SK Rapid Wien
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The Sportklub Rapid (German pronunciation: [ʁaˈpiːt]), commonly known as Rapid Wien, is an Austrian professional 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.
Full name | Sportklub Rapid | ||
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Nickname(s) | Die Grün-Weißen (The Green-Whites), Hütteldorfer, Rapidler | ||
Founded | 8 January 1899; 125 years ago (8 January 1899) | ||
Ground | Allianz Stadion | ||
Capacity | 28,345 | ||
Chairman | Alexander Wrabetz | ||
Head coach | Robert Klauß | ||
League | Austrian Bundesliga | ||
2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga, 4th of 12 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The club is often known as Die Grün-Weißen (The Green-Whites) 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.