2023–24 LASK season

LASK
2023–24 season
Manager	Thomas Sageder
Stadium	Raiffeisen Arena
Austrian Bundesliga	3rd
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Robert Žulj (7); All: ; Robert Žulj (10)
Biggest win	SC Röfix Röthis 0–6 LASK
Biggest defeat	Liverpool 4–0 LASK
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 LASK season is 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 are participating 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[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 17 August 2023

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	Tobias Lawal
2	DF	USA	George Bello
4	DF	UKR	Maksym Talovyerov (on loan from Slavia Prague)
5	DF	GER	Philipp Ziereis
6	DF	AUT	Philipp Wiesinger
7	MF	AUT	Rene Renner
8	MF	AUT	Peter Michorl
9	FW	CRO	Marin Ljubičić
10	MF	AUT	Robert Žulj (captain)
11	FW	SEN	Moussa Koné
14	MF	AUT	Husein Balić
15	FW	AUT	Tobias Anselm
16	DF	PAN	Andrés Andrade
17	FW	NGA	Moses Usor (on loan from Slavia Prague)
18	MF	SRB	Branko Jovičić
19	FW	FRA	Lenny Pintor


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	AUT	Ivan Ljubic
22	DF	MNE	Filip Stojković
23	FW	GHA	Ibrahim Mustapha
24	FW	AUT	Elias Havel
25	DF	GER	Sanoussy Ba (on loan from RB Leipzig)
26	MF	CZE	Filip Twardzik
27	MF	AUT	Thomas Goiginger
28	GK	AUT	Jörg Siebenhandl
29	FW	AUT	Florian Flecker
30	MF	AUT	Sascha Horvath
31	DF	GUF	Yannis Letard
33	DF	AUT	Felix Luckeneder
37	GK	AUT	Lukas Jungwirth
44	FW	FRA	Adil Taoui
55	MF	GAM	Ebrima Darboe (on loan from Roma)

Out on loan[edit]

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


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

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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

Out[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Oumar Sako	Arda Kardzhali	€150,000	1 July 2023
FW	Thomas Sabitzer	Wolfsberger AC	€200,000	1 July 2023
FW	Efthymis Koulouris	Pogoń Szczecin	€900,000	1 July 2023
MF	Keito Nakamura	LASK	€12,000,000	10 August 2023	^[2]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

24 June 2023 Friendly	SPG Pregarten	0–7	LASK	Pregarten
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kornspitz-Arena

1 July 2023 Friendly	LASK	5–2	Flyeralarm Admira	Pasching
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: voestalpine Stadium

4 July 2023 Friendly	1860 Munich	0–2	LASK	Windischgarsten
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

8 July 2023 Friendly	St. Gallen	1–1	LASK	Jenbach
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

14 July 2023 Friendly	LASK	4–2	Debrecen	Pasching
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: voestalpine Stadium

15 July 2023 Friendly	LASK	4–2	First Vienna	Linz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

6 September 2023 Friendly	LASK	5–4	České Budějovice	Pasching
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: voestalpine Stadium

11 October 2023 Friendly	LASK	1–1	Železiarne Podbrezová	Pasching
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: voestalpine Stadium

15 November 2023 Friendly	LASK	Cancelled	SV Horn
15:00 CET (UTC+1)

10 January 2024 Friendly	LASK	2–1	Hansa Rostock	Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Goiginger 67' (pen.) Stojković 87'		Perea 49'

14 January 2024 Friendly	LASK	1–3	FCSB	Belek, Turkey
11:00 TRT (UTC+3)

18 January 2024 Friendly	LASK	v	Lech Poznań	Belek, Turkey
--:-- TRT (UTC+3)

26 January 2024 Friendly	LASK	v	Železiarne Podbrezová	TBD
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Bundesliga	28 July 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1		17	9	5	3	24	14	+10	052.94
Austrian Cup	21 July 2023		First round		3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	066.67
UEFA Europa League	24 August 2023	14 December 2023	Play-off round	Group stage	8	2	1	5	9	13	−4	025.00
Total					28	13	7	8	39	27	+12	046.43

Last updated: 16 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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	TSV Hartberg	22	9	7	6	33	28	+5	34^[a]

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:

^ ^a ^b Head to head points: Klagenfurt 4, TSV Hartberg 1.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STU	RBS	LIN	RWI	HAR	AKL
1	Sturm Graz (T)	30	18	9	3	52	21	+31	40	Qualification for the Champions League league stage	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	19 May
2	Red Bull Salzburg (X)	30	18	7	5	62	27	+35	36	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	2–2	—	19 May	1–1	5–1	4–2
3	LASK (X)	30	14	9	7	40	24	+16	33	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]	12 May	3–1	—	5–0	1–3	1–0
4	Rapid Wien	30	10	12	8	46	32	+14	25	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round	1–3	2–0	0–0	—	19 May	1–1
5	Hartberg	30	11	9	10	45	47	−2	25	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	1–3	12 May	1–2	0–3	—	3–2
6	Austria Klagenfurt	30	9	12	9	40	47	−7	22		0–4	4–3	0–2	12 May	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. 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]
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated; (X) Guaranteed at least Europa League
Notes:

