Dietmar Constantini’s Austria side can hold their heads high after falling 1-0 to Serbia in Belgrade. The result is another import cog in Austria’s long climb up world rankings and much will be learned from the match.
With over 50,000 in support Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Dietmar Constantini pushed forward with Rapid Wien duo Stefan Maierhofer and [...]

Dietmar Constantini’s Austrian side travel to Belgrade’s Stadion Crvena Zvezda to face surging Serbia in World Cup qualifying on Saturday. Following the 2-1 victory over Romania in April, Austria still has a slight chance of qualifying, albeit through a multitude of unlikely results. Regardless of qualifying the turnaround orchestrated by the Österreichischer Fußball Bund has [...]

The Didi Constantini reign at the helm started in style as he lead Austria to a emphatic 2-1 victory over Romania in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. With twenty year-old’s Yasin Pehlivan of Rapid Wien and Daniel Beichler of SK Sturm Graz making their debut in die rot-weiß-rote starting eleven, Austria showed the confidence that has [...]

Returning home from English Premier League side Middlesbrough Emanuel Pogatetz has been passed the arm-band by new manager Didi Constantini. The always feisty twenty-six year-old defender said to the ÖFB of the great honour:
“He asked me whether I wanted to be captain and whether I would be disappointed if he didn’t name me. And I [...]

In a surprise move, Karel Brückner resigned his post as head of Austria’s national Football team. After only seven months, since taking over for Josef Hickersberger, the former Czech Republic manager decided to leave before the final stages of World Cup qualifying.
Österreichischer Fußball Bund president Dr. Leo Windtner, who just took over for [...]

While Karel Brückner would have preferred to come out with a confidence boosting win, Wednesday’s 2-0 loss to Sweden showed promise on the defending side. Using his first run starting eleven before the break the Austrians kept the twenty-fifth ranked side in the world well under control. While attacking creativity was certainly lacking there is [...]

Karel Brückner’s plan for Austria in their friendly against Sweden on Wednesday is a straight forward “tune-up.” Leading into the most important qualifying match against Romania in April, the manager has went with a more experienced side. The lone debutante of the squad is Mario Kienzl of Sturm Graz.
After starting World Cup qualifying with [...]

It is possibly the “best” story of the transfer season you did not hear of but one that reminds us of the game, true sporting hero’s and not the financial balance sheet. With many offers on the table for him, Marc Janko turned aside a substantial pay increase and chose to stay in beautiful Salzburg [...]

Although Austria’s chances to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, manager Karel Brückner told UEFA that “we have to believe we can achieve the impossible.”
Following two difficult losses, the Austrians return to play next Wednesday in a friendly against Sweden. Looking towards the match as a learning experience the manager said:
“We want to improve technically [...]

To no-one’s surprise Red Bull Salzburg’s Marc Janko was awarded Austrian Player of the Year honours. The Austrian capped striker has scored a stunning twenty nine goals in nineteen matches this season. Congratulations on a great season!