The 2019 Austrian Cup final was played on 1 May 2019 between FC Red Bull Salzburg and SK Rapid Wien at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, a neutral ground. The final was the culmination of the 2018–19 Austrian Cup, the 88th season of the Austrian Cup.
Red Bull Salzburg won their sixth cup title after defeating Rapid Wien 2–0, which would have earned them a place in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, but they instead qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of their first-place finish in the 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga.
Teams TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)SK Rapid Wien28 (1919, 1920, 1927, 1929, 1934, 1946, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2017, 2019)FC Red Bull Salzburg11 (1974, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Venue
Wörthersee Stadion is the home of SK Austria Klagenfurt, an Austrian Football Bundesliga club.
Background The Austrian Bundesliga clubs FC Red Bull Salzburg and SK Rapid Wien contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. Since Red Bull Salzburg qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League by virtue of their second-place finish in the 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga, the Europa League group stage place passed down the table to Wolfsberger AC as they finished 3rd in the table.
Red Bull Salzburg competed in its eleventh overall final, which was also their sixth consecutive final. Rapid Wien competed in their twenty-eighth overall final, which was their first since 2017. Rapid Wien have won the domestic cup twelve times in their history, while Red Bull Salzburg have only won it 5 times. The two teams met in the 2016–17 Austrian Cup final, with Red Bull Salzburg winning 2–1. Both teams won against each other in the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga regular season, with Rapid Wien outscoring Red Bull Salzburg 3–2 over 2 matches.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). FC Red Bull SalzburgRoundSK Rapid WienOpponentResultOpponentResultOedt6–0 (A)First roundKufstein5–0 (A)Schwaz6–0 (A)Second roundSV Mattersburg1–1 (A)Austria Lustenau1–0 (A)Third roundWolfsberger AC3–0 (A)Wiener Neustadt2–1 (A)Quarter-finalsTSV Hartberg5–2 (H)Grazer AK6–0 (A)Semi-finalsLASK1–1 (A)
Match
GK 1 Alexander Walke (c) RB 22 Stefan Lainer CB 6 Jérôme Onguéné CB 15 André RamalhoLB 25 Patrick Farkas MF 42 Xaver Schlager MF 8 Diadie Samassékou MF 16 Zlatko Junuzovic MF 13 Hannes Wolf FW 9 Mu'nas Dabbur FW 21 Fredrik Gulbrandsen Substitutes:GK 1 Cican Stankovic CB 5 Albert Vallci FW 11 Smail Prevljak MF 14 Dominik Szoboszlai MF 18 Takumi Minamino FW 20 Patson Daka CM 45 Enock MwepuManager: Marco Rose GK 1 Richard StrebingerRB 3 Mert Müldür CB 20 Maximilian Hofmann CB 6 Mario Sonnleitner LB 5 Boli Bolingoli MF 14 Srdjan Grahovac MF 39 Dejan Ljubicic MF 8 Stefan Schwab (c)RW 10 Thomas Murg FW 22 Andrija Pavlovic LW 7 Philipp SchobesbergerSubstitutes:CB 17 Christopher Dibon LB 19 Marvin Potzmann GK 21 Tobias KnoflachRB 24 Stephan Auer FW 27 Aliou Badji MF 28 Christoph Knasmüllner GK 97 Andrei Ivan Manager: Dietmar Kühbauer
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to four may be used.
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