# 2023–24 LASK season

The 2023–24 LASK season was the club's 116th season in existence and its seventh consecutive season in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top division of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, LASK participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 17 August 2023
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 | Tobias Lawal |
| 2 | DF | USA | George Bello |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Maksym Talovyerov (on loan from Slavia Prague) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Philipp Ziereis |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Philipp Wiesinger |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Rene Renner |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Peter Michorl |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Marin Ljubičić |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Robert Žulj (captain) |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Moussa Koné |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Husein Balić |
| 15 | FW | AUT | Tobias Anselm |
| 16 | DF | PAN | Andrés Andrade |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Moses Usor (on loan from Slavia Prague) |
| 18 | MF | SRB | Branko Jovičić |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Lenny Pintor |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | AUT | Ivan Ljubic |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Filip Stojković |
| 23 | FW | GHA | Ibrahim Mustapha |
| 24 | FW | AUT | Elias Havel |
| 25 | DF | GER | Sanoussy Ba (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 26 | MF | CZE | Filip Twardzik |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Thomas Goiginger |
| 28 | GK | AUT | Jörg Siebenhandl |
| 29 | FW | AUT | Florian Flecker |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Sascha Horvath |
| 31 | DF | GUF | Yannis Letard |
| 33 | DF | AUT | Felix Luckeneder |
| 37 | GK | AUT | Lukas Jungwirth |
| 44 | FW | FRA | Adil Taoui |
| 55 | MF | GAM | Ebrima Darboe (on loan from Roma) |

### 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 |
| — | MF | AUT | Marco Sulzner (at Amstetten until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Elias Havel | Liefering | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Moussa Koné | Nîmes Olympique | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Andrés Andrade | Arminia Bielefeld | €500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Maksym Taloverov | Slavia Prague | Loan + €400,000 | 17 August 2023 |
| MF | Moses Usor | Slavia Prague | €2,000,000 | 1 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Oumar Sako | Arda Kardzhali | €150,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Thomas Sabitzer | Wolfsberger AC | €200,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Efthymis Koulouris | Pogoń Szczecin | €900,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Keito Nakamura | Stade de Reims | €12,000,000 | 10 August 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Austrian Bundesliga | 28 July 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 043.75 |
| Austrian Cup | 21 July 2023 | 2 February 2024 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 24 August 2023 | 14 December 2023 | Play-off round | Group stage | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 040.91 |
Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 12 | +33 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 46 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Hartberg | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | SCR Altach | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 49 | −36 | 10 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* 1 2 Head to head points: Klagenfurt 4, TSV Hartberg 1.
* 1 2 Head to head points: Rapid 4, Austria Wien 1.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STU | RBS | LIN | RWI | HAR | AKL |
| 1 | Sturm Graz (C) | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 7–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 |
| 3 | LASK | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 28 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 3–2 |
* ↑ Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
* ↑ The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WOL | AWI | BWL | ALT | WAT | LUS |
| 1 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 31 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 29 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 22 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| 4 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 21 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 5 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 19 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 6 | Austria Lustenau (R) | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 58 | −36 | 16 | Relegation to Austrian Football Second League | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 December 2023. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | | | | | |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.

#### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sturm Graz (C) | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | LASK | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 28 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs |
* ↑ Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
* ↑ The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 May 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches
### Austrian Cup

The draw for the season's first round took place on 25 June.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | TOU | USG | LAS |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 11 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 8 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | LASK | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |