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England
v Austria⁠

1–0

Full time

England v Austria finished 1–0.

Austria
None
Date
Saturday 8 October 2005 · England in 2005
Kick-off
16:00 UK
Venue
Old Trafford, Manchester

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Austria

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Jurgen Macho GK
  • No. 9, Roland Linz FW
  • No. 11, Marcus Weissenberger FW Off in the 45'
  • No. 2, Andreas Dober D
  • No. 3, Martin Stranzl M
  • No. 4, Paul Scharner D
  • No. 5, Andreas Ibertsberger D Off in the 80'
  • No. 6, Rene Aufhauser M
  • No. 7, Markus Schopp M Off in the 64'
  • No. 8, Markus Kiesenebner M
  • No. 10, Andreas Ivanschitz M

Substitutes

  • No. 15, Yuksel Sariyar On in the 45'
  • No. 18, Sanel Kuljic On in the 64'
  • No. 17, Andreas Lasnik On in the 80'
  • No. 13, Ferdinand Feldhofer (not used)
  • No. 14, Joachim Standfest (not used)
  • No. 16, Jurgen Saumel (not used)
  • No. 21, Andreas Schranz (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1965 – 2004

02 13 Jun 1979
International friendly Praterstadion, Vienna

Austria 4–3 England England lost

England: Keegan 27', Coppell 47', Wilkins 64'

Austria: Pezzey 19', Welzl 26', Welzl 41', Pezzey 70'

Match page: Austria v England, 13 June 1979

03 26 Sep 1973
International friendly Wembley Stadium, London

England 7–0 Austria England won

England: Channon 9', Clarke 28', Clarke 43', Channon 47', Chivers 61', Currie 65', Bell 89'

Austria: None

Match page: England v Austria, 26 September 1973

Official meetings since 1908

England v Austria stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings19In our results database
England wins11England perspective
Draws4Level at full time
Austria wins4Austria victories

England have scored 59 goals to Austria's 27 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

8

Woodward

8 goals against Austria in matches we hold scorer data for.

Austria · Fixture leader

2

Fritsch

Austria's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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