2024–25 SK Sturm Graz season

The 2024–25 season was the 116th season in the history of SK Sturm Graz, and the club's 59th consecutive season in Austrian Football Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team to participate in the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

SK Sturm Graz

2024–25 season
Manager	Christian Ilzer
Stadium	Liebenauer Stadium
Austrian Bundesliga	1st (champions)
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: Otar Kiteishvili (12 goals) All: Mika Biereth (14 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Sturm Graz retained their Austrian Bundesliga title with a 1–1 draw against Wolfsberg on the final day of the season.^[1]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Tochi Chukwuani	Lyngby	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	[2]
MF	Youba Koïta	ATS Koro		1 July 2024
MF	Martin Kern	Puskás AFC II		1 July 2024
DF	Emir Karić	SV Darmstadt 98	Free	1 July 2024
DF	Arjan Malić	SV Ried	€500,000	1 July 2024
GK	Kjell Scherpen	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	2 July 2024	[3]
MF	Lovro Zvonarek	Bayern Munich	Loan	4 July 2024	[4]
FW	Mika Biereth	Arsenal FC U21	€4,000,000	8 July 2024	[5]
DF	Emanuel Aiwu	Cremonese	Undisclosed	10 July 2024	[6]
GK	Daniil Khudyakov	Lokomotiv Moscow	€340,000	22 July 2024	[7]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	David Schnegg	D.C. United	€1,850,000	1 July 2024	[8]
DF	Jusuf Gazibegović	1. FC Köln	€2,000,000	1 January 2025

Friendlies

Pre-season

SC Weiz v Sturm Graz

28 June 2024 Friendly	SC Weiz	1–6	Sturm Graz	Strobl
18:00				Stadium: Sportplatz Strobl

Sturm Graz v Flyeralarm Admira

29 June 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–2	Flyeralarm Admira	Dechantskirchen
17:00	Jatta 58', 74'		Stevanovic 48' Mujanović 54'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Stadion Wechselland Dechantskirchen

Sturm Graz v Domžale

6 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	0–3	Domžale	Tillmitsch
15:00		Report	Malić 4' (o.g.) Šturm 45' Štefanec 53'	Stadium: Nunner Arena Tillmitsch Attendance: 1,500

Sturm Graz v Rukh Lviv

6 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	1–4	Rukh Lviv	Gralla
18:00	Sarkaria 85' (pen.)		Pidgurskyi 5' (pen.) Krasnopir 35', 63' Karabin 77' Slyubyk  84'	Stadium: Sportplatz Gralla

Sturm Graz v Midtjylland

13 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	3–1	Midtjylland	Irdning
11:30	Biereth 24' Włodarczyk 106' Aiwu 119'	Report	Chilufya 110'	Stadium: ATV-Riesneralm-Arena Irdning Attendance: 1,000
Note: 3 x 45 minutes

Sturm Graz v Monaco

20 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–2	Monaco	Windischgarsten
18:00	Bøving 21' Biereth 41' (pen.)	Report	Minamino 33' (pen.) Eliot Matazo 58'	Stadium: Sportplatz Windischgarsten Attendance: 1,500

Sturm Graz v Porto

23 July 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	0–2	Porto	Graz
19:00			Grujić 34' Namaso 55'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Sturm Graz v Paris Saint-Germain

7 August 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Klagenfurt, Austria
18:30				Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

Mid-season

Sturm Graz v Kapfenberger SV

5 September 2024 Friendly	Sturm Graz	4–1	Kapfenberger SV
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Winter Break

SK Sturm Graz v Grasshopper Club Zurich

11 January 2025 (2025-01-11) Winter Break	SK Sturm Graz	v	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Marbella, Spain
15:00 CST (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	4 August 2024		Matchday 1	13	9	2	2	29	15	+14	069.23
Austrian Cup	27 July 2024		First round	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	100.00
Total				16	12	2	2	38	19	+19	075.00

Last updated: 9 November 2024
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Main article: 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sturm Graz	22	14	4	4	51	28	+23	46	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Austria Wien	22	14	4	4	36	19	+17	46
3	Red Bull Salzburg	22	10	8	4	33	22	+11	38
4	Wolfsberg	22	11	3	8	44	30	+14	36
5	Rapid Wien	22	9	7	6	32	24	+8	34

