Austria national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Austria women's national football team.

The Austria national football team (Austrian German: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in men's international football competitions, and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association.

Austria

Nickname(s)	Das Team (The Team) Burschen (The Boys) Unsere Burschen (Our Boys)
Association	Österreichischer Fußball-Bund (ÖFB)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ralf Rangnick
Captain	David Alaba
Most caps	Marko Arnautović (120)
Top scorer	Toni Polster (44)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	AUT
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	23 1 (24 October 2024)[1]
Highest	10 (March–June 2016)
Lowest	105 (July 2008)
First international
Austria 5–0 Hungary  (Vienna, Austria; 12 October 1902)
Biggest win
Austria 9–0 Malta  (Salzburg, Austria; 30 April 1977)
Biggest defeat
Austria 1–11 England  (Vienna, Austria; 8 June 1908)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1934)
Best result	Third place (1954)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2008)
Best result	Round of 16 (2020, 2024)
Medal record FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland Team Olympic Games[lower-alpha 1] 1936 Berlin Team
Website	oefb.at

The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) was founded on 18 March 1904, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During the 1930s, under coach Hugo Meisl, Austria's national team, known as the "Wunderteam" (literally Wonder Squad"), became a dominant force in European football. Notable achievements included a fourth-place finish in the 1934 FIFA World Cup and runners-up at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The Anschluss in 1938, which annexed Austria into Nazi Germany, led to the dissolution of the ÖFB and the forced integration of Austrian players into the German national team for the 1938 World Cup.

After World War II, Austria reestablished its national team and achieved significant success in the 1954 World Cup, finishing third. The team continued to be competitive throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including a notable victory over England at Wembley Stadium in 1965. However, the following decades saw fluctuating fortunes, with the team failing to qualify for FIFA World Cups in the 1960s and narrowly missing out on the 1974 World Cup in a playoff against Sweden. The 1970s and 1980s marked a revival, with Austria reaching the second round in the 1978 and 1982 World Cups, highlighted by a famous victory over West Germany in 1978.

The 1990s and 2000s brought challenges and disappointments, such as a shocking defeat to the Faroe Islands in UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying, and a group-stage exit in the 1998 World Cup, their seventh and to date, last World Cup appearance. Austria automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2008 as co-hosts with Switzerland, the first time they played in the UEFA European Championship though they were eliminated in the group stage. The country entered a resurgence in 2016, beginning with a successful qualification campaign for the Euros that year. Austria has experienced a revival in form, successfully qualifying for Euro 2020 and 2024, the latter with current head coach Ralf Rangnick.

History

Pre-World War II

The Austrian Football Association ("ÖFB") was founded on 18 March 1904 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Max Scheuer, a Jewish defender who played for the Austria national football team in 1923, was subsequently killed during the Holocaust in Auschwitz concentration camp.^[2][3][4] The team enjoyed success in the 1930s under coach Hugo Meisl, becoming a dominant side in Europe and earning the nickname "Wunderteam". The team's star was Matthias Sindelar. On 16 May 1931, they were the first continental European side to defeat Scotland. In the 1934 FIFA World Cup, Austria finished fourth after losing 0–1 to Italy in the semi-finals and 2–3 to Germany in the third place play-off.

A moment of the Austria v Peru match at the 1936 Olympics

They were runners-up in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, again losing to Italy 1–2, despite having been beaten in the quarter-finals by Peru, following the Peruvians' withdrawal. However, according to an investigation, the surprise victory by Peru was deliberately annulled by Adolf Hitler to favour the Austrians.

The team then qualified for the 1938 World Cup finals, but Austria was annexed to Germany in the Anschluss on 12 March of that year. On 28 March, FIFA was notified that the ÖFB had been abolished, resulting in the nation's withdrawal from the World Cup.^[5] Instead, the German team would represent the former Austrian territory. Theoretically, a united team could have been an even stronger force than each of the separate ones, but German coach Sepp Herberger had little time and very few matches to prepare and merge the very different styles of play and attitude. The former Austrian professionals outplayed the rather athletic yet amateur players of the "Old Empire" in a "reunification" derby that was supposed to finish as a draw, yet in the waning minutes, the Austrians scored twice, with Matthias Sindelar also demonstratively missing the German goal, and subsequently declining to be capped for Germany.

