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2023–24 LASK season

LASK
2023–24 season
ManagerThomas Sageder
StadiumRaiffeisen Arena
Austrian Bundesliga3rd
Austrian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marin Ljubičić (12)
All:
Marin Ljubičić (15)
Biggest winSC Röfix Röthis 0–6 LASK
Biggest defeatRed Bull Salzburg 7–1 LASK

The 2023–24 LASK season was the club's 116th season in existence and its seventh consecutive season in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top division of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, LASK participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 August 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Austria AUT Tobias Lawal
2 DF United States USA George Bello
4 DF Ukraine UKR Maksym Talovyerov (on loan from Slavia Prague)
5 DF Germany GER Philipp Ziereis
6 DF Austria AUT Philipp Wiesinger
7 MF Austria AUT Rene Renner
8 MF Austria AUT Peter Michorl
9 FW Croatia CRO Marin Ljubičić
10 MF Austria AUT Robert Žulj (captain)
11 FW Senegal SEN Moussa Koné
14 MF Austria AUT Husein Balić
15 FW Austria AUT Tobias Anselm
16 DF Panama PAN Andrés Andrade
17 FW Nigeria NGA Moses Usor (on loan from Slavia Prague)
18 MF Serbia SRB Branko Jovičić
19 FW France FRA Lenny Pintor
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Austria AUT Ivan Ljubic
22 DF Montenegro MNE Filip Stojković
23 FW Ghana GHA Ibrahim Mustapha
24 FW Austria AUT Elias Havel
25 DF Germany GER Sanoussy Ba (on loan from RB Leipzig)
26 MF Czech Republic CZE Filip Twardzik
27 MF Austria AUT Thomas Goiginger
28 GK Austria AUT Jörg Siebenhandl
29 FW Austria AUT Florian Flecker
30 MF Austria AUT Sascha Horvath
31 DF French Guiana GUF Yannis Letard
33 DF Austria AUT Felix Luckeneder
37 GK Austria AUT Lukas Jungwirth
44 FW France FRA Adil Taoui
55 MF The Gambia GAM Ebrima Darboe (on loan from Roma)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Austria AUT Marco Sulzner (at Amstetten until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Austria Elias Havel Austria Liefering Free 1 July 2023 [1]
FW Senegal Moussa Koné France Nîmes Olympique Free 1 July 2023 [1]
DF Panama Andrés Andrade Germany Arminia Bielefeld €500,000 1 July 2023
DF Ukraine Maksym Taloverov Czech Republic Slavia Prague Loan + €400,000 17 August 2023
MF Nigeria Moses Usor Czech Republic Slavia Prague €2,000,000 1 January 2024

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Ivory Coast Oumar Sako Bulgaria Arda Kardzhali €150,000 1 July 2023
FW Austria Thomas Sabitzer Austria Wolfsberger AC €200,000 1 July 2023
FW Greece Efthymis Koulouris Poland Pogoń Szczecin €900,000 1 July 2023
MF Japan Keito Nakamura France Stade de Reims €12,000,000 10 August 2023 [2]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

24 June 2023 Friendly SPG Pregarten Austria 0–7 Austria LASK Pregarten
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kornspitz-Arena
1 July 2023 Friendly LASK Austria 5–2 Austria Flyeralarm Admira Pasching
11:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: voestalpine Stadium
4 July 2023 Friendly 1860 Munich Germany 0–2 Austria LASK Windischgarsten
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
8 July 2023 Friendly St. Gallen Switzerland 1–1 Austria LASK Jenbach
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Jenbach
14 July 2023 Friendly LASK Austria 4–2 Hungary Debrecen Pasching
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: voestalpine Stadium
15 July 2023 Friendly LASK Austria 4–2 Austria First Vienna Linz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
6 September 2023 Friendly LASK Austria 5–4 Czech Republic České Budějovice Pasching
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: voestalpine Stadium
11 October 2023 Friendly LASK Austria 1–1 Slovakia Železiarne Podbrezová Pasching
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: voestalpine Stadium
15 November 2023 Friendly LASK Austria Cancelled Austria SV Horn
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
10 January 2024 Friendly LASK Austria 2–1 Germany Hansa Rostock Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)
14 January 2024 Friendly LASK Austria 1–3 Romania FCSB Belek, Turkey
11:00 TRT (UTC+3)
18 January 2024 Friendly LASK Austria v Poland Lech Poznań Belek, Turkey
--:-- TRT (UTC+3)
26 January 2024 Friendly LASK Austria v Slovakia Železiarne Podbrezová TBD
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Austrian Bundesliga 28 July 2023 19 May 2024 Matchday 1 3rd 32 14 10 8 43 33 +10 043.75
Austrian Cup 21 July 2023 2 February 2024 First round Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 050.00
UEFA Europa League 24 August 2023 14 December 2023 Play-off round Group stage 8 2 1 5 9 13 −4 025.00
Total 44 18 12 14 60 49 +11 040.91

