European Women's Football Championship 2017 / Austria

The Austrian team during the reception at the Federal President before leaving for the EM

This article covers the Austrian national team at the 2017 European Women's Football Championship in the Netherlands . Austria took part in the finals for the first time and was the only newcomer to reach the knockout round, where they then advanced to the semi-finals, but missed four penalties there.

qualification

Nina Burger , best Austrian goalscorer in the qualification

Austria was drawn for qualification in Group 8 and met Norway, Israel , Kazakhstan and Wales . The Austrians started with four wins, but then lost the home game against Norway with 0: 1, which also ended the longest series without a defeat (18 games). In the second leg in Norway they scored 2-2 and scored goals against the northern Europeans for the first time and were also able to win a point against them for the first time. After a 4-0 win against Israel, a 0-0 win in Wales was enough to qualify as one of the best runners-up for the first time for the finals. The best Austrian goalscorer in qualification was Nina Burger with five goals.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	8th	7th	1	0	029: 200	+27	22nd
2.	Austria	8th	5	2	1	018: 400	+14	17th
3.	Wales	8th	3	2	3	013:110	+2	11
4th	Kazakhstan	8th	1	1	6th	002:300	−28	04th
5.	Israel	8th	0	2	6th	002:170	−15	02

09/17/2015	Schymkent	Kazakhstan	-	Austria	0: 2 (0: 1)
09/22/2015	St. Polten	Austria	-	Wales	3: 0 (1: 0)
25/10/2015	Lod	Israel	-	Austria	0: 1 (0: 0)
04/06/2016	Steyr	Austria	-	Kazakhstan	6: 1 (5: 0)
04/10/2016	Steyr	Austria	-	Norway	00: 1 (0: 1)
06/02/2016	Oslo	Norway	-	Austria	02: 2 (1: 1)
06/06/2016	horn	Austria	-	Israel	04: 0 (3: 0)
09/20/2016	Newport	Wales	-	Austria	00-0

Squad

Squad for the European Championship finals. The fourth goalkeeper Jasmin Pal was removed from the squad for the EM preparatory game against Denmark on July 6, 2017 .

number	Surname	society	Date of birth	Last use	EM 2017
					Sp.
goal
23	Carolin Großesinger	FC Bergheim	May 10, 1997
21st	Jasmine pillar	SKV Altenmarkt	July 28, 1984	6th July 2017
01	Manuela Zinsberger	FC Bayern Munich	October 19, 1995	6th July 2017	5
Defense
02	Marina Georgieva	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	April 13, 1997
13	Virginia Kirchberger	MSV Duisburg	May 25, 1993	6th July 2017	5		1
05	Sophie Maierhofer	University of Kansas	August 9, 1996	October 22, 2016
03	Katharina Naschenweng	SK Sturm Graz	December 16, 1997	6th July 2017
06th	Katharina Schiechtl	Werder Bremen	February 27, 1993	6th July 2017	5		1
11	Viktoria Schnaderbeck	FC Bayern Munich	4th January 1991	June 13, 2017	5
07th	Carina Wenninger	FC Bayern Munich	February 6, 1991	6th July 2017	5		1
midfield
19th	Verena Aschauer	SC sand	January 20, 1994	6th July 2017	4th		1
14th	Barbara Dunst	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	September 25, 1997	April 10, 2017
16	Jasmin Eder	SKN St. Pölten	October 8, 1992	6th July 2017	1
22nd	Jennifer Klein	SV Neulengbach	January 11, 1999
08th	Nadine Prohaska	SKN St. Pölten	August 15, 1990	June 13, 2017	5
17th	Sarah Puntigam	Sc freiburg	October 13, 1992	6th July 2017	5
09	Sarah Zadrazil	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	19th February 1993	6th July 2017	4th	1	2
attack
15th	Nicole Billa	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	March 5, 1996	6th July 2017	5
10	Nina Burger	SC sand	December 27, 1987	6th July 2017	5	2	1
12	Stefanie Enzinger	SK Sturm Graz	November 25, 1990	6th July 2017	1	1
18th	Laura Feiersinger	SC sand	April 5, 1993	6th July 2017	5		1
20th	Lisa Makas	MSV Duisburg	May 11, 1992	6th July 2017	4th	1
04th	Viktoria Pinther	SKN St. Pölten	October 16, 1998	June 13, 2017	5
Coaching staff
Head coach	Dominik Thalhammer	since 2011	2nd October 1970
Co-trainer	Irene Fuhrmann		September 23, 1980