In a later rematch, the Germans took revenge, winning 9–1. In early April, Herberger inquired whether two separate teams could enter anyway, but "Reichssportführer" Hans von Tschammer und Osten made clear that he expected to see a 5:6 or 6:5 ratio of players from the two hitherto teams. As a result, five players from Austria Wien, Rapid Wien and Vienna Wien were part of the team that only managed a 1–1 draw in Round 1 against Switzerland, which required a rematch. With Rapid Wien's forward Hans Pesser having been sent off, and not satisfied with two others, Herberger had to alter the line-up on six positions to fulfill the 6:5 quota again. The all-German team led the Swiss 2–0 after 15 minutes, but eventually lost 2–4 in Paris in front of a rather anti-German French and Swiss crowd, as few German supporters were able to travel to France due to German restrictions on foreign currency exchange.

After World War II

Austria national football team in 1958 with the following players – from left to right, standing; Walter Horak, Ernst Happel, Karl Koller, Alfred Körner, Paul Halla, Walter Schleger; crouched: Helmut Senekowitsch, Gerhard Hanappi, Rudolf Szanwald, Franz Swoboda and Johann Buzek.

After World War II, Austria's 1938 annexation to Germany was annulled and Austria, as before, competed internationally. Austria's best result came in 1954 with a team starring midfielder Ernst Ocwirk. They lost in the semi-finals 1–6 to eventual champions Germany in battle in scorching heat (no substitutions were allowed at the time), but finished third after beating defending champions Uruguay 3–1. Over the years, a strong yet mainly lopsided rivalry with Germany developed.

At the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, the Austrian suffered defeats to eventual champions Brazil, the emerging Soviet Union and a draw against England (who were rebuilding after the loss of several of their key players due to the Munich air disaster), preventing the team from reaching the next round.

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On 20 October 1965, Austria became the third European team to defeat England at home. Two goals in a 3–2 victory were scored by Toni Fritsch, who was then nicknamed "Wembley Toni". However, in the same year, Austria failed to qualify for the World Cup for the 1966 edition, ending third against Hungary and East Germany; they only earned a draw. In the summer of 1968, Leopold Šťastný, the Slovak coach of Wacker Innsbruck, took over the national team. Despite failing to qualify for the 1970 World Cup, the new coach emphasized developing new players rather than relying on the old guard. Austria came very close to qualifying for the 1974 World Cup in Germany. The qualifying round was tied for first place between Austria and Sweden, despite tiebreakers based on points and goal difference, therefore a playoff was needed for qualifying, held in Gelsenkirchen. In order to have enough time to prepare, the championship round was suspended^{[clarification needed]} and the stadium in Gelsenkirchen was prepared five days before the playoff. On snow-covered ground, Austria lost 1–2.

1970s and 1980s

Anchored by Herbert Prohaska and striker Hans Krankl, and backed up by Bruno Pezzey, Austria reached the World Cup in 1978 and 1982 and both times reached the second round, held in team group matches that replaced the knockout quarter-finals. This Austria team, coached by Helmut Senekowitsch, is widely regarded as the best post-World War II Austrian football team of all-time.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, the Austrians lost their first two matches but defeated defending champions West Germany 3–2 with goals from Hans Krankl, and an own goal. The celebrating report of the radio commentator Edi Finger ("I werd narrisch!") became famous in Austria, where it is considered the "Miracle of Cordoba", while the West Germans regard the game and the Austrian behaviour as a disgrace.^{[citation needed]}

During the 1982 World Cup in Spain, Austria and West Germany met again, in the last match of the group stage. Because the other two teams in the group had played their last match the previous day, both teams knew that a West German win by one goal would see both through, while all other results would eliminate one team or the other. After ten minutes of furious attack, Horst Hrubesch scored for West Germany and the two teams mainly kicked the ball around for 80 minutes with few attempts to attack. The match became known as the "non-aggression pact of Gijón". Algeria had also won two matches, including a shocking surprise over West Germany in the opener, but among the three teams that had won two matches, was eliminated based on goal difference, having conceded two late goals in their 3–2 win over Chile. This match caused outrage between supporters of multiple national teams; as a result, all future tournaments would see the last group matches played simultaneously. Austria and Northern Ireland were eliminated by losing to France in the second round group stage of three teams.^[6]

1990s

Led by striker Toni Polster, Austria qualified for the 1990 World Cup but were eliminated in the first round, despite defeating the United States 2–1. Much worse was the stunning 1–0 loss against the Faroe Islands, a team made of amateurs, in the qualifying campaign for the 1992 European Championship, considered ^{[by whom?]} the worst embarrassment in any Austrian team sport ever, and one of the biggest upsets in footballing history. The game was played in Landskrona, Sweden, as there were no grass fields on the Faroe Islands. It was a sign for things to come, as Austria suffered another couple of years of botched qualifying campaigns, despite playing some entertaining football in the closing stages of UEFA Euro 1996 qualification.

