yardımcı hakemler: jukka-pekka koskela (fin), matti heininen (fin)
4. hakem: antti munukka (fin)
çizgi hakemleri: mattias gestranius (fin), jouni hyytiä (fin)
sturm: christian gratzei (gk), mario sonnleitner, ferdinand feldhofer (dk. 83 haris bukva), manuel weber (dk. 83 dominic hassler), peter hlinka, andreas hölzl (c), samir muratović, jakob jantscher, ilia kandelaki, gordon schildenfeld, daniel beichler (dk. 72 klemen lavrič)
yedekler: andreas lukse (gk), martin ehrenreich, mark prettenthaler, sandro foda
teknik direktör: franco foda (ger)
dinamo bucureşti: emilian dolha (gk), zie diabaté, djakaridja koné (dk. 90+2 gabriel boştină), andrei cristea, lucian goian, adrian cristea (c) (dk. 76 claudiu niculescu), gabriel torje (dk. 80 zé kalanga), adrian scarlatache, ousmane n'doye, gabriel tamaş, marius alexe
yedekler: florin matache (gk), laurenţiu rus, francisco molinero, dragoş grigore
teknik direktör: dario bonetti (ita)
goller: (0-1) dk. 80 gabriel tamaş
sarı kartlar: dk. 71 daniel beichler (sturm) dk. 71 ousmane n'doye, dk. 83 lucian goian (dinamo bucureşti)
published: thursday 17 september 2009, 21.45cet sk sturm graz 0-1 fc dinamo 1948 bucureşti
a thumping strike from gabriel tamaş ten minutes from time ended the austrian side's 12-match unbeaten european run in group f.
a thumping strike from gabriel tamaş ten minutes from time proved decisive as fc dinamo 1948 bucureşti ended sk sturm graz's 12-match unbeaten european run with a 1-0 win in austria.
stunning finish dinamo dominated the first half of this group f encounter, yet were consistently rebuffed by goalkeeper christian gratzei and the uefa europea league points seemed to be slipping away as an otherwise lacklustre sturm outfit enjoyed a sustained spell of pressure with the end approaching. then, innocuously, claudiu niculescu's corner was cleared to the edge of the area and tamaş rifled into the top corner.
dramatic comeback dinamo had only qualified for the group stage courtesy of a 9-8 penalty shoot-out success away to fc slovan liberec – after cancelling out a 3-0 first-leg deficit – and they appeared determined to maintain their momentum from that unlikely turnaround with a highly-productive opening half. andrei cristea, who scored the first on that memorable night in the czech republic, turned sharply 25 metres out and curled in an attempt that gratzei pushed behind then, from the resulting corner, ousmane n'doye headed powerfully wide of the near post.
gratzei inspired peter hlinka's header was sturm's only meaningful moment of a half in which gratzei single-handedly kept the scores level, denying djakaridja koné and cristea later on to leave dario bonetti wondering how his charges were not ahead at the interval. the home goal continued to lead a charmed existence after the break as marius alexe's strike was chalked out for offside but the blacks had at least established a firm foothold in proceedings by that stage.
sturm chances franco foda's men adapted the better as the second half became more fractious with one andreas hölzl drive deflected to safety while jakob jantscher's scuffed attempt was scrambled wide as the romanian side laboured. ıt was tamaş's cue.