Rapid won a dozen titles, even the German one after the Anschluss. Binder’s 1,000-goal career crossed paths with other prolific players of the pre-war era such as Matthias Kaburek, Ferdinand Wesely and Franz Weselik. Scorer of more goals than games played in green and white, Bender was also later coach at Rapid. Rapid won the first derby in 1911, the year that pre-war star Franz ‘Bimbo’ Binder was born. Rapid have always had a workmanlike approach to the game, typified by tank-like striker Pepi Uridil of the World War I era.Īlthough the social divisions hardly apply today, Austria enjoyed bourgeois support, Rapid working-class, typified by the Rapidviertelstunde, a rhythmic hand-clapping by fans to push their team to victory over the last 15 minutes, however doomed the situation. Rapid have had the better of the 300-plus matches over Austria Vienna in the Wiener Derby, Europe’s most enduring cross-city clash after Glasgow’s.įounded in 1898 as the First Vienna Workers’ Football Club by employees at a local hat factory, the club quickly changed to their now familiar name after a Rapid in Berlin. The Grün-Weißen will again have one up on their eternal rivals. Work was completed for the 2016-17 season, and a curtain-raising friendly with Chelsea. Rapid’s current title drought dates back to 2008.ĭespite this lack of recent success, Rapid have invested in the future, with a €50 million stadium, the Allianz, built on the site of their former Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion. The club were unimpressed with UEFA's handling of the situation, with the decision on away fans coming a little over a week before the match and set to leave thousands of supporters out of pocket after arranging travel and accommodation way in advance.Austria’s most popular and most titled club, based in the Hütteldorf district of west Vienna, Rapid have been trailing in Salzburg’s shadow in recent years. The club was fined a total of £29,260 on top of the fan ban.Īfter receiving a written explanation from UEFA West Ham accpeted the punishment but did so reluctantly and stressed their disappointment at the ruling. West Ham supporters were set to miss out on the trip to Vienna after UEFA imposed sanctions on the club for "crowd disturbances" and "throwing of objects" in Belgium.
West Ham make decision on appeal over UEFA banning supporters from Rapid Vienna clash.West Ham were set to play in front of a partisan crowd with the Hammers being sanctioned by UEFA for crowd trouble in Genk and banned from selling tickets to their supporters for the match.ĭespite the change in circumstances, UEFA has confirmed that the ban will not be suspended and will not be transferred to the knockout stages. The country has one of the lowest vaccination levels in Western Europe combined with soaring case numbers and as a result there will be no fans present at the match in the Austrian capital.
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The latest rules in Austria sees a full national lockdown imposed from Monday after a previous lockdown only impacted those unvaccinated for covid-19. West Ham's Europa League clash with Rapid Vienna will take place behind closed doors after the Austrian government confirmed a lockdown will begin on Monday.
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