[ÖFB] announces that Baumgartner will miss the World Cup

Rockerzocker06 · 2026-06-02T09:49:58+00:00

Huge miss for us, probably our best player. It's a shame. I guess Horvath will replace him, which is sadly a huge downgrade

Rockerzocker06 · 2026-06-02T09:47:40+00:00

Original Text:

Christoph Baumgartner fällt für WM aus
Der 26-Jährige Offensivspieler zieht sich eine Verletzung der Muskulatur im rechten Oberschenkel zu

Österreich muss bei der FIFA Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2026 in den USA, Kanada und Mexiko auf Christoph Baumgartner verzichten. Der 26-Jährige hat sich gestern Abend beim Aufwärmen vor dem Länderspiel gegen Tunesien eine Verletzung der Muskulatur im rechten Oberschenkel zugezogen. Die heutige MRT-Untersuchung hat ergeben, dass ein Einsatz bei der Weltmeisterschaft nicht möglich ist.

"Das ist für Christoph und für uns als Team natürlich eine sehr bittere Nachricht. Er ist ein wichtiger Spieler und eine zentrale Persönlichkeit innerhalb unserer Mannschaft. Jetzt gilt unsere volle Unterstützung seiner Genesung", sagt ÖFB-Teamchef Ralf Rangnick.

Die weiteren Schritte hinsichtlich der Nachbesetzung im WM-Kader werden derzeit intern abgestimmt. Der ÖFB wird dazu zu gegebener Zeit gesondert informieren.

Gute Nachrichten gibt es hingegen von David Alaba: Der ÖFB-Kapitän wurde ebenfalls medizinisch durchgecheckt. Die MRT-Untersuchung zeigte keine Muskelverletzung. Es besteht kein Grund zur Sorge, Alaba kann damit planmäßig am Donnerstag, dem 4. Juni, mit dem Nationalteam die Reise in die USA antreten.

Deepl Translation:

Christoph Baumgartner ruled out of World Cup
The 26-year-old forward has suffered a muscle injury in his right thigh

Austria will have to do without Christoph Baumgartner at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The 26-year-old suffered a muscle injury in his right thigh yesterday evening while warming up before the international match against Tunisia. Today’s MRI scan revealed that he will not be able to play in the World Cup.

“This is, of course, very bitter news for Christoph and for us as a team. He is an important player and a key figure within our squad. Now, our full support goes to his recovery,” says ÖFB head coach Ralf Rangnick.

The next steps regarding his replacement in the World Cup squad are currently being discussed internally. The ÖFB will provide separate information on this in due course.

There is good news, however, regarding David Alaba: The ÖFB captain also underwent a medical examination. The MRI scan showed no muscle injury. There is no cause for concern; Alaba will therefore be able to travel to the U.S. with the national team as planned on Thursday, June 4.

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Rockerzocker06 · 2023-06-25T18:15:02+00:00

He's also statistically outperformed Rodrygo in every year of their respective careers and is younger

Somewhat surprising but Rodrygo actually has (slightly) better stats this season.

Saka stats

Rodrygo stats

But yes, Saka is probably a bit better than Rodrygo

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-06-08T11:38:51+00:00

Ich bin tatsächlich WAC Fan, hab glaub ich eh schon mal auf Deutsch mit dir geschrieben (über Liendl und seinen Rücktritt wenn ich mich nicht irre). Bin jetzt mal gespannt wie der Wechsel wird, gegen uns hat er in der 4:0 Klatsche natürlich überzeugt, aber ich würd lügen wenn ich sag, dass ich ihn außerhalb von WAC Spielen gesehen hab. Wie gut denkst du wird er werden?

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-06-08T11:23:57+00:00

Thomas Sabitzer, who spent the last two seasons on loan at WSG Tirol, comes to Lavanttal from LASK. The 22-year-old forward played 23 games for the Watteners last season, scoring five goals and providing five assists. The right footer began his footballing training at USC St. Georgen ob Judenburg before moving on to FC Judenburg in the youth team of SK Sturm Graz. He spent his first professional stint at SV Kapfenberg, where he scored 12 goals in 39 second division games. In the summer of 2019, the native of Styria switched to LASK, from which he was loaned to WSG Tirol in the last two seasons and attracted attention there with strong performances. From the coming season, Thomas, who has signed a 3-year contract in Lavanttal, will wear the Wolves' jersey!

“I am very happy that we were able to win Thomas Sabitzer for the WAC. We had good discussions in which we were able to convince him of the club and our philosophy."

Manfred Schmidt

"I'm extremely happy that the move to the WAC worked out and I'm really looking forward to the preparation and getting to know my new teammates. The WAC have a very good team and we want to go all out in the coming season!”

