2023–24 SK Sturm Graz season

The 2023–24 SK Sturm Graz season was the club's 118th season in existence and its 58th consecutive season in the second division of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sturm Graz participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

SK Sturm Graz

2023–24 season
Manager	Christian Ilzer
Stadium	Merkur-Arena
Austrian Bundesliga	1st
Austrian Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
UEFA Europa Conference League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Otar Kiteishvili (9) All: Tomi Horvat Otar Kiteishvili (11 each)
Average home league attendance	14,874
Home colours Away colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

In the 2023–24 season, Sturm Graz clinched their fourth league title after a 2–0 win over Austria Klagenfurt on the final matchday, ending Red Bull Salzburg dominance for the last decade, in addition to securing a Champions League group stage berth for the first time since 2000–01.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 January 2024

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 1 GK  NED Kjell Scherpen (on loan from Brighton) 2 DF  SCO Max Johnston 4 MF  SVN Jon Gorenc Stanković 5 DF  SUI Gregory Wüthrich 6 DF  AUT Aleksandar Borković 8 MF  AUT Alexander Prass 9 FW  POL Szymon Włodarczyk 10 MF  GEO Otar Kiteishvili 11 MF  AUT Manprit Sarkaria 14 MF  ESP Javi Serrano (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 15 FW  DEN William Bøving 17 FW  CPV Bryan Teixeira 18 FW  DEN Mika Biereth (on loan from Arsenal) 19 MF  SVN Tomi Horvat 20 FW  NOR Seedy Jatta 21 MF  AUT Samuel Stückler

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  BIH Jusuf Gazibegović 23 MF  AUT Vesel Demaku 24 DF  BEL Dimitri Lavalée (on loan from Mechelen) 25 MF  AUT Stefan Hierländer 27 DF  AUT Gabriel Haider 28 DF  AUT David Schnegg 29 FW  GHA Mohammed Fuseini 31 GK  AUT Luka Marić 35 DF  AUT Niklas Geyrhofer 38 FW  AUT Leon Grgic 40 GK  AUT Matteo Bignetti 42 DF  AUT David Affengruber 43 GK  AUT Henry Timothy Obi 44 DF  MLI Amadou Danté

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 — MF  AUT Christoph Lang (at Hartberg until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  AUT Luca Kronberger (at Tirol until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	[[ ]]	[[ ]]		1 July 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	[[ ]]	[[ ]]		1 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Strasbourg v Sturm Graz

26 July 2023 Friendly	Strasbourg	3–0	Sturm Graz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Sturm Graz v SV Lafnitz

8 September 2023 Friendly	Sturm Graz	3–1	SV Lafnitz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Sturm Graz v Floridsdorfer AC

13 October 2023 Friendly	Sturm Graz	4–1	Floridsdorfer AC
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Bundesliga	30 July 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	Winners	32	19	10	3	56	23	+33	059.38
Austrian Cup	22 July 2023	1 May 2024	First round	Winners	5	5	0	0	21	8	+13	100.00
UEFA Champions League	8 August 2023	15 August 2023	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	000.00
UEFA Europa League	21 September 2023	14 December 2023	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	016.67
UEFA Europa Conference League	15 February 2024	14 March 2024	Knockout round play-offs	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Total					49	27	12	10	89	52	+37	055.10

Source: Soccerway

Austrian Bundesliga

Main article: 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	22	15	5	2	45	12	+33	50	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Sturm Graz	22	13	7	2	37	15	+22	46
3	LASK	22	9	8	5	26	18	+8	35
4	Austria Klagenfurt	22	8	10	4	29	27	+2	34[a]
5	Hartberg	22	9	7	6	33	28	+5	34[a]

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]
Notes:

1. Head to head points: Klagenfurt 4, TSV Hartberg 1.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STU	RBS	LASK	RWI	HAR	AKL
1	Sturm Graz (C)	32	19	10	3	56	23	+33	44	Qualification for the Champions League league stage		—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
2	Red Bull Salzburg	32	20	7	5	74	29	+45	42	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a]		2–2	—	7–1	1–1	5–1	4–2
3	LASK	32	14	10	8	43	33	+10	34	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]		2–2	3–1	—	5–0	1–3	1–0
4	Rapid Wien	32	11	12	9	47	35	+12	28	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		1–3	2–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–1
5	Hartberg	32	12	9	11	49	52	−3	28	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs		1–3	1–5	1–2	0–3	—	3–2

