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{{National football team | {{Short description|Men's national association football team representing Austria}}
{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Austria women's national football team}}
Name = Austria |
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
Badge = Austria_national_team.gif |
{{Infobox national football team
FIFA Trigramme = AUT |
| Name = Austria
Nickname = - |
| Badge = Austria national football team crest.svg
Association = ] |
| Badge_size = 170
Coach = {{flagicon|Austria}} ] |
| Nickname = ''Das Team'' (The Team)<br>''Burschen'' (The Boys)<br>''Unsere Burschen'' (Our Boys)
Most caps = ] (103) |
| Association = {{lang|de|]}} (ÖFB)
Top scorer = ] (44) |
| Confederation = ] (Europe)
FIFA Rank = 57 |1st ranking date = August 1993 |
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FIFA max = 17 |
| Coach = ]
FIFA max date = May 1999|
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FIFA min = 90 |
| Most caps = ] (121)
FIFA min date = September 2004|
| Top scorer = ] (44)
| Home Stadium = ]
| FIFA Trigramme = AUT
| FIFA Rank = {{FIFA World Rankings|AUT}}
| FIFA max = 10
| FIFA max date = March–June 2016
| FIFA min = 105
| FIFA min date = July 2008
| Elo Rank = {{World Football Elo Ratings|Austria}}
| Elo max = 1
| Elo max date = May 1934
| Elo min = 75
| Elo min date = 2 September 2011
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| First game = {{fb|AUT|empire}} 5–0 {{fb-rt|HUN|1896}}<br>(], ]; 12 October 1902)
| Largest win = {{fb|AUT}} 9–0 {{fb-rt|MLT}}<br>(], ]; 30 April 1977)
| Largest loss = {{fb|AUT|empire}} 1–11 {{fb-rt|ENG}}<br>(], ]; 8 June 1908)
| World cup apps = 7
| World cup first = 1934
| World cup best = Third place (])
| Regional name = ]
| Regional cup apps = 4
| Regional cup first = ]
| Regional cup best = Round of 16 (], ])
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The '''Austria national football team''' ({{langx|de-AT|Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft}}) represents ] in men's international ] competitions, and is controlled by the ].
Elo Rank = 55 |


The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) was founded on 18 March 1904, in the ] Empire. During the 1930s, under coach ], 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 ] and runners-up at the ]. The ] in 1938, which annexed Austria into ], led to the dissolution of the ÖFB and the forced integration of Austrian players into the ] for the ].
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After World War II, Austria reestablished its national team and achieved significant success in the ], finishing third. The team continued to be competitive throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including a notable victory over ] at ] in 1965. However, the following decades saw fluctuating fortunes, with the team failing to qualify for ]s in the 1960s and narrowly missing out on the ] 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 ] in 1978.
First game = {{flagicon|Austria}} Austria 5 - 0 ] ]<br/>(], ]; ], ]) |
Largest win = {{flagicon|Austria}} Austria 9 - 0 ] {{flagicon|Malta}}<br/>(], ]; ], ]) |


The 1990s and 2000s brought challenges and disappointments, such as a shocking defeat to the Faroe Islands in ], and a group-stage exit in the ], their seventh and to date, last World Cup appearance. Austria automatically qualified for ] as co-hosts with ], the first time they played in the ] though they were eliminated in the group stage. The country entered a resurgence in 2016, beginning with a successful qualification campaign for ] that year. Austria has experienced a revival in form, successfully qualifying for ] and ], the latter with current head coach ].
Largest loss = {{flagicon|Austria}} Austria 1 - 11 ] {{flagicon|England}}<br/>(], ]; ], ]) |
World cup apps = 7 |
World cup first = 1934 |
World cup best = Third place, ] |
Olympic Tournament: Silver Medal, ] |
Regional name = ] |
Regional cup apps = None (yet) |
Regional cup first = ] |
Regional cup best = -
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The '''Austria national football team''' is the national ] team of ] and is controlled by the ].

Austria has qualified for seven ], most recently in ]. The country has not yet qualified for a ]; it will play in the tournament for the first time in ] when it co-hosts the event with ].


==History== ==History==
{{Cite section|date=January 2024}}
===Pre War===
===Pre-World War II===
The ] ("ÖFB") was founded on 18 March 1904 in the ]. ], a Jewish defender who played for the Austria national football team in 1923, was subsequently killed during ] in ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://physicalculturestudy.com/2014/11/20/hakoah-wien-and-muscular-judaism/|title=Hakoah Wien and Muscular Judaism|first=Conor|last=Heffernan|date=November 20, 2014|website=Physical Culture Study|access-date=9 September 2020|archive-date=10 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810184944/https://physicalculturestudy.com/2014/11/20/hakoah-wien-and-muscular-judaism/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/43358/Max_Scheuer.html|title=Max Scheuer|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=national-football-teams.com|access-date=9 September 2020|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105200217/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/43358/Max_Scheuer.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/max-scheuer/4/|title=Max Scheuer » Internationals|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=9 September 2020|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105193325/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/max-scheuer/4/|url-status=live}}</ref> The team enjoyed success in the 1930s under coach ], becoming a dominant side in Europe and earning the nickname "]". The team's star was ]. On 16 May 1931, they were the first continental European side to defeat ]. In the ], Austria finished fourth after losing 0–1 to ] in the semi-finals and 2–3 to ] in the third place play-off.


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The ] was founded on 18 March 1904 in the Empire of ]. After 1918, Germany and Austria were barred from merging by the ]. The Austrian team had its first success in the 1930s under coach Hugo Meisl. On 16 May 1931, the "Wunderteam" caused the first defeat of ] on the European continent.
They were runners-up in the ] 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 ] to favour the Austrians.


The team then qualified for the ] finals, but Austria was annexed to Germany in the '']'' on 12 March of that year. On 28 March, ] was notified that the ÖFB had been abolished, resulting in the nation's withdrawal from the World Cup.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618155242/http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/2187/nazis_in_der_abseitsfalle.html |date=18 June 2008 }}. einestages. ]. Accessed 10 May 2010.</ref> 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 ] 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 ] also demonstratively missing the German goal, and subsequently declining to be capped for Germany.
In the ], they finished 4th after losing 0-1 to ] in the semifinals, and 3-2 to ] for Third place. They were runners-up in the ] 1936, again losing to Italy, 2-1.


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" ] 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 ], ] and ] were part of the team that only managed a 1–1 draw in Round 1 against ], which required a rematch. With Rapid Wien's forward ] 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 ] 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.
] had qualified for the ] finals, but as Austria was joined to Germany in spring of that year by the ], they withdrew and did not play any matches. For political reasons, some players from ] had to be merged into the ]. Theoretically, a united team could have been a strong force, but Coach ] had few time and very few games to prepare, and the united German-Austrian failed in the tournament. The elimination in Round 1 after two games against ] remains Germany's worst World Cup result.


===After World War II===
After World War II, Austria was again separated from Germany. Austria's best result came in ], when they finished third after losing the semifinal to eventual champion Germany. It was their best result ever, and unfortunately the last time for decades that Austria reached the end round of a major tournament.
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After ], Austria's 1938 annexation to Germany was annulled and Austria, as before, competed internationally. Austria's best result came in ] with a team starring midfielder ]. 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 ] 3–1. Over the years, a strong yet mainly lopsided rivalry with Germany developed.


At the ] in Sweden, the Austrian suffered defeats to eventual champions ], the emerging ] and a draw against ] (who were rebuilding after the loss of several of their key players due to the ]), preventing the team from reaching the next round.
Over the years, a strong yet mainly lopsided rivalry with Germany developed.


Due to budgetary problems and the increased cost to travel to South America rather than some European location, Austria took the unprecedented decision, though having qualified, not to participate in the ] in Chile on the one had, or attempt (public) fundraising campaigns on the other zand..
===1970s and 1980s===
Anchored by legendary playmaker ] and backed up by co-star ], Austria reached the World Cup in 1978 and 1982 and both times reached the Second Round, held in team group games that replaced the knock-out Quarter Finals. This Austria team is widely regarded as the best post-WWII Austrian soccer team ever.


