Back at a World Cup for the first time in 28 years, Das Team play Rangnick's trademark high-intensity gegenpressing. Captain Alaba anchors the defence; 37-year-old record scorer Arnautoć leads the line. Advanced as Group J runner-up after a wild 3-3 with Algeria — now they face Spain.
Head coach
Ralf Rangnick
Since 2022
Group result
Group J (runners-up)
R32: vs Spain
Squad avg age
27.6
26-player squad
Squad market value
€245m
est., 26 of 26
Next fixture
Jul 2 · Inglewood →
First World Cup since 1998; ex-Man Utd interim
Squad
Full 26-man squad · club at selection · senior caps| # | Pos | Player | Club (league) | Age | Caps | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Alexander Schlager | Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) | 29 | 26 | €2m |
| 12 | GK | Florian Wiegele | Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) | 24 | 1 | €2.2m |
| 13 | GK | Patrick Pentz | Brøndby (DEN) | 28 | 18 | €2.2m |
| 2 | DF | David Affengruber | Elche (ESP) | 24 | 1 | €20m |
| 3 | DF | Kevin Danso | Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) | 27 | 32 | €20m |
| 5 | DF | Stefan Posch | Mainz 05 (GER) | 28 | 52 | €6m |
| 8 | DF | David Alaba(C) | Real Madrid (ESP) | 33 | 113 | €3m |
| 15 | DF | Philipp Lienhart | SC Freiburg (GER) | 29 | 41 | €10m |
| 16 | DF | Phillipp Mwene | Mainz 05 (GER) | 31 | 30 | €1.5m |
| 23 | DF | Marco Friedl | Werder Bremen (GER) | 27 | 11 | €10m |
| 25 | DF | Michael Svoboda | Venezia (ITA) | 27 | 4 | €3.5m |
| 4 | MF | Xaver Schlager | RB Leipzig (GER) | 28 | 51 | €10m |
| 6 | MF | Nicolas Seiwald | RB Leipzig (GER) | 24 | 47 | €25m |
| 9 | MF | Marcel Sabitzer | Borussia Dortmund (GER) | 31 | 98 | €6m |
| 10 | MF | Florian Grillitsch | Braga (POR) | 30 | 58 | €2.5m |
| 17 | MF | Carney Chukwuemeka | Borussia Dortmund (GER) | 22 | 3 | €20m |
| 18 | MF | Romano Schmid | Werder Bremen (GER) | 25 | 34 | €15m |
| 19 | MF | Dejan Ljubičić | Schalke 04 (GER) | 28 | 9 | €3m |
| 20 | MF | Konrad Laimer | Bayern Munich (GER) | 28 | 57 | €32m |
| 22 | MF | Alexander Prass | TSG Hoffenheim (GER) | 24 | 19 | €9m |
| 24 | MF | Paul Wanner | PSV Eindhoven (NED) | 20 | 3 | €22m |
| 26 | MF | Alessandro Schöpf | Wolfsberger AC (AUT) | 31 | 35 | €800k |
| 7 | FW | Marko Arnautović | Red Star Belgrade (SRB) | 36 | 133 | €2m |
| 11 | FW | Michael Gregoritsch | FC Augsburg (GER) | 31 | 75 | €1.5m |
| 14 | FW | Saša Kalajdžić | LASK (AUT) | 28 | 22 | €4m |
| 21 | FW | Patrick Wimmer | VfL Wolfsburg (GER) | 24 | 30 | €12m |