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.^[9]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STU	RBS	AWI	WAC	RWI	BWL
1	Sturm Graz (C)	32	19	6	7	66	39	+27	40	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round		—	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
2	Red Bull Salzburg	32	16	9	7	53	36	+17	38	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		1–2	—	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–1
3	Austria Wien	32	18	6	8	47	32	+15	37	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round		2–1	1–3	—	0–0	1–2	2–2
4	Wolfsberg	32	16	7	9	60	38	+22	37	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]		1–1	2–1	1–2	—	5–1	2–0
5	Rapid Wien (O)	32	12	8	12	43	42	+1	27	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs		3–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	—	0–0

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.^[10]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. The 2024–25 Austrian Cup winners (Wolfsberg) qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LSK	HAR	TIR	GAK	ALT	AKL
1	LASK	32	16	6	10	51	36	+15	38	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs		—	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	6–0
2	TSV Hartberg	32	11	11	10	40	40	0	31			0–1	—	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–3
3	WSG Tirol	32	7	9	16	35	50	−15	20			1–3	1–3	—	1–1	1–0	5–3
4	Grazer AK	32	5	13	14	34	54	−20	20			1–0	0–3	0–0	—	1–0	1–1
5	Rheindorf Altach	32	5	11	16	29	46	−17	18			0–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	—	0–0
6	Austria Klagenfurt (R)	32	6	9	17	33	70	−37	16	Relegation to Austrian Football Second League		1–4	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–3	—

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.^[10]
(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
21	13	4	4	47	26	+21	43	7	2	1	30	12	+18	6	2	3	17	14	+3

Last updated: 9 March 2025.
Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	7	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W
Position	10	7	3	2	1	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	0	3	6	9	12	12	13	16	19	22	25	26	29	32	33	36	37	37	40	40	43

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2025. Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Rapid Wien v Sturm Graz

4 August 2024 1	Rapid Wien	1–0	Sturm Graz	Vienna
17:00	Drena Beljo 29'			Stadium: Allianz Stadion

Sturm Graz v Hartberg

11 August 2024 2	Sturm Graz	2–0	Hartberg	Graz
17:00				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Austria Klagenfurt v WSG Tirol

17 August 2024 3	Austria Klagenfurt	0–2	WSG Tirol	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
				Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

Sturm Graz v Rheindorf Altach

24 August 2024 4	Sturm Graz	2–1	Rheindorf Altach	Graz
17:00				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Sturm Graz v WSG Tirol

31 August 2024 5	Sturm Graz	4–2	WSG Tirol	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Sturm Graz v Wolfsberg

22 September 2024 7	Sturm Graz	0–3	Wolfsberg	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Austria Wien v Sturm Graz

25 September 2024 6	Austria Wien	2–2	Sturm Graz	Wien
				Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium

Blau-Weiß Linz v Sturm Graz

28 September 2024 8	Blau-Weiß Linz	1–2	Sturm Graz	Linz
				Stadium: Donauparkstadion

Sturm Graz v Red Bull Salzburg

6 October 2024 9	Sturm Graz	5–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Sturm Graz v Grazer AK

19 October 2024 10	Sturm Graz	5–2	Grazer AK	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Sturm Graz v Rapid Wien

2 November 2024 12	Sturm Graz	1–1	Rapid Wien	Graz
				Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Hartberg v Sturm Graz

9 November 2024 13	Hartberg	1–2	Sturm Graz	Hartberg
17:00 CET	Fabian Wilfinger  44' Markuš  70' Demir  72' Avdijaj  85' Marco Hoffmann 90+2'	Report	Chukwuani 10'  47' Lavalée  37' Yardımcı 57'  59' Jatta  68'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 4,919 Referee: Harald Lechner

