Violets on the road with the national team

13 Austrians called up to national teams! Noah Botić has been called up to Australia's senior team for the first time. Abubakr Barry is playing for Gambia, Taeseok Lee for South Korea. Luca Pazourek, Matteo Schablas (both U21), Konstantin Aleksa, Philipp Maybach (both U18) as well as Ifeanyi Ndukwe, Hasan Deshishku, Tomy Baotic, and Vasilije Marković (U17) represented Austria for the red-white-red. Sanel Šaljić (U21) and Julian Höller (U19) are on standby.

Several purple team players will once again be representing their countries in the September training camps. We are delighted to announce the first call-up for our 23-year-old striker Noah Botić. Five youth team players and two others on standby are a clear sign of the excellent youth development work being done at Austria Vienna.

Botić, Barry & Taeseok Lee in the senior teams

Noah Botić has been called up to the Australian senior team for the first time and will play in a double friendly against New Zealand. Abubakr Barry will play for Gambia in the World Cup qualifiers against Kenya and Burundi. Both games will be played in Nairobi. Summer signing Taeseok Lee will play for South Korea in two friendlies against the USA and Mexico. 

U21: Pazourek & Schablas confirmed, Šaljić on standby

Luca Pazourek and Matteo Schablas are currently with the U21 team in Georgia. Next Monday (September 8, 6:00 p.m. CEST), U21 team manager Peter Perchtold's squad will face Belarus in Tori (Georgia). Loan player Moritz Wels is also part of the squad, while Sanel Šaljić is on the standby list.

Friendly matches for Aleksa & Maybach

The U19 national team (born in 2007) is currently holding a training camp in Wales. Philipp Maybach and Konstantin Aleksa will play friendly matches against Belgium (September 3, 4:30 p.m.) and Wales (September 6, 7:00 p.m.). Julian Höller, who made his second division debut a few weeks ago, is on standby. 

U17 squad plays final test match before World Cup

Ifeanyi Ndukwe, Hasan Deshishku, Tomy Baotic, and Vasilije Marković are playing for the U17 squad (born in 2008, actually U18) and will start preparing for the U17 World Cup in Qatar with the September training camp. The young Austrians will play a test match against Germany in Grödig (September 5, 10:30 a.m.). The tournament kicks off in Qatar on November 5, where Hermann Stadler's team will face Saudi Arabia, Mali, and New Zealand.

In addition to the Austrian youth team players, Illia Menshykov (Ukraine U18) and Daris Strukar (Bosnia U17) will also be playing for their home countries.