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Euro 2016 Team Guide: Koller leads Austria back to the big time

David Alaba and Marko Arnautovic are the star names in a side that enjoyed an impressive qualifying campaign and will face Portugal, Hungary and Iceland in Group F

Coach: Marcel Koller

Key player: David Alaba

Qualifying form: W9, L0, D1

Top scorers in qualifying: Marc Janko (7), David Alaba (4), Marko Arnautovic, Martin Harnik (both 3)

Austria's qualifying campaign saw them scale unprecedented heights for a nation whose only previous appearance at a European Championship came when they were joint hosts.

That adventure, in 2008, came to an end after a winless group stage and there was further disappointment when their bid to reach the next edition of the tournament failed amid a campaign that involved an ignominious goalless draw with Kazakhstan.