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Know your Euro 2020 Groups: Group C – How will the Netherlands fare?

By Neelabhra Roy

Tjay de Barr of Gibraltar, Memphis Depay of Netherlands (Photo by David Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images)
Tjay de Barr of Gibraltar, Memphis Depay of Netherlands (Photo by David Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images) /
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Austria's Marko Arnautovic, David Alaba and Franco Foda
Austria’s Marko Arnautovic, David Alaba and Franco Foda (Photo by ROBERT JAEGER/APA/AFP via Getty Images) /

GROUP C – AUSTRIA

Austria had a pretty decent qualifying campaign, finishing second in their group behind Poland in order to make it to their third European Championship.

In their two prior appearances, Das Team failed to qualify from their group with just one point from their three matches. In 2008, the Austrians finished third while ending bottom in 2016.

AUSTRIA TEAM INFO

  • Manager – Franco Foda
  • Captain – Julian Baumgartlinger
  • Key Players – David Alaba, Marcel Sabitzer, Marko Arnautovic
  • FIFA Ranking – 23
  • Prediction – Last 16
  • First match of the tournament – vs North Macedonia on June 13

Austria’s squad for the tournament

Pavao Pervan (Wolfsburg), Alexander Schlager (LASK), Daniel Bachmann (Watford)

Andreas Ulmer ( Red Bull Salzburg), Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer Leverkusen), Martin Hinteregger (Eintracht Frankfurt), Stefan Posch (Hoffenheim), David Alaba (Bayern Munich), Philipp Lienhart (Freiburg), Stefan Lainer (Borussia Monchengladbach), Marco Friedl (Werder Bremen)

Stefan Ilsanker (Eintracht Frankfurt), Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), Florian Grillitsch (Hoffenheim), Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer Leverkusen), Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin), Louis Schaub (Luzern),  Alessandro Schopf (Schalke), Christoph Baumgartner (Hoffeheim), Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), Valentino Lazaro (Borussia Monchengladbach), Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig)

Marko Arnautovic (Shanghai Port), Michael Gregoritsch (Augsburg),  Sasa Kalajdzic (Vfb Stuttgart)

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