In addition to Stefan Ilsanker and Alessandro Schöpf, attackers Ercan Kara and Karim Onisiwo are not in the 24-strong squad announced by Austria’s football team boss on Tuesday.
Some of the regulars who were injured in the fall are returning – in addition to Stefan Lainer and striker Sasa Kalajdzic, the midfielders Xaver Schlager and Valentino Lazaro. In addition, Augsburg striker Michael Gregoritsch, who was not nominated in November, is making an ÖFB comeback. As a goalkeeper trio, Foda chose Watford reservist Daniel Bachmann, Heinz Lindner from FC Basel and Austria Wien’s Patrick Pentz, as he did recently.
Youngsters Yusuf Demir and Junior Adamu are also only on the call list. Also on call: LASK kickers Alexander Schlager, Thomas Goiginger and Sascha Horvath.
After the guest appearance in Wales, the Austrians will play another friendly in Vienna on March 29th. The opponent for this is still open for the time being.
Austria’s 24-man squad:
GOAL: Daniel Bachmann (FC Watford/ENG), Heinz Lindner (FC Basel/SUI), Patrick Pentz (FK Austria Vienna)
DEFENSE: David Alaba (Real Madrid/ESP), Aleksandar Dragovic (Red Star Belgrade/SRB), Martin Hitneregger (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER), Stefan Lainer (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER), Philipp Lienhart (SC Freiburg/GER), Stefan Posch (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim/GER), Christopher Trimmel (1. FC Union Berlin/GER), Andreas Ulmer (FC Red Bull Salzburg)
MIDFIELD: Christoph Baumgartner (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim/GER), Florian Grillitsch (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim/GER), Marco Grüll (SK Rapid), Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig/GER), Valentino Lazaro (Benfica Lisbon/POR), Dejan Ljubicic (1. FC Cologne/GER), Marcel Sabitzer (FC Bayern Munich/GER), Louis Schaub (1. FC Cologne/GER), Xaver Schlager (VfL Wolfsburg/GER), Nicolas Seiwald (FC Red Bull Salzburg)
STORM: Marko Arnautovic (FC Bologna/ITA), Michael Gregoritsch (FC Augsburg/GER), Sasa Kalajdzic (VfB Stuttgart/GER)
ON CALL: Martin Fraisl (FC Schalke 04/GER), Pavao Pervan (VfL Wolfsburg/GER), Alexander Schlager (LASK); Kevin Danso (RC Lens/FRA), Gernot Trauner (Feyenoord Rotterdam/NED), Maximilian Ullmann (Venezia FC/ITA), Maximilian Woeber (FC Red Bull Salzburg); Yusuf Demir (SK Rapid), Thomas Goiginger (LASK), Sascha Horvath (LASK), Stefan Ilsanker (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER), Jakob Jantscher (SK Sturm Graz), Florian Kainz (1. FC Köln/GER), Romano Sschmid ( SV Werder Bremen/GER), Alessandro Schöpf (Arminia Bielefeld/GER), Patrick Wimmer (Arminia Bielefeld/GER); Junior Adamu (FC Red Bull Salzburg), Adrian Grbic (Vitesse Arnheim/NED), Ercan Kara (Orlando City SC/USA), Karim Onisiwo (1. FSV Mainz 05/GER), Andreas Weimann (Bristol City/ENG)
Source: Nachrichten
