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 (German: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) is the association football team that represents Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußballbund). Austria has qualified for seven FIFA World Cups, most recently in 1998. The country 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 2016.

Austria

Nickname(s)	Das Team Burschen Unsere Burschen
Association	Österreichischer Fußball-Bund (ÖFB)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Franco Foda
Captain	Julian Baumgartlinger
Most caps	Andreas Herzog (103)
Top scorer	Anton Polster (44)
Home stadium	Ernst-Happel-Stadion
FIFA code	AUT
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	22 2 (29 November 2018)
Highest	10 (March–June 2016)
Lowest	105 (July 2008)
Elo ranking
Current	26 15 (11 December 2018)
Highest	1 (May 1934)
Lowest	75 (2 September 2011)
First international
Austria 5–0 Hungary (Vienna, Austria; October 12, 1902)
Biggest win
Austria 9–0 Malta (Salzburg, Austria; April 30, 1977)
Biggest defeat
Austria 1–11 England (Vienna, Austria; June 8, 1908)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1934)
Best result	Third place, 1954
European Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2008)
Best result	Group stage, 2008 and 2016
Medal record Men's football 1936 Berlin Team

Contents

History

Pre-World War II

The Austrian Football Association ("OFB") was founded on 18 March 1904 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 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 1–0 to Italy in the semi-finals and 3–2 to Germany in the third place play-off. They were runners-up in the 1936 Olympics, 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 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 OFB had been abolished, resulting in the nation's withdrawal from the World Cup. 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 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 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 due to German restrictions on foreign currency exchange.

After World War II

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 yet mainly lopsided rivalry 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 draw against a weakened England (who were rebuilding after the loss of several of their key players due to the Munich air disaster) prevented the team from reaching the next round. Still holding to the great popularity in the country, under new coach Decker they again made an international sensation in the era. 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 clear 0–6 loss against Czechoslovakia in 1962, from which many players and also Karl Decker did not recover.

After the end of Decker era, the team was unable for a long time to connect to the old successes; these were limited mostly only 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 same year, Austria failed for the first time to qualify for the World Cup in the 1966 edition, ending third 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 new coach emphasized developing new players rather than relying on the old guard. Supported by a large football euphoria, 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 and the stadium in Gelsenkirchen was prepared five days before the playoff. On snow-covered ground, Austria lost 1–2, but with numerous missed chances such as hitting the crossbar.

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 ever.

In the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, they had lost two matches and would almost surely finish last in their second round group of four teams, but they put in a special effort for their last game in Córdoba against West Germany, which had still chances of qualifying for the final. The Austrians also denied the defending world champion a trip to the third place match, beating them 3–2 by two goals of Hans Krankl, plus 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 Germans regard the game and the Austrian behaviour as a disgrace.

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. The Algerian supporters were furious, 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 last group matches played simultaneously. Austria and Northern Ireland were eliminated by losing to France in the second round group stage of three teams.

1990s

Led by striker Anton 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 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, because there were no grass fields on the Faroe Islands. It was a sign for things to come. 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 but eventful, as they managed the curious feat of only scoring in stoppage time in each of their matches. Against Cameroon, Pierre Njanka's goal was cancelled out by Anton Polster's late strike. In their second match, it was Ivica Vastić who curled a last 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. Andreas Herzog's stoppage time penalty kept up Austria's unusual scoring pattern, but was not enough to prevent Austria finishing third in the group, behind the Italians and Chileans.

21st century

2000s – Decline

Austria national football team before the match against Sweden, June 2013

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 and whipping-boys 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. However, Austria performed better than expected. They managed a 1–1 draw with Poland and lost 1–0 to both favoured Croatia and Germany.

Shortly 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 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

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

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), Group C

Over the next few years, the Austrian team has seen 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 place with a 5–2–3 record with 17 points and a +10 goal difference in their qualifying group. There were a number of notable results, such as 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 in the rematch.

The Euro 2016 qualifying campaign has been even more successful. Again, the Austrians battled and drew with the Swedes 1–1. Austria also recorded a pair of quality 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 favored Brazil, losing 2–1.

Rivalry

Main article: Austria–Hungary football rivalry

The match-up between Austria and Hungary is the second most-played international in football; only Argentina and Uruguay have met each other in more matches.

