Austria national football team

This article is about the men ‘s team. For the women ‘s team, see Austria women ‘s national football team
Association football team
The Austria national football team ( german : Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft ) represents Austria in men ‘s external football rival and it is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ( german : Österreichischer Fußballbund ). Austria has qualified for seven FIFA World Cups, most recently in 1998. The area played in the UEFA European Championship for the first time in 2008, when it co-hosted the event with Switzerland, and most recently qualified in 2020.

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history [edit ]

Pre-World War II [edit ]

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. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The team enjoyed success in the 1930s under passenger car Hugo Meisl, becoming a dominant side in Europe and earning the nickname “ Wunderteam “. The team ‘s headliner was Matthias Sindelar. On 16 May 1931, they were the first continental european slope to defeat Scotland. In the 1934 FIFA World Cup, Austria finished fourthly after losing 1–0 to Italy in the semi-finals and 3–2 to Germany in the third base place play-off. They were runner-up in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, again losing to Italy 2–1, 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 measuredly 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. [ 8 ] alternatively, the german team would represent the former austrian territory. theoretically, a unify team could have been an flush stronger force than each of the separate ones, but german coach Sepp Herberger had fiddling clock time and very few matches to prepare and merge the very different styles of play and attitude. The former austrian professionals outplayed the quite acrobatic so far amateur players of the “ Old empire ” in a “ reunion ” bowler hat that was supposed to finish as a draw, so far in the waning minutes, the Austrians scored twice, with Matthias Sindelar besides demonstratively missing the german finish, and subsequently declining to be capped for Germany. In a belated replay, the Germans took retaliation, winning 9–1. In early April, Herberger inquired whether two divide teams could enter anyhow, 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 so far teams. As a leave, five players from Austria Wien, Rapid Wien and Vienna Wien were contribution of the team that only managed a 1–1 draw in Round 1 against Switzerland, which required a replay. 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 finally lost 4–2 in Paris in front of a rather anti-German french and swiss crowd, as few german supporters were able to travel to France ascribable to german restrictions on foreign currentness exchange .

After World War II [edit ]

After World War II, Austria was again separated from Germany. Austria ‘s best result came in 1954 with a team starring midfielder Ernst Ocwirk. They lost in the semi-finals 6–1 to eventual champions Germany, but finished third after beating defending champions Uruguay 3–1. Over the years, a strong however chiefly lopsided competition with Germany developed. At the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, the austrian team was a disappointment. Defeats to the eventual champions Brazil, the emerging Soviet Union and a reap against a weaken England ( who were rebuilding after the loss of several of their winder players due to the Munich publicize catastrophe ) prevented the team from reaching the following round. still holding to the great popularity in the area, under new bus Decker they again made an international sensation in the earned run average. In front of a record crowd of over 90,000 spectators, made possible by the expansion of Prater Stadium, the team could beat the Soviet Union 3–1 and Spain 3–0. however, due to lack of money, Austria decided not to participate at the 1962 World Cup in Chile, and the team fell apart. The abrupt end of Austria ‘s success in the post-war period led to the net 0–6 personnel casualty against Czechoslovakia in 1962, from which many players and besides Karl Decker did not recover. After the end of Decker era, the team was ineffective for a long time to connect to the erstwhile successes ; these were limited largely lone to surprise victories in individual games. Due to the great popularity of the austrian team, on 20 October 1965, Austria succeeded as the third team of the continent to defeat England at home. Two goals in a 3–2 victory were achieved by Toni Fritsch, who was then nicknamed “ Wembley Toni ”. however, in the lapp year, Austria failed for the first time to qualify for the World Cup in the 1966 edition, ending third base against a still-strong Hungary and East Germany ; they only earned a draw. In the summer of 1968, Leopold Šťastný, the successful Slovak coach of Wacker Innsbruck, took over the national team. Despite failing to qualify for the 1970 World Cup, the modern coach emphasized developing new players rather than relying on the honest-to-god guard. Supported by a large football euphoria, Austria came very near to qualifying for the 1974 World Cup in Germany. The qualifying round was tied for foremost place between Austria and Sweden, despite tiebreakers based on points and finish dispute, consequently a playoff was needed for qualifying, held in Gelsenkirchen. In order to have enough time to prepare, the championship cycle was suspended [ clarification needed ] and the stadium in Gelsenkirchen was train five days before the playoff. On snow-clad grind, Austria lost 1–2, but with numerous neglect chances such as hitting the crossbar .

1970s and 1980s [edit ]

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 moment 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 ever. In the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, they had lost two matches and would about surely finish stopping point in their second attack group of four teams, but they put in a special attempt for their final game in Córdoba against West Germany, which had placid chances of qualifying for the final examination. The Austrians besides denied the defend world champion a trip to the third plaza match, beating them 3–2 by two goals of Hans Krankl, plus an own goal. The celebrating composition of the radio receiver observer Edi Finger ( “ I werd narrisch! “ ) became celebrated in Austria, where it is considered the “ Miracle of Cordoba “, while the West Germans regard the game and the austrian behavior as a discredit. During the 1982 World Cup in Spain, Austria and West Germany met again, in the stopping point peer of the group stage. Because the early two teams in the group had played their last match the previous day, both teams knew that a west german succeed by one goal would see both through, while all other results would eliminate one team or the early. After ten minutes of angry attack, Horst Hrubesch scored for West Germany and the two teams chiefly kicked the ball around for 80 minutes with few attempts to attack. The match became known as the “ non-aggression treaty of Gijón “. Algeria had besides won two matches, including a traumatize surprise over West Germany in the undoer, 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 gain over Chile. The algerian supporters were angry, and even the austrian and west german fans showed themselves to be extremely unhappy with the nature of their progression. As a result of this match, all future tournaments would see the death group matches played simultaneously. Austria and Northern Ireland were eliminated by losing to France in the second attack group stage of three teams .