In the 1998 World Cup, Austria were drawn in Group B alongside Italy, Cameroon and Chile. Their appearance was brief, and they achieved the feat of only scoring in stoppage time in each of their matches. Against Cameroon, Pierre Njanka's goal was cancelled out by Toni Polster's late strike. In their second match, it was Ivica Vastić who curled a last minute equalizer, cancelling out Marcelo Salas' disputed opener. In their last match, Italy scored twice after half-time: a header from Christian Vieri and a tap-in from Roberto Baggio. Despite Andi Herzog's stoppage time penalty, Austria finished third in the group, behind the Italians and Chileans.

21st century

2000: Decline

Austria national team before a match against Spain, November 2009

After 1998, Austria began to decline. They failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2000, and suffered embarrassment (similar to the Faroe Islands loss) when they lost 9–0 to Spain and 5–0 to Israel in 1999. In 2006, Josef Hickersberger became coach of the Austria national team, which included some respectable results such as a 1–0 victory against Switzerland in 2006.

Austria qualified automatically for Euro 2008 as co-hosts. Their first major tournament in a decade, most commentators regarded them as outsiders for Germany, Croatia and Poland in the group stage. Many of their home supporters were in agreement and 10,000 Austrians signed a petition demanding Austria withdraw from the tournament to spare the nation's embarrassment.^[7] However, Austria managed a 1–1 draw with Poland and lost 1–0 to both Croatia and Germany.

Shortly after Austria's first-round exit from the tournaments, Hickersberger resigned as the national team coach. Karel Brückner, who had resigned as head coach of the Czech Republic after that country's first round exit from Euro 2008, was soon named as his replacement. After only eight months, Brückner was released in March 2009 and the position was subsequently taken by Didi Constantini.

2010s: Revival and setbacks

Austria vs. Germany in 2014 World Cup qualification, 11 September 2012

In the qualifying campaign for Euro 2012, the Austrians played against Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Turkey and Germany.

A number of players from the 2007 U-20 team that finished fourth in the World Cup that year ended up developing and becoming full starters for the senior squad, including Sebastian Prödl, Markus Suttner, Martin Harnik, Veli Kavlak, Erwin Hoffer, Zlatko Junuzović and Rubin Okotie.

The team failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but finished third with a 5–2–3 record with 17 points and a +10 goal difference in their qualifying group. Notable results include home victories over the Republic of Ireland and Sweden, as well as a narrow home defeat to Germany and a 2–2 draw in Ireland away.

After Austria co-hosted the 2008 European Championship with Switzerland and automatically qualified, Marcel Koller's team managed to qualify for the 2016 European Championship on their own for the first time. This celebration photo was taken on 12 October 2015 after a victory against Liechtenstein.

The Euro 2016 qualifying campaign was a success; Austria drew with the Swedes 1–1, before beating them 4–1 in Sweden. Austria also beat Russia twice both home and away, 1–0. Austria also recorded a pair of victories over Moldova (2–1 in Chișinău) and Montenegro (1–0 in Vienna). Rubin Okotie scored the deciding goal in the closing 20 minutes of the match after a previous Austrian goal a minute before was controversially disallowed. A week later, the team played a friendly away game against Brazil, losing 2–1. Austria finished its Euro 2016 qualifying campaign by topping the group undefeated.

Despite this successful performance in qualification, the tournament itself turned out to be a nightmare for the Austrians. Placed in group F with Hungary, Portugal and Iceland, Austria opened their campaign with a 0–2 loss to neighbour Hungary, in which defender Aleksandar Dragović was sent off.^[8] This was followed up by an 0–0 draw to Portugal, in which Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty.^[9] Nonetheless, Austria ended up losing 1–2 to debutant Iceland and were eliminated with just a point.^[10]

Austria would later participate in Group D of 2018 World Cup qualification along with Wales, Serbia, Ireland, Georgia and Moldova, ending up fourth, thus failing to qualify for the World Cup.

2020s: European Championship knockout stages

Austria was drawn into UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group G alongside Poland, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Israel, and Latvia. Austria struggled in the first few games after a loss to Poland at home, a loss to Israel, and another to Latvia. Austria then won six of the last nine game matches and finished second in the group with 19 points. Marko Arnautović led the team in most goals and tied Poland's Robert Lewandowski with nine goals. Austria qualified for their third European Championship finals, the second time Austria qualified for a major tournament consecutively since the 1954 and 1958 World Cups.

Austria was drawn into UEFA Euro 2020 Group C alongside the Netherlands, Ukraine, and debutants North Macedonia. Austria kicked off the opener with a 3–1 victory against North Macedonia, their first win at a European Championship and the first time scoring more than one goal in a group stage game. In the final group stage match, Austria only needed a draw against Ukraine to advance as one of the best third-place teams while a win guaranteed second place. They beat Ukraine 1–0 to secure their first knockout stages at the European Championship in second place in Group C, in addition to it being their first time advancing past the first round of a tournament since the 1982 World Cup. They faced Italy in the round of 16 at Wembley Stadium and lost 2–1 after extra time with Saša Kalajdžić scoring their only goal of the game in the 114th minute.