Records at major tournaments

World Cup record

Main article: Austria at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Declined participation
1934	Fourth place	4th	4	2	0	2	7	7		1	1	0	0	6	1
1938	Withdrew									1	1	0	0	2	1
1950	Withdrew									Withdrew
1954	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	17	12		2	1	1	0	9	1
1958	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	2	7		4	3	1	0	14	3
1962	Withdrew									Withdrew
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	Round 2	7th	6	3	0	3	7	10		6	4	2	0	14	2
1982		8th	5	2	1	2	5	4		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		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		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	To be determined									To be determined
2026
Total	Third place	7/21	29	12	4	13	43	47		123	59	28	36	212	136

European Championship record

Main article: Austria at the UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		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	8	10
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		Qualified as hosts
2012	Did not qualify									10	3	3	4	16	17
2016	Group stage	19th	3	0	1	2	1	4		10	9	1	0	22	5
2020	To be determined									To be determined
2024
Total	Group stage	2/15	6	0	2	4	2	7		99	45	16	38	184	147

FIFA Confederations Cup record

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021	To be determined
Total		0/10	–	–	–	–	–	–

UEFA Nations League record

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2018–19	B	Group stage	4	2	1	1	3	2
2020–21	B	To be determined
Total		Group stage League B	4	2	1	1	3	2

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the UEFA Nations League matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Northern Ireland on 15 and 18 November 2018.
Caps and goals as of 18 November 2018 after match against Northern Ireland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Heinz Lindner	(1990-07-17) 17 July 1990	24	0	Grasshopper
12	1GK	Richard Strebinger	(1993-02-14) 14 February 1993	1	0	Rapid Wien
13	1GK	Cican Stanković	(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992	0	0	Red Bull Salzburg
3	2DF	Aleksandar Dragović	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	70	1	Bayer Leverkusen
8	2DF	David Alaba	(1992-06-24) 24 June 1992	67	13	Bayern Munich
4	2DF	Martin Hinteregger	(1992-09-07) 7 September 1992	37	3	Augsburg
20	2DF	Stefan Lainer	(1992-08-27) 27 August 1992	12	0	Red Bull Salzburg
5	2DF	Kevin Wimmer	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992	9	0	Hannover 96
2	2DF	Andreas Ulmer	(1985-10-30) 30 October 1985	8	0	Red Bull Salzburg
14	3MF	Julian Baumgartlinger (captain)	(1988-01-02) 2 January 1988	66	1	Bayer Leverkusen
6	3MF	Stefan Ilsanker	(1989-05-18) 18 May 1989	34	0	RB Leipzig
18	3MF	Alessandro Schöpf	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994	22	4	Schalke 04
22	3MF	Valentino Lazaro	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996	19	1	Hertha BSC
17	3MF	Florian Kainz	(1992-10-24) 24 October 1992	13	0	Werder Bremen
10	3MF	Louis Schaub	(1994-12-29) 29 December 1994	11	5	1. FC Köln
16	3MF	Peter Žulj	(1993-06-09) 9 June 1993	9	0	Sturm Graz
23	3MF	Xaver Schlager	(1997-09-28) 28 September 1997	8	1	Red Bull Salzburg
19	3MF	Stefan Hierländer	(1991-02-03) 3 February 1991	3	0	Sturm Graz
9	3MF	Thomas Goiginger	(1993-03-15) 15 March 1993	0	0	LASK
15	3MF	Konrad Laimer	(1997-05-27) 27 May 1997	0	0	RB Leipzig
7	4FW	Marko Arnautović	(1989-04-19) 19 April 1989	77	20	West Ham United
21	4FW	Marc Janko	(1983-06-25) 25 June 1983	68	28	Lugano
11	4FW	Michael Gregoritsch	(1994-04-18) 18 April 1994	11	1	Augsburg

