The Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion was a

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stadium in

Hütteldorf Hütteldorf (; Central Bavarian: ''Hittldorf'') is a part of Vienna's 14th district, Penzing. It is located in the west of Vienna, in the geographical center of the district, stretching roughly from ''Deutschordenstraße'' (which forms the borde ...

, in the west of

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. It was the home ground of

Rapid Vienna Sportklub Rapid (), commonly known as Rapid Wien or Rapid Vienna in English language, English, is an Football in Austria, Austrian professional football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian cham ...

. It was officially opened in 1977 as ''"Weststadion"'' (Western stadium). In 1980 it was renamed to honour its architect, Austrian football player

Gerhard Hanappi Gerhard Hanappi (16 February 1929 – 23 August 1980) was an Austrian football midfielder who is often regarded as one of the greatest Austrian footballers. He is also the father of political economist Hardy Hanappi. Club career A versatile mid ...

(1929–1980). Among fans the stadium was also known as ''"Sankt Hanappi"'' (Saint Hanappi), in reference to the fans' slogan ''Rapid ist uns're Religion'' (). The stadium was demolished in 2014 to make way for the new

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, which was opened on 16 July 2016. During its construction,

played their home games at the

Ernst-Happel-Stadion Ernst-Happel-Stadion (), known as Praterstadion until 1992, is a association football, football stadium in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austria's capital Vienna. With 50,865 seats, it is the largest stadium in Austria. It was built between 1 ...

in the

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Photogallery

File:Hanappi-Stadion_West.jpg, West Stand File:Hanappi-Stadion_Nord.jpg, North Stand File:Hanappi-Stadion_Ost.jpg, East Stand File:Hanappi-Stadion Süd.jpg, South Stand

References

Sports venues in Vienna Defunct football venues in Austria Buildings and structures in Penzing (Vienna) SK Rapid Wien Sports venues completed in 1977 Sports venues demolished in 2014 1977 establishments in Austria 2014 disestablishments in Austria 20th-century architecture in Austria {{Austria-sports-venue-stub