A first half goal from Stefan Schwab ensured Rapid have plenty to play for despite a disappointing defeat against Slovan in Bratislava in the first leg of their Europa League qualifier.

On Saturday, Rapid welcomed SCR Altach to the Allianz Stadium for the first home game of the new Bundesliga season. Match report:

Rapid kicked off their 2018/19 Bundesliga campaign in style in Südstadt on the weekend. 3:0 to the good by half time, a Hütteldorfer victory never looked in doubt after Murg’s early goal:

The first competitive action of the season saw us comfortable 5:0 winners over Kufstein in the first round of the UNIQA ÖFB Cup.

Despite currently being out with an injury, striker Giorgi Kvilitaia has left the club with immediate and signed for KAA Gent.

Just 24-hours on from the Day of the Open Door, the next appointment in the build-up to the new season was upon us: the annual international friendly had rolled around, with SK Rapid welcoming Hamburger SV to Hütteldorf.

More good transfer news coming out of Hütteldorf: following the departure of Lucas Galvao to FC Ingolstadt, we have successfully recruited Mateo Barac, a left-sided central defender with international experience.

Incredible breaking transfer in Hütteldorf: after two years, Austrian international Deni Alar has returned to the Rapid fold with immediate effect!

It is a return to well-trodden terrain: just as they did last year, the Rapid squad travelled to Windischgarten on Sunday as the pre-season preparations got under way.

Bitterly disappointing news coming out of the SK Rapid summer training camp: after experiencing pain during the early throes of the preparations for the new season, Andrija Pavlovic was taken back to Vienna for a thorough examination.