(qualifier against North Macedonia in November.) United will also have to keep a close eye on Reinhold Ranftl, who has provided three assists and scored once from a right wing-back role in LASK’s standard 3-4-3 formation.
The manager
e name Valerien Ismael is likely to ring a bell for those who follow the Bundesliga considering he played for Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Hannover (in the (s. Crystal Palace fans of a certain age will also remember the Frenchman although perhaps not too fondly – he was a club-record signing in 2007 but played only 16 times as the club suffered relegation from the Premier League in 2007 – . Valerien Ismael has impressed since taking charge of LASK last summer (Picture: Getty) Ismael enjoyed the best years of his playing career in Germany and that is where he cut his managerial teeth too, taking in stints with Hannover and Wolfsburg’s reserve teams as well as top jobs with the latter and Nurnberg. despite overseeing a disastrous one-game spell with Greek side Apollon Smyrnis in , Ismael was appointed LASK manager at the start of the 2022 – 23 campaign and he has certainly ex ceeded expectations during his time in charge, both domestically and in Europe.
Stadium
( LASK play their domestic home games in the 7, capacity Waldstadion based in Pasching, however, in Europe it is a different story. (UEFA regulations deem that all Europa League games must have a minimum capacity of 8, 06 meaning that LASK have had to play their European games at the multi-purpose Linzer Stadium instead. LASK play the ir home European games at the Linzer Stadium (Picture: Getty)
despite playing their European home games in a different arena, LASK have won six of their seven games at the Linzer stadium, o nly losing to Club Brugge.
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