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47-564: The stadium was opened in 1921 and was contemporaneously considered the best and biggest sporting venue in continental Europe. The Austrian national football side played numerous matches there in the 1920s and 1930s, attracting the ground's record attendance of 85,000 people when playing Italy in 1923. Around this time the venue also hosted boxing bouts like Georges Carpentier versus Arthur Townley on 1 May 1924 and even open-air opera performances like on 24 July 1924 when an audience of 20,000 attended Aida conducted by Pietro Mascagni . It

94-672: A council directive forbidding the use of the grass banking on safety grounds. As a result, the stadium's capacity since the 2005–06 season has been only 5,500. However, this does not stop more people peering into the ground. 48°14′58″N 16°21′28″E  /  48.24944°N 16.35778°E  / 48.24944; 16.35778 This article about an Austrian sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Austria national football team The Austria national football team ( Austrian German : Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft ) represents Austria in men's international football competitions, and

141-525: 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

188-459: 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

235-437: 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

282-583: 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

329-522: 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

376-411: A hill, creating a natural amphitheatre . Adding to the natural feel is the fact that three of the four sides of the ground boast grass banking, as opposed to the more traditional concrete, giving the ground an overwhelmingly green appearance (similar to The Valley in its early days). The fourth side of the ground features a modern main stand and is currently the only part of the stadium in use, following

423-737: A narrow home defeat to Germany and a 2–2 draw in Ireland away. 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

470-491: 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,

517-603: 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. 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

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564-479: A tap-in from Roberto Baggio . Despite Andi Herzog 's stoppage time penalty, Austria finished third in the group, behind the Italians and Chileans. 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

611-478: 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 ,

658-713: 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

705-641: 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

752-471: 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

799-508: 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

846-655: 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

893-556: 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 . The Austrian Football Association ("ÖFB") was founded on 18 March 1904 in

940-588: The World Cup . 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,

987-421: 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

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1034-549: 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's 1938 annexation to Germany was annulled and Austria, as before, competed internationally. Austria's best result came in 1954 with

1081-399: 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

1128-591: The Austria squad in the last twelve months. 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 Source: Note: This table is work-in-progress; it is far from complete.    Positive Record    Neutral Record    Negative Record UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 1992

1175-573: 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

1222-464: 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

1269-482: 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

1316-417: The finals. This was the last European Championship qualifying phase which awarded two points for a win; from 1996 onward, teams earned 3 points for a win. If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking: East Germany were originally drawn into this group alongside West Germany, but after reunification ,

1363-406: The first European, non-British countries to play international matches, three full decades after the first ever international football match . 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 The following players have also been called up to

1410-486: 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. 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,

1457-406: 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

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1504-535: 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

1551-403: 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

1598-549: 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

1645-409: 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. 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,

1692-540: The same qualifying group; this would have been the first time the two sides had met since the 1974 World Cup . However, following German reunification on 3 October 1990, the East German team was withdrawn and its fixtures scrapped, while the unified German team took over the fixtures of West Germany. The qualifiers thus consisted of 33 teams divided into seven groups (two of four teams and five of five teams) were played in 1990 and 1991. Each group winner progressed to

1739-565: The second round group stage of three teams. 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

1786-488: 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

1833-475: 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

1880-630: 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

1927-459: 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

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1974-479: Was a series of parallel association football competitions to be held over 1990 and 1991 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1992 , to be held in Sweden . The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 2 February 1990. There were a total of seven groups. At the conclusion of qualifying, the team at the top of each group qualified for the final tournament, to join the hosts in completing the eight participants. This

2021-533: Was also occasionally used as a giant Movie Theater in the years immediately following the Second World War. Hohe Warte lost its status as Austria's leading stadium with the construction of the Praterstadion (present-day Ernst-Happel-Stadion) in 1931, however, First Vienna's championship success in the 1940s and 1950s ensured that crowds remained high. The stadium is constructed into the side of

2068-411: 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

2115-495: 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 . 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

2162-501: 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

2209-436: Was the last European Championship to feature eight teams, as the competition was expanded to 16 teams for 1996 . The draw took place on 2 February 1990. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the competition, and 34 teams entered the draw, with the Faroe Islands and San Marino participating in a European qualifying tournament for the first time. As initially made, the draw placed East Germany and West Germany in

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