Austrian national soccer team / world championships

Austria
Republic of Austria

World Cup record goalscorer:	Erich Probst † (6)
World Cup record players:	11 games: Friedrich Koncilia , Erich Obermayer , Bruno Pezzey †, Herbert Prohaska
Rank :	20th
Balance sheet
29 World Cup games 12 wins 4 draws 13 defeats 43:47 goals
statistics
First World Cup game Austria 3: 2 n.V. France Turin ( ITA ); May 27, 1934
Biggest World Cup victory Austria 5: 0 Czechoslovakia Zurich ( CHE ); June 19, 1954
Biggest World Cup defeat Austria 1: 6 BR-Germany Basel ( CHE ); June 30, 1954
successes
World Championship
Participation in the finals	7 ( first : 1934 )
Best results	Third place in 1954
Best placements in the countries that host the FIFA World Cup
(Status: after the 2018 World Cup )

The article contains a detailed description of the Austrian national soccer team at soccer world championships . Austria has so far participated in world championships seven times with its own team, and in 1938 as part of the German Empire. The best place was third in 1954. Austria is in 20th place in the all-time ranking . In the 21st century, Austria was not yet able to qualify for the final round.

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated
1934	Italy	3rd place match	Germany	4th	Hugo Meisl (Union Captain) Jimmy Hogan (Trainer)	Semi-final against the eventual world champion.
1938	France	Round of 16	Switzerland	(10.)	Sepp Herberger	Participation as part of the German team
1950	Brazil	not participated				Waived after the qualification draw
1954	Switzerland	3rd place match	Uruguay	3.	Walter Nausch	Semi-final against the eventual world champion.
1958	Sweden	Preliminary round	Brazil , England , USSR	15th	Josef Argauer
1962	Chile	withdrawn				Withdrawn prior to qualifying.
1966	England	not qualified				In the qualification of Hungary failed.
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of Germany failed.
1974	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification of Sweden failed.
1978	Argentina	2nd final round	Netherlands , Italy , Germany	7th	Helmut Senekowitsch	Miracles of Cordoba
1982	Spain	2nd final round	France , Northern Ireland	8th.	Felix Latzke (trainer) Georg Schmidt (ÖFB team boss)	Gijón Non-Aggression Pact
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In qualifying at Hungary and the Netherlands failed, but could not qualify either.
1990	Italy	Preliminary round	Italy , Czechoslovakia , USA	18th	Josef Hickersberger
1994	United States	not qualified				In the qualification of Sweden and Bulgaria failed.
1998	France	Preliminary round	Cameroon , Chile , Italy	23.	Herbert Prohaska	In all three games Austria scored their only goal in stoppage time in the second half
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the qualification in the playoff games of the runners at the Turkey failed.
2006	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification of England and Poland failed.
2010	South Africa	not qualified				In the qualification of Serbia and France failed.
2014	Brazil	not qualified				Failed in the qualification to Germany and Sweden , which could not qualify either.
2018	Russia	not qualified				In the qualification of Serbia and Ireland failed.

Statistics (data including 2018: 21 World Championships; percentages are rounded)

• Participation waiver / withdrawn: 3 × (14%; 1930, 1950 and 1962)
• As part of another team: 1 × (5%; 1938, after own athletic qualification)
• Not qualified: 10 × (48%; 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018)
• Sports qualification: 8 × (38% or 44% of the attempts)
  • Preliminary round: 3 × (15%; 1958, 1986 and 1998)
  • 2nd final round with 12 teams: 1 × (5%; 1982)
  • 2nd final round with 8 teams: 1 × (5%; 1978)
  • Match for 3rd place: 2 × (10%; 1934 and 1954)
    • Fourth: 1 × (5%; 1934)
    • Third: 1 × (1%; 1954)

World Cup tournaments

1930 in Uruguay

The first soccer World Cup took place on the South American continent in Uruguay. It was the only world championship for which no qualifying matches were played. Like some other European nations, the ÖFB also decided not to participate.

1934 in Italy

Matthias Sindelar , Austria's first World Cup goalscorer

For the first World Cup in Europe , Austria and Hungary were able to qualify against Bulgaria . After the Hungarians had won two and the Austrians had won one game against the Bulgarians, the remaining games were no longer played.

In Italy, the Austrians met France in their first World Cup game in the round of 16 and fell behind after 18 minutes. Matthias Sindelar was able to equalize shortly before the half-time break. It stayed that way until the 90th minute, which made the first extra time in a World Cup game necessary. In this Austria was able to quickly take a 3-1 lead, although they had to accept the connection goal in the 113th minute with a converted hand penalty, but then saved the lead and made it to the quarter-finals. Here Hungary was the opponent and Austria was able to win 2-1. It was the 75th game between the two teams. In the semifinals, the Austrians met hosts Italy and lost just 0: 1 after a dubious referee performance by Swede Ivan Eklind , who "recommended" himself for the final. In the game for third place, the Austrians met Germany and lost 3-2. Austria fell 0-1 behind with a goal from Ernst Lehner after just 25 seconds - the fastest goal since the start of the game until 1962.