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 ], who was then nicknamed "Wembley Toni". However, in the same year, Austria failed to qualify for the World Cup for the ], ending third against ] and ]; they only earned a draw. In the summer of 1968, ], the Slovak coach of ], took over the national team. Despite failing to qualify for the ], the new coach emphasized developing new players rather than relying on the old guard. Austria came very close to qualifying for the ] in Germany. The qualifying round was tied for first place between Austria and ], despite tiebreakers based on points and goal difference, therefore a playoff was needed for qualifying, held in ]. In order to have enough time to prepare, the championship round was suspended{{clarify|Does this mean some fixtures in the ] were postponed?|date=July 2018}} and the stadium in Gelsenkirchen was prepared five days before the playoff. On snow-covered ground, Austria lost 1–2.
In the ] in Argentina, they had lost two games 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 ] against Germany, and eliminated the defending world champion, beating them 3-2 by goals of Krankl. The celebrating report of the radio commentator Edi Finger ("I werd narrisch!") became famous in Austria, while the Germans regard the game as a disgrace (]).


===1970s and 1980s===
During the ] in Spain, Austria and Germany met again, in the last game of Round 1, after the other two teams in their group had played a day earlier. A score by German striker Hrubesch after 10 minutes meant that both teams would advance if the 0-1 would be the final score, and thus both teams defended this result for 80 minutes in what was an exceptionally boring game, called the '']''. ] had also won two games, including a shocking surprise over Germany in the opener, but was eliminated by the 0-1 result based on goal difference. As a result, FIFA stages all final group games in parallel times slots ever since.
Anchored by ] and striker ], and backed up by ], 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 ], is widely regarded as the best post-World War II Austrian football team of all-time.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In the ] 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 "]", while the West Germans regard the game and the Austrian behaviour as a disgrace.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}


During the ] 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, ] 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 "]". ] 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 ]. 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 ] were eliminated by losing to ] in the second round group stage of three teams.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 June 2022 |title=It's been 40 years since one of the most disgraceful WC games ever - footage is remarkable |url=https://www.givemesport.com/88026198-most-controversial-world-cup-game-the-disgrace-of-gijon-remembered |last=Tong |first=Kobe |access-date=3 October 2022 |website=GiveMeSport |language=en-GB |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003225745/https://www.givemesport.com/88026198-most-controversial-world-cup-game-the-disgrace-of-gijon-remembered |url-status=live }}</ref>
Austria was eliminated by losing to France in the Second round group stage of three teams.


===1990s=== ===1990s===
Led by striker ], Austria qualified for the ] but were eliminated in the first round, despite defeating the ] 2–1. Much worse was the stunning 1–0 loss against the ], a team made of amateurs, in the qualifying campaign for the ], considered {{by whom|date=September 2015}} the worst embarrassment in any Austrian team sport ever, and one of the biggest upsets in footballing history. The game was played in ], 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 ] qualification.
Led by striker ], Austria qualified for the 1990 World Cup, but were eliminated in the first round.


In the ], Austria were drawn in Group B alongside Italy, ] and Chile. Their appearance was brief, and they achieved the feat of only scoring in stoppage time in each of their matches. Against Cameroon, ]'s goal was cancelled out by ]'s late strike. In their second match, it was ] who curled a last minute equalizer, cancelling out ]' disputed opener. In their last match, Italy scored twice after half-time: a header from ] and a tap-in from ]. Despite ]'s stoppage time penalty, Austria finished third in the group, behind the Italians and Chileans.
Much worse was the stunning 0:1 loss against the ] in the qualifying campaign for the European Championship 1992, 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 Islands.
It was a sign for things to come: Austria suffered another couple of years of botched qualifying campaigns.


===21st century===
In the World Cup 1998, Austria were drawn in Group B along with ], ] and ]. 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, ]'s superb goal was cancelled out by ]'s late strike. In their second game, it was ] who curled a last minute equalizer, cancelling out ]'s disputed opener. Austria weren't so fortunate in their crucial, final match at the ]. Italy scored twice after half-time; a header from ] and a tap-in from ]. ]'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.
====2000: Decline====
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After 1998, Austria began to decline. They failed to qualify for the ] and ], and suffered embarrassment (similar to the Faroe Islands loss) when they lost 9–0 to ] and 5–0 to ] in 1999. In 2006, ] 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 ] as co-hosts. Their first major tournament in a decade, most commentators regarded them as outsiders for Germany, ] and ] 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/austria-must-pull-out-of-euro-2008-say-10000-fans-petition-400517.html|title=Austria must pull out of Euro 2008, say 10,000 fans petition|work=]|date=2007-08-16|access-date=2008-06-16 | location=London | first=Glenn | last=Moore| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080617124439/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/austria-must-pull-out-of-euro-2008-say-10000-fans-petition-400517.html| archive-date= 17 June 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> However, Austria managed a 1–1 draw with Poland and lost 1–0 to both Croatia and Germany.
===Recent years===
In the recent years, Austria's play has declined. They failed to qualify for the next World Cups and European Championships, and suffered extreme embarrassment (similar to the Faroe Islands loss) when they lost 0:9 against ] and shortly after 0:5 against ] in ].


Shortly after Austria's first-round exit from the tournaments, Hickersberger resigned as the national team coach. ], who had resigned as head coach of the ] 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 ].
However, as a co-host for the 2008 European Cup, Austria will have its chance to redeem its name once again.


====2010s: Revival and setbacks====
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In the ] for ], the Austrians played against ], ], ], ] and Germany.


A number of players from the 2007 U-20 team that finished fourth in the ] ended up developing and becoming full starters for the senior squad, including ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].


The team failed to qualify for the ] 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 ] and Sweden, as well as a narrow home defeat to Germany and a 2–2 draw in Ireland away.
==Records at major tournaments==
===World Cup record===
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] with ] and automatically qualified, ]'s team managed to qualify for the ] on their own for the first time. This celebration photo was taken on 12 October 2015 after a victory against ].]]
===European Championship record===
The ] 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 ] (2–1 in ]) and ] (1–0 in ]). 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 ], losing 2–1. Austria finished its Euro 2016 qualifying campaign by topping the group undefeated.
*] to ] - ''Did not qualify''
*] - Qualified automatically as co-host


Despite this successful performance in qualification, the ] turned out to be a nightmare for the Austrians. Placed in ] with ], ] and ], Austria opened their campaign with a 0–2 loss to neighbour Hungary, in which defender ] was sent off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/austria-0-2-hungary-dark-horses-stunned-in-bordeaux/6jm4nzmwc2281j8762jdpkmtt|title=Austria 0-2 Hungary: Dark horses stunned in Bordeaux {{pipe}} Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|access-date=26 March 2019|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326032519/https://www.goal.com/en/news/austria-0-2-hungary-dark-horses-stunned-in-bordeaux/6jm4nzmwc2281j8762jdpkmtt|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed up by an 0–0 draw to Portugal, in which ] missed a penalty.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2016/jun/18/portugal-v-austria-euro-2016-live|title=Portugal 0-0 Austria: Euro 2016 – as it happened|first=Barry|last=Glendenning|newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 June 2016|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=26 March 2019|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326032522/https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2016/jun/18/portugal-v-austria-euro-2016-live|url-status=live}}</ref> Nonetheless, Austria ended up losing 1–2 to debutant Iceland and were eliminated with just a point.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2016/jun/22/austria-v-iceland-euro-2016-live|title=Iceland 2-1 Austria: Euro 2016 – as it happened!|first=Ben|last=Fisher|newspaper=The Guardian |date=22 June 2016|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=26 March 2019|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326032523/https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2016/jun/22/austria-v-iceland-euro-2016-live|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Austria would later participate in ] along with ], ], Ireland, ] and ], ending up fourth, thus failing to qualify for the ].
==Famous former players==


====2020s: European Championship knockout stages====
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Austria was drawn into ] alongside ], ], ], ], and ]. 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. ] led the team in most goals and tied Poland's ] 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.
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Austria was drawn into ] alongside the ], ], 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 ] in the round of 16 at ] and lost 2–1 after extra time with ] scoring their only goal of the game in the 114th minute.

