Andreas Herzog will take temporary charge of the Austria team for the final two World Cup Group Six qualifiers against England and Northern Ireland.
Austria coach Hans Krankl was sacked earlier this week and the Austrian Football Association have admitted they would like Rapid Vienna’s Josef Hickersberger to return as national coach.
Krankl’s assistant coach Slavko Kovacic and under-21 coach Willi Ruttensteiner will help Herzog who won a record 103 caps for his country.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Juergen Macho (Kaiserslautern), Helge Payer (SK Rapid), Andreas Schranz (Graz AK)
Defenders: Ernst Dospel (FK Austria), Anton Ehmann (Graz AK), Ferdinand Feldhofer (Wacker Tirol), Ronald Gercaliu (Sturm Graz), Andreas Ibertsberger (SC Freiburg), Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough), Paul Scharner (Brann Bergen), Martin Stranzl (VfB Stuttgart)
Midfielders: Rene Aufhauser (SV Salzburg), Andreas Ivanschitz (SK Rapid), Markus Kiesenebner (FK Austria), Andreas Lasnik (FK Austria), Juergen Saeumel (SK Sturm Graz), Markus Schopp (SV Salzburg), Markus Weissenberger (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Forwards: Sanel Kuljic (SV Ried), Roland Linz (FK Austria), Roman Wallner (Nordea Admira), Yueksel Sariyar (SV Pasching)
