2020–21 SK Sturm Graz season

Sturm Graz
2020–21 season
Chairman	Christian Jauk
Manager	Christian Ilzer
Stadium	Merkur-Arena
Austrian Bundesliga	3rd
Austrian Cup	Semi-finals
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 May 2021.

The 2020–21 SK Sturm Graz season was the club's 112th season in existence and the 55th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sturm Graz participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup. The season covered the period from 6 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 February 2021^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	SVN	Jon Gorenc Stanković
5	DF	SUI	Gregory Wüthrich
6	DF	AUT	David Nemeth (on loan from Mainz 05 II)
9	FW	ALB	Bekim Balaj
10	MF	GEO	Otar Kiteishvili
11	DF	BIH	Jusuf Gazibegović
13	MF	AUT	Jakob Jantscher
14	DF	AUT	Paul Komposch
15	MF	AUT	Sebastian Zettl
17	MF	AUT	Lukas Jäger
18	MF	AUT	Philipp Huspek
19	MF	AUT	Andreas Kuen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	AUT	Kevin Friesenbichler
23	FW	GHA	Kelvin Yeboah
24	DF	AUT	Sandro Ingolitsch
25	MF	AUT	Stefan Hierländer
26	MF	AUT	Christoph Lang
27	GK	AUT	Jörg Siebenhandl
29	FW	ZAM	Francisco Mwepu
30	MF	AUT	Ivan Ljubić
32	GK	AUT	Tobias Schützenauer
33	MF	KOS	Dardan Shabanhaxhaj
35	DF	AUT	Niklas Geyrhofer
36	DF	AUT	Vincent Trummer
44	DF	MLI	Amadou Dante

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUT	Christopher Giuliani (at Kapfenberg until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	AUT	Oliver Bacher (at Kapfenberg until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUT	Winfred Amoah (at Kapfenberg until 30 June 2021)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2020 Friendly	Sturm Graz	0–1	Ferencváros	Frauenkirchen, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Frauenkirchen

12 August 2020 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–1	Bravo	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Thermenstadion

15 August 2020 Friendly	Sturm Graz	1–1	Opava	Dietersdorf bei Fürstenfeld, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Dietersdorf

22 August 2020 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–1	Lafnitz	Lebring, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Greenhouse Stadion Lebring

5 September 2020 Friendly	Sturm Graz	5–0	Kapfenberger SV	Graz, Austria
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Messendorf Trainingszentrum

10 October 2020 Friendly	Maribor	0–3	Sturm Graz	Maribor, Slovenia
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt

13 November 2020 Friendly	Juniors OÖ	0–1	Sturm Graz	Pasching, Austria
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

9 January 2021 Friendly	Osijek	2–3	Sturm Graz	Rovinj, Croatia
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Valbruna

10 January 2021 Friendly	Fehérvár	1–3	Sturm Graz	Poreč, Hungary
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Veli Jože

18 January 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	3–0	Kapfenberger SV	Graz, Austria
11:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Messendorf Trainingszentrum

15 February 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–1	Hartberg	Graz, Austria
11:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Messendorf Trainingszentrum

15 March 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–1	Hartberg	Graz, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Messendorf Trainingszentrum

26 March 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–0	Austria Klagenfurt	Graz, Austria
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Friesenbichler 65' Lang 72'			Stadium: Messendorf Trainingszentrum Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	13 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	3rd	32	16	8	8	52	34	+18	050.00
Austrian Cup	28 August 2020	3 March 2021	First round	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	12	5	+7	080.00
Total					37	20	8	9	64	39	+25	054.05

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Bundesliga

Regular stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Rapid Wien	22	13	6	3	43	25	+18	45	Qualification for the Championship round
3	LASK	22	13	3	6	42	21	+21	42
4	Sturm Graz	22	11	6	5	34	20	+14	39
5	Wolfsberger AC	22	10	3	9	40	39	+1	33
6	WSG Tirol	22	8	6	8	37	34	+3	30

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
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.^[2]

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
22	11	6	5	34	20	+14	39	8	1	2	21	9	+12	3	5	3	13	11	+2

Last updated: 21 March 2021.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D
Position	7	8	7	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[3]

13 September 2020 1	St. Pölten	0–0	Sturm Graz	Sankt Pölten
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Luxbacher 7' Pokorný 37' Schmidt 62' Schütz 64'	Report	Wüthrich 38' Friesenbichler 76' Jäger 82'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 1,252 Referee: Andreas Heiß

19 September 2020 2	Sturm Graz	1–1	Rapid Wien	Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stanković 52'	Report	Demir 68'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Walter Altmann

