LASK

Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK (German pronunciation: [lask lɪnts] (listen)) or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of Austrian football. The club's colours are black and white. The women's team plays in the second highest division of Austrian women's football.

LASK
Full nameLinzer Athletik-Sport-Klub
Nickname(s)Die Schwarz-Weißen
(The Black-Whites),
Die Laskler
Founded7 August 1908 (1908-08-07) as Athletiksportklub Siegfried
GroundWaldstadion & Linzer Stadion for UEFA competitions
Capacity6,009
OwnerLASK GmbH
PresidentSiegmund Gruber
Head coachDominik Thalhammer
LeagueAustrian Bundesliga
2019–20Austrian Bundesliga, 4th
WebsiteClub website

LASK was founded on 7 August 1908. In 1965, the club became the first team outside Vienna to win the Austrian football championship. This is also its only championship to date. The club currently plays its league fixtures at the Waldstadion in Pasching, but at the 14,000 capacity Linzer Stadion in UEFA competitions.

History
Historical chart of LASK league performance

In the winter of 1908, Albert Siems, head of the royal post-office garage at Linz, who had already been a member of an 1899-founded club for heavy athletics, Linzer Athletik Sportklub Siegfried, decided to establish a football club. At that time, the side already played in the black-and-white lengthwise-touched shirts.

The club's first name was Linzer Sportclub. During an extraordinary general meeting on 14 September 1919, the final change of name, to Linzer Athletik Sport-Klub (short form Linzer ASK) took place, its forerunner setting the example. Nevertheless, the public denomination of the team was largely LASK. The club first appeared in top-flight competition in the Gauliga Ostmark in 1940–41, coming last and being relegated.

LASK achieved its greatest success, in winning the Austrian League in 1965. No club outside Vienna had ever won before. Additionally, the club won the domestic cup that same year.

In 1985–86's UEFA Cup, the side beat European giants Internazionale Milan at home (1–0), on 23 October 1985, eventually bowing out 4–1 on aggregate (second round).

In 1995, the official name became LASK Linz, as officials wanted to bring out the city's name as a complement to the LASK designation, which had constituted itself as a brand name. It is one of the few clubs of the country's higher divisions that, since coming in existence, never exhibited a sponsor in the official club name.

In 1996, Werder Bremen was beaten away in the UI Cup.

In 1997, due to public pressure, LASK Linz officially merged with city rivals FC Linz (formerly known as SK VOEST Linz). The club name, colours, chairmen and members remained the same.

At the end of the 90s the club had great ambitions. However, the bank of the president slipped into insolvency and therefore the club also faced big financial problems. The president fled to the Côte d'Azur with a lot of cash and the club was on the verge of bankruptcy with several large debts. The club sold its training facilities and the best players. The result was a relegation to the Second Division (2. Liga) but also financial consolidation.

In 2007, after a long time in the second division, they were promoted to the highest division again. They were title contenders until ten rounds before the end, but, due to a dispute about the extension of the coach's contract, they only finished 5th.

Relegation to the 3. Liga in 2012 was accompanied by imminent bankruptcy. The club was taken over by a consortium of local entrepreneurs called "Friends of LASK" in December 2013. By this time the club was on the verge of being shut down. The players received no salary. They could not afford the city stadium, so they moved to a stadium 50km away. It was only because of the tremendous cohesion of the coach and the team that the club was able to keep the championship going at that time.

After promotion to the 2. Liga, which was celebrated in front of 13,000 fans in the Linzer stadium, the club was promoted to the highest division again in the third year after the takeover. During this time the coach Oliver Glasner built up a new team with Vice President Jürgen Werner with an unmistakable style of play.

