Austria women's national football team

Austria
Association	Österreichischer Fußball-Bund (ÖFB)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Irene Fuhrmann
Captain	Sarah Puntigam
Most caps	Sarah Puntigam (150)
Top scorer	Nina Burger (53)
FIFA code	AUT
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	17 (16 August 2024)
Highest	16 (August 2023)
Lowest	48 (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
Appearances	2 (first in 2017)
Best result	Semifinals (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

Beginnings

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

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

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

30 November 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	France	3–0	Austria	Rennes
21:10	Henry 5' Le Sommer 57' Katoto 84'	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	Campbell 10' Schiechtl 89'		Sævik 90+4'	Stadium: NV-Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

2024

23 February Friendly	England	7–2	Austria	Algeciras, Spain
19:45	Russo 3', 61' Clinton 19' Mead 37', 89' Carter 70' Daly 90+3'		Kirchberger 30', 88'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador Attendance: 949 Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley (Spain)

28 February Friendly	Denmark	1–1	Austria	Marbella, Spain
	Harder 52'		Dunst 11'	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	Bühl 39', 49' Gwinn 63' (pen.)	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	Puntigam 15' Purtscheller 66' Campbell 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Gdyni Attendance: 3,920 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

31 May UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Austria	1–1	Iceland	Ried im Innkreis
18:00	Puntigam 26' (pen.)	Report	Viggósdóttir 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Josko Arena Attendance: 3,788 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

4 June UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Iceland	2–1	Austria	Reykjavík
21:30 (19:30 UTC+0)	Eiríksdóttir 17' Antonsdóttir 70'	Report	Campbell 44'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 2,067 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)

12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Austria	3–1	Poland	Altach
18:00	Degen 37' Campbell 67' Schasching 69'	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	Bühl 11', 90+2' Brand 39' Schüller 53'	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	Dunst 69' Puntigam 73' (pen.) Purtscheller 75'	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	Puntigam 62' (pen.), 74' (pen.)	Report	Prašnikar 90+6' (pen.)	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

3 December UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Austria	v	Poland	Vienna
18:15				Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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

Ernst Weber (1999–2011)^[6]
Dominik Thalhammer (2011–2020)^[7]
Irene Fuhrmann (2020–)^[8]

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying two matches against Slovenia on 25 and 29 October 2024 respectively.^[9]
Caps and goals are current as of 4 June 2024, after the match against Iceland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Mariella El Sherif	(2004-09-02) 2 September 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Sturm Graz
1	1GK	Manuela Zinsberger	(1995-10-19) 19 October 1995 (age 29)	99	0	Arsenal
21	1GK	Isabella Kresche	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25)	6	0	Sassuolo

2	2DF	Michela Croatto	(2002-06-29) 29 June 2002 (age 22)	1	0	RB Leipzig
	2DF	Chiara D’Angelo	(2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 20)	0	0	TSG Hoffenheim
11	2DF	Marina Georgieva	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27)	38	0	Fiorentina
19	2DF	Verena Hanshaw	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30)	110	10	Eintracht Frankfurt
13	2DF	Virginia Kirchberger	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)	104	5	Eintracht Frankfurt
	2DF	Julia Magerl	(2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 (age 21)	3	1	RB Leipzig
6	2DF	Katharina Schiechtl	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993 (age 31)	74	10	Austria Wien
5	2DF	Claudia Wenger	(2001-05-06) 6 May 2001 (age 23)	3	0	St. Pölten

8	3MF	Barbara Dunst	(1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 27)	81	12	Eintracht Frankfurt
10	3MF	Laura Feiersinger	(1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 31)	116	19	Roma
18	3MF	Julia Hickelsberger-Füller	(1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 25)	31	7	TSG Hoffenheim
14	3MF	Sophie Hillebrand		0	0	spusu SKN St. Pölten Rush
14	3MF	Marie Höbinger	(2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23)	40	7	Liverpool
14	3MF	Nicole Ojukwu		0	0	FC Freiburg
17	3MF	Sarah Puntigam (captain)	(1992-10-13) 13 October 1992 (age 32)	146	21	Houston Dash
16	3MF	Annabel Schasching	(2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 22)	17	1	SC Freiburg
9	3MF	Sarah Zadrazil	(1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 31)	119	15	Bayern Munich

