FK Austria Wien
Encyclopedia
Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football
Football in Austria
Football is a popular sport in Austria, second only to alpine skiing. The Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB , was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then.-League system:...

 club from the capital city of Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. They are considered the most successful club in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup
Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...

 27 times and the Austrian Supercup
Austrian Supercup
The Austrian Supercup was a football competition held annually from 1986 until 2004 between the winners of the Austrian Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup.-Winners of Austrian Supercup:*1986: SK Rapid Wien...

 6 times. They also reached the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup final in 1978. In 2005–06, Austria Wien last won the Austrian Bundesliga, coming runners up in 2009–10 and third in 2010–11. In English, they are commonly referred to as Austria Vienna.

Foundation to World War II

Austria Wien were founded in Vienna on 12 March 1911 as the Wiener Amateur Sportvereinigung by players and officials of the Vienna Cricket- and Football- Club, taking violet and white as the new club's colours. The team claimed its first championship title in 1924. Amateure changed their name to Austria in 1926 as the former amateurs had become professionals.

The 1930s, one of Austria’s most successful eras brought two Mitropa Cup
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...

titles, a predecessor of today’s UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 (1933, 1936). During this time world class players like Matthias Sindelar
Matthias Sindelar
Matthias Sindelar was an Austrian footballer.He played centre-forward for the celebrated Austria national team of the early 1930s known as the Wunderteam, which he captained at the 1934 World Cup....

 wore the violet jersey.

After the Anschluss
Anschluss
The Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....

 and throughout the period of Nazi domination of the country (1938–1945) most of the club’s officials and some players with Jewish heritage, had to flee or were murdered by the Nazi regime. Star player Sindelar died under unresolved circumstances on 23 January 1939 of carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide , also called carbonous oxide, is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly lighter than air. It is highly toxic to humans and animals in higher quantities, although it is also produced in normal animal metabolism in low quantities, and is thought to have some normal...

 poison
Poison
In the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism....

ing in his apartment. Even though the team did not have any success in this period, playing in the Gauliga Ostmark
Gauliga Ostmark
The Gauliga Ostmark, renamed Gauliga Donau-Alpenland in 1941, was the highest football league in Austria after its annexation by Germany in 1938...

, they managed a much more important victory in keeping the name "Austria" despite attempts by Nazi sports authorities to rename the club. Ironically later they would change their name to Austria Memphis Magna for sponsorship purposes.

Post World War II

Post-World War II started a new successful era with Austria winning national championship titles in 1949, 1950, 1953 and 1961–1963 as well as 1969.

The 1960s marked the beginning of a golden period for Austria Wien, a run of 16 titles in 33 seasons between 1960 and 1993. The decade began with three titles in a row (1961, 1962, and 1963) and ended with two more (1969, 1970) under the management of Ernst Ocwirk. Stars of the 1960s included:
  • Horst Nemec, a fine centre-forward rated by some at the time as one of Europe's best
  • Ernst Fiala, another fine attacker and inspirational team leader
  • Johann Geyer, a cultured yet hard-working midfield schemer
  • Horst Hirnschrodt, who played mainly on the right flank

Glorious era in competition and European Cup

The 1970s saw the beginning of another glorious era. Between 1970 and 1975 the club was in a difficult phase. After a bad season 1974–75 (goal difference +7) with a somewhat ageing team, the Violets began to build a young squad with average age 23 years, season 1975–76. All squads in the 5 seasons 1975–1976 till 1979–1980 had an average age of about 23 years at the start of the seasons. The 11 seasons 1975–76 till 1985–86 Austria Wien won 8 national championship titles (1975–76; 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81; 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, respective goal differences: +48; +43, +44, +45, +31; +56, +68, +71). After winning the national Cup, season 1976–77, Austria Wien played the European Cup II-final (1977–78), which it lost 4–0 against Rob Rensenbrink's Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

 (3 May 1978), the semi-finals of the European Cup I (Champions Cup) were reached season 1978–79. On 7 August 1979, Ajax (with players Ruud Krol
Ruud Krol
Rudolf Jozef Krol is a retired Dutch footballer who was capped 83 times for his native country. Playing the vast majority of his career with his home town club of Ajax before traveling the world as both a player and a coach...

, Frank Arnesen
Frank Arnesen
Frank Arnesen is a former Danish football player and currently sporting director at Hamburger SV. Arnesen was Director of Football at English football clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea....

