# 2019 Austrian Cup final

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, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) |
* 1 2 3 4 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 | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Round | SK Rapid Wien | 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

| 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 ||
* 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.