European Championship 2008 - Austria
Austria are currently ranked 88 in the Fifa World Rankings, but home advantage for the competition often sees the hosting nation produce their best.
Recent form is not encouraging with a single victory in a dozen or so games, however as they haven't had to qualify none of these games have been competitive.
Austria have qualified as hosts for the tournament which has seen them reach the final stages of the tournament for the first time in their history and the final stages of any tournament since the 1998 World Cup.
Austria will need to improve sharply to play any sort of hand in the Euro 2008 finals, however as Denmark and Greece have shown in recent history - the tournament is wide open. View Odds
The Austrian coach is Josef Hickersberger One of the most successful players and coaches in Austrian history and he will need to find something from his players leading up to the 2008 finals.
Player To Watch - Rene Aufhauser
Rene Aufhauser is a key man for Austria in midfield with the most amount of caps and plays his football in Austria and does a very important defensive role for his country and ocassionally turns up to put the ball in the back of the net.
| No. |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Goals |
Position |
| Euro 2008 Squad |
| 1 |
Alex Maninger |
04/06/1977 (31) |
0 |
0 |
Goalkeeper |
| 21 |
Jurgen Macho |
24/08/1977 (30) |
14 |
0 |
Goalkeeper |
| 23 |
Ramazan Ozcan |
28/06/1984 (23) |
0 |
0 |
Goalkeeper |
| 12 |
Ronald Gercaliu |
12/02/1982 (26) |
11 |
0 |
Defender |
| 17 |
Martin Hiden |
11/02/1973 (35) |
49 |
1 |
Defender |
| 13 |
Markus Katzer |
11/12/1979 (28) |
11 |
0 |
Defender |
| 16 |
Jurgen Patocka |
30/07/1977 (30) |
2 |
0 |
Defender |
| 4 |
Emanuel Pogatetz |
16/01/1983 (25) |
27 |
1 |
Defender |
| 15 |
Sebastian Prodl |
21/06/1987 (20) |
10 |
2 |
Defender |
| 11 |
Umit Korkmaz |
17/09/1985 (22) |
2 |
0 |
Defender |
| 2 |
Joachim Standfest |
01/01/1970 (38) |
30 |
2 |
Defender |
| 3 |
Martin Stranzl |
01/01/1970 (38) |
45 |
2 |
Defender |
| 6 |
Rene Aufhauser |
01/01/1970 (38) |
51 |
11 |
Midfielder |
| 5 |
Christian Fuchs |
01/01/1970 (38) |
17 |
0 |
Midfielder |
| 14 |
Gyorgy Garics |
08/09/1984 (23) |
12 |
1 |
Midfielder |
| 10 |
Andreas Ivanschitz |
15/10/1983 (24) |
39 |
5 |
Midfielder |
| 8 |
Christoph Leitgeb |
14/04/1985 (23) |
19 |
0 |
Midfielder |
| 19 |
Jurgen Samuel |
08/09/1964 (43) |
11 |
0 |
Midfielder |
| 7 |
Ivica Vastic |
29/09/1969 (38) |
48 |
13 |
Midfielder |
| 20 |
Martin Harnik |
10/06/1987 (20) |
8 |
2 |
Forward |
| 22 |
Erwin Hoffer |
14/04/1987 (21) |
4 |
0 |
Forward |
| 18 |
Roman Kienast |
29/04/1984 (24) |
6 |
1 |
Forward |
| 9 |
Roland Linz |
09/08/1981 (26) |
31 |
7 |
Forward |
Qualification
Qualified automatically as hosts.
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