Austria women's national football team

Austria

Association	ÖFB
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dominik Thalhammer
Captain	Viktoria Schnaderbeck
Most caps	Sonja Spieler (62)
Top scorer	Nina Burger (33)
FIFA code	AUT
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	25 (26 August 2016)
Highest	25 (March 2016)
Lowest	48 (July 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)

The Austria women's national football team represents Austria in international women's football.

The team is made up mainly of players from the Austrian and German Women's Bundesligas. As of 2015 the team has never qualified for any major tournament (World Cup, Euro, or Olympics).

History

Beginnings

The Austrian team started playing on July 6, 1970 against Mexico in Bari, Italy, 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, 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.

2000's and 2010's

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.

Record at Tournaments

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Euro

UEFA Women's Euro record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1984	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

Players called for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying matches against Kazakhstan and Norway on 6 and 10 April 2016.^[1]

Head coach: Dominik Thalhammer

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Jasmin Pal	24 August 1996			FC Wacker Innsbruck
	GK	Manuela Zinsberger	19 October 1995			FC Bayern Munich
	DF	Verena Aschauer	20 January 1994			SC Freiburg
	DF	Virginia Kirchberger	25 May 1993			1. FC Köln
	DF	Sophie Maierhofer	9 August 1996			Kansas Jayhawks
	DF	Katharina Schiechtl	27 February 1993			SV Werder Bremen
	DF	Elisabeth Tieber	4 July 1990			FC Neunkirch
	DF	Carina Wenninger	6 February 1991			FC Bayern Munich
	MF	Barbara Dunst	25 September 1997			FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern
	MF	Jasmin Eder	8 October 1992			FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern
	MF	Laura Feiersinger	5 April 1993			FC Bayern Munich
	MF	Nadine Prohaska	15 August 1990			FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern
	MF	Sarah Puntigam	13 October 1992			SC Freiburg
	MF	Viktoria Schnaderbeck (c)	4 January 1991			FC Bayern Munich
	MF	Sarah Zadrazil	19 February 1993			ETSU Buccaneers
	FW	Nicole Billa	5 March 1996			TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
	FW	Nina Burger	27 December 1987			SC Sand
	FW	Stefanie Enzinger	20 November 1989			SK Sturm Graz Damen

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Austrian squad recently.^[2][3]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Jasmin Krejc	1 January 1992			FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern
	GK	Anna-Carina Kristler	17 July 1988			SK Sturm Graz Damen
	DF	Romina Bell	14 May 1993			AIC Springfield
	DF	Nina Klima	7 December 1989			SC Buitenveldert
	DF	Cornelia Sochor	7 June 1994			SU Stetson Hatters
	DF	Julia Tabotta	25 July 1994			FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern
	DF	Katja Trödthandl	13 May 1989			SV Neulengbach
	MF	Isabella Dujmenovic	16 July 1995			SV Neulengbach
	MF	Stefanie Kremener	6 February 1992			SV Neulengbach
	MF	Martina Mädl	18 December 1991			USC Landhaus Wien
	MF	Heike Manhart	7 January 1993			Viktória FC-Szombathely
	MF	Jennifer Pöltl	4 August 1993			FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern
	MF	Jelena Prvulović	16 September 1994			1. FC Lübars
	FW	Maria Gstöttner	8 February 1984			SV Neulengbach
	FW	Simona Koren	28 March 1993			ETSU Buccaneers
	FW	Lisa Makas	11 May 1992			FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern

Statistics

Last updated: 19 June 2014

Most capped players # Name Career Caps Goals 1 Sonja Spieler 1993–2010 62 10 2 Nina Burger 2005-present 59 33 3 Gertrud Stallinger 1990-2005 56 30 4 Marlies Hanschitz 2003–2013 45 8 5 Nadine Prohaska 2008–present 45 5 6 Sarah Puntigam 2009–present 44 8 7 Marion Gröbner 2003–2013 41 9 8 Nina Aigner 1998–2010 40 11 9 Sabine Eder 1994–2004 40 0 10 Carina Wenninger 2007–present 39 2

Top goalscorers # Player Career Goals Caps Average 1 Nina Burger 2005–present 33 59 0.56 2 Gertrud Stallinger 1990–2005 30 56 0.54 3 Elke Scheubmayr 1991–2001 13 37 0.35 4 Lisa Makas 2010–present 12 36 0.33 5 Nina Aigner 1998–2010 11 40 0.28 6 Sonja Spieler 1993–2010 10 62 0.16 7 Marion Gröbner 2003–2013 9 41 0.22 8 Sarah Puntigam 2009–present 8 44 0.18 9 Marlies Hanschitz 2003–2013 8 45 0.18 10 Laura Feiersinger 2009–present 6 31 0.19

  Still active national team players are highlighted

References

1. "Euro 2017 qualification - April 2016 squad" (in German). ÖFB. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
2. "Austria Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
3. "Squad" (in German). ÖFB. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile