Gerhard Sturmberger ( 1 May 1940 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia -13 January 1990 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia) was an Austrian football player. He played as defender. Most of his active career he played for LASK. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

He started his career in his hometown Klagenfurt with ASK Klagenfurt. Thanks to his good performances, Gerhard Sturmberger was brought into the A-League by trainer Josef Epp for Linzer ASK. He played for Linz as a defender for 14 seasons and was captain from 1967 to 1973. The greatest successes in Gerhard Sturmberger's career at LASK were winning the championship in 1964/65 and the ÖFB Cup in the same year. This was the first time a club from the federal states won the championship.^[1]

From 1973 to 1976 he played for SK Rapid Wien. After that he played for smaller clubs in Upper Austria and Carinthia including his first club ASK Klagenfurt.

His debut was on 24 March 1965 in a 2-1 away win over France. Sturmberger played a total of 43 international matches in Austria's defense. The majority of them was under Leopold Šťastný. He was also team captain. His last match was on 13 June 1973 in a 1-1 home draw versus Brazil.^[2]

• 1 × Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1965
• 1 × Austrian Football Bundesliga runner-up 1962
• 1 × Austrian Cup: 1965
• 3 × Austrian Cup finals: 1963, 1967, 1970
• 43 matches for the Austrian national football team 1965 -1973