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 Austria
Austria will be appearing at their first European
Championship finals when they co-host the tournament with Switzerland
next year. And while everybody in the country is convinced that the
event organisation will be perfect, the expectations for the team are
very low.
Although Hickersberger has a number of quality players, such as
midfielder and skipper Andreas Ivanschitz of Panathinaikos, midfielder
Rene Aufhauser of Austrian champions Salzburg and defender Martin
Stranzl of Spartak Moscow, there are no real stars. And, according to
Stranzl, the low level of the domestic league is the main reason for
the lack of young talent. He says: β€It is hard to really develop in our
league. Talented youngsters should go abroad as soon as possible.β€
Goalkeepers:
Christian Gratzei (Sturm Graz)
Alexander
Manninger (AC Siena)
Juergen Macho (AEK Athens)
Defenders:
Andreas Dober (Rapid Vienna)
Gyorgy Garics
(Napoli)
Ronald Gercaliu (Austria Vienna)
Martin Hiden
(Kaernten)
Andreas Ibertsberger (Hoffenheim)
Markus Katzer
(Rapid Vienna)
Juergen Patocka (Rapid Vienna)
Emanuel Pogatetz
(Middlesbrough)
Sebastian Proedl (Sturm Graz)
Franz Schiemer
(Austria Vienna)
Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moscow)
Midfielders:
Rene Aufhauser (Salzburg)
Christian Fuchs
(Mattersburg)
Martin Harnik (Werder Bremen)
Andreas Ivanschitz
(Panathinaikos)
Umit Korkmaz (Rapid Vienna)
Christoph Leitgeb
(Salzburg)
Juergen Saeumel (Sturm Graz)
Joachim Standfest
(Austria Vienna)
Ivica Vastic (Linz)
Markus Weissenberger
(Eintracht Frankfurt)
Forwards:
Erwin Hoffer (Rapid Vienna)
Sanel Kuljic (Austria
Vienna)
Roland Linz (Braga)
Stefan Maierhofer (Rapid Vienna)
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