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

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

Sturm Graz v Hartberg

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

Wacker Innsbruck v Sturm Graz

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

St. Pölten v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Rheindorf Altach

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

Wolfsberger AC v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Rapid Wien

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

Admira v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Mattersburg

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

LASK v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Salzburg

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

Austria Wien v Sturm Graz

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

Hartberg v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Wacker Innsbruck

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

Sturm Graz v St. Pölten

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

Rheindorf Altach v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Wolfsberger AC

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

Rapid Wien v Sturm Graz

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

Sturm Graz v Admira

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

Mattersburg v Sturm Graz

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.
					Sturm Graz	Opponent
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.
						Sturm Graz	Opponent
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

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10. "Ajax Amsterdam 2 0 SK Sturm Graz". ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
11. "1:3 - Ajax lässt Sturm-Träume platzen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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.
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.
17. "Sturm-Debakel: Kreissl platzt der Kragen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
18. "AEK Larnaca vs. Sturm Graz 5 - 0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 August 2018.