Applies from the group stage

LASK maker fights for standing room for fans in the European Cup

LASK CEO Siegmund Gruber may always be controversial, but he is undoubtedly a doer.(Bild: Dostal Harald)

SK Sturm, Salzburg and Rapid will no longer have to sell only seated tickets in the group stages of UEFA competitions this year! Before this regulation, which has been in force since 1998, was also lifted for Austria, the LASK boss, who is often regarded as a "grater", campaigned for it!

Wow, sit down there! LASK fans won't be the only ones nodding in surprise at the fact that tomorrow's first showdown against Romanian champions FCSB Bucharest in the Raiffeisen Arena will be the last time there will be no standing room at an international competition match in Linz.