Austria women's national football team
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| Association | ÖFB |
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Dominik Thalhammer |
| Captain | Viktoria Schnaderbeck |
| Most caps | Sonja Spieler (62) |
| Top scorer | Nina Burger (33) |
| FIFA code | AUT |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 24  (24 March 2017)
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| Highest | 24 (December 2016–March 2017) |
| Lowest | 48 (July 2003) |
| First international | |
 Mexico 9–0 Austria  (Bari, Italy, 6 July 1970) |
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| Biggest win | |
Austria 11–0 Armenia  (Waidhofen, Austria, 10 May 2003) Austria 11-0 Armenia (Waidhofen, Austria, 13 May 2003) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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Mexico 9–0 Austria (Bari, Italy, 6 July 1970)  Switzerland 9–0 Austria (8 November 1970) |
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The Austria women's national football team represents Austria in international women's football.
The team is made up mainly of players from the Austrian and German Women's Bundesligas. In 2016 the team qualified for its first-ever major tournament: the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship.
The Austrian team started playing on July 6, 1970 against Mexico in Bari, Italy, competing in the Women's World Cup 1970, unofficial competition held in that country from July 6 to July 15, 1970. The result was a 9-0 crushing defeat, which remains one of its worst results in its history, with this result Austria was quickly out of the competition, playing after months against Switzerland, repeating itself again the defeat against Mexico, 9-0.
It played two recognized friendlies against Switzerland before the first Women's World Cup in 1978 and 1990, losing both by 6-2 and 5-1. The Austrian team did not participate in the inaugural Women's World Cup 1991 in China and also the 1995 edition in Sweden, but during that time played international friendlies. Austria played Women's Euro 1997 Qualifiers, held in Norway and Sweden. It was placed in Class B, in Group 7 with Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Greece, winning three games in a single chance against their three opponents, tying a game against Greece and losing two against Switzerland and Yugoslavia, finishing third in the group and eliminated from both tournaments. Thus, Austria did not enter the 1999 World Cup Qualifiers, held in the United States. Austria ended 1999 with three games of qualifying for the Euro 2001.
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