In 2016, the club moved to Pasching after disagreements with the city council. They are due to return to the rebuilt Linzer stadium in mid-2022. In 2018, the club returned to the European competitions, but they were eliminated in qualifying for the Europa league after a 2–1 win in the second leg due to the away goals rule against Beşiktaş. In the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, LASK reached the round of 16, where they were eliminated by Manchester United.[1]

Old logo

In 2017, the club removed the "Linz" part of their name, and returned it to LASK. The merger with FC Linz has long fallen apart, and the club have now removed "Linz" from the name.[2][3]

Players

Current squad
As of 8 October 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUT Alexander Schlager
5 DF  CRO Petar Filipović
6 DF  AUT Philipp Wiesinger
7 MF  AUT Rene Renner
9 FW  FRA Mamoudou Karamoko
10 MF  AUT Peter Michorl
11 MF  AUT Dominik Reiter
13 MF  GER Johannes Eggestein (loan from Werder)
14 MF  AUT Husein Balić
15 DF  AUT Christian Ramsebner
16 DF  AUT Marvin Potzmann
17 FW  AUT Andreas Gruber
18 DF  AUT Gernot Trauner
19 MF  AUT Valentino Müller
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  AUT Patrick Plojer
21 MF  DEN Mads Emil Madsen
22 DF  UKR Yevhen Cheberko
23 FW  PER Matías Succar
24 GK  AUT Tobias Lawal
25 MF  AUS James Holland
26 DF  AUT Reinhold Ranftl
27 MF  AUT Thomas Goiginger
28 FW  SVK Adam Griger
29 FW  AUT Marko Raguž
30 MF  PAN Andrés Andrade
31 MF  AUT Lukas Grgic
33 FW  AUT Thomas Sabitzer
36 GK  AUT Thomas Gebauer

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  GER Jan Boller (at FC Juniors OÖ until 30 June 2021)
— MF  ISR Yoav Hofmayster (at Ironi Kiryat Shmona until 30 June 2021)
— MF  GER Daniel Jelisić (at FC Juniors OÖ until 30 June 2021)

Coach history
As of 27 June 2016[4]

Honours

Source: [5]

League

Austrian League

Austrian Second Division

Cups

Austrian Cup

  • Winners: 1964–65
  • Runners-up: 1962–63, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1998–99

European competition history
As of 10 December 2020
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup 1 Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 0–1 2–2 c (po 1–1 (a.e.t.))
1965–66 European Cup PR Górnik Zabrze 1–3 1–2 2–5
1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1 Sporting CP 2–2 0–4 2–6
1977–78 UEFA Cup 1 Újpest 3–2 0–7 3–9
1980–81 UEFA Cup 1 Radnički Niš 1–2 1–4 2–6
1984–85 UEFA Cup 1 Östers IF 1–0 1–0 2–0
2 Dundee United 1–2 1–5 2–7
1985–86 UEFA Cup 1 Baník Ostrava 2–0 1–0 3–0
2 Inter Milan 1–0 0–4 1–4
1986–87 UEFA Cup 1 Widzew Łódź 1–1 0–1 1–2
1987–88 UEFA Cup 1 Utrecht 0–0 0–2 0–2
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 6 Partick Thistle 2–2 N/A 2nd
NK Zagreb N/A 0–0
Keflavík 2–1 N/A
Metz N/A 0–1
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 2 Djurgårdens IF 2–0 N/A 1st
B68 Toftir N/A 4–0
Apollon Limassol 2–0 N/A
Werder Bremen N/A 3–1
Semi-finals Rotor Volgograd 2–2 0–5 2–7
1999–2000 UEFA Cup 1 Steaua Bucureşti 1–3 0–2 1–5
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Hapoel Petah-Tikva 3–0 1–1 4–1
2R FC Marila Pribram 1–1 2–3 3–4
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 2QR Lillestrøm 4–0 2–1 6–1
3QR Beşiktaş 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 3QR Basel 3–1 2–1 5–2
PO Club Brugge 0–1 1–2 1–3
UEFA Europa League Group D Sporting CP 3–0 1–2 1st
PSV Eindhoven 4–1 0–0
Rosenborg 1–0 2–1
R32 AZ 2–0 1–1 3–1
R16 Manchester United 0–5 1–2 1–7
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 3QR DAC Dunajská Streda 7−0 N/A N/A
PO Sporting CP N/A 4−1 N/A
Group J Tottenham Hotspur 3–3 0–3 3rd
Ludogorets Razgrad 4–3 3–1
Antwerp 0–2 1–0

References
  1. "Man. United 2–1 LASK". UEFA. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. "Zurück in die Zukunft: Neues Wappen für den LASK". Nachrichten.at. 4 May 2017. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. "LASK bekommt neues Wappen" (in German). Skysportaustria.at. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. "LASK Linz " Manager history". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. "LASK Linz - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news". Us.soccerway.com. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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