The 2021–22 season was the 114th season in the existence of LASK and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, LASK participated in this season's editions of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

LASK
2021–22 season
PresidentSiegmund Gruber
Head coachDominik Thalhammer
StadiumWaldstadion
Austrian Bundesliga8th
Austrian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Thomas Goiginger
Sascha Horvath
(7 each)

All:
Thomas Goiginger
Sascha Horvath
(11 each)

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 5 February 2022

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 Alexander Schlager
3 DF   CIV Oumar Sako
4 DF   FRA Yannis Letard
5 DF   CRO Petar Filipović
6 DF   AUT Philipp Wiesinger
7 MF   AUT Rene Renner
8 MF   AUT Peter Michorl
10 FW   AUT Marko Raguž
13 DF   CYP Strahinja Kerkez
14 FW   AUT Husein Balić
17 FW   AUT Andreas Gruber
18 MF   SRB Branko Jovičić
19 DF   AUT Marvin Potzmann
21 MF   KOR Hong Hyun-seok
23 FW   AUT Alexander Schmidt
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK   AUT Tobias Lawal
25 MF   AUS James Holland
26 DF   CZE Filip Twardzik
27 FW   AUT Thomas Goiginger
28 FW   SVK Adam Griger
29 MF   AUT Florian Flecker
30 MF   AUT Sascha Horvath
32 DF   SUI Enrique Wild
33 DF   AUT Felix Luckeneder
34 DF   GER Jan Boller
35 MF   AUT Stefan Radulovic
36 GK   AUT Thomas Gebauer
38 FW   JPN Keito Nakamura
44 DF   AUT Dario Marešić (on loan from Stade Reims)

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
DF   PAN Andrés Andrade (at Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2022)
MF   ISR Yoav Hofmayster (at Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2022)
MF   AUT Patrick Plojer (at Blau-Weiß Linz until 30 June 2022)
FW   AUT Tobias Anselm (at WSG Tirol until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   AUT Thomas Sabitzer (at WSG Tirol until 30 June 2022)
FW   PER Matías Succar (at FK Teplice until 30 June 2022)
FW   AUT Christoph Monschein (at SCR Altach until 30 June 2022)

Transfers edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

27 June 2021 Friendly Ludogorets Razgrad   3–0   LASK Mondsee, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: BWT Arena Mondseeland
3 July 2021 Friendly LASK   3–0   Dynamo Moscow Pregarten, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kornspitz-Arena
10 July 2021 Friendly LASK   1–0   1. FC Heidenheim Pasching, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Michorl   56' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
15 January 2022 Friendly LASK   7–1   Grazer AK Pasching, Austria
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Waldstadion
22 January 2022 Friendly Maribor   2–1   LASK Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
28 January 2022 Friendly LASK   2–2   Mladost Lučani Antalya, Turkey
09:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Calista Sports Center
28 January 2022 Friendly Red Star Belgrade   2–1   LASK Antalya, Turkey
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Calista Sports Center

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Austrian Bundesliga 24 July 2021 23 May 2022 Matchday 1 8th 32 9 12 11 44 42 +2 028.13
Austrian Cup 17 July 2021 6 February 2022 First round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 075.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 5 August 2021 17 March 2022 Third qualifying round Round of 16 12 9 2 1 27 10 +17 075.00
Total 48 21 14 13 83 56 +27 043.75

