Herbert Prohaska - International Appearances


The outstanding Austrian player played 83 international matches for Austria. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  8- 8-1955
Country: Austria   
Caps: 83 (W41-D16-L26 – GF129-GA90 - %59.04)   
Goals: 10
Age First Cap:   19 yr  97 d    13-11-1974 vs. Turkey 1-0
Age Last Cap:    33 yr 310 d    14- 6-1989 vs. Iceland 0-0
National Team Career: 14 yr 213 d


Caps     Date    Venue             Opponent       Score    Competition  

   1   13-11-74  Istanbul          Turkey          1-0
   2   16- 3-75  Luxembourg        Luxembourg      2-1     European Champ. Qualifier
   3    2- 4-75  Wien              Hungary         0-0     European Champ. Qualifier
   4    7- 6-75  Wien              Czechoslovakia  0-0
   5    3- 9-75  Wien              West Germany    0-2
   6   24- 9-75  Budapest          Hungary         1-2     European Champ. Qualifier
   7   15-10-75  Wien              Luxembourg      6-2     European Champ. Qualifier
   8   19-11-75  Wrexham           Wales           0-1     European Champ. Qualifier
   9   12- 6-76  Budapest          Hungary         0-2
  10   23- 6-76  Wien              Soviet Union    1-2
  11   22- 9-76  Linz              Switzerland     3-1
  12   13-10-76  Wien              Hungary         2-4
  13   10-11-76  Kavala            Greece          3-0
  14    5-12-76  La Valetta        Malta           1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  15   15-12-76  Tel-Aviv          Israel          3-1
  16    9- 3-77  Wien              Greece          2-0
  17   17- 4-77  Wien              Turkey          1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  18   30- 4-77  Salzburg          Malta           9-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  19    1- 6-77  Ostrava           Czechoslovakia  0-0
  20   24- 8-77  Wien              Poland          2-1
  21   24- 9-77  Wien              East Germany    1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
  22   12-10-77  Leipzig           East Germany    1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
  23   30-10-77  Izmir             Turkey          1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  24   15- 2-78  Athinai           Greece          1-1
  25   22- 3-78  Charleroi         Belgium         0-1
  26    4- 4-78  Basel             Switzerland     1-0
  27   20- 5-78  Wien              Netherlands     0-1
  28    3- 6-78  Buenos Aires      Spain           2-1     World Cup
  29    7- 6-78  Buenos Aires      Sweden          1-0     World Cup
  30   11- 6-78  Mar del Plata     Brazil          0-1     World Cup
  31   14- 6-78  Córdoba           Netherlands     1-5     World Cup
  32   18- 6-78  Buenos Aires      Italy           0-1     World Cup
  33   21- 6-78  Córdoba           West Germany    3-2 [*] World Cup
  34   30- 8-78  Oslo              Norway          2-0     European Champ. Qualifier
  35   20- 9-78  Wien              Scotland        3-2     European Champ. Qualifier
  36   15-11-78  Wien              Portugal        1-2     European Champ. Qualifier
  37   30- 1-79  Jaffa             Israel          1-0
  38    2- 5-79  Wien              Belgium         0-0     European Champ. Qualifier
  39   13- 6-79  Wien              England         4-3
  40   29- 8-79  Wien              Norway          4-0     European Champ. Qualifier
  41   26- 9-79  Wien              Hungary         3-1
  42   17-10-79  Glasgow           Scotland        1-1     European Champ. Qualifier
  43   21-11-79  Lisboa            Portugal        2-1     European Champ. Qualifier
  44    2- 4-80  München           West Germany    0-1
  45   21- 5-80  Wien              Argentina       1-5
  46    4- 6-80  Budapest          Hungary         1-1
  47   24- 9-80  Helsinki          Finland         2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  48    8-10-80  Wien              Hungary         3-1
  49   15-11-80  Wien              Albania         5-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  50    6-12-80  Tiranë            Albania         1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  51   29- 4-81  Hamburg           West Germany    0-2     World Cup Qualifier 
  52   28- 5-81  Wien              Bulgaria        2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  53   17- 6-81  Linz              Finland         5-1     World Cup Qualifier 
  54   14-10-81  Wien              West Germany    1-3     World Cup Qualifier
  55   11-11-81  Sofia             Bulgaria        0-0     World Cup Qualifier  
  56   24- 3-82  Budapest          Hungary         3-2
  57   28- 4-82  Wien              Czechoslovakia  2-1
  58   17- 6-82  Oviedo            Chile           1-0     World Cup
  59   21- 6-82  Oviedo            Algeria         2-0     World Cup
  60   25- 6-82  Gijón             West Germany    0-1 [!] World Cup
  61   29- 6-82  Madrid            France          0-1     World Cup
  62    1- 7-82  Madrid            N. Ireland      2-2     World Cup
  63   22- 9-82  Wien              Albania         5-0     European Champ. Qualifier
  64   13-10-82  Wien              N. Ireland      2-0     European Champ. Qualifier
  65   17-11-82  Wien              Turkey          4-0     European Champ. Qualifier
  66   27- 4-83  Wien              West Germany    0-0     European Champ. Qualifier
  67    8- 6-83  Tiranë            Albania         2-1     European Champ. Qualifier
  68   21- 9-83  Belfast           N. Ireland      1-3     European Champ. Qualifier
  69    5-10-83  Gelsenkirchen     West Germany    0-3     European Champ. Qualifier
  70   28- 3-84  Bordeaux          France          0-1
  71   18- 4-84  Wien              Greece          0-0
  72    2- 5-84  Lefkosia          Cyprus          2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
  73   12- 9-84  København         Denmark         1-3
  74   29- 9-84  Budapest          Hungary         1-3     World Cup Qualifier 
  75   14-11-84  Wien              Netherlands     1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  76   27- 3-85  Tbilisi           Soviet Union    0-2
  77   17- 4-85  Wien              Hungary         0-3     World Cup Qualifier 
  78    1- 5-85  Rotterdam         Netherlands     1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
  79    7- 5-85  Graz              Cyprus          4-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  80    2-11-88  Wien              Turkey          3-2     World Cup Qualifier 
  81   25- 3-89  Wien              Italy           0-1
  82   20- 5-89  Leipzig           East Germany    1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
  83   14- 6-89  Reykjavík         Iceland         0-0     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    
   
Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage    
    83    41   16   26  129-  90      98       59.04         
       
 
Types of Matches

Friendlies             29
World Cup              11
World Cup Qualifiers   23
European Champ. Qual.  20

Total                  83


Goals:

Cap   7     1 goal 
Cap  15     1 goal
Cap  23     1 goal
Cap  40     1 goal
Cap  41     2 goals
Cap  53     2 goals
Cap  65     1 goal
Cap  72     1 goal
     
Total:     10 goals



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