The Austria national football team will also be coached by Ralf Rangnick after the 2026 World Cup. The 67-year-old coach is to lead the Austrians to the 2028 European Championship. Rangnick has been the team's coach since summer 2022 and qualified with the Alpine republic for the 2024 European Championship and the current World Cup. The ÖFB team starts the World Cup on Wednesday morning at 6:00 am against Jordan. Rangnick said: „I have said from the beginning that the story of contract extension is a fundamental decision, where many factors have played a role.“ ÖFB supervisory board chairman Josef Pröll said: „The clarity now created is of great importance, especially for the team.“ Rangnick will also coach the Austria national football team after the 2026 World Cup, thanks to an attractive and economically viable overall package. The coach is to lead the Austrians to the 2028 European Championship if they qualify successfully. Rangnick decided on Austria, although he was recently linked to Italian traditional club AC Milan. The coach said: „I can now sit here and say with a really good feeling that I will stay with the national team after the World Cup.“ The Austria national football team will focus on the 2026 World Cup and then prepare for the 2028 European Championship. Rangnick will lead the team and try to lead the Austrians to success.