We won´t be going without top-quality football even during the final international break of 2026. On Thursday, 12 November, at 2:00 PM, we will take on the leaders and record champions of Austria´s top division. The match will be played behind closed doors at Rapid Vienna´s Körner Trainingszentrum, but you will be able to watch it live on both our Facebook and YouTube channels.
Basic information about our opponents:
Name: SK Rapid Vienna
Year founded: 1899
Club colours: Green and white
Stadium: Allianz Stadion (25 132 spectators)
City: Vienna (2 000 000 inhabitants)
Major honours: 32-time champions of the Austrian top division; 14-time winners of the Austrian Cup; 4-time winners of the Austrian Super Cup; UEFA Cup Winners´ Cup finalists twice (1985, 1996); German league champions once (1940/41); German Cup winners once (1937/38).
We will fill the international break with a clash against an attractive opponent with a rich history. Vienna´s SK Rapid are 32-time Austrian champions, a national record. Their most recent league title came in 2008, but they have been regular contenders near the top of the table for many years and are once again challenging for the championship this season.
The history of the Green and Whites commands enormous respect beyond Austria´s borders. They have reached the European Cup Winners´ Cup final twice and are the only Austrian club to have won both the German league title and the German Cup. Together with their city rivals, Austria Vienna, they are the only Austrian teams never to have been relegated from the top division.
There is plenty that connects the two clubs. One of our opponents´ greatest recent achievements came in the 2024/25 season, when they reached the UEFA Conference League quarter-finals, under the guidance of our current head coach, Robert Klauss. He managed the Vienna-based side between 2023 and 2025, taking charge of 67 competitive matches.
János Novota, Ottó Szabó and the late Zlatko Kranjčar have all represented both clubs. Other notable players who have worn Rapid´s shirt include Jozef Valachovič, Antonín Panenka, Marek Penksa, Attila Szalai and Hugo Maradona, the brother of Diego Maradona.
Our most recent meeting with Rapid came in a pre-season friendly ahead of the 2023/24 campaign, when we claimed a 4-2 victory at the MOL Aréna. Nikola Krstović scored twice, while Milán Vitális and Matej Trusa added one goal each. Before that, in July 2006, Rapid won 2-1, with László Belkovics scoring DAC´s goal.
A tough challenge awaits us against the team managed by 37-year-old Danish head coach Johannes Thorup.
After 12 rounds, Rapid lead the Austrian Bundesliga table by three points ahead of Salzburg, the only team to have beaten them so far, while they hold an eight-point advantage over defending champions LASK Linz. Rapid have recorded 12 victories, scored the most goals in the league (39) and, alongside Salzburg, conceded the fewest (9).
The squad also includes several international players. Yusuf Demir has received a call-up to the Austrian national team, Bendegúz Bolla represents Hungary, while Nikolaus Wurmbrand, Eaden Roka and Adrian Riegel are members of Austria´s U21 national team.
According to Transfermarkt, the market value of our next opponents´ squad stands at 43,75 million €, while our squad is valued at 16,68 million € by the same website.
