LASK Linz

Infobox football club
clubname = LASK Linz


fullname = LASK Linz
nickname = "Die Schwarz-Weißen
(The Black-Whites),
"Die Laskler"
founded = 1908
ground = Linzer Stadion
capacity = 21,328
chairman = Peter Michael Reichel
manager = Andrej Panadić
league = Austrian Bundesliga
season = 2007-08
position = 6th
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LASK Linz is an Austrian Football Club from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. Club colors are black and white. LASK is the oldest football club of the federal State Upper-Austria and at present (2007/08) plays in the 1st division of the Austrian league ("T-mobile Bundesliga"). The women's football section plays as LASK Ladies in the season 2006/07 in the "OEFB Frauenliga", the highest division of Austrian Women's football.

History

In winter 1908 Albert Siems, head of the royal Post-office garage Linz, who had already been a member of a 1899-founded Club for heavy athletics Linzer Athletik Sportklub Siegfried, decided to establish a footballclub. At that time, they were already playing in the black-and-white lengthwise-touched shirts. First the name was "Linzer Sportclub", when in an extraordinary general meeting on 14 September 1919 the final change ofname in Linzer Athletik Sport-Klub (short form "Linzer ASK") took place , its forerunner setting the example. Nevertheless, in public use the name has always just been Lask.

Since 1995 the official name has been LASK Linz, because officials wanted to bring out the city's name additionally to the designation Lask, which had constituted itself as a brand name. LASK Linz is one of the few clubs of the higher divisions of Austria that since it came in existence has never exhibited a sponsor in the official clubname.

The biggest success was the winning of the Austrian Championship 1965, which no club outside of Vienna had won before; additionally, in 1965 Lask won the Cup.

In 1997, due to public pressure, LASK Linz officially merged with the city rival "FC Linz" (formerly known as "SK VOEST Linz"), which, however, resulted in the cancellation of the FC Linz, named as merger by politicians. Clubname, colors, chairmen and members remained the same.

Honours

Austrian Championship: 1965

Austrian Cup: 1965

Austrian Championship of amateurs: 1931

Upper-Austrian Championships (13): 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950

Upper-Austrian Cup (6): 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1946

Upper-Austrian Championships (2) with the Reserve team: 2001, 2003

Austrian cup-finalist: 1963, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1999

Champion of 2nd Division: 1958, 1979, 1994, 2007

Biggest International Success: 1:0 against Inter Milan at UEFA Cup on 23. October 1985.

European cup history

Current squad

"As of September, 2008."

Transfers 2008

In:

Out:

Out on loan

Famous players

*Helmut Köglberger
*Chico
*Klaus Lindenberger
*Markus Weissenberger
*Brendan Augustine
*Vidar Riseth
*Geir Frigård
*Peter Stöger
*Christian Stumpf
*Ivica Vastić
*Besian Idrizaj
*Tolunay Kafkas
*Hugo Sanchez (FC Linz)
*Erik Mykland (FC Linz)
*Branimir Kostadinov
*Choi Sung-Yong

External links

* [http://www.lask.at Official Homepage]
* [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=63405/domestic.html LASK Linz at UEFA.COM]
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/aut/linz_ask.htm LASK Linz at EUFO.DE]
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/lask-linz/ LASK Linz at Weltfussball.de]
* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=club_details&clubID=1344 LASK Linz at Playerhistory.com]
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/verein/413/lasklinz/uebersicht/startseite.html LASK Linz at Transfermarkt.de]
* [http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/austria/2008-2009/bundes/lasklinz.htm LASK Linz at Football Squads.co.uk]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/club.php?id=149 LASK Linz at National Football Teams.com]