Austrian Future Team

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The Future Team was a perspective team of the Austrian Football Association , which was formed in view of the European Championship in its own country as part of the Challenge 2008 youth development project and was intended to complement the Austrian national team .

history

With the appointment of Friedrich Stickler as President of the ÖFB in February 2002, in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Public Achievement and Sport , he initiated the youth development project Challenge 2008 , which, in addition to various support measures, also included the formation of a "challenge team" (16-19 -year-old players from the federal youth centers (BNZ) or academies (AKA) and legionaries at foreign clubs) and "future teams" (19 to 24-year-old national players from A-Team, U-21 and U-19 ). The main focus was not on international matches, but rather on creating two elite groups for the individual advancement of the players in four to ten courses and training camps per year. One of the primary goals of the Future team was to bring talent to the senior national team for the 2008 European home championship .

After the start of the project in June 2003, the Future Team was formed for the first time in July of the same year, under the direction of the then team boss Hans Krankl . The team played their first game on July 18 against the amateurs of FC Kärnten . (Final score 3: 1, goalscorers Linz (1), Hassler (2). After that, the team only played unofficial test matches against Austrian and German club teams, before they played for the first time on November 16, 2004 as part of the Future Cup in an official international match against the Turkish A2 national team.

A total of five official games were played from 2004 to 2005 before the project was adapted for 2006, which provided for decentralization and individual support for the challenge players in their clubs. The realignment had become necessary because several courses had previously had to be canceled due to scheduling conflicts or the lack of willingness on the part of the clubs to relocate the players and, in general, the public criticism of the large amount of work involved in the courses grew steadily. In addition, team boss Krankl, one of the key co-founders of the future team, resigned as A-team trainer. His successor Josef Hickersberger welcomed the change to promote the selection players in their clubs. As a result, the Future Team was no longer deployed until Euro 2008, before Challenge 2008 was replaced by the follow-up project Challenge 2012 , in whose concept the Future Team was deleted again.

Of the 48 players in total, eight ( Roland Linz , Roman Kienast , Jürgen Säumel , György Garics , Markus Katzer , Christian Fuchs , Martin Stranzl , Andreas Ivanschitz ) took part in the 2008 European Championship .

At the 2016 European Championship , Ramazan Özcan , Christian Fuchs and Marc Janko were three former Future Team players in Austria's final round.

Games

In total, the future team played five official games against as many different opponents. Two of them were won and three lost. The goal difference was 7:12.

date pairing Venue spectator Result Goal scorers Trainer
11/16/2004 Turkey A2 -
Austria Future Team 		Istanbul 300 3: 1 (2: 0) Yozgatli (40th), Ersen Martin (45th, 48th), Mair (64th) Hans Krankl
04/19/2005 Austria Future Team -
Scotland Future Team 		Mattersburg 3500 2: 1 (1: 0) Mair (31st), Mörz (56th), Beattie (84th) Hans Krankl
04/26/2005 Austria Future Team -
China Star Team 08 		Pasching 400 2: 1 (0: 0) Konrad (71.), Schellander (84.), Lu Lin (82.) Walter Knaller
07/17/2005 Poland B -
Austria Future Team 		Wroclaw 3000 2: 0 (1: 0) Brozek (25th), Klatt (70th) Hans Krankl
11/15/2005 Austria Future Team -
Team 2006 		Mattersburg 4800 2: 5 (1: 2) Lasnik (45.), Pichlmann (85.), Gerber (82.), Gomez (40.), Ortlechner (56., ET), Scharner (57., ET), Auer (72.) Willibald Ruttensteiner

Used players

48 different players were used for the future team. Michael Mörz and Thomas Pichlmann had the most appearances and played four of the five games. Six players scored at least one goal, with two goals Wolfgang Mair was the most successful goalscorer.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The next generation. ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ballesterer.at archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. At: ballesterer.at. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ Challenge 2008 - Austria wants to return to the top of Europe. At: FIFA.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Victory for Future Team. At: sportlive.at. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ Austria is preparing for 2008. At: UEFA.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ Challenge 2008 - support on all levels. At: OEFB.at. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ Black sheep. In: Courier. November 7, 2003, page 4, section: Special.
  7. ↑ No Future for the Challenge Team. In: The Standard . April 21, 2005, page 14, section: Sport.
  8. ↑ Game 1: Turkey A2 - Austria Future Team. At: austriasoccer.at. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  9. ↑ Game 2: Austria Future Team - Scottish Future Team. . At: austriasoccer.at. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  10. ↑ Game 3: Austria Future Team - China Star Team 08. At: austriasoccer.at. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  11. ↑ Game 4: Poland B - Austria Future Team. At: austriasoccer.at. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  12. ↑ Game 5: Austria Future Team - Team 2006. At: austriasoccer.at. Retrieved May 7, 2017.