Austria 3–2 West Germany: 1978 World Cup match
3–2Full time
Match in one glance
AustriaWest GermanyGoalCard
Austria
West Germany
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Score progression
3Austria2West Germany
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge opened the scoring at 19′.
Team comparison
AustriaWest Germany
3Goals2
2Bookings1
1Substitutes used2
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1HKHans KranklAustria · 66′, 87′2goals
- 2KRKarl-Heinz RummeniggeWest Germany · 19′1goal
- 3BHBernd HölzenbeinWest Germany · 68′1goal
Decisive moments
5 eventsPath through 1978
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- Second Round, Group A
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 1978-06-21
- Venue
- Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba
- Result
- 3–2
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
Austria / West GermanyAustria
Berti Vogts (own goal)59′
Hans Krankl66′
Hans Krankl87′
Complete match timeline
AustriaWest GermanyGoalCardSubstitution
Austria
West Germany
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Event feed
11 eventsKey phases
Goals in each periodFirst half
0′–45′0 – 1K. Rummenigge 19′
Second half
45′–90′3 – 1B. Vogts 59′ · H. Krankl 66′ · B. Hölzenbein 68′ · H. Krankl 87′
Event records: © Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Grouped and formatted for this timeline.
Austria
Reported rolesFK
1Friedrich KonciliaRS
2Robert SaraEO
3Erich ObermayerBP
5Bruno PezzeyHS
14Heinrich StrasserJH
7Josef HickersbergerHP
8Herbert ProhaskaEK
12Eduard KriegerHK
9Hans KranklWK
10Wilhelm KreuzWS
18Walter SchachnerReported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
- 17FOFranz Oberacher71′
Match contributions
- Robert Sara▰ 85′
- Herbert Prohaska▰ 69′
- Hans Krankl⚽ 2
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 1FKFriedrich KonciliaGoalkeeper
- 2RSRobert SaraDefender
- 3EOErich ObermayerDefender
- 5BPBruno PezzeyDefender
- 7JHJosef HickersbergerMidfielder
- 8HPHerbert ProhaskaMidfielder
- 9HKHans KranklForward
- 10WKWilhelm KreuzForward
- 12EKEduard KriegerMidfielder
- 14HSHeinrich StrasserDefender
- 18WSWalter SchachnerForward
West Germany
Reported rolesSM
1Sepp MaierBV
2Berti VogtsBD
3Bernard DietzRR
4Rolf RüssmannMK
5Manfred KaltzRB
6Rainer BonhofEB
15Erich BeerBH
17Bernd HölzenbeinRA
7Rüdiger AbramczikKR
11Karl-Heinz RummeniggeDM
14Dieter MüllerReported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
- 9KFKlaus Fischer60′
- 20HMHansi Müller45′
Match contributions
- Rüdiger Abramczik▰ 69′
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge⚽ 1
- Bernd Hölzenbein⚽ 1
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 1SMSepp MaierGoalkeeper
- 2BVBerti VogtsDefender
- 3BDBernard DietzDefender
- 4RRRolf RüssmannDefender
- 5MKManfred KaltzDefender
- 6RBRainer BonhofMidfielder
- 7RARüdiger AbramczikForward
- 11KRKarl-Heinz RummeniggeForward
- 14DMDieter MüllerForward
- 15EBErich BeerMidfielder
- 17BHBernd HölzenbeinMidfielder
Portraits may show a later team kit. Starting positions are schematic; unused substitutes are not included. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Names and match IDs adapted.
Score progression
3Austria2West Germany
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge opened the scoring at 19′.
Team comparison
AustriaWest Germany
3Goals2
2Bookings1
1Substitutes used2
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1HKHans KranklAustria · 66′, 87′2goals
- 2KRKarl-Heinz RummeniggeWest Germany · 19′1goal
- 3BHBernd HölzenbeinWest Germany · 68′1goal
Available match data
Goals, bookings, substitutions and starting roles are recorded. This match does not have shot locations, xG, possession or passing data in the loaded sources.
Decisive moments
5 eventsPath through 1978
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- Second Round, Group A
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 1978-06-21
- Venue
- Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba
- Result
- 3–2
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
Austria / West GermanyAustria
Berti Vogts (own goal)59′
Hans Krankl66′
Hans Krankl87′
Source: OpenFootball at the pinned revision. Missing assists and minute-level events are not estimated. Starting lineups, used substitutes and event records come from the Fjelstul World Cup Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), credited alongside each panel.