Austria and Rapid join forces: Four derbies without away fans

Those responsible for Austria and Rapid are now pulling the ripcord because a visit to the Viennese derbies has simply become too dangerous for many football fans.

On Monday, the clubs met with the Bundesliga, spent hours analyzing the incidents and came to the only logical conclusion – until further notice, there will be a derby in Favoriten and Hütteldorf no away fans give more.

Zagiczek promises the Reprocessing of the incidents. “All persons who leave the away block and actively engage in brawls will be given a Ban on entry Austria explicitly distances itself from violence and apologizes to those affected and harmed.

Rapid President Alexander Wrabetz added: “It is important that we now find the best possible solutions and concepts for the future so that the Vienna derbies can once again be real football festivals for everyone involved. Violence must have no place and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms… We, the entire club management, are convinced that the measure now taken is the best solution at the moment to avert further damage.”

Rapid and Austria agree, not to stand idly by, how fans smash each other’s heads in, endangering the health and lives of others. “There is now great fear that more people will be harmed.”

In the coming months, there will be a joint process between the two Viennese clubs in which the framework conditions and accompanying measures will be discussed in order to create good conditions for the return of visiting fans.

Bundesliga Chairman Christian Ebenbauer agrees with both clubs: “By temporarily foregoing away fans and the joint process for the period afterward, the clubs are taking an important step. … Safety for all spectators is the basic prerequisite for a positive stadium experience.”