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Austria women's national football team

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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Austria national football team.

Austria
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationÖsterreichischer Fußball-Bund (ÖFB)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachIrene Fuhrmann
CaptainSarah Puntigam
Most capsSarah Puntigam (150)
Top scorerNina Burger (53)[1]
FIFA codeAUT
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 17 Steady (16 August 2024)[2]
Highest16 (August 2023)
Lowest48 (July – October 2003)
First international
 Mexico 9–0 Austria 
(Bari, Italy; 6 July 1970)
Biggest win
 Austria 11–0 Armenia 
(Waidhofen, Austria; 10 May 2003)
 Austria 11–0 Armenia 
(Waidhofen, Austria; 13 May 2003)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 9–0 Austria 
(Bari, Italy; 6 July 1970)
 Switzerland 9–0 Austria 
(8 November 1970)
European Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2017)
Best resultSemifinals (2017)
Austria Women's National team in November 2017

The Austria women's national football team represents Austria in international women's football competition. The team is controlled by the Austrian Football Association.

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.

History

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Beginnings

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The Austrian team started playing on July 6, 1970, against Mexico in Bari, Italy, competing in the Women's World Cup 1970,[3] 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, 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 edition in Sweden, but during that time played international friendlies. Austria played Women's Euro 1997 Qualifiers, held in Norway and Sweden. It was placed in Class B, in Group 7 with Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Greece, 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. Austria ended 1999 with three games of qualifying for the Euro 2001.

2000s and 2010s

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The team started 2000 with a 3–0 defeat against Belgium, four days later they lost again, with Poland by 3–2 but won 1–0 against Wales, finishing third and returning to be eliminated from a tournament. The Austrians played their first game of the 2003 World Cup Qualification against Scotland losing 2–1 with goal from Stallinger in the 21st minute, then played against Wales and won 2–0 with another goal from Stallinger and one from Schalkhammer-Hufnagl. Their third match against Belgium was a 3–1 defeat, with a goal by Spieler in the 59th minute. Austria lost their second match against Belgium 4–2, with goals from Szankovich and Fuhrmann, after a month, the team played against Scotland, with a crushing defeat for 5–0 and finally a 1–1 draw with Wales with Austria's only goal coming from Spieler 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, Switzerland and Iceland, 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 Spanish, 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, 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 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, the host country of the competition and eventual champions, against whom they lost by a narrow margin (0–1), but ahead of Norway and Northern Ireland, whom they beat 1–0 and 2–0 respectively. In the quarter-finals, they faced Germany, 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

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See also: 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

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30 November 2023–24 UEFA Nations League France  3–0  Austria Rennes
21:10
Report Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 26,453
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
5 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Austria  2–1  Norway St. Pölten
17:00
Stadium: NV-Arena
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

2024

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23 February Friendly England  7–2  Austria Algeciras, Spain
19:45
Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador
Attendance: 949
Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley (Spain)
28 February Friendly Denmark  1–1  Austria Marbella, Spain
Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Attendance: 116
Referee: Jason Barcelo (Gibraltar)
5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Austria  2–3  Germany Linz
20:30 Campbell 9', 17' Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Poland  1–3  Austria Gdynia
18:00 Kamczyk 55' Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Gdyni
Attendance: 3,920
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Austria  3–1  Poland Altach
18:00
Report Padilla 75' Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Attendance: 2,343
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
16 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Germany  4–0  Austria Hanover
19:00
Report Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion
Attendance: 43,953
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Germany)
25 October UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs Slovenia  0–3  Austria Koper
18:00 Report
Stadium: Bonifika Stadium
Attendance: 458[4]
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)
29 October UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs Austria  2–1
(5–1 agg.)		  Slovenia Ried im Innkreis
18:00
Report
Stadium: Josko Arena
Attendance: 2,600[5]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
29 November UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs Poland  v  Austria Gdańsk
18:00 Stadium: Gdańsk Stadium

Coaching staff

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Current coaching staff

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Position Name Ref.
Head coach Irene Fuhrmann
Assistant coach Markus Hackl
Assistant coach Christoph Witamwas
Goalkeeper coach Martin Klug
Match analyst Julian Lauer
Athletics coach Dominik Strebinger

