Austria

Austria national football team.

The Austrian Football Association ("OFB") was established on the 18th of March 1904 within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Max Scheuer, a Jewish player who was a part of the Austria national team from 1923 to 1924, was later murdered during the Holocaust at the Auschwitz the concentration camp. The team had success during the 30s, under head coach Hugo Meisl, becoming a dominating team in Europe and getting the name "Wunderteam". The team's star player was Matthias Sindelar. On the 16th of May, 1931, they became the very first European team to defeat Scotland. At the 1934 FIFA World Cup, Austria was fourth after losing 1-1 in the semi-finals to Italy during the semifinals. They also lost losing 3-2 against Germany in the third-place play-off.

They were runners-up at 1936's Olympics in Germany and again lost to Italy with a score of 2-1. They had lost in the quarterfinals by Peru in the aftermath of the Peruvians decision to withdraw. According to research, Peru's surprising win by Peru was deliberately cancelled through Adolf Hitler to favour the Austrians.

The team was then able to qualify to play in the 1938 World Cup finals, but Austria was annexed by Germany during the Anschluss 12 March of the same year. On the 28th of March, FIFA was notified that the OFB was no longer in operation which led to the country's being excluded out of this year's World Cup. Instead the German team will be representing the old Austrian territory. In theory, a team that was united could have proved to be a stronger force than the individual teams, but German head coach Sepp Herberger was left with little time and only a handful of games to plan and integrate the different styles of play and the attitude. The former Austrian professionals dominated the athletic, yet amateur players from"the "Old Empire" in an "reunification" derby which was expected to end with a draw, but at the end of the game the Austrians scored two goals in the final minutes, with Matthias Sindelar also demonstratively missing the German goal, before refusing to be selected for Germany.

In a subsequent rematch that was later rematched, the Germans won the match 9-1. In April of this year, Herberger inquired whether two teams could participate in the tournament however "Reichssportfuhrer" Hans von Tschammer and Osten stated that he was expecting an average of 5:6 or 6:5 of players from both teams previously. This meant that 5 players representing Austria Wien, Rapid Wien and Vienna Wien were part of the team who only managed one draw in the opening round against Switzerland and called for a second match. the forward of Rapid Wien Hans Pesser having been sent offand not being satisfied with two other players, Herberger had to alter the team's lineup to six positions in order to meet the 6:5 requirement again. The all-German team was leading the Swiss by 2-0 at the end of 15 minutes however, they defeated 4-2 in Paris before an extremely hostile French as well as Swiss crowd. Only a handful of German supporters could travel to France because of German restrictions on exchange of foreign currencies.

Following World War II, Austria was once again divided from Germany. The best Austrian performance was achieved in 1954 when they had an all-star team led by the midfielder Ernst Ocwirk. They fell in the semi-finals, 6-1, to the eventual champions Germany and came in third after beating the defending champions Uruguay 3-1. Over time an intense, but mostly competitive rivalry with Germany has developed.

In the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, the Austrian team did not fare well. They lost to eventual champions Brazil as well as the newly-formed Soviet Union and a draw against a weak England (who were re-building after the loss of many of their most important players as a result of the Munich air catastrophe) did not allow the team to making it to in the second round. The team is still able to maintain their popularity within the nation, under new coach Decker they made another international splash in the period. In in front of a record-setting number of 90,000 fans that was made possible through the expansion of the Prater Stadion, Austria was able to defeat their opponents the Soviet Union 3-1 and Spain 3-1. But due to a lack of funds, Austria decided not to take part in the 1962 World Cup in Chile, and the team began to fall apart. The sudden end of Austria's postwar success period resulted in a clear defeat of 0-6 against Czechoslovakia during the year 1962 following which many players as well as Karl Decker did not recover.

Following the conclusion of Decker era the team struggled for long periods of time to replicate the previous success; they were mostly to unexpected wins in single matches. Because of the acclaim in the Austrian team the 20th of October, 1965 Austria was able to become the 3rd team from the continent to beat England on the home field. The two goals of a 3-2 win were scored through Toni Fritsch, who was at the time referred to as "Wembley Toni". In the same time frame, Austria failed for the first time in their bid to qualify for this World Cup in the 1966 edition, and finished in third place against a resurgent Hungary in addition to East Germany; they only got an unconvincing draw. The summer of 1968 saw Leopold Stastny, the highly successful Slovak coach at Wacker Innsbruck, took over the national team. Although the team was not able to qualify for 1970's World Cup, the new coach focused on training new players, rather than using the older players. With a huge soccer euphoria Austria was close to being able to qualify to play in the 1974 World Cup in Germany. In the qualifying rounds, Austria was in the first position in the competition between Austria and Sweden despite tiebreakers made based on points and goal difference. Therefore, a game was required for qualifying, which was held in Gelsenkirchen. In order to have enough time to prepare, the championship round was suspended and the stadium in Gelsenkirchen was prepared five days before the playoff. With the snow covering the ground, Austria lost 1-2, but they missed numerous opportunities including crossing the bar.

