Austria qualified for Euro 2008 as co-hosts.
European Championships
Austria have never qualified for a European Championships Finals, so
it's lucky they made it as co-hosts in 2008.
World Cup Appearences
Austria have made 7 World Cup Finals appearances:
1934, 1954, 1958, 1978, 1982, 1990 and 1998.
Austria finished third in Switzerland 1954 and fourth
in Italy 1934.
Austria Team Manager: Josef Hickersberger.
Forwards
7 Ivica Vastic (LASK Linz)
9 Roland Linz (SC Braga)
18 Roman Kienast (Ham-Kam)
22 Erwin Hoffer (Rapid Wien)
Midfielders
5 Christian Fuchs (SV Mattersburg)
6 René Aufhauser (FC Salzburg)
8 Christoph Leitgeb (FC Salzburg)
10 Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos)
11 Ümit Korkmaz (Rapid Wien)
14 György Garics (Napoli)
19 Jürgen Säumel (Sturm Graz)
20 Martin Harnik (Werder Bremen)
Defenders
2 Joachim Standfest (Austria Wien)
3 Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moskva)
4 Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough)
12 Ronald Gercaliu (Austria Wien)
13 Markus Katzer (Rapid Wien)
15 Sebastian Prödl (Sturm Graz)
16 Jürgen Patocka (Rapid Wien)
17 Martin Hiden (Austria Kärnten)
Goalkeepers
1 Alex Manninger (AC Siena)
21 Jürgen Macho (AEK Athens)
23 Ramazan Özcan (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
Austria Team Hotel
Balance
Resort - Stegersbach, Austria.
Austria play all their Group B games in Vienna.
In 2008, Austria will play friendly matches against Germany (6th Feb);
Netherlands (26th March) and Nigeria (27th May).
Sunday, 8th June
Vienna: Austria vs Croatia
(0:1)
Thursday, 12th June
Vienna: Austria vs Poland
(1:1)
Monday, 16th June
Vienna: Austria vs Germany
(0:1)
Austria didn't make it out of the group stage.
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