^ 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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AWI	WOL	BWL	WAT	ALT	LUS
1	Austria Wien	30	11	10	9	33	29	+4	26	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	—	11 May	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–1
2	Wolfsberger	30	10	10	10	34	38	−4	25	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	0–1	—	0–2	18 May	0–0	1–1
3	Blau-Weiß Linz	30	7	11	12	32	45	−13	22		18 May	0–0	—	3–2	2–1	0–0
4	WSG Tirol	30	7	5	18	28	51	−23	19		1–0	1–1	2–1	—	11 May	0–0
5	Rheindorf Altach	30	5	12	13	24	38	−14	17		1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	—	18 May
6	Austria Lustenau	30	3	8	19	19	56	−37	12	Relegation to Austrian Football Second League	2–0	1–2	11 May	1–2	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2024. 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]

Results summary[edit]


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[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W
Position	8	10	7	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Matches[edit]

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)	Luckeneder 90+5'	Report	Seidl 24'	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)	Horvat 27' Włodarczyk 77'	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)	Ziereis 11' Žulj 50'	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)	Prelec 16'	Report	Havel 70'	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)	Žulj 32', 58'	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)	Ziereis 79' Goiginger 90+6'	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)	Bonnah 56'	Report	Ljubičić 36' Flecker 40' Havel 44'	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)	Bamba 25' Rieder 40'	Report	Goiginger 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Harald Lechner

8 October 2023 10	LASK	1–0	Rheindorf Altach	Linz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Žulj 82'	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	Žulj 34'	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)	Grgić 15' Grüll 90+1' (pen.) Gale 90+6'	Report	Ljubičić 22', 73' Balić 90+5'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 19,149 Referee: Walter Altman

5 November 2023 13	LASK	3–1	Sturm Graz	Linz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Usor 36' Stojković 45+1' Žulj 90+1'	Report	Włodarczyk 60'	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)	Ronivaldo 29' Feiertag 82'	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)	Žulj 14'	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)	Diaby 39'	Report	Boateng 61' (o.g.) Usor 72' Ljubičić 90'	Stadium: Planet Pure Stadion Attendance: 3,072 Referee: Harald Lechner

10 February 2024 18	LASK	v	Austria Klagenfurt	Linz
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

17 February 2024 19	TSV Hartberg	v	LASK	Hartberg
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg

24 February 2024 20	LASK	v	Wolfsberger AC	Linz
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

2 March 2024 21	Rheindorf Altach	v	LASK	Altach
TBD CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena

9 March 2024 22	LASK	v	Red Bull Salzburg	Linz
TBD CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

Austrian Cup[edit]

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	Ljubičić 24' Koné 50', 57' Mustapha 69' Ziereis 84' Goiginger 86'	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	Luckeneder 8' Goiginger 71' (pen.) Ba 85'	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
	Pichorner Szerencsi Lucho Murza Seidl Walchhütter		Michorl Koné Andrade Talovyerov Usor Pintor

2 February 2024 Quarter-finals	LASK	v	Red Bull Salzburg	Linz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Play-off round[edit]

24 August 2023 First leg	LASK	2–1	Zrinjski Mostar	Linz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Žulj 4', 12'	Report	Bilbija 71'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

31 August 2023 Second leg	Zrinjski Mostar	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	LASK	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bilbija 38' (pen.)	Report	Jovičić 52'	Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom Attendance: 6,520 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Group stage[edit]

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	TOU	USG	LAS
1	Liverpool	6	4	0	2	17	7	+10	12	Advance to round of 16	—	5–1	2–0	4–0
2	Toulouse	6	3	2	1	8	9	−1	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs	3–2	—	0–0	1–0
3	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League	2–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	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	1–3	Liverpool	Linz
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Flecker 14'	Report	Núñez 56' (pen.) Díaz 63' Salah 88'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 18,091 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

5 October 2023 2	Toulouse	1–0	LASK	Toulouse, France
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Suazo 31'			Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 29,33 Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

26 October 2023 3	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–1	LASK	Brussels, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Puertas 84' (pen.) Burgess 90+4'	Report	Usor 24'	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	3–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Linz
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Horvath 25' (pen.) Talovyerov 45+4' Žulj 77'			Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

30 November 2023 5	Liverpool	4–0	LASK	Liverpool, England
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Díaz 12' Gakpo 15', 90+2' Salah 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 49,666 Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

14 December 2023 6	LASK	1–2	Toulouse	Linz
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ljubičić 61'	Report	Dallinga 54' Suazo 83'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 16,100 Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_hth_AKL0.099311937158607-3] Head to head points: Klagenfurt 4, TSV Hartberg 1.

[table_note_res_ELPO0.8623156970657-5] 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.

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[2] "Keito Nakamura, l'aile gauche caviar | Stade de Reims".

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-4] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table2-6] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[7] "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.

[8] Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.

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