Cup final against Sturm

For Rapid: triumph or total loss

Witches' cauldron Wörthersee! Rapids fans are eager for the title.(Bild: Sepp Pail)

Showdown at the Wörthersee! Rapid have not been able to win the ÖFB Cup for 29 (!) years, last season Rapid lost the final against Sturm 0:2. On Wednesday (5 p.m.) it will be a new edition in front of 30,000 fans. Everything is at stake for Green-White after their recent league defeats. That's why Robert Klauß' squad has only one motto of late: full risk.

The 5. June 1995: Austria had just joined the EU; payments were made in schillings; Thomas Muster marched to his triumph at the French Open in Paris; Bill Clinton was US president; Siemens launched the first SMS-capable cell phone; Vienna was still allowed to host a Champions League final (Ajax bent Milan); Scatman ruled the Ö3 charts; Gianluca Vialli was considered the most expensive footballer in the world with a transfer fee of 227 million (schillings, not euros) and Peter Guggi shot Rapid to Cup victory with his 1:0 against Leoben to win the cup ...