Goal of blue and white:

Stay in the Bundesliga with new offensive power

Ronivaldo and Co. want to stay in the league again(Bild: Dostal Harald)

Last season, FC Blau-Weiß Linz set sporting highlights as a promoted team, collected sympathy off the pitch and ultimately managed to stay in the Bundesliga. The Stahlstadt club wants to build on this in its second Bundesliga season and continue to grow. The goal remains to stay in the league.

Only a few people thought that the little brother of top dog LASK would achieve this: last season, Blau-Weiß Linz secured relegation against the WAC with just three rounds to go. The Linz team's unfortunate streak of starting the first five rounds with just one point and then going 13 games without a win between November and April was a thing of the past. But managing director Christoph Peschek, sporting director Christoph Schösswendter and coach Gerald Scheiblehner remained calm despite the pressure, stood in front of the team and were rewarded when important points were suddenly scored again and there was even speculation about the European Cup.