1938 in France

In qualifying for the World Cup in France , Austria prevailed 2-1 against Latvia and Sweden was drawn in the eighth-final draw . After Austria was annexed to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, Austria ceased to exist as an independent state and the ÖFB was dissolved. Due to political pressure from Berlin, Sepp Herberger had to form a team made up of players from both national teams. At that time, Austrian football was among the best in the world, which was also evident in domestic German competitions after the merger: SK Rapid Wien became German cup winners in the "follow-up" year of 1938, and more national titles from Viennese clubs followed in the years to come.

Due to the short preparation time, Herberger was no longer able to form a powerful team from the two old teams, each of which was among the best in the world (third and fourth in the World Cup in 1934). The large German team, made up of 13 players from the "Altreich" and nine Austrians, was eliminated in the round of 16 against their common neighbor, Switzerland. The German team took the lead through Josef Gauchel in the first game, but had to accept the equalization shortly before the break, which remained until the 120th minute. In the resulting replay - penalty shoot-outs had not yet been invented - even managed a 2-0 lead through a goal by Wilhelm Hahnemann from Vienna and an own goal by the Swiss. The Swiss managed to score the next goal before the break, turn the game around in the second half and win 4-2. But the effort cost the Swiss to advance to the semi-finals, because after three days they lost in the quarter-finals against the eventual runner-up world champions Hungary , who had a week break after an easy win against the Dutch East Indies .

1950 in Brazil

Austria began playing international matches again in August 1945, with France also playing, which only played against Germany in 1952, and had also reported for the first World Cup after the Second World War . The team should qualify against Turkey , but then renounced. Turkey and other qualified teams also ultimately waived.

1954 in Switzerland

For the World Cup in the neighboring country , Austria had to go through two games against Portugal qualify . After a 9: 1 in Vienna , a 0: 0 in Lisbon was enough . In contrast to the following World Championships, two teams were seeded per group that did not have to play against each other, but only against the two unset teams, which in turn did not have to play against each other. The Austrians were drawn as the seeded team, defending champion Uruguay, and as unseeded teams, Scotland and Czechoslovakia , against which Austria and Uruguay had to play. In the first game against Scotland, Austria won 1-0 against Czechoslovakia 5-0. Since Uruguay also won against both, making this the only group in which both seeded teams prevailed, the lot had to decide who was group winner and second, as the more goals scored by the world champion did not count. Austria won the group by drawing lots and met host Switzerland in the quarter-finals . The game that went down in history as the heat battle of Lausanne (it took place at 40 ° in the shade) was won 7: 5. The Swiss were leading 3-0 after 19 minutes, but then had to accept five goals before they scored the 4-5 goal. The other goals then fell alternately. It is still the World Cup game with the most goals. Some players, like the Austrian goalkeeper Kurt Schmied and the Swiss Roger Bocquet , did not survive the game unscathed. Schmied suffered a sunstroke in the first half and was directed by his team's masseur standing behind the goal, and Bocquet collapsed in the closing stages due to a brain tumor. The exhausted Austrian team then went down in the semi-finals with 1: 6 against eventual world champions Germany . In the game for 3rd place it came to the game against the already dethroned defending champion, who had lost 4-2 in the semi-finals against World Cup favorite Hungary. Austria won the small final with 3: 1 and has thus achieved the best placement at a World Cup to date. Team boss Walter Nausch stayed in office for two more games, both of which were lost, and then moved to FK Austria Wien , but died three years later.

1958 in Sweden

Austria was able to qualify again for the 1958 World Cup . Opponents were the Netherlands and Luxembourg . After Walter Nausch resigned , several coaches had replaced each other as team bosses, and Austria then went into qualifying with the supervisor duo Josef Argauer and Josef Molzer . With three wins and one draw they managed to qualify confidently.

In Sweden the team was drawn into a group with Brazil , England as well as Olympic champions and World Cup newcomers USSR . The first game against eventual world champions Brazil was lost 3-0, in the second game against the USSR it was 2-0. This meant that the Austrians were already without a chance at the quarter-finals, but in the last game they tripped the English and, so to speak, the USSR as well. Because of the 2-2 draw, England and the USSR were tied on points and goals, so a playoff for second place had to be played. The Olympic champion won this 1-0, but then only had two days until the quarter-finals, in which they lost to hosts Sweden . Austria said goodbye to the World Cup stage for 20 years and Argauer's term of office ended, Josef Molzer stayed in office together with three new colleagues for two games. Then Karl Decker took over the post of ÖFB team boss .

1962 in Chile

In qualifying for the World Cup in Chile , Austria was supposed to play against Spain and Wales , but withdrew. Spain then qualified for the World Cup.

