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Rapid Vienna
Full name	SK Rapid Wien
Nickname(s)	Die Grün-Weißen (The Green-Whites), Hütteldorfer
Founded	1898
Ground	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium (Capacity 17,500)
Chairman	Rudolf Edlinger
Manager	Peter Pacult
League	Austrian Bundesliga
2006-07	Austrian Bundesliga, 4th
Home colours 　 Away colours

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Honours 4 Current squad 2007/08 5 Notable players 6 Managers since 1910 7 Team trivia 8 Competitions 9 See also 10 External links

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.

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.

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

• Mitropa Cup: 1930, 1951

• Cup Winners' Cup Runners Up: 1985, 1996

Hoffer Heikkinen Bazina Boskovic Kavlak Hofmann Hiden Katzer Payer Thonhofer Tokic

Rapid Vienna Possible Lineup for 07/08 Season.

No. Position Player 1 GK Raimund Hedl 2 DF Mario Tokic 3 DF Jürgen Patocka 4 DF Martin Hiden 6 MF Christian Thonhofer 7 MF Stefan Kulovits 8 MF Markus Heikkinen 9 FW Mate Bilić 10 MF Mario Bazina 11 MF Steffen Hofmann 13 DF Markus Katzer 14 MF Ümit Korkmaz 15 MF Boris Prokopic

No. Position Player 16 MF Mario Sara 17 MF Veli Kavlak 18 DF Hannes Eder 19 FW Christopher Drazan 20 FW Fabiano 21 FW Erwin Hoffer 22 MF Georg Harding 23 DF Andreas Dober 24 GK Helge Payer 27 MF Branko Bošković 30 GK Andreas Lukse 31 GK Michael Haunschmid FW Horst Freiberger

• Josef Bican
• Franz Binder
• Robert Dienst
• Ernst Dokupil
• Herbert Feurer
• Toni Fritsch
• György Garics
• Gerhard Hanappi
• Ernst Happel
• Andreas Heraf
• Andreas Herzog
• Josef Hickersberger
• Martin Hiden
• Andreas Ivanschitz
• Reinhard Kienast
• Michael Konsel
• Alfred Körner
• Robert Körner
• Hans Krankl
• Dietmar Kühbauer
• Jürgen Macho
• Sebastian Martinez
• Max Merkel
• Peter Pacult
• Helge Payer
• Peter Persidis
• Heimo Pfeifenberger
• Erich Probst
• Karl Rappan
• Andreas Reisinger
• Gerhard Rodax
• Peter Schöttel
• August Starek
• Josef Uridil
• Heribert Weber
• Arnold Wetl
• Walter Zeman
• Steffen Hofmann
• Carsten Jancker
• Jan Åge Fjørtoft
• Branko Bošković
• Dejan Savićević
• Mario Bazina
• Zlatko Kranjcar
• Mario Tokić
• Ladislav Maier
• Antonín Panenka
• René Wagner
• Peter Hlinka
• Jozef Valachovič
• Trifon Ivanov
• Krzysztof Ratajczyk
• Axel Lawaree
• Gaston Taument
• Andreas Lagonikakis
• Hugo Maradona
• Hernán Medford
• Erwin Hoffer
• Veli Kavlak

