2025–26 SK Sturm Graz season

SK Sturm Graz
2024–25 season
ManagerJürgen Säumel
StadiumLiebenauer Stadium
Austrian Bundesliga3rd
Austrian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueLeague stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Otar Kiteishvili
(8 goals)
All:
Otar Kiteishvili
(11 goals)

The 2025–26 season is the 117th season in the history of SK Sturm Graz, and the club's 60th consecutive season in the Austrian Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa League, having been eliminated in the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League.

Transfers

See also: List of Austrian football transfers summer 2025

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Axel Kayombo Basel Undisclosed 1 July 2025 [1][2]
MF Filip Rózga Cracovia Undisclosed 1 July 2025 [3]
MF Julius Beck Esbjerg fB Undisclosed 1 July 2025 [4][5]
DF Tim Oermann Bayer Leverkusen Loan 1 July 2025 [6]
GK Oliver Christensen Fiorentina Loan 2 August 2025 [7]
FW Maurice Malone Austria Wien Undisclosed 2 September 2025 [8]
DF Jeyland Mitchell Feyenoord Loan 2 September 2025 [9]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
MF Gregory Wüthrich Young Boys Free 1 July 2025 [10]
DF Amadou Dante Arouca Undisclosed[a] 1 July 2025 [11]
MF Martin Kern Puskás Akadémia Undisclosed 5 August 2025 [12]
FW Amady Camara Nantes Loan 9 August 2025 [13]
FW Szymon Włodarczyk Excelsior Loan 22 August 2025 [14]
FW William Bøving Mainz 05 Undisclosed 1 September 2025 [15]
DF Emran Soglo Zulte Waregem Loan 8 September 2025 [16]
  1. ^ Previously on loan at Arouca

Competitions

Austrian Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 17 9 5 3 36 21 +15 32 Qualification for the Championship round
2 LASK 17 9 2 6 24 21 +3 29
3 Sturm Graz 17 9 1 7 27 23 +4 28
4 TSV Hartberg 17 7 5 5 26 22 +4 26
5 SV Ried 17 8 2 7 23 23 0 26
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[17]

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
7 5 0 2 12 4  +8 15 2 0 2 5 3  +2 3 0 0 7 1  +6

Last updated: 28 September 2025.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAAAHAHAAHAHH
ResultWLWWLWW
Position2553522
Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2025. Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1 August 2024 1 LASK 0–2 Sturm Linz
20:30 Report
  • Grgić 9'
  • Kiteishvili 12' (pen.)
 Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Referee: Harald Lechner
10 August 2024 2 Sturm 1–2 Rapid Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 16,250
Referee: Peter Altmann
16 August 2024 3 SV Ried 1–3 Sturm Ried im Innkreis
19:30
  • Kiedl 13'
 Report
Stadium: Josko Arena
Referee: Arnes Talic
30 August 2024 4 Grazer AK 0–3 Sturm Graz
19:30
Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
14 September 2025 5 Sturm Graz 0–1 Austria Wien Graz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 16,856
Referee: Markus Hameter
20 September 2025 6 Red Bull Salzburg 0–2 Sturm Graz Salzburg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 10,938
Referee: Stefan Ebner
28 September 2025 7 Sturm Graz 1–0 TSV Hartberg Graz
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Vincze 90+5' (o.g.)
 Report Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Referee: Arnes Talic

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Austrian Cup
25 July 2025 First round SK Bischofshofen 0–4 Sturm Graz Bischofshofen
 Stadium: Sportplatz Bischofshofen
Attendance: 1,499
Referee: Daniel Pfister
17 September 2025 Second round SC Röthis 0–2 Sturm Graz Röthis
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Sportplatz an der Ratz
29 October 2025 Third round Admira Wacker 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(9–10 p)		 SK Sturm Graz Maria Enzersdorf
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Datenpol Arena
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Harald Lechner
Penalties
30 January 2026 Quarter-final SCR Altach v SK Sturm Graz

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League qualifying

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2025.

