Rapid Vienna
Full name	SK Rapid Wien
Nickname(s)	Die Grün-Weißen (The Green-Whites), Hütteldorfer
Founded	1898
Ground	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium (Capacity: 18,400)
Chairman	Rudolf Edlinger
Manager	Peter Pacult
League	Austrian Bundesliga
2007-08	1st
Home colours Away colours

The Sportklub Rapid Wien (English: Rapid Vienna) is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. It is one of the two best known sides in Vienna, the other being Rapid's eternal rival, FK Austria Wien. The Rapid squad is often known as the "Green-Whites" for its team colours or as Hütteldorfer for the location of the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, which is in Hütteldorf, part of the city's 14th district, Penzing. In English, they are referred to as Rapid Vienna. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Football club names are a part of the sports culture, reflecting century-old traditions. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the building type. ... The Gerhard-Hanappi Stadium in Vienna, Austria is the home stadion of Rapid Vienna. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... The Bundesliga is the highest national league club competition in Austrian football, where the national football (soccer) champions are determined. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Football jersey white right sash File links The following pages link to this file: Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama Template talk:Football kit Associação Atlética Ponte Preta User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... It has been suggested that replica shirt be merged into this article or section. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... football kit with red half File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... It has been suggested that replica shirt be merged into this article or section. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Soccer redirects here. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... FK Austria Wien is an Austrian football club which plays in the capital, Vienna. ... The Gerhard-Hanappi Stadium in Vienna, Austria is the home stadion of Rapid Vienna. ... Hütteldorf is a part of Viennas 14th district. ... Penzing is the 14th District of Vienna and consists of the boroughs of Penzing, Breitensee, Baumgarten, Hütteldorf and Hadersdorf-Weidlingau. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

History

SK Rapid Wien was founded in 1898 as Erster Wiener Arbeiter-Fußball-Club (en:First Workers' Football Club of Vienna). The team's original colours were red and blue, which are still often used in away matches. On January 8, 1899 the club was re-named, taking on its present name of Sportklub Rapid Wien, following the example of Rapide Berlin. In 1904, the team colours were changed to green and white. Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... SV Nord Wedding 1893 is a German football club that plays in Berlin. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The 1. Arbeiter FC in 1898.

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". German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... First Vienna FC (in Austria normally only referred with the English name Vienna), is the oldest football club in the city of Vienna and in all of Austria. ... VfB Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. ... The German Cup trophy The German Cup (official German name: DFB-Pokal, after Deutscher Fußball Bund Pokal or German Football Association Cup) is an elimination football (soccer) tournament held annually. ... FSV Frankfurt is a German football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt, Hesse and founded in 1899. ... Championship trophies now and then - the Viktoria (1903-1944) and the Championship Plate (since 1949) The coronation of the first Champions in imperial Germany in 1903 established the tradition of a great footballing nation. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... FC Schalke 04 (short S04) is a German football team based in Gelsenkirchen. ...

The Rudolfsheim Stadium, home of Rapid from 1904 to 1910.

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. Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

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. The Gerhard-Hanappi Stadium in Vienna, Austria is the home stadion of Rapid Vienna. ... Hütteldorf is a part of Viennas 14th district. ... Penzing is the 14th District of Vienna and consists of the boroughs of Penzing, Breitensee, Baumgarten, Hütteldorf and Hadersdorf-Weidlingau. ... Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... The Gerhard-Hanappi Stadium in Vienna, Austria is the home stadion of Rapid Vienna. ... Gerhard Hanappi (February 16, 1943 – August 23, 1980) was an Austrian football player. ...

Steffen Hofmann celebrating the championship 2008.

Honours

Rapid Vienna is also Austria's record titleholder, winning the Austrian Championship title 32 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. The wins of the German Championship and German Cup were possible due to Austria's annexation by Germany on March 12, 1938. This is a list of all Austrian Champions in football: By year 1912 Rapid Vienna 1913 Rapid Vienna 1914 Wiener AF (WAF) 1915 Wiener AC (WAC) 1916 Rapid Vienna 1917 Rapid Vienna 1918 Floridsdorfer AC 1919 Rapid Vienna 1920 Rapid Vienna 1921 Rapid Vienna 1922 Wiener Sportclub 1923 Rapid Vienna...

CONTROVERSY WITH CELTIC

In 1984, Rapid Vienna took part in a controversial European Cup Winner's Cup tie with Glasgow Celtic. After winning the first leg 3-1 in Vienna, Rapid looked favourites to go through.