== Rivalry ==
{{Cite section|date=January 2024}}
{{Main|Austria–Hungary football rivalry}}
While the match-up between Austria and Hungary is the second most-played international match in football (only ], another two neighboring countries, have met each other in more matches), Austria's arch rival, especially since World War II, is Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Franzobels Einwürfe: Vor Deutschland gegen Österreich: Nur net narrisch werden |url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/fussball/6167934/Franzobels-Einwuerfe_Vor-Deutschland-gegen-Oesterreich_Nur-net |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.kleinezeitung.at |language=de-at}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vor Länderspiel in Wien: Die Anfänge der Rivalität zwischen Deutschland und Österreich |url=https://www.flashscore.de/news/vor-landerspiel-in-wien-die-anfange-der-rivalitat-zwischen-deutschland-und-osterreich/EBBqtsfm/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.flashscore.de |language=de}}</ref> 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 ].

==Results and fixtures==
{{Main|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.

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===2024===
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*] {{goal|82}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Slovakia
|attendance =
|referee = ] (])
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible|format=1
|round = ]
|date = 26 March 2024
|time = 21:45
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score = 6–1
|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/26/world/friendlies/austria/turkey/4317694/
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|2}}
*] {{goal|44||48||59|pen.}}
*] {{goal|78|pen.}}
*] {{goal|90+5}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|25|pen.}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Austria
|attendance =
|referee = ] (])
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible|format=1
|round = ]
|date = 4 June 2024
|time = 20:45
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|SER}}
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/04/world/friendlies/austria/serbia/4320163/
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|10}}
*] {{goal|13}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|35}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Austria
|attendance =
|referee = António Nobre (])
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible|format=1
|round = ]
|date = 8 June 2024
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUI}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/08/world/friendlies/switzerland/austria/4320164/
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|26}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|5}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Switzerland
|attendance =
|referee = ] (])
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible|format=1
|round = ]
|date = 17 June 2024
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2036168/
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|38|o.g.}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Germany
|attendance = 46,425
|referee = ] (])
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible|format=1
|round = ]
|date = 21 June 2024
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POL}}
|score = 1–3
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2036179/
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|30}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|9}}
*] {{goal|66}}
*] {{goal|78|pen.}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Germany
|attendance = 69,455
|referee = ] (])
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible|format=1
|round = ]
|date = 25 June 2024
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}
|score = 2–3
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2036192/
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|47}}
*] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|6|o.g.}}
*] {{goal|59}}
*] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Germany
|attendance = 68,363
|referee = ] (])
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|format=1
|round = ]
|date = 2 July 2024
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2036204/
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|1||59}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Germany
|attendance = 38,305
|referee = ] (])
|result = L
}}
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|date = 6 September 2024
|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SVN}}
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040055/
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|16|pen.}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|28}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Slovenia
|attendance = 14,834
|referee = ] (])
|result = D
}}
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|format = 1
|date = 9 September 2024
|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NOR}}
|score = 2–1
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040083/
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|9}}
*] {{goal|80}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|37}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Norway
|attendance = 23,171
|referee = ] (])
|result = L
}}
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|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score = 4–0
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040094/
|team2 = {{fb|KAZ}}
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|10}}
*] {{goal|54}}
*] {{goal|56}}
*] {{goal|79}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Austria
|attendance = 14,500
|referee = ] (])
|result = W
}}
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|format = 1
|date = 13 October 2024
|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score = 5–1
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040126/
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|8|49|pen.}}
*] {{goal|58}}
*] {{goal|62}}
*] {{goal|79}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|39}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Austria
|attendance = 16,500
|referee = ] (])
|result = W
}}
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|format = 1
|date = 14 November 2024
|time = {{UTZ|21:00|6}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 0–2
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040146/
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|15}}
*] {{goal|25}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Kazakhstan
|attendance = 9,753
|referee = ] (])
|result = W
}}
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|format = 1
|date = 17 November 2024
|time = {{UTZ|18:00|1}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040176/
|team2 = {{fb|SVN}}
|goals1 =
*] {{goal|27}}
|goals2 =
*] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Austria
|attendance = 46,000
|referee = ] (])
|result = D
}}

===2025===
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|time = {{UTZ|20:45|1}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2043038/
|team2 = {{fb|SRB}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Austria
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
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|time = {{UTZ|18:00|1}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SRB}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2043046/
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = ]
|location = ], Serbia
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
}}
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|date = 7 June 2025
|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044195/
|team2 = {{fb|ROU}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location = Austria
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
}}
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|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SMR}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044207/
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location = San Marino
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
}}
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|date = 6 September 2025
|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044230/
|team2 = {{fb|CYP}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location = Austria
|attendance =
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|result =
}}
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|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BIH}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044256/
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location = Bosnia and Herzegovina
|attendance =
|referee =
|result =
}}
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|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044264/
|team2 = {{fb|SMR}}
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|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location = Austria
|attendance =
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}}
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|date = 12 October 2025
|time = {{UTZ|21:45|3}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044287/
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location = Romania
|attendance =
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|result =
}}
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|date = 15 November 2025
|time = {{UTZ|19:00|2}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CYP}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044327/
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|location = Cyprus
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|result =
}}
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|date = 18 November 2025
|time = {{UTZ|20:45|1}}
|round = ]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}
|score =
|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044343/
|team2 = {{fb|BIH}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
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|location = Austria
|attendance =
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|result =
}}

== Coaching staff ==
:''As of April 2024''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/Teams/Maenner/Nationalteam/Die-Trainer|title=Die Trainer des Österreichischen Nationalteams|publisher=oefb|language=de|access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Position!!Name
|-
|Head coach||{{flagicon|GER}} ]
|-
|Assistant coaches||{{flagicon|GER}} Lars Kornetka<hr />{{flagicon|GER}} ]<hr />{{flagicon|GER}} ]
|-
|Goalkeeping coach||{{flagicon|AUT}} ]
|-
|Match analyst||{{flagicon|AUT}} Stefan Oesen
|}

