2025–26 SK Rapid season
| 2025–26 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Alexander Wrabetz | |
| Head coach | Peter Stöger | |
| Stadium | Allianz Stadion | |
| Bundesliga | not started | |
| Austrian Cup | 1st round | |
| UEFA Conference League | Second qualification round | |
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| All statistics correct as of 4 June 2025. | ||
The 2025–26 season is the 128th season in the existence of the Sportklub Rapid and the club's 77th 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.
Peter Stöger was appointed as the new head coach on 2 June 2025,[1] with Thomas Sageder and former interim manager Stefan Kulovits as his assistants.[2]
Squad
Squad statistics
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | Austrian Cup | UEFA Competitions | Total | Discipline | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Niklas Hedl | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Paul Gartler | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jakob Schöller | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Ange Ahoussou | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Jonas Auer | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Jean Marcelin | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| 38 | Jannes Horn | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Nenad Cvetković | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
| 77 | Bendegúz Bolla | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lukas Grgić | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Tobias Børkeeiet | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Mamadou Sangare | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Matthias Seidl | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Louis Schaub | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Moritz Oswald | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Romeo Amane | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ercan Kara | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Nikolaus Wurmbrand | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Noah Bischof | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Andrija Radulović | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| 71 | Claudy Mbuyi | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
Goal scorers
Disciplinary record
Transfers
In
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moved from | Type | Transfer Window | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Claudy Mbuyi | 26 | SKN St. Pölten | Transfer | Summer | [3] | |
| DF | Jannes Horn | 28 | 1.FC Nürnberg | Free transfer | Summer | [4] | |
| DF | Jean Marcelin | 25 | Beitar Jerusalem F.C. | Transfer | Summer | [5] | |
| MF | Dennis Kaygin | 21 | Willem II Tilburg | Loan return | Summer | ||
| MF | Oliver Strunz | 25 | Floridsdorfer AC | Loan return | Summer | ||
| FW | Thierry Gale | 23 | Piast Gliwice | Loan return | Summer |
Out
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moved to | Type | Transfer Window | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Dennis Kaygin | 21 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | Transfer | Summer | ||
| FW | Thierry Gale | 23 | Bolton Wanderers F.C. | Transfer | Summer | [6] | |
| FW | Isak Jansson | 23 | OGC Nice | Transfer | Summer | [7] | |
| DF | Benjamin Böckle | 23 | WSG Tirol | Loan | Summer | [8] | |
| FW | Dion Drena Beljo | 23 | FC Augsburg | Loan return | Summer | ||
| FW | Guido Burgstaller | 36 | Retirement | End of contract | Summer | [9] | |
| MF | Roman Kerschbaum | 31 | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | [10] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 28 June 2025 Friendly | USV Scheiblingkirchen-Warth | 0–5 | Rapid | Scheiblingkirchen-Thernberg, Austria |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Pittental-Stadion Attendance: 1,950 |
| 5 July 2025 Friendly | Rapid | 1–0 | SK Artis Brno | Grein, Austria |
| 16:30 |
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Report | Stadium: SAR Arena Attendance: 1,500 |
| 12 July 2025 Friendly | Rapid | 5–2[a] | MŠK Žilina | Hausmening, Austria |
| 16:30 |
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Stadium: Peter Lisec Stadion |
| 20 July 2025 Friendly | Rapid | v | 1. FC Union Berlin | Vienna, Austria |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 5 September 2025 Friendly | Rapid | v | Venezia FC | Vienna, Austria |
| 18:00 | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
- ^ playing time 2x60 minutes
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Austrian Football Bundesliga | 3 August 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||
| Austrian Cup | 27 July 2025 | Round 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||
| Conference League | 24 July 2025 | Second qualifying round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
Source: Soccerway
Austrian Football Bundesliga
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Results by round
Regular season
Table
Matches
| 3 August 2024 1 | Rapid | v | BW Linz | Vienna |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 10 August 2024 2 | Sturm | v | Rapid | Graz |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium |
| 17 August 2024 3 | Rapid | v | Altach | Vienna |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 24 August 2024 4 | Wolfsberg | v | Rapid | Wolfsberg |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena |
| 31 August 2024 5 | Hartberg | v | Rapid | Hartberg |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Profertil Arena |
| 6 | Rapid | v | WSG Tirol | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 7 | GAK | v | Rapid | Graz |
| Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium |
| 8 | Rapid | v | Austria | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 9 | RB Salzburg | v | Rapid | Salzburg |
| Stadium: Red Bull Arena |
| 10 | Rapid | v | LASK | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 11 | Ried | v | Rapid | Ried im Innkreis |
| Stadium: Josko Arena |
| 12 | Rapid | v | Sturm | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 13 | WSG Tirol | v | Rapid | Innsbruck |
| Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol |
| 14 | Rapid | v | GAK | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 15 | WSG Tirol | v | Rapid | Linz |
| Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena |
| 16 | Rapid | v | Ried | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 17 | BW Linz | v | Rapid | Linz |
| Stadium: Donauparkstadion |
| 18 | Rapid | v | Hartberg | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 19 | Austria | v | Rapid | Vienna |
| Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium |
| 20 | Rapid | v | Wolfsberg | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
| 21 | Altach | v | Rapid | Altach |
| Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz |
| 22 | Rapid | v | RB Salzburg | Vienna |
| Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
Austrian Cup
| 27 July 2025 1st round | Wacker Innsbruck | v | Rapid | Innsbruck |
| 17:00 | Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol |
UEFA Conference League
Second qualifying round
| 31 July 2025 Second leg | Rapid | v | / Dečić / Sileks | Vienna, Austria |
| 20:30 | Stadium: Weststadion |
References
- ^ "Pressekonferenz mit Cheftrainer Peter Stöger". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Thomas Sageder verstärkt das grün-weiße Trainerteam". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Offiziell: Rapid verpflichtet Angreifer Mbuyi". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Rapid bestätigt Horn-Transfer". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "Jean Harisson Marcelin wechselt nach Hütteldorf". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Thierry Gale Is A Wanderer!". bwfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Rapid gibt Jansson an Nizza ab und kassiert Millionen". derstandard.at (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ "Rapid verleiht Verteidiger Böckle". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ "Guido Burgstaller beendet seine Karriere". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Danke Kerschi!". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
External links
- 2025/26 season at the official club archive