27 September 2020 3	Hartberg	1–1	Sturm Graz	Hartberg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tadić 90+3'	Report	Ljubic 31'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

4 October 2020 4	Sturm Graz	4–0	Rheindorf Altach	Graz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ljubic 9' Friesenbichler 17' Kiteishvili 41' Jantscher 54'	Report		Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Christopher Jäger

24 October 2020 5	Ried	0–2	Sturm Graz	Ried im Innkreis
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hierländer 10' Ljubic 78'	Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Harald Lechner

1 November 2020 6	Sturm Graz	0–2	LASK	Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Balić 6' Eggestein 90+3'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Julian Weinberger

21 November 2020 8	Red Bull Salzburg	1–3	Sturm Graz	Wals-Siezenheim
17:00 CET (UTC+01)	Camara 65' Berisha 86'	Report	Ljubic 48', 90' Jantscher 53', 59' Stanković 65' Hierländer 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 0 Referee: Josef Spurny

28 November 2020 9	Sturm Graz	1–0	WSG Tirol	Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+01)	Balaj 78'	Report		Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

5 December 2020 10	Austria Wien	0–4	Sturm Graz	Vienna
17:00 CET (UTC+01)		Report	Nemeth 40' Kiteishvili 70', 74' Balaj 90+3'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Jäger

12 December 2020 11	Sturm Graz	3–0	Admira Wacker Mödling	Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+01)	Stanković 43' Friesenbichler 58' Wüthrich 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Josef Spurny

19 December 2020 12	Sturm Graz	3–0	St. Pölten	Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+01)	Jantscher 21' Friesenbichler 70' Balaj 77'	Report		Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Ebner

17 January 2021 7	Wolfsberger AC	0–0	Sturm Graz	Wolfsberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Hameter

22 January 2021 13	Rapid Wien	4–1	Sturm Graz	Vienna
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kara 7' Schick 43' Knasmüllner 50' Demir 88'	Report	Jantscher 31'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

26 January 2021 14	Sturm Graz	2–1	Hartberg	Graz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kiteishvili 22' Jantscher 25'	Report	Kainz 58'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Julian Weinberger

30 January 2021 15	Rheindorf Altach	2–1	Sturm Graz	Altach
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Netzer 35' Fischer 45+1'	Report	Kuen 21'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Ebner

9 February 2021 16	Sturm Graz	2–1	Ried	Graz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kiteishvili 9' Gazibegović 90+5'	Report	Grüll 57'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

14 February 2021 17	LASK	2–0	Sturm Graz	Pasching
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Eggestein 45' Michorl 81' Balić 84'	Report	Geyrhofer 54' Gazibegović 80'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner

21 February 2021 18	Sturm Graz	1–2	Wolfsberger AC	Graz
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Siebenhandl 35' Ljubic 43'	Report	Baumgartner 28' Vizinger 90'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Hameter

28 February 2021 19	Sturm Graz	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jäger 9' Ljubic 22' Yeboah 41'	Report	Vallci 15' Daka 78' (pen.) Seiwald 90+3'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Drachta

6 March 2021 20	WSG Tirol	1–1	Sturm Graz	Innsbruck
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Naschberger 6' Rogelj 37' Anselm 76' Oswald 90' Schnegg 90+5'	Report	Jäger 45+1' Ingolitsch 75' Yeboah 90+3'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

14 March 2021 21	Sturm Graz	2–1	Austria Wien	Graz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Geyrhofer 66' Friesenbichler 85' Stanković 90+4'	Report	Martel 44' Pichler 57' Fitz 87', 90+4'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Kijas

21 March 2021 22	Admira Wacker Mödling	0–0	Sturm Graz	Maria Enzersdorf
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Maier 26' Aiwu 41' Bauer 46' Kronberger 57'	Report	Dante 67'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Ebner

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBS	RWI	STU	LIN	WOL	WAT
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	32	25	2	5	94	33	+61	51	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round	—	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0
2	Rapid Wien	32	17	8	7	64	40	+24	36	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	0–3	—	0–0	3–0	1–2	4–0
3	Sturm Graz	32	16	8	8	52	34	+18	36	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	1–3	4–1	—	3–1	0–1	3–2
4	LASK	32	15	6	11	55	41	+14	30	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round	2–5	1–1	0–0	—	2–1	3–3
5	Wolfsberger AC	32	13	5	14	52	62	−10	27	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off final	1–2	1–8	1–3	0–4	—	2–0

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.^[2]
(C) Champions

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
32	16	8	8	52	34	+18	56	11	1	4	32	17	+15	5	7	4	20	17	+3

Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W
Position	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

