2021–22 LASK season

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
President	Siegmund Gruber
Head coach	Dominik Thalhammer
Stadium	Waldstadion
Austrian Bundesliga	8th
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Thomas Goiginger Sascha Horvath (7 each) All: Thomas Goiginger Sascha Horvath (11 each)
Home colours Away colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 5 February 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Ludogorets Razgrad v LASK

27 June 2021 Friendly	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–0	LASK	Mondsee, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: BWT Arena Mondseeland

LASK v Dynamo Moscow

3 July 2021 Friendly	LASK	3–0	Dynamo Moscow	Pregarten, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kornspitz-Arena

LASK v 1. FC Heidenheim

10 July 2021 Friendly	LASK	1–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Pasching, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Michorl 56' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion

LASK v Grazer AK

15 January 2022 Friendly	LASK	7–1	Grazer AK	Pasching, Austria
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Waldstadion

Maribor v LASK

22 January 2022 Friendly	Maribor	2–1	LASK	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET (UTC+1)

LASK v Mladost Lučani

28 January 2022 Friendly	LASK	2–2	Mladost Lučani	Antalya, Turkey
09:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Calista Sports Center

Red Star Belgrade v LASK

28 January 2022 Friendly	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	LASK	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Omoijuanfo 32' Katai 39'		Balić 17'	Stadium: Calista Sports Center

Competitions

Overall record

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

Main article: 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Austrian Bundesliga regular season table

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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:
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

Austrian Bundesliga relegation round table

Pos	Team v t e	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: Austrian 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) 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

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

Round	1	2	3
Ground	A	H	A
Result	W	D
Position	4	3

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

Matches

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

Rheindorf Altach v LASK

24 July 2021 1	Rheindorf Altach	0–1	LASK	Altach
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz

LASK v Rapid Wien

31 July 2021 2	LASK	1–1	Rapid Wien	Pasching
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

WSG Tirol v LASK

8 August 2021 3	WSG Tirol	1–1	LASK	Innsbruck
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Austrian Cup

LASK v FC Mannsdorf-Großenzersdorf

17 July 2021 First round	LASK	6–0	FC Mannsdorf-Großenzersdorf	Pasching
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Renner 6', 44' Michorl 15' Goiginger 49' Balić 54' Flecker 85'	Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

LASK v SV Stripfing

23 September 2021 Second round	LASK	3–0	SV Stripfing	Pasching
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Flecker 42' Grozdić 47' (o.g.) Michorl 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

LASK v WSG Tirol

28 October 2021 Third round	LASK	2–1	WSG Tirol	Pasching
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Horvath 30' Michorl 34'	Report	Vrioni 49'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

Red Bull Salzburg v LASK

6 February 2022 Quarter-finals	Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	LASK	Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Renner 15' (o.g.) Kristensen 41' Capaldo 48'	Report	Horvath 13'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Walter Altmann

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

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

Vojvodina v LASK

5 August 2021 First leg	Vojvodina	0–1	LASK	Novi Sad, Serbia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Michorl 70'	Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)

LASK v Vojvodina

12 August 2021 Second leg	LASK	6–1 (7–1 agg.)	Vojvodina	Klagenfurt, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karamoko 34' (pen.), 53' Goiginger 56' Potzmann 67' Balić 80' Schmidt 87'	Report	Kabić 13'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Play-off round

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

LASK v St Johnstone

19 August 2021 First leg	LASK	1–1	St Johnstone	Klagenfurt, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karamoko 60' (pen.)	Report	Kane 17'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

St Johnstone v LASK

26 August 2021 Second leg	St Johnstone	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	LASK	Perth, Scotland
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Balić 72' Raguž 85' (pen.)	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group A

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

HJK v LASK

16 September 2021 1	HJK	0–2	LASK	Helsinki, Finland
21:00 (22:00 EEST)		Report	Marešić 17' Monschein 89'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 3,612 Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

LASK v Maccabi Tel Aviv

30 September 2021 2	LASK	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Klagenfurt, Austria
18:45	Horvath 10'	Report	Shamir 88'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

Alashkert v LASK

21 October 2021 3	Alashkert	0–3	LASK	Yerevan, Armenia
18:45 (20:45 AMT)		Report	Hong 35' Goiginger 68' Michorl 90+2'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

LASK v Alashkert

4 November 2021 4	LASK	2–0	Alashkert	Klagenfurt, Austria
18:45	Nakamura 12', 87'	Report		Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 400 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v LASK

25 November 2021 5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	LASK	Tel Aviv, Israel
21:00 (22:00 IST)		Report	Horvath 89'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 12,203 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

LASK v HJK

9 December 2021 6	LASK	3–0	HJK	Klagenfurt, Austria
18:45	Balić 41' Nakamura 63' Gruber 81'	Report		Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

Round of 16

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

Slavia Prague v LASK

10 March 2022 First leg	Slavia Prague	4–1	LASK	Prague, Czech Republic
18:45 GMT (UTC±0)	Sor 3', 29' Olayinka 83' Traoré 85'	Report	Balić 67'	Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

LASK v Slavia Prague

17 March 2022 Second leg	LASK	4–3 (5–7 agg.)	Slavia Prague	Sankt Pölten, Austria
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wiesinger 36', 76' Gruber 88' Schmidt 90'	Report	Olayinka 24' Bah 37' Sor 62'	Stadium: NV Arena[note 1] Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Notes

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