, Dick Schoenaker
Dick Schoenaker
Dirk "Dick" Hendricus Schoenaker is a retired football midfielder from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, wearing the number three jersey.- Career :...

, Soren Lerby, Tscheu La Ling, and Simon Tahamata
Simon Tahamata
Simon Melkianus Tahamata is a former Dutch football player originating from the Maluku Islands, who has played for Dutch and Belgian clubs...

) were beaten in a friendly match 5–1 (5–0 after 39 minutes). In a friendly match, Anderlecht was beaten this time by a score of 3–0 on 5 August 1980. Since the 1980–81 season, the average age of the successive squads went up to about 25 years at the start of the season.

In 1982–83, the semi-finals of the European Cup II (Cup Winners' Cup)-tournament was reached, in which Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

 proved to be too strong. During the next two seasons, Austria Wien were twice stranded in the quarter-finals, in respectively the European Cup III (UEFA-Cup)-tournament season 1983–1984 (goal difference +16 (25–9); Aris Bonnevoie (Luxemburg) was beaten 0–5 away and 10–0 at home (15–0 on aggregate) (1st round), after a 2–0 home win from Stade Laval, away being 3–0 behind in the return match Austria Wien drew 3–3. (2nd round), Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

 was eliminated: 2–1 home win, 1–1 away draw) (3rd round), before Austria Wien stranded in the quarter finals: 2–0 away loss to Tottenham Hotspur, 2–2 home draw) and the European Cup I Champions Cup season 1984–1985. 3 Successive national championship titles were won, seasons 1983–1984, 1984–1985, 1985–1986 (goal differences +56, +68, +71). In these seasons friendly games against Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 (5–2, 31 August 1983) and Werder Bremen (3–0, 10 August 1984) were won. Starting the 1985–1986 season 19 seasons without successes in the European Cup-tournaments followed, and from 1986 on also the championships results were declining and declining, with the lowest point in achievements between 1995 and 2002. Not earlier than the season 2004–2005 Austria Wien again reached the quarter finals in a European Cup-tournament (UEFA Cup-tournament). Some important players playing at Austria Wien in the successful era 1975–1976 till 1985–1986: Herbert "Schneckerl" Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska is a retired Austrian football player. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska is currently working as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly...

 (1972–1980, 1983–1989), Felix Gasselich
Felix Gasselich
Felix Gasselich is a retired Austrian association football player who played for Austria Wien, Ajax, LASK Linz, Wiener SC, Grazer AK, Kremser SC and SR Donaufeld Wien, as well as for the Austrian national side....

 (1974–1983) who played afterwards at AFC Ajax Amsterdam July 1983 till November 1985, Thomas Parits
Thomas Parits
Thomas Parits is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager.- External links :* – Weltfussball* – National Football Teams* – Austria-Archiv* – Austria-Archiv...

 (1964–1970, 1977–1979), Walter Schachner
Walter Schachner
Walter "Schoko" Schachner is a football manager and former Austrian national player .As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was a boy, he got the nickname schoko...

 (1978–1981), Thomas Pfeiler (1978–1983), Gerhard Steinkogler
Gerhard Steinkogler
Gerhard Steinkogler is a retired football striker.During his club career, Steinkogler played for Grazer AK, Austria Wien, Werder Bremen, SSW Innsbruck, First Vienna and Wiener Sport-Club. He also made 5 appearances for the Austria national team, scoring 1 goal.-External links:* *...

 (1980–1986), Alfred Drabits (1981–1988) (nowadays youth-coach at Austria Wien), Toni Polster (1982–1987), the Hungarian ex-international Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencvaros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Vienna in 1983. For the Hungarian National Football Team he made 70 appearances from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals...

 (1983–1988).

Afterwards also José Alberto Percudani
José Alberto Percudani
José Alberto Percudani is a former Argentine football striker.Between 1982 and 1988 he played for Independiente, winning both the Libertadores Cup and the Intercontinental Cup in 1984 with the team...

 (January 1988–1990),
Peter Stoger
Peter Stöger
Peter Stöger is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:Stöger started his career at Favoritner AC Wien and played 6 years for FK Austria Wien from 1988 through 1994, winning the league three years in a row. After a year at FC Tirol Innsbruck, he joined SK Rapid Wien in 1995 and won a...

