SV Ried fans are looking forward to see their team aiming for European glory next season after Austria Lustenau were beaten in the ÖFB Cup final yesterday (Sun).The second-league side performed well in front of 14,500 fans at Viennas Ernst Happel Stadium, but it was Ried who found the net. Markus Hammerer is tipped to […]
At least 40 people are facing legal action after around 200 hooligans invaded the pitch in a Football Bundesliga match at the weekend.Vienna police said today (Weds) 40 people will be prosecuted over the incidents in which two police officers were injured. They added that not all of the offenders who stormed the green 26 […]
Officials at Austrias most popular football club are pressurised to be more stringent after hundreds of hooligans invaded the pitch during a crucial league match at the weekend.Around 200 Rapid Vienna supporters stormed on the green from the west stand at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna-Penzing yesterday afternoon (Sun) after Austria Vienna midfielder Zlatko […]
Peter Schöttel has been named new Rapid Vienna manager.The former defender, who currently coaches league rivals Magna Wiener Neustadt, agreed with Rapid bosses a two-year deal, it was confirmed today (Mon). Schöttel was hotly tipped to take over at the Green-Whites for weeks.He will succeed Peter Pacult who was fired last month amid accusations he […]
A struggling football club subsidised by energy drink producer Red Bull has signed former Rapid Vienna boss Peter Pacult.RasenBallsport (RB) Leipzig announced today (Weds) they agreed with the ex-national team striker over a two-year deal, adding that he will take over after the end of the current season. Pacult was fired by 32-time Austrian Bundesliga […]
Rapid Vienna fans were left frustrated as their team suffered a bitter home defeat against Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) yesterday (Sun).Neither of the teams who clashed in front of 17,500 supporters among them former Rapid star Erwin Hoffer, Austrian national team coach Dietmar Constantini and ORF presenter Armin Assinger at the sold-out Gerhard […]
Arsenal may not hold their pre-season training camp in Austria for the first time in 10 years.British media report today (Thurs) that the Premier League giants were expected to go on a lucrative tour across Asia. Arsenal officials think that such a venture will boost the London teams popularity in emerging markets and pour […]
Alfred Hörtnagl has resigned as Rapid Viennas executive manager just weeks after thousands of fans demanded his departure.The Tyrolean player informed club bosses yesterday (Thurs) that he would retire from the post as of now, it was announced today. Hörtnagl had been in charge since December 2006.Sport press have praised him for getting Rapid in […]
Rapid Viennas bid to win the league a 33rd time has suffered a further setback.The team of Peter Pacult is already nine points behind leaders SV Ried after failing to beat title holders Red Bull Salzburg yesterday (Sun). Ex-Rapid striker Roman Wallner found the net for the Bulls in the 35th minute before Rapid defender […]
Former Rapid Vienna star Mate Bilic is considering ending his career in his homeland, according to reports in Croatian papers today (Fri).The 30-year-old Sporting de Gijon ace is currently being targeted by Croatian top-flight club HNK Hajduk Split, according to the Croatian Times newspaper. Bilic played for the vice champions between 1997 and 2001 before […]