2022–23 SK Sturm Graz season

SK Sturm Graz
2022–23 season
Chairman	Christian Jauk
Head coach	Christian Ilzer
Stadium	Merkur Arena
Austrian Bundesliga	2nd
Austrian Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Emanuel Emegha (9); All: ; Emanuel Emegha (10)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 August 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 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)	Oroz 22' Bøving 23' Prass 26' Kiteishvili 38' (pen.) Lang 81'		Sirk 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportplatz Wildon

3 December 2022 Friendly	Sturm Graz	1–0	Almería	Benahavís, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Emegha 60'			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

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Mura

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 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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.^[1]

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs	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


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W
Position	6	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

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)	Kerschbaumer 26'	Report	Sarkaria 43'	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)	Højlund 23', 51'	Report	Kjærgaard 87'	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)	Monschein 78' (pen.)	Report	Lang 11'	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)	Højlund 15' Gorenc Stanković 60' Affengruber 65' Emegha 72' 89' Wels 78' Gazibegović 82'	Report	Haudum 54' Reiter 66' 66' Zwischenbrugger 73' Jäger 73' Nuhiu 90+2'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 9,584 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

20 August 2022 5	Sturm Graz	0–1	LASK	Graz
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wüthrich 81' Schnegg 86' Gazibegović 90+1'	Report	Nakamura 65' Schlager 87' Jovičić 88'	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)	Kühn 15' Auer 58' Koscelník 73' Moormann 84' Wimmer 84' Zimmermann 90' Pejić 90+5'	Report	Prass 21' Wüthrich 24' Gazibegović 35' Horvat 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 19,180 Referee: Christopher Jäeger

3 September 2022 7	Sturm Graz	0–0	Hartberg	Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gazibegović 84'	Report	Horvat 12' Heil 80'	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)	Wimmer 45'	Report	Gorenc Stanković 12' Hierländer 27' Prass 47' Ljubic 66' Emegha 90+4' 90+5'	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)	Prass 24' Schnegg 71' Fuseini 83'	Report	Guenouche 15' Hugonet 58' Grabher 73' Anderson 89'	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)	Kreiker 63' Fitz 65'	Report	Ajeti 14' Bøving 58' Ljubic 84' Fuseini 90+2'	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)	Gorenc Stanković 17' Schnegg 37' Emegha 61' Sarkaria 74'	Report	Štumberger 15' Schulz 20' Sulzbacher 80' Behounek 90+7'	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)	Kiteishvili 48' Borković 51' Ajeti 54'	Report	Novak 11' Baribo 25' Schifferl 55' Ballo 57' Veratschnig 61' Röcher 90'	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)	Agyekum 27' Pavlović 58' 90+1' Kjærgaard 90+3'	Report	Gazibegović 78' Affengruber 80' Gorenc Stanković 82'	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)	Jantscher 22' (pen.) Kiteishvili 71'	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)	Nuhiu 15' 79' Edokpolor 31'	Report	Kiteishvili 11' (pen.) Gazibegović 52' Schnegg 72' Ajeti 78'	Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena Attendance: 7,143 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

13 November 2022 16	LASK	1–1	Sturm Graz	Pasching
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Goiginger 26' Renner 46' Horvath 68'	Report	Emegha 76'	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)	Borković 37' Affengruber 90+1'	Report	Pejić 39' Grüll 52' Moormann 90'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 15,595 Referee: Walter Altmann

18 February 2023 18	Hartberg	1–2	Sturm Graz	Hartberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rotter 41' Tadić 75' Kainz 90+4'	Report	Sarkaria 11' 27' Horvat 44' Ljubic 90+2'	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)	Affengruber 11'	Report	Affengruber 13' (o.g.) Straudi 16' Pink 54'	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)	Guenouche 83'	Report	Schnegg 49' Affengruber 51' Horvat 76'	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)	Emegha 34' 65' Sarkaria 71' (pen.)	Report	Tabaković 36' Ranftl 71' Braunöder 90+2'	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)	Prica 8' Naschberger 69' Tomic 83'	Report	Bryan Teixeira 59' Emegha 66' Ajeti 87'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

Austrian Cup

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	Højlund 5', 33' Affengruber 18' Sarkaria 44', 62' Kronberger 91'	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)	Sarkaria 12' 79' (pen.) Mathias Hausberger 29' (o.g.)	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)	Rosenberger 38' Thorsten Schriebl 43' Perchtold 71'	Report	Ajeti 65' 68' Ingolitsch 80' Gazibegović 83'	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)	Solet 30' Capaldo 62' Dedić 74' 76'	Report	Gazibegović 37' Gorenc Stanković 90+4'	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

Third qualifying round

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)	Karavayev 28'	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)	Højlund 27'	Report	Vivcharenko 97' Tsyhankov 112'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 14,007 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

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

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^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)	Emegha 8'	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)	Jahanbakhsh 9', 41' Hancko 31' Danilo 34' Giménez 66' Idrissi 78'	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)	Immobile 45' (pen.) Pedro 71'	Report	Bøving 56', 83'	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)	Kiteishvili 90+3'	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)	Dreyer 15', 72'	Report		Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 9,134 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "FRISCH EINGETROFFEN: Neuer Spielplan der ADMIRAL Bundesliga-Saison 2022/2023!".
^ "Europa League: Attraktive Gegner für Sturm Graz!". 26 August 2022.

[table_hth_AWI0.75462937623012-2] Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.^[1]

[table_hth_FEY0.20517208390179-7] 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.

[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.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-3] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table2-4] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[5] "FRISCH EINGETROFFEN: Neuer Spielplan der ADMIRAL Bundesliga-Saison 2022/2023!".

[6] "Europa League: Attraktive Gegner für Sturm Graz!". 26 August 2022.

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