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 (13 goals) All: Jakob Jantscher Manprit Sarkaria (17 each)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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

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

Austrian Bundesliga regular season table

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.^[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]

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:
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

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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)