Rivalry

Main article: Austria–Hungary football rivalry

While the match-up between Austria and Hungary is the second most-played international match in football (only Argentina and Uruguay, another two neighboring countries, have met each other in more matches), Austria's arch rival, especially since World War II, is Germany.^[11] Though Austria has been the underdog (much like Scotland—England), the one-sided rivalry (much felt in Austria, not so in Germany) had produced some noteworthy victories by the underdog Austrians, most notably a 3:2 in Cordoba at the 1978 World Cup. This mythologized victory is, notably, not listed in German accounts of the Austria—German rivalry.^[12] As for Austria vs. Hungary, it is also notable in which both countries are the first European, non-British countries to play international matches, three full decades after the first ever international football match.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Austria national football team results (2020–present)

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

Estonia  v  Austria

16 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Estonia	0–2	Austria	Tallinn, Estonia
18:00		Report	Laimer 25' Lienhart 39'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 4,488 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Austria  v  Germany

21 November 2023 Friendly	Austria	2–0	Germany	Vienna, Austria
20:45	Sabitzer 29' Baumgartner 73'	Report		Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

2024

Slovakia  v  Austria

23 March 2024 Friendly	Slovakia	0–2	Austria	Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00		Report	Baumgartner 1' Weimann 82'	Stadium: Tehelné Pole Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Austria  v  Turkey

26 March 2024 Friendly	Austria	6–1	Turkey	Vienna, Austria
21:45	X. Schlager 2' Gregoritsch 44', 48', 59' (pen.) Baumgartner 78' (pen.) Entrup 90+5'	Report	Çalhanoğlu 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadion Referee: Daniele Chiffi (Italy)

Austria  v  Serbia

4 June 2024 Friendly	Austria	2–1	Serbia	Vienna, Austria
20:45	Wimmer 10' Baumgartner 13'	Report	Pavlović 35'	Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadion Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Switzerland  v  Austria

8 June 2024 Friendly	Switzerland	1–1	Austria	St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00	Widmer 26'	Report	Baumgartner 5'	Stadium: Kybunpark Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

Austria  v  France

17 June 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 Group D	Austria	0–1	France	Düsseldorf, Germany
21:00		Report	Wöber 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 46,425 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Poland  v  Austria

21 June 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 Group D	Poland	1–3	Austria	Berlin, Germany
18:00	Piątek 30'	Report	Trauner 9' Baumgartner 66' Arnautović 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 69,455 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Netherlands  v  Austria

25 June 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 Group D	Netherlands	2–3	Austria	Berlin, Germany
18:00	Gakpo 47' Depay 75'	Report	Malen 6' (o.g.) Schmid 59' Sabitzer 80'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 68,363 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Austria  v  Turkey

2 July 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16	Austria	1–2	Turkey	Leipzig, Germany
21:00	Gregoritsch 66'	Report	Demiral 1', 59'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 38,305 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Slovenia  v  Austria

6 September 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Slovenia	1–1	Austria	Ljubljana, Slovenia
20:45 UTC+2	Šeško 16' (pen.)	Report	Laimer 28'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 14,834 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Norway  v  Austria

9 September 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Norway	2–1	Austria	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+2	Myhre 9' Haaland 80'	Report	Sabitzer 37'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 23,171 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Austria  v  Kazakhstan

10 October 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Austria	4–0	Kazakhstan	Linz, Austria
20:45 UTC+2	Baumgartner 10' Lienhart 54' Sabitzer 56' Seidl 79'	Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)

Austria  v  Norway

13 October 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Austria	5–1	Norway	Linz, Austria
20:45 UTC+2	Arnautović 8', 49' (pen.) Lienhart 58' Posch 62' Gregoritsch 79'	Report	Sørloth 39'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Kazakhstan  v  Austria

14 November 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Kazakhstan	v	Austria	Astana, Kazakhstan
21:00 UTC+6		Report		Stadium: Astana Arena

Austria  v  Slovenia

17 November 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Austria	v	Slovenia	Vienna, Austria
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadion

Coaching staff

As of April 2024.^[13]

Position	Name
Head coach	Ralf Rangnick
Assistant coaches	Lars Kornetka Peter Perchtold Onur Cinel
Goalkeeping coach	Michael Gspurning
Match analyst	Stefan Oesen

Manager history

As of 2 July 2024, after the match against  Turkey.

