2018 �19 SK STURM GRAZ SEASON

Sturm Graz
2018–19 season
Manager	Heiko Vogel
Stadium	Merkur-Arena
Bundesliga	—
Austrian Cup	Second round
Champions League	Second qualifying round
Europa League	Third qualifying round
	← 2017–18

The 2018–19 SK Sturm Graz season started on 21 July 2018 in the Austrian Cup against Siegendorf.

Bundesliga

Bundesliga review

July and August

Sturm Graz opened their Bundesliga campaign against TSV Hartberg on 28 July 2018.^[1] Sturm Graz won the match 3–2.^[2] Lukas Spendlhofer, Markus Pink, and Philipp Hosiner scored for Sturm Graz.^[2] Tasos Avlonitis scored an own goal and Dario Tadić scored for Hartsberg.^[2] Matchday two took place on 4 August 2018 against Wacker Innsbruck.^[1] Sturm Graz won the match 3–2.^[3] Sturm Graz got two goals from Lukas Grozurek and a goal from Markus Pink.^[4] Martin Harrer scored two goals for Wacker Innsbruck.^[4] Matchday three happened on 12 August 2018.^[1] SKN St. Pölten won the match 2–0^[5] with goals from Daniel Luxbacher and Taxiarchis Fountas.^[6]

September and October

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
4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7	1	1	0	4	3	+1	1	0	1	3	4	−1

Last updated: 19 August 2018.
Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

Bundesliga results

28 July 2018 1	Sturm Graz	3–2	Hartberg	Graz
17:00	Obermair 1' Spendlhofer 19' Pink 25' Filipe Ferreira 45+2' Hierländer 80' Hosiner 82'	Summary	Avlonitis 6' ( o.g.) Tadić 47' Ljubic 90+5'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 10,952 Referee: René Eisner

4 August 2018 2	Wacker Innsbruck	2–3	Sturm Graz	Innsbruck
17:00	Vallci 58' Harrer 77' 84' Rakowitz 80'	Summary	Grozurek 21' 60' Pink 56' Eze 90+2'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Attendance: 7,820 Referee: Markus Hameter

12 August 2018 3	St. Pölten	2–0	Sturm Graz	Sankt Pölten
17:00	Luxbacher 12' 52' Fountas 86'	Summary	Spendlhofer 28' Koch 66' Žulj 77' Hosiner 90+3'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 3,330 Referee: Harald Lechner

19 August 2018 4	Sturm Graz	1–1	Rheindorf Altach	Graz
17:00	Grozurek 38'	Summary	Gouet 47' 90+3' Aigner 70' Dobras 77'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 8,531 Referee: Andreas Heiß

25 August 2018 5	Wolfsberger AC	1–1	Sturm Graz	Wolfsberg
17:00	Schmerböck 42' Orgill 83'	Summary	Pink 48' Žulj 67'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 5,323 Referee: Christopher Jäger

2 September 2018 6	Sturm Graz	1–1	Rapid Wien	Graz
17:00	Žulj 37' ( pen.) Maresic 43'	Summary	Schwab 25' Alar 78' Auer 87'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 14,7668 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

15 September 2018 7	Admira	2–3	Sturm Graz	Maria Enzersdorf
17:00	Paintsil 24' Soiri 58' Jakoliš 65' 66' Maier 88'	Summary	Žulj 12' Avlonitis 53' Hosiner 72' Lackner 86' Grozurek 89'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 2,588 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

22 September 2018 8	Sturm Graz	1–2	Mattersburg	Graz
17:00	Spendlhofer 12'	Summary	Pušić 10' 76' Renner 60' 62' Kerschbaumer 64' Höller 88' Mahrer 90' Jefté Betancor 90+3'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 9,650 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

30 September 2018 9	LASK	0–0	Sturm Graz	Pasching
17:00	Ranftl 62'	Summary	Avlonitis 59' Hierländer 90'	Stadium: TGW Arena Attendance: 5,538 Referee: Harald Lechner

7 October 2018 10	Sturm Graz	1–2	Salzburg	Graz
17:00	Žulj 43'	Summary	Gulbrandsen 28' Daka 42' Lainer 53' Samassékou 77' Stankovic 90+5'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 12,595 Referee: Julian Weinberger

