The Austrians revealed the list of players with which they will travel to Skopje to face Macedonia in the 3rd round of the 2020 EURO qualifiers.

photo by ÖFB: the Austrians celebrate a goal in the Nations League

Austrian national team coach Franco Foda summoned 24 players, of which six uncapped, for the upcoming 2020 EURO qualifiers against Slovenia and Macedonia. Experienced defender Sebastian Prödl was left out due to lack of playing time at Watford, current top goalscorer Marc Janko underwent a surgery and could not recover in time, while Schalke’s right midfielder Alessandro Schöpf is out with a torn knee ligament. Most of the current squad is compiled of players who play in Germany with few in the domestic Austrian league and only three in other countries.

Besides reserve keepers Pervan and Stanković who are still uncapped, there are three debutantes within the team: Posch, Vallici and Laimer.

Heinz Lindner – Grasshoppers
Pavao Pervan – Wolfsburg
Cican Stanković – Salzburg

David Alaba – Bayern
Aleksandar Dragović – Bayer
Martin Hinteregger – Eintracht
Stefan Lainer – Salzburg
Philipp Lienhart – Freiburg
Stefan Posch – Hoffenheim
Andreas Ulmer – Salzburg
Albert Vallici – Salzburg

Julian Baumgartlinger – Bayer
Stefan Ilsanker – RB Leipzig
Florian Kainz – Köln
Konrad Laimer – RB Leipzig
Valentino Lazaro – Hertha
Karim Onisiwo – Mainz
Marcel Sabitzer – RB Leipzig
Louis Schaub – Köln
Xaver Schlager – Salzburg
Peter Žulj – Anderlecht

Marko Arnautović – West Ham United
Guido Burgstaller – Schalke 04
Michael Gregoritsch – Augsburg

Macedonia and Austria will face each other for the first time ever on 10 June at the National Arena Toshe Proeski in Skopje with a kick-off at 20.45 CET. Previously, Macedonia will host Poland, while Austria will host Slovenia.