Source: Soccerway

Austrian Bundesliga

Main article: 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 22 15 5 2 45 12 +33 50 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Sturm Graz 22 13 7 2 37 15 +22 46
3 LASK 22 9 8 5 26 18 +8 35
4 Austria Klagenfurt 22 8 10 4 29 27 +2 34[a]
5 Hartberg 22 9 7 6 33 28 +5 34[a]
6 Rapid Wien 22 8 9 5 38 21 +17 33[b]
7 Austria Wien 22 9 6 7 25 22 +3 33[b] Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Wolfsberger AC 22 8 6 8 29 32 −3 30
9 SCR Altach 22 4 7 11 17 30 −13 19
10 Blau-Weiß Linz 22 4 7 11 22 38 −16 19
11 WSG Tirol 22 4 2 16 20 42 −22 14
12 Austria Lustenau 22 2 4 16 13 49 −36 10
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head to head points: Klagenfurt 4, TSV Hartberg 1.
  2. ^ a b Head to head points: Rapid 4, Austria Wien 1.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STU RBS LIN RWI HAR AKL
1 Sturm Graz (C) 32 19 10 3 56 23 +33 44 Qualification for the Champions League league stage — 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
2 Red Bull Salzburg 32 20 7 5 74 29 +45 42 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a] 2–2 — 7–1 1–1 5–1 4–2
3 LASK 32 14 10 8 43 33 +10 34 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b] 2–2 3–1 — 5–0 1–3 1–0
4 Rapid Wien 32 11 12 9 47 35 +12 28 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round 1–3 2–0 0–0 — 0–3 1–1
5 Hartberg 32 12 9 11 49 52 −3 28 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs 1–3 1–5 1–2 0–3 — 3–2
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
  2. ^ The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL AWI BWL ALT WAT LUS
1 Wolfsberger AC 32 12 10 10 41 39 +2 31 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs — 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–1
2 Austria Wien (O) 32 12 10 10 35 34 +1 29 0–4 — 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1
3 Blau-Weiß Linz 32 7 11 14 33 48 −15 22 0–0 1–2 — 2–1 3–2 0–0
4 Rheindorf Altach 32 6 13 13 27 40 −13 21 0–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–0 2–2
5 WSG Tirol 32 7 5 20 29 55 −26 19 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 — 0–0
6 Austria Lustenau (R) 32 4 9 19 22 58 −36 16 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 —
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.[3]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
17 9 5 3 24 14  +10 32 6 2 0 12 2  +10 3 3 3 12 12  0

Last updated: 16 December 2023.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDLWDWWWDLWWDWLWDW
Position810765333333333333
Updated to match(es) played on November 2023. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.[5]

28 July 2023 1 LASK 1–1 Rapid Wien Linz
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 14,575
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
5 August 2023 2 Sturm Graz 2–0 LASK Graz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Merkur Arena
Attendance: 14,740
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
12 August 2023 3 LASK 2–0 Blau-Weiß Linz Linz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 17,478
Referee: Alexander Harkam
19 August 2023 4 WSG Tirol 1–1 LASK Innsbruck
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Attendance: 1,889
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik
27 August 2023 5 LASK 2–0 Austria Wien Linz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 11,373
Referee: Walter Altman
3 September 2023 6 LASK 2–0 Austria Lustenau Linz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 9,547
Referee: Markus Hameter
16 September 2023 7 Austria Klagenfurt 1–3 LASK Klagenfurt
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 28 Black Arena
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
24 September 2023 8 LASK 0–0 TSV Hartberg Linz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 9,922
Referee: Christopher Jäger
30 September 2023 9 Wolfsberger AC 2–1 LASK Wolfsberg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 3,586
Referee: Harald Lechner
8 October 2023 10 LASK 1–0 Rheindorf Altach Linz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 9,862
Referee: Julian Weinberger
21 October 2023 11 Red Bull Salzburg 0–1 LASK Salzburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,625
Referee: Alexander Harkam
29 October 2023 12 Rapid Wien 3–3 LASK Vienna
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 19,149
Referee: Walter Altman
5 November 2023 13 LASK 3–1 Sturm Graz Linz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 15,249
Referee: Markus Hameter
12 November 2023 14 Blau-Weiß Linz 2–0 LASK Linz
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Hofmann Personal Stadion
Attendance: 5,595
Referee: Harald Lechner
25 November 2023 15 LASK 1–0 WSG Tirol Linz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 10,296
Referee: Jakob Semler
3 December 2023 16 Austria Wien 0–0 LASK Vienna
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 10,710
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
9 December 2023 17 Austria Lustenau 1–3 LASK Lustenau
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Planet Pure Stadion
Attendance: 3,072
Referee: Harald Lechner
10 February 2024 18 LASK 2–2 Austria Klagenfurt Linz
TBD CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
17 February 2024 19 TSV Hartberg 0–0 LASK Hartberg
TBD CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg
24 February 2024 20 LASK 0–1 Wolfsberger AC Linz
TBD CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
2 March 2024 21 Rheindorf Altach 0–0 LASK Altach
TBD CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena
9 March 2024 22 LASK 0–1 Red Bull Salzburg Linz
TBD CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

