2025–26 SK Rapid season

Sportklub Rapid
2025–26 season
ChairmanAlexander Wrabetz
Head coachStefan Kulovits (interim)
Peter Stöger (until 28 November)
StadiumAllianz Stadion
Bundesliga7th
Austrian CupQuarterfinal
UEFA Conference LeagueLeague phase, 36th
Top goalscorerLeague: Ercan Kara,
Nikolaus Wurmbrand (4 goals)

All: Ercan Kara,
Claudy Mbuyi (6 goals)
Highest home attendance26,000 vs. Austria Wien 28th August 2025
Lowest home attendance13,537 vs SV Ried 23rd November 2025
Average home league attendance21,000
All statistics correct as of 18 December 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]. On November 28, after 8 defeats in the most recent 12 games, Stöger and Sageder were sacked, with Kulovits again taking over as interim manager.

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 11 2 10 23
25 Paul Gartler 28 6 1 2 9 3
Defenders
4 Jakob Schöller 19 1 1+1 2+1 1
6 Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao 26 14 3 6 23 4
20 Ange Ahoussou 21 8+3 1 8+1 17+4 1
23 Jonas Auer 24 1+3 1+1 3+3 5+7 1
24 Jean Marcelin 25 2 1 3 1
38 Jannes Horn 28 11+2 2 8 1 21+2 1 4
42 Eaden Roka 17 0+1 0+1
47 Amìn-Elias Gröller 20 0+2 2+1 2+3
55 Nenad Cvetković 29 14+1 2 2 9+1 25+2 2 1
61 Furkan Demir 20 7+5 1+1 5+4 13+10 6
77 Bendegúz Bolla 25 13+1 2+1 1 8+1 23+3 1 3
Midfielders
7 Marco Tilio 23 2+8 1 1 0+1 3+9 1 1
8 Lukas Grgić 29 2+3 6+3 8+6 3
14 Martin Ndzie 22 3+3 1 1+3 5+6 2
16 Tobias Børkeeiet 26
17 Tobias Gulliksen 21 6+5 2 2 4+2 12+7 2 3
17 Mamadou Sangaré 23 3 1 2 6 3
18 Matthias Seidl 24 13+2 1 2+1 8+2 2 23+5 3 7
21 Louis Schaub 30 2+6 1 3+6 1 5+12 2 3
29 Romeo Amane 22 16+1 2+1 11+1 29+3 4
30 Nicolas Bajlicz 20 0+1 0+1
Forwards
9 Ercan Kara 29 5+11 4 2+1 1 6+6 1 13+18 6 7
10 Petter Nosa Dahl 21 8 2 1 7 2 16 4 4
15 Nikolaus Wurmbrand 19 11+4 4 2 5+5 1 18+9 5 2
27 Noah Bischof 22
41 Dominik Weixelbraun 21 1+8 0+2 1+5 1 2+15 1
49 Andrija Radulović 22 6+4 1 1+1 5+3 2 12+8 3 2
71 Claudy Mbuyi 26 8+5 3 2 3+6 3 13+11 6 4
90 Janis Antiste 22 13+3 1 0+2 8+3 2 21+8 3 2

Goal scorers

Name Bundesliga Cup International Total
Ercan Kara 4 1 1 6
Claudy Mbuyi 3 3 6
Nikolaus Wurmbrand 4 1 5
Petter Nosa Dahl 2 2 4
Janis Antiste 1 2 3
Andrija Radulović 1 2 3
Matthias Seidl 1 2 3
Nenad Cvetković 2 2
Tobias Gulliksen 2 2
Louis Schaub 1 1 2
Bendegúz Bolla 1 1
Jannes Horn 1 1
Marco Tilio 1 1
Dominik Weixelbraun 1 1
Own goals
Dimitri Lavalée (Sturm Graz) 1 1
Totals 21 4 16 41

Disciplinary record

Name Bundesliga Cup International Total
       
Ercan Kara 3 4 7
Matthias Seidl 3 1 3 7
Furkan Demir 3 3 6
Romeo Amane 3 1 4
Petter Nosa Dahl 2 2 4
Jannes Horn 3 1 4
Claudy Mbuyi 2 1 1 4
Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao 2 2 4
Bendegúz Bolla 2 1 3
Paul Gartler 3 3
Lukas Grgić 2 1 3
Tobias Gulliksen 2 1 3
Mamadou Sangaré 1 1 1 3
Louis Schaub 2 1 3
Janis Antiste 2 2
Martin Ndzie 1 1 2
Andrija Radulović 2 2
Nikolaus Wurmbrand 1 1 2
Ange Ahoussou 1 1
Jonas Auer 1 1
Nenad Cvetković 1 1
Jean Marcelin 1 1
Jakob Schöller 1 1
Marco Tilio 1 1
Totals 39 7 26 72

