2024–25 Grazer AK season

Grazer AK
2024–25 season
ManagerGernot Messner
(until 21 October)
René Poms
(from 22 October until 21 March)
Ferdinand Feldhofer
(from 24 March)
StadiumLiebenauer Stadium
Austrian Football Bundesliga11th
Austrian CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Daniel Maderner (7)
All: Daniel Maderner (8)
Highest home attendance13,900 9 March 2025 vs. SK Sturm Graz
Lowest home attendance4,197 16 February 2025 vs. LASK
Average home league attendance8,012
Biggest winSVG Reichenau 0–9 Grazer AK
(28 August 2024)
Biggest defeatSK Sturm Graz 5–2 Grazer AK
(19 October 2024)
Grazer AK 0–3 TSV Hartberg
(8 December 2024)
SK Rapid Wien 3–0 Grazer AK
(16 March 2025)
Grazer AK 0–3 TSV Hartberg
(22 April 2025)

The 2024–25 season is the 123rd season in the history of Grazer AK, and the club's first season back in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Austrian Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Dominik Frieser TSV Hartberg Free 29 May 2024 [1]
MF Jacob Italiano Borussia Mönchengladbach Free 18 June 2024 [2]
DF Moritz Eder Saalfelden Free 19 June 2024 [3]
MF Tio Cipot Spezia Loan 28 June 2024 [4]
GK Juri Kirchmayr Wolfsburg Free 1 July 2024 [5]
DF Petar Filipović AEL Limassol Free[6] 12 July 2024 [7]
DF Martin Kreuzriegler Vålerenga Undisclosed 19 July 2024 [8]
FW Romeo Vučić Austria Wien Loan 19 July 2024 [9]
MF Dennis Dressel Hansa Rostock Free 27 July 2024 [10]
GK Florian Wiegele Viktoria Plzeň Loan 5 January 2025 [11]
DF Sadik Fofana Bayer Leverkusen Free 11 January 2025 [12]
DF Antonio Tikvić Watford Loan 22 January 2025 [13]
MF Zeteny Jano Red Bull Salzburg Loan 2 February 2025 [14]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
MF Levan Eloshvili Kapfenberger SV Free 7 July 2024
DF Yannick Oberleitner SKU Amstetten Loan 17 July 2024 [15]
FW Kevin-Prince Milla ASK Voitsberg Loan 16 August 2024
MF Felix Köchl SKU Amstetten Free 23 August 2024
FW Michael Cheukoua Meizhou Hakka Contract terminated 2 January 2025 [16]
GK Juri Kirchmayr ASK Voitsberg Loan 8 January 2025 [17]
FW Atsushi Zaizen ASK Voitsberg Loan 8 January 2025 [17]
DF Michael Lang Kapfenberger SV Loan 4 February 2025 [18]

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly SC Pinkafeld 1–8 Grazer AK
18:40
5 July 2024 Friendly ASK Voitsberg 0–2 Grazer AK
19:00
13 July 2024 Friendly Kapfenberg 1–4 Grazer AK
17:00
17 July 2024 Friendly Grazer AK 3–1 Šibenik Graz
18:00 Stadium: Sportzentrum Graz-Weinzödl
20 July 2024 Friendly Grazer AK 1–5 Beşiktaş Wildon
18:00
  • Lang 3'
Stadium: Stadion Wildon
6 August 2024 Friendly Grazer AK 3–3 Al-Ahli
12:00

Mid-season

11 October 2024 Friendly Grazer AK 6–2 ASK Voitsberg
15:30
11 January 2025 Friendly Grazer AK 7–1 SC Weiz
14:00
18 January 2025 Friendly Grazer AK 1–1 Rijeka
14:30
25 January 2025 Friendly Grazer AK 4–1 Kapfenberg
13:00
25 January 2025 Friendly Grazer AK 4–0 ASK Voitsberg
15:00
1 February 2025 Friendly Grazer AK 0–1 Rukh Lviv
13:30

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga 2 August 2024 Matchday 1 16 2 6 8 21 33 −12 012.50
Austrian Cup 26 July 2024 30 October 2024 First round 3 1 1 1 12 4 +8 033.33
Total 19 3 7 9 33 37 −4 015.79

Last updated: 8 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Regular stage

