The Rapid Wien Chronicle
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Petter Nosa Dahl was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 45. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match25 Nov 2026
The small margins put Rapid Wien out
Out, 0‑1 to SV Ried, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Eduard Löwen in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rapid Wien this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Rapid Wien
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ercan Kara was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Doors closed at Rapid Wien
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Guido Trimmel left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
A promise honoured at Rapid Wien
Something was said to Ange Ahoussou and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Bendegúz Bolla gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Bendegúz Bolla is on it.
Loan watch30 Nov 2026
9 goals on loan for Andrija Radulović
14 appearances at Hapoel Haifa and the goals keep coming. Rapid Wien are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
In brief
- The dugout Matthias Seidl knocks on the manager's door
- Market The Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao story refuses to die
- Squad Patrick Alaba makes his debut at 15