF	SVN	Jon Gorenc Stanković
5	DF	SUI	Gregory Wüthrich
6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Borković
8	MF	AUT	Alexander Prass
9	FW	POL	Szymon Włodarczyk
10	MF	GEO	Otar Kiteishvili
11	MF	AUT	Manprit Sarkaria
14	MF	ESP	Javi Serrano (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
15	FW	DEN	William Bøving
17	FW	CPV	Bryan Teixeira
19	FW	SVN	Tomi Horvat
20	FW	NOR	Seedy Jatta
21	MF	AUT	Samuel Stückler


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	BIH	Jusuf Gazibegović
23	MF	AUT	Vesel Demaku
24	DF	BEL	Dimitri Lavalée (on loan from Mechelen)
25	MF	AUT	Stefan Hierländer
27	DF	AUT	Gabriel Haider
28	DF	AUT	David Schnegg
29	FW	GHA	Mohammed Fuseini
31	GK	AUT	Luka Marić
35	DF	AUT	Niklas Geyrhofer
38	FW	AUT	Leon Grgic
40	GK	AUT	Matteo Bignetti
42	DF	AUT	David Affengruber
43	GK	AUT	Henry Timothy Obi
44	DF	MLI	Amadou Danté

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
—	MF	AUT	Christoph Lang (at Hartberg until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	AUT	Luca Kronberger (at Tirol until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	[[ ]]	[[ ]]		1 July 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	[[ ]]	[[ ]]		1 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

26 July 2023 Friendly	Strasbourg	3–0	Sturm Graz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

8 September 2023 Friendly	Sturm Graz	3–1	SV Lafnitz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

13 October 2023 Friendly	Sturm Graz	4–1	Floridsdorfer AC
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	30 July 2023	16 March 2024	Matchday 1		17	11	4	2	28	12	+16	064.71
Austrian Cup	22 July 2023				3	3	0	0	13	4	+9	100.00
UEFA Champions League	8 August 2023	15 August 2023	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	000.00
UEFA Europa League	21 September 2023	14 December 2023	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	016.67
UEFA Europa Conference League	15 February 2024		Knockout round play-offs		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					28	15	5	8	47	32	+15	053.57

Last updated: 16 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	17	12	3	2	34	10	+24	39	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Sturm Graz	17	11	4	2	28	12	+16	37
3	LASK	17	9	5	3	24	14	+10	32
4	TSV Hartberg	17	8	5	4	29	22	+7	29
5	Austria Klagenfurt	17	6	8	3	23	23	0	26

Updated to match(es) played on 24 December 2023. 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.^[1]

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
17	11	4	2	28	12	+16	37	6	2	1	14	5	+9	5	2	1	14	7	+7

Last updated: 16 December 2023.
Source:

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W
Position	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on November 2023. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.^[2]

30 July 2023 1	Austria Wien	0–3	Sturm Graz	Vienna
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gazibegović 9' Włodarczyk 38' Affengruber 60'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 13,088 Referee: Stefan Ebner

5 August 2023 2	Sturm Graz	2–0	LASK	Graz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Horvat 27' Włodarczyk 77'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 14,740 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

12 August 2023 3	Sturm Graz	0–0	Austria Klagenfurt	Graz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Merkur–Arena Attendance: 13,328 Referee: Markus Hameter

19 August 2023 4	Austria Lustenau	0–1	Sturm Graz	Lustenau
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Wüthrich 33'	Stadium: Planet Pure Stadion Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Josef Spurny

26 August 2023 5	Sturm Graz	4–1	Blau-Weiß Linz	Graz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Włodarczyk 1', 61' Haudum 7' (o.g.) Sarkaria 76' (pen.)	Report	Affengruber 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: Harald Lechner Referee: 13,594

2 September 2023 6	Rheindorf Altach	1–2	Sturm Graz	Altach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koller 78'	Report	Kiteishvili 63' Fuseini 90+1'	Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena Attendance: 5,760 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

16 September 2023 7	Sturm Graz	2–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kiteishvili 53' Sarkaria 63'	Report	Baidoo 40' Koïta 73' (pen)	Stadium: Merkur–Arena Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Julian Weinberger

24 September 2023 8	Rapid Wien	1–1	Sturm Graz	Vienna
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schnegg 21' (o.g.)	Report	Prass 25'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 21,600 Referee: Stefan Ebner

1 October 2023 9	Sturm Graz	1–0	WSG Tirol	Graz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wüthrich 44'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 14,876 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

8 October 2023 10	Wolfsberger AC	1–2	Sturm Graz	Wolfsberg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Danté 40' (o.g.)	Report	Sarkaria 54' Kiteishvili 60'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 5,844 Referee: Walter Altmann

21 October 2023 11	Sturm Graz	2–1	Hartberg	Graz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jatta 13' Prass 42'	Report	Lang 4'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 15,607 Referee: Christopher Jäger

29 October 2023 12	Sturm Graz	0–1	Austria Wien	Graz
12:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gruber 14'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 15,460 Referee: Alan Kijas

5 November 2023 13	LASK	3–1	Sturm Graz	Linz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Usor 36' Stojković 45+1' Žulj 90+1'	Report	Włodarczyk 60'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 15,249 Referee: Markus Hameter

