Austria played its first international match on 12 October 1902, defeating neighbouring Hungary 5–0 in a friendly.
[1] As of November 2020, Austria has played a total of 791 international matches, winning 331, drawing 170 and losing 290.
[7] Jan Studnicka, who scored a hat-trick in Austria's first international fixture, was the first player to amass 25 caps for the side.
[13] His final tally of 93 appearances stood for more than 40 years until Polster overtook the record during the group stage of the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
[7] Studnicka also held the goalscoring record for the national side from the team's first match until 1929,[8] although Ferdinand Swatosch did equal his tally of 18 in 1925.
[18] The current record holder, Toni Polster, surpassed Krankl in 1996 and eventually ended his career with 44 international goals.