The Wiener derby, or Vienna derby in English, is an association footballlocal derby match between city rivals FK Austria Wien and SK Rapid Wien from the Austrian capital city of Vienna (Wien). The two sides are the most successful in the country, with more national titles and cups between them than any other Austrian club. They are also two of the most popular clubs in Austria, with fans across the country and even in Iceland. They are the only Austrian sides to have never been relegated; both have been in the top flight of Austrian football since 1911, tied for the second-longest uninterrupted spell in the top flight of any club on the Continent.
The first meeting between the clubs was 8 September 1911 when Rapid beat Austria 4-1. In total 339 competitive games have been played with Rapid the victors on 138 occasions, Austria have won 120 games and 81 have ended in a draw. The fixture is the most played city derby in Europe after the Old Firm in Glasgow and the Edinburgh derby between Heart of Midlothian F.C. and Hibernian F.C. (both in Scotland).
Rivalry culture
Map showing the stadium locations of FK Austria and SK Rapid until June 2014. Austrias stadium is currently being replaced.
Both clubs come from the Hietzing area, the 13th district, located in Western Vienna. Today however Austria now play at Franz Horr Stadium in the Southern Vienna area of Favoriten (district 10) while Rapid are still located in the West of the city but in nearby Penzing (district 14) at the Allianz Stadion.
Support today is mainly split along geographical divides of north and west (Rapid) and south (Austria) however both clubs have fans throughout the city and across the country. Class has been cited as a traditional means of support with Rapid being supported by the working classes while Austria were the team of the bourgeois of Vienna.[citation needed] Rapid were founded as First Workers Club of Wien compared with Austria who were founded as Wien Amateur Sports Society and incorporated a minimum intelligence requirement into their founding statutes. The class divisions may be coming back into play however as Rapid are currently only one of two Austrian sides run by its supporters.[citation needed] Austria were owned by Frank Stronach until 2008 and changed their name back from Austria Memphis Magna to Austria Wien.
Early Austrian football was dominated by clubs from Vienna and the Wien derby as it is known today was contested by many different clubs, most notably Rapid, First Vienna FC, who are located in the northern district 19 and SK Admira Vienna from district 21 also in the north of the city. The three clubs dominated Austrian football winning every title from 1927-1946 but Admira later merged with other clubs and eventually moved to Mödling, a town south of Vienna. The original Viennese club, First Vienna went into decline after the 1950s and now play outside the top flight. FK Austria became Rapid's main rival in the early 1960s as the two began to dominate Austrian football.
A heavy police presence is involved at matches to keep crowd trouble to a minimum.[citation needed] In 2007, four policemen were injured during fighting between supporters.[citation needed] In 2011 a game was abandoned after Rapid fans invaded the pitch.[citation needed]
Summary of results
As of 25 February 2024.
Games
FK Austria wins
Draws
SK Rapid wins
FK Austria goals
SK Rapid goals
League
305
102
78
125
454
555
Cup
33
18
3
12
77
67
Super Cup
1
0
0
1
1
3
Total
339
120
81
138
532
625
Matches list
League
This list does not contain results from Cup and Supercup competitions.
4 The 12-05-1983 match was a replay after the original match held on 26-03-1983 (final result 0–1) was annulled.[4]
5 The 22-05-2011 match was awarded to Austria by a score of 0–3.[5] The original match had been suspended after 26 minutes and a 0–2 lead for Austria when Rapid supporters stormed the pitch.[6]
Top Goal scorers
Chart showing the finishing league positions of FK Austria and SK Rapid from 1912 until 2012
FK Austria Wien (purple) take on SK Rapid Wien (green-white) in Wien derby of 2010
Biggest winning margin
Goals margin
Season
Home
Score
Away
9
1915/16
Rapid
9–0
Austria
1942/43
Austria
1–10
Rapid
7
1939/40
Rapid
9–2
Austria
6
1969/70
Rapid
0–6
Austria
5
1917/18
Rapid
6–1
Austria
1925/26
Rapid
0–5
Austria
1936/37
Austria
5–0
Rapid
1947/48
Rapid
7–2
Austria
2018/19
Austria
6–1
Rapid
Highest scoring games
Goals total
Season
Home
Score
Away
12
1929/30
Rapid
4–8
Austria
1950/51
Austria
5–7
Rapid
11
1939/40
Rapid
9–2
Austria
1942/43
Austria
1–10
Rapid
10
1925/26
Rapid
3–7
Austria
9
1947/48
Rapid
7–2
Austria
1915/16
Rapid
9–0
Austria
1989/90
Rapid
6–3
Austria
Trends
Most games won in a row (Rapid): 11, 1911 to 1917.
Most games won in a row (Austria): 5, 1987 to 1989.
Most games without defeat (Rapid): 17, 25 May 1996 – 9 May 2000. (including 10 victories)
Most games without defeat (Austria): 17, 12 August 2001 – 6 August 2005. (including 6 victories)
Multiple wins in a season
From the 1911-12 season until 1973-74, the clubs played two league fixtures a season. From the 1974-75 season (excluding 3 years from 1982–85), four fixtures have taken place annually during the Bundesliga season. During the home and away format, Rapid won both games 21 times, and Austria won both fixtures on 6 occasions. Neither club has won all four derbies in the modern format.