Cup sensations

The bigger the opponent, the more we believe in it

Pasching sensationally won the Cup title under coach Gerald Baumgartner in 2013.(Bild: EPA)

Rapids' 2:1 defeat against Stripfing is one of a series of cup sensations and why Pasching's 2013 title was the most brilliant coup in recent years. Plus: a countdown of the biggest surprises in the Austrian Football Cup.

The Cup and its laws - Rapid became acquainted with them again on Wednesday, but after an embarrassing 2-1 defeat in the round of 16 at second-bottom Stripfing, they are now merely onlookers. Cup sensations are a tradition: whether FC Tirol, Austria, Sturm, RB Salzburg or Rapid - all the supposed favorites have been caught out sooner or later in the past.