2020–21 SK Sturm Graz season

SK Sturm Graz
2020–21 season
Chairman	Christian Jauk
Manager	Vacant
Stadium	Merkur-Arena
Austrian Bundesliga	Pre-season
Austrian Cup	Pre-season
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 SK Sturm Graz season is 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, SK Sturm Graz will participate in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup. The season covers the period from 6 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 23 January 2020^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	SVN	Jon Gorenc Stanković
8	DF	AUT	Emanuel Sakić
9	FW	ALB	Bekim Balaj
10	MF	GEO	Otar Kiteishvili
11	MF	AUT	Lukas Grozurek
13	MF	AUT	Jakob Jantscher
17	MF	AUT	Lukas Jäger
18	MF	AUT	Philipp Huspek
20	FW	AUT	Kevin Friesenbichler
22	MF	AUT	Tobias Koch
23	DF	AUT	Lukas Spendlhofer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	AUT	Stefan Hierländer
27	GK	AUT	Jörg Siebenhandl
28	MF	SUI	Winfred Amoah
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
37	FW	NGA	Emeka Eze
41	GK	AUT	Christopher Giuliani
44	DF	MLI	Amadou Dante

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 November 2020 Friendly	Juniors OÖ	0 – 1	Sturm Graz	Pasching
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

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

10 January 2021 Friendly	Fehérvár	v	Sturm Graz	Poreč
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: STADION VELI JOŽE

18 January 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	v	Kapfenberger SV	Graz
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: MESSENDORF TRAININGSZENTRUM KUNSTRASEN

Competitions

Overview

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	11 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Austrian Cup	2020		Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: September 2020
Source: Competitions

Austrian Football 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
11	7	3	1	22	5	+17	24	4	1	1	12	3	+9	3	2	0	10	2	+8

Last updated: 19 December 2020.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	W	W	L		W	W	W	W	W
Position	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Austrian Cup

28 August 2020 First Round	Sturm Graz	8 - 0	SV Innsbruck	Graz
20:30 CET	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 CET	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	Ingolitsch 60' Kuen 68'	Report	João Luiz 14' Thomas Kofler 48'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Kijas
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

5 February 2021 Quarter Finals	Sturm Graz	v	First Vienna	Graz
20:30 CET				Stadium: Merkur-Arena

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ "SK Sturm Graz - Die offizielle Webseite des SK Sturm Graz". SK Sturm Graz.
^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 May 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.

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