Austria men's national field hockey team

Austria
Nickname(s)	Goldjungs
Association	Austrian Hockey Federation (Österreichischer Hockeyverband)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Robin Rösch
Assistant coach(es)	Carsten Alisch; Fabian Unterkircher
Manager	Benjamin Stanzl
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	24 (18 June 2026)
Highest	18 (July 2018)
Lowest	41 (2004)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1928)
Best result	7th (1952)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 1970)
Best result	7th (2009, 2017, 2023)

The Austria men's national field hockey team represents Austria in men's international field hockey.^[2]

Austria mainly competes in the Men's EuroHockey Championship II where they finished second twice. They also have qualified five times for the European championship where they finished seventh in 2009 and 2017. They have never qualified for the World Cup but they have played in three Olympic Games, their last appearance was in 1952.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	London, Great Britain	did not participate
1920	Antwerp, Belgium	did not participate
1928	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9th	4	0	0	4	1	14	Squad
1932	Los Angeles, United States	did not participate
1936	Berlin, Germany	did not participate
1948	London, Great Britain	8th	3	0	2	1	2	10	Squad
1952	Helsinki, Finland	7th	4	2	0	2	5	7	Squad
1956 to 1988		did not participate
1992 to 2024		did not qualify
2028	Los Angeles, United States	to be determined
2032	Brisbane, Australia	to be determined
Total		7th place	11	2	2	7	8	31

European Championships

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1970	Brussels, Belgium	11th	7	3	1	3	6	9	N/a
1974	Madrid, Spain	15th	7	2	0	5	10	12	N/a
1978	Hanover, West Germany	did not qualify
1983	Amstelveen, Netherlands	11th	7	1	0	6	4	40	N/a
1987 to 2007		did not qualify
2009	Amstelveen, Netherlands	7th	5	1	0	4	8	18	Squad
2011 to 2015		did not qualify
2017	Amstelveen, Netherlands	7th	5	0	3	2	6	15	Squad
2019	Antwerp, Belgium	did not qualify
2021	Amstelveen, Netherlands	did not qualify
2023	Mönchengladbach, Germany	7th	5	1	0	4	8	16	Squad
2025	Mönchengladbach, Germany	8th	5	0	0	5	1	33	Squad
2027	London, England	qualified
Total		7th place	41	8	4	29	43	143

EuroHockey Championship II record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Rome, Italy	4th	5	2	0	3	11	13
2007	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	5	2	2	1	11	10
2009	Wrexham, Wales	played in the Championship I
2011	Vinnytsia, Ukraine	4th	5	2	1	2	11	12
2013	Vienna, Austria	3rd	5	3	1	1	15	9
2015	Prague, Czech Republic	2nd	5	2	2	1	11	3
2017	Glasgow, Scotland	played in the Championship I
2019	Cambrai, France	3rd	5	3	2	0	11	4
2021	Gniezno, Poland	1st	5	2	2	1	5	5
2023 to 2025		played in the Championship I
Total		1st place	35	16	10	9	75	56

FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2022	Potchefstroom, South Africa	did not qualify
2023–24	Gniezno, Poland	8th	6	2	1	3	12	18
2024–25	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	did not qualify
Total		8th place	6	2	1	3	12	18

FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2

Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2 record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2024–25	Muscat, Oman	5th	5	4	0	1	14	9
Total		5th place	5	4	0	1	14	9

Hockey World League and FIH Series

Hockey World League and FIH Series record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	22nd	Round 1	3	1	1	1	6	6
2012–13	22nd	Round 2	5	1	2	2	14	13
2014–15	19th	Round 1	2	1	1	0	7	2
		Round 2	6	3	1	2	13	9
		Semifinal	5	0	1	4	3	17
2016–17	25th	Round 1	3	3	0	0	26	8
2016–17	25th	Round 2	6	3	2	1	19	11
2018–19	N/a	Open	4	4	0	0	29	3
2018–19	N/a	Finals	5	2	0	3	10	6
Total	Best: 19th	3rd round	39	18	8	13	127	75

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 3 August 2025 for the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 8 to 16 August 2025.^[3]

