SK Sturm Graz (women)

Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian women's football club based in Graz, Styria. The club was founded in 1909 however the women's section has been in existence since 2011[1]. Sturm Graz play in the ÖFB-Frauenliga, the top flight of domestic women's football in Austria and are regular competitors in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The team's colours are black and white.

This article is about the women's football (soccer) team. For the men's football (soccer) club, see SK Sturm Graz.

SK Sturm Graz
Full nameSportklub Sturm Graz
Founded2011 (2011)
GroundMessendorf Trainingszentrum, Graz
Capacity1500
PresidentChristian Jauk
ManagerMario Karner
LeagueÖFB-Frauenliga
2018–192nd
WebsiteClub website

Sturm Graz plays its home matches at the Messendorf Trainingszentrum, a 1,500-capacity stadium that is situated in Graz. [2]

History

The club was formed in 2011 after taking over FC Stattegg's women's team, despite interest from rivals Grazer AK in also taking over the team.[3] The club started out playing in the 2nd Women's League East[4], before getting promoted at the end of the 2012/13 into the ÖFB-Frauenliga. After an 8th place finish in their inaugural top-flight season, Sturm Graz went from strength to strength and qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League after finishing 2nd in the 2015/16 season.[5] They were knocked out of their first Champions League campaign at the Round of 32, losing 0-9 on aggregate to Zürich.[6][7]. Since the 2015/16 season, Sturm Graz have finished as runners-up twice more.

Current squad
As of 14 Jan 2020 [8]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Mariella El Sherif
21 GK Vanessa Gritzner
35 GK Chiara Gottinger
5 DF Julia Magerl
8 DF Stefanie Kovacs
16 DF Julia Mak
17 DF Katja Dorn
19 DF Stefanie Grossgasteiger
25 DF Valentina Kröll
31 DF Jessica Starchl
6 MF Maria Plattner
No. Position Player
10 MF Emily Cancienne
11 MF Anna Malle
12 MF Jessica Frieser
15 MF Paula Roth
23 MF Chiara D'Angelo
26 MF Celina Degen
18 FW Julia Wagner
29 FW Modesta Uka
51 FW Isabella Habuda
97 FW Katrina Giantsopoulos

Honours

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

Summary
Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
8 3 0 5 14 23 2019–20

By season
Season Round Opponent Home Away Agg
2016–17 Round of 32 Zürich 0–6 [9] 0–3 [10] 0-9
2017–18 Qualifying round Noroc Nimoreni 4–0 [11] 2nd of 4 [12]
NSA Sofia 3–1 [13]
Apollon Limassol 1–4 [14]
2019–20 Qualifying round Braga 0–2 [15] 3rd of 4 [16]
Rīgas FS 4–0 [17]
Apollon Limassol 2–7[18]

References
  1. "Start der Meisterschaft der SK Sturm Damen! - SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz". archive.ph. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. "Austria - SK Sturm Graz - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Women Soccerway". uk.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. "Das Grazer „Derby" um die Stattegger Damen". meinbezirk.at (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. "Start der Meisterschaft der SK Sturm Damen! - SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz". archive.ph. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  5. "Summary - Frauenliga - Austria - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Women Soccerway". uk.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  6. "Sturm-Zürich | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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  8. "SK Sturm Graz - Die offizielle Webseite des SK Sturm Graz". SK Sturm Graz. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  9. "Sturm-Zürich | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  10. "Zürich-Sturm | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  11. "Sturm-Noroc | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  12. "Summary - UEFA Women's Champions League - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  13. "NSA-Sturm | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  14. "Sturm-Apollon | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  15. "Braga-Sturm | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  16. "Summary - UEFA Women's Champions League - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  17. "Sturm-RFS | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  18. "Sturm-Apollon | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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