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]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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:

Bundesliga results

MDDateH/AOpponentRes.
F–A		GoalscorersRef.
Sturm GrazOpponent
128 Jul.HHartberg3–2Spendlhofer  19'
Pink  25'
Hosiner  82'		Avlonitis  6' (o.g.)
Tadić  47'		[2]
24 Aug.AWacker Innsbruck3–2Grozurek  21', 60'
Pink  56'		Harrer  77', 84'[4]
311 Aug.ASt. Pölten0–2—Luxbacher  12'
Fountas  86'		[6]
418 Aug.HRheindorf Altach
525 Aug.AWolfsberg
62 Sep.HRapid Wien
715 Sep.AAdmira Wacker Mödling
8HMattersburg
9ALASK Linz
10HRed Bull Salzburg
11AAustria Wien
12AHartberg
13HWacker Innsbruck
14HSt. Pölten
15ARheindorf Altach
16HWolfsberg
17ARapid Wien
18HAdmira Wacker Mödling
19AMattersburg
20HLASK Linz
21ARed Bull Salzburg
22HAustria Wien

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

RdDateH/AOpponentRes.
F–A		GoalscorersRef.
Sturm GrazOpponent
121 Jul.ASiegendorf2–0Pink  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

LegDateH/AOpponentRes.
F–A		Agg. score
F–A		GoalscorersRef.
Sturm GrazOpponent
UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
FL25 Jul.AAjax0–2——Ziyech  15'
Schöne  57'		[10]
SL1 Aug.HAjax1–31–5Onana  89' (o.g.)Huntelaar  39', 77'
Tadić  48'		[12]
UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
FL9 Aug.HAEK Larnaca0–2——Truyols  46'
Tričkovski  74'		[15]
SL16 Aug.AAEK Larnaca0–50–7—Tričkovski  8', 67', 80'
Larena  65' (pen.)
Taulemesse  86'		[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sturm Graz". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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.
  4. 1 2 3 "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.
  6. 1 2 "St. Pölten vs. Sturm Graz 2 - 0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 "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.
  10. 1 2 "Ajax Amsterdam 2 0 SK Sturm Graz". ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  11. 1 2 "1:3 - Ajax lässt Sturm-Träume platzen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "Sturm-Debakel: Kreissl platzt der Kragen". oe24.at (in German). Österreich. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  18. 1 2 "AEK Larnaca vs. Sturm Graz 5 - 0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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