SK Sturm Graz (women)

This article is about the women's football (soccer) team. For the men's football (soccer) club, see SK Sturm Graz.

Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian women's football club based in Graz, Styria. The club was founded in 1909 however the women's section has been in existence since 2011.^[1] Sturm Graz play in the ÖFB-Frauenliga, the top flight of domestic women's football in Austria and are regular competitors in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The team's colours are black and white.

SK Sturm Graz

Full name	Sportklub Sturm Graz
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Ground	Messendorf Trainingszentrum, Graz
Capacity	1500
President	Christian Jauk
Manager	Sargon Duran
League	ÖFB-Frauenliga
2024–25	ÖFB-Frauenliga, 3rd
Website	https://www.sksturm.at/
Home colours Away colours

Sturm Graz plays its home matches at the Messendorf Trainingszentrum, a 1,500-capacity stadium that is situated in Graz.^[2]

History

The club was formed in 2011 after taking over FC Stattegg's women's team, despite interest from rivals Grazer AK in also taking over the team.^[3] The club started out playing in the 2nd Women's League East,^[4] before getting promoted at the end of the 2012–13 into the ÖFB-Frauenliga. After an 8th place finish in their inaugural top-flight season, Sturm Graz went from strength to strength and qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League after finishing 2nd in the 2015–16 season.^[5] They were knocked out of their first Champions League campaign at the Round of 32, losing 0–9 on aggregate to Zürich.^[6][7] Since the 2015–16 season, Sturm Graz have finished as runners-up twice more.

Current squad

As of 20 November 2023.^[8][9]

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  GER Lourdes Romero 2 DF  AUT Victoria Glabonjat 4 DF  DEN Laura Lillholm Petersen 5 DF  DEN Camilla Nielsen 7 MF  SUI Rebecca Villena 8 MF  AUT Julia Keutz 9 FW  GER Pauline Deutsch 10 FW  AUT Laura Krumböck 11 MF  CRO Ruzica Krajinović 14 FW  DEN Sandra Jakobsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  AUT Sophie Maierhofer 17 MF  AUT Lena Breznik 18 FW  AUT Anna Wirnsberger 19 DF  AUT Stefanie Großgasteiger 21 GK  AUT Vanessa Gritzner 25 DF  GER Laura Riesenbeck 26 DF  AUT Leonie Tragl 27 DF  AUT Elisabeth Brandl 28 MF  AUT Marie Spiess 29 FW  KOS Modesta Uka

Honours

• ÖFB-Frauenliga
  • Runners-up (5): 2015-16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

Summary

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
12	4	1	7	19	36	2023–24

By season

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
2016–17	Round of 32	Zürich	0–6 [10]	0–3 [11]	0–9
2017–18	Qualifying round	Noroc Nimoreni	4–0 [12]		2nd of 4 [13]
		NSA Sofia	3–1 [14]
		Apollon Limassol	1–4 [15]
2019–20	Qualifying round	Braga	0–2 [16]		3rd of 4 [17]
		Rīgas FS	4–0 [18]
		Apollon Limassol	2–7[19]
2022–23	Qualifying round 1	Real Madrid	0–6[20]
		Tomiris-Turan	5–1[21]
2023–24	Qualifying round 1	Twente	0–6[22]
		Stjarnan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)[23]