| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
About
World Cup story
Austria finished third at Switzerland 1954 — their best ever World Cup. Seven previous appearances, with their last in France 1998.
- Appearances
- 7
- Best finish
- Third place
- First appearance
- 1934
- Titles
- —
Squad watch
Key men
MOST CAPS
Marko Arnautović
133 capsTOP SCORER
Marko Arnautović
47 goalsAVERAGE AGE
25 players
28.2 yrs
Road to 2026
Qualifying recap
- L
v Romania 0–1
2025-10-12 · Away · WC qualifying · Oct 2025
- W
v Cyprus 2–0
2025-11-15 · Away · WC qualifying · Nov 2025
- D
v Bosnia & Herzegovina 1–1
2025-11-18 · Home · WC qualifying · Nov 2025
World Cup 2026
Before the World Cup · warm-ups & qualifiers
Austria
Tunisia

Austria
South Korea

Austria
Ghana

Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cyprus
Austria

Squad
25-man roster
Coach Ralf Rangnick
GOALKEEPERS
3- 1
Alexander Schlager
Red Bull Salzburg · 30y
26 caps
- 12
Florian Wiegele
Viktoria Plzeň · 25y
1 caps
- 13
Patrick Pentz
Brøndby · 29y
18 caps
DEFENDERS
8- 2
David Affengruber
Elche · 25y
1 caps
- 3
Kevin Danso
Tottenham Hotspur · 27y
32 caps
- 5
Stefan Posch
Mainz 05 · 29y
52 caps
5 goals
- 8
David AlabaC
Real Madrid · 33y
113 caps
15 goals
- 15
Philipp Lienhart
SC Freiburg · 29y
41 caps
3 goals
- 16
Phillipp Mwene
Mainz 05 · 32y
30 caps
- 23
Marco Friedl
Werder Bremen · 28y
11 caps
- 25
Michael Svoboda
Venezia · 27y
4 caps
MIDFIELDERS
10- 4
Xaver Schlager
RB Leipzig · 28y
51 caps
4 goals
- 6
Nicolas Seiwald
RB Leipzig · 25y
47 caps
1 goals
- 9
Marcel Sabitzer
Borussia Dortmund · 32y
98 caps
26 goals
- 10
Florian Grillitsch
Braga · 30y
58 caps
1 goals
- 17
Carney Chukwuemeka
Borussia Dortmund · 22y
3 caps
1 goals
- 18
Romano Schmid
Werder Bremen · 26y
34 caps
3 goals
- 20
Konrad Laimer
Bayern Munich · 29y
57 caps
7 goals
- 22
Alexander Prass
TSG Hoffenheim · 25y
19 caps
- 24
Paul Wanner
PSV Eindhoven · 20y
3 caps
- 26
Alessandro Schöpf
Wolfsberger AC · 32y
35 caps
6 goals
FORWARDS
4- 7
Marko Arnautović
Red Star Belgrade · 37y
133 caps
47 goals
- 11
Michael Gregoritsch
FC Augsburg · 32y
75 caps
24 goals
- 14
Saša Kalajdžić
LASK · 28y
22 caps
4 goals
- 21
Patrick Wimmer
VfL Wolfsburg · 25y
30 caps
1 goals
Tournament stats · World Cup 2026 only
Minutes played are not tracked yet — they arrive in a later data update.
LATEST NEWS
HEADLINES

20h ago
Oyarzabal scores twice as Spain cruise past Austria
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21h ago
'Premier League goalkeepers will be throwing food at TV'
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21h ago
'He ended up in Preston!' - Murphy gives update on Bob the cat
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22h ago
'Spain are furious' - Cucurella has goal ruled out
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22h ago
'He's been really good' - Oyarzabal nets twice for Spain
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4d ago
We did not do any favours - Rangnick
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6d ago
Austria score dramatic late equaliser against Algeria as both progress
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6d ago
Algeria and Austria both qualify for last 32 after dramatic injury-time goals
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1w ago
The games that show the flaws in a 48-team World Cup
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2w ago
All the angles of Messi's record-breaking goal
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