F.C. Blau-Weiß Linz

FC Blau-Weiß Linz
Full name	Fußballclub Blau-Weiß Linz
Founded	2. July 1997
Ground	Hofmann-Personal Stadion
Chairman	Hermann Schellmann
Manager	Gerald Scheiblehner
League	Austrian Football First League
2022-23	2.Liga Austria, 1st

FC Blau-Weiß Linz is an Austrian football club from Linz, Upper Austria. The team is playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga after promotion in the 2023-24 season.

History

The club was founded in 1997 as follow up team for FC Linz and SV Austria Tabak Linz. They played with the licence of SV Tabak in the Upper Austrian Landesliga (4th division). After three years they reached the title and were promoted to the Regionalliga Mitte. In the 2003/04 season the won this league but failed in the relegation matches versus BSV Bad Bleiberg, so they stayed in the league. After this there was a decline they were even relegated to the Landesliga, but came back the following season. In the 2010/11 season they finished second behind the LASK Juniors, which were not allowed to promote. In the relegation matches they won versus WSG Wattens after penalty shooting and were promoted to the First League. 2012/13 they lost the Relegationmatches versus SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 and were relegatet into the Regionalliga Mitte. 2015/16 they were champions in the Regionalliga Mitte and were promoted again to the First League. In the 2020-21 season the became Champion of the 2. Liga. They had not asked for a licence for the Bundesliga so they stayed in 2. Liga. In the 2022-23 season they were promoted to the Bundesliga

Since spring 2021 they play in the Hofmann-Personal Stadion because the Donauparkstadion, their traditional homeground, will be new built till 2023. After almost two years of construction, the stadium was opened by the city of Linz with a celebration on 5 July 2023.^[1] The opening game between FC Blau-Weiß Linz and PSV Eindhoven (1:2) took place ten days later.^[2]

Fans

The club is thought as successor to the former club VOEST Linz.This team merged with LASK to FC Linz but soon was inhaled by LASK. The club colours blue and white are that of former VOEST Linz. Also the fans see themself in this tradition.

Current squad

as 19 October 2023

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	Austria	Nicolas Schmid
2	DF	Austria	Fabio Strauss
3	DF	Austria	Erwin Softic
4	MF	Austria	Marco Krainz
5	DF	Serbia	Danilo Mitrović
6	MF	Austria	Tobias Koch
7	FW	Germany	Conor Noß
8	DF	Austria	Simon Pirkl
9	FW	Brazil	Ronivaldo Bernardo Sales
11	MF	Austria	Raphael Hofer
12	GK	Austria	Andreas Lukse
13	MF	Austria	Michael Brandner
14	DF	Austria	Julian Gölles


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	Austria	Manuel Maranda
17		Austria	Alem Pasic
18	MF	Ghana	Paul Mensah
19	MF	Austria	Alexander Briedl
21	GK	Austria	Felix Gschossmann
22	DF	Austria	Fabian Windhager
23	DF	Austria	Lukas Tursch
26	MF	Turkey	Yunus Karakaya
27	MF	Austria	Stefan Haudum
28	MF	Austria	Simon Seidl
29	FW	Austria	Mehmet Ibrahimi
30	MF	Austria	Kristijan Dobras
31	GK	Austria	Kevin Radulovic