1966 in England

In qualifying for the World Cup in the home country of football , Austria met Hungary and the GDR . Austria was only able to score a point in the first game against the GDR with a 1-1 draw, but then lost the remaining three games and was eliminated from the bottom of the group. Hungary, on the other hand, qualified with three wins and one draw.

1970 in Mexico

For the first World Cup finals in Central America, Austria was drawn into a qualifying group with Germany , Scotland and Cyprus . Austria started with a 7: 1 against Cyprus, but then lost the home game against Germany with 0: 2 and then in Scotland with 1: 2. After that they won 2-1 in Cyprus, but after a defeat in Germany Austria had no chance to qualify. The last meaningless game against Scotland was won, but had only statistical value.

1974 in the Federal Republic of Germany

For the first World Cup in Germany , Austria could not qualify in a group with Sweden , Hungary and Malta , but at least reached a playoff against Sweden. After both games against Hungary ended in a draw and a game was won and lost against Sweden and Hungary and Sweden also drew twice, all three teams had 8: 4 points, but Sweden and Austria had the same goal difference of +7, while Hungary had one Goal difference of only +5. Sweden then won the playoff in Gelsenkirchen 2-1.

1978 in Argentina

The qualification for the World Cup in Argentina joined Austria then for the first time since 1958 again successfully. In a group with the GDR , Turkey and Malta the first place was taken. The qualification was secured by a 1-0 win against Turkey in İzmir , whereby Austria benefited from the fact that the GDR - against which they played 1-1 twice - had only managed to beat Turkey 1-1 at home, while the Austrians won both games against the Turks.

In Argentina, the Austrians were drawn into a death group with Brazil, Sweden and Spain and were considered outsiders. The first game against Spain was surprisingly won 2-1 and they also won against Sweden (1-0). Since Brazil were only drawn against both, Austria was already in the 2nd final round before the game against Brazil. The game against the South Americans was then lost with 0: 1, but thanks to the total number of goals scored, Austria even won the group ahead of the Brazilians. In the second final round, the Austrians faced vice world champions Netherlands and lost 5-1. After a 0: 1 against Italy, the Austrians no longer had a chance to reach the final or the game for third place, so that for them the last game against defending champions Germany only had statistical value. For Germany, however, there was still the chance of reaching the final with a big win in the event of a draw between the Netherlands and Italy or, if there was no loss, the small final if there was a winner in the parallel game. The game against Germany then went down in Austrian World Cup history as a miracle of Córdoba , in Germany more as a “shame of Córdoba” or “shame of Córdoba”. The German team took the lead after just 19 minutes, but an own goal by Berti Vogts equalized after just under an hour and Austria was even able to take the lead through Hans Krankl . The Germans equalized two minutes later, but that wasn't enough for them, even though they would have been 2-2 in the small final, as Italy was already behind at that point. In the final offensive of the Germans, the 3: 2 fell again by Krankl, which made the Austrian radio commentator Edi Finger "foolish" and made a quarter drink. With the game, Helmut Senekowitsch's tenure as ÖFB team boss ended , and Germany and Austria were eliminated. The Netherlands, who had won against Italy, reached the final, in which they lost to the hosts as they did four years earlier. Italy played against Brazil in the third place match and also lost.

1982 in Spain

In qualifying for the World Cup in Spain , Austria met Germany as well as Bulgaria , Albania and Finland . Germany, which won the European Championship in 1980 , won all games. Austria and Bulgaria fought for second place, which was also enough for qualification. With a 2-0 home game and a 0-0 away game against the Bulgarians, it was enough for second place in the end, as Finland and Albania were only scoring points. After the qualification there was a falling out between the successful team boss Karl Stotz and the ÖFB President Karl Sekanina , which cost the former the post. The ÖFB decided to entrust the supervision of the national team during the World Cup to a duo on an interim basis, which consisted of Felix Latzke as coach and the ÖFB employee Georg Schmidt .

In Spain, Austria and Germany were once again drawn into a group, along with Chile and World Cup newcomer Algeria . While the Austrians won their first game against Chile 1-0, Germany surprisingly lost the opening game 1: 2 against Algeria. But Germany then clearly defeated Chile 4-1 and Austria the Algerians 2-0. The day before Germany and Austria met in the last game, Algeria beat Chile 3-2, losing a 3-0 lead. This would mean that Germany would be group winners if they beat Austria, but Austria would also be ahead of Algeria if they were narrowly defeated by Germany. In the game, which went down in history as the non-aggression pact of Gijón , Horst Hrubesch scored the 1-0 after 10 minutes for the initially stormy attacking Germans. Since this served both of them, both stopped playing football and, to the displeasure of the neutral spectators, only pushed the ball to each other without making any attempt to score more goals. As a consequence of this scandal, the last group matches have been held in parallel since then.

In the second final round Austria met France and lost 1-0. This was followed by a 2-2 win against Northern Ireland , which ended the World Cup for Austria. With a 4-1 win against the Northern Irish, France then reached the semi-finals against Germany , in which there was the first penalty shoot-out at a World Cup. With the end, Latzke's term of office ended, Schmidt became assistant coach to Erich Hof , who as the new ÖFB team boss only remained in office until after the third qualifying game for the 1986 World Cup.

