Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club based in Vienna. The club was founded in 1897 as Erster Wiener Arbeiter-Fußball-Club. Rapid became a dominant force during the years between the world wars. It won its first hat-trick of titles from 1919 to 1921. Rapid twice reached the final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1985 and 1996.
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Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club based in Vienna. The club was founded in 1897 as Erster Wiener Arbeiter-Fußball-Club. Rapid won Austria’s first ever national championship in 1911–12 by a single point, and retained the title the following season. Rapid twice reached the final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1985 and 1996, losing on both occasions. The team’s original colours were red and blue, which are still often used in away matches. Rapid became a dominant force during the years between the world wars, an era in which Austria was one of the leading football nations on the continent. It won its first hat-trick of titles from 1919 to 1921. In 2015, the club’s youth team took part in the Friendship Football League for the third time, beating F91 Dudelange 9–3 on aggregate and then Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1 on aggregate in a play-off after a 1–0 victory in Russia.
Rapid reached its first European final in 1985, losing 3–1 to Everton in the Cup Final in Rotdam. They were Austria’s entrant for the inaugural European Cup in the 1954–55 season, and were drawn in the first round against PSV and opened with a 6–1 home victory. In the 1960–61 season, Rapid reached the semi-final before being eliminated by eventual winners Benfica, 4– 1 on aggregate. They eventually finished last in their group after losing all of their matches against Bayern Munich, Juventus and Juventus Brugge. Rapid’s best performance in the European League came in the 2005–06 season when they reached the group stage of the Champions League.
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