Austria World Cup 2026 squad: every player, position by position

Goalkeepers

Alexander Schlager GK

FW Florian Wiegele GK

Patrick Pentz GK

Defenders

DA David Affengruber DEF

Kevin Danso DEF

Stefan Posch DEF

David Alaba DEF

Philipp Lienhart DEF

Phillipp Mwene DEF

Alexander Prass DEF

Marco Friedl DEF

Michael Svoboda DEF

Midfielders

Xaver Schlager MID

Nicolas Seiwald MID

Marcel Sabitzer MID

Florian Grillitsch MID

CC Carney Chukwuemeka MID

Romano Schmid MID

Konrad Laimer MID

Patrick Wimmer MID

Paul Wanner MID

Alessandro Schöpf MID

Forwards

Marko Arnautovic FWD

Michael Gregoritsch FWD

Sasa Kalajdzic FWD

22 of 25 players carry a free-licensed photograph; the rest show a monogram until one is available. Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free licence.

• 28.2avg age
• 20youngest (Paul Wanner)
• 37oldest (Marko Arnautovic)

Position counts from the provisional ESPN roster. Ages at the data verification date.

The top two teams in each group advance directly to the round of 32. The eight best third-placed finishers also go through, giving Austria a meaningful safety net. Group J standings and Austria's specific qualification scenarios are tracked live on the group page.

Austria qualification scenarios in Group J →

Source: ESPN roster. Provisional until the FIFA registration deadline. Club affiliations are not in the verified roster feed; we do not list them here.

Austria are ranked 24 in the FIFA Men's World Ranking , the 22th highest-ranked of the 48 teams at the tournament. Ranking as of 1 April 2026, per FIFA via Wikipedia.