 (1988–1994) and Jewgenij Milewskij (1989–1991) wore the tricot of Austria Wien.

1990s

In the beginning of the '90s, FK Austria enjoyed its so far last successful era: three championship titles (seasons 1990–1991, 1991–1992, 1992–1993; but less brilliant goal differences (+39, +37, +46) than the seasons 1983–1984, 1984–1985, 1985–1986 (+56, +68, +71)), three cup titles (seasons 1989–1990, 1991–1992, 1993–1994) as well as four Super cup titles (Austrian national champion vs. Cup winner) (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) were won. Internationally there were no successes.
The era 1995–2002 in the championships Austria Wien finished at the midst of the table only. The 3 seasons 1996–1997, 1997–1998, 1998–1999 the goal differences had even been negative (−10, −15, −3). Apart from this there had been financial problems, which stopped the club from keeping star-players.

Frank Stronach and the new millennium

After a period without any title (last title season 1992–1993), Austria Wien was taken over by billionaire Frank Stronach
Frank Stronach
Frank Stronach, CM is an Austrian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, and Magna Entertainment Corp., which specializes in horse-racing entertainment...

 of the Magna concern in 1999, the name of the club changing into FK Austria Memphis Magna. He invested much money into the club, buying many top players, so they won the title again in the season 2002–2003 (36 matches, goal difference +31), after a very good start of the season (12 matches, goal difference +19). Despite this coach and ex-player Walter Schachner
Walter Schachner
Walter "Schoko" Schachner is a football manager and former Austrian national player .As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was a boy, he got the nickname schoko...

 was fired. His successor Christoph Daum
Christoph Daum
Christoph Daum is a German football coach, currently managing Club Brugge.-Career as a player:Daum began his football career in 1971 in the youth league with Hamborn 07, transferred in 1972 to Eintracht Duisburg and then in 1975 to 1...

 produced weaker results (24 matches, goal difference +12), yet Austria won the national Cup. Austria Wien had a three times higher budget than the average league club (as of 2007 Red Bull Salzburg has the highest budget in the Austrian Bundesliga).

In 2004 the name Memphis was deleted. Austria was known for their very fancy and creative style of playing football which on the downside has frequently led to unnecessary losses and unnecessary draws and makes the team somewhat unpredictable. In the spectacular 2004/05 season the team reached the quarter final of the UEFA Cup, in which the Italian team Parma FC proved to be the better club by eliminating Austria on away goals (1:1, 0:0); in the league Austria finished only 3rd, however, the team wasn't considered weak (goal difference +40 (64–24))! On 21 November 2005, Frank Stonach decided to resigne from his post. As a result several players like topscorer Roland Linz
Roland Linz
Roland Gunther Linz is an Austrian footballer who plays for FK Austria Wien as a striker.-Early career / Germany:Linz started in the youth teams of local club DSV Leoben...

, Vladimír Janočko
Vladimír Janocko
Vladimír Janočko is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for FC Leopoldsdorf. Janočko was capped 42 times for Slovakia and scored three goals.-Austria:*Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2003, 2006...

, Joey Didulica, Libor Sionko
Libor Sionko
Libor Sionko is a Czech footballer currently playing for Sparta Prague.- Early career :He previously played for Austria Vienna, Grazer AK, Sparta Prague, Banik Ostrava and Rangers. Playing successfully for Sparta in the Czech League and UEFA Champions League, where Sparta in two occasions , got...

, Filip Šebo
Filip Šebo
Filip Šebo is a Slovak footballer who currently plays for ŠK Slovan Bratislava.-Early career:Šebo started his professional career with German team FC Köln but did not make a first team appearance, playing his games for reserve side Köln II. He moved to Slovakian side Inter Bratislava in 2003 after...

 and Sigurd Rushfeldt
Sigurd Rushfeldt
Sigurd Rushfeldt is a current Norwegian football coach for Tromsø IL and retired football player. During his career, he played for IL Norild, Tromsø IL, Birmingham City F.C., Rosenborg BK, Racing de Santander, and FK Austria Wien. He is well known for his strength and for being a prolific goalscorer...

 were transferred or signed contracts for other teams in the summer 2006. The highly successful 2005–2006 season concluded with the league championship (although with a goal difference of +18 (51–33)), and the national Cup against Mattersburg
Mattersburg
Mattersburg is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the District of Mattersburg and home to a Bundesliga football team, SV Mattersburg.- Location :...