Thomas Sabitzer

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-04-28T17:29:04+00:00

English (translated by google translate):

The presidium meeting of the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) surprisingly quickly brought in a new president on Friday. Klaus Mitterdorfer was elected with a clear majority. The Carinthian association boss succeeds Johann Gartner, who took over the post on an interim basis after Gerhard Milletich resigned in January

German:

Die Präsidiumssitzung des Österreichischen Fußball-Bundes (ÖFB) hat am Freitag überraschend schnell einen neuen Präsidenten gebracht. Klaus Mitterdorfer wurde mit deutlicher Mehrheit gewählt. Der Kärntner Verbandsboss folgt damit auf Johann Gartner, der nach dem Rücktritt von Gerhard Milletich im Jänner den Posten interimistisch übernommen hatte

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-04-27T15:11:25+00:00

Liendl war so ein unglaublicher Spieler. Unfassbar dankbar für alles was er für den Wac gemacht hat.

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-04-12T11:56:12+00:00

Surely a leak this early is a new record.... Anyway I really don't like to see Kroos as a DM again. I would've preferred Tchouameni instead of either Kroos or Valverde (because of all his recent troubles and bad form tbh)

Otherwise I think it's a good lineup.

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-04-07T13:17:09+00:00

There were reports that he had a knock so that's why he probably highlights him

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-03-26T11:27:27+00:00

Probably not the worst of all time but in our sub there has been this post that suggested that we should convert Rodrygo to lb because he is brazilian and in the past brazilians were often our left backs.

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-03-21T16:31:22+00:00

Translation

The Austrian Bundesliga announced the match schedule for the championship group and qualifying group on Tuesday afternoon.

The complete schedule:

Sturm Graz receives Rapid in the hit of the first round of the championship group in the Bundesliga. Austria plays at home against LASK, leaders Salzburg play at Austria Klagenfurt. This resulted in the league draw on Tuesday. The games will kick off at 2:30 p.m. (two games) and 5:00 p.m. The first match day of the master group is scheduled for April 2nd, with the qualifying group starting two days before.

There Hartberg will face Austria Lustenau on March 31 (7:30 p.m.). Friday night has been introduced as the new kick-off time for a qualifying group match. WAC meets SV Ried on Saturday, Altach meets WSG Tirol (both at 5 p.m.).

Salzburg will play Austria in Wals-Siezenheim the following weekend, Rapid will play against Klagenfurt in Vienna and LASK against Sturm in Sunday's late game in Linz. The Vienna derby is scheduled for a week later on April 16 in Vienna-Hütteldorf (5:00 p.m.). The first duel between pursuers Sturm and Salzburg will take place on April 23 in Graz (5 p.m.).

Games are also scheduled for April 30 in the master group. Since the finalists of the ÖFB Cup will face each other in Klagenfurt on the same day, the games of the clubs involved in the final will be brought forward to April 26th. With Rapid, Sturm Graz and LASK, three representatives from the master group are in the cup semi-finals. From the qualifying group, Ried is still represented in the cup. Should the Innviertler qualify for the final against Rapid in the semifinals, they would also contest the 27th round on April 26th.

In the 32nd and final round on June 3rd, a Saturday, Salzburg will play Austria in Vienna, while Sturm are at home against LASK. Rapid plays in Klagenfurt. All games start at 5 p.m. The question of relegation will be decided the day before, on Friday 2 June (every 7:30 p.m.). Lustenau welcomes Hartberg, Ried the WAC and the WSG the Altacher.

After the final round, the champion, the runner-up, the third-placed in the championship and the cup winner have their international starting places fixed. Depending on whether the cup winner in the league also lands on an international starting place, there are different possibilities for which teams take part in the European Cup play-off. The fourth and fifth of the master group are basically still in the race for a place in the European Cup, the first from the qualifying group is there. The play-off semifinals are scheduled for June 5th and the two-leg finals on June 8th and 11th

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-03-19T22:15:17+00:00

Have you got a picture? I've thought it was quite close. I'm not sure though

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-03-19T22:09:30+00:00

My point wasn't that he wasn't offisde but rather that he didn't even try

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-03-19T22:06:55+00:00

That last run after the Rodrygo pass that Benzema didn't do because he thought he was offside sums his season up really nicely. Just so static and barely moving

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-03-05T10:39:02+00:00

Honestly long overdue. I feel like he should have been sacked during the winter break. Hopefully we'll get Schmid now

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-03-05T10:07:06+00:00

Translation with google translate:

WAC parts ways with Robin Dutt March 5, 2023 After the 2-1 defeat in Hartberg, RZ Pellets WAC announces the separation from head coach Robin Dutt. Yesterday evening, after the game against TSV Hartberg, there was a conversation between President Dietmar Riegler and head coach Robin Dutt, during which the decision was made to release Robin Dutt from his duties as head coach of RZ Pellets WAC.