15	4FW	Nicole Billa	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28)	101	47	TSG Hoffenheim
22	4FW	Eileen Campbell	(2000-09-17) 17 September 2000 (age 24)	17	8	SC Freiburg
7	4FW	Viktoria Pinther	(1998-10-16) 16 October 1998 (age 26)	41	2	Zürich
20	4FW	Lilli Purtscheller	(2003-08-12) 12 August 2003 (age 21)	12	1	SGS Essen
14	4FW	Valentina Madl		0	0	spusu SKN St. Pölten Rush

Recent call-ups

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	Trabzonspor	v. Portugal, 31 October 2023
GK	Jasmin Pal	(1996-08-24) 24 August 1996 (age 28)	5	0	Köln	v. Germany, 16 July 2024

DF	Annelie Leitner	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Eibar	v. France, 1 December 2023^INJ
DF	Celina Degen	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001 (age 23)	18	2	Köln	v. Germany, 16 July 2024
DF	Jennifer Klein	(1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 25)	17	1	St. Pölten	v. Germany, 16 July 2024
DF	Laura Wienroither	(1999-01-13) 13 January 1999 (age 25)	35	2	Arsenal	v. Germany, 16 July 2024

MF	Katharina Naschenweng	(1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 26)	50	6	Bayern Munich	v. Germany, 5 April 2024^INJ
MF	Lena Triendl	(2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Austria Wien	v. France, 26 September 2023

FW	Lisa Kolb	(2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 (age 23)	21	1	SC Freiburg	v. Poland, 9 April 2024

Notes:

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

Records

As of 29 October 2024 after the match against

Slovenia.

Players in bold are still active in the national team.

Most capped players

#	Player	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Sarah Puntigam	2009–	150	24
2	Carina Wenninger	2007–2023	127	7
3	Sarah Zadrazil	2010–	121	15
4	Laura Feiersinger	2010–	119	19
5	Verena Hanshaw	2011–	114	10
6	Nina Burger	2005–2019	109	53
7	Virginia Kirchberger	2010–	108	5
8	Nicole Billa	2013–	105	47
9	Manuela Zinsberger	2013–	103	0
10	Nadine Prohaska	2008–2019	94	7

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Nina Burger	2005–2019	53	109	0.49
2	Nicole Billa	2013–	47	105	0.45
3	Sarah Puntigam	2009–	24	150	0.16
4	Lisa Makas	2010–2022	19	74	0.26
4	Laura Feiersinger	2010–	19	119	0.16
6	Sarah Zadrazil	2010–	15	121	0.12
7	Barbara Dunst	2015–	13	85	0.15
8	Katharina Schiechtl	2014–	10	75	0.13
8	Verena Hanshaw	2011–	10	114	0.09
10	Marion Gröbner	2005–2013	9	38	0.24

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter								Did not enter
1995
1999
2003	Did not qualify								6	1	1	4	7	15
2007									8	1	1	6	7	19
2011									8	3	1	4	14	12
2015									10	7	0	3	31	14
2019									8	5	1	2	19	7
2023									11	7	1	3	50	8
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

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
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Did not qualify									6	3	1	2	8	12
2001										6	1	1	4	6	14
2005										6	5	0	1	31	4
2009										8	3	0	5	13	18
2013										10	6	2	2	17	12
2017	Semi-finals	3rd	5	2	3	0	5	1	Squad	8	5	2	1	18	4
2022	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	3	3	Squad	8	6	1	1	22	3
2025	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Semi-finals	2/13	9	4	3	2	8	4	—	52	29	7	16	115	67