Austria women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Austria national football team.

Austria

Association	Österreichischer Fußball-Bund (ÖFB)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Irene Fuhrmann
Captain	Carina Wenninger
Most caps	Sarah Puntigam (126)
Top scorer	Nina Burger (53)
FIFA code	AUT
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	18 1 (24 March 2023)
Highest	19 (August 2022-December 2022)
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)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2017)
Best result	Semifinals (2017)

Austria Women's National team in November 2017

The Austria women's national football team represents Austria in international women's football competition. The team is controlled by the Austrian Football Association.

The national team is made up mainly of players from the Austrian and German Women's Bundesligas. In 2016, the team qualified for its first-ever major tournament: UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

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.

2000s and 2010s

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.

Austria qualified for the first time in its history for a European Championship finals at Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. Reversed in group C with France, Switzerland and Iceland, it thwarted the predictions by finishing in 1st place in the group with two wins (1–0 against Switzerland and 3–0 against Iceland) and a draw (1–1 against France). In the quarter-finals, the Austrians faced the Spanish, 2nd in Group D, and won the penalty shoot-out (0–0, 5–3 on penalties). Their journey ended in the semi-final against Denmark, where unlike the quarter-final win against Spain, this time they failed in the penalty shootout without making a single attempt (0–0, 0–3 pt). The turning point of the game was the missed penalty by Sarah Puntigam in the 13th minute of play which could have given Austria a decisive advantage. Nevertheless, Dominik Thalhammer's team leaves the competition with a more than honorable record, without having lost a single game and with only one goal conceded (against France in the group matches), for their first participation in a major competition.

They qualified for their 2nd consecutive Euro at the 2022 edition where they again passed the first round. Austria finished second in Group A, behind England, the host country of the competition, against whom they lost by a narrow margin (0–1), but ahead of Norway and Northern Ireland, whom they beat 1–0 and 2–0 respectively. In the quarter-finals, they faced Germany, leader of group B, for a German-speaking derby against the most successful team of the competition. In spite of a good performance in which they obtained several goal opportunities (including 3 goalposts touched), they were beaten 0–2 by the eight-time winners who were more realistic and took advantage of two Austrian defensive errors to make the difference.

Results and fixtures

See also: 2023 in association football, 2023 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

Austria v Northern Ireland

8 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying	Austria	3–1	Northern Ireland	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
20:30	Wenninger 48' Billa 55' Dunst 57'	Report	Andrews 85'	Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Austria v Latvia

12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying	Austria	8–0	Latvia	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
19:00	Puntigam 11' (pen.), 14' Degen 16' Schiechtl 58' Plattner 64', 90+2' Naschenweng 70' Makas 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

Austria v Denmark

12 June Friendly	Austria	1–2	Denmark	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
13:30	Zadrazil 29'	Report	Harder 65' Junge Pedersen 75'	Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)

Austria v Montenegro

22 June Friendly	Austria	4–0	Montenegro	Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
20:30	Schiechtl 14' Plattner 19' Billa 31' Schasching 88'	Report		Stadium: motion invest Arena Attendance: 760

Belgium v Austria

26 June Friendly	Belgium	0–1	Austria	Lier, Belgium
17:00		Report	Plattner 65'	Stadium: Herman Vanderpoortenstadion Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)

England v Austria

6 July UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group A	England	1–0	Austria	Manchester, England
	Mead 16'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 68,871 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

Austria v Northern Ireland

11 July UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group A	Austria	2–0	Northern Ireland	Southampton, England
	Schiechtl 19' Naschenweng 88'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 9,268 Referee: Emikar Calderas Barrera (Venezuela)

Austria v Norway

15 July UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group A	Austria	1–0	Norway	Brighton and Hove, England
	Billa 37'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 12,667 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Germany v Austria

21 July UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Quarter-finals	Germany	2–0	Austria	London, England
	Magull 25' Popp 90'	Report		Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 16,025 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Austria v England

3 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying	Austria	0–2	England	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
17:30		Report	Russo 7' Parris 69'	Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

Austria v North Macedonia

6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying	Austria	10–0	North Macedonia	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
20:30	Billa 7', 34' (pen.), 66' Zadrazil 28' Wenninger 43' Dunst 47' Höbinger 50' Feiersinger 61', 78' Naschenweng 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Frederikke Lydia Søkjær (Denmark)