1986 in Mexico

Austria was unable to qualify for the second World Cup in Mexico . They went into the qualification with Erich Hof as team boss, who, however, was already under pressure after missing the qualification for the European Championship in 1984 and was replaced by Branko Elsner after three games . In a group with Hungary , the Netherlands and Cyprus, Austrians and Dutch were tied at the end, but the Hungarians had three points more and qualified directly for the World Cup. Since the Dutch had the better goal difference, they reached the playoffs of the runners-up in the groups of four, but could not prevail against Belgium .

1990 in Italy

The qualification for the second World Cup in Italy was successful again. After Branko Elsner was unable to lead the team to either the 1986 World Cup or the 1988 European Championship , he was replaced by Josef Hickersberger . The opponents were the USSR , which also qualified, Turkey , the GDR , which took part in the qualification for the last time, and Iceland . The qualification was only secured on the last day of the match with a 3-0 win against the GDR, in which Toni Polster scored all three goals. This was the last competitive game for the GDR and many GDR players were recruited by West German clubs in the Vienna stadium.

In Italy, the Austrians faced hosts Italy in their first game and lost 1-0 with a goal from later top scorer Salvatore Schillaci . The second game against Czechoslovakia was also lost 0-1. The last game against the USA , which had qualified again after 40 years of abstinence from the World Cup, but had also lost both games against the other two opponents, was then in principle meaningless, but was still won 2-1. Despite the elimination, Hickersberger remained in office for the time being, but after the "debacle against the Faroe Islands" , the first match in qualifying for the European Championship in 1992 , he announced his resignation. The Americans, who were also eliminated, were at least certain that they would be back at the next World Cup because they were allowed to host it.

1994 in the United States

Austria, however, could not qualify for the World Cup in the USA . In the qualification they went with Ernst Happel , who died of lung cancer 14 days after the second qualifying game . His work was continued by Herbert Prohaska . In a group of six with Bulgaria , Sweden , France , Finland and Israel , only fourth place was taken. Only three wins and two draws were achieved. Five games were lost. Despite the missed qualification, Herbert Prohaska remained in office and was given more opportunities to lead Austria to a major tournament.

1998 in France

After missing the World Cup finals in 1994, Austria was able to qualify for the 1998 World Cup finals again . which paid off that Herbert Prohaska was allowed to stay in office even after missing the qualification for the European Championship in 1996 . In the World Cup qualification , Scotland , Sweden , Latvia , Estonia and Belarus were relegated to the places under his leadership . Austria won eight games, only against Scotland they failed to win (0-0 and 0-2).

In France, Austria met Cameroon in the first game and kept the 0-0 for 76 minutes. Then they fell 0: 1 behind. Toni Polster managed to equalize in stoppage time . The game against Chile was similar, only this time Ivica Vastić equalized to 1-1 in added time. Against runner-up world champions Italy, Andreas Herzog scored a goal in stoppage time - this time from a penalty - but it was only 2-1. With that, Austria retired as third party and said goodbye to the World Cup for at least 20 years. Prohaska remained in office after the end, but resigned from his position after a 9-0 win against Spain in qualifying for the EM 2000 . After all, with 51 games, he is the longest continuously reigning ÖFB team boss since the Second World War.

2002 in Japan and South Korea

Austria was unable to qualify for the first World Cup in Asia . Before the start of the qualification, record goal scorer Toni Polster ended his international career with his 95th international match and remained a record international player until 2002 . The Austrians went into the qualification under team boss Otto Barić , who had replaced Herbert Prohaska during the unsuccessful European Championship qualification. Behind Spain , they finished second, five points behind, ahead of Israel , Bosnia-Herzegovina and Liechtenstein . However, Austria could still have qualified through victories in the group runners-up playoffs. Both games against Turkey were lost (0: 1 and 0: 5). Turkey went back to the World Cup for the first time since 1954 and surprisingly came third. With the end of the term of office of Otto Barić ended, his successor was Hans Krankl , the hero of Córdoba .

2006 in Germany

In qualifying for the second World Cup in Germany , Austria, Northern Ireland, Wales and Azerbaijan were only suppliers of points for England and Poland , who fought for the first two places and qualified directly. For Austria it was only enough for 3rd place. Hans Krankl's tenure as ÖFB team boss ended after the third last game , the qualification was completed under the interim coaches Willibald Ruttensteiner , Andreas Herzog and Slavko Kovačić . Then Josef Hickersberger took over the office again.