 (3–0) under Austria's belt!

The season 2006–2007 seemed to result in a small disaster as the team found it difficult to cope with their significantly reduced budget and resulting loss of most of their key players. After losing 1–4 on aggregate from Benfica in the preliminary round of the Champions League, the team managed to qualify (against Legia Warsaw winning 2–1 on aggregate) for the Group Phase of the UEFA Cup-tournament, but the 1st match was lost 1–4 at home to Zulte Waregem (Belgium). Thomas Parits
Thomas Parits
Thomas Parits is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager.- External links :* – Weltfussball* – National Football Teams* – Austria-Archiv* – Austria-Archiv...

 (ex-player Austria Wien 1964–1970, 1977–1979 and ex-coach Austria Wien 1984–1985) became the new general manager and after losing 3 days later 4–0 away to Salzburg (firing of manager and ex-player Peter Stoger
Peter Stöger
Peter Stöger is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:Stöger started his career at Favoritner AC Wien and played 6 years for FK Austria Wien from 1988 through 1994, winning the league three years in a row. After a year at FC Tirol Innsbruck, he joined SK Rapid Wien in 1995 and won a...

 and Dutch coach and ex-football-player Frank Schinkels
Frank Schinkels
Frank "Frenkie" Schinkels is a former professional football midfielder and Austrian international team player, who is the manager of First Vienna FC .-Club career:...

), Georg Zellhofer
Georg Zellhofer
Georg Zellhofer is a former football player and manager from Austria.- External links :* at transfermarkt.de...

 became the new coach. In the Group Phase of the UEFA Cup-tournament Austria Wien collected 0 points (goal difference −8 (1–9)), in the entire European Cup-tournament a goal difference of −10 (4–14)! In the league championship things also went completely wrong as the possibility existed that Austria could relegate for the 1st time in history (however, only through mid season). After 21 rounds the club ranked at the bottom of the table (10th, Budesliga). After the winter break Austria managed to finish 6th (midst of the table, goal difference 0 (43–43) in 36 rounds), yet they won the Austrian National Cup, the ÖFB-Stiegl-Cup.

The 1st half of the 2007–2008 season had been a good one as Austria was top of the Bundesliga in week 7 and from weeks 9 through 21. However, performances were not always impressive (round 10 till round 23: 14 rounds, goal difference 0) and Austria dropped to the 3rd position in the league table just before winter break (three-way tie for top at 36 points, goal differential +8). In the UEFA Cup-tournament Austria didn't perform much better than in the 2006–2007 season. Indeed the two qualification rounds (4 matches) had been successful: goal difference +3 (9–6), but in the Group Phase things went wrong again: 4 matches only yielded 1 point and a goal difference of −5 (1–6) (elimination). Total goal difference this tournament had not been that bad as in 2006–2007: -2 (10–12). In the end Austria finished 3rd in the 07/08 Bundesliga, succumbing only to Rapid Vienna and Red Bull Salzburg.

The summer of 2008 brought notable changes for Austria Vienna. Twelve players left the club, among them key players like Sanel Kuljic and Yüksel Sariyar, who went and joined Frank Stronach's newly founded team FC Magna in Austria's second division.

The Betriebsführervertrag with Stronach's company Magna expired, which gave the club a wholly new structure. On 1 July 2008 it was given back its original name FK Austria Wien, without any sponsor name included for the first time in 30 years.Austrian players like Michael Madl, who came back on loan from Wacker Innsbruck, or Lukas Mössner from SK Austria Kärnten joined the team. In addition to them Austria recruited Chinese international Sun Xiang, who became the first Chinese to play in Austria's Bundesliga.

Stadium

FK Austria Wien play their home games at the Franz Horr Stadium which has a total capacity of 12,500 with the new East-Stand. The stadium was renamed "Generali Arena" in a sponsorship deal announced at the end of 2010.

Achievements

Domestic competitions:

Austrian Bundesliga
Austrian Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...

 (23)
  • Champions: 1923–24 (regional title), 1925–26 (regional title), 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1977–78 1978–79, 1979–80 1980–81, 1983–84, 1984–85 1985–86, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2002–03, 2005–06


Austrian Cup
Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...

 (27)
  • Champions: 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
    Austrian Cup 2008–09
    The Austrian Cup 2008–09 was the seventy-fifth season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It started on July 18, 2008 with the first game of the Preliminary Round...



