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The Chinese legionary Marko Arnautovic is absent as in September, Marcel Sabitzer and Konrad Laimer (both RB Leipzig), as well as Valentino Lazaro (Borussia Mönchengladbach) and Florian Kainz (1. FC Cologne) are absent due to injuries. Foda has nominated 26 players for the unusual three-game course.
“I have not changed much in the basic framework, we want to continue adapting,” said the German. “Because we play three games, there are 26 players in the squad so we can control training accordingly,” said the 54-year-old, who does not want to put too much weight on the abandonment list. “We have been able to compensate for that quite well recently,” Foda said.
The program will kick off with the test match against Greece on October 7 (8:30 pm) in Klagenfurt, followed by the two guest appearances in the UEFA Nations League in Northern Ireland (October 11) and Romania ( October 14, 8:45 pm each time). Austria started in Group B1 with a win in Norway (2: 1) and a home loss against Romania (2: 3) and is second behind leaders Romania (four) with three points.
Holzhauser and Kalajdzic are new
On the surprising nomination of the former Austria-Vienna captain Holzhauser, who is now making his money in Belgium at Beerschot, Foda said: “We saw Raphael, he developed again, he became more dynamic and scored goals and assists. . He deserved this opportunity ”. This season, the 27-year-old has five goals and four assists in seven games.
Stuttgart striker Kalajdzic, who not only had a strong figure at the European Under-21 Championship in the summer of 2019 but also moved from Admira to Stuttgart, has shown his qualities after suffering a cruciate ligament tear. “We had it on our bill for a long time,” Foda said. Kalajdzic has two goals in two games for the promoted team.
A total of six games are still on the show this year. After another test on November 11 in Luxembourg, the Nations League group stage at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium will conclude with the two home games against Northern Ireland (November 15) and Norway (November 18).
ÖFB Squad for Greece, Northern Ireland and Romania
Hill: Pavao Pervan (VfL Wolfsburg / GER, 1 international match), Alexander Schlager (LASK, 3), Cican Stankovic (Red Bull Salzburg, 4)
Defending: Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen / GER, 81/1 goal), Marco Friedl (Werder Bremen / GER, 0), Martin Hinteregger (Eintracht Frankfurt / GER, 47/4), Stefan Lainer (Borussia Mönchengladbach / GER, 20/1 ), Philipp Lienhart (SC Freiburg / GER, 1/0), Stefan Posch (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim / GER, 7/1), Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin / GER, 7/0), Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg, 19 / 0), David Alaba (FC Bayern Munich / GER, 72/14)
Midfield: Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer 04 Leverkusen / GER, 76/1), Christoph Baumgartner (1899 Hoffenheim / GER, 2/1), Florian Grillitsch (1899 Hoffenheim / GER, 17/1), Raphael Holzhauser (Beerschot VA / BEL, 0) , Stefan Ilsanker (Eintracht Frankfurt / GER, 43/0), Karim Onisiwo (FSV Mainz 05 / GER, 8/1), Reinhold Ranftl (LASK, 1/0), Louis Schaub (FC Luzern / SUI, 14/5) , Xaver Schlager (VfL Wolfsburg / GER, 13/1), Alessandro Schöpf (FC Schalke 04 / GER, 22/4)
Attack: Adrian Grbic (FC Lorient / FRA, 2/0), Michael Gregoritsch (FC Augsburg / GER, 19/3), Sasa Kalajdzic (VfB Stuttgart / GER, 0), Christoph Monschein (Austria Wien, 1/0)
On call: Martin Fraisl (SV Sandhausen / GER, 0), Heinz Lindner (FC Basel / SUI, 28), Jörg Siebenhandl (Sturm Graz, 2) – Gernot Trauner (LASK, 1/0), Maximilian Ullmann (Rapid Wien, 0), Albert Vallci (Red Bull Salzburg, 0), Philipp Wiesinger (LASK, 0), Maximilian Wöber (Red Bull Salzburg, 6/0), Husein Balic (LASK, 0), Yusuf Demir (Rapid Vienna, 0), Mathias Honsak ( SV Darmstadt 98 / GER, 0), Thomas Murg (Rapid Wien, 0), Stefan Schwab (PAOK Saloniki / GRE, 1/0), Patrick Wimmer (Austria Wien, 0), Hannes Wolf (Borussia Mönchengladbach / GER, 0) , Marko Raguz (LASK, 0)
