2025–26 SK Rapid season

Sportklub Rapid
2025–26 season
Chairman	Alexander Wrabetz
Head coach	Peter Stöger
Stadium	Allianz Stadion
Bundesliga	2nd
Austrian Cup	Second round
UEFA Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Petter Nosa Dahl (2); All: Petter Nosa Dahl (4)
Highest home attendance	21,200 vs. BW Linz 3rd August 2025
Lowest home attendance	19,700 vs SCR Altach 17th August 2025
Average home league attendance	20,500
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 17 August 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
No.	Nat.	Name	Age	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Niklas Hedl	24	3		1		4		8
25		Paul Gartler	28
Defenders
4		Jakob Schöller	19
6		Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao	26	3		1		2		6		2
20		Ange Ahoussou	21	0+2				2		2+2
23		Jonas Auer	24			0+1		1+1		1+2
24		Jean Marcelin	25	2		1				3		1
38		Jannes Horn	28	3		1		3	1	7	1	1
55		Nenad Cvetković	29	1				4		5
61		Furkan Demir	20	0+1				1+2		1+3		1
77		Bendegúz Bolla	25	3		1	1	3+1		7+1	1	1
Midfielders
8		Lukas Grgić	29	0+2				1+2		1+4		1
14		Martin Ndzie	22
16		Tobias Børkeeiet	26
17		Mamadou Sangare	23	3		1		2		6		3
18		Matthias Seidl	24	2		1		4	2	7	2
21		Louis Schaub	30	0+2				0+2		0+4		1
28		Moritz Oswald	23
29		Romeo Amane	22	3		0+1		4		7+1
30		Nicolas Bajlicz	20					0+1		0+1
Forwards
9		Ercan Kara	29	1+2		1		0+4	1	2+6	1	2
10		Petter Nosa Dahl	21	3	2	1		4	2	8	4	1
15		Nikolaus Wurmbrand	19	0+1				0+2		0+3
27		Noah Bischof	22
41		Dominik Weixelbraun	21	0+2		0+1		1+2	1	1+5	1
49		Andrija Radulović	22	3		1		3+1	1	7+1	1	1
71		Claudy Mbuyi	26	0+3	1	1		1+3	1	2+6	2	2
90		Janis Antiste	22	3		0+1		4	1	7+1	1

Goal scorers

Name	Bundesliga	Cup	International	Total
Petter Nosa Dahl	2		2	4
Claudy Mbuyi	1		1	2
Matthias Seidl			2	2
Janis Antiste			1	1
Bendegúz Bolla		1		1
Jannes Horn			1	1
Ercan Kara			1	1
Andrija Radulović			1	1
Dominik Weixelbraun			1	1
Totals	3	1	10	14

Disciplinary record

Name	Bundesliga	Cup	International	Total
Name
Mamadou Sangare	1	1	1	3
Ercan Kara			2	2
Claudy Mbuyi		1	1	2
Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao			2	2
Bendegúz Bolla		1		1
Petter Nosa Dahl	1			1
Furkan Demir			1	1
Lukas Grgić			1	1
Jannes Horn	1			1
Jean Marcelin	1			1
Andrija Radulović			1	1
Louis Schaub	1			1
Totals	5	3	9	17

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Age	Moved from	Type	Transfer Window	Ref.
FW	Claudy Mbuyi	26	SKN St. Pölten	Transfer	Summer	^[3]
DF	Jean Marcelin	25	Beitar Jerusalem F.C.	Transfer	Summer	^[4]
FW	Petter Nosa Dahl	21	K.V. Mechelen	Transfer	Summer	^[5]
MF	Martin Ndzie	22	F.C. Ashdod	Transfer	Summer
DF	Jannes Horn	28	1.FC Nürnberg	Free transfer	Summer	^[6]
FW	Dominik Weixelbraun	21	SKU Amstetten	Free transfer	Summer
FW	Janis Antiste	22	US Sassuolo Calcio	Loan	Summer	^[7]
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.	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	^[8]
FW	Isak Jansson	23	OGC Nice	Transfer	Summer	^[9]
FW	Jovan Živković	19	Győri ETO FC	Transfer	Summer
MF	Mamadou Sangaré	23	RC Lens	Transfer	Summer	^[10]
DF	Benjamin Böckle	23	WSG Tirol	Loan	Summer	^[11]
DF	Dominik Vincze	21	TSV Hartberg	Loan	Summer
MF	Ismaïl Seydi	24	S.C.U. Torreense	Loan	Summer
MF	Furkan Dursun	20	SKN St. Pölten	Loan	Summer
FW	Dion Drena Beljo	23	FC Augsburg	Loan return	Summer
FW	Guido Burgstaller	36	Retirement	End of contract	Summer	^[12]
MF	Roman Kerschbaum	31	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	^[13]

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	Schaub 44'	Report		Stadium: SAR Arena Attendance: 1,500

