Volleyball team

FC BW Linz

Club · Austria · Bundesliga

«Blau-Weiße»

276 Matches

129 wins

57 draws

90 losses

529–332 Goals

+197 Difference

1.9 Scored per game

Form W W W W L 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

5 Sep	Cup	Wacker Innsbruck H	2:3	L
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

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: 276

276 Matches

129 wins

57 draws

90 losses

529–332 Goals

+197 Difference

1.9 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 276

129 57 90

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	276	125	151
Scored	529	253	276
Conceded	332	137	195
Scored per game	1.9	2.0	1.8
Conceded per game	1.2	1.1	1.3
Difference	+197	+116	+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	Age	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	25	11
29	Dominik Reiter	Midfielder		11
10	Paul Mensah	Forward		11
30	Nico Maier	Forward	26	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	26	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	22	2
21	Felix Gerstmayr	Midfielder		2
8	Oliver Wähling	Midfielder		2
7	Jakob Knollmüller	Forward		2
24	Mauro Hemmerle	Forward		1