2026–27 SK Rapid season
Austrian football club season
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The 2026–27 season is the 127th season in the existence of the Sportklub Rapid and the club's 78th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rapid participates in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and enters international football in the second qualifying round to the UEFA Conference League after winning the previous Bundesliga seasons Conference League Play-off.
ChairmanAlexander Wrabetz
Head coachJohannes Hoff Thorup
StadiumAllianz Stadion
Bundesliga1st (Regular season)
| 2026–27 season | |
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| Chairman | Alexander Wrabetz |
| Head coach | Johannes Hoff Thorup |
| Stadium | Allianz Stadion |
| Bundesliga | 1st (Regular season) |
| Austrian Cup | Round of 16 |
| UEFA Conference League | Play-off round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Tonni Adamsen (4 goals) All: Ercan Kara (7 goals) |
| Highest home attendance | 24 700 vs. SK Sturm Graz, 30 August 2026 |
| Lowest home attendance | 16 795 vs. SCR Altach, 2 August 2026 |
| Average home league attendance | 19 300 |
| All statistics correct as of 18 September 2026. | |
After advancing two rounds through Conference League qualifying against FC Santa Coloma from Andorra[1] and Paide Linnameeskond from Estonia[2] they were eliminated in the Play-off round by Scottish Premiership runners-up Heart of Midlothian losing on penalties.[3]
In the domestic cup, Rapid were drawn against Regionalliga Ost side SV Wienerberg[4] in the first round and advanced.[5] In the second round, they were drawn against Austria Klagefurt[6] from the Regionalliga Mitte, eventually advancing to the round of 16. Rapid then were drawn against First Vienna in the round of 16.[7]
Remarkable events in the domestic league include a 8–0 win against Grazer AK on matchday 3, their highest in this competition since 1985.[8]
Squad
Squad statistics
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | Austrian Cup | UEFA Competitions | Total | Discipline | |||||||||||
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| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  | Niklas Hedl | 25 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | | Paul Gartler | 29 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | Eaden Roka | 18 | 1+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 4+3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | | Jakob Schöller | 20 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 4+2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6 |  | Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao | 27 | 6+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 | 11+2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 |  | Ange Ahoussou | 22 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | | Jonas Auer | 25 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 4 | 4+2 | ||||||||||||
| 24 |  | Jean Marcelin | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| 33 | | Dominic Vincze | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 38 |  | Jannes Horn | 29 | 6+1 | 1 | 1 | 2+2 | 9+3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 47 |  | Amìn-Elias Gröller | 21 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 55 |  | Nenad Cvetković | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 61 |  | Furkan Demir | 21 | 0+2 | 0+2 | ||||||||||||||
| 77 |  | Bendegúz Bolla | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  | Martin Ndzie | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 |  | Tobias Gulliksen | 22 | 1 | 2+1 | 3+1 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | | Matthias Seidl | 25 | 6+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 12+2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 21 | | Louis Schaub | 31 | 0+4 | 1+1 | 2+2 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 22 | | Yusuf Demir | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0+1 | 3+2 | 1 | 10+3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 28 | | Moritz Oswald | 24 | 0+1 | 0+1 | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | | Romeo Amane | 23 | 2+1 | 4 | 6+1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | | Nicolas Bajlicz | 21 | 6+1 | 2 | 1 | 1+5 | 9+6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  | Marco Tilio | 24 | 1+6 | 1 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 6+8 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 |  | Tonni Adamsen | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1+1 | 2 | 4+1 | 12+2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 9 | | Ercan Kara | 30 | 5+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 4 | 4 | 10+3 | 7 | |||||||||
| 10 | | Petter Nosa Dahl | 22 | 5+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 3+3 | 2 | 9+6 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 | | Nikolaus Wurmbrand | 20 | 0+7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3+3 | 2 | 4+10 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| 43 |  | Moulaye Haïdara | 19 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2+4 | 3 | 6+8 | 5 | ||||||||
