Knittelfeld is a city in Styria, Austria, located on the banks of the Mur river.
The 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1986–88), had 30 entrants. The Republic of Ireland competed for the first time. France U-21s won the competition.
The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Swedish side Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.
The Moser Medical Graz99ers are an Austrian professional ice hockey team from Graz, Styria. The club was founded in 1999 after the previous club, EHC Graz, folded prior to the 1998–99 season due to financial difficulties. The Graz99ers started in the 1999–2000 season in the Austrian National League, Austria's second division, where they were crowned instant champions. Since the 2000–01 season they have been playing in the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).
Marcel Martin Koller is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Al Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League.
Excelsior Athlétic Club was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord.
The Austrian Sports Personality of the Year is chosen annually since 1949. Recordholders are Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Marcel Hirscher. In 1978 and 1979 the Austria national football team was named Austrian Sports Team of the Year. Since 1990 this prize is included in the annual election.
Dietmar "Didi" Constantini is an Austrian football manager and former player.
Stefan Lukas Hierländer is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz and the Austria national team.
Michael Liendl is a retired Austrian professional association football player who was the central midfielder for WAC.
Marcel Hirscher is an Austrian-born Dutch World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Due to his record number of overall titles and many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom, he is considered by many, including his former rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. He won a total of 67 World Cup races, ranking second on the male all-time list.
Sports are widely practiced in Austria, both in professional and amateur competitions. The most popular sports are association football, alpine skiing and ice hockey.
Marcel Holzmann is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for German club Phönix Lübeck. In his career, Holzmann also played for teams such as Red Bull Salzburg Juniors, FC Lustenau, St. Pölten or FC Botoșani, among others.
Marcel Büchel is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie C Group B club SPAL. Born in Austria, he represents Liechtenstein at international level.
Marcel Oerlemars is a Dutch retired footballer.
Marcel Sabitzer is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and captains the Austria national team. Predominantly a central midfielder, Sabitzer can play in a multitude of roles, including attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder, winger and second striker.
Willibald "Willi" Ruttensteiner is an Austrian businessman and football administrator and manager who serves as head coach of the Israel national team as well as the head of the youth development program "Project12". Following the resignation of Dietmar Constantini in September 2011, Ruttensteiner was acting trainer of the Austria national team for two games. In the two games he managed a win and a tie.
Damir Čanadi is an Austrian professional football manager and former player who is in charge of Cypriot club Enosis Neon Paralimni.
Marcel Čanadi is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL League One club Lexington SC.
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