2010 in South Africa

In qualifying for the first World Cup in Africa , Austria met Serbia , runner-up world champions France , Lithuania , Romania and the Faroe Islands . After Hickersberger had already failed in the preliminary round at the European Championships at home in 2008 with Austria, Karel Brückner , who had also failed in the preliminary round with the Czech Republic , took over the position of ÖFB team boss. Under him, however, Austria only won one game with two draws and four defeats. Therefore, his position was taken over by Didi Constantini in the current qualification , who had previously been twice interim coach and twice assistant coach. But even he did not succeed in getting Austria back on the road to success. Austria won only four games, lost as many and achieved two draws. So it was only enough for third place behind Serbia, which qualified for the first time with its own team, and France, which had to go into the playoffs against Ireland as second in the group and thanks to Henry's hand , could book the ticket for South Africa. Constantini got a second chance in qualifying for the EM 2012 , which he could not use.

2014 in Brazil

The team before the World Cup qualifier against Sweden on June 7, 2013

Austria was also unable to qualify for the second World Cup in Brazil . After missing the qualification for the EM 2012, the Swiss Marcel Koller took over the position of team manager. In the qualification , Germany was once again the opponent as well as Sweden, Ireland , Kazakhstan and the Faroe Islands . In the first qualifying game Austria played for the first time with a team in which only legionnaires were in the starting line-up, but lost the home game against Germany. Overall, the Austrians lost once less than four years earlier and won one more game, but again they only managed to finish third. Germany qualified directly undefeated and became world champions for the fourth time in Brazil. Sweden, on the other hand, also missed qualifying in the playoffs against Portugal .

2018 in Russia

In the qualification , which began in September 2016, the Austrians faced Wales , Serbia , Ireland , Moldova and Georgia . With two wins, three defeats and three draws in the first eight games, the Austrians had no chance to qualify before their last two games. They were then able to win against Serbia 3-2, which caused the Serbs to lose their only qualifying defeat and prevent Serbia from qualifying prematurely, and then also win 1-0 in Moldova, but they only had victories for the Austrians still statistical significance. In the end they stayed fourth. This means that the contract of coach Marcel Koller, which expired on December 31, 2017, was not extended.