Championship round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sturm Graz (C) 32 19 10 3 56 23 +33 44 Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2 Red Bull Salzburg 32 20 7 5 74 29 +45 42 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a]
3 LASK 32 14 10 8 43 33 +10 34 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]
4 Rapid Wien 32 11 12 9 47 35 +12 28 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Hartberg 32 12 9 11 49 52 −3 28 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
  2. ^ The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

Matches

15 March 2024 23 Rapid Wien 0–0 LASK
31 March 2024 24 LASK 1–0 Klagenfurt
7 April 2024 25 Sturm Graz 1–0 LASK
12 April 2024 26 LASK 3–1 Red bull Salzburg
21 April 2024 27 LASK 1–3 Hartberg
24 April 2024 28 Hartberg 1–2 LASK
28 April 2024 29 LASK 5–0 Rapid Wien
5 May 2024 30 Klagenfurt 0–2 LASK
12 May 2024 31 LASK 2–2 Sturm Graz
19 May 2024 32 Red Bull Salzburg 7–1 LASK

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 12 May 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Austrian Cup

The draw for the season's first round took place on 25 June.[6]

21 July 2023 First round SC Röfix Röthis 0–6 LASK Röthis
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportplatz an der Ratz
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Walter Altman
27 September 2023 Second round SC Imst 0–3 LASK Imst
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Velly Arena Imst
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jakob Rigger
1 November 2023 Third round Kapfenberger SV 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		 LASK Kapfenberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Franz Fekete Stadium
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Arnse Talic
Penalties
2 February 2024 Quarter-finals LASK 2–3 Red Bull Salzburg Linz
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League § Play-off round
24 August 2023 First leg LASK Austria 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar Linz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 8,300
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
31 August 2023 Second leg Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Austria LASK Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom
Attendance: 6,520
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group E

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV TOU USG LAS
1 England Liverpool 6 4 0 2 17 7 +10 12 Advance to round of 16 — 5–1 2–0 4–0
2 France Toulouse 6 3 2 1 8 9 −1 11 Advance to knockout round play-offs 3–2 — 0–0 1–0
3 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 2–1 1–1 — 2–1
4 Austria LASK 6 1 0 5 6 12 −6 3 1–3 1–2 3–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 September 2023 1 LASK Austria 1–3 England Liverpool Linz
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 18,091
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
5 October 2023 2 Toulouse France 1–0 Austria LASK Toulouse, France
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 29,33
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
26 October 2023 3 Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium 2–1 Austria LASK Brussels, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 11,426
Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)
Note: Union Saint-Gilloise hosted the match at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, the Joseph Marien Stadium in Brussels, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
9 November 2023 4 LASK Austria 3–0 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise Linz
16:45 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 15,900
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)
30 November 2023 5 Liverpool England 4–0 Austria LASK Liverpool, England
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 49,666
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
14 December 2023 6 LASK Austria 1–2 France Toulouse Linz
16:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 16,100
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

References

  1. ^ a b "MITTELSTÜRMER-DUO MOUSSA KONÉ UND ELIAS HAVEL VERSTÄRKT LASK". LASK.
  2. ^ "Keito Nakamura, l'aile gauche caviar | Stade de Reims".
  3. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.
  6. ^ Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_LASK_season