SK Rapid Wien

Rapid Vienna
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Full name	Sportklub Rapid Wien
Nickname(s)	Die Grün-Weißen ; (The Green-Whites),; Hütteldorfer
Founded	1899; 125 years ago
Ground	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium
Capacity	18,500
Chairman	Rudolf Edlinger
Manager	Peter Schöttel
League	Austrian Football Bundesliga
2010-11	5th
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. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times. It also prides itself as the only team from the former Ostmark, part of the German Reich, to win the German war-time league in 1941 – during World War Two. 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.

History

SK Rapid Wien was founded in 1898 (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 8 January 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.

One of the best teams in early European football, Rapid became a dominant force 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 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.

Rapid were involved in a controversial episode in 1984 when they eliminated Celtic from the European Cup Winners Cup last 16. Strikes from Brian McClair (32 mins) Murdo MacLeod (45+5 mins) put Celtic 2–0 ahead at half time. After the interval Tommy Burns (68 mins) scored a controversial third goal to put Celtic 4–3 up on aggregate. With 14 mins left of the match, Rapid conceded a penalty, after Reinhard Kienast punched Burns on the back of the head whilst a corner kick was being taken. Rapid players, opposing the decision, crowded around the referee and linesman, close to the Celtic fans. Rapid defender Rudolf Weinhofer then fell to the ground, and claimed to have been hit by a bottle thrown from the terracing. TV pictures showed clearly that the bottle which was thrown onto the pitch did not hit the player. After a delay of some 10 minutes, the penalty was taken by Peter Grant, and he struck it wide. The match finished 3–0, giving Celtic a 4–3 win on aggregate. However, Rapid appealed to UEFA for a replay, and both teams were fined. The replay appeal was turned down initially, but Rapid appealed for a second time. On this occasion, Rapid's fine was doubled but UEFA also stipulated that the game be replayed 100 miles away from Celtic Park. The game was held on 12 December 1984 at Old Trafford, Manchester and Rapid won 1–0 through a Peter Pacult strike.

Stadium

Rapid Wien now plays at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium which was opened on 10 May 1977 in a game against FK Austria.

Honours

Rapid Vienna is Austria's record titleholder, winning these a total of 32 times to date. The wins of the German Championship and German Cup were possible due to Austria's annexation by Germany on 12 March 1938, during which many other Austrian clubs were banned.

National 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, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2007–08

Austrian Cup (14): 1919, 1920, 1927, 1946, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995

Austrian Supercup: 1986, 1987, 1988, 2008 (Unofficial edition)

German War-time Championship: 1941

German War-time Cup: 1938

Mitropa Cup: 1930, 1951

Intertoto Cup: 1992, 1993

Cup Winners' Cup Runners Up: 1985, 1996

Current squad

As of 16 July, 2011

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVK	Ján Novota
3	DF	AUT	Jürgen Patocka
4	DF	AUT	Thomas Schrammel
6	DF	AUT	Mario Sonnleitner
7	MF	AUT	Stefan Kulovits
8	MF	FIN	Markus Heikkinen
9	FW	ALB	Hamdi Salihi
11	MF	GER	Steffen Hofmann (captain)
14	DF	AUT	Markus Katzer
15	FW	AUT	Atdhe Nuhiu
16	MF	AUT	Boris Prokopič
17	DF	AUT	Christian Thonhofer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	AUT	Christopher Drazan
20	FW	AUT	René Gartler
21	MF	AUT	Christoph Saurer
22	DF	NOR	Ragnvald Soma
23	MF	AUT	Thomas Prager (on loan from FC Luzern)
24	GK	AUT	Helge Payer
27	DF	AUT	Harald Pichler
28	FW	AUT	Christopher Trimmel
30	FW	AUT	Guido Burgstaller
31	GK	AUT	Lukas Königshofer
33	FW	AUT	Deni Alar
36	DF	AUT	Michael Schimpelsberger

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BLR	Andrey Lebedew (to FC Lustenau)
29	DF	AUT	Thomas Bergmann (to FC Wacker Innsbruck)
—	MF	AUT	Muhammed Ildiz (to FC Wacker Innsbruck)

Retired numbers

5 – Peter Schöttel

Notable players

Template:Famous players

Managers since 1910

Dionys Schönecker (1910–25)
Stanley Willmott (1925–26)
Edi Bauer (1926–36)
Leopold Nitsch (1936–45)
Hans Pesser (1945–53)
Josef Uridil (1953–54)
Viktor Hierländer (1954–55)
Alois Beranek (1955–56)
Franz Wagner (1956)
Max Merkel (1956–58)
Rudolf Kumhofer (1958–59)
Robert Körner (1959–66)
Rudolf Vytlacil (1966–68)
Karl Decker (1968–70)
Karl Rappan (1969–70)
Gerd Springer (1970–72)
Robert Körner (1972)
Ernst Hlozek (1972–75)
Josef Pecanka (1975)
Franz Binder/ Robert Körner (1975–76)

Antoni Brzezanczyk (1976–77)
Robert Körner (1977–78)
Karl Schlechta (1978–79)
Walter Skocik (1979–82)
Otto Barić (1982–85)
Vlatko Marković (1985–86)
Otto Barić (1986–89)
Hans Krankl (1989–92)
August Starek (1992–93)
Hubert Baumgartner (1993–94)
Ernst Dokupil (1994–98)
Heribert Weber (1998–00)
Ernst Dokupil (2000–01)
Peter Persidis (2001)
Lothar Matthäus (2001–02)
Josef Hickersberger (2002–05)
Georg Zellhofer (2006)
Peter Pacult (2006–2011)
Zoran Barisic (2011)
Peter Schöttel (2011– )

SK Rapid Wien II Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Ertan Uzun
2	DF	AUT	Oliver Mohr
3	DF	AUT	Philipp Schöberl
4	DF	BIH	Nermin Jusić
6	DF	AUT	Emanuel Sakić
8	FW	AUT	Christopher Trimmel
9	MF	AUT	Marcel Toth
11	MF	TUR	Serkan Ciftci
12	DF	AUT	Stefan Holzmeier
13	MF	AUT	Matthias Muhr
15	FW	CZE	Richard Jicinsky
16	DF	AUT	Stephan Palla
17	MF	AUT	Thomas Bergmann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	TUR	Mehmet Sütcü
19	MF	TUR	Muhammed Ildiz
20	MF	AUT	Michel Sandić
21	GK	AUT	Nikola Kovačević
23	FW	AUT	Thomas Fröschl
24	DF	TUR	Cem Tosun
25	MF	BIH	Arvedin Terzić
26	FW	AUT	Daniel Luxbacher
27	MF	HUN	Patrik Nagy
28	DF	AUT	Dominik Huber
29	FW	AUT	René Gartler
-	FW	SRB	Bojan Malinić

References

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History

Stadium

Honours

Current squad

Out on loan

Retired numbers

Notable players

Managers since 1910

SK Rapid Wien II Squad

See also

References

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