# 2022–23 SK Sturm Graz season

The 2022–23 season was the 114th in the history of SK Sturm Graz and their 57th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 30 August 2022
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 |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Gregory Wüthrich |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Aleksandar Borković (on loan from Hoffenheim) |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Alexander Prass |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Otar Kiteishvili |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Manprit Sarkaria |
| 13 | FW | AUT | Jakob Jantscher |
| 14 | DF | AUT | Paul Komposch |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Sandro Schendl |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Lukas Jäger |
| 18 | DF | CRO | Alois Oroz (on loan from Vitesse) |
| 20 | FW | AUT | Martin Krienzer |
| 20 | FW | NED | Emanuel Emegha |
| 21 | MF | AUT | Samuel Stückler |
| 22 | DF | BIH | Jusuf Gazibegović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | AUT | Luca Kronberger |
| 24 | DF | AUT | Sandro Ingolitsch |
| 25 | MF | AUT | Stefan Hierländer |
| 26 | MF | AUT | Christoph Lang |
| 27 | GK | AUT | Jörg Siebenhandl |
| 28 | DF | AUT | David Schnegg |
| 29 | FW | GHA | Mohammed Fuseini |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Ivan Ljubić |
| 32 | GK | AUT | Tobias Schützenauer |
| 35 | DF | AUT | Niklas Geyrhofer |
| 36 | DF | AUT | Vincent Trummer |
| 37 | DF | AUT | Moritz Wels |
| 42 | DF | AUT | David Affengruber |
| 44 | DF | MLI | Amadou Dante |
| — | FW | DEN | William Bøving |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | AUT | Christopher Giuliani (at Kapfenberg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | AUT | Florian Weiler (at Hartberg until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AUT | Dardan Shabanhaxhaj (at Kapfenberg until 30 June 2022) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Austrian Football Bundesliga | 23 July 2022 | | Matchday 1 | | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 063.64 |
| Austrian Cup | 16 July 2022 | | First round | | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 3 August 2022 | 9 August 2022 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 September 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 058.82 |
Last updated: 19 March 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Football Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 13 | +36 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* ↑ Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBS | STU | LIN | RWI | AWI | KLA |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 67 | 22 | +45 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | LASK | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 25 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 24 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WOL | LUS | WAT | HAR | ALT | RIE |
| 1 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 31 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Austria Lustenau | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 1–3 | — | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 24 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 24 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 19 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 6 | Ried (R) | 32 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 14 | Relegation to Austrian Football Second League | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2023. 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | | | | |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEY | MID | LAZ | STU |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 8 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker. Between Feyenoord and Midtjylland, overall goals scored is used as the tiebreaker.