Monday, October 6, 2008

Marko Arnautović and Andreas Hölzl named to Austrian squad

Karel Brückner has added Marko Arnautović of FC Twente and Andreas Hölzl of Sturm Graz to the Austrian roster in lead-up to upcoming World Cup qualifying match against the Faroe Islands and Serbia.

The roster contains six members from the Austrian Bundesliga, three from Red Bull Salzburg, one from Sturm Graz and the striking tandem of Erwin Hoffer and Stefan Maierhofer of Rapid Wien. The roster is as follows.

Goal: Alexander Manninger (Juventus), Jürgen Macho (AEK Athens), Andreas Schranz (SK Austria Kärnten)

Defender: Christian Fuchs (VfL Bochum), György Garics (Atalanta), Ronald Gercaliu (RB Salzburg), Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough), Sebastian Prödl (SV Werder Bremen), Joachim Standfest (FK Austria Wien), Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moscow)

Midfield: Rene Aufhauser (RB Salzburg), Martin Harnik (SV Werder Bremen), Andreas Hölzl (SK Sturm Graz), Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos Athen), Jürgen Säumel (Torino), Paul Scharner (Wigan Athletic)

Striker: Marko Arnautovic (Twente Enschede), Erwin Hoffer (SK Rapid Wien), Marc Janko (RB Salzburg), Roman Kienast (Helsingborg), Stefan Maierhofer (SK Rapid Wien)