Karel Brückner’s Austrian squad lost 4-2 to Turkey at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna on a match bathed in pathetic defending and will surely cause a series of tactical changes. Austria took the lead two minutes before the half hour mark with Andreas Hölzl’s (SK Sturm Graz) header. Mehmet Aurélio (Real Betis) leveled the match ten [...]

Karel Brückner has announced his squad list for the Turkey match with a number of surprises. With Werder Bremen’s Martin Harnik injured, he also passed on Rapid Wien’s striking tandem of Stefan Maierhofer Erwin Hoffer and called up Rubin Okotie from Austria Wein to go along with Marko Arnautovic and Marc Janko. The squad list [...]

Austria will be without Ümit Korkmaz for the upcoming friendly against Turkey as it was revealed that the
Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Ümit Korkmaz has re-broke the fifth metatarsal of his right foot. He suffered the same injury during early training in August and will be out for a undisclosed time.

With seven members of Karel Brückner’s squad in the Austrian Bundesliga I thought it best to provide you a quick review of matches involving internationals.
Possibly the best place to start is Red Bull Salzburg’s match-up against Austria Wien yesterday as Red Bull possesses six present members of Austrian team on their roster; René Aufhauser, Christoph [...]

There are times when it is best to be phrase things very simply and without “sugar-coating.” Simply stated for Austrian Football it has been a horrible week which saw the club set-back first with a nightmare inducing draw against the Faroe Islands only to be followed up with today’s 3-1 destruction by Serbia in [...]

Entering the match with a 2-1 aggregate advantage, Austria’s hopes to advance to the U21 Euro Championships were dashed with a stunning comeback by Finland. Sturm Graz’s Marco Stankovic gave Austria the lead at the twenty-six minute mark. Looking like they were headed towards the U21 Euro’s, disaster struck as Jussi Vasaran, who plays his [...]

As Karel Brückner’s Austrian squad looks ahead to its match against the powerful Serbian squad, the sweet smell of success against France has long since been forgotten. The disarray following the foul performance against the Faroe Islands will haunt this squad if they do not rebound with confidence in Vienna.
The peculiarity of this match is [...]

Following the deplorable 1-1 draw to the Faroe Islands, it was revealed that Martin Harnik will be out for roughly one month with strained ankle ligaments. The twenty-one year old who plays for the Bundesliga’s Werder Bremen, suffered the injury early in the Faroe Island match and will naturally be out for Wednesday’s critical match [...]

Austria’s Faroe Islands curse continued as the tiny nation played Karel Brückner’s squad to a 1-1 draw in Torshavn. Bogi Lokin gave the home club the lead two minutes after the break with Spartak Moscow’s Martin Stranzl leveling the match only two minutes later. Austria poured forward looking to break through and earn the victory [...]

Karel Brückner has added Marko Arnautović of FC Twente and Andreas Hölzl of Sturm Graz to the Austrian roster in lead-up to upcoming World Cup qualifying match against the Faroe Islands and Serbia.
The roster contains six members from the Austrian Bundesliga, three from Red Bull Salzburg, one from Sturm Graz and the striking tandem [...]