Sturm Graz v Austria Klagenfurt

23 November 2024 14	Sturm Graz	7–0	Austria Klagenfurt	Graz
17:00 CET	Bøving 8' 55' Lavalée  23' Jatta 32' Gazibegović  35' Biereth 38' 65' Geyrhofer 40' Aiwu  79' Grgic 90+1'	Report	Toshevski  80' Bonnah  82'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 15,508 Referee: Josef Spurny

Rheindorf Altach v Sturm Graz

30 November 2024 15	Rheindorf Altach	1–1	Sturm Graz	Altach
17:00 CET	Ingolitsch  20' Kameri  62' Gugganig 88'	Report	Biereth 45+1' Aiwu  90+4'	Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena Attendance: 4,366 Referee: Walter Altmann

WSG Tirol v Sturm Graz

7 December 2024 16	WSG Tirol	0–3	Sturm Graz	Innsbruck
17:00 CET	Üstündag  34'  72' Sulzbacher  51' Skrbo  68'	Report	Bøving 15' Chukwuani  40'  41' Gorenc Stanković  73' Khudyakov  79' Jatta 80' Yalcouyé 85'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

Sturm Graz v Austria Wien

7 February 2025 17	Sturm Graz	2–2	Austria Wien	Graz
20:30 CET	Jatta 29' Bøving 60' Geyrhofer  73'	Report	Prelec 37' Vinlöf  47' Fitz 74' (pen.) Potzmann  90+3'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 15,177 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

Wolfsberger AC v Sturm Graz

15 February 2025 18	Wolfsberger AC	3–0	Sturm Graz	Wolfsberg
17:00 CET	Zukić 17' 23' Omić  58' Gattermayer  74' Jašić  81' Schöpf 83'	Report	Kiteishvili  49' Malić  90+2'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 5,054 Referee: Arnes Talic

Sturm Graz v Blau-Weiß Linz

23 February 2025 19	Sturm Graz	2–1	Blau-Weiß Linz	Graz
14:30 CET	Kiteishvili 18' (pen.) Yalcouyé 43' Karić  53'	Report	Alem Pasic 83' Tursch  90+3'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 15,010 Referee: Alain Sadikovski

RB Salzburg v Sturm Graz

2 March 2025 20	RB Salzburg	3–1	Sturm Graz	Salzburg
17:00 CET	Vertessen 72' Nene 84' Onisiwo 87'	Report	Gorenc Stanković 10' Lavalée  39' Aiwu  45' Kiteishvili  53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Walter Altmann

Grazer AK v Sturm Graz

9 March 2025 21	Grazer AK	1–2	Sturm Graz	Graz
17:00 CET	Thorsten Schriebl  9' Christian Lichtenberger  33' Maderner  45' Tikvić  66' Perchtold 78'  79'  88'	Report	Chukwuani  81' Kiteishvili 86' Yalcouyé 90+2'  90+3'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Harald Lechner

Sturm Graz v LASK

16 March 2025 22	Sturm Graz	–	LASK	Graz
17:00 CET				Stadium: Merkur-Arena

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Austrian Cup

Kremser SC v Sturm Graz

27 July 2024 First round	Kremser SC	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Sturm Graz	Krems an der Donau
18:15	Gökçek 13', 30' (pen.)	Report	Sarkaria 6' Horvat 26' Gorenc Stanković 113' Biereth 120+2'	Stadium: Sepp-Doll-Stadion Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Alain Sadikovski

Ried v Sturm Graz

27 August 2024 Second round	Ried	1–3	Sturm Graz	Ried im Innkreis
18:00	Bumberger 45+1'		Horvat 23' Jatta 32', 44',  60'	Stadium: Josko Arena

Sturm Graz v Blau-Weiß Linz

30 October 2024 Round of 16	Sturm Graz	2–1	Blau-Weiß Linz	Graz
20:30 CET	Zvonarek 24' (Yardımcı) Aiwu  32' Yardımcı 33' (Karić)	Report	Anderson  41' Mitrović 58' (Dobras) Dobras  84'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 10,680 Referee: Christopher Jäger