Source: Soccerway

Austrian Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Austria Klagenfurt 22 7 9 6 31 33 −2 30 Qualification for the Championship round
7 Ried 22 7 8 7 31 41 −10 29 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 LASK 22 6 7 9 28 29 −1 25
9 WSG Tirol 22 5 8 9 30 42 −12 23
10 Hartberg 22 5 7 10 29 35 −6 22
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.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS STU AWI WOL RWI KLA
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 32 25 5 2 77 19 +58 52 Qualification for the Champions League group stage 1–0 5–0 4–0 2–1 1–1
2 Sturm Graz 32 16 8 8 62 46 +16 37 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 3–1
3 Austria Wien 32 11 13 8 44 39 +5 29 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–1
4 Wolfsberger AC 32 14 5 13 48 53 −5 28 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2
5 Rapid Wien (O) 32 10 11 11 48 45 +3 25 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2
6 Austria Klagenfurt 32 8 12 12 43 57 −14 21 0–6 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–3
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.[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAT LIN ALT RIE HAR ADM
1 WSG Tirol 32 10 10 12 46 58 −12 28 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 4–0 0–3 2–0 4–2 0–0
2 LASK 32 9 12 11 44 42 +2 26 6–0 2–1 0–2 3–3 3–1
3 Rheindorf Altach 32 7 8 17 24 49 −25 22 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2
4 Ried 32 8 13 11 40 54 −14 22 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
5 Hartberg 32 7 12 13 43 47 −4 22 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–2
6 Admira Wacker Mödling (R) 32 6 13 13 36 46 −10 21 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–3
Source: [2]
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.[1]
(R) Relegated

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
20 6 6 8 28 28  0 24 3 3 4 12 12  0 3 3 4 16 16  0

Last updated: 19 February 2022.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round edit

Round123
GroundAHA
ResultWD
Position43
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2021.[3]

24 July 2021 1 Rheindorf Altach 0–1 LASK Altach
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
31 July 2021 2 LASK 1–1 Rapid Wien Pasching
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
8 August 2021 3 WSG Tirol 1–1 LASK Innsbruck
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol

Austrian Cup edit

17 July 2021 First round LASK 6–0 FC Mannsdorf-Großenzersdorf Pasching
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
23 September 2021 Second round LASK 3–0 SV Stripfing Pasching
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik
28 October 2021 Third round LASK 2–1 WSG Tirol Pasching
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik
6 February 2022 Quarter-finals Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 LASK Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Walter Altmann

UEFA Europa Conference League edit

Third qualifying round edit

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.[4]

5 August 2021 First leg Vojvodina   0–1   LASK Novi Sad, Serbia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
12 August 2021 Second leg LASK   6–1
(7–1 agg.)
  Vojvodina Klagenfurt, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Play-off round edit

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.[5]

19 August 2021 First leg LASK   1–1   St Johnstone Klagenfurt, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
26 August 2021 Second leg St Johnstone   0–2
(1–3 agg.)
  LASK Perth, Scotland
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Group stage edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LASK MTA HJK ALA
1   LASK 6 5 1 0 12 1 +11 16 Advance to round of 16 1–1 3–0 2–0
2   Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 3 2 1 14 4 +10 11 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 3–0 4–1
3   HJK 6 2 0 4 5 15 −10 6 0–2 0–5 1–0
4   Alashkert 6 0 1 5 4 15 −11 1 0–3 1–1 2–4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2021 1 HJK   0–2   LASK Helsinki, Finland
21:00 (22:00 EEST) Report
Stadium: Bolt Arena
Attendance: 3,612
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)
30 September 2021 2 LASK   1–1   Maccabi Tel Aviv Klagenfurt, Austria
18:45
Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
21 October 2021 3 Alashkert   0–3   LASK Yerevan, Armenia
18:45 (20:45 AMT) Report
Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
4 November 2021 4 LASK   2–0   Alashkert Klagenfurt, Austria
18:45
Report Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
25 November 2021 5 Maccabi Tel Aviv   0–1   LASK Tel Aviv, Israel
21:00 (22:00 IST) Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 12,203
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
9 December 2021 6 LASK   3–0   HJK Klagenfurt, Austria
18:45
Report Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

Knockout phase edit

Round of 16 edit

The round of 16 draw was held on 25 February 2022.[7]

10 March 2022 First leg Slavia Prague   4–1   LASK Prague, Czech Republic
18:45 GMT (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Sinobo Stadium
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
17 March 2022 Second leg LASK   4–3
(5–7 agg.)
  Slavia Prague Sankt Pölten, Austria
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: NV Arena[note 1]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Notes edit

  1. ^ LASK played their home match at NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, instead of their regular stadium Linzer Stadion, Linz, due to renovation.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Bundesliga veröffentlicht Spielplan für die Saison 2021/22". Sky Sport Austria. 22 June 2021.
  4. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.
  7. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.