Austrian Supercup
Austrian Supercup
The Austrian Supercup was a football competition held annually from 1986 until 2004 between the winners of the Austrian Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup.-Winners of Austrian Supercup:*1986: SK Rapid Wien...

 (6)
  • Winners:' 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2003, 2004


Wiener Cup (2)
  • Winners: 1948, 1949


European competitions:

Mitropa Cup
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...

 (2)
  • Champions: 1933, 1936


European Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

  • 'Runners Up: 1978


Copa Rio
  • 'Runners Up: 1952

European records

The 1930s, one of Austria’s most successful eras, brought two Mitropa Cup titles, a predecessor of today’s UEFA Champions League (1933, 1936). During this time world class players like Matthias Sindelar wore the violet jersey.

Current squad

As of 7 July 2011

Player out on loan

Austria Wien Amateur squad

Famous/Notable players



Thomas Flögel
Thomas Flögel
Thomas Flögel is an Austrian former international football player, who is currently the sporting director of Austrian Regionalliga side Vienna FC.-Club career:...

 Friedl Koncilia Erich Obermayer
Erich Obermayer
Erich Obermayer is a former Austrian football player.-Club career:Obermayer came aged 16 from FC Wien and played 20 years for Austria Wien...

 Ernst Ocwirk
Ernst Ocwirk
Ernst Ocwirk was an Austrian football player and coach. He is considered one of the greatest Austrian footballers of all time....

 Andreas Ogris
Andreas Ogris
Andreas Ogris is an Austrian football coach and former player.He is the older brother of former Austrian international and Hertha BSC player Ernst Ogris.-Club career:...

 Anton Pfeffer
Anton Pfeffer
Anton Pfeffer is a retired Austrian football player.After ending his football career in 2000, Pfeffer ran unsuccessfully in local elections for the Austrian People's Party. In 2005 he joined the board of SKN St...

 Toni Polster Herbert Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska is a retired Austrian football player. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska is currently working as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly...

 Alfred Riedl
Alfred Riedl
Alfred Riedl is an Austrian football manager and a former striker. He is the former manager of Laos national football team.-Club career:...

 Walter Schachner
Walter Schachner
Walter "Schoko" Schachner is a football manager and former Austrian national player .As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was a boy, he got the nickname schoko...

 Paul Scharner
Paul Scharner
Paul Josef Herbert Scharner is an Austrian footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion of the Premier League. He usually plays as a central defender or midfielder...


Matthias Sindelar
Matthias Sindelar
Matthias Sindelar was an Austrian footballer.He played centre-forward for the celebrated Austria national team of the early 1930s known as the Wunderteam, which he captained at the 1934 World Cup....

 Ernst Stojaspal
Ernst Stojaspal
Ernst Stojaspal was an Austrian football player. He was born in Vienna.-Club career:A prolific striker, the left-footed Stojaspal played for Austria Wien for 10 years, winning three league titles and 2 domestic cups. Also, he topped the final goalscoring charts 5 times...

 Ivica Vastić
Ivica Vastic
Ivica Vastić is a retired Croatian-born Austrian football midfielder, formerly a striker, who last played for LASK Linz and the Austria national football team and works now as Head Coach of FK Austria Wien Amateure.- Club career :Born in Split, Vastić started to play for local clubs Jugovinil and...

 Saša Papac
Saša Papac
Saša Papac is a Bosnian association footballer who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League and the Bosnia & Herzegovina national team....

 Petko Petkov
Petko Petkov (footballer)
Petko Petkov is a Bulgarian former football player.-Career:In his career Petkov played for Gorubso Madan, Beroe Stara Zagora and Austria Wien.-Beroe:...

 Joey Didulica Libor Sionko
Libor Sionko
Libor Sionko is a Czech footballer currently playing for Sparta Prague.- Early career :He previously played for Austria Vienna, Grazer AK, Sparta Prague, Banik Ostrava and Rangers. Playing successfully for Sparta in the Czech League and UEFA Champions League, where Sparta in two occasions , got...

 Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi
Tibor Nyilasi is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencvaros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Vienna in 1983. For the Hungarian National Football Team he made 70 appearances from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals...

 Vitālijs Astafjevs
Vitalijs Astafjevs
Vitālijs Astafjevs is a former football midfielder from Latvia, currently the assistant manager for Skonto Rīga.- Club career :...