21 October 2018 11	Austria Wien	1–1	Sturm Graz	Vienna
17:00	Cuevas 32' Friesenbichler 48'	Summary	Žulj 8' Hierländer 25' 61' Koch 39' Spendlhofer 79'	Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium Attendance: 11,061 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

27 October 2018 12	Hartberg	2–0	Sturm Graz	Hartberg
17:00	Rep 57' 66' 89' Sittsam 60' Rasswalder 63' Ljubic 78'	Summary	Žulj 80' Kiteishvili 90+2'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 5,149 Referee: Markus Hameter

3 November 2018 13	Sturm Graz	1–1	Wacker Innsbruck	Graz
17:00	Maresic 26' Koch 52' 55'	Summary	Henning 29' Dedić 72'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 9,585 Referee: Dominik Ouschan

10 November 2018 14	Sturm Graz	0–0	St. Pölten	Graz
17:00	Pink 17' Maresic 26' Eze 45+3' Žulj 49' Lackner 77'	Summary	Luxbacher 13' Rasner 51' Luan 70'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 10,624 Referee: Andreas Heiß

25 November 2018 15	Rheindorf Altach	0–2	Sturm Graz	Altach
14:30	Dobras 41' Karic 90+2'	Summary	Eze 19' Avlonitis 23' Žulj 42' Grozurek 90+3'	Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena Attendance: 3,876 Referee: Harald Lechner

2 December 2018 16	Sturm Graz	3–0	Wolfsberger AC	Graz
17:00	Eze 45' Lema 85' Kiteishvili 88'	Summary	Solbauer 57' Rnić 60' Orgill 90+4'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 10,197 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

9 December 2018 17	Rapid Wien	0–0	Sturm Graz	Wien
17:00	Schwab 38' Martic 60' Murg 90+4'	Summary	Žulj 12' Lovrić 47' Hierländer 78'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 17,114 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

15 December 2018 18	Sturm Graz	3–0	Admira	Graz
17:00	Koch 64' Žulj 73' Hosiner 90+3'	Summary	Hjulmand 33'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 9,149 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

24 February 2019 19	Mattersburg	v	Sturm Graz	Mattersburg
14:30				Stadium: Pappelstadion

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup review

Sturm Graz opened up their 2018–19 season in the first round of the Austrian Cup against Siegendorf.^[1] Sturm Graz won the match 2–0 with goals from Markus Pink and Stefan Hierländer.^[7]

Austrian Cup results

Rd	Date	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Goalscorers		Ref.
Rd	Date	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Sturm Graz	Opponent	Ref.
1	21 Jul.	A	Siegendorf	2–0	Pink 25' Hierländer 51'	—	^[7]

Europe

European review

Sturm Graz were drawn against AFC Ajax in the second qualifying round draw.^[8] On 25 July 2018, Ajax won the first leg 2–0^[9] with goals from Hakim Ziyech and Lasse Schöne.^[10] Ajax won 3–1 in the second leg on 1 August 2018^[11] and 5–1 on aggregate.^[12] André Onana scored an own goal for Sturm Graz.^[12] Ajax got two goals from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and a goal from Dušan Tadić.^[12]

Sturm Graz entered the third qualifying round of the Europa League^[11] after losing 5–1 on aggregate to Ajax in the second qualifying round of Champions League.^[12] Sturm Graz were drawn against the winner of the AEK Larnaca– Dundalk tie.^[13] AEK Larnaca won the tie 4–0 on aggregate.^[14] AEK Larnaca won the first leg 2–0 with goals from Joan Guillem Truyols and Ivan Tričkovski.^[15] Stefan Hierländer was sent–off during the match.^[15] An assistant referee was hit by a mug during the match.^[16] In the second leg, AEK Larnaca won the match 5–0^[17] with three goals from Ivan Tričkovski and a goal from the penalty mark from Jorge Larena and a goal from Florian Taulemesse.^[18] With the loss, Sturm Graz were knocked out of the Europa League 7–0 on aggregate.^[17]