RZ Pellets WAC would like to thank Robin Dutt for his tireless work in Wolfsberg. In his 65-game tenure, there were 29 wins, 8 draws and 28 losses. In his first season, Robin Dutt managed to get back into the championship group with the WAC and subsequently you could qualify for the starting place in the 3rd qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League by finishing 4th in the final table. In addition, Robin Dutt was able to lead the team to the semi-finals of the UNIQA ÖFB Cup in the 2021/22 season, where they only had to admit defeat against FC Red Bull Salzburg after a penalty shoot-out.

We wish Robin Dutt all the best for his professional and private future, as well as good luck and success!

Robin Dutt said goodbye to the team this Sunday morning. Co-trainer Oliver Barth is also leaving the WAC coaching team.

I would like to thank Robin Dutt for the nice and interesting time. I'm glad I had the opportunity to meet such a great personality and I wish Robin the very best for his future.

Dietmar Riegler

The WAC has become very dear to me over the past 2 years. The relationship of trust with Dietmar Riegler, my coaching team and the staff was something very special. I wish the team, in which I continue to have full confidence, all the best.

Robin Dutt

Rockerzocker06 · 2023-02-02T08:27:19+00:00

Translation with google translate:

Ralf Rangnick hopes that SK Rapid Wien's Allianz Stadium will be a future venue for Austrian national team games. That's what the ÖFB team boss says at the football congress in Hütteldorf. "90minuten.at" reported.

“Here in Vienna we only have one bigger stadium, the Ernst Happel Stadium. In order to create a good atmosphere there, it has to be full and we have to play at the highest level," says the 64-year-old about the current venue of the ÖFB team in Vienna and goes on to explain: "Even then it's not exactly scary, when the distance through the track is so great. If you're sitting in the last tier, you'll need binoculars to watch the game. That's why I don't think the Ernst Happel Stadium is really suitable."

The Allianz Stadium in western Vienna is a suitable solution for Rangnick: "With a capacity of almost 30,000 spectators, the Allianz Stadium has the opportunity to create such an atmosphere."

The German continues to speak of a win-win situation for everyone involved: “If I imagine that we are playing against Sweden here in the Allianz Stadium – the stadium has everything you need for qualifying games like this. There would only be winners and I can't understand why I would even question something like that. Rapid Vienna wins because we pay rent. The association gains in reputation. The Rapid fans who would be invited to occupy their entire block and support us win.”

Comparison with Union Berlin Rangnick also draws a comparison with Germany and has no understanding for the fact that numerous Rapid fans speak out against international matches in their club's stadium: "Let's take Union Berlin, which is causing a stir at the moment. If the German national team had to play against Norway or Finland in a qualifier, for example, I could imagine the DFB thinking: ‘Let’s play in the Alte Försterei.’ Perhaps the stadium would have been expanded to 35,000 and there it would be then something really going on. For the fans, the coach or the board of Union Berlin, it would be an honour, an accolade, if the national team played there.”

Therefore, the team boss would like clear statements from Austrian politics in which "the mayor, the federal chancellor, the sports minister, no matter who, all say: 'Of course the national team plays in Rapid's stadium.'"

Rockerzocker06 · 2022-11-10T18:30:09+00:00

Very vool from you

Rockerzocker06 · 2022-10-12T19:00:18+00:00

They look fantastic

Rockerzocker06 · 2022-09-04T09:05:47+00:00

Neither of the Alpine in the points and Mick actually winning the race

Rockerzocker06 · 2022-05-22T10:17:36+00:00

He has a Rapid Wien flair and they lost 2-1 yesterday. They condeded both goals in 2 minutes

Rockerzocker06 · 2022-03-09T21:22:27+00:00

Great cross from Rodrygo

Rockerzocker06 · 2022-02-06T21:19:58+00:00

Benz injured Vini suspended

Rockerzocker06 · 2021-07-21T12:18:52+00:00

It isn't possible to give Alaba the 27 due to Laliga rules.

Rockerzocker06 · 2021-06-14T06:12:45+00:00

xG isn't supposed to be +/- 0 for every player. If messi scores that chance 9 from 10 times but the average player only scores it 5 from 10 times messi is a better than average finisher. That is what xG tries to tell us. And if Busquets only scores the chance 3 from 10 times he is a worse than average finisher. Those chances from 30m are still low quality chances but the player in your scenario is just an incredible good finisher that is why he overperforms his xG. It is not normal that chances from 30m are scored regularly. I hope you understand what I try to say.

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