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In 1894, the First Vienna Football Club, the first football team in Austria, were founded in Vienna. From this nucleus, the Austrian Football Association was established in 1904. One year after the establishment, Austria became a member of the international football federation FIFA and hosted the fifth FIFA
The Austrian men's national team, in its different categories, is controlled by the Austrian Football Federation. The Austrian team played their first official game on October 12, 1902 in Vienna against Hungary, a match that was resolved with victory by the Austrians 5-0. This match was the first played between two non-British European teams.
The Austria national football team (Austrian German: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in men's international football competitions, and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association. The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) was founded on 18 March 1904, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
This modus was used for the next eight seasons until 1993 when the league returned to the ten team format it originally operated in. [12] 26 years after dissolution of the independent Staatsliga on 17 November 1991, the Austrian Football Bundesliga was reconstituted as a federation and admitted on 1 December 1991 to the Austrian Football ...
Professionalism in football arrived in Austria with the Wiener Fußball-Verband, in 1924.But it was only after the Second World War, in 1949, that an organization bringing together the country's professional clubs was born: it was the Österreichische Fußball-Staatsliga, which governed the first (Staatsliga A) and second (Staatsliga B) division championships.
The first Austrian Bowl was held in 1984 in Salzburg. The AFL is commonly considered as one of the best American football leagues in Europe. This was especially so in the period from 2004 to 2011, when the European Football League final game the Eurobowl, was won seven out of eight times by an Austrian league AFL team. [1]
The Second League (German: 2. Liga), commonly known as Admiral 2.Liga for sponsorship reasons and as Red-Zac-Erste-Liga, is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football.
The Austria national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Austria and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship which is held every year.