Austria

Austria (pronounced OSS-tree-a) are a weak European nation. They were one of the hosts of Euro 2008 along with Switzerland but were quickly eliminated. Their best player is probably Andreas Ivanschitz. Other notable players include goalkeeper Jurgen Macho, Paul Scharner, hard man Emanuel Pogatetz, Ronald Gercaliu, Gyorgy Garics, Rene Aufhauser and striker Martin Harnik.

[edit] Squad

Position	Name	Club
Goalkeeper	Jurgen Macho	AEK Athens
Defender	Sebastian Prodl	Werder Bremen
Defender	Martin Stranzl	Spartak Moscow
Defender	Emanuel Pogatetz	Middlesbrough
Defender	Rene Aufhauser	Red Bull Salzburg
Defender	Joachim Standfest	FK Austria Wien
Defender	Ronald Gercaliu	Red Bull Salzburg
Midfielder	Jurgen Saumel	Torino
Midfielder	Andreas Ivanschitz	FSV Mainz 05
Forward	Martin Harnik	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Forward	Roland Linz	Grasshoppers Zürich (On Loan from Sporting Braga)
Goalkeeper	Alex Manninger	Juventus
Defender	Martin Hiden	Rapid Wien
Defender	Franz Schiemer	Austria Wien
Defender	Gyorgy Garics	Atalanta (On Loan from Napoli)
Defender	Christian Fuchs	VfL Bochum
Midfielder	Yuksel Sariyar	FC Magna Wr Neustadt
Midfielder	Thomas Prager	LASK Linz
Midfielder	Markus Weissenberger	LASK Linz
Midfielder	Veli Kavlak	Rapid Wien
Forward	Christoph Leitgeb	Red Bull Salzburg
Forward	Ivica Vastic	LASK Linz
Forward	Sanel Kuljic	FC Magna Wr Neustadt