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Austria squad in the last 12 months and are still eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Jörg Siebenhandl	(1990-01-18) 18 January 1990	1	0	Sturm Graz	v. Brazil, 10 June 2018
GK	Markus Kuster	(1994-02-22) 22 February 1994	0	0	Mattersburg	v. Luxembourg, 27 March 2018
DF	Sebastian Prödl	(1987-06-21) 21 June 1987	73	4	Watford	v. Denmark, 16 October 2018
DF	Maximilian Wöber	(1998-02-04) 4 February 1998	3	0	Ajax	v. Denmark, 16 October 2018
DF	Gernot Trauner	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992	1	0	LASK	v. Denmark, 16 October 2018
DF	Marvin Potzmann	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993	0	0	Rapid Wien	v. Denmark, 16 October 2018
DF	Moritz Bauer	(1992-01-25) 25 January 1992	6	0	Stoke City	v. Brazil, 10 June 2018
DF	Kevin Danso	(1998-09-19) 19 September 1998	6	0	Augsburg	v. Brazil, 10 June 2018
MF	Marcel Sabitzer	(1994-03-17) 17 March 1994	33	5	RB Leipzig	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 2018 INJ
MF	Florian Grillitsch	(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995	13	1	1899 Hoffenheim	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 2018 INJ
MF	Thomas Murg	(1994-11-14) 14 November 1994	0	0	Rapid Wien	v. Brazil, 10 June 2018
FW	Guido Burgstaller	(1989-04-29) 29 April 1989	23	1	Schalke 04	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 2018 INJ
FW	Deni Alar	(1990-01-18) 18 January 1990	2	0	Rapid Wien	v. Brazil, 10 June 2018

^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^RET Retired from international football
^SUS Suspended in official matches.

Staff

• President: Leo Windtner
• Director of Sport: Peter Schöttel
• Head Coach: Franco Foda
• Assistant Coaches: Thomas Kristl, Imre Szabics
• Goalkeeper Coach: Klaus Lindenberger
• Conditioning Coach: Roger Thomas Spry

Former squads

• UEFA Euro 2008 squad
• UEFA Euro 2016 squad

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2017–18

Austria v Uruguay

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14) Friendly	Austria	2–1	Uruguay	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
21:45 UTC+2	Sabitzer  5' Schaub  87'	Report	Cavani  10'	Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Austria v Slovenia

23 March 2018 (2018-03-23) Friendly	Austria	3–0	Slovenia	Klagenfurt, Austria
20:45 UTC+1	Alaba  15' Arnautović  36', 51'	Report		Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Luxembourg v Austria

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27) Friendly	Luxembourg	0–4	Austria	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:30 UTC+1		Report	Arnautović  4' Grillitsch  39' Gregoritsch  59' Schaub  84'	Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Attendance: 2,123 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Austria v Russia

30 May 2018 (2018-05-30) Friendly	Austria	1–0	Russia	Innsbruck, Austria
20:45 UTC+2	Schöpf  28'	Report		Stadium: Tivoli-Neu Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Austria v Germany

2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Friendly	Austria	2–1	Germany	Klagenfurt, Austria
19:40 UTC+2	Hinteregger  53' Schöpf  69'	Report	Özil  11'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Austria v Brazil

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) Friendly	Austria	0–3	Brazil	Vienna, Austria
16:00 UTC+2		Report	Gabriel Jesus  36' Neymar  63' Coutinho  69'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Austria v Sweden

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06) Friendly	Austria	2–0	Sweden	Vienna, Austria
20:45 UTC+2	Helander  11' (o.g.) Alaba  64'	Report		Stadium: Generali Arena Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

Bosnia and Herzegovina v Austria

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11) 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Austria	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 UTC+2	Džeko  78'	Report		Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Austria v Northern Ireland

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12) 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Austria	1–0	Northern Ireland	Vienna, Austria
20:45 UTC+2	Arnautović  71'	Report		Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Denmark v Austria

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16) Friendly	Denmark	2–0	Austria	Herning, Denmark
20:45 UTC+2	Lerager  29' Braithwaite  90+3'	Report		Stadium: MCH Arena Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

Austria v Bosnia and Herzegovina

15 November 2018 (2018-11-15) 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Austria	0–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vienna, Austria
20:45 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 37,200 Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Northern Ireland v Austria

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Northern Ireland	1–2	Austria	Belfast, Northern Ireland
17:00 UTC±0	C. Evans  57'	Report	Schlager  49' Lazaro  90+3'	Stadium: Windsor Park Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Player statistics

As of 18 November 2018 after the match against Northern Ireland.

