Football in Austria
Football is the most popular sport in Austria. Around 55% of the Austrians are football fans. The Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB, was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then. Despite the sport's popularity, except for a successful streak in the early 1930s, the country's national team has not been successful in tournaments. Austria played their first ever European championship as a qualifier in 2016, but finished last in their group and failed to advance. Appeared in the European championship in 2008, 2016, 2020 and recently qualified for 2024. Their best up to date achievement of this competition was the Round of 16 in the 2020 edition.
Most valuable players from Austria — top 60 by current market value
Kevin Danso
Tottenham Hotspur · 27y
€25.00m
Konrad Laimer
Bayern Munich · 28y
€25.00m
Nicolas Seiwald
RB Leipzig · 25y
€18.00m
Romano Schmid
SV Werder Bremen · 26y
€17.00m
Patrick Wimmer
VfL Wolfsburg · 24y
€15.00m
Leopold Querfeld
1.FC Union Berlin · 22y
€13.00m
Philipp Lienhart
SC Freiburg · 29y
€12.00m
Christoph Baumgartner
RB Leipzig · 26y
€12.00m
Marco Friedl
SV Werder Bremen · 28y
€12.00m
Xaver Schlager
RB Leipzig · 28y
€10.00m
Stefan Posch
Como 1907 · 29y
€8.00m
Marcel Sabitzer
Borussia Dortmund · 32y
€8.00m
Samson Baidoo
RC Lens · 22y
€8.00m
Maximilian Wöber
SV Werder Bremen · 28y
€8.00m
David Alaba
Real Madrid · 33y
€6.00m
Muhammed Cham
SK Slavia Prague · 25y
€5.50m
Alexander Prass
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim · 24y
€5.00m
David Affengruber
Elche CF · 25y
€5.00m
Junior Adamu
SC Freiburg · 24y
€5.00m
Valentino Lazaro
Torino FC · 30y
€4.50m
Christoph Klarer
Birmingham City · 25y
€4.00m
Sasa Kalajdzic
LASK · 28y
€4.00m
Dejan Ljubicic
GNK Dinamo Zagreb · 28y
€4.00m
David Nemeth
FC St. Pauli · 25y
€4.00m
Dominik Fitz
Minnesota United FC · 26y
€3.50m
Kevin Stöger
Borussia Mönchengladbach · 32y
€3.50m
Hannes Wolf
New York City FC · 27y
€3.50m
Michael Gregoritsch
Bröndby IF · 32y
€3.00m
Matthias Seidl
Rapid Vienna · 25y
€3.00m
Flavius Daniliuc
FC Basel 1893 · 25y
€2.70m
Alexander Schlager
Red Bull Salzburg · 30y
€2.50m
Tobias Lawal
KRC Genk · 25y
€2.50m
Gernot Trauner
Feyenoord Rotterdam · 34y
€2.50m
Patrick Pentz
Bröndby IF · 29y
€2.50m
Michael Svoboda
Venezia FC · 27y
€2.50m
Yusuf Demir
Galatasaray · 22y
€2.20m
Felix Bacher
GD Estoril Praia · 25y
€2.00m
Mathias Honsak
1.FC Heidenheim 1846 · 29y
€2.00m
Florian Grillitsch
SC Braga · 30y
€2.00m
Niklas Geyrhofer
SK Sturm Graz · 26y
€2.00m
Emanuel Aiwu
SK Sturm Graz · 25y
€2.00m
Leo Greiml
NAC Breda · 24y
€2.00m
Raul Florucz
Union Saint-Gilloise · 24y
€2.00m
Florian Kainz
1.FC Köln · 33y
€1.70m
Sascha Horvath
LASK · 29y
€1.50m
Lukas Grgic
Rapid Vienna · 30y
€1.50m
Benedikt Pichler
Hannover 96 · 28y
€1.50m
David Schnegg
D.C. United · 27y
€1.50m
Thomas Murg
PAOK Thessaloniki · 31y
€1.50m
Daniel Bachmann
Deportivo de La Coruña · 31y
€1.40m
Matthias Braunöder
SSC Bari · 24y
€1.40m
Paul Komposch
TSV Hartberg · 25y
€1.20m
Michael Steinwender
Heart of Midlothian FC · 26y
€1.20m
Stefan Lainer
Red Bull Salzburg · 33y
€1.20m
Simon Seidl
FC Blau-Weiss Linz · 23y
€1.00m
Alexander Briedl
FC Blau-Weiss Linz · 24y
€1.00m
Manfred Fischer
Austria Vienna · 30y
€1.00m
Maximilian Ullmann
Without Club · 29y