| 54 |  | Daniel Nunoo | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 71 | | Claudy Mbuyi | 27 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 0+2 | |||||||||||||
Goal scorers
| Name | Bundesliga | Cup | International | Total |
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| Ercan Kara | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tonni Adamsen | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Nikolaus Wurmbrand | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Petter Nosa Dahl | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Moulaye Haïdara | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Nenad Cvetković | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Yusuf Demir | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bendegúz Bolla | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthias Seidl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marco Tilio | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nicolas Bajlicz | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jannes Horn | 1 | 1 | ||
| Louis Schaub | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 8 | 19 | 48 |
Disciplinary record
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| Bendegúz Bolla | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Petter Nosa Dahl | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Romeo Amane | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Nicolas Bajlicz | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Nenad Cvetković | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Matthias Seidl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Nikolaus Wurmbrand | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ange Ahoussou | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jannes Horn | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Louis Schaub | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jakob Schöller | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 1 | 10 | 23 | ||||||||
Transfers
In
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moved from | Type | Transfer Window | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | |
Benjamin Böckle | 24 | WSG Tirol |
Loan return | Summer | [9] |
| DF | |
Dominik Vincze | 22 | TSV Hartberg |
Loan return | Summer | [9] |
| FW | |
Ismaïl Seydi | 24 |  Torreense |
Loan return | Summer | |
| MF | |
Moritz Oswald | 24 | SCR Altach |
Loan return | Summer | [9] |
| FW |  |
Andrija Radulović | 23 |  Hapoel Haifa |
Loan return | Summer | [9] |
| FW | |
Tonni Adamsen | 31 | Silkeborg IF |
Transfer | Summer | [10] |
| MF | |
Nicolas Bajlicz | 21 | SV Ried |
Transfer | Summer | [11] |
Out
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moved to | Type | Transfer Window | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW |  |
Janis Antiste | 23 |  Sassuolo |
Loan return | Summer | [9] |
| FW | |
Andreas Weimann | 34 |  Derby County |
Loan return | Summer | [9] |
| MF | |
Lukas Grgić | 30 | SSC Bari |
Free transfer | Summer | [12] |
| MF | |
Tobias Børkeeiet | 27 | Sandefjord Fotball |
Free transfer | Summer | [13] |
| MF | |
Dominik Weixelbraun | 22 | SC Austria Lustenau |
Loan | Summer | [14] |
| DF | |
Benjamin Böckle | 24 | SC Rheindorf Altach |
Transfer | Summer | [15] |
| FW | |
Ismaïl Seydi | 25 | Sønderjyske Fodbold |
Transfer | Summer | [16] |
| MF | |
Moritz Oswald | 24 | WSG Tirol |
Loan | Summer | [17] |
| MF | |
Tobias Gulliksen | 23 | Kocaelispor |
Loan | Summer | [18] |
| MF | |
Romeo Amane | 23 |  RSC Anderlecht |
Transfer | Summer | [19] |
| FW | |
Andrija Radulović | 24 | TSV Hartberg |
Loan | Summer | [20] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 27 June 2026 Friendly | Rapid | 4–1 | Floridsdorfer AC | Vienna, Austria |
| Report |
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Stadium: Körner Trainginszentrum |
| 5 July 2026 Friendly | FK Pardubice  | 2–2 | Rapid | Perg, Austria |
| 15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Forstenlechner Arena Attendance: 1 300 |
| 5 July 2026 Friendly | Rapid București  | 0–0 | Rapid | Perg, Austria |
| 17:15 | Report | Stadium: Forstenlechner Arena Attendance: 1 300 |
| 12 July 2026 Friendly | FC Hertha Wels | 1–2 | Rapid | Wels, Austria |
| 15:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: eww-Stadion Attendance: 1 200 |
| 15 July 2026 Friendly | Rapid | 4–1 |  Panathinaikos F.C. | Vienna, Austria |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 6 046 Referee: Harald Lechner |
| 18 July 2026 Friendly | Rapid | 3–2 | Hamburger SV | Vienna, Austria |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 14 541 |
| 26 September 2026 Friendly | Venezia FC | v | Rapid | Venice, Italy |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Austrian Football Bundesliga | 2 August | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 85.71 | |||
| Austrian Cup | 26 July | Round 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 100.00 | ||
| Conference League | 23 July | 27 August | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 66.67 |
| Total | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 80.00 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Austrian Football Bundesliga
