SK Sturm Graz

S.K. Sturm Graz is a football club which plays in Austria. He was founded in 1909 and the coulors ar black and white. Therefore they are nicknamed the "Blackies".

Sturm Graz

Full name	Sportklub Sturm Graz
Founded	1909
Ground	UPC-Arena
Ground Capacity	15,400
Chairman	Christian Jauk
Manager	Franco Foda
League	Austrian Bundesliga
2010/11	Austrian Bundesliga, 1st

UPC Arena-homeground of SK Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz, 2010

Franco Foda, former player now coach of SK Sturm Graz

History

The club was founded on 1 May 1909. It was founded by pupils between 16 and 18. The official foundation of the club was in 1912. From 1921 to 1949 Sturm won the styrian championship 11 times. During German occupation the club played his first season in the highest division, the Gauliga Ostmark, but was relegated the same year. 1949 Sturm entered the national league as first team which came not from Vienna. In 1981 the team had the first success, it finished second in the league and reached the quarterfinals of tne UEFA Cup.

With the new president Hannes Kartnig a new successful era started. In 1994 Ivica Osim became coach of the team. 1995 they finished second in the league and 1996 they reached their first title, the Austrian Cup beating Admira Wacker. In 1998 they reached the first title. In 1999 they also won the league.

The first time they played for the Champions League, only reached one point against Spartak Moscow. The second time they played there they reached the 3rd place in the group. In the 199/2000 season of the Champions League they won the Group D versus Galatasaray Istanbul, Glasgow Rangers and AS Monaco FC.

After this success some key players left the club and also coach Ivica Osim. Since 2005 Sturm had financial problems. Therefore Sturm was forced to play with young players. Under Franco Foda this way was successful, Sturm is one of the top four teams in the league. In 2010 they reached the third title and played in the qualification for the Champions League but lost in the play off round against BATE Borrisow and play this season in the UEFA Euro League.

Current squad

As of January 17, 2011

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 Christian Gratzei 2 DF George Popkhadze 4 DF Dominic Pürcher 5 DF Ferdinand Feldhofer 6 MF Manuel Weber 7 FW Mario Haas 8 MF Andreas Hölzl 9 MF Haris Bukva 10 MF Samir Muratović 11 FW Imre Szabics 13 DF Thomas Burgstaller 14 MF Florian Kainz 16 DF Florian Neuhold

No. Position Player 17 DF Martin Ehrenreich 18 DF Joachim Standfest 22 GK Silvije Čavlina 24 FW Roman Kienast 26 FW Marvin Weinberger 27 MF Christian Klem 28 MF Jürgen Säumel 29 MF Sandro Foda 33 MF Patrick Wolf 34 GK Alexander Schachner 20 MF Mathias Koch

Honors

• Austrian Football Bundesliga

• Champions (3): 1998,1999, 2011

• Austrian Cup

• Winners (4): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2010

• Austrian Supercup

• Winners (3): 1996, 1998, 1999

• Austrian Amateur Champions (1): 1934
• Styrian Regional Champions (11)
• Styrian Cup Winners (9)
• UEFA Champions League (3)

SK Sturm international matches

• Q= Qualifying
• P= Preliminary
• PO = Play-Off

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
1970–71	UEFA Cup	1		Ilves Tampere	3–0	2–4
		2		Arsenal FC	1–0	0–2
1974–75	UEFA Cup	1		Royal Antwerp FC	2–1	0–1
1975–76	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1		Slavia Sofia	3–1	0–1
		2		Szombathelyi Haladás	2–0	1–1
		QF		Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	0–1
1978–79	UEFA Cup	1R		Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1–5
1981–82	UEFA Cup	1		CSKA Moskva	1–0	1–2
		2		IFK Göteborg	2–2	2–3
1983–84	UEFA Cup	1		Sportul Studenţesc	0–0	2–1
		2		Hellas Verona	0–0	2–2
		3		Lokomotive Leipzig	2–0	0–1
		QF		Nottingham Forest	1–1 (AET)	0–1
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1		Servette Genève	0–0	0–1
1991–92	UEFA Cup	1		FC Utrecht	0–1	1–3
1995–96	UEFA Cup	Q		Slavia Praha	0–1	1–1
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1		Sparta Prague	2–2	1–1
1997–98	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1		APOEL Nicosia	3–0	1–0
		2		AEK Athens	1–0	0–2
1998–99	UEFA Champions League	Q2		Újpest FC	4–0	3–2
		Group C		Spartak Moskva	0–2	0–0
				Inter Milan	0–2	0–1
				Real Madrid	1–5	1–6
1999–00	UEFA Champions League	Q3		Servette Genève	2–1	2–2
		Group D, P		Olympique Marseille	3–2	0–2
				Manchester United F.C.	0–3	1–2
				Croatia Zagreb	1–0	0–3
1999–00	UEFA Cup	3		Parma AC	3–3 (AET)	1–2
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	Q2		Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	2–1
		Q3		Feyenoord	2–1	1–1
		Group D, P		Rangers	2–0	0–5
				Galatasaray	3–0	2–2
				AS Monaco	2–0	0–5
		Group A		Valencia CF	0–5	0–2
				Manchester United F.C.	0–2	0–3
				Panathinaikos	2–0	2–1
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2		Lausanne Sports	0–1	3–3
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	Q3		Maccabi Haifa	3–3	0–2
2002–03	UEFA Cup	1		Livingston	5–2	3–4
		2		Levski Sofia	1–0	0–1 (p 8-7)
		3		Lazio Roma	1–3	1–0
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1		FC Rànger's	5–0	1–1
		2		VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	2–2
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R		Shakhter Soligorsk	2–0	0–0
		3		Honved Budapest	0–0	2–1
2008–09	UEFA Cup	Q2		FC Zürich	1–1 (p 2-4)	1–1
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Q2		NK Široki Brijeg	2–1	1–1
		Q3		Petrovac	5–0	2–1
		Play Off		Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	1–0
		Group F		Dinamo Bucureşti	0–1	1–2
				Galatasaray	1–0	1–1
				Panathinaikos	0–1	0–1
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Q3		Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	1–1
		Play Off		Juventus FC	1-2	0-1
2011–12	UEFA Champions League	Q2		Videoton	2–0	2-3
		Q3		Zestafoni	1-0	1-1
		PO		BATE Borisov	0–2	1–1

Other websites

• Official Homepage (German)