Austria national under-21 football team

Austria Under-21

Association	Austrian Football Association
Head coach	Werner Gregoritsch
Captain	Kevin Danso
Most caps	Markus Berger (36)
Top scorer	Michael Gregoritsch (20)
First colours Second colours
First international
Czechoslovakia 1–2 Austria
Biggest win
Austria 10–0 Liechtenstein Austria 10–0 Saudi Arabia
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 6–0 Austria Israel 6–0 Austria
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	Group stage (2019)

The Austria national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Austria and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association.

This team is for Austrian players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old.

Staff

• Head coach: Werner Gregoritsch
• Assistant coach: Dietmar Pegam
• Goalkeeper coach: Raimund Hedl

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against  Iceland on 16 June and  Slovakia on 20 June 2023.^[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 27 March 2023, after the match against  Moldova.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Nikolas Polster	(2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 21)	5	0	Vorwärts Steyr
	1GK	Elias Scherf	(2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 20)	5	0	Amstetten
	1GK	Luka Marić	(2002-07-19) 19 July 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Sturm Graz
	2DF	Pascal Fallmann	(2003-11-07) 7 November 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Rapid Wien
	2DF	Pascal Estrada	(2002-03-12) 12 March 2002 (age 21)	5	2	Olimpija Ljubljana
	2DF	Samson Baidoo	(2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 (age 19)	4	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	2DF	Lukas Ibertsberger	(2003-08-06) 6 August 2003 (age 20)	2	0	FC Liefering
	2DF	Lukas Wallner	(2003-04-26) 26 April 2003 (age 20)	2	0	FC Liefering
	2DF	Paul Koller	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Grazer AK
	2DF	David Heindl	(2004-06-25) 25 June 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Kapfenberger SV
	2DF	Fabian Wohlmuth	(2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 21)	0	0	SV Lafnitz
	3MF	Matthias Braunöder	(2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 21)	10	1	Austria Wien
	3MF	Moritz Oswald	(2002-01-05) 5 January 2002 (age 21)	6	0	Rapid Wien
	3MF	Dijon Kameri	(2004-04-20) 20 April 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	3MF	Moritz Wels	(2004-09-25) 25 September 2004 (age 19)	1	0	Sturm Graz
	3MF	Angelo Gattermayer	(2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Admira Wacker
	3MF	Raphael Hofer	(2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 20)	0	0	FC Liefering
	3MF	Nikolas Sattlberger	(2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Rapid Wien
	4FW	Yusuf Demir	(2003-06-02) 2 June 2003 (age 20)	10	2	Galatasaray
	4FW	Bernhard Zimmermann	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 21)	9	1	Rapid Wien
	4FW	Christoph Lang	(2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 (age 21)	4	3	Ried
	4FW	Manuel Polster	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21)	4	1	Austria Wien
	4FW	Noah Bischof	(2002-12-07) 7 December 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Rheindorf Altach

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad in the last twelve months and are still eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Sandali Conde	(2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Austria Wien	v.  Croatia, 21 November 2022
DF	Leopold Querfeld	(2003-12-20) 20 December 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Rapid Wien	v.  Moldova, 27 March 2023
DF	David Riegler	(2002-12-17) 17 December 2002 (age 21)	2	0	St. Pölten	v.  Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Ervin Omic	(2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Wolfsberger AC	v.  Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Nikolas Veratschnig	(2003-01-24) 24 January 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Wolfsberger AC	v.  Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Benjamin Kanuric	(2003-02-26) 26 February 2003 (age 20)	5	1	Arminia Bielefeld	v.  Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Dario Kreiker	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 20)	2	0	Austria Wien	v.  Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Gabriel Zirngast	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 21)	2	0	LASK	v.  Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Tristan Osmani	(2005-03-30) 30 March 2005 (age 18)	1	0	Schalke 04	v.  Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Philipp Wydra	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 20)	0	0	1. FC Köln	v.  Croatia, 21 November 2022
FW	Justin Forst	(2003-02-21) 21 February 2003 (age 20)	1	0	WSG Tirol	v.  Moldova, 27 March 2023
FW	Luca Kronberger	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 21)	6	1	Ried	v.  Croatia, 21 November 2022

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2022

Croatia  v  Austria

25 March 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Croatia	0–0	Austria	Varaždin, Croatia
18:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Varteks

Austria  v  Norway

29 March 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Austria	2–1	Norway	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
20:30	Schmid 11' Adamu 48'	Report	Holm 14'	Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena Attendance: 1,015

Austria  v  Finland

3 June 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Austria	2–3	Finland	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
18:00	Schmid 5' (pen.) Adamu 76'	Report	Håkans 67' Skyttä 83' Tauriainen 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)

Former coaches

• Gustl Starek (1985–1987)
• Ernst Weber (1996–1999)
• Willibald Ruttensteiner (2001–2005)
• Gerhard Hitzel (2005)
• Willibald Ruttensteiner (2005–2006)
• Manfred Zsak (2006–2009)
• Andreas Herzog (2009–2011)

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Austria national under-21 football team.

• Austria national football team
• Austria national under-19 football team
• Austria national under-17 football team

References

External links

• UEFA Under-21 website

This page was last edited on 26 December 2023, at 13:24