player

Ranking of the Austrian World Cup players with the most appearances

All World Cup participants
Surname	birthday	Death day	Games	Gates	Participation
goalkeeper
Friedrich Koncilia	Feb 25, 1948		11	00	1978, 1982
Kurt Schmied	June 14, 1926	0Dec 9, 2007	05	00	1954, 1958
Peter Platzer	May 29, 1910	Dec 13, 1959	04th	00	1934
Michael Konsel	06th Mar 1962		03	00	(1990), 1998
Klaus Lindenberger	May 28, 1957		03	00	(1982), 1990
Rudolf Raftl	0Feb. 7, 1911	05th Sep 1994	02	00	(1934), 1938 *
Rudolf Szanwald	0July 6, 1931	0Jan. 2, 2013	02	00	1958
Walter Zeman	0May 1, 1927	0Aug 8, 1991	01	00	1954
Defense
Erich Obermayer	Jan. 23, 1953		11	01	1978, 1982
Bruno Pezzey	0Feb 3, 1955	Dec 31, 1994	11	01	1978, 1982
Ernst Happel	Nov 29, 1925	Nov 14, 1992	06th	00	1954, 1958
Robert Sara	0June 9, 1946		06th	00	1978
Heribert Weber	June 28, 1955		06th	00	1978, 1982
Bernd Krauss	0May 8, 1957		05	00	1982
Anton Pfeffer	Aug 17, 1965		05	00	1990, 1998
Peter Schöttel	26th Mar 1967		05	00	1990, 1998
Karl Sesta	18 Mar 1906	July 12, 1974	04th	01	1934
Leopold Barschandt	Aug 12, 1925	0Oct 5, 2000	04th	00	1954, (1958)
Gerhard Breitenberger	Oct 14, 1954		04th	00	1978
Franz Cisar	Nov 28, 1908	unknown	04th	00	1934
Josef Degeorgi	Jan. 19, 1960		04th	00	1982
Ernst Aigner	Oct 31, 1966		03	00	1990
Wolfgang Feiersinger	Jan. 30, 1965		03	00	1998
Robert Pecl	Nov 15, 1965		03	00	1990
Heinrich Strasser	Oct 26, 1948		03	00	1978
Michael Streiter	Jan. 19, 1966		03	00	1990
Franz Swoboda	Feb 15, 1933	July 27 or 28, 2017	03	00	1958
Walter Kollmann	June 17, 1932	May 16, 2017	02	00	1954, 1958
Kurt Russ	Nov 23, 1964		02	00	1990
Paul Halla	Apr 10, 1931	0Dec 6, 2005	01	00	(1954), 1958
Andy Pichler	0Oct. 4, 1955		01	00	1982
Johann Pregesbauer	0June 8, 1958		01	00	1982
Willibald Schmaus	June 16, 1912	Apr. 27, 1979	01	00	(1934), 1938 *
Karl Stotz	27 Mar 1927	0Apr 4, 2017	01	00	(1954), 1958
midfield
Herbert Prohaska	0Aug 8, 1955		11	00	1978, 1982
Karl Koller	0Feb 9, 1929	Jan. 24, 2009	08th	01	1954, 1958
Gerhard Hanappi	Feb 16, 1929	23 Aug 1980	08th	00	1954, 1958
Andreas Herzog	Sep 10 1968		06th	01	1990, 1998
Josef Hickersberger	Apr 27, 1948		06th	00	1978
Wilhelm Cross	May 29, 1949		06th	00	1978
Reinhold Hintermaier	Feb 14, 1956		05	01	1982
Kurt Jara	Oct 14, 1950		05	00	1978, 1982
Eduard Krieger	Dec 16, 1946		05	00	1978
Ernst Ocffekt	07th Mar 1926	Jan. 23, 1980	05	02	1954
Ernst Baumeister	Jan. 22, 1957		04th	00	(1978), 1982
Roland Hattenberger	0December 7, 1948		04th	00	(1978), 1982
Josef Smistik	Nov 28, 1905	Nov 28, 1985	04th	00	1934
Johann Urbanek	Oct 10, 1910	0July 7, 2000	04th	00	1934
Franz Wager	23 Sep 1911	0Dec 8, 1974	04th	00	1934, (1938 *)
Dietmar Kühbauer	0Apr 4, 1971		03	00	1998
Roman Mählich	17 Sep 1971		03	00	1998
Manfred Zsak	Dec 22, 1964		03	00	1990
Harald Cerny	13 Sep 1973		02	00	1998
Peter Artner	May 20, 1966		02	00	1990
Alfred Hörtnagl	Sep 24 1966		02	00	1990
Peter Stoeger	Apr 11, 1966		02	00	1998
Gerald Glatzmayer	Dec 13, 1968	Jan. 11, 2001	01	00	1990
Günther Happich	Jan. 28, 1952	Oct 16, 1995	01	00	1978
Manfred Linzmaier	Aug 27, 1962		01	00	1990
Johann Mock	0Dec 9, 1906	May 22, 1982	01	00	1938 *
Andreas Reisinger	Oct 14, 1963		01	00	1990
Markus Schopp	Feb. 22, 1974		01	00	1998
Stefan Skoumal	Nov 29, 1909	Nov 28, 1983	01	00	1938 *
Storm
Hans Krankl	Feb 14, 1953		10	05	1978, 1982
Walter Schachner	0Feb. 1, 1957		08th	03	1978, 1982
Alfred Koerner	Feb. 14, 1926		07th	03	1954, 1958
Toni upholstery	10 Mar 1964		06th	01	1990, 1998
Erich Probst	0Dec 5, 1927	16. Mar. 1988	05	06th	1954
Robert Koerner	Aug 21, 1924	June 22, 1989	05	00	1954
Ernst Stojaspal	Jan. 14, 1925	0Apr 3, 2002	04th	03	1954
Theodor Wagner	0Aug 6, 1927		04th	03	1954
Josef Bican	25 Sep 1913	Dec 12, 2001	04th	01	1934
Karl Zischek	Aug 28, 1910	0Oct 6, 1985	04th	01	1934
Rudolf Viertl	Nov 12, 1902	0Dec 9, 1981	04th	00	1934
Andreas Ogris	0Oct 7, 1964		03	01	1990
Matthias Sindelar	Feb 10, 1903	Jan. 23, 1939	03	01	1934
Ivica Vastić	29 Sep 1969		03	01	1998
Hans Buzek	May 22, 1938		03	00	1958
Mario Haas	16 Sep 1974		03	00	1998
Heimo Pfeifenberger	Dec 29, 1966		03	00	(1990), 1998
Walter Schleger	19 Sep 1929	0Dec 3, 1999	03	00	1954, 1958
Helmut Senekowitsch	Oct 22, 1933	0Sep 9 2007	03	00	1958
Kurt Welzl	0Nov 6, 1954		03	00	1982
Arnold Wetl	0Feb. 2, 1970		03	00	1998
Johann Horvath	May 20, 1903	July 30, 1968	02	02	1934
Wilhelm Hahnemann	Apr 14, 1914	23 Aug 1991	02	01	1938 *
Gerhard Rodax	Aug 29, 1965		02	01	1990
Anton Schall	June 22, 1907	Aug 10, 1947	02	01	1934
Robert service	01st Mar 1928	0June 3, 2000	02	00	1954, (1958)
Walter Horak	0June 1, 1931		02	00	1958
Gernot Jurtin	0Sep 9 1955	0Dec 8, 2006	02	00	1982
Ernst Kozlicek	Jan. 21, 1931		02	00	1958
Paul Kozlicek	July 22, 1937	Nov 26, 1999	02	00	1958
Johann Pirkner	25th Mar 1946		02	00	1978
Georg Braun	Feb. 22, 1907	22 Sep 1963	01	00	1934
Max Hagmayr	Nov 16, 1956		01	00	1982
Leopold Neumer	0Feb 8, 1919	10 Mar 1990	01	00	1938 *
Franz Oberacher	24 Mar 1954		01	00	1978
Johann Pesser	0Nov 7, 1911	Aug 12, 1986	01	00	1938 *
Josef Stroh	05th Mar 1913	0Jan. 7, 1991	01	00	(1934), 1938 *
(): in the squad, but without commitment; * as a player in the team of the German Reich

