The Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion was a football stadium in

Hütteldorf Hütteldorf (; Central Bavarian: ''Hittldorf'') is a part of Vienna's 14th district, Penzing. It is located in the west of Vienna, in the geographical center of the district, stretching roughly from ''Deutschordenstraße'' (which forms the border ...

, in the west of

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. It was the home ground of

Rapid Vienna Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascade'' ...

. It was officially opened in 1977 as ''"Weststadion"'' (Western stadium). In 1980 it was renamed to honour its architect, Austrian football player

Gerhard Hanappi Gerhard Hanappi (16 February 1929 – 23 August 1980) was an Austrian football midfielder who is often regarded as one of the greatest Austrian footballers. He is also the father of Hardy Hanappi. Club career A versatile midfielder, Hanappi st ...

(1929–1980). Among fans the stadium was also known as ''"Sankt Hanappi"'' (Saint Hanappi), in reference to the fans' slogan ''Rapid ist uns're Religion'' ("Rapid is our religion"). The stadium was demolished in 2014 to make way for the new

Allianz Stadion Allianz Stadion is a football stadium which is built on the site of the former Gerhard Hanappi Stadium as the new home of SK Rapid Wien. In international matches the stadium has the no-commercial name Weststadion. Demolition of the old stadium ...

, which was opened on 16 July 2016. During its construction,

played their home games at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in the

Prater The Prater () is a large public park in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria. The Wurstelprater, an amusement park that is often simply called "Prater", lies in one corner of the Wiener Prater and includes the Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel. Name The ...

Photogallery

File:Hanappi-Stadion_West.jpg, West Stand File:Hanappi-Stadion_Nord.jpg, North Stand File:Hanappi-Stadion_Ost.jpg, East Stand File:Hanappi-Stadion Süd.jpg, South Stand

References

Sports venues in Vienna Football venues in Austria Buildings and structures in Penzing (Vienna) SK Rapid Wien Sports venues completed in 1977 Sports venues demolished in 2014 1977 establishments in Austria 2014 disestablishments in Austria {{Austria-sports-venue-stub