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ÖFB
The Austrian Football Association (german: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund; ÖFB) is the governing body of football in Austria. It organises the football league, Austrian Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup and the Austria national football team, as well as its female equivalent. It is based in the capital, Vienna. Since 1905, it has been a FIFA member, and since 1954, a UEFA member. Since 7 April 2002, Friedrich Stickler (Dipl. Eng.), the director of executive committee of the Austrian lottery, has been the president of the Austrian Football Association. Supporting him is its president, Kurt Ehrenberger, Frank Stronach, Dr. Gerhard Kapl, and Dr. Leo Windtner. In 2004, it was announced there are 285,000 players (both sexes) in Austria playing for 2,309 teams in the federation, although many more players play informally or for non-recognised teams. Thus the federation is the largest sporting organisation the country. Football is, perhaps with the exception of skiing, the most popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Milletich
Gerhard Milletich (born 1956) is an Austrian media entrepreneur and soccer official. He has been president of the Austrian Football Association since October 2021. Life In 1985 Milletich joined the Compress Group, a publishing house of which he became managing director in 1990. When the Compress Group was sold to Bohmann Publishing in 1999, he became its co-managing director. In 2004, together with his co-managing director Gabriele Ambros, he bought the publishing house from its previous owner, the Dutch group Wolters Kluwer, and has since held a 50 percent stake in it. In 2011, under his leadership, Bohmann-Verlag took over ''Burgenländische Kabelfernsehen (BKF)'' and converted it into the regional broadcaster for the eastern region Schau TV, but sold it to ''KURIER Medienhaus'' in 2017 due to economic problems. In May 2020, it was announced that Milletich would move part of Bohmann-Verlag to his home municipality of Parndorf, and the topping-out ceremony for the media house in Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria National Football Team
The Austria national football team (german: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in men's international football competition and it is controlled by the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund). Austria has qualified for seven FIFA World Cups, most recently in 1998. The country played in the UEFA European Championship for the first time in 2008, when it co-hosted the event with Switzerland, and most recently qualified in 2020. History Pre-World War II The Austrian Football Association ("ÖFB") was founded on 18 March 1904 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Max Scheuer, a Jewish defender who played for the Austria national football team in 1923, was subsequently killed during the Holocaust in Auschwitz concentration camp. The team enjoyed success in the 1930s under coach Hugo Meisl, becoming a dominant side in Europe and earning the nickname " Wunderteam". The team's star was Matthias Sindelar. On 16 May 1931, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Windtner
Leopold "Leo" Windtner (born 30 August 1950 in Linz, Upper Austria) is general manager of Energie AG Oberösterreich' and honorary president of the Austrian Football Association (german: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB). Biography Windtner graduated from the ''Handelsakademie Linz'' (business academy in Linz) and subsequently completed studies on world trade at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where he graduated with a PhD in 1977. In 1978, he started at the ''Oberösterreichische Kraftwerke AG'' (OKA), known today as the ''Energie AG Oberösterreich''; in 1985 he was appointed head of department and 1994 was appointed Chief Executive Officer and General Manager. His contract was extended in June 2009 for another five years until October 31, 2014. In March 2017, he handed down his position as Director General to his successor Werner Steinecker. From 1989 to 1996, he was President of the Sportunion Oberösterreich, then until 2009, was President of the Upper Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Kapl
Gerhard Kapl (11 November 1946, in Wels – 25 July 2011, in Graz) was an Austrian state official, referee and football official. Life Gerhard Kapl lost his father at an early age and grew up in poverty. Kapl completed the matura with distinction in 1965 at the High School of the Schlierbach Abbey and then studied jurisprudence, business administration and political science at the University of Graz. He completed all three courses in 1970, 1974 and 1974, with double magister degree and double doctorate. After completing his studies, Kapl worked in the private sector. In 1977, he took a job in the state administration and completed his training year in the Feldbach District. In 1978 Kapl was entrusted with the construction, and later with the management, of a department for management of testing, inspection and complaints. In June 1994, he became head of accounting of the state of Styria. Kapl became Judge Advocate of the Styrian government in 1994, after he had already h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th time, a record. Red Bull Salzburg are the current holders, winning the 2021-2022 tournament, making it their 8th successive win in the tournament and their 9th overall. History It has been held since 1918–19, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of little interest. Because Austria co-hosted Euro 2008, only teams from Austrian Football First League (Austrian Second League) or lower divisions took part in the 2007–08 Austrian Cup. Until 2010, the tournament was named after its main sponsor (the latest being the Austrian brewery Stiegl). Since then, the tournament has been held under the motto "Goals for Europe" ("''Tore für Europa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgenland Football Association
