2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien
2014–15 season
PresidentMichael Krammer
Head CoachZoran Barisic
StadiumErnst Happel Stadium,
Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga2nd
Austrian CupQuarter-finals
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Robert Beric
(27 goals)
All: Robert Beric
(27 goals)
Highest home attendance29,800 vs. Austria Wien, 15 May 2015
Lowest home attendance7,800 vs. Sturm Graz, 29 October 2014
Average home league attendance16,934

The 2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season is the 117th season in club history.

Background

Background information

Rapid Wien finished the 2013–14 season in second place.[1] Normally, the second place team would have entered the second qualifying round.[1] However, Red Bull Salzburg, who qualified for the 2014–15 Champions League, won the 2013–14 Austrian Cup.[1] Therefore Rapid Wien will start in the Play–off round.[1]

In June 2014 it was announced that the new Allianz Stadion will be built in place of Gerhard Hanappi Stadium.[2] Therefore, Rapid hosts its home games in the Ernst Happel Stadion this season and the pre-season game against Celtic F.C. was the last game ever played in the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium.

Transfers and contracts

In

No. Pos. Name Age Moved from Type Transfer Window Contract ends Transfer fee Ref.
7 MF Austria Philipp Schobesberger 20 Austria FC Pasching End of contract Summer 2017 Free [3]
17 DF Austria Christopher Dibon 23 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed [4]
8 MF Austria Stefan Schwab 23 Austria Admira Wacker Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed [5]
27 MF Austria Andreas Kuen 19 Austria Wacker Innsbruck Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed [5]
23 DF Austria Stefan Stangl 22 Austria SC Wiener Neustadt Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed [6]
15 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Srđan Grahovac 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka Transfer Summer 2017 €100,000 [7]
9 FW Slovenia Robert Berić 23 Austria Sturm Graz Transfer Summer 2018 €750,000 [8]
14 MF Austria Florian Kainz 21 Austria Sturm Graz Transfer Summer 2017 €400,000 [9]

Out

No. Pos. Name Age Moved to Type Transfer Window Transfer fee Ref.
23 GK Austria Samuel Radlinger 21 Germany Hannover 96 Loan Return Summer
28 DF Austria Christopher Trimmel 27 Germany Union Berlin End of contract Summer Free [10]
16 DF Austria Stephan Palla 25 Austria Wolfsberger AC End of contract Summer Free [11]
31 GK Austria Lukas Königshofer 25 Germany Hallescher FC End of contract Summer Free [12]
30 MF Austria Guido Burgstaller 25 Wales Cardiff City Transfer Summer Undisclosed [13]
24 FW Austria Marcel Sabitzer 20 Germany RB Leipzig Transfer Summer €2,000,000 [14]
9 FW United States Terrence Boyd 23 Germany RB Leipzig Transfer Summer €2,000,000 [15]
26 MF Austria Lukas Grozurek 23 Austria Admira Wacker Transfer Winter Free [16]

Pre-season and friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
26 June 2014 Universitatea Cluj Romania N 4-0 Schaub 16', 21', Alar 47', Schobesberger 82' 500
6 July 2014 Celtic F.C. Scotland H 1-1 van Dijk 9'(o.g.); Pukki 72' 17,400
23 July 2014 Galatasaray S.K. Turkey H 3-1 Wydra 28', Behrendt 52', Alar 90'; Chedjou 27' 11,400
13 November 2014 SV Horn Austria A 4-2 Beric 14', Alar 35', Grozurek 39', Sonnleitner 88'; Nacho 56', Grubek 69' 500
24 January 2015 Schalke 04 Germany H 2-1 Schobesberger 48', Alar 82'; Fuchs 27' 9,700
31 January 2015 CSKA Sofia Bulgaria N 2-1 Alar 9', Starkl 84'; Milisavljević 37'
3 February 2015 Bohemians Prague Czech Republic N 2-2 Starkl 54', Schaub 83'; Jarolím 45', 57'(pen.) 100
8 February 2015 České Budějovice Czech Republic H 2-0 Kainz 30', Schwab 62'(pen.) 120

Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD Date – KO Venue Opponent Res.
F–A 		Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Ref.
Rapid Wien Opponent Pos. Pts. GD
1 19 July 2014 (2014-07-19) 16:30 A Red Bull Salzburg 1-6 19,800 Hofmann S. 90+2' (pen.) Ulmer 30'
Alan 40'
Mané 69'
Soriano 77' 79'
Kampl 84' 		10th 0 -5 [1]
2 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) 19:00 H Ried 1-0 14,200 Alar 65' 7th 3 -4 [2]
3 2 August 2014 (2014-08-02) 16:30 A Admira Wacker 1-1 6,125 Kainz 63' Schick 7'
Windbichler Yellow card 54' Red card 		6th 4 -4 [3]
4 9 August 2014 (2014-08-09) 19:00 H Sturm Graz 1-1 16,800 Beric 49' Red card 76' Offenbacher Yellow card 31' Red card
Djuricin 82' 		4th 5 -4 [4]
5 16 August 2014 (2014-08-16) 16:30 H SCR Altach 0-1 13,800 Ngwat-Mahop 70' 7th 5 -5 [5]
6 24 August 2014 (2014-08-24) 16:30 A Austria Wien 2-2 11,900 Beric 35'
Schwab 85' 		Gorgon 1'
Damari 63' (pen.) 		5th 6 -5 [6]
7 31 August 2014 (2014-08-31) 16:30 H Grödig 2-0 12,100 Schrammel 14'
Hofmann S. 61' 		3rd 9 -3 [7]
8 17 September 2014 (2014-09-17) 18:30 A Wiener Neustadt 5-1 4,100 Beric 3' 55'
Schaub 48' 72' Yellow card 76' Red card
Hofmann M. 80' 		Rauter 23' 3rd 12 +1 [8]
9 20 September 2014 (2014-09-20) 16:00 H Wolfsberg 3-0 15,200 Beric 37' 48'
Kainz 61' 		3rd 15 +4 [9]
10 28 September 2014 (2014-09-28) 16:30 H Red Bull Salzburg 1-2 25,300 Prosenik 90+3' Bruno 84'
Alan 89' 		3rd 15 +3 [10]
11 5 October 2014 (2014-10-05) 16:30 A Ried 2-1 5,200 Beric 52'
Sonnleitner 59' 		Kragl 45+1' 3rd 18 +4 [11]
12 18 October 2014 (2014-10-18) 18:30 H Admira Wacker 0-0 15,200 3rd 19 +4 [12]
13 25 October 2014 (2014-10-25) 16:00 A Sturm Graz 3-1 14,350 Schwab 36'
Beric 44' Yellow card 86' Red card
Dibon 66' 		Schick 48' 3rd 22 +6 [13]
14 2 November 2014 (2014-11-02) 16:30 A SCR Altach 0-2 7,372 Sonnleitner Red card 2' Roth 25'
Tajouri 88' 		3rd 22 +4 [14]
15 9 November 2014 (2014-11-09) 14:30 H Austria Wien 2-3 28,200 Alar 83'
Beric 90+2' 		Damari 23' 40'
Royer 78' 		4th 22 +3 [15]
16 22 November 2014 (2014-11-22) 16:00 A Grödig 1-3 2,500 Alar 14' Reyna 7'
Huspek 45' 73' 		5th 22 +1 [16]
17 29 November 2014 (2014-11-29) 18:30 H Wiener Neustadt 3-0 12,300 Kainz 13'
Beric 72' 78' 		Schöpf Red card 43' 4th 25 +4 [17]
18 7 December 2014 (2014-12-07) 16:30 A Wolfsberg 1-1 5,250 Schwab 70' Seebacher 65' 5th 26 +4 [18]
19 14 December 2014 (2014-12-14) 16:30 A Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 17,200 Beric 80' 90+4' Ramalho Yellow card 23' Red card
Sabitzer 84' 		4th 29 +5 [19]
20 14 February 2015 (2015-02-14) 16:00 H Ried 3-0 14,000 Alar 17' (pen.) 39' (pen.)
Beric 45+1' (pen.) 		Gebauer Red card 14'
Trauner Red card 38' 		4th 32 +8 [20]
21 22 February 2015 (2015-02-22) 16:30 A Admira Wacker 1-1 5,000 Beric 34' Weber 74' 2nd 33 +8 [21]
22 28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 18:30 H Sturm Graz 1-0 15,200 Beric 45+2' Ehrenreich Red card 3' 2nd 36 +9 [22]
23 4 March 2015 (2015-03-04) 19:00 H SCR Altach 1-0 8,700 Alar soccer ball with red X
Prosenik 90+5' 		Zech Yellow card 90+4' Red card 2nd 39 +10 [23]
24 8 March 2015 (2015-03-08) 16:30 A Austria Wien 1-2 11,000 Hofmann S. 17' Rotpuller 45+5'
Ramsebner Yellow card 73' Red card
Sikov 84' 		2nd 39 +9 [24]
25 14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 18:30 H Grödig 4-0 15,700 Pavelic 4'
Schaub 9'
Kainz 46'
Schobesberger 66' 		2nd 42 +13 [25]
26 22 March 2015 (2015-03-22) 16:30 A Wiener Neustadt 1-0 4,300 Beric 48' 2nd 45 +14 [26]
27 4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 18:30 H Wolfsberg 4-1 12,200 Schobesberger 13'
Schwab 15'
Beric 64' 86' 		Jacobo 67' (pen.) 2nd 48 +17 [27]
28 12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) 18:00 H Red Bull Salzburg 3-3 26,800 Beric 51'
Schobesberger 59'
Pavelic Yellow card 80' Red card
Prosenik 90+2' 		Berisha 3'
Soriano 18'
Sabitzer 32'
Ulmer Red card 43' 		2nd 49 +17 [28]
29 18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 16:00 A Ried 1-0 6,500 Schobesberger 36' 2nd 52 +18 [29]
30 25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 18:30 H Admira Wacker 1-1 13,800 Schobesberger 70' Sulimani 80' 2nd 53 +18 [30]
31 18 May 03 (03-05-18) 16:30 A Sturm Graz 2-2 15,300 Schobesberger 8'
Petsos 54' 		Piesinger 16'
Beichler 70'
Kienast Yellow card 87' Red card
Madl Yellow card 90+4' Red card 		2nd 54 +18 [31]
32 10 May 2015 (2015-05-10) 16:30 A SCR Altach 3-1 7,100 Beric 79' 86'
Schobesberger 90' 		Roth 25' 2nd 57 +20 [32]
33 17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) 16:30 H Austria Wien 4-1 29,800 Schobesberger 45'
Hofmann S. 55' (pen.)
Beric 70'
Sonnleitner 89' 		de Paula 52' 2nd 60 +23 [33]
35 24 May 2015 (2015-05-24) 17:45 H Wiener Neustadt 0-0 15,800 Hofmann S. soccer ball with red X 2nd 61 +23 [34]
34 27 May 2015 (2015-05-27) 18:30 A Grödig 2-0 1,712 Beric 83.' (pen.)
Alar 90+2' (pen.) 		Maak Red card 90+1' 2nd 64 +25 [35]
36 31 May 2015 (2015-05-31) 16:30 A Wolfsberg 5-0 5,350 Schaub 50' 90+3'
Beric 63' 83' 85' 		2nd 67 +30 [36]