===Manager history===
<!-- UPDATE ALL OTHER STATISTICS (MANAGER, RECORDS, HEAD-TO-HEAD SCORES, etc.) AS WELL TO AVOID FUTURE CONFUSION --->
{{Updated|2 July 2024}}, after the match against {{fb|TUR}}.
====1912–1999====
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!Name!!width="15%"|Nationality!!From!!To!!P!!W!!D!!L!!GF!!GA!!Win%{{efn|name="Win%"|Win% is ] to ]}}!!Notes
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}
| align="left" |22&nbsp;December&nbsp;1912
| align="left" |3 October 1914
| 6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 11 || 9 || 50.00
| |
|-
*]
| ]
*]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}
*]
| align="left" |4 October 1914
*]
| align="left" |1 August 1919
*]
| 22 || 8 || 3 || 11 || 45 || 47 || {{#expr: 8 / 22 * 100 round 2 }}
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
| |
|-
*]
*] | ]
| align="left" | {{flag|Austria}}
*]
| align="left" |1 August 1919
*]
| align="left" |17 February 1937
*]
| 127 || 68 || 29 || 30 || 326 || 206 || {{#expr: 68 / 127 * 100 round 2 }}
*]
| 4th place at the ].<hr />Silver medal at the ].
*]
|-
*]
*] | ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
*]
| align="left" |22 May 1937
| align="left" |24 October 1937
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 10 || 10 || 40.00
| {{Check mark|15}} Qualified for the ].
|-
!colspan="12"|From 1938 to 1945, Austria was part of ].
|-
| Karl Zankl
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |19 August 1945
| align="left" |3 October 1945
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 ||| 2 || 7 || 0.00
| Died while in the position of national coach.
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |3 October 1945
| align="left" |4 March 1948
| 11 || 4 || 0 || 7 || 26 || 28 || {{#expr: 4 / 11 * 100 round 2 }}
| |
|-
*]
*] | ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
*]
| align="left" |4 March 1948
*]
| align="left" |1 September 1948
*]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 9 || 9 || 60.00
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
| |
|-
*]
*] | ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
*]
| align="left" |1 September 1948
*]
| align="left" |15&nbsp;November&nbsp;1954
*]
| 47 || 21 || 10 || 16 || 119 || 87 || {{#expr: 21 / 47 * 100 round 2 }}
*]
| 3rd place at the ].
*]
|-
*]
*] | ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
*]
| align="left" |15 November 1954
| align="left" |28 March 1955
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0.00
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |29 March 1955
| align="left" |3 September 1955
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 8 || {{#expr: 1 / 3 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |3 September 1955
| align="left" |21 April 1956
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 8|| 14 || 40.00
|
|-
| ]<hr />]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |21 April 1956
| align="left" |9 August 1958
| 18 || 7 || 6 || 5 || 37 || 27 || {{#expr: 7 / 18 * 100 round 2 }}
| {{Check mark|15}} Qualified for the ].
|-
| Alfred Frey<hr />Franz Putzendopler<hr />Egon Selzer<hr />]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |9 August 1958
| align="left" |15 October 1958
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 0.00
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |16 October 1958
| align="left" |28 February 1964
| 36 || 16 || 3 || 17 || 60 || 67 || {{#expr: 16 / 36 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]<hr />]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}<hr />{{flag|Hungary}}
| align="left" |7 March 1964
| align="left" |11 October 1964
| 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 5 || 60.00
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |20 November 1964
| align="left" |13 January 1967
| 15 || 4 || 3 || 8 || 12 || 23 || {{#expr: 4 / 15 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| Erwin Alge<hr />]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |13 January 1967
| align="left" |24 June 1968
| 10 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 18 || 19 || {{#expr: 3 / 10 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
| align="left" |1 July 1968
| align="left" |30 September 1975
| 49 || 15 || 16 || 18 || 58 || 62 || {{#expr: 15 / 49 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Yugoslavia}}
| align="left" |6 October 1975
| align="left" |19 November 1975
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 3 || 50.00
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |1 March 1976
| align="left" |30 June 1978
| 26 || 14 || 4 || 8 || 40 || 26 || {{#expr: 14 / 26 * 100 round 2 }}
| {{Check mark|15}} Qualified for the ].
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |1 August 1978
| align="left" |14 December 1981
| 24 || 13 || 6 || 5 || 43 || 25 || {{#expr: 13 / 24 * 100 round 2 }}
| {{Check mark|15}} Qualified for the ].
|-
| ]<hr />]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |5 February 1982
| align="left" |2 July 1982
| 8 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 11 || 7 || {{#expr: 5 / 8 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |7 September 1982
| align="left" |21 November 1984
| 15 || 6 || 3 || 6 || 22 || 20 || {{#expr: 6 / 15 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Yugoslavia}}
| align="left" |15 January 1985
| align="left" |18 November 1987
| 18 || 5 || 5 || 8 || 20 || 28 || {{#expr: 5 / 18 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |1 January 1988
| align="left" |14 September 1990
| 29 || 10 || 7 || 12 || 36 || 39 || {{#expr: 10 / 29 * 100 round 2 }}
| {{Check mark|15}} Qualified for the ].
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |15 September 1990
| align="left" |10 October 1991
| 8 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 6 || 16 || {{#expr: 1 / 8 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |10 October 1991
| align="left" |13 November 1991
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 0.00
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |1 January 1992
| align="left" |14 November 1992
| 9 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 18 || 17 || {{#expr: 2 / 9 * 100 round 2 }}
| Died while in the position of national coach.
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |15 November 1992
| align="left" |18 November 1992
| 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |8 January 1993
| align="left" |29 March 1999
| 51 || 25 || 9 || 17 || 96 || 73 || {{#expr: 25 / 51 * 100 round 2 }}
| {{Check mark|15}} Qualified for the ].
|-
|} |}


====2000–present====
==Trivia==
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="font-size:90%;"
*Due to the former empire of ] that was dissolved in 1918, games among these teams still serve as a background for an old joke: "Who's playing?" - "Austria-Hungary" - "Against whom?". However, even before 1918 the Austrian and Hungarian parts of the empire had separate teams.
|-
*Austria used to play in the same colors as Germany, white jerseys, black shorts, white socks. In order to distinguish themselves, then-coach Hans Krankl has chosen in 2002 to prefer their former away shirts, which have the same color scheme as Austria's flag, red-white-red.
!Name!!width="15%"|Nationality!!From!!To!!P!!W!!D!!L!!GF!!GA!!Win%{{efn|name="Win%"}}!!Notes
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}<hr />{{flag|Croatia}}
| align="left" |13 April 1999
| align="left" |21 November 2001
| 22 || 7 || 6 || 9 || 31 || 35 || {{#expr: 7 / 22 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |21 January 2002
| align="left" |28&nbsp;September&nbsp;2005
| 31 || 10 || 10 || 11 || 47 || 46 || {{#expr: 10 / 31 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ] (caretaker)
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |30 September 2005
| align="left" |31 December 2005
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 50.00
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |1 January 2006
| align="left" |23 June 2008
| 27 || 5 || 9 || 13 || 29 || 39 || {{#expr: 5 / 27 * 100 round 2 }}
| Austria co-hosted the ]
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Czech Republic}}
| align="left" |25 July 2008
| align="left" |2 March 2009
| 7 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 9 || 15 || {{#expr: 1 / 7 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |4 March 2009
| align="left" |13 September 2011
| 23 || 7 || 3 || 13 || 29 || 42 || {{#expr: 7 / 23 * 100 round 2 }}
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Austria}}
| align="left" |13 September 2011
| align="left" |11 October 2011
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 50.00
|
|-
| ]
| align="left" |{{flag|Switzerland}}
| align="left" |1 November 2011
| align="left" |1 November 2017
| 54 || 25 || 13 || 16 || 81 || 58 || {{#expr: 25 / 54 * 100 round 2 }}
| {{Check mark|15}} Qualified for the ]
|-
| ]<ref name="ESPN_FODA">{{Cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.com/austria/story/3251383/austria-appoint-franco-foda-as-new-manager |title=Austria appoint Franco Foda as new national team manager. Retrieved 2 November 2017. ''ESPN''. |date=30 October 2017 |access-date=2 November 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031246/http://www.espnfc.com/austria/story/3251383/austria-appoint-franco-foda-as-new-manager |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="left" |{{flag|Germany}}
| align="left" |1 January 2018
| align="left" |30 March 2022
| 48|| 27|| 6|| 15|| 77|| 52|| {{#expr: 27 / 48 * 100 round 2 }}
| {{Check mark|15}} Qualified for the ]
|-
| ]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/News/Ralf-Rangnick-neuer-OeFB-Teamchef |title=Homepage ÖFB |access-date=29 April 2022 |archive-date=29 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429132738/https://www.oefb.at/oefb/News/Ralf-Rangnick-neuer-OeFB-Teamchef/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="left" |{{flag|Germany}}
| align="left" |29 April 2022
| align="left" |
| 27|| 16|| 4|| 7|| 43|| 26|| {{#expr: 16 / 27 * 100 round 2 }}
| {{Check mark|15}} Qualified for the ]
|}

