SK Rapid Vienna Football Club Notebook *

If you are a keen supporter of Rapid   Vienna and would like to contribute to these pages please contact us via   our contributions   page.

Quick londonmost and euromost footy links

London Clubbing Guide / European Clubbing Guide

Olympics Guide

SK Rapid Vienna Football Club History & Profile

Club History & Facts:

Sk Rapid Vienna were established at the end of the   19th century in 1899 in the Austrian capital. The Rapid squad is known as the   green-whites. Rapid were dominant in the early 20th century between the two   world wars.

The manager of today’s side is Peter Paulcut and   their stadium holds a miserly 18,000 people. Vienna won the German Championship   in 1941 overcoming the top side at the time, Schalke 04. Rapid became renowned   for being great athletes hence the nickname Rapidgeist which translates as Rapid   Sprint.                  They are by far the most popular side in Austria, but cannot   compete with the investment that rivals Red Bull Salzburg, Rapid are attempting   to compensate for this problem by the development of young and gifted   footballers. They reached the 1985 Cup winners cup final only to lose to the   English champions at that time, Everton. They’ve won the Austrian Championship   an incredible 32 times, their last triumph was in 2008, but they could only   finish runners up in 2009. they were one place worse off in 2010 as they   finished 3rd in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Rapid Vienna European Performance

They last reached the Champions League in 2005,   but were demolished in the group stages by far stronger opponents. Rapid have   also won an impressive 14 Austrian cups, a competition they won 4 out of 5 years   in the 1980′s.

They were in this years Europa League after   defeating Aston Villa on away goals in what would be considered an upset, but   were eventually knocked out on away goals by Glasgow Celtic.  Current stars   include captain Steffen Hoffman and top striker Christopher Drazan.

more to follow