Linz is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. Located on the river Danube, the city is in the far north of Austria, 30 km (19 mi) south of the border with the Czech Republic. As of 1 January 2024, the city has a population of 212,538. It is the 7th largest of all cities on the Danube river.
The Malta men's national football team represents Malta in international football and is controlled by the Malta Football Association, the governing body for football in Malta.
Johann "Hans" Krankl is an Austrian former professional footballer. A prolific striker, he is regarded by many as one of Austria's greatest players.
The Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.
Martin Hiden is a former Austrian football player, who is currently assistant coach at FC Pasching.
Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as LASK Linz, Linzer ASK, or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club based in Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of Austrian football. The club's colours are black and white. The women's team plays in the second highest division of Austrian women's football.
FC Stahl Linz is an Austrian football club, based in Linz, Upper Austria. They currently play in 2. Klasse Mitte, the eighth tier of Austrian football.
Roland Gunther Linz is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Muhammet Hanifi Akagündüz, nicknamed Aka, is a Turkish-born Austrian footballer.
Jürgen Panis is an Austrian retired footballer. He won his first silverware with FC Tirol Innsbruck, then with Vienna giants Austria Wien where he was brought in a package deal with Radoslaw Gilewicz
FC Juniors OÖ is an Austrian association football club, from Pasching, Upper Austria. It was newly founded after the move of ASKÖ Pasching, who last appeared as FC Superfund, to Carinthia and the associated renaming in SK Austria Kärnten in 2007 as FC Superfund Pasching. The greatest success of the club is winning the ÖFB-Cup as the first third division in the history of the competition in the 2012–13 season and the associated qualification for the play-offs of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, in which the club was however defeated by Estoril Praia.
Christoph Westerthaler was an Austrian football coach and player.
The Austrian Football Bundesligaof 1994–95 was organised by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB). The Austrian First League served as a stepping stone for promotion to the 1. Bundesliga. The Regional Leagues acted as a third step on the footballing ladder, East, Central (Mitte) and West.
Karl Daxbacher is an Austrian football manager and a former player.
FC Blau-Weiß Linz or BW Linz are an Austrian association football club playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top-tier of Austrian Football.
Kristijan Dobras is an Austrian footballer who plays for Blau-Weiß Linz.
Goran Djuricin is an Austrian football manager, coach and former player.
Willibald "Willi" Ruttensteiner is an Austrian businessman and football administrator and manager who serves as head coach of the Israel national team as well as the head of the youth development program "Project12". Following the resignation of Dietmar Constantini in September 2011, Ruttensteiner was acting trainer of the Austria national team for two games. In the two games he managed a win and a tie.
Nikola Jelišić is a Bosnian-German former professional footballer.
Martin Moormann is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Blau-Weiß Linz.
