Austria 1-0 Cyprus

WC Qualifiers · Europe· 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

Austria

3-0-0

Marcel Sabitzer (P) 54'

Cyprus

1-0-3

1:0

📍 Raiffeisen Arena (Linz)

Timeline

23'
Kostas Pileas
45'
Loizos Loizou
First Half ends,
Michael Gregoritsch
↓ Marko Arnautovic
45'
Romano Schmid
↓ Patrick Wimmer
45'
53'
Christos Shelis
Marcel Sabitzer1-0
54'
67'
Ioannis Kosti
↓ Marinos Tzionis
67'
Pieros Soteriou
↓ Ioannis Pittas
Stefan Posch
↓ Xaver Schlager
70'
Kevin Danso
↓ David Alaba
70'
Stefan Posch
75'
80'
Andronikos Kakoulis
↓ Charalampos Charalampous
88'
Charis Kyriakou
↓ Grigoris Kastanos
88'
Ioannis Kousoulos
↓ Kostakis Artymatas
Florian Grillitsch
↓ Christoph Baumgartner
90'+5'
90'+11'
Ioannis Kosti

Game leaders

Austria

Total ShotsC. Baumgartner3
Accurate PassesP. Lienhart70
SavesA. Schlager4

Cyprus

Total ShotsI. Pittas5
Accurate PassesK. Laifis17
SavesFabiano2

Stats

AustriaCyprus

Possession

71%

29%

10Shots16

3Shots on target5

1Blocked shots6

Match info

Kick-off: Saturday 6 September
Venue: Raiffeisen Arena (Linz) · Linz, Austria
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
Attendance: 16,300
Round: 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

Form

AustriaWWLDD

DvsSlovenia1-1
DvsSerbia1-1
L@Serbia2-0
W

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Austria	8	6	1	1	:	+18	19
2	Bosnia-Herzegovina	8	5	2	1	:	+10	17

431Accurate passes134

CyprusLDLWL

L@Romania4-1
WvsSan Marino2-0
L@Bosnia-Herzegovina2-1
D@Bulgaria2-2
L@Romania2-0

Head to head

8 Feb 05Cyprus1-1Austria

431Accurate passes134

18↓Artymatas

20↓Kastanos

17Loizou

5↓Charalampous

21↓Tzionis

1Schlager

8↓Alaba

16Mwene

15Lienhart

20Laimer

4↓Schlager

6Seiwald

9⚽Sabitzer

19↓Baumgartner

21↓Wimmer

7↓Arnautovic

Substitutes · Austria

22Raul Florucz
5Stefan Posch↑
18Romano Schmid↑
2Alexander Prass
3Kevin Danso↑
13Patrick Pentz
10Florian Grillitsch↑
23Alessandro Schöpf
17Andreas Weimann
14Leopold Querfeld
12Tobias Lawal
11Michael Gregoritsch↑

Substitutes · Cyprus

1Joël Mall
13Ioannis Kosti↑
23Charis Kyriakou↑
8Ioannis Kousoulos↑
3Nikolas Panagiotou
22Neophytos Michael
14Giorgos Malekkides
6Giannis Satsias
4Hector Kyprianou
10Pieros Soteriou↑

89'

Romano Schmid (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

89'

Foul by Kostas Pileas (Cyprus).

88'

Attempt blocked. Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ioannis Kosti with a cross.

88'

Substitution, Cyprus. Ioannis Kousoulos replaces Kostakis Artymatas.

88'

Substitution, Cyprus. Charalambos Kyriakou replaces Grigoris Kastanos.

87'

Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Kevin Danso.

87'

Attempt missed. Stefan Posch (Austria) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.

84'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

83'

Delay in match because of an injury Fabiano (Cyprus).

83'

Foul by Christoph Baumgartner (Austria).

83'

Fabiano (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

82'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

80'

Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Charalampos Charalampous.

76'

Delay in match (Austria).

75'

Kevin Danso (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

75'

Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).

75'

Stefan Posch (Austria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

75'

Foul by Stefan Posch (Austria).

75'

Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

74'

Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

74'

Foul by Konrad Laimer (Austria).

73'

Offside, Cyprus. Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.

73'

Kostas Pileas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

73'

Foul by Romano Schmid (Austria).

