Hackl joins U19

ÖFB team manager Fuhrmann gets new assistant coach

Irene Fuhrmann has a new assistant coach for the women's national soccer team in Clemens Zulehner.

The 32-year-old Upper Austrian has already worked as an assistant coach for LASK and is currently the sporting director of the academy in Ried. He will continue in this role in the future. Fuhrmann's previous assistant coach Markus Hackl was appointed as the new U19 team manager after four years with the A team.

At the World Cup in Colombia, which ends on Sunday, he coached the U20s on an interim basis and led them to the round of 16 in the first participation of an Austrian women's team at a World Cup. The first test for the 46-year-old, who has been with the ÖFB since 2013, will be the first European Championship qualifying round against Serbia, the Czech Republic and the Faroe Islands at the end of November/beginning of December in the battle for an U19 European Championship ticket in Poland in 2025.

The A team will face Slovenia in the first play-off round on October 25 in Koper and October 29 in Ried (both at 6 p.m.) to keep their European Championship chances alive.