The Austria national under-21 football team is the national under-21
football
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team of
Austria
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and is controlled by the
Austrian Football Association
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.
This team is for Austrian players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year
European Under-21 Football Championship
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campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old.
Staff
* Head coach:
Werner Gregoritsch
Werner Gregoritsch (born 22 March 1958) is an Austrian association football, football manager and former player. He manages the Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21 national team and has previously managed Kapfenberger SV, SV Matt ...
* Assistant coach:
Dietmar Pegam
* Goalkeeper coach:
Raimund Hedl
Players
Current squad
* The following players were called up for the
friendly matches.
* Match dates: 17 and 21 November 2022
* Opposition: and
* Caps and goals correct as of: 27 September 2022, after the match against .
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the squad in the last twelve months and are still eligible for selection.
Recent and forthcoming fixtures
2021
2022
Former coaches
*
Gustl Starek (1985–1987)
*
Ernst Weber (1996–1999)
*
Willibald Ruttensteiner (2001–2005)
*
Gerhard Hitzel (2005)
*
Willibald Ruttensteiner (2005–2006)
*
Manfred Zsak (2006–2009)
*
Andreas Herzog
Andreas "Andi" Herzog (born 10 September 1968) is an Austrian former footballer and manager who last managed Admira Wacker. As a player, he played as an attacking midfielder, most notably for Werder Bremen. A full international between 1988 and ...
(2009–2011)
See also
*
Austria national football team
The Austria national football team (german: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in men's international football competition and it is controlled by the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußba ...
*
Austria national under-17 football team
The Austria national under-17 football team represents Austria in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association, the governing body for football in Austria.
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
UEFA Euro ...
References
External links
UEFA Under-21 website
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European national under-21 association football teams