1. ↑ Numbers at the final round ( squad Austria ). Positions according to information from ÖFB, UEFA sometimes names others.
2. ↑ As of June 30, 2017

preparation

The Austrian team at the friendly against Denmark on July 8, 2017

After the successful qualification, the Austrians played against Germany for the first time and lost 2: 4, but showed a good performance. In March 2017, the team again took part in the Cyprus Cup , which was won the previous year. After a 0-0 win against South Korea , which was played for the first time, and a 3-0 win against New Zealand , which was also played for the first time, the Austrians missed the final with a 3-1 defeat against European Championship participants Scotland and only played for 7th place against EM newcomer Belgium . Since the score was 1: 1 after 90 minutes, there was a penalty shoot-out, which was lost 3: 2. On April 11th, the Austrians played in Milton Keynes against England and lost 3-0. On June 13, they lost a game in Deventer against the hosts of the European Championship, the Netherlands, also with 0: 3 in preparation for the European Championship . On July 8, they won 4-2 against Denmark in Wiener Neustadt .

The Fletcher Hotel de Wageningsche Berg in Wageningen is based in the Netherlands .

European Championship finals

Group stage

Deventer Rotterdam Utrecht Wageningen Tilburg Breda

Venues and district (blue)

At the draw on November 8, 2016, Austria was assigned to Pot 4. In the first game in group C, Austria met neighboring Switzerland , who also qualified for the first time, then France and Iceland for the first time . Against France and Switzerland, the balance is negative: the previous five games against the French were all lost and against the Swiss there was one win and one draw with five defeats in seven games. The only victory against Switzerland up to the European Championship came on May 19, 1996.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Austria	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	France	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Iceland	3	0	0	3	001: 600	−5	00

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Deventer
Austria	-	Switzerland	1: 0 (1: 0)	15 ′ burger
Saturday, July 22, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Utrecht
France	-	Austria	1: 1 (0: 1)	27 ′ Makas , 51 ′ Henry
Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Rotterdam
Iceland	-	Austria	0: 3 (0: 2)	36 ′ Zadrazil , 44 ′ Burger , 90 ′ Enzinger

Knockout round

Quarter finals

There were only four games between Austria and Spain before the European Championship - the fewest of all quarter-final pairings - of which the Austrians could not win any. The last game between the two on February 10, 2015 ended in a draw, three games before that were lost, the first two of them within five days in October 2009 in qualifying for the 2011 World Cup. Both will also meet again in the upcoming qualification for the 2019 World Cup on each other.

Sunday, July 30, 2017 in Tilburg
Austria	-	Spain	0: 0 n.v., 5: 3 i. E.

Semifinals

There were previously three games against Denmark, two of which were won and one lost. Most recently, both met in the immediate EM preparation and the Austrians won 4-2 (see preparation). In the semifinals, the Austrians missed four penalties: first Sarah Puntigam in the game and then three teammates on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes. On the other hand, since three Danes scored on penalties, the European Championship ended for the Austrians.

Thursday, August 3, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Breda
Denmark	-	Austria	0: 0 a.d., 3: 0 i. E.

Viktoria Schnaderbeck and Manuela Zinsberger with Romy 2018

Awards

• Team of the year in the election for Austria's athletes of the year 2017
• TV and Film Award Romy 2018 : "TV Moment of the Year"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Denmark as the last test before the EURO
2. ↑ In the test match on June 13th and at the European Championship finals on June 22nd July 30th and August 3rd, 2017.
3. ↑ In the test match on July 6th and at the European Championship finals on 18th and 19th July 26, 2017.
4. ↑ figc.it: Women's Team: Calendar - The Teams - FIGC
5. ↑ uefa.com: "Where do the teams live at the women's EURO?"
6. ↑ uefa.com: "Women's EURO: Seeding list for the final draw"