The 2016–17

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

season was the 119th season in club history.

Background

Background information

Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

finished the 2015–16 season in second place. Therefore, Rapid Wien started in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2016/17 Europa League competition. This was the first season Rapid played in the

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. On 7 November 2016, after a 0-1 defeat at home against

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both manager

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and Director of Football Andreas Müller were sacked. Four days later

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was presented as the new manager, joining Rapid from league rival

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. On 11 December, Fredy Bickel was presented as the new Director of Football. On 9 April 2017, after a 0-3 defeat in

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manager

was sacked and replaced by his former assistant coaches Goran Djuricin and Martin Bernhard until end of season. Djuricin was later appointed as manager for the following season.

Pre-season and friendlies

Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures and results

League table

Results summary

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup review

In a curious turn of events, Rapid played all of its first three games in the Austrian Cup in the

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in Vienna as neither the home grounds of the opponents had the infrastructure to host the game and the venue of the

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, where Blau-Weiß Linz initially wanted to move, was already occupied at the time with hosting the 2016 World Karate Championships.

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

Europa League

Europa League review

Rapid entered the Europa League in the 3rd qualifying round and qualified for the group stage after knocking out Torpedo Zhodino and

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. Rapid was drawn into group F to compete against

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and

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Background

Background information

Pre-season and friendlies

Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures and results

League table

Results summary

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup review

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

Europa League

Europa League review

Qualifying rounds

Group stage

Table

Fixtures and results

Team record

Squad

Squad statistics

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

Transfers

In

Out

References