European results

Leg	Date	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Agg. score F–A	Goalscorers		Ref.
Leg	Date	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Agg. score F–A	Sturm Graz	Opponent	Ref.
UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
FL	25 Jul.	A	Ajax	0–2	—	—	Ziyech 15' Schöne 57'	^[10]
SL	1 Aug.	H	Ajax	1–3	1–5	Onana 89' ( o.g.)	Huntelaar 39', 77' Tadić 48'	^[12]
UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
FL	9 Aug.	H	AEK Larnaca	0–2	—	—	Truyols 46' Tričkovski 74'	^[15]
SL	16 Aug.	A	AEK Larnaca	0–5	0–7	—	Tričkovski 8', 67', 80' Larena 65' ( pen.) Taulemesse 86'	^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sturm Graz". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "3:2! Zittersieg für Sturm im Steirer-Derby". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ "Sturm gewinnt 3:2 gegen Innsbruck". oe24.at. Österreich. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Wacker Innsbruck vs. Sturm Graz 2 - 3". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ "St. Pölten kletterte auf Platz zwei - Rapid enttäuschte" (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ "St. Pölten vs. Sturm Graz 2 - 0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Sturm schießt sich souverän in nächste Runde". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Sturm trifft in CL-Quali auf Top-Klub". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Sturm Graz unterlag Ajax auswärts 0:2". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Ajax Amsterdam 2 0 SK Sturm Graz". ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "1:3 - Ajax lässt Sturm-Träume platzen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Sturm Graz vs. Ajax 1 - 3". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ Flanagan, Aaron; Hynes, Robert (26 July 2018). "Europa League third qualifying round draw recap as Cork City and Dundalk learned their potential opponents". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "AEK Larnaca vs. Dundalk 4 - 0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sturm Graz vs. AEK Larnaca 0 - 2". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ "Mega-Skandal: Linienrichter von Becher getroffen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Sturm-Debakel: Kreissl platzt der Kragen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "AEK Larnaca vs. Sturm Graz 5 - 0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[2018–19_season-1] "Sturm Graz". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[3:2!_Zittersieg_für_Sturm_im_Steirer-Derby-2] "3:2! Zittersieg für Sturm im Steirer-Derby". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[3] "Sturm gewinnt 3:2 gegen Innsbruck". oe24.at. Österreich. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[Wacker_Innsbruck_vs._Sturm_Graz_2_-_3-4] "Wacker Innsbruck vs. Sturm Graz 2 - 3". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[5] "St. Pölten kletterte auf Platz zwei - Rapid enttäuschte" (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[St._Pölten_vs._Sturm_Graz_2_-_0-6] "St. Pölten vs. Sturm Graz 2 - 0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[Sturm_schießt_sich_souverän_in_nächste_Runde-7] "Sturm schießt sich souverän in nächste Runde". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[8] "Sturm trifft in CL-Quali auf Top-Klub". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[9] "Sturm Graz unterlag Ajax auswärts 0:2". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[Ajax_Amsterdam_2_0_SK_Sturm_Graz-10] "Ajax Amsterdam 2 0 SK Sturm Graz". ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[1:3_-_Ajax_lässt_Sturm-Träume_platzen-11] "1:3 - Ajax lässt Sturm-Träume platzen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

[Sturm_Graz_vs._Ajax_1_-_3-12] "Sturm Graz vs. Ajax 1 - 3". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

[13] Flanagan, Aaron; Hynes, Robert (26 July 2018). "Europa League third qualifying round draw recap as Cork City and Dundalk learned their potential opponents". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[14] "AEK Larnaca vs. Dundalk 4 - 0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[Sturm_Graz_vs._AEK_Larnaca_0_-_2-15] "Sturm Graz vs. AEK Larnaca 0 - 2". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[16] "Mega-Skandal: Linienrichter von Becher getroffen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[Sturm-Debakel:_Kreissl_platzt_der_Kragen-17] "Sturm-Debakel: Kreissl platzt der Kragen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[AEK_Larnaca_vs._Sturm_Graz_5_-_0-18] "AEK Larnaca vs. Sturm Graz 5 - 0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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