# 2020–21 LASK season

The 2020–21 season was the 113th season in the existence of LASK and the club's fourth 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 participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 8 October 2020
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 |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Petar Filipović |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Philipp Wiesinger |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Rene Renner |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Mamoudou Karamoko |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Peter Michorl |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Dominik Reiter |
| 13 | MF | GER | Johannes Eggestein (loan from Werder) |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Husein Balić |
| 15 | DF | AUT | Christian Ramsebner |
| 16 | DF | AUT | Marvin Potzmann |
| 17 | FW | AUT | Andreas Gruber |
| 18 | DF | AUT | Gernot Trauner |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Valentino Müller |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Patrick Plojer |
| 21 | MF | DEN | Mads Emil Madsen |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberko |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Stefan Haudum |
| 24 | GK | NGA | Tobias Lawal |
| 25 | MF | AUS | James Holland |
| 26 | DF | AUT | Reinhold Ranftl |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Thomas Goiginger |
| 29 | FW | AUT | Marko Raguž |
| 30 | MF | PAN | Andrés Andrade |
| 31 | MF | AUT | Lukas Grgic |
| 33 | FW | AUT | Thomas Sabitzer |
| 36 | GK | AUT | Thomas Gebauer |

### Out on loan

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 | GER | Jan Boller (at FC Juniors OÖ until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ISR | Yoav Hofmayster (at Ironi Kiryat Shmona until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | GER | Daniel Jelisić (at FC Juniors OÖ until 30 June 2021) |

## 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 Football Bundesliga | 11 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 046.88 |
| Austrian Cup | 29 August 2020 | 1 May 2021 | First round | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Europa League | 24 September 2020 | 10 December 2020 | Third qualifying round | Group stage | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 92 | 60 | +32 | 054.35 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Bundesliga
#### Regular stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 52 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 March 2021. Source: Austrian Football 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

#### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBS | RWI | STU | LIN | WOL | WAT |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 1–3 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| 4 | LASK | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off final | 1–2 | 1–8 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 23 | | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | ANT | LASK | LUD |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | LASK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 10 | | 3–3 | 0–2 | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 0 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 8 November 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Austrian Bundesliga | Austrian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Andreas Gruber | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 29 | FW | | Marko Raguž | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | | Husein Balić | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 13 | MF | | Johannes Eggestein | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | DF | | Gernot Trauner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Peter Michorl | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | DF | | Reinhold Ranftl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 31 | MF | | Lukas Grgic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Petar Filipović | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 27 | MF | | Thomas Goiginger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 33 | FW | | Thomas Sabitzer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 15 | 6 | 16 | 37 |