Austria football
Austria's finest score came during the 1954 world cup, when they finished third after suffering defeat in the semifinal to eventual winners Germany. It was their greatest result ever, and proved to be the last time for decades that Austria reached the end round of a major competition.
Over the years, a strong yet mainly lopsided rivalry with Germany developed.
uring the Football World Cup 1982 in Spain, Austria and Germany met again, in the last match of Round one, after the other two sides in their group had played a day before.
Austria suffered elimination by losing to France in the Second phase group stage of three sides.
In the 1990's, led by forward Toni Polster, Austria qualified for the 1990 World Cup, but were eliminated in the first round.
Worse was to follow as the lost 1-0 against the Faroe Islands in the qualifying campaign for the European Championship 1992, considered the worst result in any Austrian team sport ever, and one of the biggest upsets in footballing history.
In the 1998 world cup finals, Austria were drawn in Group B with Italy, Cameroon and Chile. Their appearance proved to be short as they could not survive the group stage,
Austria Great players
Rudi Hiden
Robert Körner
Alfred Körner
Friedl Koncilia
Josef Uridil
Johann Horvath
Anton Schall
Erich Hof
Wolfgang Feiersinger
Hans Krankl
Dietmar Kühbauer
Gerhard Hanappi
Ernst Happel
Andreas Herzog
Anton Pfeffer
Toni Polster
Austria world cup record
World Cup record
1930 - Did not enter
1934 - Fourth place
1938 - withdrew
1950 - Withdrew
1954 - Third place
1958 - Round 1
1962 - Withdrew
1966 to 1974 - Did not qualify
1978 to 1982 - Quarterfinals
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Round 1
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 1
2002 to 2006 - Did not qualify
European Championship record
1960 to 2004 - Did not qualify
2008 - Qualify as hosts
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