Austria has revealed their squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the former Manchester United coach, Ralf Rangnick will be hoping to make a name in the glorious stage. Austria will be playing in the FIFA World Cup after 28 years and they failed to get through to the knockout stages in their previous appearance as well. They have been drawn into Group J alongside Argentina, Jordan and Algeria. David Alaba will be leading the side and he would be willing to make an impact in the international stage. Marcel Sabitzer and Marko Arnautovic would be amongst the players that could prove to be key in the midfield and finishing in the attacking third.
They have qualified for the World Cup 8 times in total including the 2026 edition of the FIFA World Cup. Their best result came in the 1954 FIFA World Cup, when they finished in the third position. In recent times, Austria has enjoyed a fair bit of form with three wins in their last five international games. Their most recent victory came against South Korea in the international friendly. Austria could possibly finish along with Argentina in the Top 2 and they could go through to the knockout stages. It will require quite some good form if they will have to advance to the knockout stages. After being absent from the World Cup for more than two decades, they will be hoping to give something extra for the fans to cheer about.
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Austria’s Squad for 2026 FIFA World Cup
Goalkeepers: Patrick Pentz, Alexander Schlager, Florian Wiegele
Defenders: David Affengruber, David Alaba, Kevin Danso, Marco Friedl, Philipp Lienhart, Phillipp Mwene, Stefan Posch, Alexander Prass, Michael Svoboda
Midfielders: Christoph Baumgartner, Carney Chukwuemeka, Florian Grillitsch, Konrad Laimer, Marcel Sabitzer, Xaver Schlager, Nicolas Seiwald, Romano Schmid, Alessandro Schöpf, Paul Wanner, Patrick Wimmer
Forwards: Marko Arnautović, Michael Gregoritsch, Sasa Kalajdzic
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As the Austrian side will be looking to announce their comeback in the World Cup scenario with the 2026 edition of it, the fans will be expecting their side to give it their all. They have some of the top players in the world playing European football alongside giants like Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. This would be the opportunity to make all their club experience count as they will have to stick together and draw positive results from the FIFA World Cup. The expectations from this squad would be to clear the group stages and to at least finish in the Round of 16 with the kind of quality players they have in their squad.
