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Austria


Federation founded: 1904
FIFA member since: 1905

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Did not participate
1934 - 4th place
1938 - Qualified/withdrew
1950 - Did not participate
1954 - 3rd place
1958 - First round exit
1962 - Did not participate
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Second phase exit
1982 - Second phase exit
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - First round exit
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - First round exit
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify

 
STATISTICS
Played
29
Won
12
Drawn
4
Lost
13
Goals for
43
Goals against
47
Points
40
Austria are 17th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
5-0 vs Czechoslovakia in 1954.
Biggest defeat:
1-6 vs West Germany in 1954.
Overall topscorer:
Erich Probst, 6 goals.
Most appearances:
Friedrich Koncilia, Erich
Obermayer, Bruno Pezzey and Herbert Prohaska, 11 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
Never

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Hans Krankl
Erich Probst

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part, but AUSTRIA
chose not to participate.

1934

(WCQ Group 4)
25.Apr 34 AUSTRIA 6-1 Bulgaria Bulgaria withdrew. Remaining matches not played as they had no importance.
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Hungary 2 2 0 0 8- 2 4 2.AUSTRIA 1 1 0 0 6- 1 2 3.Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 3-14 0 AUSTRIA qualified for Italy 1934.

1938

(WCQ Group 8)
05.Oct 37 AUSTRIA 2-1 Latvia
AUSTRIA qualified, but had to withdraw as the nation was swallowed by Germany after the 'Anschluss'.

1950

AUSTRIA did not participate in
the qualifying rounds.

1954

(WCQ Group 5)
27.Sep 53 AUSTRIA 9-1 Portugal 29.Nov 53 Portugal 0-0 AUSTRIA
AUSTRIA qualified for Switzerland 1954.

1958

(UEFA Group 5)
30.Sep 56 AUSTRIA 7-0 Luxembourg 26.May 57 AUSTRIA 3-2 Netherlands 25.Sep 57 Netherlands 1-1 AUSTRIA 29.Sep 57 Luxembourg 0-3 AUSTRIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.AUSTRIA 4 3 1 0 14- 3 7 2.Netherlands 4 2 1 1 12- 7 5 3.Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 3-19 0 AUSTRIA qualified for Sweden 1958.

1962

AUSTRIA did not participate in
the qualifying rounds.

1966

(UEFA Group 6)
25.Apr 65 AUSTRIA 1-1 East Germany 13.Jun 65 AUSTRIA 0-1 Hungary 05.Sep 65 Hungary 3-0 AUSTRIA 31.Oct 65 East Germany 1-0 AUSTRIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Hungary 4 3 1 0 8- 3 7 2.East Germany 4 1 2 1 5- 5 4 3.AUSTRIA 4 0 1 3 1- 6 1 AUSTRIA failed to qualify for England 1966.

1970

(UEFA Group 7)
19.May 68 AUSTRIA 7-1 Cyprus 13.Oct 68 AUSTRIA 0-2 West Germany 06.Nov 68 Scotland 2-1 AUSTRIA 19.Apr 69 Cyprus 1-2 AUSTRIA 10.May 69 West Germany 1-0 AUSTRIA 05.Nov 69 AUSTRIA 2-0 Scotland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.West Germany 6 5 1 0 20- 3 11 2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 18- 7 7 3.AUSTRIA 6 3 0 3 12- 7 6 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2-35 0 AUSTRIA failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.

1974

(UEFA Group 1)
30.Apr 72 AUSTRIA 4-0 Malta 10.Jun 72 AUSTRIA 2-0 Sweden 15.Oct 72 AUSTRIA 2-2 Hungary 25.Nov 72 Malta 0-2 AUSTRIA 29.Apr 73 Hungary 2-2 AUSTRIA 23.May 73 Sweden 3-2 AUSTRIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Sweden 6 3 2 1 15- 8 8 AUSTRIA 6 3 2 1 14- 7 8 3.Hungary 6 2 4 0 12- 7 8 4.Malta 6 0 0 6 1-20 0
Play-off [in Gelsenkirchen (GER)] 27.Nov 73 Sweden 2-1 AUSTRIA
AUSTRIA failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.

1978

(UEFA Group 3)
05.Dec 76 Malta 0-1 AUSTRIA 17.Apr 77 AUSTRIA 1-0 Turkey 30.Apr 77 AUSTRIA 9-0 Malta 24.Sep 77 AUSTRIA 1-1 East Germany 12.Oct 77 East Germany 1-1 AUSTRIA 30.Oct 77 Turkey 0-1 AUSTRIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.AUSTRIA 6 4 2 0 14- 2 10 2.East Germany 6 3 3 0 15- 4 9 3.Turkey 6 2 1 3 9- 5 5 4.Malta 6 0 0 6 0-27 0 AUSTRIA qualified for Argentina 1978.

1982

(UEFA Group 1)
24.Sep 80 Finland 0-2 AUSTRIA 15.Nov 80 AUSTRIA 5-0 Albania 06.Dec 80 Albania 0-1 AUSTRIA 29.Apr 81 West Germany 2-0 AUSTRIA 28.May 81 AUSTRIA 2-0 Bulgaria 17.Jun 81 AUSTRIA 5-1 Finland 14.Oct 81 AUSTRIA 1-3 West Germany 11.Nov 81 Bulgaria 0-0 AUSTRIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.West Germany 8 8 0 0 33- 3 16 2.AUSTRIA 8 5 1 2 16- 6 11 3.Bulgaria 8 4 1 3 11-10 9 4.Albania 8 1 0 7 4-22 2 5.Finland 8 1 0 7 4-27 2 AUSTRIA qualified for Spain 1982.