€1.00m
Adis Jasic
Al-Ain FC · 23y
€1.00m
Nicolas Schmid
Portsmouth FC · 29y
€1.00m
All-time top scorers from Austria — top 24 by career goals (all competitions)
| # | Player | Pos | Current club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dario Tadic |
Attack - Centre-Forward | SC Pinkafeld | 237 |
| 2 | Armin Hobel |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 223 |
| 3 | Philipp Hosiner |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Young Violets Austria Wien | 220 |
| 4 | Marc Janko |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 216 |
| 5 | Roland Kollmann |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 201 |
| 6 | Guido Burgstaller |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 196 |
| 7 | Julian Rupp |
Attack | FC Rotenberg | 177 |
| 8 | Deni Alar |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Admira Wacker | 176 |
| 9 | Roland Linz |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 170 |
| 10 | Fabian Schubert |
Attack - Centre-Forward | ASK Voitsberg | 164 |
| 11 | Stefan Maierhofer |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 159 |
| 12 | Markus Pink |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Wolfsberger AC | 159 |
| 13 | Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 158 | |
| 14 | Michael Liendl |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Retired | 153 |
| 15 | Robert Zulj |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Buriram United | 146 |
| 16 | Marco Djuricin |
Attack - Centre-Forward | First Vienna FC | 145 |
| 17 | Florian Templ |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Union Weißkirchen | 145 |
| 18 | Roman Kienast |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 144 |
| 19 | Erwin Hoffer |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 142 |
| 20 | Marcel Sabitzer |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Borussia Dortmund | 141 |
| 21 | Attack - Centre-Forward | Retired | 139 | |
| 22 | Jakob Jantscher |
Attack - Left Winger | Retired | 139 |
| 23 | Patrick Derdak |
Attack - Centre-Forward | SV Schattendorf | 138 |
| 24 | Adrian Grbic |
Attack - Centre-Forward | FC Luzern | 138 |
Top clubs from Austria — top 19 by squad value
Red Bull Salzburg
15 players
€75.20m
SK Sturm Graz
21 players
€47.73m
Rapid Vienna
16 players
€27.50m
LASK
15 players
€19.70m
FC Blau-Weiss Linz
25 players
€11.90m
Austria Vienna
19 players
€11.63m
TSV Hartberg
29 players
€10.33m
SV Ried
23 players
€7.11m
WSG Tirol
17 players
€6.20m
Wolfsberger AC
10 players
€5.73m
SCR Altach
13 players
€5.08m
Grazer AK 1902
12 players
€4.73m
Admira Wacker
19 players
€3.58m
SC Austria Lustenau
17 players
€3.23m
SKN St. Pölten
10 players
€1.95m
SK Austria Klagenfurt
11 players
€1.45m
Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
8 players
€1.35m
FC Wacker Innsbruck
6 players
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LASK Amateure OÖ
2 players
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Austria football
Dario Tadic
Armin Hobel
Philipp Hosiner
Marc Janko
Roland Kollmann
Guido Burgstaller
Julian Rupp
Deni Alar
Roland Linz
Fabian Schubert
Stefan Maierhofer
Markus Pink
Michael Liendl
Robert Zulj
Marco Djuricin
Florian Templ
Roman Kienast
Erwin Hoffer
Jakob Jantscher
Patrick Derdak
Adrian Grbic