1912–1999

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%[lower-alpha 2]	Notes
Hugo Meisl	Austria-Hungary	22 December 1912	3 October 1914	6	3	1	2	11	9	50.00
Heinrich Retschury	Austria-Hungary	4 October 1914	1 August 1919	22	8	3	11	45	47	36.36
Hugo Meisl	Austria	1 August 1919	17 February 1937	127	68	29	30	326	206	53.54	4th place at the 1934 World Cup. Silver medal at the 1936 Summer Olympic.
Heinrich Retschury	Austria	22 May 1937	24 October 1937	5	2	1	2	10	10	40.00	Y Qualified for the 1938 World Cup.
From 1938 to 1945, Austria was part of Nazi Germany.
Karl Zankl	Austria	19 August 1945	3 October 1945	2	0	0	2	2	7	0.00	Died while in the position of national coach.
Edi Bauer	Austria	3 October 1945	4 March 1948	11	4	0	7	26	28	36.36
Eduard Frühwirth	Austria	4 March 1948	1 September 1948	5	3	0	2	9	9	60.00
Walter Nausch	Austria	1 September 1948	15 November 1954	47	21	10	16	119	87	44.68	3rd place at the 1954 World Cup.
Hans Kaulich	Austria	15 November 1954	28 March 1955	1	0	0	1	2	3	0.00
Josef Molzer	Austria	29 March 1955	3 September 1955	3	1	1	1	6	8	33.33
Karl Geyer	Austria	3 September 1955	21 April 1956	5	2	0	3	8	14	40.00
Josef Argauer Josef Molzer	Austria	21 April 1956	9 August 1958	18	7	6	5	37	27	38.89	Y Qualified for the 1958 World Cup.
Alfred Frey Franz Putzendopler Egon Selzer Josef Molzer	Austria	9 August 1958	15 October 1958	2	0	0	2	4	6	0.00
Karl Decker	Austria	16 October 1958	28 February 1964	36	16	3	17	60	67	44.44
Josef Walter Béla Guttmann	Austria  Hungary	7 March 1964	11 October 1964	5	3	1	1	6	5	60.00
Eduard Frühwirth	Austria	20 November 1964	13 January 1967	15	4	3	8	12	23	26.67
Erwin Alge Hans Pesser	Austria	13 January 1967	24 June 1968	10	3	2	5	18	19	30
Leopold Šťastný	Czechoslovakia	1 July 1968	30 September 1975	49	15	16	18	58	62	30.61
Branko Elsner	Yugoslavia	6 October 1975	19 November 1975	2	1	0	1	6	3	50.00
Helmut Senekowitsch	Austria	1 March 1976	30 June 1978	26	14	4	8	40	26	53.85	Y Qualified for the 1978 World Cup.
Karl Stotz	Austria	1 August 1978	14 December 1981	24	13	6	5	43	25	54.17	Y Qualified for the 1982 World Cup.
Georg Schmidt Felix Latzke	Austria	5 February 1982	2 July 1982	8	5	1	2	11	7	62.5
Erich Hof	Austria	7 September 1982	21 November 1984	15	6	3	6	22	20	40
Branko Elsner	Yugoslavia	15 January 1985	18 November 1987	18	5	5	8	20	28	27.78
Josef Hickersberger	Austria	1 January 1988	14 September 1990	29	10	7	12	36	39	34.48	Y Qualified for the 1990 World Cup.
Alfred Riedl	Austria	15 September 1990	10 October 1991	8	1	3	4	6	16	12.5
Dietmar Constantini	Austria	10 October 1991	13 November 1991	2	0	0	2	1	4	0.00
Ernst Happel	Austria	1 January 1992	14 November 1992	9	2	3	4	18	17	22.22	Died while in the position of national coach.
Dietmar Constantini	Austria	15 November 1992	18 November 1992	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Herbert Prohaska	Austria	8 January 1993	29 March 1999	51	25	9	17	96	73	49.02	Y Qualified for the 1998 World Cup.

2000–present

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%[lower-alpha 2]	Notes
Otto Barić	Austria  Croatia	13 April 1999	21 November 2001	22	7	6	9	31	35	31.82
Hans Krankl	Austria	21 January 2002	28 September 2005	31	10	10	11	47	46	32.26
Willibald Ruttensteiner (caretaker)	Austria	30 September 2005	31 December 2005	2	1	0	1	2	1	50.00
Josef Hickersberger	Austria	1 January 2006	23 June 2008	27	5	9	13	29	39	18.52	Austria co-hosted the UEFA Euro 2008
Karel Brückner	Czech Republic	25 July 2008	2 March 2009	7	1	2	4	9	15	14.29
Dietmar Constantini	Austria	4 March 2009	13 September 2011	23	7	3	13	29	42	30.43
Willibald Ruttensteiner	Austria	13 September 2011	11 October 2011	2	1	1	0	4	1	50.00
Marcel Koller	Switzerland	1 November 2011	1 November 2017	54	25	13	16	81	58	46.3	Y Qualified for the UEFA Euro 2016
Franco Foda[14]	Germany	1 January 2018	30 March 2022	48	27	6	15	77	52	56.25	Y Qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020
Ralf Rangnick[15]	Germany	29 April 2022		27	16	4	7	43	26	59.26	Y Qualified for the UEFA Euro 2024