==Players==
{{update|section|reason=New squad announcement |date=November 2024}}

===Current squad===
*The following players were called up for ] in November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/News/Rangnick-nennt-Kader-fuer-Heim-Doppel-in-Nations-League/|title=Debütant und Rückkehrer im Nationalteam-Kader|website=oefb.at}}</ref>
*''Caps and goals as of 17 November 2024, after the match against {{fb|SVN}}.''
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=]|sortname=Schlager, Alexander|age={{Birth date and age|1996|2|1|df=y}}|caps=17|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=AUT}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=]|sortname=Hedl, Niklas|age={{Birth date and age|2001|3|17|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=AUT}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=GK|name=]|sortname=Pentz, Patrick|age={{Birth date and age|1997|1|2|df=y}}|caps=14|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=DEN}}
{{nat fs g break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Wöber, Maximilian|age={{Birth date and age|1998|2|4|df=y}}|caps=30|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=ENG}}
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Svoboda, Michael|age={{Birth date and age|1998|10|15|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Danso, Kevin|age={{Birth date and age|1998|9|19|df=y}}|caps=24|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Posch, Stefan|age={{Birth date and age|1997|5|14|df=y}}|caps=42|goals=2|club=]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Prass, Alexander|age={{Birth date and age|2001|5|26|df=y}}|caps=13|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Lienhart, Philipp|age={{Birth date and age|1996|7|11|df=y}}|caps=29|goals=3|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Mwene, Phillipp|age={{Birth date and age|1994|1|29|df=y}}|caps=20|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Trauner, Gernaut|age={{Birth date and age|1992|3|25|df=y}}|caps=15|goals=2|club=]|clubnat=NED}}
{{nat fs g break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Seiwald, Nicolas|age={{Birth date and age|2001|5|4|df=y}}|caps=34|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Sabitzer, Marcel|age={{Birth date and age|1994|3|17|df=y}}|caps=87|goals=20|club=]|clubnat=GER|other=]}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Grillitsch, Florian|age={{Birth date and age|1995|8|7|df=y}}|caps=49|goals=1|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Schmid, Romano|age={{Birth date and age|2000|1|27|df=y}}|caps=21|goals=2|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Baumgartner, Christoph|age={{Birth date and age|1999|8|1|df=y}}|caps=48|goals=18|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Laimer, Konrad|age={{Birth date and age|1997|5|27|df=y}}|caps=46|goals=5|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Wimmer, Patrick|age={{Birth date and age|2001|5|30|df=y}}|caps=21|goals=1|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Seidl, Matthias|age={{Birth date and age|2001|1|24|df=y}}|caps=8|goals=1|club=]|clubnat=AUT}}
{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Stöger, Kevin|age={{Birth date and age|1993|8|27|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0||club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=FW|name=]|sortname=Arnautović, Marko|age={{Birth date and age|1989|4|19|df=y}}|caps=121|goals=39|club=]|clubnat=ITA|other=]}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=]|sortname=Gregoritsch, Michael|age={{Birth date and age|1994|4|18|df=y}}|caps=62|goals=18|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=FW|name=]|sortname=Adamu, Junior|age={{Birth date and age|2001|6|6|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=FW|name=]|sortname=Weimann, Andreas|age={{Birth date and age|1991|8|5|df=y}}|caps=26|goals=2|club=]|clubnat=ENG}}
{{nat fs end}}

===Recent call-ups===
<!-- UPDATE ALL OTHER STATISTICS (MANAGER, RECORDS, HEAD-TO-HEAD SCORES, etc.) AS WELL TO AVOID FUTURE CONFUSION --->
The following players have also been called up to the Austria squad in the last twelve months.<ref>{{cite web|title=Der Grosskader des ÖFB Nationalteams|url=http://www.oefb.at/-ber21686|language=de|publisher=ÖFB|access-date=12 February 2013|archive-date=16 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116051034/http://www.oefb.at/-ber21686|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{nat fs r start|background=red|color=white}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=]|sortname=Lindner, Heinz|age={{birth date and age|1990|7|17|df=y}}|caps=37|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=BEL|latest=]}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=]|sortname=Bachmann, Daniel|age={{Birth date and age|1994|7|9|df=y}}|caps=14|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=ENG|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=]|sortname=Lawal, Tobias|age={{Birth date and age|2000|6|7|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=AUT|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs break|background=red}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Daniliuc, Flavius|age={{Birth date and age|2001|4|27|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=ITA|latest=v. {{fb|NOR}}, 13 October 2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=]|age={{Birth date and age|1998|3|16|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=GER|latest=v. {{fb|NOR}}, 13 October 2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Querfeld, Leopold|age={{Birth date and age|2003|12|20|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=GER|latest=v. {{fb|NOR}}, 13 October 2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Baidoo, Samson|age={{Birth date and age|2004|3|31|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=AUT|latest=]}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=]|sortname=Lainer, Stefan|age={{Birth date and age|1992|8|27|df=y}}|caps=39|goals=2|club=]|clubnat=GER|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs break|background=red}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Kainz, Florian|age={{Birth date and age|1992|10|24|df=y}}|caps=28|goals=1|club=]|clubnat=GER|latest=]}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Grüll, Marco|age={{Birth date and age|1998|7|6|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=GER|latest=]}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Ljubičić, Dejan|age={{Birth date and age|1997|10|8|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=1|club=]|clubnat=GER|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Ballo, Thierno|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|2|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=AUT|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=]|age={{Birth date and age|2002|1|7|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=AUT|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=]|sortname=Schlager, Xaver|age={{Birth date and age|1997|9|28|df=y}}|caps=43|goals=4|club=]|clubnat=GER|latest=v. {{fb|TUR}}, 14 March 2024}}
{{nat fs break|background=red}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=]|sortname=Entrup, Maximilian|age={{Birth date and age|1997|9|15|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=1|club=]|clubnat=AUT|latest=]}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=]|sortname=Burgstaller, Guido|age={{Birth date and age|1989|4|29|df=y}}|caps=26|goals=2|club=]|clubnat=AUT|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=25|pos=FW|name=]|age={{Birth date and age|2000|9|26|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=FRA|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=]|sortname=Sarkaria, Manprit|age={{Birth date and age|1996|8|26|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=AUT|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=]|sortname=Pichler, Benedikt|age={{Birth date and age|1997|7|20|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=GER|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=]|sortname=Jakupovic, Arnel|age={{Birth date and age|1998|5|29|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=]|clubnat=CRO|latest=] <sup>PRE</sup>}}
{{nat fs break|background=#0B0B3F}}
<sup>PRE</sup> Player was named to the preliminary squad / standby<br>
<sup>COV</sup> Player withdrew from the squad due to ]<br>
<sup>INJ</sup> Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury<br>
<sup>WD</sup> Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue<br>
<sup>RET</sup> Retired from international football<br>
<sup>SUS</sup> Suspended in official matches
{{nat fs end|background=#0B0B3F}}

==Player statistics==
{{See also|List of Austria international footballers}}
{{updated|17 November 2024}} ''after the match against {{fb|SLO}}''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stokkermans |first1=Karel |title=Austria - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330192808/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/Teams/Maenner/Nationalteam/Statistik/Ewige-Einsatzliste|title=Ewige Einsatzliste|website=oefb.at|access-date=1 October 2024|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/Teams/Maenner/Nationalteam/Statistik/Ewige-Torschuetzen|title=Ewige Torschützen|website=oefb.at|access-date=1 October 2024|language=de}}</ref>
:''Players in '''bold''' are still active in the national team.''

