2018 Austrian Cup final

2018 Austrian Cup final
Event	2017–18 Austrian Cup
Date	9 May 2018
Venue	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
Referee	Harald Lechner
Attendance	27,100
Weather	Clear; 15 °C (59 °F); 80% humidity
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The 2018 Austrian Cup final was played on 9 May 2018 between SK Sturm Graz and FC Red Bull Salzburg at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, a neutral ground. The final was the culmination of the 2017–18 Austrian Cup, the 84th season of the Austrian Cup.

Sturm Graz won their fifth cup title after defeating Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 after extra time, which would have earned them a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, but they instead qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of their second place finish in the 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga.

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
SK Sturm Graz	9 (1948, 1974–75, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2010, 2018)
FC Red Bull Salzburg	10 (1974, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Venue

Wörthersee Stadion is the home of SK Austria Klagenfurt and opened in 2007. It has a capacity of 32,000 spectators and is part of Sportpark Klagenfurt.

Background

The Austrian Bundesliga clubs SK Sturm Graz and FC Red Bull Salzburg contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. Since Sturm Graz qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League by virtue of its second place finish in the 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga, Austria's last European place is given to FC Admira Wacker Mödling as the 5th place team of the 2017-18 Austrian Bundesliga.

Sturm Graz competed in its ninth overall final, their first since 2010. Red Bull Salzburg made its fifth straight finals appearance (sixth in seven seasons and its 10th overall. Both clubs now have five total Austrian Cup championships. The two teams had never previously met in an Austrian Cup final, and Red Bull Salzburg won three of the four meetings during the regular season of the 2017-18 Austrian Football Bundesliga, outscoring Sturm Graz 13-5 over those four contests.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

SK Sturm Graz		Round	FC Red Bull Salzburg
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
FC Hard	3–0 (A)	First round	Deutschlandsberger	7–0 (A)
FC Liefering	3–2 (A)	Second round	Bruck/Leitha	2–1 (A)
SC Rheindorf Altach	4–1 (H)	Third round	Bad Gleichenberg	3–0 (A)
Wimpassing	3–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	SK Austria Klagenfurt	7–0 (H)
SK Rapid Wien	3–2 (a.e.t.) (H)	Semi-finals	SV Mattersburg	0–0 (a.e.t.) (H) (3–0 p)

Match

Details

9 May 2018

13:30

Sturm Graz	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Red Bull Salzburg
Hierländer 112'	Report

Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt

Attendance: 27,100

Referee: Harald Lechner


GK	27	Jörg Siebenhandl
DF	26	Fabian Koch	45+2'
DF	19	Marvin Potzmann	118'
DF	23	Lukas Spendlhofer
DF	35	Dario Maresic
MF	25	Stefan Hierländer
MF	17	Peter Žulj	120+2'	41'
MF	29	Thorsten Röcher	102'	35'
MF	6	James Jeggo
FW	9	Deni Alar	118'	18'
FW	20	Bright Edomwonyi	93'
Substitutes:
GK	32	Tobias Schützenauer
DF	4	Thomas Schrammel
DF	5	Christian Schoissengeyr	120+2'
MF	8	Sandi Lovrić	118'
MF	13	Jakob Jantscher	93'	102'
MF	18	Philipp Huspek	102'
DF	20	Christian Schulz
Manager:
Heiko Vogel


GK	1	Cican Stankovic	120+4'
DF	25	Patrick Farkas
DF	22	Stefan Lainer
DF	15	André Ramalho	62' 71'
DF	5	Duje Ćaleta-Car	46'	17'
MF	7	Reinhold Yabo	99'
MF	14	Valon Berisha (c)	18'
MF	42	Xaver Schlager
DF	8	Diadie Samassékou
FW	21	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	76'
FW	9	Mu'nas Dabbur	83'
Substitutes:
GK	33	Alexander Walke
MF	4	Amadou Haidara	76'	120'
DF	6	Jérôme Onguéné	46'
MF	13	Hannes Wolf	99'
FW	18	Takumi Minamino
FW	19	Hwang Hee-chan	83'	107'
MF	24	Christoph Leitgeb
Manager:
Marco Rose