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 36 22 7 7 99 42 +57 73 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rapid Wien 36 19 10 7 68 38 +30 67
3 SCR Altach 36 17 8 11 50 49 +1 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Sturm Graz 36 16 10 10 57 41 +16 58
5 Wolfsberger AC 36 16 4 16 44 50 −6 52 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 19 10 7 68 38  +30 67 10 5 3 34 13  +21 9 5 4 34 25  +9

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: [citation needed]

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

11 July 2014 (2014-07-11) Round 1 SKU Amstetten 0-1 (a.e.t.) Rapid Wien Amstetten
19:30 CET Zeman Yellow card 116' Red card Report 116' Dibon Stadium: Ertl Glas Stadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Andreas Feichtinger
24 September 2014 (2014-09-24) Round 2 SV Wallern 0-1 Rapid Wien Pasching
18:00 CET Report 29' Prosenik Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Christopher Jäger
29 October 2014 (2014-10-29) Round of 16 Rapid Wien 1-0 Sturm Graz Vienna
20:30 CET Schwab 5' Report Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadium
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Markus Hameter
7 April 2015 (2015-04-07) Quarterfinal Wolfsberger AC 2-1 Rapid Wien Wolfsberg
18:00 CET Kerhe 25'
Wernitznig 28'		 Report 90+4' Schobesberger Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Oliver Drachta

