Austria's football heroes on the way to San Marino: World Cup qualification!

Austria's football heroes on the way to San Marino: World Cup qualification!

Austria's national soccer team has improved two places in the current FIFA world rankings with an impressive performance in the European Championship qualification and two wins against Azerbaijan. According to Laola1 4 lingered. This increase underlines the positive developments in Austrian football.

In the FIFA world rankings, Argentina secured the top position for the first time after Brazil fell 3rd after a test game defeat against Morocco. France, the World Cup finalist, is now in second place, while Sweden took 22nd place. The Central African Republic recorded the greatest improvement in the ranking, which illustrates the dynamics in international football.

World Cup qualification game against San Marino

Today, on June 8, 2025, the Austrian national team travels to San Marino for a World Cup qualification game in Olympia-Stadion in Serravalle. The distance from Vienna to San Marino is 860 kilometers. Although the stadium looks idyllic, it is more reminiscent of a regional league venue, which describes the circumstances before the important game.

Already on Monday, team boss Ralf Rangnick will fly with the team from Vienna-Schwechat to Rimini, while the first Austrian fans, including a twelve-member group of the national team fan club OED-Teiler, have already arrived in Rimini.

of the San Marino team is not doing well

San Marino, currently the last in the FIFA world rankings in 210, was able to accept a defeat against Bosnia-Herzegovina (0: 1) in her last game and is currently completing a regeneration unit. It will be difficult for the team to survive against a better placed Austrian team.

In the run -up to the game, the advertising gangs are attached by volunteers, which emphasizes the community spirit of the event. In view of the current form of the two teams, Austria could continue the upward trend in the world rankings and achieve another positive result.

With a view to the ranking, it can be seen that the awarding of points for the teams depends on both the results achieved, as well as on the strength of the opponents and the status of the game. FIFA takes into account a formula in the calculation that evaluates various factors such as the rank of the opponent and the type of game. These details help to better understand the competitive conditions in football.

Overall, everything indicates that Austria has the chance today to not only improve its own ranking, but also to lay the foundation for a successful qualification for the World Cup.