===Most capped players===
<!-- UPDATE ALL OTHER STATISTICS (MANAGER, RECORDS, HEAD-TO-HEAD SCORES, etc.) AS WELL TO AVOID FUTURE CONFUSION --->
] is Austria's most capped player]]
{|class="wikitable sortable nowrap" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=20px|Rank
!width=150px|Player
!width=50px|Caps
!width=50px|Goals
!width=100px|Period
|-
|1
|align="left"|''']'''
|121
|39
|2008–present
|-
|2
|align="left"|''']'''
|105
|15
|2009–present
|-
|3
|align="left"|]
|103
|26
|1988–2003
|-
|4
|align="left"|]
|100
|2
|2009–2022
|-
|5
|align="left"|]
|95
|44
|1982–2000
|-
|6
|align="left"|]
|93
|12
|1948–1964
|-
|7
|align="left"|''']'''
|87
|20
|2012–present
|-
|8
|align="left"|]
|86
|5
|1952–1965
|-
|rowspan="3"|9
|align="left"|]
|84
|1
|2009–2021
|-
|align="left"|]
|84
|0
|1970–1985
|-
|align="left"|]
|84
|9
|1975–1990
|}

===Top goalscorers===
<!-- UPDATE ALL OTHER STATISTICS (MANAGER, RECORDS, HEAD-TO-HEAD SCORES, etc.) AS WELL TO AVOID FUTURE CONFUSION --->
] is Austria's highest goalscorer with 44 international goals]]
{|class="wikitable sortable nowrap" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=20px|Rank
!width=150px|Player
!width=50px|Goals
!width=50px|Caps
!width=50px|Ratio
!width=100px|Period
|-
|1
|align="left"|]{{efn|Games against ] (1 goal), ] (2 goals), and ] are not considered full internationals and therefore not included here.}}
|]
|95
|{{#expr: 44 / 95 round 2 }}
|1982–2000
|-
|2
|align="left"|''']'''
|]
|121
|{{#expr: 39 / 121 round 2 }}
|2009–present
|-
|3
|align="left"|]
|34
|69
|{{#expr: 34 / 69 round 2 }}
|1973–1985
|-
|4
|align="left"|]
|29
|46
|{{#expr: 29 / 46 round 2 }}
|1924–1934
|-
|rowspan=2|5
|align="left"|]
|28
|37
|{{#expr: 28 / 37 round 2 }}
|1957–1968
|-
|align="left"|]
|28
|70
|{{decimals|{{#expr: 28 / 70}}|2}}
|2006–2019
|-
|7
|align="left"|]
|27
|28
|{{#expr: 27 / 28 round 2 }}
|1927–1934
|-
|rowspan=2|8
|align="left"|]
|26
|43
|{{decimals|{{#expr: 26 / 43}}|2}}
|1926–1937
|-
|align="left"|]
|26
|103
|{{#expr: 26 / 103 round 2 }}
|1988–2003
|-
|10
|align="left"|]
|24
|40
|{{decimals|{{#expr: 24 / 40}}|2}}
|1931–1945
|}

==Competitive record==
===FIFA World Cup===
{{Main|Austria at the FIFA World Cup}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=10|] record
!width=1% rowspan=28|
!colspan=6|] record
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!Squad
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} ]
|colspan=9|''Did not enter''
|colspan=6|''Did not enter''
|- bgcolor=#9acdff
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} ]
|'''Fourth place'''
|'''4th'''
|'''4'''
|'''2'''
|'''0'''
|'''2'''
|'''7'''
|'''7'''
|''']'''
|1
|1
|0
|0
|6
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} ]
|colspan=9 rowspan=2|''Did not enter''
|colspan=6 rowspan=2|''Did not enter''
|-
| {{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} ]
|- bgcolor=#cc9966
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} ]
|'''Third place'''
|'''3rd'''
|'''5'''
|'''4'''
|'''0'''
|'''1'''
|'''17'''
|'''12'''
|''']'''
|2
|1
|1
|0
|9
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} ]
|Group stage
|15th
|3
|0
|1
|2
|2
|7
|]
|4
|3
|1
|0
|14
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} ]
|colspan=9|''Did not enter''
|colspan=6|''Did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} ]
|colspan=9 rowspan=3|''Did not qualify''
|4
|0
|1
|3
|1
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} ]
|6
|3
|0
|3
|12
|7
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} ]
|7
|3
|2
|2
|15
|9
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} ]
|rowspan=2|Second group stage
|7th
|6
|3
|0
|3
|7
|10
|]
|6
|4
|2
|0
|14
|2
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} ]
|8th
|5
|2
|1
|2
|5
|4
|]
|8
|5
|1
|2
|16
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} ]
|colspan=9|''Did not qualify''
|6
|3
|1
|2
|9
|8
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} ]
|Group stage
|18th
|3
|1
|0
|2
|2
|3
|]
|8
|3
|3
|2
|9
|9
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} ]
|colspan=9|''Did not qualify''
|10
|3
|2
|5
|15
|16
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} ]
|Group stage
|23rd
|3
|0
|2
|1
|3
|4
|]
|10
|8
|1
|1
|17
|4
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} {{flagicon|Japan}} ]
|colspan=9 rowspan=6|''Did not qualify''
|10
|4
|3
|3
|10
|14
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} ]
|10
|4
|3
|3
|15
|12
|-
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} ]
|10
|4
|2
|4
|14
|15
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} ]
|10
|5
|2
|3
|20
|10
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} ]
|10
|4
|3
|3
|14
|12
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} ]
|11
|5
|1
|5
|20
|19
|-
|{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States}} ]
|colspan=9 rowspan=3|''To be determined''
|colspan=8 rowspan=3|''To be determined''
|-
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} {{flagicon|Portugal}} {{flagicon|Spain}} ]
|-
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} ]
|-
!Total||{{Tooltip|Third place|Highest finish}}||{{Tooltip|7/22|Number of tournaments qualified for}}||29||12||4||13||43||47|| ||134||64||29||41||232||154
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
|-
!colspan=2|Austria's World Cup history
|-
!First Match
|{{fb|Austria}} 3–2 {{fb-rt|France}}<br>(], ]; 27 May 1934)
|-
!Biggest Win
|{{fb|Switzerland}} 5–7 {{fb-rt|Austria}}<br>(], ]; 26 June 1954)
|-
!Biggest Defeat
|{{fb|Netherlands}} 5–1 {{fb-rt|Austria}}<br>(], ]; 14 June 1978)
|-
!Best Result
|'''Third place''' (])
|-
!Worst Result
|Group stage (], ], ])
|}

===UEFA European Championship===
{{Main|Austria at the UEFA European Championship}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=10|] record
!width=1% rowspan=22|
!colspan=7|] record
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!Squad
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1794}} ]
|colspan=9 rowspan=12|''Did not qualify''
|4
|2
|0
|2
|10
|11
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} ]
|2
|0
|1
|1
|2
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} ]
|5
|2
|1
|2
|7
|9
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} ]
|6
|3
|1
|2
|14
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} ]
|6
|3
|1
|2
|11
|7
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} ]
|8
|4
|3
|1
|14
|7
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} ]
|8
|4
|1
|3
|15
|10
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} ]
|6
|2
|1
|3
|6
|9
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} ]
|8
|1
|1
|6
|6
|14
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} ]
|10
|5
|1
|4
|29
|14
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} ]
|8
|4
|1
|3
|19
|20
|-
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} ]
|8
|3
|0
|5
|12
|14
|-
| style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} ]
|Group stage
|13th
|3
|0
|1
|2
|1
|3
|]
|colspan=7|''Qualified as hosts''
|-
|{{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} ]
|colspan=9|''Did not qualify''
|10
|3
|3
|4
|16
|17
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} ]
|Group stage
|22nd
|3
|0
|1
|2
|1
|4
|]
|10
|9
|1
|0
|22
|5
|-
|{{flagicon|Europe}} ]
| rowspan="2" |Round of 16
|12th
|4
|2
|0
|2
|5
|5
|]
|10
|6
|1
|3
|19
|9
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} ]
|9th
|4
|2
|0
|2
|7
|6
|]
|8
|6
|1
|1
|17
|7
|-
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} ]
|colspan=9 rowspan=2|''To be determined''
|colspan=8 rowspan=2|''To be determined''
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|Turkey}} ]
|-
!Total||Round of 16||4/17||14||4||2||8||14||18|| ||117||57||18||42||219||162
|}