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.^[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
2. The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WOL	AWI	BWL	ALT	WAT	LUS
1	Wolfsberger AC	32	12	10	10	41	39	+2	31	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs		—	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–1
2	Austria Wien (O)	32	12	10	10	35	34	+1	29			0–4	—	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1
3	Blau-Weiß Linz	32	7	11	14	33	48	−15	22			0–0	1–2	—	2–1	3–2	0–0
4	Rheindorf Altach	32	6	13	13	27	40	−13	21			0–1	1–1	2–2	—	0–0	2–2
5	WSG Tirol	32	7	5	20	29	55	−26	19			1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	—	0–0
6	Austria Lustenau (R)	32	4	9	19	22	58	−36	16	Relegation to Austrian Football Second League		1–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	—

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.^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
22	13	7	2	37	15	+22	46	7	3	1	19	6	+13	6	4	1	18	9	+9

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D
Position	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.^[4]

Austria Wien v Sturm Graz

30 July 2023 1	Austria Wien	0–3	Sturm Graz	Vienna
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gazibegović 9' Włodarczyk 38' Affengruber 60'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 13,088 Referee: Stefan Ebner

Sturm Graz v LASK

5 August 2023 2	Sturm Graz	2–0	LASK	Graz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Horvat 27' Włodarczyk 77'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 14,740 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

Sturm Graz v Austria Klagenfurt

12 August 2023 3	Sturm Graz	0–0	Austria Klagenfurt	Graz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Merkur–Arena Attendance: 13,328 Referee: Markus Hameter

Austria Lustenau v Sturm Graz

19 August 2023 4	Austria Lustenau	0–1	Sturm Graz	Lustenau
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Wüthrich 33'	Stadium: Planet Pure Stadion Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Josef Spurny

Sturm Graz v Blau-Weiß Linz

26 August 2023 5	Sturm Graz	4–1	Blau-Weiß Linz	Graz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Włodarczyk 1', 61' Haudum 7' (o.g.) Sarkaria 76' (pen.)	Report	Affengruber 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: Harald Lechner Referee: 13,594

Rheindorf Altach v Sturm Graz

2 September 2023 6	Rheindorf Altach	1–2	Sturm Graz	Altach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koller 78'	Report	Kiteishvili 63' Fuseini 90+1'	Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena Attendance: 5,760 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

Sturm Graz v Red Bull Salzburg

16 September 2023 7	Sturm Graz	2–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kiteishvili 53' Sarkaria 63'	Report	Baidoo 40' Koïta 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur–Arena Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Julian Weinberger

Rapid Wien v Sturm Graz

24 September 2023 8	Rapid Wien	1–1	Sturm Graz	Vienna
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schnegg 21' (o.g.)	Report	Prass 25'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 21,600 Referee: Stefan Ebner

Sturm Graz v WSG Tirol

1 October 2023 9	Sturm Graz	1–0	WSG Tirol	Graz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wüthrich 44'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 14,876 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

Wolfsberger AC v Sturm Graz

8 October 2023 10	Wolfsberger AC	1–2	Sturm Graz	Wolfsberg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Danté 40' (o.g.)	Report	Sarkaria 54' Kiteishvili 60'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 5,844 Referee: Walter Altmann

Sturm Graz v Hartberg

21 October 2023 11	Sturm Graz	2–1	Hartberg	Graz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jatta 13' Prass 42'	Report	Lang 4'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 15,607 Referee: Christopher Jäger

Sturm Graz v Austria Wien

29 October 2023 12	Sturm Graz	0–1	Austria Wien	Graz
12:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gruber 14'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 15,460 Referee: Alan Kijas

LASK v Sturm Graz

5 November 2023 13	LASK	3–1	Sturm Graz	Linz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Usor 36' Stojković 45+1' Žulj 90+1'	Report	Włodarczyk 60'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 15,249 Referee: Markus Hameter

Austria Klagenfurt v Sturm Graz

12 November 2023 14	Austria Klagenfurt	0–3	Sturm Graz	Klagenfurt
12:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gorenc Stanković 3' Horvat 19', 67'	Stadium: 28 Black Arena Attendance: 6,448 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

Sturm Graz v Austria Lustenau

25 November 2023 15	Sturm Graz	2–0	Austria Lustenau	Graz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Horvat 48' Prass 70'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 14,608 Referee: Arnes Talic

Blau-Weiß Linz v Sturm Graz

3 December 2023 16	Blau-Weiß Linz	1–1	Sturm Graz	Linz
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Seidl 19'	Report	Horvat 48'	Stadium: Hoffmann Personal Stadion Attendance: 5,595 Referee: Josef Spurny

