Rapid Vienna: On the way to the European football throne with legionnaires!

Rapid Vienna: On the way to the European football throne with legionnaires!

The Football Association Rapid Vienna set off on April 12, 2025, with the move into the quarter -finals of the Conference League, a strong highlight this season. At a time when the crew of legionnaires are the focus, Rapid tries to be successful with a model like Red Bull Salzburg. Rapid is currently relying on several legionnaires and has only a few own plants in the front row.

In this context, Ralf Rangnick does not comment on the election of Josef Pröll as the new chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Austrian Football Association, but focuses entirely on the upcoming preparations for the training camp of the World Cup qualification in Seefeld.

situation of the players

Jonas Auer is the only rapid player in the latter squad, but stayed against Stockholm in the past game. Matthias Seidl has a reduced role in the team under coach Robert Klauß. Rapid has the opportunity to be the first club since Salzburg seven years ago that is moving in among the last four of a European competition. However, Rapid played against weaker opponents in the Conference League in the knockout phase, while Salzburg competed against teams from top leagues in the Europa League.

When analyzing the previous opponents in the Conference League, it turns out that five teams five would not belong in the master group of the Austrian league. Rapid has a significant legionnaire model: in the last game there were six legionnaires in the starting XI, while eight legionnaires were set up at Salzburg. In the last five transfer periods, sports director Markus Katzer has committed a total of 17 new legionaries; Currently, seven of these players are no longer at Rapid, and Ryan Mmaee has not played a competitive game so far.

own actors and challenges

The Rapid's own actors, which include Niklas Hedl, Moritz Oswald, Louis Schaub and the injured Nicholas Wurmbrand, are in strong contrast to the legionnaires. Another talented midfielder, Nicolas Bajlicz, currently does not seem to have a chance of Bundesliga missions. In general, Rapid fights with various sporting construction sites that could make the title fight more difficult.

Another aspect that depicts the current situation is the performance assessment of the Austrian Bundesliga. The competition for the 2024/25 season comprises a total of 192 games, of which 145 have so far been completed without goals. This season, 12 teams are fighting for the title and 47 games are still pending. The leader is currently LASK Linz, followed by TSV Hartberg and SK Austria Klagenfurt.

The latest results are testified by the challenges that the teams have to master. So the last game between FK Austria Vienna and the Wolfsberg Athletics Club ended with a goalless draw, while FC Blau Weiß Linz lost 1-2 against the Wolfsberg Athletics Club. In the Bundesliga goalkeeper list, Ronivaldo stands out with 13 goals achieved, followed by other players who also want to contribute to the success of their teams.

whether Rapid Vienna can master the sporting challenges in the league remains to be seen, especially with regard to the preparations and the further course in the Conference League.