LASK

Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK (German pronunciation: [lask lɪnts] (listen)) or simply LASK, is an Austrian association 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)
GroundWaldstadion & Linzer Stadion for UEFA competitions
Capacity6,009
OwnerLASK GmbH
ChairmanSiegmund Gruber
ManagerValérien Ismaël
LeagueAustrian Bundesliga
2018–192nd
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 2018, the club were eliminated in qualifying for the Europa league after a 2-1 win in the second leg due to the away goals rule against Besiktas Istanbul.

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.

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.[1][2]

Honours

[3]

Domestic

League

Austrian League

Austrian Second Division

Cups

Austrian Cup

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

Current squad
As of 4 September, 2019

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Alexander Schlager
5 DF Petar Filipović
6 DF Philipp Wiesinger
7 MF René Renner
8 MF Peter Michorl
9 FW João Klauss (on loan from Hoffenheim)
11 MF Dominik Reiter
14 MF Husein Balić
15 DF Christian Ramsebner
16 DF Marvin Potzmann
17 DF David Schnegg
18 DF Gernot Trauner
No. Position Player
19 MF Valentino Müller
20 FW Samuel Tetteh (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
21 DF Markus Wostry
23 MF Stefan Haudum
24 GK Tobias Lawal
25 MF James Holland
26 DF Reinhold Ranftl
27 MF Thomas Goiginger
28 MF Dominik Frieser
29 FW Marko Raguž
33 FW Thomas Sabitzer
36 GK 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. Position Player
— DF Felix Luckeneder (at TSV Hartberg until 30 June 2020)

Manager history
As of 27 June 2016[4]

European Cup history
As of 27 February 2020
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1963/64 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 0–1 2–2 c (po 1–1 (a.e.t.))
1965/66 European Cup PR Gornik Zabrze 1–3 1–2 2–5
1969/70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1 Sporting Lisbon 2–2 0–4 2–6
1977/78 UEFA Cup 1 Újpest FC 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 Banik Ostrava 2–0 1–0 3–0
2 Inter 1–0 0–4 1–4
1986/87 UEFA Cup 1 Widzew Lodz 1–1 0–1 1–2
1987/88 UEFA Cup 1 FC 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
FC 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
1999/00 UEFA Cup 1 Steaua Bucuresti 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

References
  1. "Zurück in die Zukunft: Neues Wappen für den LASK". Nachrichten.at. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. "LASK bekommt neues Wappen" (in German). Skysportaustria.at. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. "LASK Linz - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news". Us.soccerway.com. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. "LASK Linz " Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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