In the qualifier in preparation for Euro 2012, the Austrians faced Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Turkey and Germany.
In the following years in the following years, the Austrian team was able to witness a huge revival. Many players from the U-20 team who placed fourth at the World Cup that year ended in developing into fully-fledged players for the senior team, such as Sebastian Prodl, Markus Suttner, Martin Harnik, Veli Kavlak Erwin Hoffer, Zlatko Junuzovic and Rubin Okotie.
The team did not be able to qualify for Brazil for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, however, they finished third with a record of 5-2-3, with 17 points as well as a 10 goal differential within their group of qualifying. There were many noteworthy results, including victories at home against Ireland and Sweden, as well as home victories over Republic of Ireland and Sweden and an enthralling home loss against Germany and a draw of 2-2 in Ireland during the match rematch.
This Euro 2016 qualifying campaign was much more than successful. In the end, the Austrians struggled and tied with the Swedes 1-1 before beating the same team by a score of 4-1 on Swedish on Swedish soil. Austria also defeated Russia twice, both at on the road and at home, with a score of 1-1. Austria also scored two victories against Moldova (2-1 at Chisinau) as well as Montenegro (1-0 during Vienna). Rubin Okotie scored the deciding goal in the final twenty minutes of game following a previous Austrian goal that was scored just a minute prior was controversially exempted. The following week the team played an informal away match against the team that was favored Brazil and lost by a score of 2-1. Austria completed their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign by winning the group without losing and causing to the Austrians to be ecstatic about the possibility of a new golden era to kick off.
But, despite their impressive performance in qualifying the tournament itself was an absolute nightmare for Austrians. Austria was placed in the group F alongside Hungary, Portugal and Iceland and was considered the most likely to make it through. Austria however, started their tournament with a shambolic 0-2 defeat to neighboring Hungary where the defender Aleksandar Dragovic was sent off. It was followed with a positive draw 0-0 against Portugal and Portugal, where Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score the penalty. But, Austria ended up losing 2 to the debutant Iceland and was then shattered by just one point. This defeat shattered the notion of a new golden generation for a lot of Austrians.
Austria was later to be part of the Group D of the 2018 World Cup qualification along with Wales, Serbia, Ireland, Georgia and Moldova. But the earlier nightmare during UEFA Euro had a great influence on the Austrian team, and Austria was eliminated fourth in the group. They failed to be able to make it into in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.