Sturm Graz v Rheindorf Altach

10 December 2023 17	Sturm Graz	1–0	Rheindorf Altach	Graz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jatta 3'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 15,002 Referee: Achim Untergasser

Red Bull Salzburg v Sturm Graz

9 February 2024 18	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	Sturm Graz	Salzburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ratkov 15'	Report	Kiteishvili 80'	Stadium: Wals–Siezenheim Attendance: 15,239 Referee: Harald Lechner

Sturm Graz v Rapid Wien

17 February 2024 19	Sturm Graz	1–1	Rapid Wien	Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lavalée 6'	Report	41' Lang	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Walter Altmann

WSG Tirol v Sturm Graz

24 February 2024 20	WSG Tirol	v	Sturm Graz	Wattens
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol

Sturm Graz v Wolfsberger AC

2 March 2024 21	Sturm Graz	v	Wolfsberger AC	Graz
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena

Hartberg v Sturm Graz

9 March 2024 22	Hartberg	v	Sturm Graz	Hartberg
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Profertil Arena

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sturm Graz (C)	32	19	10	3	56	23	+33	44	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Red Bull Salzburg	32	20	7	5	74	29	+45	42	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a]
3	LASK	32	14	10	8	43	33	+10	34	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]
4	Rapid Wien	32	11	12	9	47	35	+12	28	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Hartberg	32	12	9	11	49	52	−3	28	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs

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.^[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
2. The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

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
32	19	10	3	56	23	+33	67	10	4	2	24	8	+16	9	6	1	32	15	+17

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W
Position	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Austrian Cup

The draw for the season's first round took place on 25 June.^[5]

SAK Klagenfurt v Sturm Graz

22 July 2023 First round	SAK Klagenfurt	2–7	Sturm Graz	Klagenfurt
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamsek 34' Sredojevic 82'	Report	Włodarczyk 15', 27', 63' Kiteishvili 18' Stanković 51' Horvat 58' Jantscher 79'	Stadium: Sportplatz Welzenegg Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Achim Untergasser

SV Leobendorf v Sturm Graz

27 September 2023 Second round	SV Leobendorf	0–3	Sturm Graz	Leobendorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bøving 43' Prass 71' Affengruber 89'	Stadium: Franz Haas Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dominic Schilcher

Grazer AK v Sturm Graz

2 November 2023 Third round	Grazer AK	2–3	Sturm Graz	Graz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cheukoua 30' Oberleitner 37'	Report	Wüthrich 5' Oberleitner 58' (o.g.) Teixeira 84'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Harald Lechner

Sturm Graz v Austria Wien

2 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Sturm Graz	2–0	Austria Wien	Graz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Horvat 9' Biereth 45+8'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 12,025 Referee: Christopher Jäger

Red Bull Salzburg v Sturm Graz

4 April 2024 Semi-finals	Red Bull Salzburg	3–4	Sturm Graz	Wals-Siezenheim
20:45 CET	Solet 11' (Daniliuc) Ratkov  41' Sučić 79' (Fernando) Terzić 90' (Sučić) Koïta  90+3'	Report	Bøving 25' (Horvat) Horvat 52' (Gazibegović) Wüthrich  66' Schnegg 71' (Biereth) Geyrhofer  77' 81' (Horvat)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11,494 Referee: Walter Altmann

Sturm Graz v Rapid Wien

1 May 2024 Final	Sturm Graz	2–1	Rapid Wien	Klagenfurt
15:00 CET	Querfeld 49' (o.g.) Horvat 81' (Kiteishvili)		Seidl 43'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

PSV Eindhoven v Sturm Graz

8 August 2023 First leg	PSV Eindhoven	4–1	Sturm Graz	Eindhoven, Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Babadi 4' De Jong 22', 32' Sangaré 73'	Report	Stanković 40'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 31,500[6] Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Sturm Graz v PSV Eindhoven

15 August 2023 Second leg	Sturm Graz	1–3 (2–7 agg.)	PSV Eindhoven	Graz
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bøving 26'	Report	Veerman 32' De Jong 39' Pepi 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 12,571[7] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group D

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATA	SCP	STU	RAK
1	Atalanta	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14	Advance to round of 16		—	1–1	1–0	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–2	—	3–0	2–1
3	Sturm Graz	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4[a]	Transfer to Europa Conference League		2–2	1–2	—	0–1
4	Raków Częstochowa	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4[a]			0–4	1–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

Sturm Graz v Sporting CP

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 1	Sturm Graz	1–2	Sporting CP	Graz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bøving 58'	Report	Gyökeres 76' Coates 84'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 13,517[8] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Raków Częstochowa v Sturm Graz

