2021–22 SK Sturm Graz season

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.

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 (12) All: Jakob Jantscher (17)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 January 2022

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   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. 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	^[1]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Sturm Graz   v   FC Juniors OÖ

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

Sturm Graz   v   FC Liefering

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

Sturm Graz   v   FC Blau-Weiß Linz

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

Sturm Graz   v   Cracovia

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

Sturm Graz   v   Red Star Belgrade

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

Udinese   v   Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz   v   Bravo

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

Gorica   v   Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz   v   Kapfenberger SV

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
					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

Main article: 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Regular stage

Pos	Team v t e	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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Sturm Graz v Red Bull Salzburg

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

Wolfsberger AC v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Rheindorf Altach

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

LASK v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Austria Wien

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

Admira v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Austria Klagenfurt

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

Sturm Graz v WSG Tirol

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

Rapid Wien v Sturm Graz

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

Hartberg v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Ried

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

Salzburg v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Wolfsberger AC

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

Sturm Graz v LASK

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

Austria Wien v Sturm Graz

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

Rheindorf Altach v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Admira

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 v t e	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.^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Austrian Cup

Stadl-Paura v Sturm Graz

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

World of Jobs VFB Hohenems v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v SV Ried

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

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.^[5]

Mura   v   Sturm Graz

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)

Sturm Graz   v   Mura

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

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group B

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	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

Monaco   v   Sturm Graz

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)

Sturm Graz   v   PSV

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)

Sturm Graz   v   Real Sociedad

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)

Real Sociedad   v   Sturm Graz

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)

PSV   v   Sturm Graz

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)

Sturm Graz   v   Monaco

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

1. "Il Genoa Sprinta Con Kelvin Yeboah" (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
2. "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
3. "Bundesliga veröffentlicht Spielplan für die Saison 2021/22". Sky Sport Austria. 22 June 2021.
4. "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
5. "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
6. "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.