Austrian Football Association

The **Austrian Football Association** **(ÖFB)** (German: **Österreichischer Fußball-Bund**) is the highest body of football in Austria. It organizes the football league Austrian Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup, and the Austrian national team, and the same items in women's football. It is based in Vienna.

In 2010 501,685 male and female players are organized into 2,256 teams. This number makes the ÖFB the largest sports organization in Austria.

## History

In 1894. the first football club was founded, and 10 years later the Österreichischer Fußball-Bund (Austrian Football Association). Until 1904, the Österreichische Fußball-Union was the leading body in Austrian football, but it dissolved after the foundation of the ÖFB. In 1905 it became a member of FIFA. In 1908 the ÖFB was host for the fifth FIFA-congress. Since 1954 the ÖFB has also been a member of the UEFA.

The time before the Second World War was the most successful for the ÖFB. Between 1930 and 1933 the so-called Wunderteam (miracle team) won 14 matches. In 1934 they reached fourth place in the FIFA World Cup. The Austrian team won the silver medal in the Olympic football tournament in Berlin. Also, after the Second World War, Austria played in different FIFA World Cups: 1954, 1958, 1978, 1982, 1990, and 1998. The most successful World Cup was 1954 with third place. The last international tournament was the UEFA Euro 2008 which was hosted by Austria and Switzerland.

## Regional organizations

- Burgenländischer Fußball-Verband (BFV)
- Niederösterreichischer Fußball-Verband (NOEFV)
- Oberösterreichischer Fußball-Verband (OOEFV)
- Salzburger Fußball-Verband (SFV)
- Steirischer Fußballverband (StFV)
- Tiroler Fußball-Verband (TFV)
- Vorarlberger Fußball-Verband (VFV)
- Wiener Fußball-Verband (WFV)
- Kärntner Fußball-Verband (KFV)

## List of coaches of the Austrian team

- Hugo Meisl 1912–14
- Heinrich Retschury	1914–1919
- Hugo Meisl 	1919–1937 ("Wunderteam")
- Heinrich Retschury 	1937–1938
- Between 1938 and 1945 Austria was occupied by Germany
- Karl Zankl 	1945
- Edi Bauer 	1945–1948
- Eduard Frühwirth 1948
- Walter Nausch	1948–1954 (third place World Cup 1954)
- Hans Kaulich 	1954–1955
- Josef Molzer 	1955
- Karl Geyer 	1955–1956
- Josef Argauer and Josef Molzer 	1956–1958
- Alfred Frey, Franz Putzendopler, Egon Selzer, and Josef Molzer 	1958
- Karl Decker 	1958–1964
- Josef Walter and Béla Guttmann	1964
- Eduard Frühwirth 	1964–1967
- Erwin Alge and Hans Pesser 	1967–1968
- Leopold Šťastný	1968–1975
- Branko Elsner 	1975
- Helmut Senekowitsch 	1976–1978
- Karl Stotz 	1978–1981
- Georg Schmidt and Felix Latzke 	1982
- Erich Hof 	1982–1985
- Branko Elsner 	1985–1987
- Josef Hickersberger	1988–1990
- Alfred Riedl	1990–1991
- Dietmar Constantini 1991 (caretaker)
- Ernst Happel 	1992
- Dietmar Constantini 	1992 (caretaker)
- Herbert Prohaska	1993–1999
- Otto Baric 	1999–2001
- Hans Krankl 	2002–2005
- Willibald Ruttensteiner, Andreas Herzog, and Slavko Kovacic 	2005 (caretaker)
- Josef Hickersberger 	2006–2008
- Karel Brückner 	2008–2009
- Dietmar Constantini 	2009–2011
- Willibald Ruttensteiner 2011 (caretaker)
- Marcel Koller 2011- 2017
- Franco Foda 2017-2022
- Ralf Rangnick 2022-