The opponent is set:
LIVE draw: Who will the ÖFB team face?
The ÖFB team knows its opponent in the Nations League play-off: Ralf Rangnick's squad will face Serbia for a place in the A-League! This was the result of the UEFA draw in Nyon on Friday.
The Austrians lost out on direct promotion to League A last Sunday with a 1:1 home draw against Slovenia. The first leg of the relegation play-off will be played at home on March 20, followed by the second leg in Serbia on March 23.
The Serbs finished their Nations League group in League A in third place behind Spain and Denmark in the fall, leaving Switzerland behind. The Austrians won their most recent international duel with the team led by star striker Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus Turin 2:1 in a test in Vienna in June ahead of the European Championship in Germany.
Home game on March 20 probably in Vienna
The ÖFB must inform UEFA of the venue for the first leg of the relegation play-off by next Friday (November 29). In all likelihood, it will take place at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. The only possible alternative seems to be the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz, which, however, only holds 16,500 spectators and therefore significantly fewer. "There is a very high probability that we will play at one of the two locations," explained ÖFB Managing Director Bernhard Neuhold.
Team manager Ralf Rangnick's ÖFB team was relegated from the Nations League A division in 2022. After the final draw against Slovenia, they finished second in their group in League B behind Norway, which meant they would go through to the relegation play-off against a third-placed team from the top division. The World Cup qualifiers for the 2026 finals in the USA, Mexico and Canada will therefore begin for Austria in June at the earliest. The draw will take place on December 13 in Zurich. The ÖFB team is seeded in pot one and will miss out on Europe's strongest nations.
The matches at a glance:
Quarter-finals:
Netherlands - Spain
Croatia - France
Denmark - Portugal
Italy - Germany
League A/B play-offs:
Turkey - Hungary
Ukraine - Belgium
AUSTRIA - Serbia
Greece - Scotland
League B/C play-offs:
Kosovo - Iceland
Bulgaria - Ireland
Armenia - Georgia
Slovakia - Slovenia
League C/D play-offs:
Gibraltar - Latvia
Malta - Luxembourg
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