Manager history

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Players

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Current squad

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Mariella El Sherif (2004-09-02) 2 September 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Austria Sturm Graz
23 1GK Jasmin Pal (1996-08-24) 24 August 1996 (age 28) 5 0 Germany Köln
1 1GK Manuela Zinsberger (1995-10-19) 19 October 1995 (age 29) 99 0 England Arsenal
2DF Chiara D’Angelo (2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Germany TSG Hoffenheim
4 2DF Celina Degen (2001-05-16) 16 May 2001 (age 23) 18 2 Germany Köln
11 2DF Marina Georgieva (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27) 38 0 Italy Fiorentina
19 2DF Verena Hanshaw (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30) 110 10 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
13 2DF Virginia Kirchberger (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31) 104 5 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
3 2DF Jennifer Klein (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 25) 17 1 Austria St. Pölten
6 2DF Katharina Schiechtl (1993-02-27) 27 February 1993 (age 31) 74 10 Austria Austria Wien
5 2DF Claudia Wenger (2001-05-06) 6 May 2001 (age 23) 3 0 Austria St. Pölten
12 2DF Laura Wienroither (1999-01-13) 13 January 1999 (age 25) 35 2 England Arsenal
8 3MF Barbara Dunst (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 27) 81 12 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
10 3MF Laura Feiersinger (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 31) 116 19 Italy Roma
18 3MF Julia Hickelsberger-Füller (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 25) 31 7 Germany TSG Hoffenheim
14 3MF Marie Höbinger (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23) 40 7 England Liverpool
17 3MF Sarah Puntigam (captain) (1992-10-13) 13 October 1992 (age 32) 146 21 United States Houston Dash
16 3MF Annabel Schasching (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 22) 17 1 Germany SC Freiburg
9 3MF Sarah Zadrazil (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 31) 119 15 Germany Bayern Munich
15 4FW Nicole Billa (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28) 101 47 Germany TSG Hoffenheim
22 4FW Eileen Campbell (2000-09-17) 17 September 2000 (age 24) 17 8 Germany SC Freiburg
7 4FW Viktoria Pinther (1998-10-16) 16 October 1998 (age 26) 41 2 Switzerland Zürich
20 4FW Lilli Purtscheller (2003-08-12) 12 August 2003 (age 21) 12 1 Germany SGS Essen

Recent call-ups

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  • The following players have been called up to a squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Andrea Gurtner (1996-08-24) 24 August 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Turkey Trabzonspor v.  Portugal, 31 October 2023
GK Isabella Kresche (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25) 6 0 Italy Sassuolo v.  Iceland, 4 June 2024
DF Julia Magerl (2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 (age 21) 3 1 Germany RB Leipzig v.  Denmark, 28 February 2024
DF Annelie Leitner (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Spain Eibar v.  France, 1 December 2023INJ
MF Katharina Naschenweng (1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 26) 50 6 Germany Bayern Munich v.  Germany, 5 April 2024INJ
MF Lena Triendl (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Austria Austria Wien v.  France, 26 September 2023
MF Michela Croatto (2002-06-29) 29 June 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Germany RB Leipzig v.  Iceland, 4 June 2024
FW Lisa Kolb (2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 (age 23) 21 1 Germany SC Freiburg v.  Poland, 9 April 2024

Notes:

  • INJ: Withdrew due to injury
  • RET: Player retired from international football
  • SBY: On stand-by

Records

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Main article: List of Austria women's international footballers
As of 29 October 2024 after the match against  Slovenia.
Players in bold are still active in the national team.

Competitive record

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FIFA Women's World Cup

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FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did not enter Did not enter
Sweden 1995
United States 1999
United States 2003 Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 7 15
China 2007 8 1 1 6 7 19
Germany 2011 8 3 1 4 14 12
Canada 2015 10 7 0 3 31 14
France 2019 8 5 1 2 19 7
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 11 7 1 3 50 8
Brazil 2027 To be determined To be determined
Total — 0/10 — — — — — — 51 24 5 22 128 75
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

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UEFA Women's Championship record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
1984 Did not enter Did not enter
Norway 1987
West Germany 1989
Denmark 1991
Italy 1993
Germany 1995
Norway Sweden 1997 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 8 12
Germany 2001 6 1 1 4 6 14
England 2005 6 5 0 1 31 4
Finland 2009 8 3 0 5 13 18
Sweden 2013 10 6 2 2 17 12
Netherlands 2017 Semi-finals 3rd 5 2 3 0 5 1 Squad 8 5 2 1 18 4
England 2022 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 3 3 Squad 8 6 1 1 22 3
Switzerland 2025 To be determined To be determined
Total Semi-finals 2/13 9 4 3 2 8 4 — 52 29 7 16 115 67
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League

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UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase Finals
Season LG Grp Pos Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK Year Pos Pld W D L GF GA
2023–24 A 2 2nd 6 3 1 2 7 7 8th Europe 2024 Did Not Qualify
2025–26 A To be determined 2026 To be determined
Total 6 5 0 1 23 9 Total 1 Title 2 2 0 0 5 0

Invitational trophies

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nina Burger verkündet Karriere-Ende". oefb.at (in German). 1 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970". RSSSF.
  4. ^ "Slovenia v Austria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Austria v Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Austria mourns Ernst Weber". UEFA. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2021. until 1999 before switching to take charge of the women's national team
  7. ^ "Fuhrmann: I've always stuck to my path". FIFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021. After nine years coaching the Austrian women's team, from 2011 to 2020, Dominik Thalhammer recently handed over the reins to Irene Fuhrmann
  8. ^ "Irene Fuhrmann wird erste Teamchefin der ÖFB-Frauen" [Irene Fuhrmann becomes the first team leader of the ÖFB women] (in German). Sky Sport Austria. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Irene Fuhrmann nennt Kader für EM-Quali-Spiele gegen Polen und Deutschland". www.oefb.at. 12 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Cyprus Women's Cup". RSSSF.
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