Scotland v Austria

6 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying	Scotland	1–0	Austria	Glasgow, Scotland
20:35 (19:35 BST)	Harrison 92'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 10,182 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

Italy v Austria

Austria v Slovakia

15 November Friendly	Austria	3–0	Slovakia	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
18:00	Hickelsberger-Füller 18' Kirchberger 43' Feiersinger 54'			Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt

2023

Netherlands v Austria

17 February Friendly	Netherlands	1–2	Austria	Paola, Malta
18:00				Stadium: Hibernians Stadium

Austria v Netherlands

21 February Friendly	Austria	0–4	Netherlands	Attard, Malta
18:00				Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Austria v Belgium

7 April Friendly	Austria	v	Belgium	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
20:30				Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt

Austria v Czech Republic

11 April Friendly	Austria	v	Czech Republic	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
19:15				Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Irene Fuhrmann
Assistant coach	Markus Hackl
Assistant coach	Christoph Witamwas
Goalkeeper coach	Martin Klug
Match analyst	Julian Lauer
Athletics coach	Dominik Strebinger

Manager history

• Ernst Weber (1999–2011)
• Dominik Thalhammer (2011–2020)
• Irene Fuhrmann (2020–)

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the Friendly matches against Belgium on 7 April and on Czech Republic 11 April.
• Caps and goals are current as of 21 February 2023, after second match against Netherlands.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Manuela Zinsberger	(1995-10-19) 19 October 1995	88	0	Arsenal
21	1GK	Isabella Kresche	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998	4	0	Sassuolo
23	1GK	Kristin Krammer	(2002-05-24) 24 May 2002	1	0	1. FC Köln
7	2DF	Carina Wenninger (captain)	(1991-02-06) 6 February 1991	126	7	Roma
19	2DF	Verena Hanshaw	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994	96	10	Eintracht Frankfurt
20	2DF	Katharina Naschenweng	(1997-12-16) 16 December 1997	40	5	1899 Hoffenheim
12	2DF	Laura Wienroither	(1999-01-13) 13 January 1999	31	1	Arsenal
11	2DF	Marina Georgieva	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997	24	0	Paris Saint-Germain
24	2DF	Celina Degen	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001	6	1	1. FC Köln
4	2DF	Lara Felix	(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003	2	0	1. FC Nürnberg
	2DF	Livia Brunmair	(2003-03-14) 14 March 2003	0	0	1. FC Nürnberg
17	3MF	Sarah Puntigam	(1992-10-13) 13 October 1992	131	18	1. FC Köln
9	3MF	Sarah Zadrazil	(1993-02-19) 19 February 1993	106	15	Bayern Munich
10	3MF	Laura Feiersinger	(1993-04-05) 5 April 1993	103	19	Eintracht Frankfurt
8	3MF	Barbara Dunst	(1997-09-25) 25 September 1997	66	10	Eintracht Frankfurt
14	3MF	Marie Höbinger	(2001-07-01) 1 July 2001	26	6	FC Zürich
3	3MF	Jennifer Klein	(1999-01-11) 11 January 1999	15	1	St. Pölten
16	3MF	Annabel Schasching	(2002-07-26) 26 July 2002	7	1	Sturm Graz
2	3MF	Claudia Wenger	(2001-05-06) 6 May 2001	2	0	St. Pölten
15	4FW	Nicole Billa	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996	90	47	1899 Hoffenheim
	4FW	Viktoria Pinther	(1998-10-16) 16 October 1998	28	1	FC Zürich
22	4FW	Lisa Kolb	(2001-05-14) 14 May 2001	15	1	SC Freiburg
5	4FW	Eileen Campbell	(2000-09-17) 17 September 2000	3	1	Altach/Vorderland

