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

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Norway on 3 September 2021 and Azerbaijan on 7 September 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Niklas Hedl	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Rapid Wien
	1GK	Belmin Jenciragic	(2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Admira Wacker
	1GK	Lukas Gütlbauer	(2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Floridsdorfer AC

3	2DF	Leo Greiml	(2001-07-03) 3 July 2001 (age 23)	4	0	Rapid Wien
5	2DF	Flavius Daniliuc	(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 23)	5	0	Nice
6	2DF	Christoph Klarer	(2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 24)	7	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
14	2DF	Niklas Geyrhofer	(2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Sturm Graz
	2DF	David Affengruber	(2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Sturm Graz
16	2DF	Lukas Sulzbacher	(2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 24)	3	1	Rapid Wien
15	2DF	Emanuel Aiwu	(2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 23)	6	0	Rapid Wien
17	2DF	Jonas Auer	(2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24)	4	1	Rapid Wien

7	3MF	Alexander Prass	(2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 23)	4	0	Sturm Graz
8	3MF	Vesel Demaku	(2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 24)	10	0	Austria Wien
10	3MF	Romano Schmid	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24)	9	1	Werder Bremen
11	3MF	Thierno Ballo	(2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 22)	4	3	Chelsea
13	3MF	Nicolas Seiwald	(2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23)	4	1	Red Bull Salzburg
18	3MF	Patrick Wimmer	(2001-05-30) 30 May 2001 (age 23)	5	2	Arminia Bielefeld
19	3MF	Matthäus Taferner	(2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Wolfsberger
22	3MF	Lion Schuster	(2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Rapid Wien

9	4FW	Chukwubuike Adamu	(2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 23)	6	4	Red Bull Salzburg
	4FW	Luca Kronberger	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Admira Wacker
	4FW	Tobias Anselm	(2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 24)	2	2	WSG Tirol
	4FW	Marlon Mustapha	(2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Admira Wacker

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	Tobias Lawal	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24)	1	0	LASK	v. Estonia, 4 June 2021

DF	David Nemeth	(2001-03-18) 18 March 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Sturm Graz	v. Estonia, 4 June 2021

MF	Yusuf Demir	(2003-06-02) 2 June 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Rapid Wien	v. Estonia, 4 June 2021
MF	Aleksandar Jukic	(2000-07-26) 26 July 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Austria Wien	v. Estonia, 4 June 2021

^PRE Player was named to the preliminary squad
^COV Player withdrew from the squad due to COVID-19
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue
^RET Retired from international football
^SUS Suspended in official matches

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2021

4 June 2021 (2021-06-04) Friendly	Austria	2–1	Slovakia	Ritzing, Austria
19:10	Auer 28' Adamu 67'	Report	Nebyla 90'	Stadium: Sonnenseestadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)

8 June 2021 (2021-06-08) 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Austria	2–0	Estonia	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
19:10	Schmid 7' Demir 56'	Report		Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena Attendance: 1,080 Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Norway	–	Austria	Drammen, Norway
18:00		Report		Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Austria	–	Azerbaijan	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
18:00		Report		Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena

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)

Former personnel

Slavko Kovačić (2005–2006) "(Assistant coach)"

References

External links

UEFA Under-21 website