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 TSV Hartberg 22 6 8 8 24 31 −7 26 Qualification for the Relegation round
9 Austria Klagenfurt 22 5 6 11 22 44 −22 21
10 WSG Tirol 22 4 7 11 20 31 −11 19
11 Grazer AK 22 3 7 12 27 45 −18 16
12 Rheindorf Altach 22 3 7 12 20 35 −15 16
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.[19]

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 0 2 1 4 5  −1 2 0 1 1 4 5  −1 0 1 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 17 August 2024.
Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga

Results by round

Round123
GroundHAH
ResultLDD
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2024. Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 August 2024 1 Grazer AK 2–3 Red Bull Salzburg Graz
20:30
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 9,877
Referee: Julian Weinberger
10 August 2024 2 WSG Tirol 0–0 Grazer AK Innsbruck
17:00
Report
Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Attendance: 2,118
Referee: Harald Lechner
17 August 2024 3 Grazer AK 2–2 FC Blau-Weiß Linz Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 7,287
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
25 August 2024 4 Wolfsberger AC 4–2 Grazer AK Wolfsberg
17:00
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 4,948
Referee: Florian Jäger
31 August 2024 5 TSV Hartberg 1–1 Grazer AK Hartberg
17:00
Report
Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg
Attendance: 4,187
Referee: Walter Altmann
15 September 2024 6 Grazer AK 1–1 SCR Altach Graz
14:30
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 6,643
Referee: Christopher Jäger
21 September 2024 7 LASK 4–2 Grazer AK Linz
17:00
Report
  • Vučić 30'
  • Lichtenberger 51'
  • Schriebl  87'
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 12,975
Referee: Julian Weinberger
29 September 2024 8 Grazer AK 0–1 SK Austria Klagenfurt Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 6,967
Referee: Harald Lechner
5 October 2024 9 FK Austria Wien 2–1 Grazer AK Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 13,222
Referee: Florian Jäger
19 October 2024 10 SK Sturm Graz 5–2 Grazer AK Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 14,029
Referee: Alexander Harkam
27 October 2024 11 Grazer AK 1–1 SK Rapid Wien Graz
14:30
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 10,651
Referee: Daniel Pfister
2 November 2024 12 Red Bull Salzburg 0–0 Grazer AK Wals-Siezenheim
17:00
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 13,551
Referee: Julian Weinberger
9 November 2024 13 Grazer AK 2–1 WSG Tirol Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 6,808
Referee: Alain Sadikovski
24 November 2024 14 FC Blau-Weiß Linz 1–2 Grazer AK Linz
14:30
Report
Stadium: Hofmann Personal Stadion
Attendance: 5,514
Referee: Emil Ristoskov
30 November 2024 15 Grazer AK 3–4 Wolfsberger AC Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 7,686
Referee: Isa Simsek
8 December 2024 16 Grazer AK 0–3 TSV Hartberg Graz
14:30
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 6,905
Referee: Christopher Jäger
8 February 2025 17 SCR Altach 1–2 Grazer AK Altach
17:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Referee: Stefan Ebner
16 February 2025 18 Grazer AK 0–0 LASK Graz
14:30
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 4,197
Referee: Christopher Jäger
22 February 2024 19 Austria Klagenfurt 4–2 Grazer AK Klagenfurt
17:00
Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
1 March 2025 20 Grazer AK 1–2 FK Austria Wien Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 7,597
Referee: Markus Hameter
9 March 2025 21 Grazer AK 1–2 SK Sturm Graz Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 13,900
Referee: Harald Lechner
16 March 2025 22 SK Rapid Wien 3–0 Grazer AK Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 21,681
Referee: Stefan Ebner

Relegation round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 TSV Hartberg 32 11 11 10 40 40 0 31 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs
3 WSG Tirol 32 7 9 16 35 50 −15 20
4 Grazer AK 32 5 13 14 34 54 −20 20
5 Rheindorf Altach 32 5 11 16 29 46 −17 18
6 Austria Klagenfurt (R) 32 6 9 17 33 70 −37 16 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League
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) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[20]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Results by round