===UEFA Nations League===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=12|] record
|-
!Season
!Division
!Group
!Result
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==All-time head-to-head record==
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ALG}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || +2
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|AND}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || +1
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ARG}} || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 6 || -4
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|AZE}} || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 14 || 2 || +12
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BLR}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0 || +12
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BEL}} || 16 || 9 || 4 || 3 || 44 || 23 || +22
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BIH}} || 5 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 3 || +1
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BRA}} || 10 || 0 || 3 || 7 || 5 || 17|| -12
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BUL}} || 8 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 21 || 7 || +14
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CMR}} || 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 3 || -2
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CAN}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || -2
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CHL}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || -1
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CRC}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 2 || +2
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CRO}} || 7 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 12 || -6
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CYP}} || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 22 || 5 || +17
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CZE}}{{efn|name=TCH|Includes matches against {{fb|TCH}}.}} || 41 || 10 || 12 || 19 || 59 || 78 || -19
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|DEN}} || 13 || 4 || 1 || 8 || 15 || 25 || -10
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|GDR}} || 6 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 7 || 5 || +2
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|EGY}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 2 || +1
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ENG}} || 19 || 4 || 4 || 11 || 27 || 59 || -32
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|EST}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 1 || +8
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|FRO}} || 8 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 21 || 4 || +17
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|FIN}} || 11 || 8 || 2 || 1 || 24 || 11 || +13
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|FRA}} || 26 || 9 || 3 || 14 || 41 || 43 || -2
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|GEO}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 2 || +1
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|GER}}{{efn|Includes matches against {{fb|West Germany}}.}} || 41 || 10 || 6 || 25 || 59 || 90 || -31
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|GHA}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|GRE}} || 13 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 18 || 20 || -2
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|HUN}} || 137 || 40 || 30 || 67 || 252 || 299 || -47
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ISL}} || 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 0
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|IRN}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || +4
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ISR}} || 13 || 6 || 4 || 3 || 26 || 25 || +1
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ITA}} || 38 || 13 || 8 || 18 || 59 || 51 || +8
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CIV}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 5 || -2
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|JPN}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|KAZ}} || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 12 || 0 || +12
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|LVA}} || 9 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 24 || 9 || +15
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|LIE}} || 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 30 || 1 || +29
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|LTU}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 3 || +3
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|LUX}} || 7 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 29 || 4 || +25
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MLT}} || 9 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 29 || 5 || +24
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MDA}} || 9 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 15 || 4 || +11
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MNE}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || +2
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|NED}} || 21 || 7 || 4 || 10 || 27 || 40 || -13
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|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|NGA}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MKD}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 3 || +6
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|NIR}} || 12 || 6 || 3 || 4 || 21 || 19 || +2
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|NOR}} || 14 || 9 || 2 || 3 || 30 || 13 || +17
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|POL}} || 11 || 4 || 2 || 5 || 20 || 20 || 0
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|POR}} || 11 || 3 || 6 || 2 || 19 || 11 || +8
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|IRL}} || 16 || 9 || 4 || 3 || 37 || 19 || +18
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ROU}} || 10 || 3 || 5 || 2 || 12 || 12 || 0
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|RUS}}{{efn|Includes matches against {{fb|URS}}.}} || 19 || 7 || 4 || 8 || 16 || 22 || -6
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SMR}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 1 || +10
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SCO}} || 23 || 8 || 8 || 7 || 37 || 30 || +7
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SRB}}{{efn|Includes matches against {{fb|YUG}}.}} || 22 || 7 || 4 || 11 || 43 || 49 || -6
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SVN}} || 6 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 7 || 4 || +3
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ESP}} || 16 || 4 || 3 || 9 || 22 || 43 || -21
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SWE}} || 38 || 20 || 6 || 14 || 61 || 53 || +8
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SUI}} || 43 || 25 || 6 || 12 || 106 || 61 || +45
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|TRI}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || +3
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|TUN}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || +1
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|TUR}} || 18 || 9 || 1 || 8 || 25 || 25 || 0
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|UKR}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 4 || +1
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|USA}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 4 || -1
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|URU}} || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 5 || +1
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|- bgcolor="#FFDACC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|VEN}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || -1
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|WAL}} || 11 || 5 || 2 || 4 || 14 || 11 || +3
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! Total (71 Nations) || 838 || 354 || 179 || 309 || 1,431 || 1,314 || +117
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==Honours==
=== Major competitions ===
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===Summary===
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==See also==
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==References==
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Men's national association football team representing Austria This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Austria women's national football team.

Austria
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Das Team (The Team)
Burschen (The Boys)
Unsere Burschen (Our Boys)
AssociationÖsterreichischer Fußball-Bund (ÖFB)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachRalf Rangnick
CaptainDavid Alaba
Most capsMarko Arnautović (121)
Top scorerToni Polster (44)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeAUT
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 22 Steady (19 December 2024)
Highest10 (March–June 2016)
Lowest105 (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
Appearances7 (first in 1934)
Best resultThird place (1954)
European Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2008)
Best resultRound of 16 (2020, 2024)
Medal record
FIFA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Switzerland Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin Team
Websiteoefb.at

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.

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

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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. 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. 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.

Due to budgetary problems and the increased cost to travel to South America rather than some European location, Austria took the unprecedented decision, though having qualified, not to participate in the 1962 World Cup in Chile on the one had, or attempt (public) fundraising campaigns on the other zand..

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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. 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. This was followed up by an 0–0 draw to Portugal, in which Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty. Nonetheless, Austria ended up losing 1–2 to debutant Iceland and were eliminated with just a point.

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

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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. 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. 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

2024

Slovakia  v  Austria
23 March 2024 Friendly Slovakia  0–2  Austria Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 Report Stadium: Tehelné Pole
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Austria  v  Turkey
26 March 2024 Friendly Austria  6–1  Turkey Vienna, Austria
21:45 Report Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadion
Referee: Daniele Chiffi (Italy)
Austria  v  Serbia
4 June 2024 Friendly Austria  2–1  Serbia Vienna, Austria
20:45 Report Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadion
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
Switzerland  v  Austria
8 June 2024 Friendly Switzerland  1–1  Austria St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00 Report 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 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 Report 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 Report 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 Report 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 Report 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 Report 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 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 Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
Kazakhstan  v  Austria
14 November 2024 2024–25 Nations League Kazakhstan  0–2  Austria Almaty, Kazakhstan
21:00 UTC+6 Report Stadium: Almaty Central Stadium
Attendance: 9,753
Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)
Austria  v  Slovenia
17 November 2024 2024–25 Nations League Austria  1–1  Slovenia Vienna, Austria
18:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadion
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

2025

Austria  v  Serbia
20 March 2025 2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs Austria  v  Serbia Vienna, Austria
20:45 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Serbia  v  Austria
23 March 2025 2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs Serbia  v  Austria Belgrade, Serbia
18:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Austria  v  Romania
7 June 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Austria  v  Romania Austria
20:45 UTC+2 Report
San Marino  v  Austria
10 June 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification San Marino  v  Austria San Marino
20:45 UTC+2 Report
Austria  v  Cyprus
6 September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Austria  v  Cyprus Austria
20:45 UTC+2 Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Austria
9 September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 UTC+2 Report
Austria  v  San Marino
9 October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Austria  v  San Marino Austria
20:45 UTC+2 Report
Romania  v  Austria
12 October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Romania  v  Austria Romania
21:45 UTC+3 Report
Cyprus  v  Austria
15 November 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Cyprus  v  Austria Cyprus
19:00 UTC+2 Report
Austria  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina
18 November 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Austria  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina Austria
20:45 UTC+1 Report

Coaching staff

As of April 2024.
Position Name
Head coach Germany Ralf Rangnick
Assistant coaches Germany Lars Kornetka
Germany Peter Perchtold
Germany Onur Cinel
Goalkeeping coach Austria Michael Gspurning
Match analyst Austria 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% 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 checkY 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 checkY 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 checkY Qualified for the 1978 World Cup.
Karl Stotz  Austria 1 August 1978 14 December 1981 24 13 6 5 43 25 54.17 checkY 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 checkY 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 checkY 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
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 checkY Qualified for the UEFA Euro 2016
Franco Foda  Germany 1 January 2018 30 March 2022 48 27 6 15 77 52 56.25 checkY Qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020
Ralf Rangnick  Germany 29 April 2022 27 16 4 7 43 26 59.26 checkY Qualified for the UEFA Euro 2024

