The Rapid Wien Chronicle
Match29 Jul 2028
Rapid Wien run riot against Admira Wacker
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market31 Jul 2028
Niklas Hedl asks to leave Rapid Wien
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Jul 2028
A fracture rules Svetozár Ožvold out for 45 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rapid Wien will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Both of them Seedy Jatta's — 8.21
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.21, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match29 Jul 2028
Rapid Wien make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Rapid Wien have 4 straight wins of it.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Amīn-Elias Gröller pops up at the right end — 7.94
7.94, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Rapid Wien
Furkan Demir and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets31 Jul 2028
Rapid Wien rebuffed over Simon Pirkl
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. FAC Wien have kept their man, and Rapid Wien go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Rapid Wien
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Amīn-Elias Gröller
- Market Dejan Baumgartner steps up from the Rapid Wien academy
- Market One of our own: Dejan Kalajdzic joins the Rapid Wien first team