The Burgenland Football Association (german: Burgenländischer Fussballverband, BFV) is the umbrella organization of the football clubs of the Austrian state Burgenland. The BFV was founded in 1923 and has its headquarters in Eisenstadt. The BFV is one of 8 regional organizations of the Austrian Football Association (german: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB). History of the BFV The BFV was founded 1923 un Eisenstadt. The founding members were the football clubs of Eisenstadt, Deutschkreutz, Mattersburg, Neufeld an der Leitha and Parndorf. The first General Assembly was held on 22 March 1924 in Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land D .... 20 football clubs participated in the meeting. On 29 March 1924, the association’s first board was established wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria Women's National Football Team
The Austria women's national football team represents Austria in international women's football competition. The team is controlled by the Austrian Football Association. The national team is made up mainly of players from the Austrian and German Women's Bundesligas. In 2016, the team qualified for its first-ever major tournament: UEFA Women's Euro 2017. History Beginnings The Austrian team started playing on July 6, 1970, against Mexico in Bari, Italy, competing in the Women's World Cup 1970, unofficial competition held in that country from July 6 to July 15, 1970. The result was a 9–0 crushing defeat, which remains one of its worst results in its history, with this result Austria was quickly out of the competition, playing after months against Switzerland, repeating itself again the defeat against Mexico, 9–0. It played two recognized friendlies against Switzerland before the first Women's World Cup in 1978 and 1990, losing both by 6–2 and 5–1. The Austrian team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Austrian Football Association
The Upper Austrian Football Association (German: Oberösterreichischer Fußballverband; OFV) is the umbrella organization of the football clubs of the Austrian States of Austria, state Upper Austria. The OFV was founded in 1919 and has its headquarters in Linz. The StFV is one of 8 regional organizations of the Austrian Football Association (german: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB). References External links OFV website {{Football in Austria Football in Austria Sport in Upper Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Austrian Football Association
The Lower Austrian Football Association (German: Niederösterreichischer Fussballverband; NÖFV) is the umbrella organization of the football clubs of the Austrian state Lower Austria. The NÖFV was founded in 1911 and has its headquarters in Sankt Pölten. The NÖFV is one of 8 regional organizations of the Austrian Football Association The Austrian Football Association (german: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund; ÖFB) is the governing body of football in Austria. It organises the football league, Austrian Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup and the Austria national football team, as ... (german: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB). The NÖFV is provider of the Sportschule Lindabrunn. See also * Lower Austrian Football Cup References External links NÖFV website {{Football in Austria Football in Austria Sport in Lower Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Stickler
Friedrich Stickler (born 18 April 1949, in Vienna) is an Austrian manager and football administrator. He is Deputy Director General of the Austrian lotteries and board member of the Austrian Sports Aid. Stickler is the former president of Austrian Football Association and Organising Committee for the FIFA Club World Cup. He was also the chairman of the UEFA Club Competitions Committee before 2007 and co-opted member of the UEFA Executive Committee. From 2009 to 2015 he was president of the European Lotteries. In his tenure as president of the Austrian Football Association, he was responsible for the successful bid, along with Switzerland, to host the UEFA Euro 2008 Life and career After completing his studies at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Stickler worked for Casinos Austria. He took over the management of the ship casinos and directed the Executive Secretariat. In 1985 Stickler was involved as project director on the introduction of Lott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Ocwirk
Ernst Ocwirk (7 March 1926 – 23 January 1980) was an Austrian football player and coach. He is regarded as one of the greatest Austrian footballers of all time. He spent the majority of his playing and coaching years between Austria and Italy, being both player and manager for FK Austria Vienna and Serie A club Sampdoria. He also went on to become a member of the Austria national team, which he led to a third-place finish at the 1954 World Cup as its captain. Nicknamed ''Clockwork'' by the British for his midfield consistency, as well as the nickname being suggested by his surname, he is often cited as the last of the old-fashioned attacking centre-halves; he was known for his aesthetic and technical style of playing, his heading ability, excellent timing (both in offensive and defensive tasks) and his passing range; particularly his long passing ability. The fans loved him for his modest and fair personality. The international media of the era saw Ocwirk as "the best cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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