Euro 2008 Austria Football Blog

Austria’s forward Roland Linz has had to deny rumours of being distracted by affairs in his personal life, after misfiring against Croatia. After splitting with swimmer Fabienne Nadarajah, he has been linked with Miss Styria 2007. “I am not in love with her, I am single and I am angry.” Linz who was substituted mid way through the second half [...]

Head 2 Head
Played 3
Austria 1 win
Croatia 2 wins
Austria 3 goals for
Croatia 5 goals for
Austrias first Euro finals

When compiling that winning Fantasy Football team , you always have to look upon the smaller unfancied nations for a cheaper option, after all Torres, Toni and Ronaldo in one team takes up a huge proportion of your budget.
The Austrians may not be everyones hot tips, nor are they likely to be the darkhorses, but [...]

Germany
Croatia
Austria
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Austria v Croatia - Vienna, June 8 1700 BST

Germany v Poland  - Klagenfurt, June 8 1945 BST

Croatia v Germany - Klagenfurt, June 12 1700 BST

Austria v Poland  - Vienna, June 12 1945 BST

Austria v Germany - Vienna, June 16 1945 BST

Poland v Croatia  - Klagenfurt, June 16 1945 BST
 

The Co Hosts, but many have written them off already, we look at some of their more well known players who will have to perform if Austria are to succeed……
 1 Alex Manninger - ex Arsenal, was merely a back up[ but im sure endered himself to a number of Gunners fans. Had a stint in [...]

This is the official Euro 2008 Squad of Austria:
Austria
1 Alex Manninger
2 Joachim Standfest
3 Martin Stranzl
4 Emanuel Pogatetz
5 Christian Fuchs
6 René Aufhauser
7 Ivica Vastic
8 Christoph Leitgeb
9 Roland Linz
10 Andreas Ivanschitz
11 Ãœmit Korkmaz
12 Ronald Gercaliu
13 Markus Katzer
14 György Garics
15 Sebastian Prödl
16 Jürgen Patocka
17 Martin Hiden
18 Roman Kienast
19 Jürgen Säumel
20 Martin Harnik
21 Jürgen Macho
22 Erwin Hoffer
23 Ramazan Özcan
Coach: [...]

Austria fans are so pessimistic about their Euro 2008 prospects that a designer has launched various clothing branding the words : ‘Hosted By Losers’. This mocks the slogan that was used during the last World Cup organised by Germany saying “hosted by friends”. This continues to spring the pessimistic aura that surrounds the Austrians and [...]

Although they are co-hosts in this competition, Austria are considered minnows in this Euro 2008 campaign. Realistically speaking, Austria cannot possibly win Euro 2008 and will find it difficult to qualify (or even grab any points!) from Group B which contains Germany, Croatia and Poland. The only star player that deserves to be outlined in [...]