2023–24 FC Blau-Weiß Linz season

FC Blau-Weiß Linz
2023–24 season
Manager	Gerald Scheiblehner
Stadium	Donauparkstadion
Austrian Football Bundesliga	9th
Austrian Cup	Third round
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 FC Blau-Weiß Linz season is the club's 27th season in existence and its first season back in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Blau-Weiß Linz will participate in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Updated 6 August 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	AUT	Nicolas Schmid
2	DF	AUT	Fabio Strauss
3	DF	AUT	Erwin Softic
4	MF	AUT	Marco Krainz
5	DF	SRB	Danilo Mitrović
6	MF	AUT	Tobias Koch
7	MF	IRL	Conor Noß
8	DF	AUT	Simon Pirkl
9	FW	BRA	Ronivaldo
10	FW	GHA	Paul Mensah
11	MF	AUT	Raphael Hofer (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
12	GK	AUT	Andreas Lukse
13	MF	AUT	Michael Brandner
14	DF	AUT	Julian Gölles


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	AUT	Manuel Maranda
17	DF	AUT	Alem Pasic
18	FW	AUT	Stefan Feiertag
19	MF	AUT	Alexander Briedl
20	MF	AUT	Simon Seidl
21	GK	AUT	Felix Gschossmann
22	DF	AUT	Fabian Windhager
26	MF	AUT	Lukas Tursch
27	MF	AUT	Stefan Haudum
28	DF	AUT	Marcel Schantl
29	FW	GER	Mehmet Ibrahimi
30	MF	AUT	Kristijan Dobras
31	GK	AUT	Kevin Radulovic

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out edit

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	July 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Austrian Cup	21 July 2023		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 9 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Wolfsberg	22	8	6	8	29	32	−3	30	Qualification for the Relegation round
9	SCR Altach	22	4	7	11	17	30	−13	19
10	Blau-Weiß Linz	22	4	7	11	22	38	−16	19
11	Tirol	22	4	2	16	20	42	−22	14
12	Austria Lustenau	22	2	4	16	13	49	−36	10

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.^[1]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STU	RBS	LIN	RWI	HAR	AKL
1	Sturm Graz (T)	31	18	10	3	54	23	+31	41	Qualification for the Champions League league stage	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	19 May
2	Red Bull Salzburg (T)	31	19	7	5	67	28	+39	39	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	2–2	—	19 May	1–1	5–1	4–2
3	LASK (Q)	31	14	10	7	42	26	+16	34	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]	2–2	3–1	—	5–0	1–3	1–0
4	Rapid Wien (Q)	31	11	12	8	47	32	+15	28	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round	1–3	2–0	0–0	—	19 May	1–1
5	Hartberg	31	11	9	11	46	52	−6	25	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	1–3	1–5	1–2	0–3	—	3–2
6	Austria Klagenfurt	31	9	12	10	40	48	−8	22		0–4	4–3	0–2	0–1	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2024. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.^[2]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

^ The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WOL	AWI	BWL	ALT	WAT	LUS
1	Wolfsberger AC (Q)	31	11	10	10	38	38	0	28	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	—	0–1	0–2	0–0	18 May	1–1
2	Austria Wien (Q)	31	11	10	10	33	33	0	26	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	0–4	—	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1
3	Blau-Weiß Linz	31	7	11	13	32	46	−14	22		0–0	18 May	—	2–1	3–2	0–0
4	Rheindorf Altach	31	6	12	13	25	38	−13	20		0–1	1–1	2–2	—	0–0	18 May
5	WSG Tirol	31	7	5	19	28	52	−24	19		1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	—	0–0
6	Austria Lustenau (R)	31	4	8	19	20	56	−36	15	Relegation to Austrian Football Second League	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2024. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.^[1]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: November 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round edit

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on November 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.^[3]

July 2023 1

v

Austrian Cup edit

The draw for the season's first round took place on 25 June.^[4]

21 July 2023 First round

SPG Wallern/St. Marienkirchen

v

Blau-Weiß Linz

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.
^ Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.

External links edit

Official website

[table_note_res_ELPO0.46720546598882-2] The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-1] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table2-3] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[4] "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.

[5] Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.

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