In the event of a successful qualification for the 2024 European Championships in Germany, the cooperation will automatically be extended by two more years until the 2026 World Cup in the USA.
Rangnick will work as an interim coach for Manchester United until the end of the season, the first international matches under his leadership will be in June as part of the Nations League, when it is against Croatia (3rd/away), Denmark (6th/home, 13th/away) and France (10th / home) goes. The 63-year-old is considered the mastermind of the Red Bull game philosophy, he was sports director in Salzburg from 2012 to 2015.
Peter Stöger and the former Swiss team boss Vladimir Petkovic were rumored to be other promising candidates. With Rangnick’s appointment, the ÖFB selection will have their third foreign team boss in a row after Swiss Marcel Koller and German Franco Foda. The last time the domestic national team was looked after by an Austrian coach was on October 11, 2011. When it was 0-0 in Kazakhstan, Willi Ruttensteiner was in office on an interim basis.
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