2024–25 SK Sturm Graz season

SK Sturm Graz
2024–25 season
Manager	Christian Ilzer
Stadium	Liebenauer Stadium
Austrian Football Bundesliga	1st
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mika Biereth (11); All: ; Mika Biereth (14)
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 116th season in the history of SK Sturm Graz, and the club's 59th consecutive season in Austrian Football Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Tochi Chukwuani	Lyngby	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Youba Koïta	ATS Koro		1 July 2024
MF	Martin Kern	Puskás AFC II		1 July 2024
DF	Emir Karić	SV Darmstadt 98	Free	1 July 2024
DF	Arjan Malic	SV Ried	€500,000	1 July 2024
GK	Kjell Scherpen	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	2 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Lovro Zvonarek	Bayern Munich	Loan	4 July 2024	^[3]
FW	Mika Biereth	Arsenal FC U21	€4,000,000	8 July 2024	^[4]
DF	Emanuel Aiwu	Cremonese	Undisclosed	10 July 2024	^[5]
GK	Daniil Khudyakov	Lokomotiv Moscow	€340,000	22 July 2024	^[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	David Schnegg	D.C. United	€1,850,000	1 July 2024	^[7]

Friendlies

Pre-season

28 June 2024 Friendly	SC Weiz	1–6	Sturm Graz	Strobl
18:00				Stadium: Sportplatz Strobl

29 June 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–2	Flyeralarm Admira	Dechantskirchen
17:00	Jatta 58', 74'		Stevanovic 48' Mujanović 54'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Stadion Wechselland Dechantskirchen

6 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	0–3	Domžale	Tillmitsch
15:00		Report	Malić 4' (o.g.) Šturm 45' Štefanec 53'	Stadium: Nunner Arena Tillmitsch Attendance: 1,500

6 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	1–4	Rukh Lviv	Gralla
18:00	Sarkaria 85' (pen.)		Pidgurskyi 5' (pen.) Krasnopir 35', 63' Karabin 77' Slyubyk 84'	Stadium: Sportplatz Gralla

13 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	3–1	Midtjylland	Irdning
11:30	Biereth 24' Włodarczyk 106' Aiwu 119'	Report	Chilufya 110'	Stadium: ATV-Riesneralm-Arena Irdning Attendance: 1,000
Note: 3 x 45 minutes

20 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–2	Monaco	Windischgarsten
18:00	Bøving 21' Biereth 41' (pen.)	Report	Minamino 33' (pen.) Eliot Matazo 58'	Stadium: Sportplatz Windischgarsten Attendance: 1,500

23 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	0–2	Porto	Graz
19:00			Grujić 34' Namaso 55'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

7 August 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Klagenfurt, Austria
18:30				Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

Mid-season

5 September 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	4–1	Kapfenberger SV
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	4 August 2024		Matchday 1	13	9	2	2	29	15	+14	069.23
Austrian Cup	27 July 2024		First round	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	100.00
Total				16	12	2	2	38	19	+19	075.00

Last updated: 9 November 2024
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sturm Graz	16	11	3	2	40	16	+24	36	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Austria Wien	16	10	3	3	26	14	+12	33
3	SK Rapid	16	7	7	2	20	15	+5	28
4	Wolfsberg	16	8	2	6	31	23	+8	26
5	Red Bull Salzburg	16	7	5	4	26	19	+7	26

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2024. 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.^[8]

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
4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9	2	0	0	4	1	+3	1	0	1	2	1	+1

Last updated: 24 August 2024.
Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	7	6	8
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W
Position	10	7	3	2	1	4	4	1
Points	0	3	6	9	12	12	13	16

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2024. Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

4 August 2024 1	Rapid Wien	1–0	Sturm Graz	Vienna
17:00	Drena Beljo 29'			Stadium: Allianz Stadion

11 August 2024 2	Sturm Graz	2–0	Hartberg	Graz
17:00				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

17 August 2024 3	Austria Klagenfurt	0–2	WSG Tirol	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
				Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

24 August 2024 4	Sturm Graz	2–1	Rheindorf Altach	Graz
17:00				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

31 August 2024 5	Sturm Graz	4–2	WSG Tirol	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

22 September 2024 7	Sturm Graz	0–3	Wolfsberg	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

25 September 2024 6	Austria Wien	2–2	Sturm Graz	Wien
				Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium

28 September 2024 8	Blau-Weiß Linz	1–2	Sturm Graz	Linz
				Stadium: Donauparkstadion

6 October 2024 9	Sturm Graz	5–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

19 October 2024 10	Sturm Graz	5–2	Grazer AK	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

2 November 2024 12	Sturm Graz	1–1	Rapid Wien	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Austrian Cup

27 July 2024 First round	Kremser SC	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Sturm Graz	Krems an der Donau
18:15	Gökçek 13', 30' (pen.)	Report	Sarkaria 6' Horvat 26' Gorenc Stanković 113' Biereth 120+2'	Stadium: Sepp-Doll-Stadion Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Alain Sadikovski

