UEFA Nations League Without Marcel Sabitzer A return for the UEFA EURO 2028 qualifiers is not ruled out Marcel Sabitzer will not be available for the Austrian national team in the upcoming UEFA Nations League. The 32-year-old has decided to take at least a break after 102 international appearances and 27 goals for the national team. A return for the UEFA EURO 2028 qualifiers is not ruled out for the Borussia Dortmund player. Marcel Sabitzer: “The past two years have been very intense. Since Euro 2024, I’ve essentially played through three seasons due to the Club World Cup and the FIFA World Cup. This season, too, a packed schedule awaits with the Bundesliga, the DFB Cup, and the Champions League. I’m 32 years old, I want to keep playing soccer at the highest level for a few more years, and I need to manage my energy carefully. That’s why, after open and trusting discussions with the head coach, we’ve agreed that I’ll take a break now and that we’ll discuss early next year whether I’ll return to the national team for the Euro qualifiers.” Marcel Sabitzer had already discussed his future with the national team in depth with head coach Ralf Rangnick in the run-up to the World Cup. Ralf Rangnick: “Marcel and I had already spoken very openly about the future in the run-up to the World Cup, and he shared his thoughts with me—thoughts I can fully understand. Of course, it’s a shame that we’ll have to do without him in the Nations League. But we’ll decide together, well in advance of the start of the Euro 2028 qualifiers, how to proceed from there. In any case, I’m glad that Marcel will, in principle, be available again when we need him. That shows me how important the national team still is to him.” Next Monday, September 14, 2026, head coach Ralf Rangnick will announce his roster for the upcoming matches in the 2026/27 UEFA Nations League at 2:00 p.m. at the ÖFB Campus (Seestadtstraße 22, 1220 Vienna). To kick off their campaign in League B, the national team will first play two home games. On September 24 at 8:45 p.m., Austria will host Israel at the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz, followed by a match against Kosovo on September 27 at 6:00 p.m. at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium. The ÖFB team will then hit the road: On October 1 at 8:45 p.m., they’ll face Ireland in an away match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, followed by another match against Kosovo on October 4 at 6:00 p.m. at the Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri in Pristina. All matches will be broadcast live on ORF 1.   submitted by   /u/MERTENS_GOAT [link]   [comments]