12 July 2025 Friendly	Rapid	5–2^[a]	MŠK Žilina	Hausmening, Austria
16:30	Schaub 10' 20' Kara 26' Seydi 92' Weixelbraun 95'		Iľko 84' Ďatko 113'	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	v	Venezia FC	Vienna, Austria
18:00				Stadium: Allianz Stadion

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Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	3 August 2025			3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	066.67
Austrian Cup	27 July 2025		Round 1	1	1		0	1	0	+1	100.00
Conference League	24 July 2025		Second qualifying round	4	2	2	0	10	6	+4	050.00
Total				8	5	3	0	14	7	+7	062.50

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
3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	1	1	0	1	0	+1	1	0	0	2	1	+1

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D
Position	4	3	2

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

Regular season

Table

Matches

3 August 2024 1	Rapid	1–0	BW Linz	Vienna
17:00	Dahl 8'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Markus Hameter

10 August 2024 2	Sturm	1–2	Rapid	Graz
17:00	Marcelin 57' (o.g.)	Report	67' Dahl 70' Mbuyi	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 16,250 Referee: Peter Altmann

17 August 2024 3	Rapid	0–0	Altach	Vienna
17:00	Kara 90'+2	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Christian Petru-Ciochirca

24 August 2024 4	Wolfsberg	v	Rapid	Wolfsberg
17:00				Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena

31 August 2024 5	Hartberg	v	Rapid	Maria Enzersdorf
17:00				Stadium: Datenpol 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	0–1	Rapid	Innsbruck
17:00		Report	78' Bolla	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Referee: Stefan Macanovic

2nd round	SV Oberwart	v	Rapid	Oberwart
				Stadium: Inform-Stadion

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

24 July 2025 First leg	Dečić	0–2	Rapid	Tuzi, Montenegro
21:00		Report	17' Horn 40' (pen.) Seidl	Stadium: Stadion Tuško Polje Referee: Kadir Sağlam

31 July 2025 Second leg	Rapid	4–2 (6–2 agg.)	Dečić	Vienna, Austria
20:30	Dahl 17' Radulović 27' Weixelbraun 68' Mbuyi 71'	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	Dahl 27' Seidl 44'	Report	34' Watters 75' Sapsford	Stadium: Weststadion Attendance: 18,930 Referee: Luis Godinho

14 August 2025 Second leg	Dundee United	2–2 (4–4 agg.) (4–5 p)	Rapid	Dundee, Scotland
19:45	Watters 25' 42' (pen.)	Report	63' Antiste 78' Kara	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 14,200 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
	Penalties
	Fatah Ferry Esselink Ševelj Keresztes		Kara Mbuyi Radulović Raux-Yao Bolla

Play-off round

21 August 2025 First leg	Győri ETO	v	Rapid	Győr, Hungary
19:00		Report		Stadium: ETO Park Referee: Igor Stojchevski

28 August 2025 Second leg	Rapid	v	Győri ETO	Vienna, Austria
19:00		Report		Stadium: Weststadion Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

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.
^ "Jean Harisson Marcelin wechselt nach Hütteldorf". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
^ "Neue Nummer 10: Rapid verpflichtet Norweger Dahl als Jansson-Ersatz". kicker.at (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2025.
^ "Rapid bestätigt Horn-Transfer". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
^ "Janis Antiste, das neue Juwel von Hütteldorf". diepresse.com (in German). Retrieved 22 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.
^ "Offiziell: Sangare wechselt in die Ligue 1". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 20 August 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

[14] ying time 2x60 minutes

[stoeger_new_manager-1] "Pressekonferenz mit Cheftrainer Peter Stöger". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2025.

[sageder_assistant-2] "Thomas Sageder verstärkt das grün-weiße Trainerteam". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2025.

[t_in_mbuyi-3] "Offiziell: Rapid verpflichtet Angreifer Mbuyi". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2025.

[t_in_marcelin-4] "Jean Harisson Marcelin wechselt nach Hütteldorf". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[t_in_dahl-5] "Neue Nummer 10: Rapid verpflichtet Norweger Dahl als Jansson-Ersatz". kicker.at (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2025.

[t_in_horn-6] "Rapid bestätigt Horn-Transfer". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2025.

[t_in_antiste-7] "Janis Antiste, das neue Juwel von Hütteldorf". diepresse.com (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2025.

[t_out_gale-8] "Thierry Gale Is A Wanderer!". bwfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

[t_out_jansson-9] "Rapid gibt Jansson an Nizza ab und kassiert Millionen". derstandard.at (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2025.

[t_out_sangare-10] "Offiziell: Sangare wechselt in die Ligue 1". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2025.

[t_out_bockle-11] "Rapid verleiht Verteidiger Böckle". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 7 July 2025.

[t_out_burgstaller-12] "Guido Burgstaller beendet seine Karriere". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2025.

[t_out_kerschbaum-13] "Danke Kerschi!". skrapid.at (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2025.

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