Wednesday against Girona

This Sturm record is encouraging for Klagenfurt!

Jürgen Säumel celebrated a 7:0 win in Liebenau on his debut.(Bild: Sepp Pail)

After Klagenfurt in the Bundesliga, Austrian soccer champions Sturm face Girona and the Champions League. In the top flight, the team from Graz are still chasing their first points - and even their first goal. Before the "home game" in Carinthia, however, Säumel's eleven are recharging their batteries at their real home in Graz-Liebenau.

Not much more can really happen - and Sturm can call themselves the fall champions and winter kings of the 2024/25 season. With the current five-point lead over the two chasing teams from Vienna and the supposedly "easy" remaining program in the league (away at Altach and Tirol), the "crown" should sit pretty securely on the head of the reigning champions.