2021–22 SK Sturm Graz season

Sturm Graz
season
Chairman	Christian Jauk
Manager	Christian Ilzer
Stadium	Merkur-Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga	3rd
Austrian Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kelvin Yeboah (9); All: ; Kelvin Yeboah (11)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 9 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 113th season in the existence of SK Sturm Graz and the club's 56th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sturm Graz are participating in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 31 August 2021

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
9	FW	ITA	Kelvin Yeboah
10	MF	GEO	Otar Kiteishvili
11	MF	AUT	Manprit Sarkaria
13	FW	AUT	Jakob Jantscher
14	DF	AUT	Paul Komposch
15	FW	CIV	Anderson Niangbo (on loan from Gent)
16	MF	AUT	Sandro Schendl
17	MF	AUT	Lukas Jäger
18	MF	AUT	Philipp Huspek
19	MF	AUT	Andreas Kuen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	AUT	Martin Krienzer
21	MF	AUT	Samuel Stückler
22	DF	BIH	Jusuf Gazibegović
24	DF	AUT	Sandro Ingolitsch
25	MF	AUT	Stefan Hierländer
26	MF	AUT	Christoph Lang
27	GK	AUT	Jörg Siebenhandl
29	FW	ZAM	Francisco Mwepu
30	MF	AUT	Ivan Ljubić
32	GK	AUT	Tobias Schützenauer
35	DF	AUT	Niklas Geyrhofer
36	DF	AUT	Vincent Trummer
42	DF	AUT	David Affengruber
44	DF	MLI	Amadou Dante

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
—	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[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

25 June 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	6–0	FC Juniors OÖ	Oberaich, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Oberaicher Sportanlage

2 July 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	9–1	FC Liefering	Schladming, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Schladming

2 July 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	1–3	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Schladming, Austria
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Schladming

8 July 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	0–1	Cracovia	Moravske Toplice, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Moravski Stadion

8 July 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	1–1	Red Star Belgrade	Graz, Austria
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Merkur-Arena

28 July 2021 Friendly	Udinese	2–3	Sturm Graz	Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pussetto 45' Forestieri 57'	Report	Kiteishvili 9' Yeboah 39' Kuen 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Jacques Lemans Arena

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

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	23 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		17	8	4	5	34	26	+8	047.06
Austrian Cup	17 July 2021	27 October 2021	First round	Third round	3	2	0	1	14	2	+12	066.67
UEFA Europa League	19 August 2021	9 December 2021	Play-off round	Group stage	8	2	2	4	8	11	−3	025.00
Total					28	12	6	10	56	39	+17	042.86

Last updated: 9 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg (Q)	18	14	3	1	42	12	+30	45	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Sturm Graz	18	9	4	5	37	26	+11	31
3	Wolfsberger AC	18	9	4	5	31	28	+3	31
4	Austria Klagenfurt	18	6	7	5	26	27	−1	25
5	Rapid Wien	18	6	6	6	27	27	0	24

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. 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]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

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
3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6	1	0	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	4	1	+3

Last updated: 21 November 2021.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3
Ground	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W
Position	11	4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2021.^[2]

23 July 2021 1	Sturm Graz	1–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ulmer 11' (o.g.) Prass 71'	Report	Capaldo 45+1' Adeyemi 69', 85' Kristensen 76' Seiwald 81'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 13,066 Referee: Walter Altmann

1 August 2021 2	Wolfsberger AC	1–4	Sturm Graz	Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena

7 August 2021 3	Sturm Graz	3–1	Rheindorf Altach	Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Merkur-Arena

Austrian Cup[]

17 July 2021 First round	Stadl-Paura	0–9	Sturm Graz	Stadl-Paura
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	58' 63'	Report	Kiteishvili 18' Kuen 34', 45' Sarkaria 37', 44', 50' Yeboah 38' Jantscher 41' Stanković 80' Lang 86'	Stadium: Licht & Planung Arena Stadl-Paura Referee: Thomas Fröhlacher

22 September 2021 Second round	World of Jobs VFB Hohenems	0–4	Sturm Graz	Graz
17:30		Report	Sarkaria 7' Geyrhofer 58' Affengruber 67' Yeboah 90+1'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Andreas Heiß

27 October 2021 Third round	Sturm Graz	1–2	SV Ried	Graz
18:00	Jantscher 69'	Report	Bajic 36' Meisl 52'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 5,528 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

UEFA Europa League[]

Play-off round[]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.^[3]

19 August 2021 First leg	Mura	1–3	Sturm Graz	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Škoflek 3' Šturm 23'	Report	Jantscher 18' (pen.) Stanković 34' Kiteishvili 60' Yeboah 63'	Stadium: Fazanerija Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

26 August 2021 Second leg	Sturm Graz	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Mura	Graz, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kiteishvili 39' Jantscher 66'	Report		Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Referee: José María Sánchez (Spain)

Group stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[4]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monaco	6	3	3	0	7	4	+3	12	Advance to round of 16
2	Real Sociedad	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League
4	Sturm Graz	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 1	Monaco	1–0	Sturm Graz	Monaco, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jakobs 32' Diatta 66'	Report	Wüthrich 64' Prass 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 2,941 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

30 September 2021 2	Sturm Graz	1–4	PSV	Graz, Austria
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kiteishvili 30' Gazibegović 47' Stanković 55', 57'	Report	Sangaré 32', 57' 89' Boscagli 50' Zahavi 51' Gakpo 64' Max 74' Vertessen 78'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 15,026 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

21 October 2021 3	Sturm Graz	0–1	Real Sociedad	Graz, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stanković 59' 87'	Report	Gorosabel 24' Merino 26' Zubeldia 60' Guevara 65' Isak 69'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 14,809 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

4 November 2021 4	Real Sociedad	1–1	Sturm Graz	San Sebastián, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sørloth 53' Zubimendi 74'	Report	Jantscher 38' Wüthrich 58' Kuen 78' Siebenhandl 90+1'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 25,010 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

25 November 2021 5	PSV	2–0	Sturm Graz	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vinícius 45' (pen.) Bruma 56'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

9 December 2021 6	Sturm Graz	1–1	Monaco	Graz, Austria
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Jantscher 7' (pen.)	Report	Volland 30'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

References[]

^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^ "Bundesliga veröffentlicht Spielplan für die Saison 2021/22". Sky Sport Austria. 22 June 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-1] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

[2] "Bundesliga veröffentlicht Spielplan für die Saison 2021/22". Sky Sport Austria. 22 June 2021.

[3] "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[4] "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

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