The Austrian national American football team is the official American football senior national team of Austria and current 2023 European champion. Its players are mostly recruited from the Austrian Football League but a few also play in other European leagues, mostly the German Football League.
European Championship record The team placed third at the 1995 European Championship of American football (hosted by Austria) and also third place in the 2010 European Championship.
The team placed second at the 2014 European Championship (hosted in Austria), losing the final in double overtime to Germany at Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion and placed second again in 2018.
The 2021 European Championship was less successful for Austria as they unexpectedly lost against Italy in the group phase and thus only placed fifth overall. Austria also placed fifth in the first ever European Championship of American football in 1983.
In 2023 European Championship, Austria defeated Italy 24-14, and then Finland 28-0 to win their first European championship in their history.
1983 (5th) 1995 (3rd) 2010 (3rd) 2014 (2nd) 2018 (2nd) 2021 (5th) 2023 (1st)
IFAF World Championship record YearPositionGPWLPFPA 1999Did not participate 2003 2007 20117th4138494 2015Did not participate
Roster Austria National Football team roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Offensive linemen OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
Defensive linemen DL DL DL DL DL DL DL Linebackers
Defensive backs DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB
Special teams K/P Inactive list
Roster updated 2011-07-11
Germany Austria series German and Austrian governing bodies AFVD and AFBÖ organize recurring matchups between the two national teams every other year with the first starting in 2022.
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