What is F.C. Blau-Weiß Linz?
{{Infobox football club | clubname = FC Blau-Weiß Linz| image = Blau-Weiß-Linz.jpg| fullname = Fußballclub Blau-Weiß Linz| nickname =| founded = 2. July 1997| ground = Hofmann-Personal Stadion| capacity = | chairman = {{flagicon|Austria}} Hermann Schellmann| manager = {{flagicon|Austria}} Gerald Scheiblehner| league = [[Austrian Football First League]] | season = 2022-23| position = [[2. Liga |2.Liga Austria]], 1st| | }} [[File:FC Liefering gegen FC Blau-Weiß Linz (23. Mai 2021) 63.jpg|thumb|Celebrating the title 2021]]'''FC Blau-Weiß Linz''' is an Austrian football club from [[Linz]], Upper Austria. The team is playing in the [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]] after promotion in the 2023-24 season. ==History== The club was founded in 1997 as follow up team for FC Linz and SV Austria Tabak Linz. They played with the licence of SV Tabak in the Upper Austrian Landesliga (4th division). After three years they reached the title and were promoted to the Regionalliga Mitte. In the 2003/04 season the won this league but failed in the relegation matches versus BSV Bad Bleiberg, so they stayed in the league. After this there was a decline they were even relegated to the Landesliga, but came back the following season. In the 2010/11 season they finished second behind the LASK Juniors, which were not allowed to promote. In the relegation matches they won versus WSG Wattens after penalty shooting and were promoted to the First League. 2012/13 they lost the Relegationmatches versus SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 and were relegatet into the Regionalliga Mitte. 2015/16 they were champions in the Regionalliga Mitte and were promoted again to the First League. In the 2020-21 season the became Champion of the 2. Liga. They had not asked for a licence for the Bundesliga so they stayed in 2. Liga. In the 2022-23 season they were promoted to the [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] Since spring 2021 they play in the Hofmann-Personal Stadion because the Donauparkstadion, their traditional homeground, will be new built til