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) 2	Raków Częstochowa	0–1	Sturm Graz	Sosnowiec, Poland
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bøving 24'	Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy, Attendance: 8,993[9] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
Note: Raków Częstochowa played their home matches at the Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy, in Sosnowiec, instead of their regular stadium, the Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków", in Częstochowa, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Sturm Graz v Atalanta

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 3	Sturm Graz	2–2	Atalanta	Graz
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Prass 13' Włodarczyk 80' (pen.)	Report	Muriel 34', 45+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 14,167[10] Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Atalanta v Sturm Graz

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 4	Atalanta	1–0	Sturm Graz	Bergamo, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djimsiti 50'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 14,739[11] Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Sturm Graz v Raków Częstochowa

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 5	Sturm Graz	0–1	Raków Częstochowa	Graz
16:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Yeboah 81'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 12,517[12] Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Sporting CP v Sturm Graz

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) 6	Sporting CP	3–0	Sturm Graz	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gyökeres 39' Inácio 60', 70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 24,733[13] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

Sturm Graz v Slovan Bratislava

15 February 2024 First leg	Sturm Graz	4–1	Slovan Bratislava	Graz
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Biereth 4' Stanković 27' Kiteishvili 64' (pen.) Camara 90+1'	Report	Rodrigues 8' Weiss  78'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 12,817 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim

Slovan Bratislava v Sturm Graz

22 February 2024 Second leg	Slovan Bratislava	0–1 (1–5 agg.)	Sturm Graz	Bratislava
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Biereth 52'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 19,870 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

Round of 16

Sturm Graz v Lille

7 March 2024 First leg	Sturm Graz	0–3	Lille	Graz
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wüthrich  69'	Report	David 28', 51' Zhegrova 71' Bouaddi  74'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 13,825[14] Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Lille v Sturm Graz

14 March 2024 Second leg	Lille	1–1 (4–1 agg.)	Sturm Graz	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Santos 43'	Report	Biereth 45+1'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 17,888[15] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Note: Lille won 4–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 19 May 2024

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		Austrian Cup		Europe
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NED	Kjell Scherpen	27	0	16	0	3	0	8	0
16	GK	CZE	Vítězslav Jaroš	21	0	14	0	3	0	4	0
31	GK	AUT	Luka Marić	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	SCO	Max Johnston	29	0	2+18	0	1+1	0	2+5	0
5	DF	SUI	Gregory Wüthrich	42	4	28	3	3+1	1	10	0
6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Borković	4	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0
22	DF	BIH	Jusuf Gazibegović	47	2	30+1	2	5	0	11	0
24	DF	BEL	Dimitri Lavalée	34	2	22	2	3+1	0	7+1	0
28	DF	AUT	David Schnegg	38	1	20+8	0	4	1	6	0
35	DF	AUT	Niklas Geyrhofer	15	1	4+8	0	2	1	0+1	0
42	DF	AUT	David Affengruber	45	3	24+4	2	5	1	11+1	0
44	DF	MLI	Amadou Danté	19	0	5+6	0	2	0	4+2	0
Midfielders
4	MF	SVN	Jon Gorenc Stanković	44	6	28	3	3+1	1	12	2
8	MF	AUT	Alexander Prass	47	9	30	7	5+1	1	10+1	1
10	MF	GEO	Otar Kiteishvili	40	11	24+1	9	4	1	10+1	1
11	MF	AUT	Manprit Sarkaria	28	4	14+2	4	2+1	0	7+2	0
14	MF	ESP	Javi Serrano	17	0	2+6	0	1+3	0	0+5	0
19	MF	SVN	Tomi Horvat	45	11	24+4	7	5+1	4	5+6	0
25	MF	AUT	Stefan Hierländer	39	0	6+16	0	2+4	0	6+5	0
Forwards
9	FW	POL	Szymon Włodarczyk	40	9	12+12	5	3+1	3	5+7	1
15	FW	DEN	William Bøving	45	7	17+11	2	3+2	2	6+6	3
17	FW	CPV	Bryan Teixeira	17	1	5+5	0	1+1	1	1+4	0
18	FW	DEN	Mika Biereth	22	9	15	5	3	1	4	3
20	FW	NOR	Seedy Jatta	24	2	5+12	2	2+2	0	2+1	0
29	FW	GHA	Mohammed Fuseini	15	1	0+11	1	0+1	0	0+3	0
36	FW	MLI	Amady Camara	24	2	2+18	1	0	0	0+4	1
38	FW	AUT	Leon Grgic	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
13	FW	AUT	Jakob Jantscher	3	1	0+1	0	0+1	1	0+1	0