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been called up to a squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Jasmin Pal	(1996-08-24) 24 August 1996	3	0	1. FC Köln	v. Netherlands, 21 February 2023
GK	Mariella El Sherif	(2004-09-02) 2 September 2004	0	0	Sturm Graz	v. Scotland, 6 October 2022
GK	Andrea Gurtner	(2001-02-01) 1 February 2001	0	0	UDG Tenerife	v. Denmark, 12 June 2022
DF	Virginia Kirchberger	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993	91	3	Eintracht Frankfurt	v. Netherlands, 21 February 2023
DF	Katharina Schiechtl	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993	64	9	Werder Bremen	v. Italy, 11 November 2022INJ
DF	Julia Magerl	(2003-05-02) 2 May 2003	3	1	Sturm Graz	v. Scotland, 6 October 2022
DF	Viktoria Schnaderbeck RET	(1991-01-04) 4 January 1991	83	2	Retired	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
DF	Sabrina Horvat	(1997-07-03) 3 July 1997	1	0	Altach/Vorderland	v. Denmark, 12 June 2022
DF	Lainie Fuchs	(2004-01-04) 4 January 2004	0	0	St. Pölten	v. Latvia, 12 April 2022
MF	Julia Hickelsberger-Füller	(1999-08-01) 1 August 1999	26	7	1899 Hoffenheim	v. Netherlands, 21 February 2023
MF	Jasmin Eder RET	(1992-10-08) 8 October 1992	55	1	St. Pölten	v. Scotland, 6 October 2022
MF	Maria Plattner	(2001-05-15) 15 May 2001	10	4	Turbine Potsdam	v. Scotland, 6 October 2022
MF	Lena Triendl	(2000-03-10) 10 March 2000	0	0	Werder Bremen	v. Denmark, 12 June 2022
MF	Sophie Hillebrand	(2002-01-24) 24 January 2002	0	0	St. Pölten	v. Latvia, 12 April 2022
FW	Melanie Brunnthaler	(2000-09-28) 28 September 2000	0	0	St. Pölten	v. Netherlands, 21 February 2023
FW	Katja Wienerroither	(2002-01-03) 3 January 2002	13	2	Grasshoppers Zürich	v. Slovakia, 15 November 2022
FW	Stefanie Enzinger RET	(1990-11-25) 25 November 1990	30	6	St. Pölten	v. Scotland, 6 October 2022
FW	Lisa Makas RET	(1992-05-11) 11 May 1992	74	19	Retired	UEFA Women's Euro 2022

Notes:

• INJ: Withdrew due to injury
• RET: Player retired from international football
• SBY: On stand-by

Records

Main article: List of Austria women's international footballers

As of 21 February 2023 after the match against Netherlands.

Players in bold are still active in the national team.

Most capped players

#	Player	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Sarah Puntigam	2009–	131	18
2	Carina Wenninger	2007–	126	7
3	Nina Burger	2005–2019	109	53
4	Sarah Zadrazil	2010–	106	15
5	Laura Feiersinger		103	19
5	Verena Hanshaw	2011–	96	10
6	Nadine Prohaska	2008–2019	94	7
8	Virginia Kirchberger	2010–	91	3
9	Nicole Billa	2013–	90	47
10	Manuela Zinsberger	2013–	88	0

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Nina Burger	2005–2019	53	109	0.49
2	Nicole Billa	2013–	47	90	0.52
3	Lisa Makas	2010–2022	19	74	0.26
	Laura Feiersinger	2010–		103	0.18
5	Sarah Puntigam	2009–	18	131	0.14
6	Sarah Zadrazil	2010–	15	106	0.14
7	Barbara Dunst	2015–	10	66	0.15
	Verena Hanshaw	2011–		96	0.1
9	Marion Gröbner	2005–2013	9	38	0.24
	Katharina Schiechtl	2014–		64	0.14

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter									Did not enter
1995
1999
2003	Did not qualify									6	1	1	4	7	15
2007										8	1	1	6	7	19
2011										8	3	1	4	14	12
2015										10	7	0	3	31	14
2019										8	5	1	2	19	7
2023										11	7	1	3	50	8
Total	—	0/9	—	—	—	—	—	—		51	24	5	22	128	75

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not enter										Did not enter
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	8	12
2001											6	1	1	4	6	14
2005											6	5	0	1	31	4
2009											8	3	0	5	13	18
2013											10	6	2	2	17	12
2017	Semi-finals	4th	5	2	3	0	5	1	Squad		8	5	2	1	18	4
2022	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	3	3	Squad		8	6	1	1	22	3
Total	Semi-finals	2/13	9	4	3	2	8	4	—		52	29	7	16	115	67

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Invitational trophies

• Cyprus Women's Cup: Winner 2016

See also

• Sport in Austria
  • Football in Austria
    • Women's football in Austria
• Austria women's national under-20 football team
• Austria women's national under-17 football team
• Austria national football team

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile
• Ladies Austria results and statistic