20 August 2025 (2025-08-20) First leg Bodø/Glimt 5–0 Sturm Graz Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø
21:00
Report[19] Attendance: 7,896[18]
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
26 August 2025 (2025-08-26) Second leg Sturm Graz 2–1
(2–6 agg.)		 Bodø/Glimt Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt[note 1]
21:00
Report[21]
Attendance: 9,050[20]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

League phase

The draw for the league stage was held on 29 August 2025.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
27 FCSB (Y) 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6
28 Go Ahead Eagles (Y) 6 2 0 4 5 11 −6 6
29 Sturm Graz (Y) 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4
30 Red Bull Salzburg (Z) 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 3
31 Feyenoord (Z) 6 1 0 5 7 13 −6 3
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2025. Source: UEFA[22]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (seeded); (Z) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (unseeded)
Round12345678
GroundAHAHAHAH
ResultLWLDLL
Position352227262829
Points033444
Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

24 September 2025 (2025-09-24) 1 Midtjylland 2–0 Sturm Graz MCH Arena, Herning
18:45
Report[24] Attendance: 8,331[23]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
2 October 2025 (2025-10-02) 2 Sturm Graz 2–1 Rangers Liebenauer Stadium, Graz
21:00
Report[26]
Attendance: 15,532[25]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
23 October 2025 (2025-10-23) 3 Celtic 2–1 Sturm Graz Celtic Park, Glasgow
21:00 (20:00 UTC+1) Report[27]
6 November 2025 (2025-11-06) 4 Sturm Graz 0–0 Nottingham Forest Liebenauer Stadium, Graz
18:45 Report[29] Attendance: 16,192[28]
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
27 November 2025 (2025-11-27) 5 Panathinaikos 2–1 Sturm Graz Olympic Stadium, Athens
21:00 (22:00 UTC+2)
Report[31]
Attendance: 21,013[30]
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)
11 December 2025 (2025-12-11) 6 Sturm Graz 0–1 Red Star Belgrade Liebenauer Stadium, Graz
18:45 Report[33]
Attendance: 16,077[32]
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
22 January 2026 (2026-01-22) 7 Feyenoord v Sturm Graz De Kuip, Rotterdam
18:45 Report[34]
29 January 2026 (2026-01-29) 8 Sturm Graz v Brann Liebenauer Stadium, Graz
21:00 Report[35]

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Pos. Player Austrian Bundesliga Austrian Cup Champions League Europa League Total
1 MF Otar Kiteishvili 4 1 0 1 6
FW Seedy Jatta 3 1 1 0 5
3 MF Tomi Horvat 2 0 0 1 3
4 FW Leon Grgić 1 0 0 0 1
DF Max Johnston 1 0 0 0 1
FW Amady Camara 0 1 0 0 1
MF Filip Rózga 0 1 0 0 1
FW Maurice Malone 0 1 0 0 1
DF Tim Oermann 0 0 1 0 1
Own goals 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 12 6 2 2 22

Last updated: 2 October 2025.
Source: FBref.com

Notes

  1. ^ Sturm Graz played their home matches at Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt, instead of their regular stadium, Liebenauer Stadium in Graz, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

References

  1. ^ "Axel Kayombo wechselt zu Sturm Graz" [Axel Kayombo joins Sturm Graz]. FC Basel (in German). 28 May 2025. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Sturm Graz verpflichtet 19-jährigen Stürmer Kayombo" [Sturm Graz sign 19-year-old striker Kayombo]. Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). 28 May 2025. Archived from the original on 29 May 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  3. ^ "PKO BP Ekstraklasa. Filip Rózga opuścił Cracovię i został nowym piłkarzem Sturmu Graz" [PKO BP Ekstraklasa. Filip Rózga left Cracovia and became the new player of Sturm Graz]. sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 17 June 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  4. ^ Noch mehr Dänen-Power für unser Mittelfeld, sksturm.at, 30 May 2025
  5. ^ EfB sælger Julius Beck til Sturm Graz, efb.dk, 30 May 2025
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