1. Friedrich Koncilia , Erich Obermayer , Bruno Pezzey † and Herbert Prohaska : 11 appearances in 2 tournaments

5. Hans Krankl : 10 appearances in 2 tournaments

6. Gerhard Hanappi †, Karl Koller †, Walter Schachner : 8 appearances in 2 tournaments

9. Alfred Körner : 7 appearances in 2 tournaments

Ranking of the Austrian World Cup players with the most goals

1. Erich Probst † - 6 goals
2. Hans Krankl - 5 goals
3. Alfred Körner, Walter Schachner, Ernst Stojaspal †, Theodor Wagner - 3 goals each

World Cup captains

• 1934: Josef Smistik (1st and 3rd game), Johann Horvath (2nd and 4th game)
• 1938: Johann Mock (for the German Reich in the first game against Switzerland)
• 1954: Ernst Ocffekt
• 1958: Gerhard Hanappi
• 1978: Robert Sara
• 1982: Erich Obermayer
• 1990, 1998: Toni Polster

Players banned from World Championships

• 1938: Johann Pesser was sent off in the first round of 16 for the “Greater German” team.
• 1990: Peter Artner received the red card in the last group game , since Austria was eliminated, it had just as little effect on the tournament as the second yellow cards for Robert Pecl and Manfred Zsak .
• 1998 Peter Schöttel received the second yellow card in the last group game. Since Austria was eliminated, it had no further effect on the tournament.

Share of players playing abroad in the World Cup squad

Austria used legionnaires for the first time at the 1978 World Cup , but after that they always formed the minority, even if most of them formed the core of the team.

Year (games)	Number (countries)	Players (stakes)
1934 (4)	0
1954 (5)	0
1958 (3)	0
1978 (6)	5 (1 in Belgium, 3 in Germany, 1 in the Netherlands)	Eduard Krieger (5); Roland Hattenberger (0), Josef Hickersberger (6), Kurt Jara (4); Wilhelm Cross (6)
1982 (5)	6 (2 in Germany, 2 in Italy, 1 in Switzerland, 1 in Spain)	Reinhold Hintermaier (5), Bruno Pezzey (5); Herbert Prohaska (5), Walter Schachner (5); Kurt Jara (1); Kurt Welzl (3)
1990 (3)	1 (in Spain)	Toni upholstery (3)
1998 (3)	10 (6 in Germany, 1 in England, 1 in France, 1 in Italy, 1 in Spain)	Harald Cerny (2), Wolfgang Feiersinger (3), Andreas Herzog (3), Heimo Pfeifenberger (3), Toni Polster (3), Franz Wohlfahrt (0); Martin Hiden (0); Walter Kogler (0); Michael Konsel (3); Dietmar Kuehbauer (3)

Games

Austria has played 29 World Cup games so far. Of these, 12 won, 13 lost and four ended in a draw. A game had to be extended because a winner had to be determined. It was the first game that was extended to a World Cup and was won in overtime.

Austria never took part in the opening game, but had to face the hosts three times: in 1934 in the semi-finals and in 1990 in the preliminary round against Italy, and in 1954 in the quarter-finals against Switzerland.

Austria lost three times (1934, 1954, 1958) to the eventual world champion.

In 1954 in the game for third place and in 1978 in the second final round Austria played against the defending champion.

Austria met newcomers to the World Cup six times: 1934 (when you were a newcomer yourself) / Hungary, Italy and Germany, 1954 / Scotland, 1958 / Soviet Union, 1982 / Algeria .

Most frequent opponents: Germany and Italy - four times each, Germany is also the most common last opponent (2 ×).

Austria has played in 20 World Cup cities so far, most often in Buenos Aires and Zurich (3 times each).

