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	Sarah Puntigam
Most caps	Sarah Puntigam (140)
Top scorer	Nina Burger (53)
FIFA code	AUT
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	17 (15 March 2024)
Highest	16 (August 2023)
Lowest	48 (July – October 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 and eventual champions, 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: 2024 in association football, 2024 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   Loss   Fixture

2023

Austria v Iceland

18 July Friendly	Austria	0–1	Iceland	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
19:45			Halldorsdottir 89'	Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 2,300 Referee: María Dolores Martínez Madrona (Spain)

Norway v Austria

22 September 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League	Norway	1–1	Austria	Oslo, Norway
19:00	Sævik 26'	Report	Campbell 72'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

Austria v France

26 September 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League	Austria	0–1	France	Vienna, Austria
18:30 CEST		Report	Renard 5'	Stadium: Viola Park Attendance: 10,051 Referee: Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)

Austria v Portugal

27 October 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League	Austria	2–1	Portugal	Altach, Austria
18:00 CEST	Borges 63' (o.g.) Dunst 69'		Pinto 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Maria Caputi (Italy)

Portugal v Austria

31 October 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League	Portugal	1–2	Austria	Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
18:15 WET (19:15 CET)	Capeta 75'		Pinther 72' Campbell 75'	Stadium: Estádio do Varzim SC Attendance: 3,598

France v Austria

30 November 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	France	3–0	Austria	Rennes
21:10		Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park

Austria v Norway

5 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Austria	2–1	Norway	St. Pölten, Austria
17:00				Stadium: NV-Arena

2024

England v Austria

23 February Friendly	England	7–2	Austria	Algeciras, Spain
19:45	Russo 3', 61' Clinton 19' Mead 37', 89' Carter 70' Daly 90+3'		Kirchberger 30', 88'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley

Denmark v Austria

28 February Friendly

Denmark

1–1

Austria

Austria v Germany

5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Austria	2–3	Germany	Linz
20:30		Report		Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Poland v Austria

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 named to the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Germany and the Poland on 5 and 9 April 2024 respectively.
• Caps and goals are current as of 9 April 2024, after the match against Poland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Manuela Zinsberger	(1995-10-19) 19 October 1995	98	0	Arsenal
23	1GK	Jasmin Pal	(1996-08-24) 24 August 1996	4	0	1. FC Köln
21	1GK	Mariella El Sherif	(2004-09-02) 2 September 2004	0	0	Sturm Graz
19	2DF	Verena Hanshaw	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994	108	10	Eintracht Frankfurt
13	2DF	Virginia Kirchberger	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993	102	5	Eintracht Frankfurt
6	2DF	Katharina Schiechtl	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993	72	10	Austria Wien
11	2DF	Marina Georgieva	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997	36	0	Fiorentina
12	2DF	Laura Wienroither	(1999-01-13) 13 January 1999	33	2	Arsenal
3	2DF	Jennifer Klein	(1999-01-11) 11 January 1999	17	1	St. Pölten
4	2DF	Celina Degen	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001	16	2	1. FC Köln
5	2DF	Claudia Wenger	(2001-05-06) 6 May 2001	3	0	St. Pölten
2	2DF	Chiara D’Angelo	(2004-07-31) 31 July 2004	0	0	1899 Hoffenheim
17	3MF	Sarah Puntigam (captain)	(1992-10-13) 13 October 1992	144	20	Houston Dash
10	3MF	Laura Feiersinger	(1993-04-05) 5 April 1993	115	19	Roma
8	3MF	Barbara Dunst	(1997-09-25) 25 September 1997	79	12	Eintracht Frankfurt
14	3MF	Marie Höbinger	(2001-07-01) 1 July 2001	38	7	Liverpool
18	3MF	Julia Hickelsberger-Füller	(1999-08-01) 1 August 1999	29	7	1899 Hoffenheim
16	3MF	Annabel Schasching	(2002-07-26) 26 July 2002	17	1	SC Freiburg
	3MF	Michela Croatto	(2002-06-29) 29 June 2002	1	0	RB Leipzig
15	4FW	Nicole Billa	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996	100	47	1899 Hoffenheim
7	4FW	Viktoria Pinther	(1998-10-16) 16 October 1998	39	2	FC Zürich
22	4FW	Lisa Kolb	(2001-05-14) 14 May 2001	21	1	SC Freiburg
9	4FW	Eileen Campbell	(2000-09-17) 17 September 2000	15	7	SC Freiburg
20	4FW	Lilli Purtscheller	(2003-08-12) 12 August 2003	10	1	SGS Essen

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	Isabella Kresche	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998	6	0	Sassuolo	v. Denmark, 28 February 2024
GK	Andrea Gurtner	(1996-08-24) 24 August 1996	0	0	OFI Kreta	v. Portugal, 31 October 2023
DF	Julia Magerl	(2003-05-02) 2 May 2003	3	1	RB Leipzig	v. Denmark, 28 February 2024
DF	Annelie Leitner	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996	1	0	SD Eibar	v. France, 1 December 2023INJ
DF	Livia Brunmair	(2003-03-14) 14 March 2003	0	0	1. FC Nürnberg	v. Iceland, 18 June 2023
MF	Sarah Zadrazil	(1993-02-19) 19 February 1993	117	15	Bayern Munich	v. Germany, 5 April 2024INJ
MF	Katharina Naschenweng	(1997-12-16) 16 December 1997	50	6	Bayern Munich	v. Germany, 5 April 2024INJ
MF	Lena Triendl	(2000-03-10) 10 March 2000	0	0	Austria Wien	v. France, 26 September 2023
FW	Katja Wienerroither	(2002-01-03) 3 January 2002	14	2	RB Leipzig	v. Iceland, 18 June 2023
FW	Melanie Brunnthaler	(2000-09-28) 28 September 2000	0	0	St. Pölten	v. Iceland, 18 June 2023

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 9 April 2024 after the match against Poland.

Players in bold are still active in the national team.

Most capped players

#	Player	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Sarah Puntigam	2009–	144	20
2	Carina Wenninger	2007–2023	127	7
3	Sarah Zadrazil	2010–	117	15
4	Laura Feiersinger	2010–	115	19
5	Nina Burger	2005–2019	109	53
6	Verena Hanshaw	2011–	108	10
7	Virginia Kirchberger	2010–	102	5
8	Nicole Billa	2013–	100	47
9	Manuela Zinsberger	2013–	98	0
10	Nadine Prohaska	2008–2019	94	7

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Nina Burger	2005–2019	53	109	0.49
2	Nicole Billa	2013–	47	100	0.47
3	Sarah Puntigam	2009–	20	144	0.14
4	Lisa Makas	2010–2022	19	74	0.26
	Laura Feiersinger	2010–		115	0.17
6	Sarah Zadrazil	2010–	15	118	0.13
7	Barbara Dunst	2015–	12	79	0.15
8	Katharina Schiechtl	2014–	10	72	0.14
	Verena Hanshaw	2011–		108	0.09
10	Marion Gröbner	2005–2013	9	38	0.24

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
2027	To be determined								To be determined
Total	—	0/10	—	—	—	—	—	—		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	3rd	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
2025	To be determined										To be determined
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