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for 2024–25 UEFA Nations League in October 2024.^[16]
• Caps and goals as of 13 October 2024, after the match against  Norway.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Alexander Schlager	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28)	16	0	Red Bull Salzburg
12	1GK	Niklas Hedl	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Rapid Wien
13	1GK	Patrick Pentz	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27)	13	0	Brøndby
2	2DF	Marco Friedl	(1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Werder Bremen
3	2DF	Michael Svoboda	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Venezia
4	2DF	Gernot Trauner	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32)	15	2	Feyenoord
5	2DF	Stefan Posch	(1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 27)	40	2	Bologna
14	2DF	Leopold Querfeld	(2003-12-20) 20 December 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Union Berlin
15	2DF	Philipp Lienhart	(1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28)	27	3	SC Freiburg
16	2DF	Phillipp Mwene	(1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 30)	18	0	Mainz 05
	2DF	Flavius Daniliuc	(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Hellas Verona
	2DF	Alexander Prass	(2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 23)	12	0	TSG Hoffenheim
	2DF	Maximilian Wöber	(1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26)	29	0	Leeds United
6	3MF	Nicolas Seiwald	(2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23)	32	0	RB Leipzig
9	3MF	Marcel Sabitzer (3rd captain)	(1994-03-17) 17 March 1994 (age 30)	86	20	Borussia Dortmund
10	3MF	Florian Grillitsch	(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 29)	48	1	TSG Hoffenheim
18	3MF	Romano Schmid	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24)	19	1	Werder Bremen
19	3MF	Christoph Baumgartner	(1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 25)	46	17	RB Leipzig
20	3MF	Konrad Laimer	(1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 27)	44	5	Bayern Munich
21	3MF	Patrick Wimmer	(2001-05-30) 30 May 2001 (age 23)	19	1	VfL Wolfsburg
22	3MF	Matthias Seidl	(2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 23)	7	1	Rapid Wien
23	3MF	Kevin Stöger	(1993-08-27) 27 August 1993 (age 31)	2	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
7	4FW	Marko Arnautović (Captain)	(1989-04-19) 19 April 1989 (age 35)	120	39	Internazionale
8	4FW	Junior Adamu	(2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 23)	8	0	SC Freiburg
11	4FW	Michael Gregoritsch	(1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30)	60	17	SC Freiburg
17	4FW	Andreas Weimann	(1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 33)	25	2	West Bromwich Albion

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Austria squad in the last twelve months and are still eligible for selection.^[17]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Heinz Lindner	(1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 34)	37	0	Union Saint-Gilloise	UEFA Euro 2024
GK	Daniel Bachmann	(1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 30)	14	0	Watford	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
GK	Tobias Lawal	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24)	0	0	LASK	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
DF	Kevin Danso	(1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 (age 26)	23	0	Lens	UEFA Euro 2024
DF	Samson Baidoo	(2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Red Bull Salzburg	UEFA Euro 2024
DF	Stefan Lainer	(1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 (age 32)	39	2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
DF	David Alaba (captain)	(1992-06-24) 24 June 1992 (age 32)	105	15	Real Madrid	v.  Germany, 21 November 2023INJ
MF	Florian Kainz	(1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 32)	28	1	1. FC Köln	UEFA Euro 2024
MF	Marco Grüll	(1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Werder Bremen	UEFA Euro 2024
MF	Dejan Ljubičić	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27)	9	1	1. FC Köln	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
MF	Thierno Ballo	(2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Wolfsberger AC	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
MF	Christoph Lang	(2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Rapid Wien	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
MF	Xaver Schlager	(1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27)	43	4	RB Leipzig	v.  Turkey, 14 March 2024
FW	Maximilian Entrup	(1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 27)	3	1	Hartberg	UEFA Euro 2024
FW	Guido Burgstaller	(1989-04-29) 29 April 1989 (age 35)	26	2	Rapid Wien	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
FW	Muhammed Cham	(2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Clermont	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
FW	Manprit Sarkaria	(1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Sturm Graz	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
FW	Benedikt Pichler	(1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Holstein Kiel	UEFA Euro 2024 PRE
FW	Arnel Jakupović	(1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 26)	0	0	NK Osijek
FW	Saša Kalajdžić	(1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 27)	19	4	Eintracht Frankfurt	v.  Germany, 21 November 2023
FW	Karim Onisiwo RET	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)	24	1	Mainz 05	v.  Sweden, 12 September 2023
PRE Player was named to the preliminary squad / standby COV Player withdrew from the squad due to COVID-19 INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue RET Retired from international football SUS Suspended in official matches

Player statistics

See also: List of Austria international footballers

As of 13 October 2024 after the match against  Norway.^[18][19][20]

Players in bold are still active in the national team.