Transfers

In

Pos. Nat. Name Age Moved from Type Transfer Window Ref.
FW Claudy Mbuyi 26 St. Pölten Transfer Summer [3]
DF Jean Marcelin 25 Beitar Jerusalem Transfer Summer [4]
FW Petter Nosa Dahl 21 Mechelen Transfer Summer [5]
MF Martin Ndzie 22 F.C. Ashdod Transfer Summer [6]
FW Marco Tilio 24 Celtic Transfer Summer [7]
MF Tobias Gulliksen 22 Djurgårdens IF Transfer Summer [8]
DF Jannes Horn 28 1.FC Nürnberg Free transfer Summer [9]
FW Dominik Weixelbraun 21 SKU Amstetten Free transfer Summer
FW Janis Antiste 22 Sassuolo Loan Summer [10]
MF Dennis Kaygin 21 Willem II Loan return Summer
MF Oliver Strunz 25 FAC 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 Transfer Summer [11]
FW Isak Jansson 23 OGC Nice Transfer Summer [12]
FW Jovan Živković 19 Győri ETO Transfer Summer
MF Mamadou Sangaré 23 RC Lens Transfer Summer [13]
MF Nicolas Bajlicz 21 SV Ried Transfer Summer
DF Benjamin Böckle 23 WSG Tirol Loan Summer [14]
DF Dominik Vincze 21 TSV Hartberg Loan Summer
FW Ismaïl Seydi 24 Torreense Loan Summer
FW Furkan Dursun 20 St. Pölten Loan Summer
MF Moritz Oswald 23 SCR Altach Loan Summer
FW Dion Drena Beljo 23 FC Augsburg Loan return Summer
FW Guido Burgstaller 36 Retirement End of contract Summer [15]
MF Roman Kerschbaum 31 Free agent End of contract Summer [16]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 June 2025 Friendly USV Scheiblingkirchen-Warth 0–5 Rapid Scheiblingkirchen-Thernberg, Austria
17:00 Report
  • 25' Mbuyi
  • 44' Stehrer
  • 69' Strunz
  • 71' Bajlicz
  • 90+1' (pen.) Oswald
Stadium: Pittental-Stadion
Attendance: 1,950
5 July 2025 Friendly Rapid 1–0 SK Artis Brno Grein, Austria
16:30
Report Stadium: SAR Arena
Attendance: 1,500
12 July 2025 Friendly Rapid 5–2[a] MŠK Žilina Hausmening, Austria
16:30
Stadium: Peter Lisec Stadion
Attendance: 1,000
20 July 2025 Friendly Rapid 1–1 1. FC Union Berlin Vienna, Austria
16:00 Mbuyi 68' Report 42' Skarke Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 19,400
5 September 2025 Friendly Rapid 1–1 Venezia FC Vienna, Austria
18:00
  • Weixelbraun 33'
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
9 October 2025 Friendly Admira Wacker 0–1 Rapid Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
Report
Stadium: Datenpol Arena
  1. ^ playing time 2x60 minutes

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga 3 August 2025 17 7 4 6 21 21 +0 041.18
Austrian Cup 27 July 2025 Round 1 3 3 0 4 1 +3 100.00
Conference League 24 July 2025 18 December 2025 Second qualifying round League phase, 36th 11 3 2 6 16 21 −5 027.27
Total 31 13 6 12 41 43 −2 041.94

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
17 7 4 6 21 21  0 25 3 1 4 10 11  −1 4 3 2 11 10  +1

