2024–25 SK Sturm Graz season

SK Sturm Graz
2024–25 season
Manager	Christian Ilzer
Stadium	Liebenauer Stadium
Austrian Football Bundesliga	Pre-season
Austrian Cup	Second round
UEFA Champions League	League phase
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is 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 is scheduled to participate in the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Tochi Chukwuani	Lyngby	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[1]
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 Malic	SV Ried	€500,000	1 July 2024
GK	Kjell Scherpen	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	2 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Lovro Zvonarek	Bayern Munich	Loan	4 July 2024	^[3]
FW	Mika Biereth	Arsenal FC U21	€4,000,000	8 July 2024	^[4]
DF	Emanuel Aiwu	Cremonese	Undisclosed	10 July 2024	^[5]
GK	Daniil Khudyakov	Lokomotiv Moscow	€340,000	22 July 2024	^[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	David Schnegg	D.C. United	€1,850,000	1 July 2024	^[7]

Friendlies

Pre-season

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	4 August 2024		Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Austrian Cup	27 July 2024		First round	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Total				1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00

Last updated: 27 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
6	Blau-Weiß Linz	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Championship round
7	Rapid Wien	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Sturm Graz	0	0	0	0	0
9	Wolfsberg	0	0	0	0	0
10	Hartberg	1	1	1	2	−1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2024. 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.^[8]

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: ADMIRAL Bundesliga.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground	A
Result
Position

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

Matches

4 August 2024 1	Rapid Wien	v	Sturm Graz	Vienna
17:00				Stadium: Allianz Stadion

Austrian Cup

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

27 August 2024 Second round	Ried	v	Sturm Graz	Ried im Innkreis
				Stadium: Josko Arena

UEFA Champions League

References

^ "Sommertransfer: Mittelfeldspieler für Schwarz-Weiß". SK Sturm.
^ "Kjell Scherpen joins Sturm Graz on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ "MITTELFELD-AKTEUR KOMMT LEIHWEISE VOM FC BAYERN". SK Sturm Graz (in German). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ Roché, Art de. "Arsenal agree to sell Biereth to Sturm Graz" – via NYTimes.com.
^ "Der SK Sturm verpflichtet Emanuel Aiwu". SK Sturm.
^ "Daniil Khudyakov verstärkt das Torhüter-Team". SK Sturm.
^ Lehmann, Martin (May 22, 2024). "Schicker bestätigt Schnegg-Abgang - Nachfolger soll schon feststehen". Sky Sport Austria.
^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[1] "Sommertransfer: Mittelfeldspieler für Schwarz-Weiß". SK Sturm.

[2] "Kjell Scherpen joins Sturm Graz on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

[3] "MITTELFELD-AKTEUR KOMMT LEIHWEISE VOM FC BAYERN". SK Sturm Graz (in German). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

[4] Roché, Art de. "Arsenal agree to sell Biereth to Sturm Graz" – via NYTimes.com.

[5] "Der SK Sturm verpflichtet Emanuel Aiwu". SK Sturm.

[6] "Daniil Khudyakov verstärkt das Torhüter-Team". SK Sturm.

[7] Lehmann, Martin (May 22, 2024). "Schicker bestätigt Schnegg-Abgang - Nachfolger soll schon feststehen". Sky Sport Austria.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-8] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

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