All World Cup games
No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
1	May 27, 1934	3: 2 a.d.	France	*	Turin ( ITA )	Round of 16
2	05/31/1934	2: 1	Hungary	*	Bologna ( ITA )	Quarter finals
3	06/03/1934	0: 1	Italy	A.	Milan ( ITA )	Semifinals
4th	06/07/1934	2: 3	Germany	*	Naples ( ITA )	3rd place match	Austria finished the World Cup in 4th place
5	06/16/1954	1-0	Scotland	*	Zurich ( CHE )	Preliminary round	250th game
6th	06/19/1954	5-0	Czechoslovakia	*	Zurich ( CHE )	Preliminary round
7th	06/26/1954	7: 5	Switzerland	A.	Lausanne ( CHE )	Quarter finals	" Heat battle of Lausanne ", the highest-scoring game in a World Cup to date
8th	06/30/1954	1: 6	Germany	*	Basel ( CHE )	Semifinals
9	07/03/1954	3: 1	Uruguay	*	Zurich ( CHE )	3rd place match	First international match against Uruguay. First World Cup medal
10	06/08/1958	0: 3	Brazil	*	Uddevalla ( SWE )	Preliminary round
11	06/11/1958	0: 2	Soviet Union	*	Borås ( SWE )	Preliminary round	First international match against the Soviet Union
12	06/15/1958	2: 2	England	*	Borås ( SWE )	Preliminary round	Last international match under Josef Argauer and Josef Molzer Austria ended the World Cup in 4th place in the preliminary round
13	06/03/1978	2: 1	Spain	*	Buenos Aires ( ARG )	1. Final round
14th	06/07/1978	1-0	Sweden	*	Buenos Aires ( ARG )	1. Final round
15th	06/11/1978	0: 1	Brazil	*	Mar del Plata ( ARG )	1. Final round
16	06/14/1978	1: 5	Netherlands	*	Cordoba ( ARG )	2nd final round
17th	06/18/1978	0: 1	Italy	*	Buenos Aires ( ARG )	2nd final round
18th	06/21/1978	3: 2	Germany	*	Cordoba ( ARG )	2nd final round	Last international match under Helmut Senekowitsch " Wunder von Córdoba " Austria is eliminated as fourth in the group
19th	06/17/1982	1-0	Chile	*	Oviedo ( ESP )	1. Final round	First international match against Chile
20th	06/21/1982	2-0	Algeria	*	Oviedo ( ESP )	1. Final round	First international match against Algeria
21st	06/25/1982	0: 1	Germany	*	Gijón ( ESP )	1. Final round	" Gijón Non-Aggression Pact "
22nd	06/28/1982	0: 1	France	*	Madrid ( ESP )	2nd final round
23	07/01/1982	2: 2	Northern Ireland	*	Madrid ( ESP )	2nd final round	First international match against Northern Ireland. Last international match under Schmidt and Latzke Austria was eliminated as second in the group
24	06/09/1990	0: 1	Italy	A.	Rome ( ITA )	Preliminary round
25th	06/15/1990	0: 1	Czechoslovakia	*	Florence ( ITA )	Preliminary round
26th	06/19/1990	2: 1	United States	*	Florence ( ITA )	Preliminary round	First international match against the USA, Austria retired as third in the group
27	06/11/1998	1: 1	Cameroon	*	Toulouse ( FRA )	Preliminary round	First international match against Cameroon
28	06/17/1998	1: 1	Chile	*	Saint-Etienne ( FRA )	Preliminary round
29	06/23/1998	1: 2	Italy	*	Saint-Denis ( FRA )	Preliminary round	Austria is eliminated as a third party

Highest victories and defeats

The Austrian team achieved their highest victories against the following countries in World Cup tournaments:

•  Algeria : 1st final round 1982 2-0 (only game against Algeria)
•  Chile : 1st final round 1982 1-0 (only win against Chile)
•  Czechoslovakia : preliminary round 1954 5-0
•  Uruguay : Match for 3rd place 1954 3-1 (first win against Uruguay)
•  United States : Preliminary round 1990 2-1 (also 1-0 in a friendly game)

The Austrian team suffered their biggest defeats in World Cup tournaments against the following countries:

•  Brazil : preliminary round 1958 0-3 (also a 0-3 in a friendly game)
•  Germany : semi-finals 1954 1: 6
•  Netherlands : 2nd final round 1978 1: 5
•  Soviet Union : Preliminary round 1958 0: 2 (also a 0: 2 each in a friendly match and the 1990 World Cup qualification and a 1: 3 in a friendly match)

Records

(As of July 2018)

team

• The game with the highest number of goals: Austria - Switzerland 7: 5 at the 1954 World Cup in the quarter-finals - 12 goals (see heat battle in Lausanne ).
• First and until 2014 only team to score 7 goals against a host: Austria 7-5 Switzerland at the 1954 World Cup in the quarter-finals.

particularities

Only in 1954, Austria and Uruguay, were two teams from the same preliminary group in the game for third place. But since both were seeded in the preliminary round, they didn't have to play against each other there.

See also

• Austrian national soccer team / European championships

Web links

• Football World - Statistics - Austria on fifa.com
• fifa.com: Statistical overview: records and milestones

References and footnotes

1. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2014 (PDF file; 195 kB)
2. ↑ fifa.com: "Austria - Hungary 2: 1 (1: 0)"
3. ↑ dfb.de: "WM 1978: The Shame of Cordoba"
4. ^ Edi F. - Cordoba '78
5. ↑ dfb.de: "Victory against Austria: No reason to be happy"
6. ↑ Marcel oefb.at: Koller stays until the end of the year - contract is fulfilled, but not extended
7. ↑ In the FIFA match report for the first game , Kurt Schmied is named as captain, in all other matches and in the match report from eu-football.info for the first game , Ernst Ocffekt is named as captain.