The team was anchored with Herbert Prohaska and striker Hans Krankl as well as backed with Bruno Pezzey, Austria reached the World Cup in 1978 and 1982, and both times made it to the second round. Both were played in group matches for teams which replaced knockout quarter-finals. The Austria team, which was coached by Helmut Senekowitsch, is widely considered to be the most successful post-World World War II Austrian football team of all time.

The year 1978 saw the Austrians participate in the World Cup in Argentina, they lost two games and were likely to be at the end of the second round of four teams. However, they showed a great effort for their final match on the pitch in Cordoba with West Germany, which had still a chance of making it to the final. The Austrians were also able to deny the world champions an opportunity to play in the third round they defeated them 3-2. two goals from Hans Krankl, plus an own goal. The rousing report by radio announcer Edi Finger ("I was niersch!") was a hit in Austria in Austria, where it's called to be the "Miracle of Cordoba" and those in West Germans regard the game as well as the Austrian conduct as disgraceful.

The 1982 World Cup in Spain, Austria and West Germany met again, in the final game in the stage of group play. Since the two other teams of the group had played their final match on the same day and both teams were aware that the possibility of a West German win by one goal would ensure that both teams were through however, any other outcome could be detrimental to either team. After ten minutes of intense attacks, Horst Hrubesch scored for West Germany and the two teams mostly played ball for the duration of 80 minutes, with only a little effort to strike. The game became known as the "non-aggression agreement that was signed in Gijon". Algeria has also had two wins in games which included a shock victory against West Germany in the opener and, despite being among three teams who had two wins were eliminated on the basis of goals scored, after they conceded two goals late during their 3-2 loss to Chile. The Algerian fans were angry, and even Austrian or West German fans showed themselves to be very unhappy about their performance. Because of this game any future tournaments will be dominated by the final group match playing simultaneously. Austria along with Northern Ireland were eliminated by losing to France in the second round of the group stage, which comprised three teams.

With the striker Toni Polster, Austria qualified for the 1990 World Cup but were eliminated in the opening round despite beating their opponents the United States 2-1. More shocking was the defeat by 1-0 to The Faroe Islands, a team composed of amateurs, during the qualification campaign in preparation for the 1992 European Championship, considered to be the most embarrassing incident in Austrian team sport and also one of the biggest football-related upsets in history. The match was played on Landskrona, Sweden, because there was no grass field at the Faroe Islands. It was a signal for the future. Austria endured another couple of years of badly-run qualifying campaigns, even though they played some exciting football during the final phases of UEFA Euro 1996 qualification.

In 1998's World Cup, Austria were placed in the group B along with Italy, Cameroon and Chile. Their time in the tournament was short but full of drama, as they were able to pull off the bizarre achievement of scoring only in stoppage time in all of their games. In the first match against Cameroon Pierre Njanka's strike was defeated by Toni Polster's late strike. In the second game it was Ivica Vastic who scored an equaliser in the last minute and cancelled out Marcelo Salas' controversial opener. Austria did not have the same luck in their final game in the Stade de France. Italy scored twice in the second half the first was a header by Christian Vieri and a tap-in from Roberto Baggio. Andi Herzog's stoppage-time penalty continued Austria's unique scoring style, but it did not suffice to stop Austria from finishing at the third spot in its group a place behind those of the Italians along with the Chileans.

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After 1998, Austria began to decline. They were unable to get into Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2000 and also suffered embarrassment (similar similar to that of in the Faroe Islands loss) when they fell 9-0 to Spain and 5-1 against Israel at the end of 1999. The year 2006 saw Josef Hickersberger became coach of the Austria national team. This also had some decent outcomes, such as the 1-0 win over Switzerland in 2006.

Austria has been automatically qualified for Euro 2008 as co-hosts. The first major sporting event they have played in 10 years, the majority of journalists viewed the Austrians as outsiders and whipping boys to Germany, Croatia and Poland in the group stage. Many of their fans from home agreed, and 10,000 Austrians signed a petition requesting Austria to withdraw from the tournament in order to avoid the nation from embarrassing. The truth is, Austria performed better than they had hoped for. They managed to draw 1-1 against Poland but lost 1-0 against both favored Croatia in addition to Germany.

After Austria's exit in the first round of the competition, Hickersberger resigned as the national team's coach. Karel Bruckner, who been dismissed as director of coaching for the Czech Republic after that country's first-round loss at Euro 2008, was soon chosen as his successor. After just two years, Bruckner was let go in the month of March, and the post was then taken over by Didi Constantini.