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Results by round
Regular season
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | SK Rapid | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 18 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 17 | |
| 3 | LASK | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 16 | |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 11 | |
| 5 | WSG Tirol | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 8 |
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2026. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[21]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[21]
Matches
| 2 August 2026 1 | Rapid | 1–0 | Altach | Vienna |
| 19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 16 795 Referee: Jakob Semler |
| 9 August 2026 2 | Ried | 1–2 | Rapid | Ried im Innkreis |
| 17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: BWT X Upper Austrian Arena Attendance: 6 695 Referee: Walter Altmann |
| 17 August 2026 3 | Rapid | 8–0 | GAK | Vienna |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 17 651 Referee: Arnes Talic |
| 2 September 2026 4 | RB Salzburg | 5–1 | Rapid | Wals-Siezenheim |
| 20:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 12 153 Referee: Jakob Semler |
| 30 August 2026 5 | Rapid | 3–1 | Sturm | Vienna |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 24 700 Referee: Stefan Ebner |
| 12 September 2026 6 | RB Salzburg | 0–3 | Rapid | Wolfsberg |
| 19:30 | Report | Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Referee: Alain Sadikovski |
| 18 September 2026 7 | Rapid | 3–0 | WSG Tirol | Vienna |
| 19:30 | Report | Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 18 217 Referee: Harald Lechner |
| 11 October 2026 8 | LASK | v | Rapid | Linz |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena |
| 16 October 2026 9 | Rapid | v | Hartberg | Vienna |
| 19:30 | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 24 October 2026 10 | Rapid | v | Austria Lustenau | Vienna |
| 19:30 | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 1 November 2026 11 | Austria Wien | v | Rapid | Vienna |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium |
| 6 November 2026 12 | Rapid | v | Wolfsberg | Vienna |
| 19:30 | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 21 November 2026 13 | GAK | v | Rapid | Graz |
| 19:30 | Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium |
| 28 November 2026 14 | Austria Lustenau | v | Rapid | Lustenau |
| 19:30 | Stadium: Reichshofstadion |
| 5 December 2026 15 | Rapid | v | LASK | Vienna |
| 19:30 | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 12 December 2026 16 | Rapid | v | Ried | Vienna |
| 19:30 | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| January 2027 17 | Hartberg | v | Rapid | Hartberg |
| Stadium: Stadion Hartberg |
| January 2027 18 | Rapid | v | Austria Wien | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| February 2027 19 | WSG Tirol | v | Rapid |
| February 2027 20 | Sturm | v | Rapid | Graz |
| Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium |
| February 2027 21 | Rapid | v | RB Salzburg | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| February 2027 22 | Altach | v | Rapid | Altach |
| Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz |
Austrian Cup
| 27 July 2026 1st round | SV Wienerberg | 0–3 | Rapid | Vienna |
| 20:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Wienerberg Arena Attendance: 1 400 Referee: Davor Divkovic |
| 5 September 2026 2nd round | Austria Klagenfurt | 2–5 | Rapid | Klagenfurt |
| 20:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 3 350 Referee: Florian Jäger |
| 27 October 2026 Round of 16 | First Vienna | v | Rapid | Vienna |
| 18:00 | Stadium: Hohe Warte Stadium |
UEFA Conference League
Second qualifying round
| 23 July 2026 First leg | FC Santa Coloma  | 1–3 | Rapid | Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
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Report | Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 627 Referee: Matthew MacDermid  |
| 30 July 2026 Second leg | Rapid | 6–2 (9–3 agg.) | FC Santa Coloma | Vienna, Austria |
| 20:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Weststadion Attendance: 13 208 Referee: Visar Kastrati  |
Third qualifying round
| 6 August 2026 First leg | Paide Linnameeskond  | 1–4 | Rapid | Tallinn, Estonia |
| 18:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Referee: Danilo Nikolić |
| 12 August 2026 Second leg | Rapid | 2–0 (6–1 agg.) | Paide Linnameeskond | Vienna, Austria |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Weststadion Attendance: 13 705 Referee: Denys Shurman  |
Play-off round
| 20 August 2026 First leg | Heart of Midlothian | 2–2 | Rapid | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 19:45 | Report | Stadium: Tynecastle Park Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas  |
| 26 August 2026 Second leg | Rapid | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–4 agg.) (3–5 p) | Heart of Midlothian | Vienna, Austria |
| 18:45 | Report | Stadium: Weststadion Attendance: 23 975 Referee: Elchin Masiyev  | ||
| Penalties | ||||