Europa League

Europa League fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Play–off round

21 August 2014 (2014-08-21) 1st Leg HJK Helsinki Finland 2-1 Rapid Wien Helsinki
18:00 Lod 63'
Väyrynen 74'		 Report 58' Schaub Stadium: Sonera Stadium
Attendance: 6,153
Referee: Halis Özkahya Turkey
28 August 2014 (2014-08-28) 2nd Leg Rapid Wien 3-3
(4-5 agg.)		 HJK Helsinki Finland Vienna
20:30 Schaub 10' 13'
Wydra 90+4'		 Report 15' Kandji
77' Alho
88' (pen.) Savage		 Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadium
Attendance: 21,100
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy France

Squad statistics

No. Nat. Name Age League Cup Europa League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card Red card
Goalkeepers
1 Slovakia Ján Novota 30 29 3 2 34
21 Austria Tobias Knoflach 20
29 Croatia Marko Maric 18 7 1 8
Defenders
4 Austria Thomas Schrammel 26 32 1 4 2 38 1 7
6 Austria Mario Sonnleitner 27 33 2 3 2 38 2 4 1
17 Austria Christopher Dibon 23 15+1 1 2 1 1 18+1 2 5
20 Austria Maximilian Hofmann 20 23 1 3 1+1 27+1 1 7
22 Austria Mario Pavelic 20 27+1 1 1+1 2 30+2 1 5 1
23 Austria Stefan Stangl 22 12+3 2 14+3 1
36 Austria Michael Schimpelsberger 23
39 Austria Ferdinand Weinwurm 24 1 1 1
Midfielders
3 Germany Brian Behrendt 23 6+4 1 2 9+4 3
5 Greece Thanos Petsos 23 25+2 1 3 0+1 28+3 1 10
7 Austria Philipp Schobesberger 20 14+13 8 2+1 1 16+14 9 3
8 Austria Stefan Schwab 23 24+6 4 3+1 1 2 29+7 5 11
10 Austria Louis Schaub 19 24+4 5 3 2 3 29+4 8 2 1
11 Germany Steffen Hofmann 33 29+7 4 2+2 2 33+9 4 3
14 Austria Florian Kainz 21 30+2 4 3 1+1 34+3 4 6
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina Srdan Grahovac 21 7+6 2+1 9+7 2
25 Austria Dominik Wydra 20 12+6 0+2 1+1 1 13+9 1 4
27 Austria Andreas Kuen 19
31 Austria Armin Mujakic 19 0+1 0+1
33 Austria Deni Alar 24 9+16 6 2 11+16 6 3
34 Austria Dominik Starkl 20 2+13 0+1 0+2 2+16 1
Forwards
9 Slovenia Robert Beric 23 31+2 27 2+2 2 35+4 27 7 2
38 Austria Philipp Prosenik 21 2+15 3 1+1 1 3+16 4 1
Players who left after the start of the season
26 Austria Lukas Grozurek 22 2+3 1 3+3

Statistics accurate as of 31 May 2015

Starting XI

Considering starts in all competitions.

Goal scorers

Rank Name Bundesliga Cup Europa League Total
1 Slovenia Robert Beric 27 27
2 Austria Philipp Schobesberger 8 1 9
3 Austria Louis Schaub 5 3 8
4 Austria Deni Alar 6 6
5 Austria Stefan Schwab 4 1 5
6 Germany Steffen Hofmann 4 4
Austria Florian Kainz 4 4
Austria Philipp Prosenik 3 1 4
9 Austria Christopher Dibon 1 1 2
Austria Mario Sonnleitner 2 2
11 Austria Maximilian Hofmann 1 1
Austria Mario Pavelic 1 1
Greece Thanos Petsos 1 1
Austria Thomas Schrammel 1 1
Austria Dominik Wydra 1 1
Totals 68 4 4 76

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