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Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an
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n professional
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, from the Upper-Austrian state capital
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. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the
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, 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 was founded on 7 August 1908. In 1965, the club became the first team outside
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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
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, but at the 14,000 capacity
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in
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competitions.


History

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
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in 1940–41, coming last and being relegated. LASK achieved its greatest success, in winning the Austrian League in
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. 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
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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
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(''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 50 km 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
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, 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
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after disagreements with the city council. 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
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. They are due to return to a new stadium built at the site of the Linzer Stadion in 2023.


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.


Players


Current squad


Out on loan


Club Officials


Coach history

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Honours


League

Austrian League *Winners (1): 1964–65 *Runners-up: 1961–62, 2018–19 Austrian Second Division *Winners (5): 1957–58, 1978–79, 1993–94, 2006–07, 2016–17


Cups

Austrian Cup *Winners (1): 1964–65 *Runners-up: 1962–63, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1998–99,
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European competition history


References


External links

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UEFA.com club profileWeltfussball.de club profile

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