Players

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Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Alexander Schlager (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28) 17 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
12 1GK Niklas Hedl (2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Austria Rapid Wien
13 1GK Patrick Pentz (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 28) 14 0 Denmark Brøndby
2 2DF Maximilian Wöber (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26) 30 0 England Leeds United
3 2DF Michael Svoboda (1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 26) 2 0 Italy Venezia
4 2DF Kevin Danso (1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 (age 26) 24 0 France Lens
5 2DF Stefan Posch (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 27) 42 2 Italy Bologna
8 2DF Alexander Prass (2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 23) 13 0 Germany TSG Hoffenheim
15 2DF Philipp Lienhart (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28) 29 3 Germany SC Freiburg
16 2DF Phillipp Mwene (1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 30) 20 0 Germany Mainz 05
2DF Gernot Trauner (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32) 15 2 Netherlands Feyenoord
6 3MF Nicolas Seiwald (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23) 34 0 Germany RB Leipzig
9 3MF Marcel Sabitzer (3rd captain) (1994-03-17) 17 March 1994 (age 30) 87 20 Germany Borussia Dortmund
10 3MF Florian Grillitsch (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 29) 49 1 Germany TSG Hoffenheim
18 3MF Romano Schmid (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24) 21 2 Germany Werder Bremen
19 3MF Christoph Baumgartner (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 25) 48 18 Germany RB Leipzig
20 3MF Konrad Laimer (1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 27) 46 5 Germany Bayern Munich
21 3MF Patrick Wimmer (2001-05-30) 30 May 2001 (age 23) 21 1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
22 3MF Matthias Seidl (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 23) 8 1 Austria Rapid Wien
23 3MF Kevin Stöger (1993-08-27) 27 August 1993 (age 31) 3 0 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
7 4FW Marko Arnautović (Captain) (1989-04-19) 19 April 1989 (age 35) 121 39 Italy Internazionale
11 4FW Michael Gregoritsch (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30) 62 18 Germany SC Freiburg
14 4FW Junior Adamu (2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 23) 9 0 Germany SC Freiburg
17 4FW Andreas Weimann (1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 33) 26 2 England West Bromwich Albion

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Austria squad in the last twelve months.

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 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise UEFA Euro 2024
GK Daniel Bachmann (1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 30) 14 0 England Watford UEFA Euro 2024
GK Tobias Lawal (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Austria LASK UEFA Euro 2024
DF Flavius Daniliuc (2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 23) 3 0 Italy Hellas Verona v.  Norway, 13 October 2024
DF Marco Friedl (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 26) 5 0 Germany Werder Bremen v.  Norway, 13 October 2024
DF Leopold Querfeld (2003-12-20) 20 December 2003 (age 21) 4 0 Germany Union Berlin v.  Norway, 13 October 2024
DF Samson Baidoo (2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg UEFA Euro 2024
DF Stefan Lainer (1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 (age 32) 39 2 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach UEFA Euro 2024
MF Florian Kainz (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 32) 28 1 Germany 1. FC Köln UEFA Euro 2024
MF Marco Grüll (1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 26) 5 0 Germany Werder Bremen UEFA Euro 2024
MF Dejan Ljubičić (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27) 9 1 Germany 1. FC Köln UEFA Euro 2024
MF Thierno Ballo (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 23) 0 0 Austria Wolfsberger AC UEFA Euro 2024
MF Christoph Lang (2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 (age 23) 0 0 Austria Rapid Wien UEFA Euro 2024
MF Xaver Schlager (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27) 43 4 Germany RB Leipzig v.  Turkey, 14 March 2024
FW Maximilian Entrup (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 27) 3 1 Austria Hartberg UEFA Euro 2024
FW Guido Burgstaller (1989-04-29) 29 April 1989 (age 35) 26 2 Austria Rapid Wien UEFA Euro 2024
FW Muhammed Cham (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 24) 3 0 France Clermont UEFA Euro 2024
FW Manprit Sarkaria (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Austria Sturm Graz UEFA Euro 2024
FW Benedikt Pichler (1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Germany Holstein Kiel UEFA Euro 2024
FW Arnel Jakupović (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Croatia NK Osijek UEFA Euro 2024

Player was named to the preliminary squad / standby
Player withdrew from the squad due to COVID-19
Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue
Retired from international football
Suspended in official matches

Player statistics

See also: List of Austria international footballers
As of 17 November 2024 after the match against  Slovenia.
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 121 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 Marcel Sabitzer 87 20 2012–present
8 Karl Koller 86 5 1952–1965
9 Julian Baumgartlinger 84 1 2009–2021
Friedrich Koncilia 84 0 1970–1985
Bruno Pezzey 84 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 44 95 0.46 1982–2000
2 Marko Arnautović 39 121 0.32 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
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Did not enter
Italy 1934 Fourth place 4th 4 2 0 2 7 7 Squad 1 1 0 0 6 1
France 1938 Did not enter Did not enter
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954 Third place 3rd 5 4 0 1 17 12 Squad 2 1 1 0 9 1
Sweden 1958 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 2 7 Squad 4 3 1 0 14 3
Chile 1962 Did not enter Did not enter
England 1966 Did not qualify 4 0 1 3 1 6
Mexico 1970 6 3 0 3 12 7
West Germany 1974 7 3 2 2 15 9
Argentina 1978 Second group stage 7th 6 3 0 3 7 10 Squad 6 4 2 0 14 2
Spain 1982 8th 5 2 1 2 5 4 Squad 8 5 1 2 16 6
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 9 8
Italy 1990 Group stage 18th 3 1 0 2 2 3 Squad 8 3 3 2 9 9
United States 1994 Did not qualify 10 3 2 5 15 16
France 1998 Group stage 23rd 3 0 2 1 3 4 Squad 10 8 1 1 17 4
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 10 4 3 3 10 14
Germany 2006 10 4 3 3 15 12
South Africa 2010 10 4 2 4 14 15
Brazil 2014 10 5 2 3 20 10
Russia 2018 10 4 3 3 14 12
Qatar 2022 11 5 1 5 20 19
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Third place 7/22 29 12 4 13 43 47 134 64 29 41 232 154
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
France 1960 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 10 11
Spain 1964 2 0 1 1 2 3
Italy 1968 5 2 1 2 7 9
Belgium 1972 6 3 1 2 14 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 6 3 1 2 11 7
Italy 1980 8 4 3 1 14 7
France 1984 8 4 1 3 15 10
West Germany 1988 6 2 1 3 6 9
Sweden 1992 8 1 1 6 6 14
England 1996 10 5 1 4 29 14
Belgium Netherlands 2000 8 4 1 3 19 20
Portugal 2004 8 3 0 5 12 14
Austria Switzerland 2008 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 1 3 Squad Qualified as hosts
Poland Ukraine 2012 Did not qualify 10 3 3 4 16 17
France 2016 Group stage 22nd 3 0 1 2 1 4 Squad 10 9 1 0 22 5
Europe 2020 Round of 16 12th 4 2 0 2 5 5 Squad 10 6 1 3 19 9
Germany 2024 9th 4 2 0 2 7 6 Squad 8 6 1 1 17 7
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028 To be determined To be determined
Italy Turkey 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 Same position 18th
2020–21 B 1 Group stage 6 4 1 1 9 6 Rise 18th
2022–23 A 1 Group stage 6 1 1 4 6 10 Fall 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: Note: This table is work-in-progress; it is far from complete.

As of 17 November 2024, after the match against  Slovenia.

  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 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 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 6 4 2 0 12 0 +12
 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 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 22 7 4 11 43 49 -6
 Slovakia 45 10 14 19 6 3 +3
 Slovenia 6 3 2 1 7 4 +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) 838 354 179 309 1,431 1,314 +117

Honours

Major competitions

Regional

Summary

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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