In the qualifier in preparation for Euro 2012, the Austrians faced Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Turkey and Germany.

In the following years in the following years, the Austrian team was able to witness a huge revival. Many players from the U-20 team who placed fourth at the World Cup that year ended in developing into fully-fledged players for the senior team, such as Sebastian Prodl, Markus Suttner, Martin Harnik, Veli Kavlak Erwin Hoffer, Zlatko Junuzovic and Rubin Okotie.

The team did not be able to qualify for Brazil for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, however, they finished third with a record of 5-2-3, with 17 points as well as a 10 goal differential within their group of qualifying. There were many noteworthy results, including victories at home against Ireland and Sweden, as well as home victories over Republic of Ireland and Sweden and an enthralling home loss against Germany and a draw of 2-2 in Ireland during the match rematch.

This Euro 2016 qualifying campaign was much more than successful. In the end, the Austrians struggled and tied with the Swedes 1-1 before beating the same team by a score of 4-1 on Swedish on Swedish soil. Austria also defeated Russia twice, both at on the road and at home, with a score of 1-1. Austria also scored two victories against Moldova (2-1 at Chisinau) as well as Montenegro (1-0 during Vienna). Rubin Okotie scored the deciding goal in the final twenty minutes of game following a previous Austrian goal that was scored just a minute prior was controversially exempted. The following week the team played an informal away match against the team that was favored Brazil and lost by a score of 2-1. Austria completed their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign by winning the group without losing and causing to the Austrians to be ecstatic about the possibility of a new golden era to kick off.

But, despite their impressive performance in qualifying the tournament itself was an absolute nightmare for Austrians. Austria was placed in the group F alongside Hungary, Portugal and Iceland and was considered the most likely to make it through. Austria however, started their tournament with a shambolic 0-2 defeat to neighboring Hungary where the defender Aleksandar Dragovic was sent off. It was followed with a positive draw 0-0 against Portugal and Portugal, where Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score the penalty. But, Austria ended up losing 2 to the debutant Iceland and was then shattered by just one point. This defeat shattered the notion of a new golden generation for a lot of Austrians.

Austria was later to be part of the Group D of the 2018 World Cup qualification along with Wales, Serbia, Ireland, Georgia and Moldova. But the earlier nightmare during UEFA Euro had a great influence on the Austrian team, and Austria was eliminated fourth in the group. They failed to be able to make it into in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Austria was a part of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group G together with Poland, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Israel and Latvia. Austria was struggling in the initial few games following a loss in the first game to Poland at home, and the shock defeat to Israel and a second loss to minnows Latvia. The group grew increasingly competitive Austria took six wins in the final nine games and came in second place in the group, scoring nineteen points. Marko Arnautovic led the team in goals scored and tied Robert Lewandowski with nine goals. Austria was able to qualify as the third team to compete in European Championship Finals. This was also the second time Austria was able to qualify to play in a tournament of this magnitude in succession following back-to-back tournaments from the 1954 and 1958 World Cup.

Austria was included in UEFA Euro 2020 Group C along with other Group C participants, including the Netherlands, Ukraine and debutants North Macedonia. Austria started the game by winning 3-1 against North Macedonia. This was the first victory for Austria at the European Championship and first time scoring more than one goal in a group stage match. In the group stage's final game, Austria needed a win to be second in the group and beat Ukraine with a score of 1-0. Austria placed second in their group and this was their first occasion that they've advanced to the knockout stage at European Championships. They played Italy during the Round of 16 match in the round of 16 at Wembley Stadium and lost 2-1 after extra time . Sasa Kalajdzic scoring their sole goal during the final minute of the match in the 114th.

The clash among Austria as well as Hungary is the second-most watched international football match; just Argentina and Uruguay are the other two neighbouring countries, have faced with each other more often. It is also noteworthy in that both of them are the first European non-British countries to have international football matches more than three years after the first international football game.

This article gives details on international football matches that were played in the Austria national team of football from 2020 until today.

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

Following players were summoned up to play in to play in the UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia, Denmark, France and Denmark on the 3rd, 6th 10 and 13 June 2022.