1986

(UEFA Group 5)
02.May 84 Cyprus 1-2 AUSTRIA 26.Sep 84 Hungary 3-1 AUSTRIA 14.Nov 84 AUSTRIA 1-0 Netherlands 17.Apr 85 AUSTRIA 0-3 Hungary 01.May 85 Netherlands 1-1 AUSTRIA 07.May 85 AUSTRIA 4-0 Cyprus
P W D L Pts Pts 1.Hungary 6 5 0 1 12- 4 10 2.Netherlands 6 3 1 2 11- 5 7 3.AUSTRIA 6 3 1 2 9- 8 7 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3-18 0 AUSTRIA failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.

1990

(UEFA Group 3)
19.Oct 88 Soviet Union 2-0 AUSTRIA 02.Nov 88 AUSTRIA 3-2 Turkey 20.May 89 East Germany 1-1 AUSTRIA 14.Jun 89 Iceland 0-0 AUSTRIA 23.Aug 89 AUSTRIA 2-1 Iceland 06.Sep 89 AUSTRIA 0-0 Soviet Union 25.Oct 89 Turkey 3-0 AUSTRIA 15.Nov 89 AUSTRIA 3-0 East Germany
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Soviet Union 8 4 3 1 11- 4 11 2.AUSTRIA 8 3 3 2 9- 9 9 3.Turkey 8 3 1 4 12-10 7 4.East Germany 8 3 1 4 9-13 7 5.Iceland 8 1 4 3 6-11 6 AUSTRIA qualified for Italy 1990.

1994

(UEFA Group 6)
14.Oct 92 France 2-0 AUSTRIA 28.Oct 92 AUSTRIA 5-2 Israel 27.Mar 93 AUSTRIA 0-1 France 14.Apr 93 AUSTRIA 3-1 Bulgaria 13.May 93 Finland 3-1 AUSTRIA 19.May 93 Sweden 1-0 AUSTRIA 25.Aug 93 AUSTRIA 3-0 Finland 13.Oct 93 Bulgaria 4-1 AUSTRIA 27.Oct 93 Israel 1-1 AUSTRIA 10.Nov 93 AUSTRIA 1-1 Sweden
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Sweden 10 6 3 1 19- 8 15 2.Bulgaria 10 6 2 2 19-10 14 3.France 10 6 1 3 17-10 13 4.AUSTRIA 10 3 2 5 15-16 8 5.Finland 10 2 1 7 9-18 5 6.Israel 10 1 3 6 10-27 5 AUSTRIA failed to qualify for USA 1994.

1998

(UEFA Group 4)
31.Aug 96 AUSTRIA 0-0 Scotland 09.Oct 96 Sweden 0-1 AUSTRIA 09.Nov 96 AUSTRIA 2-1 Latvia 02.Apr 97 Scotland 2-0 AUSTRIA 30.Apr 97 AUSTRIA 2-0 Estonia 08.Jun 97 Latvia 1-3 AUSTRIA 20.Aug 97 Estonia 0-3 AUSTRIA 06.Sep 97 AUSTRIA 1-0 Sweden 10.Sep 97 Belarus 0-1 AUSTRIA 11.Oct 97 AUSTRIA 4-0 Belarus
P W D L Gls Pts 1.AUSTRIA 10 8 1 1 17- 4 25 2.Scotland 10 7 2 1 15- 3 23 3.Sweden 10 7 0 3 16- 9 21 4.Latvia 10 3 1 6 10-14 10 5.Estonia 10 1 1 8 4-16 4 6.Belarus 10 1 1 8 5-21 4 AUSTRIA qualified for France 1998.

2002

(UEFA Group 7)
07.Oct 00 Liechtenstein 0-1 AUSTRIA 11.Oct 00 AUSTRIA 1-1 Spain 24.Mar 01 Bosnia-Herce. 1-1 AUSTRIA 28.Mar 01 AUSTRIA 2-1 Israel 25.Apr 01 AUSTRIA 2-0 Liechtenstein 01.Sep 01 Spain 4-0 AUSTRIA 05.Sep 01 AUSTRIA 2-0 Bosnia-Herce. 27.Oct 01 Israel 1-1 AUSTRIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Spain 8 6 2 0 21- 4 20 2.AUSTRIA 8 4 3 1 10- 8 15 3.Israel 8 3 3 2 11- 7 12 4.Bosnia Hercegovina 8 2 2 4 12-12 8 5.Liechtenstein 8 0 0 8 0-23 0 UEFA Play-off
10.Nov 01 AUSTRIA 0-1 Turkey 14.Nov 01 Turkey 5-0 AUSTRIA
AUSTRIA failed to qualify for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(UEFA Group 6)
04.Sep 04 AUSTRIA 2-2 England 08.Sep 04 AUSTRIA 2-0 Azerbaijan 09.Oct 04 AUSTRIA 1-3 Poland 13.Oct 04 Northern Ireland 3-3 AUSTRIA 26.Mar 05 Wales 0-2 AUSTRIA 30.Mar 05 AUSTRIA 1-0 Wales 03.Sep 05 Poland 3-2 AUSTRIA 07.Sep 05 Azerbaijan 0-0 AUSTRIA 08.Oct 05 England 1-0 AUSTRIA 12.Oct 05 AUSTRIA 2-0 Northern Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.England 10 8 1 1 17- 5 25 2.Poland 10 8 0 2 27- 9 24 3.AUSTRIA 10 4 3 3 15-12 15 4.Northern Ireland 10 2 3 5 10-18 9 5.Wales 10 2 2 6 10-15 8 6.Azerbaijan 10 0 3 7 1-21 3 AUSTRIA failed to qualify for Germany 2006.

 

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