• Dionys Schönecker 1910 - 1925
• Stanley Willmott 1925 - 1926
• Edi Bauer 1926 - 1936
• Leopold Nitsch 1936 - 1945
• Hans Pesser 1945 - 1953
• Josef Uridil 1953 - 1954
• Viktor Hierländer 1954 - 1955
• Alois Beranek 1955 - 1956
• Franz Wagner 1956
• Max Merkel 1956 - 1958
• Rudolf Kumhofer 1958 - 1959
• Robert Körner 1959 - 1966
• Rudolf Vytlacil 1966 - 1968
• Karl Decker 1968 - 1970
• Karl Rappan 1969 - 1970
• Gerd Springer 1970 - 1972
• Robert Körner 1972
• Ernst Hlozek 1972 - 1975
• Josef Pecanka 1975
• Franz Binder/R. Körner 1975 - 1976
• Antoni Brzezanczyk 1976 - 1977
• Robert Körner 1977 - 1978
• Karl Schlechta 1978 - 1979
• Walter Skocik 1979 - 1982
• Otto Barić 1982 - 1985
• Vlatko Marković 1985 - 1986
• Otto Barić 1986 - 1989
• Hans Krankl 1989 - 1992
• August Starek 1992 - 1993
• Hubert Baumgartner 1993 - 1994
• Ernst Dokupil 1994 - 1998
• Heribert Weber 1998 - 2000
• Ernst Dokupil 2000 - 2001
• Peter Persidis 2001
• Lothar Matthäus 2001 - 2002
• Josef Hickersberger 2002 - 2005
• Georg Zellhofer 2006
• Peter Pacult 2006 - now

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

Austrian Football Bundesliga 2007-08 v • d • e
SCR Altach • Austria Vienna • LASK Linz • Mattersburg • SK Austria Kärnten • Rapid Vienna • Red Bull Salzburg • Ried • Sturm Graz • Wacker Innsbruck
Austrian Football Bundesliga seasons
2006-07 | 2007-08

UEFA Cup 2007-08 v • d • e

Group Stage Aalborg BK • Aberdeen • AEK Athens • Anderlecht • Aris • Atlético Madrid • Austria Vienna • AZ • Basel • Bayer Leverkusen • Bayern Munich • Bolton Wanderers • Bordeaux • Brann • Copenhagen • Dinamo Zagreb • Elfsborg • Everton • Fiorentina • Galatasaray • Getafe • Hamburg • Hapoel Tel Aviv • Helsingborg • Larissa • Lokomotiv Moscow • Mladá Boleslav • Nuremberg • Panathinaikos • Panionios • Red Star Belgrade • Rennes • Sparta Prague • Spartak Moscow • Sporting Braga • Tottenham Hotspur • Toulouse • Villarreal • Zürich • Zenit St-Petersburg Eliminated in First Round AIK • Ajax • Anorthosis Famagusta • Artmedia Bratislava • BATE Borisov • Belenenses • Blackburn Rovers • CSKA Sofia • Club Brugge • Dinamo Bucharest • Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk • Dyskobolia Grodzisk • Empoli • Groningen • Häcken • Hammarby • Heerenveen • Erciyesspor • Lens • Litex Lovech • Lokomotiv Sofia • Metalist Kharkiv • Midtjylland • Odense • Paços Ferreira • Palermo • Rabotnički • Rapid Bucharest • Rapid Vienna • Red Bull Salzburg • Sampdoria • Sarajevo • Sion • Sochaux • Standard Liège • Tampere United • Twente • União Leiria • Vålerenga • Zaragoza

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 v • d • e

Aalborg1 • Ararat Yerevan • Atlético Madrid1 • Baku • Birkirkara • Blackburn Rovers • Cherno More • Chornomorets Odessa • Cliftonville • Cork City • Dacia Chişinău • Differdange 03 • Dinaburg • Ethnikos Achna • Gent • Gloria Bistriţa • Grbalj • Hajduk Kula • Hamburg1 • Hammarby • Honka • Klaksvík • Legia Warsaw • Leiria• Lens • Llanelli • Maccabi Haifa • Makedonija ĞP • Maribor • OFI Crete • Oţelul Galaţi • Rapid Wien • Rubin Kazan • Sampdoria • Sant Julià • Shakhtyor • Slavija • Slovan Bratislava • Slovan Liberec • St. Gallen • Tobol • Trabzonspor • TVMK • Utrecht • Valur • Vėtra • Vllaznia • Zagreb • Zalaegerszeg • Zestaponi 1Currently in UEFA Cup

Football in Austria v • d • e
League competitions ÖFB Cup competitions Bundesliga National team Austrian Cup First League U-21 Austrian Supercup Regional League (East • Central • West) Clubs Landesliga Venues 2. Landesliga Players

• 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)