after the second world war lask reached the title in austrian highest class in the 1964/65 season. the lask was the first team which came not from vienna to do so. the same season they also won the autrian cup. the next decades were partly successful but also by relegetions to the second division. in 1997, due to public pressure, lask linz merged with city rivals fc linz (formerly known as sk voest linz) which, however, resulted in the cancellation of the latter. club name, colors, chairmen and members remained the same.