Born: 14-12-1953 Country: Austria Caps: 69 (W32-D16-L21 - GF100-GA78 - 57.98%) Goals: 34 (% 0.49 per match) Age First Cap: 19 yr 181 d 13- 6-1973 vs. Brazil 1-1 Age Last Cap: 31 yr 124 d 17- 4-1985 vs. Hungary 0-3 National Team Career: 11 yr 308 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 13- 6-73 Wien Brazil 1-1
2 26- 9-73 London England 0-7
3 10-10-73 Hannover West Germany 0-4
4 27-11-73 Gelsenkirchen Sweden 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
5 1 1 27- 3-74 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1
6 1 1- 5 74 São Paulo Brazil 0-0
7 1 8- 6-74 Wien Italy 0-0
8 1 2 4- 9-74 Wien Wales 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
9 1 3 28- 9-74 Wien Hungary 1-0
10 1 4 16- 3-75 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
11 4 2- 4-75 Wien Hungary 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
12 4 7- 6-75 Wien Czechoslovakia 0-0
13 1 5 24- 9-75 Budapest Hungary 1-2 European Champ. Qual.
14 2 7 15-10-75 Wien Luxembourg 6-1 European Champ. Qual.
15 7 19-11-75 Wrexham Wales 0-1 European Champ. Qual.
16 7 28- 4-76 Wien Sweden 1-0
17 7 12- 6-76 Budapest Hungary 0-2
18 7 23- 6-76 Wien Soviet Union 1-2
19 1 8 22- 9-76 Linz Switzerland 3-1
20 2 10 13-10-76 Wien Hungary 2-4
21 1 11 10-11-76 Kavala Greece 3-0
22 1 12 5-12-76 La Valletta Malta 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
23 1 13 15-12-76 Tel-Aviv Israel 3-1
24 13 9- 3-77 Wien Greece 2-0
25 13 17- 4-77 Wien Turkey 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 6 19 30- 4-77 Salzburg Malta 9-0 World Cup Qualifier
27 19 1- 6-77 Ostrava Czechoslovakia 0-0
28 1 20 24- 8-77 Wien Poland 2-1
29 20 24- 9-77 Wien East Germany 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
30 20 30-10-77 Izmir Turkey 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
31 1 21 15- 2-78 Athinai Greece 1-1
32 21 22- 3-78 Charleroi Belgium 0-1
33 21 4- 4-78 Basel Switzerland 1-0
34 21 20- 5-78 Wien Netherlands 0-1
35 1 22 3- 6-78 Buenos Aires Spain 2-1 World Cup
36 1 23 7- 6-78 Buenos Aires Sweden 1-0 World Cup
37 23 11- 6-78 Mar del Plata Brazil 0-1 World Cup
38 23 14- 6-78 Córdoba Netherlands 1-5 World Cup
39 23 18- 6-78 Buenos Aires Italy 0-1 World Cup
40 2 25 21- 6-78 Córdoba West Germany 3-2 [*] World Cup
41 1 26 30- 8-78 Oslo Norway 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
42 26 20- 9-78 Wien Scotland 3-2 European Champ. Qual.
43 26 15-11-78 Wien Portugal 1-2 European Champ. Qual.
44 1 27 28- 3-79 Brussel Belgium 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
45 27 2- 5-79 Wien Belgium 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
46 1 28 29- 8-79 Wien Norway 4-0 European Champ. Qual.
47 1 29 17-10-79 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
48 29 21-11-79 Lisboa Portugal 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
49 29 21- 5-80 Wien Argentina 1-5
50 29 4- 6-80 Budapest Hungary 1-1
51 29 24- 9-80 Helsinki Finland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
52 29 8-10-80 Wien Hungary 3-1
53 1 30 15-11-80 Wien Albania 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
54 30 29- 4-81 Hamburg West Germany 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
55 1 31 28- 5-81 Wien Bulgaria 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
56 1 32 17- 6-81 Linz Finland 5-1 World Cup Qualifier
57 32 23- 9-81 Wien Spain 0-0
58 32 14-10-81 Wien West Germany 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
59 32 11-11-81 Sofia Bulgaria 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
60 1 33 24- 3-82 Budapest Hungary 3-2
61 33 28- 4-82 Wien Czechoslovakia 2-1
62 33 17- 6-82 Oviedo Chile 1-0 World Cup
63 1 34 21- 6-82 Oviedo Algeria 2-0 World Cup
64 34 25- 6-82 Gijón West Germany 0-1 [!] World Cup
65 34 28- 6-82 Madrid France 0-1 World Cup
66 34 27- 4-83 Wien West Germany 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
67 34 17- 5-83 Wien Soviet Union 2-2
68 34 21- 9-83 Belfast N. Ireland 1-3 European Champ. Qual.
69 34 17- 4-85 Wien Hungary 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
[*] this win against West Germany, the so-called "Wunder von Córdoba",
obtained mythical status in Austrian football history; while it was
the first win by Austria in a World Cup tournament against their
unloved neighbours ("Piefkes"), after distressing losses in 1934
and 1954, it is usually forgotten that the match was of very limited
interest: Austria had already been eliminated, and while West Germany
would have reached the third place match in case of a draw, their
chances to defend their 1974 title were more than remote: they
needed a draw in the parallel match between the Netherlands and
Italy (which didn't happen) coupled with a 5-goal win against Austria
to reach the final
[!] this match entered World Cup history as the "Schande von Gijón";
most blame should go to FIFA as in spite of the obvious lessons from
the previous World Cup in Argentina, where the hosts had known the
exact number of goals to score against Peru in order to reach the final
because Brazil's match against Poland had already finished before they
started, FIFA had not enforced the final group matches to be played
simultaneously; because of this, Algeria, who had earlier beaten West
Germany 2-1 in one of the all-time World Cup upsets, and had beaten
Chile 3-2 (after a 3-0 lead at half-time which would have all but
mathematically ensured their passage had they managed to hold on to it)
just prior to this match, became the victims of the arrangement struck
after West Germany took an early lead (after 11 minutes); because a
victory by the West Germans by 1 or 2 goals guaranteed both teams a
place in the next round, the twenty-two actors took very great care
not to create any real scoring opportunities after about half an hour
of play (only Schachner claims not to have understood during the match
what was going on - he must have been the only one on the planet)
Total Record
GP GW GD GL GF GA Pts Percentage
69 32 16 21 100- 78 80 57.98
34 Goals in 69 Matches (0.49 per match)
Types of Matches and Goals
Goals Matches
Friendlies 10 29
World Cup Qualifier 10 14
World Cup 5 10
European Champ. Qual. 9 16
Total 34 69
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