2019 Austrian Cup final

2019 Austrian Cup final
	Wörthersee Stadion hosted the final.
Event	2018–19 Austrian Cup
Date	1 May 2019
Venue	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
Referee	Manuel Schüttengruber
Attendance	24,200
Weather	Clear; 66 °F (19 °C); 26% humidity
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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

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
SK Rapid Wien	28 (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 Salzburg	11 (1974^[a], 1980^[a], 1981^[a], 2000 [a], 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d As SV Austria Salzburg

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 Salzburg		Round	SK Rapid Wien
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Oedt	6–0 (A)	First round	Kufstein	5–0 (A)
Schwaz	6–0 (A)	Second round	SV Mattersburg	1–1 (a.e.t.) (A) (5–4 p)
Austria Lustenau	1–0 (A)	Third round	Wolfsberger AC	3–0 (A)
Wiener Neustadt	2–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	TSV Hartberg	5–2 (H)
Grazer AK	6–0 (A)	Semi-finals	LASK	1–1 (a.e.t.) (A) (4–3 p)

Match

1 May 2019

17:30

Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	Rapid Wien
Farkas 37' Dabbur 39'	Report

Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt

Attendance: 24,200

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber


GK	1	Alexander Walke (c)	90+2'
RB	22	Stefan Lainer
CB	6	Jérôme Onguéné
CB	15	André Ramalho
LB	25	Patrick Farkas		45+2' 83'
MF	42	Xaver Schlager
MF	8	Diadie Samassékou
MF	16	Zlatko Junuzovic	72'
MF	13	Hannes Wolf	67'
FW	9	Mu'nas Dabbur		90+5'
FW	21	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	76'	74'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Cican Stankovic
CB	5	Albert Vallci
FW	11	Smail Prevljak
MF	14	Dominik Szoboszlai	72'
MF	18	Takumi Minamino	67'
FW	20	Patson Daka	76'
CM	45	Enock Mwepu
Manager:
Marco Rose


GK	1	Richard Strebinger
RB	3	Mert Müldür	61'
CB	20	Maximilian Hofmann	90+5'
CB	6	Mario Sonnleitner	86'
LB	5	Boli Bolingoli
MF	14	Srdjan Grahovac
MF	39	Dejan Ljubicic	64'
MF	8	Stefan Schwab (c)
RW	10	Thomas Murg
FW	22	Andrija Pavlovic	70'
LW	7	Philipp Schobesberger
Substitutes:
CB	17	Christopher Dibon
LB	19	Marvin Potzmann
GK	21	Tobias Knoflach
RB	24	Stephan Auer
FW	27	Aliou Badji	70'
MF	28	Christoph Knasmüllner	64'
GK	97	Andrei Ivan	86'
Manager:
Dietmar Kühbauer