1990s [edit ]

Led by hitter Toni Polster, Austria qualified for the 1990 World Cup but were eliminated in the first base round, despite defeating the United States 2–1. much worse was the stun 1–0 loss against the Faroe Islands, a team made of amateurs, in the qualify campaign for the 1992 european Championship, considered [ by whom? ] the worst embarrassment in any austrian team mutant always, and one of the biggest upsets in footballing history. The game was played in Landskrona, Sweden, because there were no pot fields on the Faroe Islands. It was a sign for things to come. Austria suffered another couple of years of bungled qualifying campaigns, despite playing some entertaining football in the closure stages of UEFA Euro 1996 qualification. In the 1998 World Cup, Austria were drawn in Group B aboard Italy, Cameroon and Chile. Their appearance was brief but consequential, as they managed the curious feat of only scoring in arrest time in each of their matches. Against Cameroon, Pierre Njanka ‘s finish was cancelled out by Toni Polster ‘s late hit. In their second gear match, it was Ivica Vastić who curled a concluding minute equalizer, cancelling out Marcelo Salas ‘ disputed opener. Austria were not so fortunate in their crucial, final match at the Stade de France. Italy scored twice after half-time : a header from christian Vieri and a tap-in from Roberto Baggio. Andi Herzog ‘s stop time penalty kept up Austria ‘s unusual score traffic pattern, but was not enough to prevent Austria finishing third in the group, behind the Italians and Chileans .

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2000s – decay [edit ]

Austria national football team before the 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 ( alike 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 mechanically for Euro 2008 as co-hosts. Their beginning major tournament in a decade, most commentators regarded them as outsiders and whipping-boys for Germany, Croatia and Poland in the group stage. Many of their dwelling supporters were in agreement and 10,000 Austrians signed a request demanding Austria disengage from the tournament to spare the nation ‘s embarrassment. [ 9 ] however, Austria performed better than expected. They managed a 1–1 trace with Poland and lost 1–0 to both favoured Croatia and Germany. curtly after Austria ‘s first-round exit from the tournament, Hickersberger resigned as the national team coach. Karel Brückner, who had resigned as head coach of the Czech Republic after that country ‘s beginning round off passing from Euro 2008, was soon named as his replacement. After lone eight months, Brückner was released in March 2009 and the placement was subsequently taken by Didi Constantini .

2010s – Revival and decline [edit ]

In the qualify campaign for Euro 2012, the Austrians played against Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Turkey and Germany .
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification ( UEFA ), Group C Over the following few years, the austrian team saw a major renaissance. 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 in third seat with a 5–2–3 record with 17 points and a +10 goal deviation in their qualify group. There were a count of noteworthy results, such as home victories over the Republic of Ireland and Sweden, ampere well as a narrow home frustration to Germany and a 2–2 guide in Ireland in the replay. The Euro 2016 qualifying campaign was even more successful. Again, the Austrians battled and drew with the Swedes 1–1, before beating the same opponent in a 4–1 win right in swedish soil. Austria besides beat Russia twice both home and away with the score 1–0. Austria besides 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 completion 20 minutes of the pit after a previous austrian goal a moment before was controversially disallowed. A workweek late, the team played a friendly away game against favored Brazil, losing 2–1. Austria finished its Euro 2016 qualifying crusade by topping the group undefeated, leading the Austrians to be enthusiastic over a new golden generation to begin.

2020s – european championship knockout stages [edit ]

Austria was drawn into UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group G alongside with Poland, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Israel and Latvia. Austria struggled in the first few games after a loss to Poland at home and a lurid loss to Israel and another to minnows Latvia. As the group became more competitive, Austria won six of the stopping point nine crippled matches and finished second in the group with nineteen points. Marko Arnautović led the team in most goals and tied Robert Lewandowski with nine goals. Austria qualified for their one-third european Championship Finals. It was besides the second time Austria qualified for a major tournament consecutively since spinal column to back since the 1954 and 1958 World Cup. Austria was drawn into UEFA Euro 2020 Group C alongside with the Netherlands, Ukraine and debutants North Macedonia. Austria kicked off the opener with a 3–1 victory against North Macedonia. It was the beginning succeed for Austria at a european Championship and first clock time scoring more than one goal in a group degree game. In the final group stagecoach match, Austria needed a acquire to secure second place and defeated Ukraine 1–0. Austria finished second in the group and it was the first time they ‘ve progressed to the smasher stages at european Championships. They faced Italy in the round of 16 at Wembley Stadium and lost 2–1 after extra time with Sasa Kalajdzic scoring their lone goal of the game in the 114th infinitesimal .

competition [edit ]

The match-up between Austria and Hungary is the second gear most-played external match in football ; entirely Argentina and Uruguay, another two neighboring countries, have met each other in more matches .

recent and approaching fixtures [edit ]

2021 [edit ]

2022 [edit ]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Israel on 12 November 2021 and Moldova on 15 November 2021. [ 16 ]
Moldova Caps and goals as of 15 November 2021 after couple against

holocene call-ups [edit ]

The following players have besides been called up to the Austria team in the concluding twelve months and are still eligible for choice. [ 17 ]
PRE Player was named to the preliminary squad
COV Player withdrew from the police squad due to COVID-19
INJ Player withdrew from the team due to an injury
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue
RET Retired from external football
SUS Suspended in official matches