Most capped players

Marko Arnautović is Austria's most capped player

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Period
1	Marko Arnautović	120	39	2008–present
2	David Alaba	105	15	2009–present
3	Andreas Herzog	103	26	1988–2003
4	Aleksandar Dragović	100	2	2009–2022
5	Toni Polster	95	44	1982–2000
6	Gerhard Hanappi	93	12	1948–1964
7	Karl Koller	86	5	1952–1965
	Marcel Sabitzer		20	2012–present
9	Julian Baumgartlinger	84	1	2009–2021
	Friedrich Koncilia		0	1970–1985
	Bruno Pezzey		9	1975–1990

Top goalscorers

Toni Polster is Austria's highest goalscorer with 44 international goals

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Period
1	Toni Polster[lower-alpha 3]	44	95	0.46	1982–2000
2	Marko Arnautović	39	120	0.33	2009–present
3	Hans Krankl	34	69	0.49	1973–1985
4	Johann Horvath	29	46	0.63	1924–1934
5	Erich Hof	28	37	0.76	1957–1968
	Marc Janko	28	70	0.40	2006–2019
7	Anton Schall	27	28	0.96	1927–1934
8	Matthias Sindelar	26	43	0.60	1926–1937
	Andreas Herzog	26	103	0.25	1988–2003
10	Karl Zischek	24	40	0.60	1931–1945

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Austria at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter										Did not enter
1934	Fourth place	4th	4	2	0	2	7	7	Squad		1	1	0	0	6	1
1938	Did not enter										Did not enter
1950
1954	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	17	12	Squad		2	1	1	0	9	1
1958	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	2	7	Squad		4	3	1	0	14	3
1962	Did not enter										Did not enter
1966	Did not qualify										4	0	1	3	1	6
1970											6	3	0	3	12	7
1974											7	3	2	2	15	9
1978	Second group stage	7th	6	3	0	3	7	10	Squad		6	4	2	0	14	2
1982		8th	5	2	1	2	5	4	Squad		8	5	1	2	16	6
1986	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	9	8
1990	Group stage	18th	3	1	0	2	2	3	Squad		8	3	3	2	9	9
1994	Did not qualify										10	3	2	5	15	16
1998	Group stage	23rd	3	0	2	1	3	4	Squad		10	8	1	1	17	4
2002	Did not qualify										10	4	3	3	10	14
2006											10	4	3	3	15	12
2010											10	4	2	4	14	15
2014											10	5	2	3	20	10
2018											10	4	3	3	14	12
2022											11	5	1	5	20	19
2026	To be determined										To be determined
2030
2034
Total	Third place	7/22	29	12	4	13	43	47			134	64	29	41	232	155

Austria's World Cup history
First Match	Austria 3–2 France  (Turin, Italy; 27 May 1934)
Biggest Win	Switzerland 5–7 Austria  (Lausanne, Switzerland; 26 June 1954)
Biggest Defeat	Netherlands 5–1 Austria  (Córdoba, Argentina; 14 June 1978)
Best Result	Third place (1954)
Worst Result	Group stage (1958, 1990, 1998)

UEFA European Championship

Main article: Austria at the UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record											Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not qualify										4	2	0	2	10	11
1964											2	0	1	1	2	3
1968											5	2	1	2	7	9
1972											6	3	1	2	14	6
1976											6	3	1	2	11	7
1980											8	4	3	1	14	7
1984											8	4	1	3	15	10
1988											6	2	1	3	6	9
1992											8	1	1	6	6	14
1996											10	5	1	4	29	14
2000											8	4	1	3	19	20
2004											8	3	0	5	12	14
2008	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	3	Squad		Qualified as hosts
2012	Did not qualify										10	3	3	4	16	17
2016	Group stage	22nd	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad		10	9	1	0	22	5
2020	Round of 16	12th	4	2	0	2	5	5	Squad		10	6	1	3	19	9
2024		9th	4	2	0	2	7	6	Squad		8	6	1	1	17	7
2028	To be determined										To be determined
2032
Total	Round of 16	4/17	14	4	2	8	14	18			117	57	18	42	219	162

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	B	3	Group stage	4	2	1	1	3	2		18th
2020–21	B	1	Group stage	6	4	1	1	9	6		18th
2022–23	A	1	Group stage	6	1	1	4	6	10		13th
2024–25	B	3	To be determined
Total			Group stage	16	7	3	6	18	18	13th

All-time head-to-head record

Source:^[21][22] Note: This table is work-in-progress; it is far from complete.

