Category Archives: Austria national team
Praterstadion Ist Jetzt Ernst Happel Stadion
======================================================== The old PRATERSTADION, located in the Leopoldstadt district of the Austrian capital city of Vienna, was originally opened in 1931 and had already undergone several major renovation projects when another significant change arrived in the early 1990s. Upon the … Continue reading
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Ernst Happel – Austrian Hero
======================================================== Austria defender ERNST HAPPEL of SK Rapid Vienna (left) sticks in a boot to tackle the ball away from an attacking player of host nation Switzerland during the 1954 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match at the Stade Olympique de … Continue reading
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Neues Praterstadion : Spectator Cover
======================================================== Beginning in 1984, the venerable Praterstadion in the Austrian capital city of Vienna underwent a third major renovation since the conclusion of the Second World War. The classic, bowl-shaped arena, which until the mid-1960s could accomodate an excess of … Continue reading
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Holiday Viennese Stadia Tour
======================================================== WIENER STAATSOPER (likelyimpossibilities.blogspot.com photo) ======================================================== Perhaps it is all rather appropriate, then, to have a stadium tour of this time of year in the Austrian capital city of VIENNA (WIEN). One of the outstanding features of the Holiday Season … Continue reading
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Holiday Viennese Stadia Tour – Scheduled Stops
======================================================== (Martin Ortner photo) ======================================================== All aboard…the schedule of stops for the Holiday Viennese Stadia Tour hosted by the blog will be as follows : ERNST HAPPEL STADION — opened 1931 — Austria national team — capacity 53,008 (former Praterstadion) … Continue reading
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Altes Praterstadion – Early History
======================================================== A view of the still uncovered Praterstadion, circa 1968, in the Austrian capital city of Vienna; although the foundation had first been laid forty years earlier in 1928, by this time, four years after hosting its first European Cup … Continue reading
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Sinister Past Of Altes Praterstadion
======================================================== (docomomo.at) ======================================================== The regular readership has already noted that the old PRATERSTADION, since renamed after the famous Austrian player and manager Ernst Happel, was the venue where the last-ever World Cup hopes of East Germany died thanks to three … Continue reading
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Altes Praterstadion : Attendance Record For Ages
======================================================== The Austrian newspapers NEUES OESTERREICH, WELT AM MONTAG and EXPRESS celebrate the national football team of Austria’s decisive 3-0 defeat of visiting Spain the day after the record-setting friendly international match at the Praterstadion in Vienna. (buecher-ernst.com) ======================================================== The … Continue reading
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Full Cycle With FC Sevilla
======================================================== A pair of 1990 World Cup participants, goalkeeper RINAT DASAYEV of the Soviet Union and striker TONI POLSTER of Austria, pose for a photograph before the start of a La Liga match for FC Sevilla at the Estadio Ramon … Continue reading
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East Germany : Wall Falls, World Cup Hopes Crushed (Pt 3)
======================================================== In a battle of next-door neighbors, Austria striker TONI POLSTER of Spanish side FC Sevilla, who scored five goals to lead his nation during the qualification matches, looks to settle the ball ahead of Czechoslovakia midfielder VACLAV NEMECEK of … Continue reading
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