 Valdas Ivanauskas
Valdas Ivanauskas
Valdas Ivanauskas is a football coach and a former football striker from Lithuania.He is best known in Europe for his time at Hamburger SV as a player in 1993–97 and coaching at Hearts football club in 2005–07.- Career :...

 Arminas Narbekovas
Arminas Narbekovas
Arminas Andreyevich Narbekovas is a former Lithuanian football player, he is currently the Head Coach of Banga Gargždai.-Career:...


Rabiu Afolabi
Rabiu Afolabi
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 Tosin Dosunmu
Tosin Dosunmu
Tosin Dosunmu is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Royal Antwerp F.C. in Belgium.-Career:Before, he played for AS Nancy, KV Mechelen, K.V.C. Westerlo and Austria Wien. In the season 2005-2006, while he played for Beerschot, Dosunmu became top scorer in the Belgian First Division with...

 Mons Ivar Mjelde
Mons Ivar Mjelde
Mons Ivar Mjelde is a former footballer and is currently head coach for the Norwegian Tippeliga club Start.- Player :...

 Sigurd Rushfeldt
Sigurd Rushfeldt
Sigurd Rushfeldt is a current Norwegian football coach for Tromsø IL and retired football player. During his career, he played for IL Norild, Tromsø IL, Birmingham City F.C., Rosenborg BK, Racing de Santander, and FK Austria Wien. He is well known for his strength and for being a prolific goalscorer...

 Sebastian Mila
Sebastian Mila
Sebastian Mila is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Śląsk Wrocław in the Polish Ekstraklasa.-Club career:...

 Filip Šebo
Filip Šebo
Filip Šebo is a Slovak footballer who currently plays for ŠK Slovan Bratislava.-Early career:Šebo started his professional career with German team FC Köln but did not make a first team appearance, playing his games for reserve side Köln II. He moved to Slovakian side Inter Bratislava in 2003 after...

 Milenko Ačimovič
Milenko Acimovic
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 Nastja Čeh
Nastja Ceh
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 Mikael Antonsson
Mikael Antonsson
Mikael Antonsson is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Bologna in Italian Serie A.He began his career in a local Swedish team called AIK Sillhövda and after two years he was transferred to Swedish champions IFK Göteborg. He played there until 2004, when Austria Wien bought him for...

 Arkoç Özcan Julio Morales
Julio Morales
Julio César Araújo Morales is a former Uruguayan football striker. He was born on February 16, 1945, in the city of Montevideo in Uruguay. He was part of the Uruguay squad for the 1970 World Cup, where they finished fourth, as well as in a Mundialito winning team in January 1981, at the age of...



Manager history

See also .

Hermann Stessl
Hermann Stessl
Hermann Stessl is an Austrian retired football player and coach.-Career:Stessl played for Grazer AK, starting his first team career in 1957....

 (1977–1979) Wenzel Halama (1982–1984) Thomas Parits
Thomas Parits
Thomas Parits is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager.- External links :* – Weltfussball* – National Football Teams* – Austria-Archiv* – Austria-Archiv...

 (1984–1985) Hermann Stessl
Hermann Stessl
Hermann Stessl is an Austrian retired football player and coach.-Career:Stessl played for Grazer AK, starting his first team career in 1957....

 (1985–1986) Thomas Parits
Thomas Parits
Thomas Parits is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager.- External links :* – Weltfussball* – National Football Teams* – Austria-Archiv* – Austria-Archiv...

 (1986–1987) August Starek
August Starek
August Starek is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager. He ist also known as Gustl Starek and der Schwarze Gustl .-External links:* - Weltfussball * - National Football Teams...

 (1988–1989) Herbert Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska is a retired Austrian football player. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska is currently working as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly...

 (1990–1992) Hermann Stessl
Hermann Stessl
Hermann Stessl is an Austrian retired football player and coach.-Career:Stessl played for Grazer AK, starting his first team career in 1957....

 (1992–1993) Josef Hickersberger
Josef Hickersberger
Josef Hickersberger is a former professional football player and former coach of the Austria national football team and Austrian club side Rapid Wien.-Club career:...

 (1993–1994) Egon Coordes
Egon Coordes
Egon Coordes is a former German football player and, now, coach.He began his career at Regionalliga North side TuS Bremerhaven 93 but quickly moved to the Bundesliga, playing the rest of his career at just two clubs: Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart as a defender...

