European club tournament research 2026/27 snapshot Generated 30 Aug 2026
Road to Football

Europa League · 2026/27

Sturm Graz

Merkur Arena · Graz · provisional competition venue

Path difficulty7.3Rank 36 of 36
Opponent coefficient273.54Rank 33 of 36
Round-trip travel5,996 kmRank 35 of 36
Estimated controls21 of 4 away trips
Club coefficient28Frozen at the draw

Club schedule

Fixtures & results

Official home/away ordering, Central European kick-off times and verified scores for 2026/27.

Europa League

2026/27 match programme

All competition fixtures
Home team: Sturm Graz
Away team: Rennes
VenueStadion Graz LiebenauGraz
ScheduledHome
Home team: Bournemouth
Away team: Sturm Graz
VenueBournemouth StadiumBournemouth
ScheduledAway
Home team: Sturm Graz
Away team: Marseille
VenueStadion Graz LiebenauGraz
ScheduledHome
Home team: Sturm Graz
Away team: Celje
VenueStadion Graz LiebenauGraz
ScheduledHome
Home team: Hoffenheim
Away team: Sturm Graz
VenueRhein-Neckar-ArenaSinsheim
ScheduledAway
Home team: AZ Alkmaar
Away team: Sturm Graz
VenueAZ StadionAlkmaar
ScheduledAway
Home team: Sturm Graz
Away team: OFI Crete
VenueStadion Graz LiebenauGraz
ScheduledHome
Home team: GNK Dinamo
Away team: Sturm Graz
VenueStadion MaksimirZagreb
ScheduledAway

League-phase draw

8 roads, 8 opponents

Opponent coefficient values use the same frozen snapshot as the competition ranking.

H

At the assigned home venue

Home opponents

Marseille

Stade Vélodrome · 8th arrondissement of Marseille

Club coefficient
54
Travel
Estimated controls

Rennes

Roazhon Park · Rennes

Club coefficient
35
Travel
Estimated controls

Celje

Stadion Z'dežele · Hudinja

Club coefficient
23
Travel
Estimated controls

OFI Crete

Pankritio Stadium · Heraklion Municipality

Club coefficient
9.682
Travel
Estimated controls
A

Travel required

Away opponents

AZ Alkmaar

AFAS Stadion · Alkmaar

Club coefficient
62.875
Return travel
1,970 km
Estimated controls
0

GNK Dinamo

Stadion Maksimir · Zagreb

Club coefficient
46.5
Return travel
286 km
Estimated controls
0

Bournemouth

Vitality Stadium · Bournemouth

Club coefficient
23.903
Return travel
2,651 km
Estimated controls
2

Hoffenheim

SNP Arena · Sinsheim

Club coefficient
18.58
Return travel
1,089 km
Estimated controls
0

Assigned competition venues

The away map

Great-circle distances are estimates. The map shows the venue assignments currently held in the draw snapshot.

4 away routes5,996 km estimated return travel
Away opponentAssigned venueCityOne wayReturnControls
awayAZ AlkmaarAFAS StadionAlkmaar985 km1,970 km0
awayGNK DinamoStadion MaksimirZagreb143 km286 km0
awayBournemouthVitality StadiumBournemouth1,326 km2,651 km2
awayHoffenheimSNP ArenaSinsheim545 km1,089 km0

Path Difficulty Index v1

Why this path scores 7.3

The score is relative to clubs in this competition and is not comparable across competitions.

Competition rank36 / 36

Easier than the competition median.

  1. Rival strength65% weight5.5 · 3.6 pts
  2. Round-trip travel25% weight5 · 1.3 pts
  3. Estimated controls10% weight25 · 2.5 pts
Published formula

65% opponent coefficient total, 25% round-trip travel and 10% estimated routine arrival controls after min-max normalization within Europa League.

Methodology

Tournament participation

Edition record

Europa League · 2026/27

SeasonCompetitionPublished stagePosition / result
2026/27Europa LeagueLeague-phase fixtures8 fixtures

Published matches

Final record

No final recorded for this edition

The published record for this edition does not include a final appearance for this club.

Tournament history

Other editions

Explore Sturm Graz’s other published tournament appearances.