Round12345678910
GroundHAHAHAHAHA
Result
Position
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 March 2025 23 Grazer AK 0–0 WSG Tirol Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 6,623
Referee: Josef Spurny
5 April 2025 24 LASK 1–0 Grazer AK Linz
17:00
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 9,502
Referee: Daniel Pfister
12 April 2025 25 Grazer AK 1–0 SCR Altach Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Julian Weinberger
19 April 2025 26 Austria Klagenfurt 0–0 Grazer AK Klagenfurt
17:00
Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 3,833
Referee: Harald Lechner
22 April 2025 27 Grazer AK 0–3 TSV Hartberg Graz
18:30
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 7,202
Referee: Alain Sadikovski
25 April 2025 28 TSV Hartberg 1–1 Grazer AK Hartberg
19:30
Report
  • Cipot 36'
  • Lichtenberger  45+2'
Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg
Attendance: 3,272
Referee: Josef Spurny
2 May 2025 29 Grazer AK 1–1 Austria Klagenfurt Graz
19:30
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 8,352
Referee: Arnes Talic
10 May 2025 30 SCR Altach 2–2 Grazer AK Altach
17:00
Report
  • Lichtenberger 29'
  • Cipot 61'
Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Attendance: 8,057
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
17 May 2025 31 Grazer AK 1–0 LASK Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 9,703
Referee: Christopher Jäger
23 May 2025 32 WSG Tirol 1–1 Grazer AK Innsbruck
19:30
Report
Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Attendance: Julian Weinberger
Referee: 2,150

Austrian Cup

26 July 2024 First round ATUS Fliesen Koller Velden 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Grazer AK Villach
18:00
  • Nicolas Manuel Modritz 6'
  • Marlon Winter 54'
Report Stadium: Stadion Villach/Lind
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jäger Florian
28 August 2024 Second round SVG Reichenau 0–9 Grazer AK Innsbruck
17:30
  • Hupfauf  13'
  • Kleinlercher  38'
  • Abali  46'
Report
Stadium: Kunstrasen Reichenau
Attendance: 643
Referee: Stefan Macanovic
30 October 2024 Third round SW Bregenz 2–1 Grazer AK Bregenz
19:00
Report
Stadium: ImmoAgentur Stadion
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Stjepan Bosnjak

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 23 May 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga Austrian Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  AUT Jakob Meierhofer 19 0 17+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF  CRO Antonio Tikvić 15 0 13+2 0 0+0 0
4 DF  AUT Martin Kreuzriegler 14 0 8+4 0 2+0 0
5 DF  CRO Petar Filipović 27 1 26+0 1 1+0 0
6 MF  TOG Sadik Fofana 14 0 13+1 0 0+0 0
7 MF  AUT Murat Satin 31 0 23+6 0 1+1 0
8 MF  HUN Laszlo Kleinheisler 13 0 4+9 0 0+0 0
9 FW  AUT Daniel Maderner 30 8 21+7 7 1+1 1
10 MF  AUT Christian Lichtenberger 34 6 24+7 5 1+2 1
11 MF  SVN Tio Cipot 29 6 17+10 6 1+1 0
12 FW  AUT Romeo Vučić 20 3 8+9 2 2+1 1
13 MF  AUT Marco Perchtold 23 1 13+8 1 1+1 0
14 DF  AUS Jacob Italiano 30 1 17+11 1 1+1 0
15 DF  AUT Lukas Graf 16 0 11+2 0 1+2 0
17 MF  AUT Thomas Schiestl 7 1 3+3 0 1+0 1
18 MF  AUT Zeteny Jano 14 1 9+5 1 0+0 0
18 FW  JPN Atsushi Zaizen 14 1 3+9 1 1+1 0
19 DF  AUT Marco Gantschnig 18 2 8+7 1 3+0 1
20 MF  AUT Thorsten Schriebl 25 1 10+12 0 3+0 1
21 DF  AUT Michael Lang 17 2 11+3 2 3+0 0
24 MF  AUT Tobias Revelant 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
26 GK  AUT Christoph Nicht 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
27 DF  AUT Benjamin Rosenberger 28 2 18+8 1 2+0 1
28 FW  AUT Dominik Frieser 32 3 26+3 1 1+2 2
30 DF  AUT Miloš Jovičić 27 0 25+0 0 1+1 0
44 GK  AUT Florian Wiegele 15 0 15+0 0 0+0 0
Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
8 MF  AUT Gabriel Zirngast 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
22 DF  AUT Felix Holzhacker 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
24 MF  GER Dennis Dressel 15 0 9+5 0 1+0 0
99 FW  CMR Michael Cheukoua 12 4 2+7 1 2+1 3

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