The cap and goal count as of June 13, 2022 after the game against Denmark.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Heinz Lindner	17 July 1990 (age 32)	32	0	Basel
12	GK	Martin Fraisl	10 May 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Schalke 04
13	GK	Patrick Pentz	2 January 1997 (age 25)	3	0	Reims
2	DF	Gernot Trauner	25 March 1992 (age 30)	8	1	Feyenoord Rotterdam
3	DF	Kevin Danso	19 September 1998 (age 23)	10	0	Lens
4	DF	Marco Friedl	16 March 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Werder Bremen
8	DF	David Alaba (vice-captain)	24 June 1992 (age 30)	94	14	Real Madrid
16	DF	Christopher Trimmel	24 February 1987 (age 35)	23	1	Union Berlin
21	DF	Stefan Lainer	27 August 1992 (age 29)	37	2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	DF	Maximilian Wöber	4 February 1998 (age 24)	9	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	DF	Philipp Lienhart	11 July 1996 (age 26)	9	0	SC Freiburg
	DF	Stefan Posch	14 May 1997 (age 25)	16	1	1899 Hoffenheim
5	MF	Dejan Ljubicic	8 October 1997 (age 24)	3	1	1. FC Köln
6	MF	Nicolas Seiwald	4 May 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Red Bull Salzburg
15	MF	Patrick Wimmer	30 May 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Arminia Bielefeld
17	MF	Hannes Wolf	16 April 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Swansea City
19	MF	Christoph Baumgartner	1 August 1999 (age 23)	21	6	1899 Hoffenheim
20	MF	Konrad Laimer	27 May 1997 (age 25)	24	2	RB Leipzig
22	MF	Valentino Lazaro	24 March 1996 (age 26)	36	3	Inter Milan
23	MF	Xaver Schlager	28 September 1997 (age 24)	29	2	RB Leipzig
7	FW	Marko Arnautović	19 April 1989 (age 33)	102	33	Bologna
9	FW	Marcel Sabitzer	17 March 1994 (age 28)	64	12	Bayern Munich
10	FW	Andreas Weimann	5 August 1991 (age 30)	19	1	Bristol City
11	FW	Michael Gregoritsch	18 April 1994 (age 28)	39	7	SC Freiburg
14	FW	Saša Kalajdžić	7 July 1997 (age 25)	15	4	VfB Stuttgart
18	FW	Karim Onisiwo	17 March 1992 (age 30)	18	1	Mainz 05

These players been selected for the Austria squad over the past 12 months, and are qualified to be selected.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Daniel Bachmann	9 July 1994 (age 28)	13	0	Watford	Scotland, 29 March 2022
GK	Alexander Schlager	1 February 1996 (age 26)	6	0	LASK	Israel, 12 November 2021
DF	Aleksandar Dragović	6 March 1991 (age 31)	100	2	Red Star Belgrade	Scotland, 29 March 2022
DF	Martin Hinteregger	7 September 1992 (age 29)	67	4	Retired	Scotland, 29 March 2022
DF	Andreas Ulmer	30 October 1985 (age 36)	31	0	Red Bull Salzburg	Scotland, 29 March 2022
DF	Maximilian Ullmann	17 June 1996 (age 26)	1	0	Venezia	Scotland, 29 March 2022
DF	Phillipp Mwene	29 January 1994 (age 28)	1	0	PSV Eindhoven	Denmark, 12 October 2021
MF	Stefan Ilsanker	18 May 1989 (age 33)	61	0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Scotland, 29 March 2022
MF	Alessandro Schöpf	7 February 1994 (age 28)	32	6	Arminia Bielefeld	Scotland, 29 March 2022
MF	Marco Grüll	6 July 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Rapid Wien	Scotland, 29 March 2022
MF	Louis Schaub	29 December 1994 (age 27)	29	8	1. FC Köln	Scotland, 29 March 2022
MF	Florian Grillitsch	7 August 1995 (age 26)	33	1	1899 Hoffenheim	Wales, 24 March 2022
MF	Florian Kainz	24 October 1992 (age 29)	20	0	1. FC Köln	Denmark, 12 October 2021
MF	Jakob Jantscher	8 January 1989 (age 33)	23	1	Sturm Graz	Scotland, 7 September 2021
MF	Julian Baumgartlinger (captain)	2 January 1988 (age 34)	84	1	Bayer Leverkusen	Moldova, 1 September 2021
FW	Ercan Kara	3 January 1996 (age 26)	7	0	Orlando City	Moldova, 15 November 2021
FW	Yusuf Demir	2 June 2003 (age 19)	4	0	Rapid Wien	Moldova, 15 November 2021
FW	Junior Adamu	6 June 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Red Bull Salzburg	Moldova, 15 November 2021

• President: Gerhard Milletich
• Director of Sport: Peter Schöttel
• Head coach: Ralf Rangnick
• Assistant coaches: Lars Kornetka, Peter Perchtold, Onur Cinel
• Goalkeeper coach: Robert Almer

The date is 13 June 2022, following the match in the match against Denmark.

The players in bold are actively playing for the team.

In the 10th June of 2022, the day after the match in the match against France.

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FIFA World Cup

• 3rd place, bronze medalist Third place: 1954

Olympic Games

• 2nd place, silver medalist Silver Medal: 1936