Team profile: Austria


he halcyon days of Austrian football are in the distant past, with third place at the 1954 FIFA World Cup standing as a pinnacle of achievement. In all there have been seven World Cup appearances, the last of them at France '98, but just one until now at the UEFA European Championship – as co-hosts in 2008 when they endured group stage elimination after losing to Germany. Their cross-border rivals proved a stumbling back again in qualification for both UEFA EURO 2012 and the 2014 World Cup, but under Swiss coach Marcel Koller the team cruised to France, winning nine of their ten qualifiers and drawing the other.

Austria at Euros:

Squad:


The manager: Marcel Koller


Began coaching career at Wil in 1997 and took over at St Gallen two years later, leading the club to their first Swiss championship since 1903/04 in his maiden season.  Appointed by Köln the following month, he was sacked after the Bundesliga team finished the season bottom, yet bounced back at Bochum in 2005, earning promotion to the top tier in his first campaign. Koller was installed as Austria coach on 4 October 2011, replacing Dietmar Constantini. Earned a contract extension until December 2015 and rewarded that faith by overseeing a first successful UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign as Austria reached UEFA EURO 2016.

The star: David Alaba

The super star of the team and a player Pep Guardiola has called “God” for his versatility. Has so often played full-back at Bayern and then switched seamlessly to central midfield for Austria. Alaba, though, as always, kept his cool and tried to downplay the incident. A complete player, he is very good at set-pieces as well.

Austria's matches in group F:

14 June 2016 - Austria - Hungary 18:00 ,Stade de Bordeaux - Bordeaux

18 June 2016 - Portugal - Austria, 21:00, Parc des Princes, Paris

22 June 2016 - Iceland - Austria, 18:00, Stade de France, Saint-Denis

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