At Celtic Park, on 7 November 1984, however, the Austrian side were taken apart, as goals by McClair, (32 mins) McLeod (45 mins) and Tommy Burns (68 mins) put the Scots 3-0 up. It was widely regarded as one of Celtic's best European perfomances since the Stein era.

Towards the end of the match, and with Rapid's composure completely gone, Celtic were awarded a penalty, (later missed by Peter Grant) after their midfielder Tommy Burns was punched by Reinhard Kienast. As the referee consulted with his linesman, a bottle was thrown onto the park by a Celtic fan. The bottle landed on the ground, well away from the players, but one Rapid player, Rudolf Weinhofer, fell down, claiming to have been injured by the missile. TV evidence showed he had not been hit, but Rapid appealed to UEFA for a replay and eventually, at the second hearing, they got their wish.

A replay was ordered to take place at least 100 miles away from Celtic Park. The game eventually took place at Old Trafford, home of Manchester Utd on 12 December 1984. Rapid won the game 1-0 to proceed to the last 8 of the tournament. They would eventually reach the final, before losing 3-1 to Everton.

• Austrian Championship (32): 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, 2008

• 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

• Mitropa Cup: 1930, 1951

• Cup Winners' Cup Runners Up: 1985, 1996

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Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Raimund Hedl 2 DF Mario Tokić 3 DF Jürgen Patocka 4 DF Martin Hiden 6 MF Christian Thonhofer 7 MF Stefan Kulovits 8 MF Markus Heikkinen 9 FW Stefan Maierhofer 11 MF Steffen Hofmann 13 DF Markus Katzer 15 MF Boris Prokopic 17 MF Veli Kavlak 18 DF Hannes Eder 19 FW Christopher Drazan 20 FW Fabiano 21 FW Erwin Hoffer 22 MF Georg Harding

No. Position Player 23 DF Andreas Dober 24 GK Helge Payer 25 FW Christopher Frank 27 MF Branko Bošković 30 GK Andreas Lukse 31 GK Michael Haunschmid 32 DF Stephan Palla FW Horst Freiberger GK Andreas Lukse FW Thomas Fröschl FW Nikica Jelavić MF Marcel Toth FW René Gartler FW Marcel Ketelaer GK Georg Koch MF Coskun Kayhan

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Notable players

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Josef Hickersberger (born April 27, 1948 in Amstetten, Austria) is a former professional football player and former coach of the Austrian cult-club Rapid Vienna. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Martin Hiden (born March 11, 1973 in Stainz) is an Austrian football player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Andreas Ivanschitz (born October 15, 1983 in Eisenstadt, Austria) is an Austrian football player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Michael Konsel (born March 6, 1962 in Vienna) is a retired Austrian football goalkeeper, who played for clubs such as Rapid Wien and AS Roma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Alfred Körner (born 14 February 1926) is a former Austrian footballer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... 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Retired numbers

