Former Manchester United coach leads Austria to create history, beating San Marino 10-0

In a Group H match in the 2026 World Cup European Qualifiers, the Austrian team swept San Marino with a 10-0 disparity at the Ernst Happel Stadium at home, achieving one of the most glorious victories in team history. This big victory also put coach Rangnick in the spotlight.

Under the coaching of Rangnick, the Austrian team played a shocking game. Captain Marko Arnautovic became the most dazzling star in the game. He scored four goals alone, performing a "big four" and becoming the biggest contributor to the team's victory.

The game was one-sided from the beginning. Romano Schmid opened the scoring for Austria in the 7th minute. Just one minute later, Anautovic responded to the attack and scored with a push, expanding the score to 2:0. After that, defender Stefan Bosch became a booster of the offense. He not only contributed an assist to help Michael Gregorich score, but also scored two goals in just 12 minutes, completing his personal score.

Before the end of the first half, Conrad Laimer scored another goal, helping the Austrian team enter the halftime break with a huge 6:0 advantage.

Changing sides and fighting again, the Austrian team’s offensive continues unabated. In the 47th minute, Anautovic scored again and scored twice. In the final stage of the game, he was even more powerful - in the 83rd and 84th minutes, he won two consecutive games in just 81 seconds, completely sealing the victory and completing a rare "big four" in his career.

This is the victory with the most goals and the most disparate score in a single game in the history of the Austrian national team, setting a new historical record.

Since former Manchester United coach Rangnick took over the national team, the Austrian team has shown strong competitiveness and tactical execution. After this campaign, they continue to lead Group H with 15 points from 5 games, 2 points ahead of the second-placed Bosnia and Herzegovina team. It is worth mentioning that Bosnia and Herzegovina has played one more game, so Austria's top position is full of gold.

At the same time, this 10-goal victory also greatly increased the Austrian team's goal difference, occupying an extremely favorable position in the competition to qualify for the group.

At present, the qualifying situation in Group H has become clear: Austria (15 points/5 games) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 points/6 games) are directly competing for a place to directly qualify for the 2026 World Cup, while the third-ranked Romania team (7 points) has gradually fallen behind.

With this epic victory, Rangnick's coaching ability was once again proven, and the Austrian team is making steady progress towards the goal of directly qualifying for the World Cup.