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWDWWWDLLLWWDLLLD
Position43221111333222447
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 SV Ried 17 8 2 7 23 23 0 26 Qualification for the Championship round
6 Austria Wien 17 8 2 7 25 26 −1 26
7 SK Rapid 17 7 4 6 21 21 0 25 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Wolfsberg 17 7 3 7 25 21 +4 24
9 SCR Altach 17 5 6 6 18 19 −1 21
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[17]
Matches
3 August 2024 1 Rapid 1–0 BW Linz Vienna
17:00
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 21,200
Referee: Markus Hameter
10 August 2024 2 Sturm 1–2 Rapid Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 16,250
Referee: Peter Altmann
17 August 2024 3 Rapid 0–0 Altach Vienna
17:00
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 19,700
Referee: Christian Petru-Ciochirca
24 August 2024 4 Wolfsberg 1–2 Rapid Wolfsberg
17:00
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Anes Talic
31 August 2024 5 Hartberg 0–1 Rapid Maria Enzersdorf
17:00 Report
Stadium: Datenpol Arena[a]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Daniel Pfister
14 September 2025 6 Rapid 4–1 WSG Tirol Vienna
14:30
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 20,222
Referee: Christopher Jäger
21 September 2025 7 GAK 1–1 Rapid Graz
17:00
Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 7,482
Referee: Harald Lechner
28 September 2025 8 Rapid 1–3 Austria Vienna
17:00 Mbuyi 48' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Walter Altmann
5 October 2025 9 RB Salzburg 2–1 Rapid Salzburg
17:00
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 12,793
Referee: Jakob Semler
19 October 2025 10 Rapid 0–2 LASK Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 23,337
Referee: Alexander Harkam
26 October 2025 11 Ried 0–2 Rapid Ried im Innkreis
14:30 Report
Stadium: Innviertel Arena
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Arnes Talic
2 November 2025 12 Rapid 2–1 Sturm Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 24,800
Referee: Markus Hameter
9 November 2025 13 WSG Tirol 1–1 Rapid Innsbruck
14:30
Report
Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Attendance: 4,450
Referee: Florian Jäger
23 November 2025 14 Rapid 1–2 GAK Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 19,124
Referee: Stefan Ebner
30 November 2025 15 LASK 3–0 Rapid Linz
17:00
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Referee: Arnes Talic
6 December 2025 16 Rapid 1–2 Ried Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 13,537
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
14 December 2025 17 BW Linz 1–1 Rapid Linz
14:30
Report Stadium: Donauparkstadion
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Achim Untergasser
February 2026 18 Rapid v Hartberg Vienna
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
February 2026 19 Austria v Rapid Vienna
Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium
February 2026 20 Rapid v Wolfsberg Vienna
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
February 2026 21 Altach v Rapid Altach
Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
March 2026 22 Rapid v RB Salzburg Vienna
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
  1. ^ Hartberg played home games in Maria Enzersdorf during renovation of their usual home ground.

Austrian Cup

27 July 2025 1st round Wacker Innsbruck 0–1 Rapid Innsbruck
17:00 Report
Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Attendance: 15,753
Referee: Stefan Macanovic
17 September 2025 2nd round SV Oberwart 1–2 Rapid Oberwart
19:00
Report
Stadium: Inform-Stadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dr. Julian Schnur
29 October 2025 Round of 16 SKN St. Pölten 0–1 Rapid St. Pölten
20:30 Report
Stadium: NV Arena
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jakob Semler
January 2026 Quarterfinal SV Ried v Rapid Ried im Innkreis
Stadium: Innviertel Arena

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

24 July 2025 First leg Dečić 0–2 Rapid Tuzi, Montenegro
21:00 Report
Stadium: Stadion Tuško Polje
Referee: Kadir Sağlam
31 July 2025 Second leg Rapid 4–2
(6–2 agg.)
Dečić Vienna, Austria
20:30
Report
  • 60' Striković
  • 82' Sekulović
Stadium: Weststadion
Attendance: 16,217
Referee: Dumitru Muntean

Third qualifying round

7 August 2025 First leg Rapid 2–2 Dundee United Vienna, Austria
21:00
Report Stadium: Weststadion
Attendance: 18,930
Referee: Luis Godinho
14 August 2025 Second leg Dundee United 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–4 agg.)
(4–5 p)
Rapid Dundee, Scotland
19:45
Report
Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
Penalties

Play-off round

21 August 2025 First leg Győri ETO 2–1 Rapid Győr, Hungary
19:00
Report Stadium: ETO Park
Attendance: 8,055
Referee: Igor Stojchevski
28 August 2025 Second leg Rapid 2–0
(3–2 agg.)
Győri ETO Vienna, Austria
19:00
Report Stadium: Weststadion
Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

League phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
32 BK Häcken 6 0 3 3 5 8 −3 3
33 Hamrun Spartans 6 1 0 5 4 11 −7 3
34 Shelbourne 6 0 2 4 0 7 −7 2
35 Aberdeen 6 0 2 4 3 14 −11 2
36 Rapid Wien 6 0 1 5 3 14 −11 1
Source: UEFA[18]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
2 October 2025 1 Lech Poznań 4–1 Rapid Poznań, Poland
18:45
Report Stadium: Poznań Stadium
Attendance: 24,779
Referee: Rob Hennessy
23 October 2025 2 Rapid 0–3 Fiorentina Vienna, Austria
18:45 Report Stadium: Weststadion
Attendance: 24,641
Referee: Frid Yigal
6 November 2025 3 Rapid 0–1 Universitatea Craiova Vienna, Austria
21:00 Report Stadium: Weststadion
Attendance: 23,457
Referee: Martin Matoša
27 November 2025 4 Raków Częstochowa 1–4 Rapid Sosnowiec, Poland
18:45
Report
Stadium: Zagłębie Sports Park
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Duje Strukan
11 December 2025 5 Rapid 0–1 Omonia Vienna, Austria
21:00 Report
  • Neophytou 19'
Stadium: Weststadion
Attendance: 17,114
Referee: Joey Kooij
18 December 2025 6 Zrinjski Mostar 1–1 Rapid Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
21:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom
Referee: Ishmael Barbara

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