The Austria Euro 2024 squad have already caused one shock at the tournament - could they cause some more and go all the way?
A 1-0 defeat to France in their opening Euro 2024 game certainly isn't something to get too concerned about, as Austria proved in their next two group games. Dispatching Poland 3-1 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Ralf Rangnick's side then shocked the Netherlands 3-2 at the same stadium to achieve a total of six points.
With France stuttering to two draws in their two games, Austria were consequently crowned winners of Group D - a fine achievement considering the quality of opposition they were facing.
More importantly, though, it presented some arugably much easier games in the knockout stages, if their rate of progression continues as expected. Turkey await in the last 16, with a potential repeat of their final group game against the Netherlands at the Olympiastadion then on the cards for the quarter-finals.
Overcome the Dutch again, and Austria could be facing neighbours Switzerland or England in the semi-final, in what would be an unprecedented stage of the tournament for the nation. They have plenty of quality, so don't expect them to be overawed - but first, they need to focus on Turkey.
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Austria Euro 2024 squad
Austria Euro 2024 squad: The full 26-man team
GK: Patrick Pentz (Brondby)
GK: Heinz Lindner (Union Saint-Gilloise)
GK: Niklas Hedl (Rapid Wien)
DF: Stefan Lainer (Borussia Monchengladbach)
DF: Stefan Posch (Bologna)
DF: Max Wober (Borussia Monchengladbach)
DF: Philipp Lienhart (Freiburg)
DF: Kevin Danso (Lens)
DF: Phillipp Mwene (Mainz)
DF: Flavius Daniliuc (Red Bull Salzburg)
DF: Leopold Querfeld (Rapid Wien)
MF: Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund)
MF: Florian Grillitsch (Hoffenheim)
MF: Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig)
MF: Konrad Laimer (Bayern Munich)
MF: Florian Kainz (Cologne)
MF: Nicolas Seiwald (RB Leipzig)
MF: Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen)
MF: Alexander Prass (Sturm Graz)
MF: Matthias Seidl (Rapid Vienna)
FW: Mark Arnautovic (Inter Milan)
FW: Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg)
FW: Andreas Weimann (West Brom)
FW: Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg)
FW: Marco Grull (Rapid Wien)
FW: Maximilian Entrup (TSV Hartberg)
Austria Euro 2024 squad numbers
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Austria Euro 2024 squad numbers
No.
Player
Pos
1
Heinz Lindner
GK
2
Maximilian Wober
DF
3
Gernot Trauner
DF
4
Kevin Danso
DF
5
Stefan Posch
DF
6
Nicolas Seiwald
MF
7
Marko Arnautovic
FW
8
Alexander Prass
MF
9
Marcel Sabitzer
MF
10
Florian Grillitsch
MF
11
Michael Gregoritsch
FW
12
Niklas Hedl
GK
13
Patrick Pentz
GK
14
Leopold Querfeld
DF
15
Philipp Lienhart
DF
16
Philipp Mwene
DF
17
Florian Kainz
MF
18
Romano Schmid
MF
19
Christoph Baumgartner
MF
20
Konrad Laimer
MF
21
Flavius Daniliuc
DF
22
Matthias Seidl
MF
23
Patrick Wimmer
MF
24
Andreas Weimann
FW
25
Maximilian Entrup
FW
26
Marco Grull
MF
Austria fixtures and results
June 17: Austria 0-1 France, Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany June 21: Poland 1-3 Austria, Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany June 25: Netherlands 2-3 Austria, Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
July 2: Austria v Turkey, Leipzig Stadium, Leipzig, Germany
Austria Euro 2024 top scorers
1 goal: Gernot Trauner, Christoph Baumgartner, Marko Arnautovic, Romano Schmid, Marcel Sabitzer
Austria Euro 2024 yellow cards and suspensions
Suspended: Patrick Wimmer
1 yellow: Leopold Querfeld, Stefan Posch, Kevin Danso, Max Wober, Phillipp Mwene, Konrad Laimer, Christoph Baumgartner, Marko Arnautovic
Austria manager: Ralf Rangnick
Ralf Rangnick, Austria manager (Image credit: Getty Images)
Ralf Rangnick, now 65, has always liked a top-to-bottom footballing system, and the OFB have afforded what Manchester United singularly didn't.
The players identify with familiar methods from their clubs and the supporters are back onside after enjoying some attack-minded performances, following Austria's defensive dirge in decades gone by.
Austria's star player
Christoph Baumgartner
Baumgartner's importance is raised by Alaba's absence (Image credit: Getty Images)
Christoph Baumgartner will be Austria's focal point in Germany while David Alaba recovers from Injury. The affable 24-year-old Leipzig creator was already a key figure at Euro 2020, and he has only become more versatile. The owner of international football's fastest-ever goal is equally capable of a clever assist or classy finish.
He got on the end of a ball from Marcel Sabitzer vs France in Austria's opener but was unable to convert from ten yards as France goalkeeper Mike Maignan saved with his legs. The debate in the ITV studio over the chance had Ian Wright and Gary Neville at loggerheads.
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Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.
