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Rapid Vienna
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Full nameSK Rapid Wien
Nickname(s)Die Grün-Weißen
(The Green-Whites),
Hütteldorfer
Founded1899
GroundGerhard Hanappi Stadium
Capacity17,500
ChairmanRudolf Edlinger
ManagerPeter Pacult
LeagueAustrian Bundesliga
2006-07Austrian Bundesliga, 4th

The Sportklub Rapid Wien or SK Rapid Wien is one of the two big football teams in Vienna. The second team, Rapid's eternal rival, is FK Austria Wien. The Rapid squad is often known as the "Green-Whites" (those being the team's colours) or as Hütteldorfer for the location of the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, which is located in Hütteldorf, part of Vienna's Penzing or 14th District. Rapid has a nationwide fan base and is clearly the country's most popular football club. In English, they are referred to as Rapid Vienna.

History

SK Rapid Wien were founded in 1898 as Erster Wiener Arbeiter-Fußball-Club (First Workers' Football Club of Vienna). The team's original colours were red and blue and usually they are still used in away matches today. On January 8 1899 the club was re-named, taking on its present name of Sportklub Rapid Wien (Sport Club Rapid Vienna), following the example of Rapide Berlin. In 1904, the team colours were changed to green and white.

One of the best teams in early European football, Rapid became a dominant side during the years between the world wars, when Austria was one of the leading football nations on the continent. After the Anschluss of Austria to Germany in 1938, Rapid played in that country's Gauliga Ostmark along with clubs such as First Vienna and Admira Vienna (playing then as Wacker Wien and Admira Wien). Rapid would be the most successful of these clubs. They won the Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's German Cup, in 1938 with a 3-1 victory over FSV Frankfurt, and topped that with a German Championship in 1941 by defeating Schalke 04, the most dominant German club of the era. The team was able to overcome a 3-0 Schalke lead to win the match by a final score of 4-3 through strength and endurance – the traditional virtues of Rapid players known as the Rapidgeist or "Rapid Spirit".

Almost since the club's beginnings, Rapid fans have announced the last fifteen minutes of the game by way of the legendary "Rapidviertelstunde" – rhythmic clapping at home or away no matter what the score. The first mention of the practise goes back to 1913, and in 1919 a newspaper wrote about the fans clapping at the beginning of the "Rapidviertelstunde". Over the decades, there were many instances where Rapid managed to turn around a seemingly hopeless situation by not giving up and, with their fans' support, fighting their way to a win just before the final whistle.

Although Rapid is by far the most popular club in Austria, other teams like Red Bull Salzburg or FK Austria Magna are able to spend significantly more money every year as they are owned by investors/billionaires. Rapid is trying to compensate for this lack of financial funds by supporting young and talented players.

Stadium

SK Rapid Wien's stadium is Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, which is located in Hütteldorf, part of the Penzing district of Vienna. In its earliest days Rapid played on a military exercise field, until the opening of a new stadium in Rudolfsheim in 1903. But the field there was unsuitable because it was sloped, and with the club's rising popularity, a new stadium was needed: in 1912, the legendary "Pfarrwiese" was built, just in time for the first Austrian Championship. In 1977, Rapid moved to the new "West-Stadion", which was later renamed Gerhard Hanappi-Stadion after its architect and popular and successful former Rapid player Gerhard Hanappi.

Honours

Rapid Vienna is also Austria's record titleholder, winning the Austrian Championship title 31 times to date. Supporters of other teams sometimes argue that the 16 championship wins before the establishment of a nation wide all-Austrian league should not be counted. However, those titles are credited by most observers, since Viennese league play was virtually synonymous with Austrian football at that time.

  • Austrian Championship (31): 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1996, 2005
  • Austrian Cup (14): 1919, 1920, 1927, 1946, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995
  • Austrian Supercup: 1986, 1987, 1988
  • German Championship: 1941
  • German Cup: 1938

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Austria AUT Raimund Hedl
2 DF Croatia CRO Mario Tokic
3 DF Austria AUT Jürgen Patocka
4 DF Austria AUT Martin Hiden
6 MF Austria AUT Christian Thonhofer
7 MF Austria AUT Stefan Kulovits
8 MF Finland FIN Markus Heikkinen
9 FW Croatia CRO Mate Bilić
10 MF Croatia CRO Mario Bazina
11 MF Germany GER Steffen Hofmann
13 DF Austria AUT Markus Katzer
14 MF Austria AUT Ümit Korkmaz
15 MF Austria AUT Boris Prokopic
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Austria AUT Mario Sara
17 MF Austria AUT Veli Kavlak
18 DF Austria AUT Hannes Eder
19 FW Austria AUT Christopher Drazan
20 FW Brazil BRA Fabiano
21 FW Austria AUT Erwin Hoffer
22 MF Austria AUT Georg Harding
23 DF Austria AUT Andreas Dober
24 GK Austria AUT Helge Payer
27 MF Montenegro MNE Branko Bošković
30 GK Austria AUT Andreas Lukse
31 GK Austria AUT Michael Haunschmid

Notable players

Managers since 1910

Team trivia

  • SK Rapid Wien won the German Championship in 1941 and the German Cup in 1938.

Competitions

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See also

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