Caps updated as of 12 July 2025, after the match against Switzerland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
4	FW	Fülöp Losonci (Captain)	(2002-03-01) 1 March 2002 (age 24)	50	Harvestehuder THC
5	MF	Peter Kaltenböck	(1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 29)	48	Post SV
6		Arthur Kucera	(2007-09-07) 7 September 2007 (age 18)	9	WAC
11	FW	Nikolas Wellan	(2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 25)	52	Grossflottbeker THGC
12	FW	Josef Winkler	(2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 22)	38	HC Wien
15		Florian Steyrer	(1996-11-22) 22 November 1996 (age 29)	85	SV Arminen
16		Maximilian Scholz	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 26)	27	Daring
17	MF	Moritz Frey	(2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 25)	31	Harvestehuder THC
18		Florian Hackl	(2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 23)	21	SV Arminen
19		Maximilian Kelner	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 23)	22	SV Arminen
25	MF	Bastian Valas	(2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 25)	34	Leuven
27	MF	Benjamin Kölbl	(2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 24)	47	Hamburger Polo Club
29	DF	Oliver Kern	(1999-08-10) 10 August 1999 (age 26)	63	AHTC
30	DF	Mateusz Nyckowiak	(2004-01-24) 24 January 2004 (age 22)	36	Post SV
33	GK	Jakob Kastner	(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 26)	14	Post SV
36		Adrian Fink	(2006-01-13) 13 January 2006 (age 20)	7	AHTC
37		Jakob Bauer	(2007-02-18) 18 February 2007 (age 19)	0	WAC
41	GK	Laurenzo Rizzi	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 28)	11	AHTC

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
MF	Fabian Unterkircher	(1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 27)	78	Den Bosch	v. Switzerland, 12 July 2025
	Maximilian Meisel	(2006-10-08) 8 October 2006 (age 19)	4	UHC Hamburg	v. Switzerland, 12 July 2025
	Finley Meinecke	(2005-07-14) 14 July 2005 (age 20)	2	Schwarz-Weiß Köln	v. Switzerland, 12 July 2025
DF	Benjamin Stanzl	(1988-01-13) 13 January 1988 (age 38)	175	Post SV	2024–25 FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2
	Christoph Soldat	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 27)	25	AHTC	2024–25 FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2
	Julian Kaiser	(2007-11-07) 7 November 2007 (age 18)	10	HC Wien	2024–25 FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2
GK	Erik Lang	(2005-03-11) 11 March 2005 (age 21)	0	AHTC	2024–25 FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2
DF	Xaver Hasun	(1993-06-27) 27 June 1993 (age 32)	143	Harvestehuder THC	2025 EuroHockey Championship Qualifier
MF	Leon Thörnblom	(1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 30)	103	Hamburger Polo Club	2025 EuroHockey Championship Qualifier
FW	Franz Lindengrün	(1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 30)	63	HC Wien	2025 EuroHockey Championship Qualifier
MF	Moritz Zotter	(2006-08-14) 14 August 2006 (age 19)	10	UHC Hamburg	v. Wales, 11 August 2024

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2026

2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

01 March 2026 Pool B	Malaysia	6–1	Austria	Ismailia, Egypt
13:00	Azrai 24', 44' Silverius 24' Sumantri 34' Anuar 52' Jalil 57'	Report	Losonci 3'	Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

02 March 2026 Pool B	Austria	1–1	China	Ismailia, Egypt
15:00	Frey 27'	Report	Chen 31'	Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

04 March 2026 Pool B	Austria	2–4	Pakistan	Ismailia, Egypt
13:00	Kelner 47' Scholz 53'	Report	Afraz 4' Mahmood 44', 52' Khan 51'	Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

06 March 2026 5/8 Classification	Egypt	4–0	Austria	Ismailia, Egypt
11:00	El-Ganaini 9' Awad 25' Mamdouh 47' Adel 53'	Report		Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

07 March 2026 7/8 Classification	Austria	Walkover^{[note 1]}	United States	Ismailia, Egypt
09:00		Report		Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

Notes

↑ The United States withdrew after two matches because of an official advisory from the US State Department due to the 2026 Iran War. Matches played stood and all other matches were cancelled and resulted in favour of the opposing team.^[4]

References

↑ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 18 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
↑ "Austria Hockey". austria-hockey.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
↑ "Red Capricorns vor EM-Start". www.hockey.at (in German). Austrian Hockey Federation. 3 August 2025.
↑ "USA Men's team withdraws from World Cup Qualifier". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

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[5] The United States withdrew after two matches because of an official advisory from the US State Department due to the 2026 Iran War. Matches played stood and all other matches were cancelled and resulted in favour of the opposing team.^[4]

[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 18 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.

[2] "Austria Hockey". austria-hockey.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

[3] "Red Capricorns vor EM-Start". www.hockey.at (in German). Austrian Hockey Federation. 3 August 2025.

[4] "USA Men's team withdraws from World Cup Qualifier". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

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