The Austria women's national football team represents
Austria
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in international
women's football competition. The team is controlled by the
Austrian Football Association
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.
The national team is made up mainly of players from the Austrian and German Women's Bundesligas. In 2016, the team qualified for its first-ever major tournament:
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
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.
History
Beginnings
The Austrian team started playing on July 6, 1970, against
Mexico
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in
Bari,
Italy
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, competing in the Women's World Cup 1970,
unofficial competition held in that country from July 6 to July 15, 1970. The result was a 9–0 crushing defeat, which remains one of its worst results in its history, with this result Austria was quickly out of the competition, playing after months against
Switzerland, repeating itself again the defeat against
Mexico
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, 9–0.
It played two recognized friendlies against
Switzerland before the first
Women's World Cup in 1978 and 1990, losing both by 6–2 and 5–1. The Austrian team did not participate in the inaugural
Women's World Cup 1991 in
China and also the
1995
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edition in
Sweden, but during that time played international friendlies. Austria played
Women's Euro 1997 Qualifiers, held in
Norway
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and
Sweden. It was placed in Class B, in Group 7 with
Switzerland,
Yugoslavia
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and
Greece
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, winning three games in a single chance against their three opponents, tying a game against Greece and losing two against Switzerland and Yugoslavia, finishing third in the group and eliminated from both tournaments. Thus, Austria did not enter the
1999 World Cup Qualifiers, held in the
United States
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. Austria ended 1999 with three games of qualifying for the
Euro 2001.
2000s and 2010s
The team started 2000 with a 3–0 defeat against
Belgium
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, four days later they lost again, with
Poland
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by 3–2 but won 1–0 against
Wales
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, finishing third and returning to be eliminated from a tournament. The Austrians played their first game of the
2003 World Cup Qualification against
Scotland
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losing 2–1 with goal from
Stallinger in the 21st minute, then played against
Wales
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and won 2–0 with another goal from
Stallinger and one from
Schalkhammer-Hufnagl. Their third match against
Belgium
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was a 3–1 defeat, with a goal by
Spieler
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in the 59th minute. Austria lost their second match against
Belgium
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4–2, with goals from
Szankovich and
Fuhrmann, after a month, the team played against
Scotland
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, with a crushing defeat for 5–0 and finally a 1–1 draw with
Wales
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with Austria's only goal coming from
Spieler
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in the 45th minute, ending with 4 points from one win, one tie and four losses, and thus eliminated. The latest and best performing competition of Austria was the qualification for the Women's World Cup in
2011, where they started out poorly but reached third place with 10 points, the product of three wins, one draw and four defeats. They played the
2015 Women's World Cup Qualification, but failed to qualify.
Austria qualified for the first time in its history for a European Championship finals at
Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. Reversed in group C with
France
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,
Switzerland and
Iceland
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, it thwarted the predictions by finishing in 1st place in the group with two wins (1–0 against Switzerland and 3–0 against Iceland) and a draw (1–1 against France). In the quarter-finals, the Austrians faced the
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, 2nd in Group D, and won the penalty shoot-out (0–0, 5–3 on penalties). Their journey ended in the semi-final against
Denmark
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, where unlike the quarter-final win against Spain, this time they failed in the penalty shootout without making a single attempt (0–0, 0–3 pt). The turning point of the game was the missed penalty by
Sarah Puntigam
Sarah Puntigam (born 13 October 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln and the Austria national team.
Club career
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in the 13th minute of play which could have given Austria a decisive advantage. Nevertheless,
Dominik Thalhammer's team leaves the competition with a more than honorable record, without having lost a single game and with only one goal conceded (against France in the group matches), for their first participation in a major competition.
They qualified for their 2nd consecutive Euro at the
2022 edition where they again passed the first round. Austria finished second in Group A, behind
England
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, the host country of the competition, against whom they lost by a narrow margin (0–1), but ahead of
Norway
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and
Northern Ireland
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, whom they beat 1–0 and 2–0 respectively. In the quarter-finals, they faced
Germany
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, leader of group B, for a German-speaking derby against the most successful team of the competition. In spite of a good performance in which they obtained several goal opportunities (including 3 goalposts touched), they were beaten 0–2 by the eight-time winners who were more realistic and took advantage of two Austrian defensive errors to make the difference.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
;Legend
2022
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Manager history
*
Ernst Weber (1999–2011)
*
Dominik Thalhammer (2011–2020)
*
Irene Fuhrmann
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(2020–)
Players
Current squad
* The following players were called up for the
Friendly matches against on 11 November and on 15 November.
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and goals are current as of 15 November 2022, after match against .''
Recent call-ups
* The following players have been called up to a squad in the past 12 months.
INJ
INJ
INJ
''Notes:''
* : Withdrew due to injury
* : Player retired from international football
* : On stand-by
Records
after the match against .
:''Players in bold are still active in the national team.''
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on
penalty kicks.''
UEFA Women's Championship
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on
penalty kicks.''
Invitational trophies
*
Cyprus Women's Cup
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: Winner
2016
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See also
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Sport in Austria
Sports are widely practiced in Austria, both in professional and amateur competitions. The most popular sports are association football, alpine skiing and ice hockey.
Winter sports
Due to the mountainous terrain, alpine skiing is a prominen ...
**
Football in Austria
Football is the most popular sport in Austria. The Austrian Football Association, the ''ÖFB'' (''Österreichischer Fußball-Bund''), was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then.
Despite the sport's popularity, except for a suc ...
***Women's football in Austria
*Austria women's national under-20 football team
*Austria women's national under-17 football team
*
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 Fußbal ...
References
External links
Official websiteFIFA profileLadies Austria results and statistic
{{National sports teams of Austria
European women's national association football teams