FC BW Linz

Club · Austria · Bundesliga

«Blau-Weiße»

275 Matches

129 wins

57 draws

89 losses

527–329 Goals

+198 Difference

1.9 Scored per game

Form W W W W W L

BW Linz go into this season having only just returned to the Bundesliga, promotion secured in 2022/23. That promotion followed a false start: the club had also topped the second division in 2020/21 but was refused a licence to go up, a setback that left the squad to try again from the same division two years later.

The club itself dates to 1997, formed as the successor to two Linz institutions that had drifted apart from the game's industrial roots in the city — SV Austria Tabak Linz, tied to the local tobacco works, and FC Linz, which traced back to SK Eisen und Stahl and later SK VOEST Linz, named for the steelmaker. It was VOEST Linz that gave the city its one league title, winning the Austrian championship in 1973/74.

Home now is the Hofmann Personal Stadion, opened in July 2023 on the site of the old Donauparkstadion, which was demolished in 2021. For two years in between, BW Linz played their home fixtures at the Linzer Gugl across town. The new stadium holds 5,595, with standing room for 2,800 behind the goals.

Latest results

All matches

28 Aug	2. Liga	SV Kapfenberg A	1:2	L
23 Aug	2. Liga	Voitsberg H	5:1	W
14 Aug	2. Liga	SKN St. Pölten A	1:0	W
7 Aug	2. Liga	Wacker Innsbruck H	3:0	W
31 Jul	2. Liga	Austria Vienna (Am) A	3:0	W
24 Jul	Cup	Gurten A	3:1	W

Standing

2. Liga

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	FC BW Linz	5	4	0	1	13:3	12
2	FC Liefering	5	3	1	1	13:8	10
3	First Vienna FC	5	3	1	1	9:6	10
4	Floridsdorfer AC	5	3	1	1	9:6	10
5	Austria Vienna (Am)	5	3	0	2	7:6	9

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 275

275 Matches

129 wins

57 draws

89 losses

527–329 Goals

+198 Difference

1.9 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 275

129 57 89

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	275	124	151
Scored	527	251	276
Conceded	329	134	195
Scored per game	1.9	2.0	1.8
Conceded per game	1.2	1.1	1.3
Difference	+198	+117	+81

Key players

by appearances over the last year

David Riegler Defender 17 Matches

Manuel Maranda Defender 17 Matches

Fabio Strauß Defender 17 Matches

Alem Pašić Defender 16 Matches

Ronivaldo Forward 15 Matches

Simon Pirkl Midfielder 12 Matches

David Bumberger Defender 12 Matches

Alexander Briedl Midfielder 12 Matches

Squad of FC BW Linz

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
22	David Riegler	Defender	17
15	Manuel Maranda	Defender	17
2	Fabio Strauß	Defender	17
17	Alem Pašić	Defender	16
9	Ronivaldo	Forward	15
60	Simon Pirkl	Midfielder	12
23	David Bumberger	Defender	12
19	Alexander Briedl	Midfielder	12
58	Nico Mantl	Goalkeeper	12
18	Shon Zalman Weissman	Forward	12
6	Mamadou Fofana	Midfielder	12
20	Simon Seidl	Midfielder	12
14	Christopher Brian Cvetko	Midfielder	12
16	Martin Moormann	Defender	11
29	Dominik Reiter	Midfielder	11
10	Paul Mensah	Forward	11
30	Nico Maier	Forward	10
24	Thomas Turner	Goalkeeper	10
5	Isak Mikael Dahlqvist	Midfielder	9
1	Valentin Oeltz	Goalkeeper	7
11	João Luiz	Midfielder	6
26	Cheick Oumar Conde	Midfielder	6
28	Dominik Frieser	Midfielder	5
47	Dario Kreiker	Midfielder	5
7	E. Weinhauser	Midfielder	5
5	Nico Grimbs	Midfielder	5
11	Romeo Vučić	Forward	5
8	Karim Conte	Midfielder	5
26	Christopher Giuliani	Goalkeeper	5
27	Thomas Schiestl	Midfielder	5
20	Lucas Fabian	Midfielder	4
33	Jakob Kollman	Forward	4
30	Anton Tsarenko	Midfielder	4
29	Felix Ruschke	Midfielder	3
27	Thomas Goiginger	Forward	3
6	Jonas Mayer	Midfielder	2
21	Felix Gerstmayr	Midfielder	2
8	Oliver Wähling	Midfielder	2
7	Jakob Knollmüller	Forward	2
24	Mauro Hemmerle	Forward	1