# 2023–24 FC Blau-Weiß Linz season

The 2023–24 FC Blau-Weiß Linz season was 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 participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### First-team squad

Updated 6 August 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Last updated: 9 December 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Football Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 49 | −36 | 10 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 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 | 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 | — |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | 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 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 2023. Source:

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.

### Austrian Cup

The draw for the season's first round took place on 25 June.