4 April 2021 23	Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	Sturm Graz	Wals-Siezenheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Daka 3', 5', 11', 69' Berisha 34' Wöber 37' Junuzović 48' Bernardo 90'	Report	Dante 13' Jantscher 38' Jäger 69' Friesenbichler 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 0 Referee: Julian Weinberger

11 April 2021 24	Sturm Graz	3–2	WSG Tirol	Graz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jantscher 17', 23' Hierländer 33' Stanković 68' Jäger 69' 90+3'	Report	Frederiksen 15', 71' Behounek 79' Buchacher 83'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Josef Spurny

18 April 2021 25	Rapid Wien	0–0	Sturm Graz	Vienna
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Greiml 45+2' Stojković 90+2'	Report	Yeboah 39' Balaj 82'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Ebner

21 April 2021 26	Sturm Graz	0–1	Wolfsberger AC	Graz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Geyrhofer 89'	Report	Giorbelidze 42' Leitgeb 51' Liendl 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

25 April 2021 27	Sturm Graz	3–1	LASK	Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nemeth 29' Jantscher 45' (pen.), 86' Yeboah 54' (pen.)	Report	Wiesinger 45' Potzmann 86' Reiter 90'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Jäger

28 April 2021 28	LASK	0–0	Sturm Graz	Pasching
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Geyrhofer 65' Jantscher 77' Dante 78' Stanković 88'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Kijas

9 May 2021 29	Sturm Graz	1–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stanković 46' Kiteishvili 56'	Report	Aaronson 20', 78' Junuzović 83' Adeyemi 90+6'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

12 May 2021 30	WSG Tirol	2–3	Sturm Graz	Innsbruck
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koch 29' Frederiksen 39', 72', 40' Celic 55'	Report	Nemeth 31' Yeboah 38' Hierländer 55'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

16 May 2021 31	Sturm Graz	4–1	Rapid Wien	Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kiteishvili 60' Yeboah 72' Dante 77' Kuen 79' Ljubic 90+2'	Report	Kara 20' Greiml 38' Petrovič 48' Fountas 52'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Walter Altmann

22 May 2021 32	Wolfsberger AC	1–3	Sturm Graz	Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Röcher 28' Joveljić 36' Leitgeb 70' Vizinger 90+1'	Report	Yeboah 11', 59', 67' Jantscher 25' Scherzer 54' (o.g.) Balaj 80'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Hameter

Austrian Cup

28 August 2020 First round	Sturm Graz	8–0	SV Innsbruck	Graz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Balaj 4' 28' 86' Rene Waldhart 9' (o.g.) Stanković 14' Friesenbichler 34' Hierländer 66' Sebastian Zettl 82'	Report	Rene Waldhart 74'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Rene Eisner

17 October 2020 Second round	Hohenems	1–2	Sturm Graz	Hohenems
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stefanon 70' Weixlbaumer 77' Wunderli 86'	Report	Jantscher 40' (pen.) Balaj 46' Stanković 65' Wüthrich 83'	Stadium: Herrenriedstadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Felix Ouschan

24 November 2020 Third round	Sturm Graz	1–0	Wacker Innsbruck	Graz
20:25 CET (UTC+1)	Ingolitsch 60' Kuen 68'	Report	João Luiz 14' Kofler 48'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Kijas

5 February 2021 Quarter-finals	Sturm Graz	1–0	First Vienna	Graz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jantscher 63'	Report		Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Jäger

3 March 2021 Semi-finals	Sturm Graz	0–4	Red Bull Salzburg	Klagenfurt
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Ingolitsch 25' Stanković 44' Yeboah 67'	Report	Bernède 33' Mwepu 36', 54' Berisha 72' Aaronson 79'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Julian Weinberger
Note: The match was played at Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt instead of Sturm Graz's regular home stadium, the Merkur-Arena in Graz, due to lawn problems there.^[4]

References

^ "SK Sturm Graz - Die offizielle Webseite des SK Sturm Graz". SK Sturm Graz.
^ ^a ^b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ "Rahmenterminplan für die Saison 2020/21 fixiert" [Framework schedule for the 2020/21 season fixed]. skysportaustria.at (in German). Sky Sport Austria. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "Wer schafft den Einzug ins UNIQA ÖFB Cup Finale?". oefb.at (in German). Austrian Football Association. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "SK Sturm Graz - Die offizielle Webseite des SK Sturm Graz". SK Sturm Graz.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-2] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[3] "Rahmenterminplan für die Saison 2020/21 fixiert" [Framework schedule for the 2020/21 season fixed]. skysportaustria.at (in German). Sky Sport Austria. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[4] "Wer schafft den Einzug ins UNIQA ÖFB Cup Finale?". oefb.at (in German). Austrian Football Association. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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