Sturm Graz v Austria Wien

1 February 2025 Quarter-finals	Sturm Graz	0–2	Austria Wien	Graz
18:15 CET	Jatta  29' Yalcouyé  87' Wüthrich  90+3' Geyrhofer  90+5'	Report	Vinlöf  5' Ranftl 9' Raguž 89' Kos  90+3' Dragović  90+4' Fischer  90+4' Guenouche  90+5'	Stadium: Merkur Arena Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Christopher Jäger

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

League phase

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase

The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.^[11] Sturm Graz will play their home matches at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, instead of their regular stadium, Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, which does not meet UEFA requirements.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
28	Bologna	8	1	3	4	4	9	−5	6
29	Red Star Belgrade	8	2	0	6	13	22	−9	6
30	Sturm Graz	8	2	0	6	5	14	−9	6
31	Sparta Prague	8	1	1	6	7	21	−14	4
32	RB Leipzig	8	1	0	7	8	15	−7	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	L
Position	22	31	32	33	29	29
Points	0	0	0	0	3	3	3

Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Brest v Sturm Graz

19 September 2024 1	Brest	2–1	Sturm Graz	Guingamp, France
21:00 CEST	Magnetti 23' Sima  36', 56' Camara  64' Ajorque  85'	Report	Horvat  21' Johnston  22' Lavalée  40'  88' Fernandes 45+1' (o.g.) Gorenc Stanković  59' Gazibegović  83'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 14,518 Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
Note: Brest played their home match at Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp, instead of their regular stadium, Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest, which did not meet UEFA requirements.[12]

Sturm Graz v Club Brugge

2 October 2024 2	Sturm Graz	0–1	Club Brugge	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
21:00 CEST	Aiwu  51' Geyrhofer  66' Yalcouyé  70' Chukwuani  70' Gazibegović  90+4'	Report	Tzolis 23' Skóraś  73'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 23,205 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Sturm Graz v Sporting CP

22 October 2024 3	Sturm Graz	0–2	Sporting CP	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
21:00 CEST	Yalcouyé  39' Yardımcı  90+4'	Report	Santos 23' Gyökeres 53'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 23,691 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Borussia Dortmund v Sturm Graz

5 November 2024 4	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Sturm Graz	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CET	Malen  75', 85'	Report		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Sturm Graz v Girona

27 November 2024 5	Sturm Graz	1–0	Girona	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
18:45 CET	Gazibegović  20' Biereth 58'	Report	Gil  64'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 21,502 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Lille v Sturm Graz

11 December 2024 6	Lille	3–2	Sturm Graz	Lille, France
18:45 CET	Sahroaui 37' Bakker 45+2',  74' Haraldsson 81'	Report	Chukwuani  8' Kiteishvili 45+4' Biereth 47'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 45,796 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Atalanta v Sturm Graz

21 January 2025 7	Atalanta	5–0	Sturm Graz	Bergamo, Italy
18:45 CET	Retegui 12' Samardžić  36' Pašalić 58' De Ketelaere 63' Lookman 90' Brescianini 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 19,469 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Sturm Graz v RB Leipzig

29 January 2025 8	Sturm Graz	1–0	RB Leipzig	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	Austrian Bundesliga	Austrian Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Mika Biereth	11	1	2	14
2	MF	Otar Kiteishvili	12	0	1	13
3	MF	William Bøving	11	0	0	11
4	FW	Seedy Jatta	5	2	0	7
5	MF	Tomi Horvat	4	2	0	6
6	FW	Leon Grgic	5	0	0	5
7	MF	Malick Yalcouyé	4	0	0	4
8	MF	Tochi Chukwuani	3	0	0	3
	FW	Erencan Yardımcı	2	1	0	3
10	MF	Lovro Zvonarek	1	1	0	2
	MF	Jon Gorenc Stanković	1	1	0	2
12	DF	Emanuel Aiwu	1	0	0	1
	DF	Niklas Geyrhofer	1	0	0	1
	DF	Max Johnston	1	0	0	1
	DF	Dimitri Lavalée	1	0	0	1
	DF	Gregory Wüthrich	1	0	0	1
	DF	Arjan Malić	0	0	1	1
	FW	Manprit Sarkaria	0	1	0	1
Own goals			2	0	1	3
Totals			66	9	5	80

Last updated: 25 May 2025.
Source: FBref.com