2023–24 FC Blau-Weiß Linz season

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.

FC Blau-Weiß Linz
2023–24 season
ManagerGerald Scheiblehner
StadiumDonauparkstadion
Austrian Football Bundesliga9th
Austrian CupThird round
2024–25 →

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
Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
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
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Wolfsberger AC 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 WSG 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STU RBS LIN RWI HAR AKL
1 Sturm Graz (C) 32 19 10 3 56 23 +33 44 Qualification for the Champions League league stage 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
2 Red Bull Salzburg 32 20 7 5 74 29 +45 42 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a] 2–2 7–1 1–1 5–1 4–2
3 LASK 32 14 10 8 43 33 +10 34 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b] 2–2 3–1 5–0 1–3 1–0
4 Rapid Wien 32 11 12 9 47 35 +12 28 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–1
5 Hartberg 32 12 9 11 49 52 −3 28 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs 1–3 1–5 1–2 0–3 3–2
6 Austria Klagenfurt 32 9 12 11 40 50 −10 22 0–4 4–3 0–2 0–1 2–2
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]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
  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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL AWI BWL ALT WAT LUS
1 Wolfsberger AC 32 12 10 10 41 39 +2 31 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–1
2 Austria Wien (O) 32 12 10 10 35 34 +1 29 0–4 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1
3 Blau-Weiß Linz 32 7 11 14 33 48 −15 22 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–0
4 Rheindorf Altach 32 6 13 13 27 40 −13 21 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–2
5 WSG Tirol 32 7 5 20 29 55 −26 19 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0
6 Austria Lustenau (R) 32 4 9 19 22 58 −36 16 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2
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]
(O) Play-off winners; (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
Round1
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
  1. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.
edit