Club History

LASK was founded in 1899 by Albert Siems under the name of Linzer-Athletik-Sportklub "Siegfried". At the beginning it focused on strength training using rings, weightlifting and the like. 1908 the first football game was played as a "Linzer Sportklub", so LSK for short was founded. In 1919, "LSK" finally became the club's name, and still exists today as LASK.

FOUNDER: Albert Siems

FOUNDING YEAR: 1908

CLUB COLOURS: black – white

BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS

2022/23

3rd place in ADMIRAL Bundesliga and qualification for the European championship

2021/22
Group winner in UEFA Europe Conference League

2020/21
EL-Play Off: Sporting Clube de Portugal- LASK 1:4 – 01.10.2020
UEFA Europa League group stage 

2019/20
Progression into the Round of 16 in UEFA Europa League

2019/20
Group winner UEFA Europa League group D

2019/20
LASK – PSV Eindhoven 4:1 – 7.11.2019

2019/20
League rank into UEFA Europa League group stage

2019/20
Attained UEFA Champions League Play Offs (won Q3: vs. FC Basel)

2018/19
Runner-up in championship Tipico Bundesliga

2017/18
4th place and comeback to the European championship (Besiktas Istanbul, Lillestrom SK)

1979, 1994, 2007, 2017
Champions of the 1st league (before 2nd devision)

1969, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1999 
UEFA-Cup-participation

1965
Austria’s champions and CUP-winners

1963, 1965
Europa-Cup-participant

1958
Champions of B-League

1931
Austrian’s amateur champions

HISTORY

From the foundation till the re-promotion

2017
promotion into the Bundesliga (1st league champion)

2014
promotion into the 1st league (re-entering the professional football)

2013
Taken over by the investor Groupe „Freunde des LASK“

2007
Re-promotion into the Bundesliga (champions of the 2nd league)

1994
1241 minutes without conceding a single goal (re-promotion into the Bundesliga)

1985
1:0 win against Inter Milano in the UEFA-Cup

1979
re-promotion into the Bundesliga (champions of 2nd League)

1965
The first team to win the Double outside of Vienna (champions of the league and CUP-winners)

1958
re-promotion into the Bundesliga (champions of 2nd League)

1950
Promotion into the highest division (champion of the 2nd league)

1931
The „Golden Year “(Austrian amateurs champions, Upper Austria champions, Upper Austria Cup winners)

1924
First title for LASK (Upper Austria regional league)

1919
Renaming as „Linzer Athletik Sport Klub“(LASK) / changing of the name to „Linzer Athletik Sport Klub“ (LASK)

1908
Foundation of the club on 25. July 1908 as „Linzer Sport Klub“ (LSK)