Austria's record against Group F opponents
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
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Austria have won just 40 of their 136 previous encounters against Group F opponents Hungary but have far less experience of playing Portugal and Iceland.
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Qualifying: Group G winners
Top scorer: Marc Janko (7 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W9 D1 L0 F22 A5 Pts28
EURO best: group stage 2008
Last EURO: 2008 (group stage)
EURO appearances:1 (2008)
Austria v Hungary (18.00CET, 14 June, Bordeaux)
EURO P2 W0 D1 L1 F1 A2
World Cup P7 W1 D2 L4 F7 A15
Friendlies P127 W39 D27 L61 F244 A280
- The eastern European neighbours have met 136 times, their first competitive encounter coming at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where Austria defeated Hungary 2-1 in Bologna to reach the semi-finals. That remains the countries' only final tournament meeting.
- When Hungary last qualified for a major tournament, the 1986 World Cup, they overcame Austria twice in the process, winning 3-1 in Budapest and 3-0 in Vienna. Those are the sides' most recent competitive encounters.
- Honours have been even in the nine friendlies since then, with three wins apiece and three draws. Hungary won the most recent encounter, 2-1 in Graz in August 2006.
Austria v Portugal (21.00CET, 18 June, Paris)
EURO P4 W1 D1 L2 F4 A5
World Cup P2 W1 D1 L0 F9 A1
Friendlies P4 W1 D3 L0 F6 A5
- The nations have not met for 21 years – since qualifying for EURO '96.
- Then, Portugal's Luís Figo scored the only goal in Lisbon. The return fixture in Vienna ended 1-1, full-back Paulinho Santos's spectacular equaliser effectively securing Portugal's place at the finals in England and ending a ten-year absence from major tournaments.
- In qualifying for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, Austria defeated Portugal 9-1 in Vienna. Erich Probst marked his competitive international debut by scoring five of the goals.
Austria v Iceland (18.00CET, 22 June, St-Denis)
EURO P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
World Cup P2 W1 D1 L0 F2 A1
Friendlies P1 W0 D1 L0 F1 A1
- Austria are undefeated in their three meetings with Iceland although they were held 1-1 in an Innsbruck friendly staged in May 2014. Marcel Sabitzer put Austria ahead before Kolbeinn Sigthórsson equalised. The current head coaches of the two nations, Marcel Koller and Lars Lagerbäck/Heimir Hallgrímsson, were in charge for that game.
- The only two competitive internationals between the two countries came 26 years ago, a 0-0 draw in Reykjavik and a 2-1 win in Salzburg helping Austria qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
- Austria's Marc Janko and Iceland's Birkir Bjarnason are club colleagues at Swiss side Basel.
