Austria national under-21 football team

Austria Under-21

Association	Austrian Football Association
Head coach	Werner Gregoritsch
Captain	Patrick Farkas
Most caps	Markus Berger (32)
Top scorer	Arnold Wetl, Andreas Weimann and Raphael Holzhauser (all 10)
First international
Czechoslovakia 1–2 Austria
Biggest win
Austria 10–0 Liechtenstein
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 6–0 Austria
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	0 (first in 0)
Best result	Never Qualified

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

Werner Gregoritsch

• Head Coach: Werner Gregoritsch
• Assistant Coach: Wolfgang Luisser
• Goalkeeper Coach: Roland Goriupp

Current squad

Goalkeepers

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Bernhard Hendl	August 09, 1992	0	0	BFC Dynamo
1	1GK	Samuel Radlinger	November 07, 1992	7	0	Hannover 96
1	1GK	Christoph Riegler	March 30, 1992	2	0	SKN St. Pölten
1	1GK	Richard Strebinger	February 14, 1993	1	0	Rapid Wien

Defenders

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	2DF	Patrick Farkas	September 09, 1992	9	0	SV Mattersburg
	2DF	Martin Hinteregger	September 07, 1992	6	0	Mönchengladbach
	2DF	Matthias Maak	May 12, 1992	3	0	SV Grödig
	2DF	Lukas Rath	January 01, 1992	2	0	SV Mattersburg
	2DF	Lukas Spendlhofer	June 02, 1993	3	1	Sturm Graz
	2DF	Christian Schilling	January 06, 1992	1	0	Rheindorf Altach
	2DF	Thomas Weber	April 29, 1993	2	0	FAC
	2DF	Kevin Wimmer	November 15, 1992	5	0	Tottenham

Midfielders

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	3MF	Raphael Holzhauser	February 16, 1993	21	10	Austria Wien
	3MF	Florian Kainz	October 24, 1992	4	0	Rapid Wien
	3MF	Tobias Kainz	October 31, 1992	5	1	SV Grödig
	3MF	Simon Piesinger	May 13, 1992	3	0	Sturm Graz
	3MF	Daniel Offenbacher	February 18, 1992	1	0	Sturm Graz
	3MF	Marcel Ritzmaier	April 22, 1993	4	2	NEC
	3MF	Marcel Sabitzer	March 17, 1994	3	1	RB Leipzig
	3MF	Kevin Stöger	August 27, 1993	2	0	SC Paderborn
	3MF	Gernot Trauner	March 25, 1992	0	0	SV Ried
	3MF	Robert Völkl	February 12, 1993	2	0	SV Grödig
	3MF	Marcel Ziegl	December 20, 1992	3	0	SV Ried

Forwards

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	4FW	Michael Gregoritsch	April 18, 1994	5	5	Hamburg

Former coaches

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

Former personnel

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

See also

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

External links

• UEFA Under-21 website