Sportklub Rapid Wien, commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, as well as a German championship in 1941 during Nazi rule. Rapid twice reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1985 and 1996, losing on both occasions. The club is often known as Die Grün-Weißen for its team colours or as Hütteldorfer, in reference to the location of the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, which is in Hütteldorf, part of the city's 14th district in Penzing.
Fußballklub Austria Wien AG, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the most national titles of any Austrian club from the top flight, with 24 Austrian Bundesliga titles and 27 cup titles. Alongside SK Rapid Wien, Austria is one of only two teams that have never been relegated from the Austrian top flight. With 27 victories in the Austrian Cup and six in the Austrian Supercup, Austria Wien is also the most successful club in each of those tournaments. The club reached the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1978, and the semi-finals of the European Cup the season after. The club plays at the Franz Horr Stadium, known as the Generali Arena since a 2010 naming rights deal with an Italian insurance company.
Antonín Panenka is a Czech retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career representing Czechoslovak club Bohemians Prague. Panenka won UEFA Euro 1976 with the national team of Czechoslovakia. In the final against West Germany, he notably scored the winning penalty in the shootout with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper dived away; a style of penalty now known as a panenka. In 1980, he won Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year and his team finished third at Euro 1980.
FC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club based in Wals-Siezenheim, that competes in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top flight of Austrian Football. Their home ground is the Red Bull Arena. Due to sponsorship restrictions, the club is known as FC Salzburg and wears a modified crest when playing in UEFA competitions.
Peter Stöger is an Austrian football coach and a former player. He is the head coach of Ferencváros.
Michael Konsel is a retired Austrian football goalkeeper.
Karl Rappan was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Swiss national team, which he managed in three World Cups, and is the all-time leader in matches won as coach of the Swiss team. He introduced a major football strategy known as the "bolt", which gave origin to the catenaccio system. He also helped create the UEFA Intertoto Cup.
The Austrian Football Bundesligaof 1994–95 was organised by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB). The Austrian First League served as a stepping stone for promotion to the 1. Bundesliga. The Regional Leagues acted as a third step on the footballing ladder, East, Central (Mitte) and West.
Willibald "Willy" Stejskal was an Austrian football (soccer) player in defender role and manager.
The Austrian Cup, known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th time, a record.
The 2011–12 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 100th season of top-tier football in Austria and was contested by ten teams. The Austrian football champion was determined in four heats. The championship began on 16 July 2011 and ended on 17 May 2012 with the completion of the 36th and final round.
Taxiarchis Fountas is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian club Rapid Wien and the Greece national team.
The Austrian Cup 2004–05 was the seventy-first season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It started on September 14, 2004 with the first game of the First Round. The final was held at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna on 1 June 2005.
Robert Lang was an Austrian football player and coach.
Otto Hamacek was an Austrian football player and coach.
Otto Necas was an Austrian football player and coach.
The 1987–88 First Vienna FC season was probably the most successful season in club history since 1954–55. Under coach Ernst Dokupil the team finished fourth in the domestic league and qualified for the 1988–89 UEFA Cup. This was their first appearance in a European competition.
The 1988–89 season ended for First Vienna FC with a fifth-place finish in the domestic league. This qualified the club for the 1989–90 UEFA Cup and was their second and up to now last appearance in a European competition.
The Austrian Cup 2006–07 was the seventy-third season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It started on July 28, 2006 with the first game of the Preliminary Round. The final was held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna on 1 May 2007.
The Austrian Cup 1998–99 was the sixty-fifth season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. The final was held at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna on 18 May 1999.