72'

Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

72'

Foul by Romano Schmid (Austria).

71'

Corner, Austria. Conceded by Christos Shielis.

70'

Substitution, Austria. Kevin Danso replaces David Alaba.

70'

Substitution, Austria. Stefan Posch replaces Xaver Schlager.

69'

Attempt missed. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kostas Pileas with a cross following a corner.

69'

Attempt blocked. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

69'

Attempt blocked. Christos Shielis (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous with a cross.

68'

Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Alexander Schlager.

68'

Attempt saved. Christos Shielis (Cyprus) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom left corner by Alexander Schlager (Austria). Assisted by Andreas Shikkis with a headed pass.

67'

Substitution, Cyprus. Pieros Sotiriou replaces Ioannis Pittas.

67'

Substitution, Cyprus. Ioannis Kosti replaces Marinos Tzionis.

64'

Attempt missed. Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Romano Schmid with a cross following a corner.

64'

Corner, Austria. Conceded by Kostas Pileas.

61'

Attempt saved. Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Fabiano (Cyprus). Assisted by Konrad Laimer.

60'

Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alexander Schlager (Austria).

59'

Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

59'

Foul by Michael Gregoritsch (Austria).

59'

Attempt saved. Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Fabiano (Cyprus). Assisted by Romano Schmid.

58'

Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

58'

Foul by Nicolas Seiwald (Austria).

58'

Attempt missed. Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.

56'

Attempt missed. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right following a fast break.

54'

Goal! Austria 1, Cyprus 0. Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

53'

Christos Shielis (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

52'

VAR Decision: Penalty Austria.

52'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

51'

Delay in match because of an injury Christos Shielis (Cyprus).

51'

Penalty conceded by Christos Shielis (Cyprus) after a foul in the penalty area.

51'

Penalty Austria. Christoph Baumgartner draws a foul in the penalty area.

49'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

48'

Delay in match because of an injury Christoph Baumgartner (Austria).

45'

Substitution, Austria. Romano Schmid replaces Patrick Wimmer.

45'

Substitution, Austria. Michael Gregoritsch replaces Marko Arnautovic.

45'

Second Half begins Austria 0, Cyprus 0.

45'+4'

First Half ends, Austria 0, Cyprus 0.

45'

Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

45'

Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

45'

Foul by Loizos Loizou (Cyprus).

45'

Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

41'

Corner, Austria. Conceded by Konstantinos Laifis.

40'

Attempt saved. Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner by Alexander Schlager (Austria). Assisted by Loizos Loizou.

40'

Attempt blocked. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Marinos Tzionis with a cross.

39'

Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Patrick Wimmer.

39'

Attempt blocked. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous.

38'

Offside, Austria. Marcel Sabitzer is caught offside.

35'

Attempt missed. Phillipp Mwene (Austria) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.

34'

Attempt blocked. Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Alaba with a cross.

33'

Corner, Austria. Conceded by Christos Shielis.

31'

Corner, Austria. Conceded by Andreas Shikkis.

30'

Offside, Austria. Marko Arnautovic is caught offside.

29'

Kostas Pileas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

29'

Foul by Marko Arnautovic (Austria).

29'

Corner, Austria. Conceded by Konstantinos Laifis.

26'

Attempt missed. Konrad Laimer (Austria) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christoph Baumgartner.

25'

Kostas Pileas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

25'

Foul by Christoph Baumgartner (Austria).

23'

Kostas Pileas (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

23'

Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) wins a free kick on the left wing.

23'

Foul by Kostas Pileas (Cyprus).

23'

Attempt blocked. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.

23'

Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Alexander Schlager (Austria).

22'

Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box following a set piece situation.

22'

Foul by Christoph Baumgartner (Austria).

22'

Andreas Shikkis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.

21'

Attempt blocked. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous.

20'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

19'

Delay in match because of an injury Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).

16'

Patrick Wimmer (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

16'

Foul by Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus).

15'

Attempt missed. Christos Shielis (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

13'

Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

13'

Foul by Marko Arnautovic (Austria).

11'

Offside, Austria. Marko Arnautovic is caught offside.

10'

Attempt missed. Marko Arnautovic (Austria) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Foul by Philipp Lienhart (Austria).

Attempt missed. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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