# 2018 Austrian Cup final

The 2018 Austrian Cup final was played on 9 May 2018 between SK Sturm Graz and FC Red Bull Salzburg at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, a neutral ground. The final was the culmination of the 2017–18 Austrian Cup, the 84th season of the Austrian Cup.
Sturm Graz won their fifth cup title after defeating Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 after extra time, which would have earned them a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, but they instead qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of their second place finish in the 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga.

## Teams

| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| SK Sturm Graz | 9 (1948, 1974–75, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2010, 2018) |
| FC Red Bull Salzburg | 10 (1974, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) |

## Venue

Wörthersee Stadion is the home of SK Austria Klagenfurt and opened in 2007. It has a capacity of 32,000 spectators and is part of Sportpark Klagenfurt.

## Background

The Austrian Bundesliga clubs SK Sturm Graz and FC Red Bull Salzburg contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. Since Sturm Graz qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League by virtue of its second place finish in the 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga, Austria's last European place is given to FC Admira Wacker Mödling as the 5th place team of the 2017-18 Austrian Bundesliga.
Sturm Graz competed in its ninth overall final, their first since 2010. Red Bull Salzburg made its fifth straight finals appearance (sixth in seven seasons and its 10th overall. Both clubs now have five total Austrian Cup championships. The two teams had never previously met in an Austrian Cup final, and Red Bull Salzburg won three of the four meetings during the regular season of the 2017-18 Austrian Football Bundesliga, outscoring Sturm Graz 13-5 over those four contests.

## Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| SK Sturm Graz | SK Sturm Graz | Round | FC Red Bull Salzburg | FC Red Bull Salzburg |
| Opponent | Result | | Opponent | Result |
| FC Hard | 3–0 (A) | First round | Deutschlandsberger | 7–0 (A) |
| FC Liefering | 3–2 (A) | Second round | Bruck/Leitha | 2–1 (A) |
| SC Rheindorf Altach | 4–1 (H) | Third round | Bad Gleichenberg | 3–0 (A) |
| Wimpassing | 3–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | SK Austria Klagenfurt | 7–0 (H) |
| SK Rapid Wien | 3–2 (a.e.t.) (H) | Semi-finals | SV Mattersburg | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (H) (3–0 p) |

## Match
### Details

| GK | 27 | Jörg Siebenhandl |
| DF | 26 | Fabian Koch | 45+2' |
| DF | 19 | Marvin Potzmann | 118' |
| DF | 23 | Lukas Spendlhofer |
| DF | 35 | Dario Maresic |
| MF | 25 | Stefan Hierländer | |
| MF | 17 | Peter Žulj | 120+2' | 41' |
| MF | 29 | Thorsten Röcher | 102' | 35' |
| MF | 6 | James Jeggo | |
| FW | 9 | Deni Alar | 118' | 18' |
| FW | 20 | Bright Edomwonyi | 93' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 32 | Tobias Schützenauer |
| DF | 4 | Thomas Schrammel |
| DF | 5 | Christian Schoissengeyr | 120+2' |
| MF | 8 | Sandi Lovrić | 118' |
| MF | 13 | Jakob Jantscher | 93' | 102' |
| MF | 18 | Philipp Huspek | 102' |
| DF | 20 | Christian Schulz |
| Manager: ||
| Heiko Vogel ||
| GK | 1 | Cican Stankovic | 120+4' |
| DF | 25 | Patrick Farkas |
| DF | 22 | Stefan Lainer |
| DF | 15 | André Ramalho | 62' 71' |
| DF | 5 | Duje Ćaleta-Car | 46' | 17' |
| MF | 7 | Reinhold Yabo | 99' |
| MF | 14 | Valon Berisha (c) | 18' |
| MF | 42 | Xaver Schlager |
| DF | 8 | Diadie Samassékou |
| FW | 21 | Fredrik Gulbrandsen | 76' |
| FW | 9 | Mu'nas Dabbur | 83' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 33 | Alexander Walke |
| MF | 4 | Amadou Haidara | 76' | 120' |
| DF | 6 | Jérôme Onguéné | 46' |
| MF | 13 | Hannes Wolf | 99' |
| FW | 18 | Takumi Minamino |
| FW | 19 | Hwang Hee-chan | 83' | 107' |
| MF | 24 | Christoph Leitgeb |
| Manager: ||
| Marco Rose ||
| Assistant referees: Andreas Heidenreich Maximilian Kolbitsch Fourth official: Gerhard Grobelnik | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes, of which up to four may be used |