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Group J

Austria

Manager
Ralf Rangnick
Squad
26 players
Announced
May 18

Tournament projection

Advance
78.1%
Round of 16
24.6%
Quarter-final
10.2%
Semi-final
3.7%
Final
1.0%
Champion
0.3%

Market champion price 0.5% · model edge -0.2%.

Scouting report

updated 2026-06-04

A varied, fluid 4-2-3-1 (sometimes 4-4-2, 4-2-4 or 4-2-2-2) with wide play, fluid rotations and a man-for-man, high-risk approach at the back.

Style · Fluid 4-2-3-1 (also 4-4-2 / 4-2-4 / 4-2-2-2) — wide play & crosses, fluid rotations (FB inverted, wingers wide), front-four central combining with fullbacks wide.

Counter-reliance ·lowPossession & rotation, counter-press first

Strengths

  • +Fluid attacking rotations and wide play
  • +Front-four combinations with fullbacks providing width
  • +Counter-pressing rest-defence

Weaknesses

  • Man-for-man, risk-vs-reward at the back

Key players

  • Christoph Baumgartner · CAM21 goal involvements in the Bundesliga, 37 chances created, 19 goal involvements in 31 Austria appearances
Tactics
Rotate fluidly, get fullbacks wide and combine centrally with the front four, pressing to win it back. The man-for-man defending is high-reward but high-risk.

Sources: John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) — pre-tournament tactical scouting, May–Jun 2026

Group fixtures

Squad

Goalkeepers

  • Alexander SchlagerRB Salzburg
  • Florian WiegeleViktoria Plzen
  • Patrick PentzBrondby

Defenders

  • David AffengruberElche
  • Kevin DansoTottenham
  • Stefan PoschMainz 05
  • David AlabaReal Madrid
  • Philipp LienhartSC Freiburg
  • Philipp MweneMainz 05
  • Alexander PrassTSG Hoffenheim
  • Marco FriedlWerder Bremen
  • Michael SvobodaVenezia

Midfielders

  • Xaver SchlagerRB Leipzig
  • Nicolas SeiwaldRB Leipzig
  • Marcel SabitzerBorussia Dortmund
  • Florian GrillitschBraga
  • Carney ChukwuemekaBorussia Dortmund
  • Romano SchmidWerder Bremen
  • Christoph BaumgartnerRB Leipzig
  • Konrad LaimerBayern Munich
  • Patrick WimmerWolfsburg
  • Paul WannerPSV Eindhoven
  • Alessandro SchopfWolfsberger AC

Forwards

  • Marko ArnautovicRed Star Belgrade
  • Michael GregoritschFC Augsburg
  • Sasa KalajdzicLASK Linz