Austria's 2026 World Cup squad is officially confirmed, named by head coach R. Rangnick on May 19, 2026. The 26-player roster brings together three goalkeepers, ten defenders, eleven midfielders and two forwards. Austria is drawn into Group J, where it faces Argentina, Algeria and Jordan. The most-played player in the last 12 months of national-team football is Marcel Sabitzer, with 1,133 minutes across 13 caps, the squad's most in-form option heading into the tournament. Close behind is Nicolas Seiwald on 1,059 minutes, another of the side's most-used players over the same period. Over the past twelve months the team has posted 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, scoring 29 goals and conceding 13. Our ranking orders the squad purely by national-team minutes, not club minutes, and every name links to a player profile with the full minutes and recent-form breakdown.
Matches & results
Group standings
26-man squad
| # | Player | Position | Club | NT minutes (12mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Sabitzer | Midfielder | Borussia Dortmund | 1,133 |
| 2 | Nicolas Seiwald | Midfielder | RB Leipzig | 1,059 |
| 3 | Konrad Laimer | Defender | Bayern München | 1,015 |
| 4 | Alexander Schlager | Goalkeeper | Red Bull Salzburg | 949 |
| 5 | Stefan Posch | Defender | FSV Mainz 05 | 831 |
| 6 | Philipp Lienhart | Defender | SC Freiburg | 785 |
| 7 | Romano Schmid | Midfielder | Werder Bremen | 762 |
| 8 | David Olatukunbo | Defender | Real Madrid | 653 |
| 9 | Michael Gregoritsch | Midfielder | FC Augsburg | 642 |
| 10 | Xaver Schlager | Midfielder | RB Leipzig | 640 |
| 11 | Kevin Danso | Defender | Tottenham | 635 |
| 12 | Phillipp Mwene | Defender | FSV Mainz 05 | 634 |
| 13 | Marko Arnautović | Forward | FK Crvena Zvezda | 586 |
| 14 | Christoph Baumgartner | Midfielder | RB Leipzig | 557 |
| 15 | Paul Wanner | Midfielder | PSV Eindhoven | 376 |
| 16 | Patrick Wimmer | Midfielder | VfL Wolfsburg | 292 |
| 17 | Marco Friedl | Defender | Werder Bremen | 231 |
| 18 | Alexander Prass | Defender | 1899 Hoffenheim | 224 |
| 19 | Florian Grillitsch | Midfielder | SC Braga | 219 |
| 20 | Carney Chukwuemeka | Midfielder | Borussia Dortmund | 183 |
| 21 | Patrick Pentz | Goalkeeper | Brondby | 180 |
| 22 | Saša Kalajdžić | Forward | Lask Linz | 152 |
| 23 | Michael Svoboda | Defender | Venezia | 61 |
| 24 | Florian Wiegele | Goalkeeper | Plzen | 49 |
| 25 | Alessandro Schöpf | Midfielder | Wolfsberger AC | 31 |
| 26 | David Affengruber | Defender | Elche | 14 |
Methodology
Players are ranked by minutes played for the national team over the last 365 days. Ties are broken by appearances. The top 16 are labeled Locked, ranks 17–22 Likely, ranks 23–30 Bubble — a starting frame, not a verdict.
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