| Club: | Sturm Graz |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Stadium: | Merkur-Arena |
| League: | Bundesliga |
| League Result: | — |
| Cup1: | Austrian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
| Cup2: | Champions League |
| Cup2 Result: | Second qualifying round |
| Cup3: | Europa League |
| Cup3 Result: | Third qualifying round |
| Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2018–19 SK Sturm Graz season started on 21 July 2018 in the Austrian Cup against Siegendorf.
Sturm Graz opened their Bundesliga campaign against TSV Hartberg on 28 July 2018.[1] Sturm Graz won the match 3–2.[2] Lukas Spendlhofer, Markus Pink, and Philipp Hosiner scored for Sturm Graz.[2] Tasos Avlonitis scored an own goal and Dario Tadić scored for Hartsberg.[2] Matchday two took place on 4 August 2018 against Wacker Innsbruck.[1] Sturm Graz won the match 3–2.[3] Sturm Graz got two goals from Lukas Grozurek and a goal from Markus Pink.[4] Martin Harrer scored two goals for Wacker Innsbruck.[4] Matchday three happened on 12 August 2018.[1] SKN St. Pölten won the match 2–0[5] with goals from Daniel Luxbacher and Taxiarchis Fountas.[6]
Sturm Graz opened up their 2018–19 season in the first round of the Austrian Cup against Siegendorf.[1] Sturm Graz won the match 2–0 with goals from Markus Pink and Stefan Hierländer.[7]
Sturm Graz were drawn against AFC Ajax in the second qualifying round draw.[8] On 25 July 2018, Ajax won the first leg 2–0[9] with goals from Hakim Ziyech and Lasse Schöne.[10] Ajax won 3–1 in the second leg on 1 August 2018[11] and 5–1 on aggregate.[12] André Onana scored an own goal for Sturm Graz.[12] Ajax got two goals from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and a goal from Dušan Tadić.[12]
Sturm Graz entered the third qualifying round of the Europa League[11] after losing 5–1 on aggregate to Ajax in the second qualifying round of Champions League.[12] Sturm Graz were drawn against the winner of the AEK Larnaca–Dundalk tie.[13] AEK Larnaca won the tie 4–0 on aggregate.[14] AEK Larnaca won the first leg 2–0 with goals from Joan Guillem Truyols and Ivan Tričkovski.[15] Stefan Hierländer was sent–off during the match.[15] An assistant referee was hit by a mug during the match.[16] In the second leg, AEK Larnaca won the match 5–0[17] with three goals from Ivan Tričkovski and a goal from the penalty mark from Jorge Larena and a goal from Florian Taulemesse.[18] With the loss, Sturm Graz were knocked out of the Europa League 7–0 on aggregate.[17]
| Leg | Date | Opponent | Goalscorers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturm Graz | Opponent | ||||||||||
| UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round | |||||||||||
| 25 Jul. | A | Ajax | 0–2 | — | — | ||||||
| 1 Aug. | H | Ajax | 1–3 | 1–5 | |||||||
| UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round | |||||||||||
| 9 Aug. | H | AEK Larnaca | 0–2 | — | — | ||||||
| 16 Aug. | A | AEK Larnaca | 0–5 | 0–7 | — | ||||||