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Managers since 1910

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Team trivia

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

Competitions

Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid. ... Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. ... For the place name, see Hammarby, Stockholm. ... União Desportiva de Leiria, known simply as União de Leiria (pron. ... Racing Club de Lens is a French football club which plays in the northern city of Lens, in the Pas-de-Calais département. ... FC Oţelul Galaţi is a Romanian football club, playing in Galaţi. ... Unione Calcio Sampdoria (commonly nicknamed Blucerchiati, blue-ringed) is a football club based in Genoa, Italy. ... FC Tobol are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Trudoviye rezervy stadium in Kostanai. ... FC Ararat Yerevan (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երեւան), is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. ... FK Baku is an Azerbaijani football club, representing the capital, Baku. ... Birkirkara FC is a Maltese football club, based in the town of Birkirkara, the largest town on the island. ... PFC Cherno more is a Bulgarian football club in Varna. ... FC Chornomorets Odessa (Ukrainian: ) is a professional soccer club in the Ukrainian Premier League. ... Cliftonville F.C. (the Reds) is an Northern Irish football team playing in the Irish Premier League. ... Cork City F.C. is an Irish football (soccer) club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ... FC Dacia Chişinău is a Moldovan football club, which plays at the Stadionul Republican in the capital, Chişinău. ... Football Club Differdange 03 is a football club, based in Differdange, in south-western Luxembourg. ... Dinaburg FC is a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. ... Ethnikos Achna (Greek: Εθνικός Άχνας) is a Cyprus football club based in the village of Achna. ... K.A.A. Gent is a Belgian football, athletics and hockey club, based in the Belgian city of Ghent. ... Gloria Bistriţa is a Romanian football club playing in Liga 1. ... FK Grbalj is a football club based in Radanovići suburb of Kotor, Montenegro. ... FK Hajduk Rodić M&B Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Хајдук Родић МБ Кула) is a football club from Kula, Serbia. ... FC Honka is a Finnish football club, based in Tapiola, Espoo. ... KÍ Klaksvík is a Faroese football club, playing in Klaksvík, founded in 1904. ... Legia Warszawa (pronounced Leg-ya Var-sha-va) is a Polish professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. ... Llanelli A.F.C. is a Welsh football team that plays in the Welsh Premier League. ... Maccabi Haifa Football Club (‎, Moadon HaKaduregel Maccabi Haifa) is an Israeli football club and one of the leading football clubs in the country. ... NK Maribor is a Slovenian football team, playing in the city of Maribor. ... OFI Crete, or more commonly OFI (Greek: ΟΦΗ - Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Ηρακλείου - Omilos Filathlon Irakleiou), the Fans Club of Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Heraklion, on the island of Crete. ... FC Rubin Kazan (Russian: ), is a Russian football club, based in the Tatarstan city of Kazan. ... UE Sant Julià is an Andorran football club, playing in the village of Aixovall in the parish of Sant Julià de Lòria, some 6 km from the capital, Andorra la Vella and 4 km from the Spanish border. ... FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (also written Salihorsk) is a First Division (since 1992) Belarusian football team, playing in the city of Soligorsk. ... Fudbalski klub Slavija (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски kлуб Славија) is a Serbian football club from Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a Slovak sports club, based in Bratislava. ... FC Slovan Liberec is a Czech football club based in the city of Liberec. ... FC St. ... Trabzonspor is a Turkish football club, from the Black Sea port city of Trabzon playing in the Turkish Premier Super League. ... FC TVMK are an Estonian football club, based in the capital city Tallinn. ... FC Utrecht is a Dutch football club founded on July 1, 1970. ... Valur is a sports club in Reykjavík, Iceland. ... FK Vėtra is a Lithuanian football team from the capital city of Vilnius. ... Klubi Sportiv Vllaznia Shkodër (KS Vllaznia) is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. ... NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb. ... Zalaegerszegi TE is a Hungarian football team located on the city of Zalaegerszeg. ... FC Zestaponi is an Georgian football club based in Tskhinvali. ...

See also

Austria national team Football is the second most popular sport in Austria, after alpine skiing. ... The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) (German: Österreichischer Fussball-Bund) is the governing body of football in Austria. ... The Austrian Football Bundesliga (in German, the Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga) is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. ... First international Austria 5 - 0 Hungary (Vienna, Austria; October 12, 1902) Biggest win Austria 9 - 0 Malta (Salzburg, Austria; April 30, 1977) Biggest defeat Austria 1 - 11 England (Vienna, Austria; June 8, 1908) World Cup Appearances 7 (First in 1934) Best result Third place, 1954 European Football Championship Appearances 1... The Austrian Cup is, since 1919, an annual football (soccer) tournament in Austria. ... The Red Zac 1st League is the second highest professional division in Austrian football. ... The Austria national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Austria and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association. ... The Austrian Supercup is a football (soccer) match, held annually from 1986 with winners Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup. ... The Austrian Regional League is the third-highest division in Austrian football, after the Austrian Bundesliga and the First Division, and is divided into three conferences: the East (German: Ost), covering the provinces of Vienna, Niederösterreich, and Burgenland; the Central (German: Mitte), covering the provinces of Steiermark, Kärnten... The Austrian Regional League East is a third-tier division of Austrian football. ... The Austrian Regional League Central is a third-tier division of Austrian football. ... The Austrian Regional League West is a third-tier division of Austrian football. ... This is a non-exhaustive list of football clubs in Austria that includes the current first division teams, as well as clubs who have played in the top league before. ... The Austrian Landesliga is the fourth tier of football in Austria. ... The Austrian 2. ...

External links

• Official Homepage
• http://www.rapidarchiv.at/
• http://mitglied.lycos.de/rapidwien/titel.htm (Rapid's achievements)
• http://mitglied.lycos.de/rapidwien/geschich.htm (Rapid's history)
• http://www.scr-forum.net (Rapid forum)
• http://www.austriansoccerboard.at/index.php?showforum=8 (Rapid forum)
• http://www.dokupil.at/ (Rapid in the 90ies/Ernst Dokupil's History/Many interesting pics in German)