2024–25 LASK season

LASK
2024–25 season
Owner	LASK GmbH
Manager	Thomas Darazs (until 3 September); Markus Schopp (from 3 September)
Stadium	Raiffeisen Arena
Austrian Bundesliga	3rd
Austrian Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
UEFA Conference League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marin Ljubičić (3); All: ; Robert Žulj (4)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 September 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of LASK, and the club's eighth consecutive season in Austrian Football Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team participates in the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 August 2024

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
3	DF	FIN	Tomas Galvez (on loan from Manchester City)
4	DF	UKR	Maksym Talovyerov
5	DF	GER	Philipp Ziereis
6	MF	NED	Melayro Bogarde
7	MF	AUT	Rene Renner
8	FW	NGA	Moses Usor
9	FW	CRO	Marin Ljubičić
10	MF	AUT	Robert Žulj (captain)
14	MF	KOS	Valon Berisha
16	DF	PAN	Andrés Andrade
17	DF	GER	Jérôme Boateng
18	MF	SRB	Branko Jovičić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	FRA	Lenny Pintor
20	DF	POR	Tomás Tavares (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
21	MF	AUT	Ivan Ljubić
22	DF	MNE	Filip Stojković
23	FW	GHA	Ibrahim Mustapha
25	FW	FRA	Alexis Tibidi
26	DF	CRO	Hrvoje Smolčić (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
27	FW	AUT	Maximilian Entrup
28	GK	AUT	Jörg Siebenhandl
29	FW	AUT	Florian Flecker
30	MF	AUT	Sascha Horvath
43	GK	AUT	Clemens Steinbauer
44	FW	FRA	Adil Taoui

Transfers

In

On 31 May, LASK signed German defender Jérôme Boateng after the end of his contract with Salernitana from Serie A.^[1]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jérôme Boateng	Salernitana	Free	1 July 2024
DF	Hrvoje Smolčić	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	1 July 2024	^[2]
FW	Maximilian Entrup	Hartberg	€1,300,000	5 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Alexis Tibidi	ES Troyes AC	Undisclosed	10 July 2024	^[4]
DF	Tomás Tavares	Spartak Moscow	Loan	23 July 2024	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Felix Luckeneder	Wehen Wiesbaden	Undisclosed	25 July 2024	^[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

28 June 2024 Friendly	ASKÖ Oedt	1–7	LASK	Traun
19:00	Karatas 31' (pen.)	Report	Copado 26' Flecker 52' Ljubičić 54' Smolčić 68' Taoui 83', 87' Pintor 90'	Stadium: Transdanubia Sportanlage

2 July 2024 Friendly	LASK	1–1	CFR Cluj	Pasching
17:00	Safin 84'	Report	Ilie 41' Tachtsidis 69'	Stadium: voestalpine Stadium

5 July 2024 Friendly	LASK	2–2	Dynamo České Budějovice	Pasching
16:00	Žulj 9' Flecker 30'	Report	Čermák 12' Sigut 58'	Stadium: voestalpine Stadium

11 July 2024 Nero Summer Series Upper Austria	LASK	3–2	Galatasaray	Linz
19:30	Dubois 23' (o.g.) Copado 63' Koné 85'	Report	Baltacı 56', 71'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 9,230 Referee: Weinberger

16 July 2024 Friendly	LASK	0–0	Puskás Akadémia	Pasching
16:00		Report		Stadium: voestalpine Stadium

20 July 2024 Nero Summer Series Upper Austria	LASK	2–0	St. Pölten	Linz
15:00	Flecker 68' Ljubičić 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 3,200

5 September 2024 Friendly	LASK	Cancelled	First Vienna
14:00

Competitions

Overall record

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 Football Bundesliga	3 August 2024		Matchday 1		9	3	1	5	14	15	−1	033.33
Austrian Cup	26 July 2024		First round		2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
UEFA Europa League	22 August 2024	29 August 2024	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Conference League	3 October 2024		League phase		1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					14	5	3	6	24	19	+5	035.71

Last updated: 29 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Austria Wien	8	2	3	3	10	11	−1	9	Qualification for the Relegation round
9	WSG Tirol	8	2	2	4	7	10	−3	8
10	Rheindorf Altach	8	2	2	4	8	10	−2	8
11	LASK	8	2	1	5	10	15	−5	7
12	Grazer AK	8	0	4	4	10	16	−6	4

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2024. 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.^[7]

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
9	3	1	5	14	15	−1	10	2	0	3	10	10	0	1	1	2	4	5	−1

Last updated: 17 August 2024.
Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2024. Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 August 2024 1	Hartberg	1–2	LASK	Hartberg
17:00 CEST	Kainz 34' Prokop 61' Fillafer 72'	Report	Ziereis 29' Ljubičić 39' Bogarde 57'	Stadium: Stadion Hartberg Attendance: 2,957 Referee: Markus Hameter

