UEFA · Group J
Austria
Squad value $265M · #24 of 48 by price
About Austria
Population 9.2M
- The Venus of Willendorf, carved some 28,000 years ago, is one of Europe's oldest known artworks — and she lives in a Vienna museum.
- Vienna was the cradle of classical music: Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert all worked there.
- From 1438 onward almost every Holy Roman Emperor was a Habsburg — a single dynasty holding the crown for centuries, with just one exception.
- The Roman town of Carnuntum, on the Danube, was home to about 50,000 people for nearly 400 years.
- Beyond German, it gives official status to Hungarian, Slovene and Burgenland Croatian in the regions where they're spoken.
Source: Wikipedia
The Journey
Group J- 1
SF Bay Area · Levi's Stadium
Jordan ·Jun 17 W 3–1
5 m · 69k · open · 27°C
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Austria 3–1 Jordan
Austria got the job done, though they needed the closing quarter to make it comfortable. Romano Schmid's first-half opener was cancelled out by Ali Olwan just before the hour, and for a while a Jordan side ranked 47th of 48 by value looked level on more than the scoreboard. Then the game turned Austria's way — an own goal, then a Marko Arnautovic penalty at the death — and 1.66 expected goals to 0.53 became three on the board. Professional, if not pretty. The better side, in the end, looked it.
Goals 21' R. Schmid · 50' A. Olwan · 76' Y. Al Arab (o.g.) · 90' M. Arnautovic (pen)
xG 1.66–0.53 ·Poss 63% ·Shots 11 (4 on target) ·Corners 4 ·GK saves 3
- 2
Dallas · AT&T Stadium
at Argentina ·Jun 22 L 0–2
180 m · 80k · retractable · 35°C
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Austria 0–2 Argentina
Austria will know they were handed a reprieve and could not build on it. Lionel Messi's ninth-minute penalty miss kept the scoreline blank longer than the run of play deserved, but Argentina were a class apart — six shots to twelve, half an expected goal to Argentina's 2.65, chasing the game from the first whistle. Messi made them pay either side of the contest, and the gap on the night was wider than the two goals. There is no shame in losing to a side like this; only in how little they threatened in reply.
Goals 38' L. Messi · 90' L. Messi
xG 0.5–2.65 ·Poss 46% ·Shots 6 (1 on target) ·Corners 3 ·GK saves 2
- 3
Kansas City · Arrowhead Stadium
at Algeria ·Jun 28 D 3–3
270 m · 76k · open · 31°C 🔥
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Austria 3–3 Algeria
Austria were second best for long stretches and somehow refused to lose. Outpassed and pinned back to thirty-five percent of the ball, they led through Marko Arnautovic, fell behind, restored their advantage through Marcel Sabitzer, and then, with the game seemingly lost to a Riyad Mahrez brace, found one last act. Sasa Kalajdzic's header in the ninety-sixth minute snatched a point nobody in red would have predicted at the death. The expected goals, 1.62 to 1.44, say Algeria edged it; the scoreboard says Austria are made of stubborn stuff.
Goals 28' M. Arnautovic · 45' R. Belghali · 55' M. Sabitzer · 60' R. Mahrez · 93' R. Mahrez · 96' S. Kalajdzic
xG 1.44–1.62 ·Poss 35% ·Shots 10 (3 on target) ·Corners 3 ·GK saves 2
- 4
Los Angeles · SoFi Stadium
at Spain ·Jul 2
30 m · 70k · fixed · 27°C
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Austria 0–3 Spain
Austria met a side operating on another level and had no reply. They managed just five shots, none on target, and an expected-goals line of 0.32 — a night spent chasing red shirts. Mikel Oyarzabal's brace and Pedro Porro's strike settled it long before the end, and their goalkeeper's six saves were all that stopped a rout. There is no shame in losing to Spain in this mood, but the gap was total. Austria's tournament ends here, thoroughly second-best.
Goals 36' M. Oyarzabal · 66' P. Porro · 89' M. Oyarzabal
xG 0.32–2.84 ·Poss 35% ·Shots 5 (0 on target) ·Corners 0 ·GK saves 6
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Belief
On Paper- 4
- 4.07
- #20
- #24
Belief −0.1 · Merit + Finishing
- −0.5 did the underlying play beat the market
- +0.4 did the scoreboard beat the play — conversion, keeping, luck
xG 3.6–4.8 · deserved 3.57 pts
Form & Shape
4-2-3-1- WLDL
- 6–9
- 0
- 2
Aggregate form via API-Football. Most-used shape: 4-2-3-1.
Friendship
Friendship 82Friendship 82 = co-starts + club chemistry +5
- 76
- 18
Friendship blends realized national co-starts with a club-chemistry bonus, so a settled XI and a club-spine squad both score high. Near 100 the total eases so the most-settled squads stay separated rather than all tying out. Gold lines trace the spine: teammates who share a club right now.
The squad
Tap a player for their card · the two numbers are Jornata ratings (0–99): pre-tournament capability and live tournament form · values are Jornata estimates.