ÖFB reorganization: Prödl will lead the youth national teams in the future!

ÖFB reorganization: Prödl will lead the youth national teams in the future!

Vienna is experiencing a change in Austrian football today! The ÖFB has announced that former national player Sebastian Prödl has officially been hired as the new head of the youth national teams. The 37-year-old, who is leaving his position on the supervisory board at Wiener Austria at the end of the year, will play a key role in attracting young talent to the Austrian national team, according to Today.at was reported. Prödl emphasized that after two years since retiring, he was ready to invest a lot of energy and support the young players.

New U21 coach and strategic changes

In a press conference at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Vienna, sports director Peter Schöttel also introduced Peter Perchtold as the new U21 team boss. Perchtold, who previously worked as an assistant coach under Ralf Rangnick, will take responsibility for the U21 team and is also responsible for developing a common game idea for all national teams, as in OE24 was reported. Schöttel called the decisions part of a comprehensive plan to optimize certain areas of the ÖFB.

One of Prödl's central tasks will be to convince talent who are also suitable for other nations to join the ÖFB, as a third of potential players now also have other options. “We didn’t have that one person where everything came together,” said Schöttel, making clear the importance of this new role for the future of Austrian football.