Austria national football team - Definition and Overview

Austria

Austria_national_team.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	-
Association	Austrian Football Association
Coach	Hans Krankl, 2002-
Most caps	Andreas Herzog (103)
Top scorer	Anton Polster (44)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Austria 5 - 0 Hungary (Vienna, Austria; October 12, 1902)
Largest win Austria 9 - 0 Malta (Salzburg, Austria; April 30, 1977)
Worst defeat Austria 1 - 11 England (Vienna, Austria; June 8, 1908)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1934)
Best result	Third place, 1954
European Football Championship
Appearances	None (yet) (First in 2008)
Best result	-

The Austria national football team has qualified for seven World Cups, most recently in 1998. It has not yet qualified for a European Championship; it will play in the tournament for the first time in 2008 when it co-hosts the event with Switzerland.

In the 1938 finals, Austria qualified but withdrew and did not play any matches because of Anschluss. Their best result came in 1954, when they finished third.

World Cup record

• 1930 - Did not enter
• 1934 - Fourth place
• 1938 - Withdrew after qualifying
• 1950 - Withdrew
• 1954 - Third place
• 1958 - Round 1
• 1962 to 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Quarterfinals
• 1982 - Quarterfinals
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Round 1
• 1994 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Round 1
• 2002 - Did not qualify

European Championship record

• 1960 to 2004 - Did not qualify
• 2008 - Qualify automatically as co-host

Famous Players

• Gerhard Hanappi
• Ernst Happel
• Anton Polster
• Andreas Herzog
• Harald Cerny
• Wolfgang Feiersinger
• Ivica Vastic
• Dietmar Kūhbauer
• Anton Pfeffer
• Herbert Prohaska
• Hans Krankl
• Erich Probst

External links

• RSSSF archive of results 1902-2003 (http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/oost-intres.html)
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html)
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1902-1999 (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/oost-coach-triv.html)