2021–22 SK Sturm Graz season

Sturm Graz
2021–22 season
Chairman	Christian Jauk
Manager	Christian Ilzer
Stadium	Merkur-Arena
Austrian Bundesliga	2nd
Austrian Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Manprit Sarkaria; (13 goals); All: ; Jakob Jantscher; Manprit Sarkaria; (17 each)

The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 January 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
9	FW	DEN	Rasmus Højlund
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
20	FW	AUT	Martin Krienzer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	AUT	Samuel Stückler
22	DF	BIH	Jusuf Gazibegović
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
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; 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

In

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
45	FW	Kelvin Yeboah	Genoa	€6.5M	8 January 2022

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

3 September 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	1–1	Bravo	Lebring, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: sanSirro Stadion Lebring

29 January 2022 Friendly	Gorica	0–1	Sturm Graz	Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Sportski Centar Terme Čatež

24 March 2022 Friendly	Sturm Graz	3–2	Kapfenberger SV	Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)

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		28	14	8	6	55	36	+19	050.00
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					39	18	10	11	77	49	+28	046.15

Last updated: 24 April 2022
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Regular stage

Austrian Bundesliga regular season table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	22	17	4	1	50	13	+37	55	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Sturm Graz	22	10	7	5	46	32	+14	37
3	Wolfsberger AC	22	11	4	7	34	32	+2	37
4	Austria Wien	22	8	9	5	31	23	+8	33
5	Rapid Wien	22	8	7	7	35	31	+4	31

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
31	16	8	7	60	42	+18	56	9	4	3	32	23	+9	7	4	4	28	19	+9

Last updated: 15 May 2022.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L
Position	11	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	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 15 May 2022. 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)	Baumgartner 15' 59' Baribo 26' Gugganig 90+2'	Report	Wüthrich 25' Kiteishvili 31' Jantscher 32' Affengruber 37' Prass 75'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Harald Lechner

7 August 2021 3	Sturm Graz	3–1	Rheindorf Altach	Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stanković 17' Yeboah 59' 79' (pen.)	Report	Haudum 49' Zwischenbrugger 53' Strauß 87'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 9,454 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

15 August 2021 4	LASK	1–3	Sturm Graz	Pasching
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wiesinger 7' Grgić 51' Michorl 76' 85'	Report	Gazibegović 19' Kiteishvili 64' Yeboah 66' Stanković 75' Sarkaria 83' 90+4'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 5,368 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

22 August 2021 5	Sturm Graz	2–2	Austria Wien	Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sarkaria 47' Yeboah 51' Stanković 55' Kiteishvili 88'	Report	Pichler 14' Djuricin 19' (pen.) 69' Martel 20' Handl 43'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 12,474 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

29 August 2021 6	Admira	1–1	Sturm Graz	Maria Enzersdorf
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kronberger 21' Kerschbaum 70' Lukačević 90+4' Zwierschitz 90+4'	Report	Ljubic 19' Sarkaria 35' Jäger 52' Hierländer 82' Yeboah 90+4'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 2,590 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

12 September 2021 7	Sturm Graz	2–1	Austria Klagenfurt	Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jantscher 31' (pen.) Ljubic 45+1' Wüthrich 90+4' 90+5'	Report	Cvetko 3' Rieder 51' Nicolas Wimmer 64' Gemicibaşi 81'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 8,834 Referee: Walter Altmann

19 September 2021 8	Sturm Graz	5–0	WSG Tirol	Graz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jantscher 25' 45+3' Yeboah 45' 48' (pen.) 69' Kuen 54' Geyrhofer 83' Niangbo 85'	Report		Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 8,844 Referee: Harald Lechner

26 September 2021 9	Rapid Wien	0–3	Sturm Graz	Vienna
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stojković 33' Greiml 59'	Report	Yeboah 38' 66' Stanković 52' 71' Dante 59' Affengruber 79' Ljubic 82'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 16,228 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

3 October 2021 10	Hartberg	3–2	Sturm Graz	Hartberg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Horvat 19' Niemann 21' Heil 47' Sturm 81'	Report	Jantscher 48' (pen.) Niangbo 87'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 4,631 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

17 October 2021 11	Sturm Graz	1–0	Ried	Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jantscher 32' Gazibegović 44' Geyrhofer 85'	Report	Reiner 59' Ante Bajic 90+6'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 8,699 Referee: Christopher Jäger

24 October 2021 12	Salzburg	4–1	Sturm Graz	Wals-Siezenheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kristensen 5' Adeyemi 22' 28' 81' Ulmer 57' Siebenhandl 74' (o.g.)	Report	Jantscher 50' Gazibegović 88'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 16,512 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

31 October 2021 13	Sturm Graz	0–3	Wolfsberger AC	Graz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lochoshvili 6' Liendl 16' Baumgartner 61' Dante 64' (o.g.) Jasic 78' Dieng 90+4'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 10,615 Referee: Markus Hameter

21 November 2021 15	Sturm Graz	3–3	LASK	Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gazibegović 21' Yeboah 44' 80' 90+1' Affengruber 56' Sarkaria 64'	Report	Horvath 15' 36' Grgić 21' 26' Renner 28' 79' Karamoko 32' Boller 63'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 7,404 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

28 November 2021 16	Austria Wien	2–1	Sturm Graz	Wien
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Demaku 19' Jukic 41' 76' Huskovic 48' Schoissengeyr 87'	Report	Kuen 58' Sarkaria 81'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

1 December 2021 14	Rheindorf Altach	0–1	Sturm Graz	Altach
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gazibegović 18' Sarkaria 37'	Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Kijas

4 December 2021 17	Sturm Graz	1–1	Admira	Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wüthrich 7' Jantscher 13' Jäger 59'	Report	Ganda 9' Vorsager 38' Datković 45+1' Kronberger 73'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Julian Weinberger

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBS	STU	AWI	WOL	RWI	KLA
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	32	25	5	2	77	19	+58	52	Qualification for the Champions League group stage	—	1–0	5–0	4–0	2–1	1–1
2	Sturm Graz	32	16	8	8	62	46	+16	37	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	2–1	—	1–0	1–4	2–1	3–1
3	Austria Wien	32	11	13	8	44	39	+5	29	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	1–2	4–2	—	2–1	1–1	1–1
4	Wolfsberger AC	32	14	5	13	48	53	−5	28	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round	1–4	0–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–2
5	Rapid Wien (O)	32	10	11	11	48	45	+3	25	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	2–2

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.^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Austrian Cup

17 July 2021 First round	Stadl-Paura	0–9	Sturm Graz	Stadl-Paura
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stajev 58' Oduh 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Pos	Team	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 6 March 2021.
^ "Bundesliga veröffentlicht Spielplan für die Saison 2021/22". Sky Sport Austria. 22 June 2021.
^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-1] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table2-3] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

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

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

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