SK Sturm Graz

Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian professional association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austrian football championship three times, in 1998, 1999 and 2011, and participated several times in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Their biggest rivals are Graz neighbours Grazer AK. They share their Stadium, the Merkur Arena, with Grazer AK. This is a very controversial topic as Sturm Graz Fans groups have been fighting for years for a „Zwei-Stadien Lösung“ (2 Stadium Solution). The Shared stadium creates many unnecessary problems that would be solved with a second one. History Foundation SK Sturm Graz was founded in 1909 as a workers team, as opposed to its neighbours Grazer AK, founded in 1902. Between 1921 and 1949, the team enjoyed considerable success in winning the regional Styrian championship 11 times.