As of 13 October 2024, after the match against  Norway.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Against	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	7	7	0	0	19	2	+17
Algeria	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Andorra	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Argentina	2	0	1	1	2	6	-4
Azerbaijan	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12
Belarus	4	4	0	0	12	0	+12
Belgium	16	9	4	3	44	23	+22
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	3	1	4	3	+1
Brazil	10	0	3	7	5	17	-12
Bulgaria	8	5	2	1	21	7	+14
Cameroon	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Chile	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Croatia	7	1	0	6	6	12	-6
Cyprus	7	6	1	0	22	5	+17
Czech Republic[lower-alpha 4]	41	10	12	19	59	78	-19
Denmark	13	4	1	8	15	25	-10
East Germany	6	1	4	1	7	5	+2
Egypt	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
England	19	4	4	11	27	59	-32
Estonia	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8
Faroe Islands	8	6	1	1	21	4	+17
Finland	11	8	2	1	24	11	+13
France	26	9	3	14	41	43	-2
Georgia	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Germany[lower-alpha 5]	41	10	6	25	59	90	-31
Ghana	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Greece	13	4	5	4	18	20	-2
Hungary	137	40	30	67	252	299	-47
Iceland	4	1	2	1	4	4	0
Iran	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
Israel	13	6	4	3	26	25	+1
Italy	38	13	8	18	59	51	+8
Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2
Japan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	5	3	2	0	10	0	+10
Latvia	9	6	1	2	24	9	+15
Liechtenstein	8	8	0	0	30	1	+29
Lithuania	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Luxembourg	7	7	0	0	29	4	+25
Malta	9	8	1	0	29	5	+24
Moldova	9	7	1	1	15	4	+11
Montenegro	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Netherlands	21	7	4	10	27	40	-13
Nigeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
North Macedonia	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6
Northern Ireland	12	6	3	4	21	19	+2
Norway	14	9	2	3	30	13	+17
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Poland	11	4	2	5	20	20	0
Portugal	11	3	6	2	19	11	+8
Republic of Ireland	16	9	4	3	37	19	+18
Romania	10	3	5	2	12	12	0
Russia[lower-alpha 6]	19	7	4	8	16	22	-6
San Marino	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Scotland	23	8	8	7	37	30	+7
Serbia[lower-alpha 7]	22	7	4	11	43	49	-6
Slovakia[lower-alpha 4]	45	10	14	19	6	3	+3
Slovenia	5	3	1	1	6	3	+3
Spain	16	4	3	9	22	43	-21
Sweden	38	20	6	14	61	53	+8
Switzerland	43	25	6	12	106	61	+45
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Turkey	18	9	1	8	25	25	0
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
United States	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1
Uruguay	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Wales	11	5	2	4	14	11	+3
Total (71 Nations)	836	353	178	309	1,428	1,313	+115

Honours

Major competitions

• FIFA World Cup
  • Third place (1): 1954
• Olympic Games
  • Silver medal (1): 1936

Regional

• Central European International Cup
  • Champions (1): 1931–32
  • Runners-up (2): 1927–30, 1933–35
  • Third place (2): 1948–53, 1955–60

Summary

Competition				Total
FIFA World Cup	0	0	1	1
Olympic Games	0	1	0	1
UEFA European Championship	0	0	0	0
Total	0	1	1	2

See also

• Association football portal
• Austria portal

• Austria women's national football team
• Austria women's national under-19 football team
• Austria women's national under-17 football team
• Austria men's national under-21 football team
• Austria men's national under-19 football team
• Austria men's national under-17 football team

Notes

1. After 1988, the tournament was restricted to squads with no more than three players over the age of 23, and these matches are not regarded as part of the national team's records, nor are caps awarded.
2. Win% is rounded to two decimal places
3. Games against Luxembourg (1 goal), Tunisia (2 goals), and Morocco are not considered full internationals and therefore not included here.
4. Includes matches against  Czechoslovakia.
5. Includes matches against  West Germany.
6. Includes matches against  Soviet Union.
7. Includes matches against  Yugoslavia.

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External links

• Official website (in German)
• FIFA profile
• UEFA profile
• RSSSF archive of results 1902–2003
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1902–1999
• Austria national football team / Ambrosius Kutschera /