Did you Know?
This shirt was worn by Michael Konsel in the second half of the FIFA World Cup “FRANCE 98” Group B stage’s game between Austria and Italy which took place in Paris, Stade de France, on June 23rd 1998. Italy defeated Austria 2-0. The shirt was swapped by Konsel with an Italy team’s player who we got it from. Konsel made his debut for Austria in an October 1985 friendly match against Yugoslavia, and was a participant at the 1990 and 1998 FIFA World Cup, serving as a back-up to Klaus Lindenberger in the former edition of the tournament. He earned 43 caps at international level in total (no goals scored). His international farewell match was an August 1998 friendly against France, in which game he was substituted by his eternal rival for Austria’s first goalkeeper jersey, Franz Wohlfahrt.
AUSTRIA NATIONAL TEAM
1998-1999
Match Worn Shirt
Did you Know?
The Austria national football team (Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) is the association football team that represents Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association. Austria has qualified for seven FIFA World Cups, most recently in 1998. The country played in the UEFA European Championship for the first time in 2008, when it co-hosted the event with Switzerland, and most recently qualified in 2016.
AUSTRIA NATIONAL TEAM
Euro 2020
Italy vs Austria
Match Worn Shirt
Grillitsch Florian
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This shirt was worn by Florian Grillitsch during the Euro round of 16’s game between Italy and Austria which took place in London, “Wembley Stadium” on June 26th 2021. Italy needed extra time to defeat Austria 2-1, surpassing its own 30-game unbeaten run set in 1939 and qualify for the quarterfinals of the tournament. The deadlock was broken in the 95th minute when substitute Federico Chiesa struck a beautiful left-footed strike into the bottom left corner before substitute Matteo Pessina found the other corner in the 105th minute to stretch the Azzurri’s lead.
