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| Founded | 18 March 1904 |
| Headquarters | Vienna |
| FIFA affiliation | 1905 (1938–45 part of Germany) |
| UEFA affiliation | 1954 |
| President | Klaus Mitterdorfer |
| Website | https://oefb.at |
TheAustrian Football Association (German:Österreichischer Fußball-Bund;ÖFB) is the governing body offootball inAustria. It organises the football league,Austrian Bundesliga, theAustrian Cup and theAustria national football team, as well as itsfemale equivalent. It is based in the capital,Vienna.
Since 1905, it has been aFIFA member, and since 1954, aUEFA member. Since 7 April 2002,Friedrich Stickler, 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,Gerhard Kapl, andLeo 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 ofskiing, the most popular sport in Austria. Football possesses a large value, and has a rich history and tradition in Austria.
In 1894, theFirst 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 federationFIFA and hosted the fifth FIFA congress in 1908. In 1913, they supervised theGalicja national team, which was directly subordinate to thePolish Football Association.
The milestones of the federation and past football history were the years 1930 to 1933, 1950 to 1954 and then 1958 as well as 1978, 1982, 1990 and 1998 with the participation of Austria at theWorld Cup.
Hugo Meisl was one of the best-known personalities in the early years of the Austrian Football Association, becoming general-secretary and national team coach in 1927. At the1936 Summer Olympics, his team won silver after losing 2–1 toItaly, Austria's only international final. Meisl's team, nicknamed theWunderteam, remained unbeaten from 12 April 1931 to 23 October 1932 in 14 successive matches. The highlights of this series were the 6–0 (Berlin) and 5–0 (Vienna) victories againstGermany.
The 1950s saw more achievements with their well-known football greats such asErnst Ocwirk (twice captain of the FIFA World Selection Team),Ernst Happel,Gerhard Hanappi andWalter Zeman. TheFIFA World Cup 1954 ranks among being most successful in Austrian Football Association history. Twenty years after being in 4th place in theFIFA World Cup 1934 held in Italy, Austria returned to the circle of the best teams again.
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