 (1994–1995) Horst Hrubesch
Horst Hrubesch
Horst Hrubesch is a retired German football player employed as a youth trainer at the German Football Association. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills.-Career:...

 (1995–1996) Walter Skocik
Walter Skocik
Walter Skocik is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager.- External links :* - Weltfussball* - National Football Teams* - Rapidarchiv...

 (1996–1997) Wolfgang Frank
Wolfgang Frank
Wolfgang Frank is a German football manager and former player.Frank made a total of 215 appearances in the Fußball-Bundesliga during his playing career, scoring 89 goals...

 (1997–1998) Robert Sara
Robert Sara
Robert Sara is a former Austrian football player, born in Oberlainsitz, near St. Martin im Waldviertel.His younger brother Josef was also a successful footballer.-Club career:...

 (1998, caretaker) Zdenko Verdenik
Zdenko Verdenik
Zdenko Verdenik is a Slovenian football manager and former player.He coached NK Olimpija Ljubljana, U-21 Slovenia NT, Slovenia NT, FK Austria Wien, JEF United Ichihara, Nagoya Grampus Eight and Vegalta Sendai.He is also a university teacher at the Faculty of Sport in Ljubljana.-External links:*...

 (1998–1999) Friedrich Koncilia
Friedrich Koncilia
Friedrich Koncilia is a former Austrian football goalkeeper.-Club career:Born in Klagenfurt, Koncilia made his debut for local side Austria Klagenfurt at 17, moving to SV Wattens in 1969. After two seasons there he enjoyed his longest and most successful spell at FC Wacker Innsbruck, staying there...

 (1999, caretaker) Herbert Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska is a retired Austrian football player. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska is currently working as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly...

 (1999–2000) Ernst Baumeister
Ernst Baumeister
Ernst Robert Baumeister is a former Austrian football player. He is currently manager of VfB Admira Wacker Mödling.-Club career:...

 (2000, caretaker) Heinz Hochhauser (2000–2001) Arie Haan (2001) Walter Hörmann
Walter Hörmann
Walter Hörmann is a retired Austrian football player and a football coach.-External links:...

 and Anton Pfeffer
Anton Pfeffer
Anton Pfeffer is a retired Austrian football player.After ending his football career in 2000, Pfeffer ran unsuccessfully in local elections for the Austrian People's Party. In 2005 he joined the board of SKN St...

 (2001) Dietmar Constantini
Dietmar Constantini
Dietmar "Didi" Constantini is a former Austrian association football player and now head coach.He was appointed as head coach of Austria in March 2009. He is assisted by Heinz Peischl....

 (2002, caretaker) Walter Schachner
Walter Schachner
Walter "Schoko" Schachner is a football manager and former Austrian national player .As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was a boy, he got the nickname schoko...

 (2002) Christoph Daum
Christoph Daum
Christoph Daum is a German football coach, currently managing Club Brugge.-Career as a player:Daum began his football career in 1971 in the youth league with Hamborn 07, transferred in 1972 to Eintracht Duisburg and then in 1975 to 1...

 (2002–2003) Joachim Löw (2003–2004) Günther Kronsteiner (2004–2005) Peter Stöger
Peter Stöger
Peter Stöger is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:Stöger started his career at Favoritner AC Wien and played 6 years for FK Austria Wien from 1988 through 1994, winning the league three years in a row. After a year at FC Tirol Innsbruck, he joined SK Rapid Wien in 1995 and won a...

 (2005) Frank Schinkels
Frank Schinkels
Frank "Frenkie" Schinkels is a former professional football midfielder and Austrian international team player, who is the manager of First Vienna FC .-Club career:...

 (2006) Georg Zellhofer
Georg Zellhofer
Georg Zellhofer is a former football player and manager from Austria.- External links :* at transfermarkt.de...

 (2006–2008) Dietmar Constantini
Dietmar Constantini
Dietmar "Didi" Constantini is a former Austrian association football player and now head coach.He was appointed as head coach of Austria in March 2009. He is assisted by Heinz Peischl....

 (2008, caretaker) Karl Daxbacher
Karl Daxbacher
Karl Daxbacher is a retired Austrian football player and a football manager currently managing FK Austria Wien.-Career:...

(2008–present)

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