10 August 2024 2	LASK	1–2	Rheindorf Altach	Linz
17:00 CEST	Žulj 18' Ziereis 50'	Report	Bähre 7' Gustavo 27', 69', 71' Strunz 73' Kronberger 88'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 11,387 Referee: Walter Altmann

17 August 2024 3	LASK	0–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Linz
19:30 CEST	Ziereis 11' Jovičić 31' Tibidi 85'	Report	Yeo 64' Daghim 71'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 15,640 Referee: Alexander Harkam

25 August 2024 4	Austria Wien	2–1	LASK	Vienna
17:00 CEST	Malone 20' Fischer 41', 87'	Report	Ljubičić 19' Stojković 77'	Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium Attendance: 11,796 Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

1 September 2024 5	LASK	1–5	Wolfsberg	Linz
17:00 CEST	Berisha 35' Horvath 39' Ljubičić 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Piesinger 14', 71' Ballo 26' Atanga 30' Ullmann 48', 85' Omić 51' Baumgartner 90+1'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 10,183 Referee: Daniel Pfister

14 September 2024 6	Blau-Weiß Linz	1–0	LASK	Linz
19:30 CEST	Ronivaldo 16', 41' Briedl 73' Mensah 90+1'	Report	Smolčić 56' Taoui 61'	Stadium: Donauparkstadion Attendance: 5,595 Referee: Harald Lechner

21 September 2024 7	LASK	4–2	Grazer AK	Linz
17:00 CEST	Berisha 14' Ljubičić 22' (pen.), 63' Jovičić 45+1' Taoui 57', 90+5' Bello 58' Talovyerov 70'	Report	Vučić 30' Berisha 50' (o.g.) Schriebl 87'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Referee: Julian Weinberger

28 September 2024 8	Rapid Wien	1–1	LASK	Vienna
17:00 CEST	Burgstaller 27' Raux-Yao 86'	Report	Žulj 46' Ljubičić 50' Stojković 58'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Referee: Christopher Jäger

6 October 2024 9	LASK	4–0	Austria Klagenfurt	Linz
14:30 CEST	Žulj 25' Flecker 50' Jovičić 54' Entrup 56' Robatsch 70' (o.g.) Mustapha 89'	Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

20 October 2024 10	WSG Tirol	v	LASK	Innsbruck
14:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol

27 October 2024 11	LASK	v	Sturm Graz	Linz
17:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

2 November 2024 12	LASK	v	Hartberg	Linz
17:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

Austrian Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

26 July 2024 First round	Union Gurten	0–3	LASK	Ried im Innkreis
18:00 CEST	Horner 33' Wirth 55' Schott 72'	Report	Berisha 32' Bello 43' Bogarde 47' Smolčić 55' Usor 84'	Stadium: Klaus-Roitinger-Stadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ebner Stefan

24 September 2024 Second round	Sportunion Mauer	0–4	LASK	Himberg
18:00 CEST		Report	Žulj 19', 36', 55' Taoui 68'	Stadium: Waldstadion Himberg Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Sampl Samuel
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 27–28 August, but was moved due to LASK's participation in the UEFA Europa League.^[8]

29–31 October 2024 Third round	ASK Voitsberg	v	LASK	Voitsberg
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Hans Blümel Stadion

UEFA Europa League

As the third-place team in Austrian Football Bundesliga, LASK entered the competition in the play-off round

Play-off round

The play-off round draw was held on 5 August 2024, LASK were drawn against Liga I champions FCSB.^[9]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 August 2024 First leg	LASK	1–1	FCSB	Linz
19:00 CEST	Taoui 34', 38' Bogarde 35'	Report	Miculescu 45+2', 89' Dawa 60' Olaru 68' Tănase 68'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 10,650 Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

29 August 2024 Second leg	FCSB	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	LASK	Bucharest, Romania
21:30 EEST	Ngezana 31' Popa 88' Olaru 90+3' Tănase 90+4'	Report	Berisha 41' Usor 46' Ljubičić 47' Pintor 87'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 21,523 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

UEFA Conference League

League phase

The league phase draw was held on 30 August 2024.^[10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
14	Legia Warsaw	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
16	Djurgårdens IF	1	0	1	2	2	0	1^[a]	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
17	LASK	1	0	1	2	2	0	1^[a]	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	APOEL	1	0	1	1	1	0	1^[b]
18	Panathinaikos	1	0	1	1	1	0	1^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2024. Source: UEFA^[11]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Away goals scored: Djurgårdens IF 2; LASK 0.
^ ^a ^b Away goals scored: APOEL 1; Panathinaikos 1; Borac Banja Luka 0; Shamrock Rovers 0.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D
Position	17
Points	1

Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 October 2024 1	LASK	2–2	Djurgårdens IF	Linz
21:00 CEST	Stojković 21' Berisha 26' Flecker 49' Entrup 90+3'	Report	Priske 58' Nguen 65', 75' Gulliksen 90+4'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Bulat Sariyev (Kazakhstan)

24 October 2024 2	Olimpija Ljubljana	v	LASK	Ljubljana, Slovenia
21:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium

7 November 2024 3	LASK	v	Cercle Brugge	Linz
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

28 November 2024 4	Borac Banja Luka	v	LASK	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Banja Luka City Stadium

12 December 2024 5	Fiorentina	v	LASK	Florence, Italy
18:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

19 December 2024 6	LASK	v	Víkingur Reykjavík	Linz
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 6 October 2024

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		Austrian Cup		Europa League		Conference League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUT	Tobias Lawal	5	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	George Bello	14	1	8+1	0	2+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	FIN	Tomas Galvez	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	UKR	Maksym Talovyerov	10	0	2+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	AUT	Philipp Ziereis	14	1	9+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	NED	Melayro Bogarde	12	1	5+3	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
7	MF	AUT	Rene Renner	4	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	FW	NGA	Moses Usor	13	1	7+1	0	2+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	CRO	Marin Ljubičić	14	4	8+1	4	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF	AUT	Robert Žulj	10	6	6+0	3	2+0	3	1+0	0	1+0	0
11	FW	AUT	Maximilian Entrup	4	1	1+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
14	MF	KOS	Valon Berisha	12	3	8+0	1	1+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	1
17	DF	GER	Jérôme Boateng	7	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
18	MF	SRB	Branko Jovičić	12	0	9+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW	FRA	Lenny Pintor	8	0	1+4	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
20	DF	POR	Tomás Tavares	2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	MNE	Filip Stojković	12	0	6+1	0	2+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
23	FW	GHA	Ibrahim Mustapha	3	1	0+2	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	FRA	Alexis Tibidi	8	0	1+3	0	0+2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
26	DF	CRO	Hrvoje Smolčić	6	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
28	GK	AUT	Jörg Siebenhandl	11	0	5+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
29	FW	AUT	Florian Flecker	2	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	1
30	MF	AUT	Sascha Horvath	12	0	7+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
35	MF	AUT	Marco Sulzner	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	AUT	Armin Haider	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42	FW	AUT	Kevin Lebersorger	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW	FRA	Adil Taoui	9	3	1+5	1	1+0	1	2+0	1	0+0	0
45	MF	TUR	Enis Safin	2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
48	DF	SEN	Modou Kéba Cissé	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
49	FW	CAN	Oumar Diallo	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players loaned out during the season
37	FW	GER	Lucas Copado	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

References

^ "Transfer coup: LASK signs World Cup champion Jerome Boateng". LASK.
^ "Frankfurt loan Smolčić out to Linz". Bulinews.Com. 24 June 2024.
^ "LASK bestätigt ÖFB-Team-Stürmer Entrup als Zugang". nachrichten.at.
^ "LASK holt jungen Flügelstürmer aus Frankreich". LASK.
^ "LASK leiht portugiesischen Außenverteidiger von Spartak Moskau aus". LASK.
^ "Ex-LASK-Verteidiger Luckeneder wechselt nach Wiesbaden". kicker.
^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "LASK trifft in zweiter Cup-Runde auf Union Mauer". LASK (in German). 28 July 2024.
^ "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. 5 August 2024.
^ "Conference League league phase draw: All 36 teams learn their opponents". UEFA. 30 August 2024.
^ "Table & Standings". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[table_hth_DJU0.55914615027567-11] Away goals scored: Djurgårdens IF 2; LASK 0.

[table_hth_APO0.55914615027567-12] Away goals scored: APOEL 1; Panathinaikos 1; Borac Banja Luka 0; Shamrock Rovers 0.

[1] "Transfer coup: LASK signs World Cup champion Jerome Boateng". LASK.

[2] "Frankfurt loan Smolčić out to Linz". Bulinews.Com. 24 June 2024.

[3] "LASK bestätigt ÖFB-Team-Stürmer Entrup als Zugang". nachrichten.at.

[4] "LASK holt jungen Flügelstürmer aus Frankreich". LASK.

[5] "LASK leiht portugiesischen Außenverteidiger von Spartak Moskau aus". LASK.

[6] "Ex-LASK-Verteidiger Luckeneder wechselt nach Wiesbaden". kicker.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-7] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[8] "LASK trifft in zweiter Cup-Runde auf Union Mauer". LASK (in German). 28 July 2024.

[9] "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. 5 August 2024.

[10] "Conference League league phase draw: All 36 teams learn their opponents". UEFA. 30 August 2024.

[standings-13] "Table & Standings". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

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