27 August 2024 Second round	Ried	1–3	Sturm Graz	Ried im Innkreis
18:00	Bumberger 45+1'		Horvat 23' Jatta 32', 44', 60'	Stadium: Josko Arena

30 October 2024 Round of 16	Sturm Graz	2–1	Blau-Weiß Linz	Graz
20:30 CET	Zvonarek 24' (Yardımcı) Aiwu 32' Yardımcı 33' (Karić)	Report	Anderson 41' Mitrović 58' (Dobras) Dobras 84'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 10,680 Referee: Christopher Jäger

31 January 2025 Quarter-finals	Sturm Graz	v	Austria Wien	Graz
				Stadium: Merkur Arena

UEFA Champions League

League phase

The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.^[9] Sturm Graz will play their home matches at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, instead of their regular stadium, Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, which does not meet UEFA requirements.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
27	Shakhtar Donetsk (Y)	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4
28	Sparta Prague (Y)	6	1	1	4	7	18	−11	4
29	Sturm Graz (Z)	6	1	0	5	4	9	−5	3
30	Girona (Z)	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3
31	Red Star Belgrade (Z)	6	1	0	5	10	19	−9	3

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (seeded); (Z) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (unseeded)

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	22	31	32	33	29
Points	0	0	0	0	3	3

Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 September 2024 1	Brest	2–1	Sturm Graz	Guingamp, France
21:00 CEST	Magnetti 23' Sima 36', 56' Camara 64' Ajorque 85'	Report	Horvat 21' Johnston 22' Lavalée 40' 88' Fernandes 45+1' (o.g.) Gorenc Stanković 59' Gazibegović 83'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 14,518 Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
Note: Brest played their home match at Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp, instead of their regular stadium, Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest, which did not meet UEFA requirements.^[10]

2 October 2024 2	Sturm Graz	0–1	Club Brugge	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
21:00 CEST	Aiwu 51' Geyrhofer 66' Yalcouyé 70' Chukwuani 70' Gazibegović 90+4'	Report	Tzolis 23' Skóraś 73'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 23,205 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

22 October 2024 3	Sturm Graz	0–2	Sporting CP	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
21:00 CEST	Yalcouyé 39' Yardımcı 90+4'	Report	Santos 23' Gyökeres 53'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 23,691 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

5 November 2024 4	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Sturm Graz	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CET	Malen 75', 85'	Report		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

27 November 2024 5	Sturm Graz	1–0	Girona	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
18:45 CET	Gazibegović 20' Biereth 58'	Report	Gil 64'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 21,502 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

11 December 2024 6	Lille	3–2	Sturm Graz	Lille, France
18:45 CET	Sahroaui 37' Bakker 45+2', 74' Haraldsson 81'	Report	Chukwuani 8' Kiteishvili 45+4' Biereth 47'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

21 January 2025 7	Atalanta	v	Sturm Graz	Bergamo, Italy
18:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

29 January 2025 8	Sturm Graz	v	RB Leipzig	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

References

^ "Sommertransfer: Mittelfeldspieler für Schwarz-Weiß". SK Sturm.
^ "Kjell Scherpen joins Sturm Graz on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ "MITTELFELD-AKTEUR KOMMT LEIHWEISE VOM FC BAYERN". SK Sturm Graz (in German). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ Roché, Art de. "Arsenal agree to sell Biereth to Sturm Graz". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
^ "Der SK Sturm verpflichtet Emanuel Aiwu". SK Sturm.
^ "Daniil Khudyakov verstärkt das Torhüter-Team". SK Sturm.
^ Lehmann, Martin (May 22, 2024). "Schicker bestätigt Schnegg-Abgang - Nachfolger soll schon feststehen". Sky Sport Austria.
^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "Champions League league phase draw: All 36 teams learn their opponents". UEFA. 29 August 2024.
^ "Communiqué officiel: La Ligue des Champions au stade de Roudourou" [Official statement: Champions League at the Stade de Roudourou] (in French). Stade Brestois 29. 27 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[1] "Sommertransfer: Mittelfeldspieler für Schwarz-Weiß". SK Sturm.

[2] "Kjell Scherpen joins Sturm Graz on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

[3] "MITTELFELD-AKTEUR KOMMT LEIHWEISE VOM FC BAYERN". SK Sturm Graz (in German). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

[4] Roché, Art de. "Arsenal agree to sell Biereth to Sturm Graz". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.

[5] "Der SK Sturm verpflichtet Emanuel Aiwu". SK Sturm.

[6] "Daniil Khudyakov verstärkt das Torhüter-Team". SK Sturm.

[7] Lehmann, Martin (May 22, 2024). "Schicker bestätigt Schnegg-Abgang - Nachfolger soll schon feststehen". Sky Sport Austria.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-8] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[9] "Champions League league phase draw: All 36 teams learn their opponents". UEFA. 29 August 2024.

[10] "Communiqué officiel: La Ligue des Champions au stade de Roudourou" [Official statement: Champions League at the Stade de Roudourou] (in French). Stade Brestois 29. 27 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

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