Players in bold are still active in the national team.

Most capped players

Andreas Herzog is the most capped player in the history of Austria with 103 caps.

#	Player	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Andreas Herzog	1988–2003	103	26
2	Anton Polster	1982–2000	95	44
3	Gerhard Hanappi	1948–1964	93	12
4	Karl Koller	1952–1965	86	5
5	Friedrich Koncilia	1970–1985	84	0
	Bruno Pezzey	1975–1990	84	9
7	Herbert Prohaska	1974–1989	83	10
8	Christian Fuchs	2006–2016	78	1
9	Marko Arnautović	2008–present	77	20
10	Sebastian Prödl	2007–present	73	4

Top goalscorers

Anton "Toni" Polster is the top scorer in the history of Austria with 44 goals.

#	Player	Period	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Anton Polster	1982–2000	44	95	0.46
2	Johann Krankl	1973–1985	34	69	0.49
3	Johann Horvath	1924–1934	29	46	0.63
4	Erich Hof	1957–1968	28	37	0.76
5	Marc Janko	2006–present		68	0.41
6	Anton Schall	1927–1934	27	28	0.96
7	Matthias Sindelar	1926–1937	26	43	0.6
8	Andreas Herzog	1988–2003	26	103	0.25
9	Karl Zischek	1931–1945	24	40	0.6
10	Walter Schachner	1976–1994	23	64	0.36

All-time head-to-head record

Key

	Positive balance (more wins)
	Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative balance (more losses)

Austria all-time head-to-head record As of 18 November 2018, after the match against Northern Ireland.
Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	7	7	0	0	19	2	+17
Algeria	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Argentina	2	0	1	1	2	6	-4
Azerbaijan	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8
Belarus	4	4	0	0	12	0	+12
Belgium	14	9	3	2	41	18	+23
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	5	0	0	5	2	9	-7
Cyprus	7	6	1	0	22	5	+17
Czech Republic	41	10	12	19	59	78	-19
Denmark	9	4	1	4	14	16	-1
East Germany	6	1	4	1	7	5	+2
Egypt	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
England	18	4	4	10	27	58	-31
Estonia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Faroe Islands	6	4	1	1	16	3	+13
Finland	11	8	2	1	24	11	+13
France	23	9	2	12	40	39	+1
Georgia	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Germany	40	9	6	25	57	90	-33
Ghana	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Greece	12	3	5	4	16	19	-3
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	9	4	4	1	15	13	+2
Italy	36	12	8	16	55	47	+8
Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2
Japan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	4	2	2	0	6	0	+6
Latvia	7	5	1	1	18	8	+10
Liechtenstein	8	8	0	0	30	1	+29
Lithuania	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Luxembourg	6	6	0	0	26	4	+22
Malta	9	8	1	0	29	5	+24
Moldova	6	5	0	1	8	2	+6
Montenegro	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Netherlands	19	6	4	9	24	36	-12
Nigeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Northern Ireland	10	4	3	4	18	18	0
Norway	10	7	1	2	21	8	+13
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Poland	8	3	1	4	17	18	-1
Portugal	11	3	6	2	19	11	+8
Republic of Ireland	16	9	4	3	37	19	+18
Romania	8	2	5	1	9	9	0
Russia	19	7	4	8	16	22	-6
San Marino	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Scotland	20	8	6	6	33	25	+8
Serbia	21	6	4	11	41	48	-7
Slovakia	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1
Slovenia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Spain	16	4	3	9	22	43	-21
Sweden	36	18	6	14	56	52	+4
Switzerland	42	25	5	12	105	60	+45
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Turkey	16	8	1	7	18	22	-4
Ukraine	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
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	10	5	2	3	13	9	+4

Manager history

As of 18 November 2018, after the match against Northern Ireland.

1912–1945

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%	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 Olympics. Winners of the 1932 Central European International Cup. Runners-up of the 1930 and 1935 Central European International Cup.
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.

1945–1999

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%	Notes
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 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 Austria Austria 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	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 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%	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
Vacant 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
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	Germany	2 November 2017	present	13	8	2	3	17	9	61.54

External links

• Official website
• RSSSF archive of results 1902–2003
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1902–1999
• Austria national football team /Ambrosius Kutschera/