The Austrians will meet up on Sunday evening as they look to start their World Cup qualifying in fine style against England.

The squad, which has an average age of 26, includes five foreign-based players, including Brescia duo Markus Schopp and former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger.

This is the first call up for Manninger since since October 2002, when he played at home to the Dutch.

There are two new faces in Krankl's squad - Liebherr GAK's midfielder Gernot Sick and Wustenrot Salzburg defender Andreas Ibertsberger.

Austria Squad v England, World Cup Qualifier, 04 September 2004

Player

Club

Pos

Caps

Goals

Thomas Mandl

Basel (Swi)

G

13

0

Alex Manninger

Brescia (Ita)

 G

14

0

Andreas Schranz

Liebherr GAK

G

1

0

Ferdinand Feldhofer

Rapid Vienna

 D

3

0

Martin Hiden

Rapid Vienna

D

28

1

Mario Hieblinger

Kelag Karnten

 D

7

0

Andreas Ibertsberger

W Salzburg

D

0

0

Markus Katzer

Rapid Vienna

 D

2

0

Emanuel Pogatetz

Liebherr GAK

D

9

1

Joachim Standfest

Liebherr GAK

 D

3

0

Martin Stranzl

VfB Stuttgart

D

19

0

Martin Amerhauser

Liebherr GAK

 M

11

3

Rene Aufhauser

Liebherr GAK

M

19

2

Andreas Ivanschitz

Rapid Vienna

 M

6

1

Markus Kiesenebner

Austria Magna

M

2

1

Roland Kirchler

FC Superfund

 M

24

4

Dietmar Kuhbauer

SV Mattersburg

M

48

5

Markus Schopp

Brescia (Ita)

 M

49

3

Gernot Sick

Liebherr GAK

M

0

0

Eduard Glieder

FC Superfund

 F

9

4

Mario Haas

Sturm Graz

F

34

7

Roland Kollmann

Liebherr GAK

 F

6

2

Roland Linz

Nice (Fra)

F

8

0