Soccer World Cup 1990 / Austria

This article covers the Austrian national team at the 1990 World Cup .

qualification

Austria played in the qualification for the 1990 World Cup in European group 3. Opponents were the Soviet Union , Turkey , the GDR and Iceland . The two best in the group qualified for the World Cup.

Austria's basis for successful World Cup qualification was home strength (3 wins, 1 draw; 8: 3 goals), with which the weaknesses away from home (2 draws, 2 defeats; 1: 6 goals) could be compensated. Before the last matchday they were only in 4th place. However, a 3-0 win against the GDR in their last World Cup qualifier and a simultaneous defeat of Turkey in the USSR finally made them second.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	11: 4	11: 5
2	Austria	9: 9	9: 7
3	Turkey	12:10	7: 9
4th	GDR	9:13	7: 9
5	Iceland	6:11	6:10

Soviet Union	-	Austria	2-0
Austria	-	Turkey	3: 2
GDR	-	Austria	1: 1
Iceland	-	Austria	0-0
Austria	-	Iceland	2: 1
Austria	-	Soviet Union	0-0
Turkey	-	Austria	3-0
Austria	-	GDR	3-0

Austrian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Klaus Lindenberger	FC Swarovski Tirol	05/28/1957	3	0	1	0
21st	Michael Konsel	SK Rapid Vienna	03/06/1962	0	0	0	0
22nd	Otto Konrad	SK Sturm Graz	11/01/1964	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Ernst Aigner	FK Austria Vienna	October 31, 1966	3	0	1	0
3	Robert Pecl	SK Rapid Vienna	11/15/1965	3	0	2	0
4th	Anton Pfeffer	FK Austria Vienna	08/17/1965	2	0	1	0
5	Peter Schöttel	SK Rapid Vienna	03/26/1967	2	0	0	0
7th	Kurt Russ	First Vienna FC 1894	11/23/1964	2	0	0	0
12	Michael Baur	FC Swarovski Tirol	04/16/1969	0	0	0	0
18th	Michael Streiter	FC Swarovski Tirol	01/19/1966	3	0	2	0
midfield player
6th	Manfred Zsak	FK Austria Vienna	December 22, 1964	3	0	2	0
8th	Peter Artner	FC Admira / Wacker	05/20/1966	2	0	0	1
10	Manfred Linzmaier	FC Swarovski Tirol	08/27/1962	1	0	0	0
11	Alfred Hörtnagl	FC Swarovski Tirol	09/24/1966	2	0	0	0
15th	Christian Keglevits	SK Rapid Vienna	01/29/1961	0	0	0	0
16	Andreas Reisinger	SK Rapid Vienna	10/14/1963	1	0	1	0
19th	Gerald Glatzmayer	First Vienna FC 1894	December 13, 1968	1	0	0	0
20th	Andreas Herzog	SK Rapid Vienna	09/10/1968	3	0	1	0
striker
9	Toni upholstery	Sevilla FC	03/10/1964	3	0	0	0
13	Andreas Ogris	FK Austria Vienna	07.10.1964	3	1	0	0
14th	Gerhard Rodax	FC Admira / Wacker	08/29/1965	2	1	0	0
17th	Heimo Pfeifenberger	SK Rapid Vienna	December 29, 1966	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Josef Hickersberger		04/27/1948

Games of the Austrian national team

Preliminary group A

Italy - Austria 1-0 (0-0)
Rome , June 9, 1990

Italy : Zenga; Baresi; Bergomi, Ferri, Maldini, Donadoni, De Napoli, Giannini, Ancelotti, Vialli, Carnevale

Austria : Lindenberger; Aigner, Russ, Pecl, Streiter; Linzmaier, Artner, Schöttel, Herzog; A. Ogris, upholstery

• Goal: 1-0 Schillaci (78th)
• Substitutions: De Agostini for Ancelotti, Schillaci for Carnevale; (61.) Zsak for Artner, (77.) Hörtnagl for Linzmaier
• Yellow card: Herzog (6th)
• Referee: Wright (Brazil)
• Spectators: 72,303

CSFR - Austria 1-0 (1-0)
Florence , June 15, 1990

ČSFR: Stejskal; Kadlec, Kocian, Nemecek, Hasek, Moravcik, Chovanec, Kubik, Bilek, Skuhravy, Knoflicek,

Austria: Lindenberger; Russ, Aigner, Pecl, Pfeffer, Zsak, Schöttel, Herzog, Hörtnagl; Rodax, upholstery

• Goal: 1-0 Bilek (29th minute; penalty)
• Substitutions: Bielek for Chovanec, Weiss for Knoflicek; (46.) Warriors for Russ and Ogris for Schöttel
• Yellow card: Moravcik, Kubik; Pecl, Zsak, Pfeffer, Streiter, Aigner
• Referee: Smith (Scotland)
• Spectators: 39,000

Austria - USA 2: 1 (0: 0) Florence , June 19, 1990

Austria: Lindenberger, Pecl, Aigner, Pfeffer; Artner, Zsak, Duke, Streiter; Ogris, upholstery, Rodax

USA: Meola; Windischmann, Doyle, Armstrong, Banks; Caligiuri, Ramos, Balboa, Harkes; Murray, Vermes

• Goals: 1-0 Ogris (50th), 2-0 Rodax (63rd), 2-1 Murray (83rd)
• Substitutions: (46th) Reisinger for Polster, (85th) Glatzmayer for Rodax
• Yellow card: Zsak (23rd), Pecl (32nd), Reisinger (39th), Lindenberger (83rd), Streiter (90th); Caligiuri (27th), Banks (29th), Murray (42nd), Windischmann (59th)
• Red card: (34th) Artner
• Referee: Al-Sharif Jamal (Syria)
• Spectators: 34,857

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Italy	4-0	6-0
2	Czechoslovakia	6: 3	4: 2
3	Austria	2: 3	2: 4
4th	United States	2: 8	0: 6

The game was played very roughly on both sides. Right from the start, the flow of the game was often interrupted by many fouls by both teams. In the 34th minute, Peter Artner was dismissed for a harmless foul by the Syrian referee, who did not seem up to his task throughout the game. Shortly afterwards Andi Herzog performed a wonderful solo right up to the opposing goal; However, Meola fended off Herzog's shot in front of the goal line. After a nice header from Rodax to Ogris, the latter sprinted past two opponents and in the 50th minute shot the ball with his right foot over Meola into the far corner to make the 1-0 lead. After a cross pass from Streiter, Rodax scored the redeeming goal of the previously superior Austrians in the 63rd minute of the game. In the last quarter of an hour, however, the Austrians withdrew too far and left the Americans room to play. In the 83rd minute, Murray scored the final score of 2: 1 with a shot through Lindenberger's legs.