Austria national under-21 football team

Austria Under-21

Association	Austrian Football Association
Head coach	Werner Gregoritsch
Captain	Kevin Danso
Most caps	Markus Berger (36)
Top scorer	Michael Gregoritsch (20)
First colours Second colours
First international
Czechoslovakia 1–2 Austria
Biggest win
Austria 10–0 Liechtenstein Austria 10–0 Saudi Arabia
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 6–0 Austria Israel 6-0 Austria
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	Group stage (2019)

The Austria national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Austria and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association.

This team is for Austrian players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old.

Staff[]

Werner Gregoritsch

• Head Coach: Werner Gregoritsch
• Assistant Coach: Dietmar Pegam
• Goalkeeper Coach: Raimund Hedl

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against  Norway on 3 September 2021 and  Azerbaijan on 7 September 2021.

Caps and goals as of 7 September 2021 after match against  Azerbaijan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 20)	5	0	Rapid Wien
12	1GK		(2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Floridsdorfer AC
23	1GK		(2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Admira Wacker
3	2DF	Leo Greiml	(2001-07-03) 3 July 2001 (age 20)	6	0	Rapid Wien
4	2DF	Niklas Geyrhofer	(2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 22)	3	0	Sturm Graz
5	2DF	Flavius Daniliuc (captain)	(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 20)	7	0	Nice
6	2DF	Christoph Klarer	(2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 21)	8	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
15	2DF	David Affengruber	(2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Sturm Graz
16	2DF	Lukas Sulzbacher	(2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 21)	4	1	Rapid Wien
17	2DF	Jonas Auer	(2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 21)	6	1	Rapid Wien
22	2DF	Emanuel Aiwu	(2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 21)	8	1	Rapid Wien
7	3MF	Alexander Prass	(2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 20)	6	0	Sturm Graz
8	3MF	Vesel Demaku	(2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 22)	12	0	Austria Wien
10	3MF	Romano Schmid	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 22)	11	2	Werder Bremen
11	3MF	Thierno Ballo	(2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 20)	6	3	Rapid Wien
13	3MF	Nicolas Seiwald	(2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 20)	6	1	Red Bull Salzburg
14	3MF	Lion Schuster	(2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Rapid Wien
18	3MF	Patrick Wimmer	(2001-05-30) 30 May 2001 (age 20)	7	2	Arminia Bielefeld
19	3MF	Matthäus Taferner	(2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 21)	4	0	Wolfsberger
2	4FW	Luca Kronberger	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Admira Wacker
9	4FW	Chukwubuike Adamu	(2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 20)	8	7	Red Bull Salzburg
20	4FW	Tobias Anselm	(2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 22)	3	4	WSG Tirol
21	4FW	Marlon Mustapha	(2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Admira Wacker

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have also been called up to the squad in the last twelve months and are still eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Tobias Lawal	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 21)	1	0	LASK	v.  Estonia, 4 June 2021
DF	David Nemeth	(2001-03-18) 18 March 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Sturm Graz	v.  Estonia, 4 June 2021
MF	Yusuf Demir	(2003-06-02) 2 June 2003 (age 18)	4	0	Rapid Wien	v.  Estonia, 4 June 2021
MF	Aleksandar Jukic	(2000-07-26) 26 July 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Austria Wien	v.  Estonia, 4 June 2021

^PRE Player was named to the preliminary squad
^COV Player withdrew from the squad due to COVID-19
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue
^RET Retired from international football
^SUS Suspended in official matches

Recent and forthcoming fixtures[]

2021[]

Austria  v  Slovakia

4 June 2021 (2021-06-04) Friendly	Austria	2–1	Slovakia	Ritzing, Austria
19:10	Auer 28' Adamu 67'	Report	Nebyla 90'	Stadium: Attendance: 0 Referee: (Croatia)

Austria  v  Estonia

8 June 2021 (2021-06-08) 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Austria	2–0	Estonia	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
19:10	Schmid 7' Demir 56'	Report		Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena Attendance: 1,080 Referee: (Kosovo)

Norway  v  Austria

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Norway	3–1	Austria	Drammen, Norway
18:00	Larsen 17' Holm 61' Botheim 84'	Report	Adamu 13'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)

Austria  v  Azerbaijan

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Austria	–	Azerbaijan	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
18:00		Report		Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena

Former coaches[]

• Gustl Starek (1985–1987)
• (1996–1999)
• Willibald Ruttensteiner (2001–2005)
• (2005)
• Willibald Ruttensteiner (2005–2006)
• Manfred Zsak (2006–2009)
• Andreas Herzog (2009–2011)

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Austria national under-21 football team.

• Austria national football team
• Austria national under-17 football team

References[]

External links[]

• UEFA Under-21 website