Austrian national soccer team for women / European championships
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| European Championship record scorer: | Nina Burger (2) |
| European Championship record player: | 11 players (5 each) |
| Rank: | 11 |
| Balance sheet | |
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| 5 European Championship games 2 wins 3 draws 0 defeats 5: 1 goals |
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| statistics | |
First European Championship game Austria - Switzerland 1-0 ( Deventer , NLD ); 18th July 2017  |
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Biggest European Championship victory Austria - Iceland 3-0 ( Rotterdam , NLD ); July 26, 2017  |
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| successes | |
| European Championship | |
| Participation in the finals | 1 ( first : 2017 ) |
| Best results | Semi-finals 2017 |
| (As of August 3, 2017) | |
The article contains a detailed description of the Austrian national soccer team for women at European championships and the qualifications for them. Austria first took part in the qualification for the European Championship 1997, but initially played in the B category, so that initially there was no direct opportunity to qualify. Austria qualified for the 2017 final round for the first time in September 2016. There, the Austrians were the only newcomers to reach the knockout round and advanced to the semi-finals, but lost it on penalties .
Overview
| year | Host country | Participation until ... | opponent | Result | Trainer | Comments and special features |
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| 1984 | no finals | not participated | ||||
| 1987 | Norway | not participated | ||||
| 1989 | Germany | not participated | ||||
| 1991 | Denmark | not participated | ||||
| 1993 | Italy | not participated | ||||
| 1995 | no finals | not participated | ||||
| 1997 | Norway / Sweden | not qualified | As a participant in the B category, no opportunity to qualify. | |||
| 2001 | Germany | not qualified | As a participant in the B category, no opportunity to qualify. | |||
| 2005 | England | not qualified | As a participant in the B category no opportunity to qualify, but group winners and thus qualified for the relegation for promotion to the A category, which was canceled. | |||
| 2009 | Finland | not qualified | Failed to qualify as third party to Norway and Russia. | |||
| 2013 | Sweden | not qualified | Failed to qualify as second in the playoffs to Russia. | |||
| 2017 | Netherlands | Semifinals | Denmark | Dominik Thalhammer | Defeat on penalties |
The tournaments
EM 1984 to EM 1995
Austria did not take part in the first six qualifications.
European Championship 1997 in Norway
In autumn 1995 the qualification for the next European Championship finals began for which 34 teams, including Austria, had already registered and which was held for the first time with eight teams. Due to the different strengths of the teams entered, the qualification was divided into two categories. The 16 strongest teams, to which Austria did not belong, played for the direct qualification, the 18 weaker teams for the opportunity to play in the next qualification in the higher category. Austria played against Switzerland and for the first time against Yugoslavia and Greece . Like Switzerland and Yugoslavia, Austria won three games, lost twice and played once. The three teams were tied, but the Austrians had the worst goal difference.
EM 2001 in Germany
In qualifying for the EM 2001, the Austrians only played in category B and thus had no chance to qualify from the start. Opponents this time were Poland and, for the first time, Belgium and Wales , against which they won their only victory. In addition, they played again a draw against the Welsh women who did not win a game. They lost all their games against Belgium and Poland, so that they did not make it to the A category.
EM 2005 in England
For the EM 2005 the host was determined in advance for the first time and England was awarded the contract for the event. The last time the qualification took place in two categories. Austria played again in the B category and was able to prevail there with five wins against Greece, Slovakia and Armenia . With two 11-0 victories against the Armenians, who were played for the first time, they achieved the highest victories in Austrian international history. Only the home game against Greece was lost. Austria was thus qualified for the relegation games against the bottom of the group in the A category. However, these were canceled by UEFA because the various categories were abolished.
EM 2009 in Finland
The EM 2009 took place in Finland . For the first time, twelve teams took part in the tournament. The qualification mode has also been changed. Only the 20 weakest national teams contested the first qualifying round. Austria only had to intervene in the second qualifying round and met Norway and Russia as well as Poland and Israel for the first time in a group of five . Austria could only win the games against Israel and the game in Poland, but lost all other games and in the end came in third, 10 points behind the second-placed Russians, who also qualified for the finals via the playoffs.
EM 2013 in Sweden
The EM 2013 took place for the second time in Sweden . Again the qualification was started by the weaker teams, but this time only by the eight weakest teams. Austria, which has been coached by Dominik Thalhammer since April 2011 , did not have to intervene again until the second round and was drawn into the group with Denmark , which was the first to play against. Other opponents were the Czech Republic , Portugal and Armenia. Austria started with a 1-1 home game against the Czech Republic and then lost 3-0 against Denmark. After that, however, all games were won, so that in the end the second place jumped out. But since most of the victories were narrow, the Austrians were only second-best in group runners-up behind the tied Dutch women who qualified directly for the final round with the better goal difference. Austria had to go to the playoffs against Russia and initially lost the home game 2-0. The 1-1 draw in the second leg was not enough to reach the finals.
EM 2017 in the Netherlands
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The 2017 European Championship took place in the Netherlands and for the first time with 16 teams. Austria was drawn into the group with runner-up European champions Norway for the qualification and also met the teams from Kazakhstan , Wales and Israel. Austria started the qualification with four wins and then won the Cyprus Cup , which was held in the meantime, for the first time , but then lost the home game against Norway with 0: 1, which ended the longest series without a defeat (18 games). After a 2-2 win in Norway and a 4-0 win against Israel, a goalless draw in Wales on the last day of the match was enough to qualify for the European Championship finals for the first time as the fifth-best runner-up in the group.
For the draw for the final groups on November 8, 2016, the Austrians were assigned to Pot 4 and group C with France was drawn. Other opponents were Iceland and Switzerland, which also took part for the first time. In the first game, the Austrians won against the more highly rated Swiss, who had reached the last sixteen at the last World Cup and against whom Austria had not won for 21 years. Against the French women, who were also rated higher, a point was won for the first time and in the last game against the already eliminated Icelanders, against whom they had never played before, the group win was made perfect with a 3-0 win. In the quarter-finals, which the Austrians were the only one of the five newcomers to reach, they held a goalless draw against Spain for over 120 minutes and then had five safe shooters on penalties , while the Spanish missed one. The semi-final against Denmark, against which the Austrians won 4-2 a few days before the finals, remained goalless for over 120 minutes. This time none of the first three Austrian players who took the penalty scored, whereas three out of four Danes were successful. This meant that the last two Austrians no longer had to compete and Denmark was in the final of a major tournament for the first time. The Austrians are currently the only finals participant who has not yet lost a final game, as the elimination against the Danes is a draw in the statistics. As the best team with only one participation, the Austrians ranked 11th in the all-time final table.
Finals games
Venues |
| No. | date | Result | opponent | venue | occasion | comment |
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| 1 | 07/18/2017 | 1-0 |
Switzerland
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Deventer ( NLD ) | Group game | |
| 2 | 07/22/2017 | 1: 1 |
 France
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Utrecht ( NLD ) | Group game | First point win against France |
| 3 | 07/26/2017 | 3-0 |
Iceland
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Rotterdam ( NLD ) | Group game | First game against Iceland |
| 4th | 07/30/2017 | 0: 0 n.v., 5: 3 i. E. |
 Spain
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Tilburg ( NLD ) | Quarter finals | |
| 5 | 08/03/2017 | 0: 0 nV, 0: 3 i. E. |
 Denmark
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Breda ( NLD ) | Semifinals |
See also
References and comments
- ↑ Of which one won and one lost on penalties.