Austria national American football team

Austria Österreich

Established	1982
Head coach	Max Sommer
League	IFAF Europe
Colours	Red, grey, white
Current uniform
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The Austrian national American football team is the official American football senior national team of Austria and current 2023 European champion. Its players are mostly recruited from the Austrian Football League but a few also play in other European leagues, mostly the German Football League.

European Championship record

The team placed third at the 1995 European Championship of American football (hosted by Austria) and also third place in the 2010 European Championship.

The team placed second at the 2014 European Championship (hosted in Austria), losing the final in double overtime to Germany at Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion ^[1] and placed second again in 2018.

The 2021 European Championship was less successful for Austria as they unexpectedly lost against Italy in the group phase and thus only placed fifth overall. Austria also placed fifth in the first ever European Championship of American football in 1983.

In 2023 European Championship, Austria defeated Italy 24-14, and then Finland 28-0 to win their first European championship in their history.

• 1983 (5th)
• 1995 (3rd)
• 2010 (3rd)
• 2014 (2nd)
• 2018 (2nd)
• 2021 (5th)
• 2023 (1st)

IFAF World Championship record

Year	Position	GP	W	L	PF	PA
1999	Did not participate
2003
2007
2011	7th	4	1	3	84	94
2015	Did not participate

Roster

Austria National Football team roster
Quarterbacks 8 Christoph Gross 13 Thomas Haider Running backs 31 Harald Egger 26 Florian Grein 23 Florian Hiess 20 Mario Nerad 12 Jordan Gurney Wide receivers 5 Thimothee Bach 1 Jakob Dieplinger 11 Maximilian Herdey 80 Wolfrum Hofbauer 17 Stefan Holzinger 15 Armando Ponce de Leon 88 Andreas Pröller 18 Daniel Stanzel		Offensive linemen 67 Norbert Baumberger OL 61 Robert Dragotinits OL 79 Valentin Gruber OL 70 Michael Habetin OL 66 Bernd Leitsoni OL 75 Alexander Milanovic OL 60 Michael Pribyl OL 78 Thomas Tippold OL Defensive linemen 94 Florian Grünsteidl DL 99 Johannes Kain DL 71 Michael Kühnmeyer DL 89 Roman Meklau DL 92 Armin Novidi DL 50 Mario Rinner DL 90 Alexander Tahiri DL		Linebackers 49 Simon Blach 56 Alexander Cucek 54 Andreas Düringer 58 Florian Hueter 47 Dustin Illetschko 55 Christoph Schilcher 32 Michael Suess 10 Philip Stojaspal Defensive backs 4 Daniel Auböck DB 21 Markus Krause DB 7 Johannes Neusser DB 30 Christof Promitzer DB 28 Christoph Putz DB 24 Manuel Schneeweiss DB 42 Christoph Schreiner DB 9 Peter Tutsh DB Special teams 2 Peter Kramberger K/P		Inactive list Roster Archived 2012-06-26 at the Wayback Machine updated 2011-07-11

Germany Austria series

German and Austrian governing bodies AFVD and AFBÖ organize recurring matchups between the two national teams every other year with the first starting in 2022. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "American Football EM Finale 2014 - Bittersweet Glory". 22 June 2014.
2. "Nationalmannschaft: Länderspielserie gegen Top-Team Österreich ab 2022 – AFVD".
3. "Team Austria: Gespräche über Länderspielserie gegen Top-Team Deutschland". 4 August 2021.