Rangnick reaches third appearance milestone in Austria with Koller

Ralf Rangnick, the German, has settled in Austria well and is close to becoming the sole third place in the appearance statistics of the Austrian football team coaches, while only Josef Hickersberger and the elusive legend Hugo Meisl are still ahead of him, which could open a new chapter in the history of the ÖFB.

Rangnick's Position in the Appearance Statistics

On Saturday, Rangnick completed his 54th appearance on the ÖFB caretaker bench in the Nations League match in Linz against Ireland, thereby sharing third place in the appearance statistics with Marcel Koller.

Already on Tuesday, he will leave the Swiss Marcel Koller behind in the match in Debrecen and thus become the sole third.

Ahead of Rangnick are still Josef Hickersberger (56 appearances), who therefore occupies second place, and Hugo Meisl (133 appearances).

After the international double in March 2027, Rangnick will overtake Josef Hickersberger.

The 68‑year‑old Meisl remains, realistically speaking, unattainable for the 30‑year‑old Rangnick.

With 30 wins, Rangnick is behind Meisl (71 wins) and ahead of former Kosovo team coach Franco Foda (27 wins), already in second place.

Rangnick's contract runs until the end of qualification for Euro 2028.

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Thus, he will still take part in two matches this year and ten in 2027, so he will reach at least 65 international games.

The report was published in Vienna.

Hugo Meisl led from 1913‑1914 and 1918‑1937 with 133 appearances (71 wins, 30 draws, 32 losses).

Josef Hickersberger completed 56 appearances from 1988‑1990 and 2006‑2008 (15 wins, 16 draws, 25 losses).

Marcel Koller was active in 54 appearances from 2011‑2017 (25 wins, 13 draws, 16 losses).

Ralf Rangnick has been in office since 2022 and has so far made 53 appearances (30 wins, 11 draws, 12 losses).

Herbert Prohaska led 51 appearances from 1993‑1999 (25 wins, 9 draws, 17 losses).

Franco Foda was in 48 appearances from 2017‑2022 (27 wins, 6 draws, 15 losses).

Leopold Stastny coached 48 appearances from 1968‑1975 (15 wins, 16 draws, 17 losses) and shared the 1968 international match with Erwin Alge.