2017–18 SK Sturm Graz season

Sturm Graz
Full name	Sportklub Puntigamer Sturm Graz
Nickname(s)	Die Schwoazn, The Blackies
Founded	1909; 115 years ago
Ground	UPC-Arena
Capacity	15,400
Chairman	Christian Jauk
Manager	Franco Foda
League	Austrian Bundesliga
Website	http://www.sksturm.at
Home colours	Away colours

Strum Graz is an Austrian football club based in Graz. During the 2017–18 campaign Strum Graz were competing in the following competitions: Bundesliga, Austrian Cup, UEFA Europa League.

Club Friendlies

14 June 2017	Bruck	2–3	Sturm Graz
18:30		Report

17 June 2017	Sturm Graz	15–1	Holzhacker
11:00		Report

21 June 2017	Sturm Graz	3–4	Vasas
19:00		Report

24 June 2017	Sturm Graz	2–1	CSKA Moscow
18:00		Report

30 June 2017	Austria Wien	3–1	Sturm Graz
19:00		Report

2 July 2017	Sturm Graz	1–1	København
17:00		Report

6 July 2017	Sturm Graz	1–2	Mladá Boleslav
18:00		Report

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	36	25	8	3	81	29	+52	83	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Sturm Graz	36	22	4	10	68	45	+23	70	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Rapid Wien	36	17	11	8	68	43	+25	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
4	LASK	36	17	6	13	49	41	+8	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Admira Wacker Mödling	36	15	6	15	59	66	−7	51

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Sturm Graz qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Austrian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

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
10	7	1	2	19	12	+7	22	3	1	0	6	3	+3	4	0	2	13	9	+4

Last updated: 30 September 2017.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 30 September 2017. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 July 2017 Match 1	Sturm Graz	3–2	St. Pölten	Graz
19:00	Zulechner 16' Hierländer 38' 60' Žulj 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Thürauer 2' 12' Stec 34' Diallo 71'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 7,281 Referee: Christopher Jäger

30 July 2017 Match 2	Austria Wien	2–3	Sturm Graz	Vienna
16:00	Filipović 45+1' Salamon 71' Žulj 82' (o.g.) Westermann 83' Grünwald 84' Holzhauser 88' (pen.)	Report	Huspek 33' Koch 42' Žulj 56' 81' Alar 66' Schmid 86' Hierländer 90+1'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 6,975 Referee: Markus Hameter

6 August 2017 Match 3	Mattersburg	2–3	Sturm Graz	Mattersburg
19:00	Pink 10' Erhardt 13' Maierhofer 21' 90+1' (pen.) Jano 23' Prevljak 90+1'	Report	Lykogiannis 17' Hierländer 35' Huspek 51' Lovrić 58' Röcher 59' 69'	Stadium: Pappelstadion Attendance: 3,826 Referee: Harald Lechner

12 August 2017 Match 4	Sturm Graz	2–1	Wolfsberger AC	Graz
18:30	Alar 30' Hierländer 57'	Report	Palla 5' Gschweidl 81' Orgill 90+3'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 9,478 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

19 August 2017 Match 5	Rapid Wien	1–2	Sturm Graz	Vienna
16:00	Schaub 31' Auer 60' Hofmann 90+5'	Report	Alar 17' Röcher 53' Potzmann 59' Lykogiannis 67' Hierländer 86'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 20,205 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

27 August 2017 Match 6	Sturm Graz	1–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
16:30	Lykogiannis 14' Žulj 33' Alar 52' Hierländer 86'	Report	Wolf 40' Pongračić 77' Haidara 89' Ćaleta-Car 90+1'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 15,124 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

9 September 2017 Match 7	LASK Linz	2–1	Sturm Graz	Pasching
16:00	Erdoğan 10' Ullmann 34'	Report	Alar 25' (pen.) Lovrić 37'	Stadium: TGW Arena Attendance: 5,760 Referee: Harald Lechner

16 September 2017 Match 8	Admira	2–1	Sturm Graz	Maria Enzersdorf
18:30	Knasmüllner 75' 85' (pen.) 90+3'	Report	Alar 30' Hierländer 35' Jeggo 87'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

23 September 2017 Match 9	Sturm Graz	0–0	SCR Altach	Graz
18:30	Koch 15' Röcher 24' Lovrić 31' Zulechner 89'	Report	Lienhart 41' Salomon 62' Dobras 84'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 9,312 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

30 September 2017 Match 10	St. Pölten	0–3	Sturm Graz	Sankt Pölten
16:00	Mehmedovic 54' Ambichl 77'	Report	Stec 10' (o.g.) Alar 18' Lykogiannis 57' Huspek 63'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 3,463 Referee: Oliver Drachta

15 October 2017 Match 11	Sturm Graz	v	Austria Wien	Graz
16:30				Stadium: Merkur-Arena

Austrian Cup

16 July 2017 Round 1	FC Hard	0–3	Sturm Graz	Hard
15:30	Semih Yasar 32' Metin Batir 55'	Report	Schubert 74' 90+5' Alar 90+1'	Stadium: Waldstadion Hard Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

20 September 2017 Round 2	FC Liefering	1–2	Sturm Graz	Grödig
18:00	Marinko Sorda 19'	Report	Lovrić 31' Jeggo 73' Zulechner 78' 90+4'	Stadium: Untersberg-Arena Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Walter Altmann

25 October 2017 Last 16	Sturm Graz	v	SCR Altach	Graz
18:00				Stadium: Merkur-Arena

UEFA Europa League

13 July 2017 2nd Qualifying First Leg	Sturm Graz	0–1	Mladost Podgorica	Graz
20:30	Schulz 2' Maresic 34'	Report	Krkotić 2' (pen.) 3' Andrija Kaluđerović 34'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 7,109 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

20 July 2017 2nd Qualifying Second Leg	Mladost Podgorica	0–3 (1–3 agg.)	Sturm Graz	Podgorica
20:30	Vukčević 75' Bukorac 82'	Report	Röcher 34' Zulechner 39' Alar 46'	Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Nikola Popov

27 July 2017 3rd Qualifying First Leg	Sturm Graz	1–2	Fenerbahçe	Graz
19:00	Lykogiannis 5' Hierländer 10' 71' Lovrić 41'	Report	Tufan 13' Maresic 29' (o.g.) Neustädter 35'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 15,323 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

3 August 2017 3rd Qualifying Second Leg	Fenerbahçe	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Sturm Graz	Istanbul
19:30	Dirar 32' Neustädter 66' Potuk 75'	Report	Jeggo 23' Huspek 66' Maresic 75'	Stadium: Ülker Stadium Attendance: 37,701 Referee: Bobby Madley

External links

(in German) Official Website
Sturm Graz at UEFA.COM
Sturm Graz at EUFO.DE
Sturm Graz at Weltfussball.de
Sturm Graz at Football Squads.co.uk
Sturm Graz at National Football Teams.com
Sturm Graz at Football-Lineups.com
(in German) Onlinenews about Sturm Graz Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.99673559516516-1] Sturm Graz qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Austrian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	1	2	19	12	+7	22	3	1	0	6	3	+3	4	0	2	13	9	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	1	2	19	12	+7	22	3	1	0	6	3	+3	4	0	2	13	9	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	1	2	19	12	+7	22	3	1	0	6	3	+3	4	0	2	13	9	+4