2018 Austrian Cup Final

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2018 Austrian Cup Final
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Event2017–18 Austrian Cup
Sturm Graz Red Bull Salzburg
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Date9 May 2018
VenueWörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
RefereeHarald Lechner
Attendance27,100
WeatherClear
15 °C (59 °F)
80% humidity[1]
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The 2018 Austrian Cup Final was played on 9 May 2018 between SK Sturm Graz and FC Red Bull Salzburg at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, a neutral ground. The final was the culmination of the 2017–18 Austrian Cup, the 84th season of the Austrian Cup.

Sturm Graz won their fifth cup title after defeating Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 after extra time, which would have earned them a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, but they instead qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of their second place finish in the 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga.

Teams[]

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
SK Sturm Graz 9 (1948, 1974–75, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2010, 2018)
FC Red Bull Salzburg 10 (1974, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Venue[]

Wörthersee Stadion is the home of SK Austria Klagenfurt and opened in 2007. It has a capacity of 32,000 spectators and is part of Sportpark Klagenfurt

Background[]

The Austrian Bundesliga clubs SK Sturm Graz and FC Red Bull Salzburg contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. Since Sturm Graz qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League by virtue of its second place finish in the 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga, Austria's last European place is given to FC Admira Wacker Mödling as the 5th place team of the 2017-18 Austrian Bundesliga.

Sturm Graz competed in its ninth overall final, their first since 2010. Red Bull Salzburg made its fifth straight finals appearance (sixth in seven seasons and its 10th overall. Both clubs now have five total Austrian Cup championships. The two teams had never previously met in an Austrian Cup final, and Red Bull Salzburg won three of the four meetings during the regular season of the 2017-18 Austrian Football Bundesliga, outscoring Sturm Graz 13-5 over those four contests.

Route to the final[]

Further information: 2017–18 Austrian Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

SK Sturm Graz Round FC Red Bull Salzburg
Opponent Result Opponent Result
FC Hard 3–0 (A) First round Deutschlandsberger 7–0 (A)
FC Liefering 3–2 (A) Second round Bruck/Leitha 2–1 (A)
SC Rheindorf Altach 4–1 (H) Third round Bad Gleichenberg 3–0 (A)
Wimpassing 3–0 (H) Quarter-finals SK Austria Klagenfurt 7–0 (H)
SK Rapid Wien 3–2 (a.e.t.) (H) Semi-finals SV Mattersburg 0–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
(3–0 p)

Match[]

Details[]

Sturm Graz1–0 (a.e.t.)Red Bull Salzburg
Hierländer Goal 112' Report
Attendance: 27,100
GK 27 Austria Jörg Siebenhandl
DF 26 Austria Fabian Koch Yellow card 45+2'
DF 19 Austria Marvin Potzmann Yellow card 118'
DF 23 Austria Lukas Spendlhofer
DF 35 Austria Dario Maresic
MF 25 Austria Stefan Hierländer
MF 17 Austria Peter Žulj Substituted off 120+2' Yellow card 41'
MF 29 Austria Thorsten Röcher Substituted off 102' Yellow card 35'
MF 6 Australia James Jeggo
FW 9 Austria Deni Alar Substituted off 118'
FW 20 Nigeria Bright Edomwonyi Substituted off 93'
Substitutes:
MF 13 Austria Jakob Jantscher Substituted in 93' Yellow card 102'
MF 18 Austria Philipp Huspek Substituted in 102'
MF 8 Austria Sandi Lovrić Substituted in 118'
DF 5 Dominican Republic Christian Schoissengeyr Substituted in 120+2'
DF 20 Germany Christian Schulz
DF 4 Austria Thomas Schrammel
GK 32 Austria Tobias Schützenauer
Manager:
Germany Heiko Vogel
GK 1 Austria Cican Stankovic
DF 25 Austria Patrick Farkas
DF 22 Austria Stefan Lainer
DF 15 Brazil André Ramalho Yellow card 62' Yellow-red card 71'
DF 5 Croatia Duje Ćaleta-Car Substituted off 46' Yellow card 17'
MF 7 Germany Reinhold Yabo Substituted off 99'
MF 14 Kosovo Valon Berisha (c) Yellow card 18'
MF 42 Austria Xaver Schlager
DF 8 Mali Diadie Samassékou
FW 21 Norway Fredrik Gulbrandsen Substituted off 76'
FW 9 Israel Mu'nas Dabbur Substituted off 83'
Substitutes:
DF 6 France Jérôme Onguéné Substituted in 46'
MF 4 Mali Amadou Haidara Substituted in 76' Yellow card 120'
FW 19 South Korea Hwang Hee-chan Substituted in 83' Yellow card 107'
MF 13 Austria Hannes Wolf Substituted in 99'
FW 18 Japan Takumi Minamino
MF 24 Austria Christoph Leitgeb
GK 33 Germany Alexander Walke
Manager:
Germany Marco Rose

Assistant referees:
Andreas Heidenreich
Maximilian Kolbitsch

Fourth Official:
Gerhard Grobelnik

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to four may be used.

References[]

  1. ^ "Weather History for Klagenfurt, Austria". wunderground.com. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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