הוא וחבריו סיימו במקום השני אחרי הולנד ויתתמודדו בשבת מול איטליה בלונדון | On 16 May 1931, they were the first continental European side to defeat |
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However, despite this successful performance in qualification, the turned out to be a complete nightmare for the Austrians | הנבחרת ערכה את המשחק הראשון בשנת |
The team enjoyed success in the 1930s under coach , becoming a dominant side in Europe and earning the nickname "".
5During the in Spain, Austria and West Germany met again, in the last match of the group stage | Updated 24 hours a day |
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The match became known as the "" | On snow-covered ground, Austria lost 1—2, but with numerous missed chances such as hitting the crossbar |
They failed to qualify for the and , and suffered embarrassment similar to the Faroe Islands loss when they lost 9—0 to and 5—0 to in 1999.
14Austria suffered another couple of years of botched qualifying campaigns, despite playing some entertaining football in the closing stages of qualification | They faced in the round of 16 at and lost 2—1 after extra time and scored the only goal of the game in 114th minutes |
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Rubin Okotie scored the deciding goal in the closing 20 minutes of the match after a previous Austrian goal a minute before was controversially disallowed | Italy scored twice after half-time: a header from and a tap-in from |