12 November 2023 14	Austria Klagenfurt	0–3	Sturm Graz	Klagenfurt
12:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gorenc Stanković 3' Horvat 19', 67'	Stadium: 28 Black Arena Attendance: 6,448 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

25 November 2023 15	Sturm Graz	2–0	Austria Lustenau	Graz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Horvat 48' Prass 70'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 14,608 Referee: Arnes Talic

3 December 2023 16	Blau-Weiß Linz	1–1	Sturm Graz	Linz
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Seidl 19'	Report	Horvat 48'	Stadium: Hoffmann Personal Stadion Attendance: 5,595 Referee: Josef Spurny

10 December 2023 17	Sturm Graz	1–0	Rheindorf Altach	Graz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jatta 3'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 15,002 Referee: Achim Untergasser

10 February 2024 18	Red Bull Salzburg	v	Sturm Graz	Salzburg
TBD CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Wals–Siezenheim

17 February 2024 19	Sturm Graz	v	Rapid Wien	Graz
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena

24 February 2024 20	WSG Tirol	v	Sturm Graz	Wattens
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol

2 March 2024 21	Sturm Graz	v	Wolfsberger AC	Graz
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena

9 March 2024 22	Hartberg	v	Sturm Graz	Hartberg
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Profertil Arena

Austrian Cup

The draw for the season's first round took place on 25 June.^[3]

22 July 2023 First round	SAK Klagenfurt	2–7	Sturm Graz	Klagenfurt
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamsek 34' Sredojevic 82'	Report	Włodarczyk 15', 27', 63' Kiteishvili 18' Stanković 51' Horvat 58' Jantscher 79'	Stadium: Sportplatz Welzenegg Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Achim Untergasser

27 September 2023 Second round	SV Leobendorf	0–3	Sturm Graz	Leobendorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bøving 43' Prass 71' Affengruber 89'	Stadium: Franz Haas Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dominic Schilcher

2 November 2023 Third round	Grazer AK	2–3	Sturm Graz	Graz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cheukoua 30' Oberleitner 37'	Report	Wüthrich 5' Oberleitner 58' (o.g.) Teixeira 84'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Harald Lechner

2 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Sturm Graz	v	Austria Wien	Graz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Merkur Arena

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

8 August 2023 First leg	PSV Eindhoven	4–1	Sturm Graz	Eindhoven, Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Babadi 4' De Jong 22', 32' Sangaré 73'	Report	Stanković 40'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 31,500^[4] Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

15 August 2023 Second leg	Sturm Graz	1–3 (2–7 agg.)	PSV Eindhoven	Graz
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bøving 26'	Report	Veerman 32' De Jong 39' Pepi 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 12,571^[5] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATA	SCP	STU	RAK
1	Atalanta	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14	Advance to round of 16	—	1–1	1–0	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–2	—	3–0	2–1
3	Sturm Graz	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Transfer to Europa Conference League	2–2	1–2	—	0–1
4	Raków Częstochowa	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}		0–4	1–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 1	Sturm Graz	1–2	Sporting CP	Graz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bøving 58'	Report	Gyökeres 76' Coates 84'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 13,517^[6] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) 2	Raków Częstochowa	0–1	Sturm Graz	Sosnowiec, Poland
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bøving 24'	Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy, Attendance: 8,993^[7] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
Note: Raków Częstochowa played their home matches at the Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy, in Sosnowiec, instead of their regular stadium, the Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków", in Częstochowa, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 3	Sturm Graz	2–2	Atalanta	Graz
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Prass 13' Włodarczyk 80' (pen.)	Report	Muriel 34', 45+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 14,167^[8] Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 4	Atalanta	1–0	Sturm Graz	Bergamo, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djimsiti 50'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 14,739^[9] Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 5	Sturm Graz	0–1	Raków Częstochowa	Graz
16:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Yeboah 81'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 12,517^[10] Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) 6	Sporting CP	3–0	Sturm Graz	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gyökeres 39' Inácio 60', 70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 24,733^[11] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs will be held on 18 December 2023.

15 February 2024 First leg	Sturm Graz	v	TBD	Graz
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Merkur Arena

22 February 2024 Second leg	TBD	v	Sturm Graz	TBD
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: TBD

References

↑ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
↑ "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.
↑ Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.
↑ "PSV Eindhoven vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
↑ "Sturm Graz vs. PSV Eindhoven" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
↑ "Sturm Graz vs. Sporting CP" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
↑ "Raków Częstochowa vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
↑ "Sturm Graz vs. Atalanta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
↑ "Atalanta vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
↑ "Sturm Graz vs. Raków Częstochowa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
↑ "Sporting CP vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

External links

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[table_hth_STU0.65177880770144-6] 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-1] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[2] "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.

[3] Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.

[4] "PSV Eindhoven vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

[5] "Sturm Graz vs. PSV Eindhoven" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

[7] "Sturm Graz vs. Sporting CP" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[8] "Raków Częstochowa vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[9] "Sturm Graz vs. Atalanta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

[10] "Atalanta vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

[11] "Sturm Graz vs. Raków Częstochowa" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

[12] "Sporting CP vs. Sturm Graz" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

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