1968–69 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1968–69 SK Rapid Wien season was the 71st season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1968-69 season
Coaches	Rudolf Vytlacil, Karl Decker, Robert Körner
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Nationalliga	3rd
Cup	Winner (7th title)
European Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Johnny Bjerregaard (20) All: Johnny Bjerregaard (26)
Average home league attendance	8,700

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		European Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Gerald Fuchsbichler	24	24		5		6		35
	Josef Reisinger	19	4		0+1				4+1
Defenders
	Hans Eigenstiller	25	13+1		4				17+1
	Erich Fak	23	26		5		6		37
	Roland Gareis	20			0+1				0+1
	Walter Gebhardt	22	21		3		6		30
	Walter Glechner	29	24		3		6		33
	Stefan Vasgyura	18	5+2	2	1				6+2	2
Midfielders
	Sven Lindman	26	14	1	3+1	2	2+1	2	19+2	5
	Alfred Traxler	20	3+5		1				4+5
	Ewald Ullmann	25	21	2	4+1		3		28+1	2
Forwards
	Johnny Bjerregaard	25	26	20	5	4	6	2	37	26
	Rudolf Flögel	28	17+1	8	4	1	5		26+1	9
	Toni Fritsch	22	20+4	1	4		6		30+4	1
	Leopold Grausam	25	23+1	12	4+1	1	6	1	33+2	14
	Günter Kaltenbrunner	24	25	13	4	2	5+1	3	34+1	18
	Walter Skocik	27	25	2	4	1	3		32	3
	Tom Søndergaard	24	16	1	1	1	6		23	2
	Michael Zimmermann	24	1						1

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Fixtures and results

[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	17.08.1968	A	Austria Salzburg	1-1	12,000	Bjerregaard  82'
2	25.08.1968	H	SW Bregenz	4-1	9,200	Bjerregaard  26', Grausam  30', Wirth  63' (o.g.), Ullmann  77'
3	31.08.1968	A	GAK	2-1	9,000	Fritsch  49', Bjerregaard  80'
4	07.09.1968	A	Admira	5-1	20,000	Bjerregaard  11', Kaltenbrunner G.  40', Flögel  67', Grausam  76'  85'
5	14.09.1968	H	Wacker Innsbruck	2-0	12,000	Grausam  6', Kaltenbrunner G.  52'
7	05.10.1968	H	Wiener SC	0-3	5,000
8	19.10.1968	A	LASK	1-1	18,000	Bjerregaard  75'
9	26.10.1968	H	Austria Klagenfurt	6-0	7,000	Skocik , Kaltenbrunner G. , Bjerregaard
10	02.11.1968	A	Leoben	3-2	5,000	Flögel  61'  84', Grausam  67'
11	16.11.1968	H	Sturm Graz	5-2	10,000	Bjerregaard  7'  14' (pen.), Flögel  41', Grausam  55', Søndergaard  73'
12	24.11.1968	A	Wattens	5-0	6,000	Kaltenbrunner G.  4'  40', Vasgyura  72'  88', Bjerregaard  89'
13	30.11.1968	H	Eisenstadt	2-1	7,000	Kaltenbrunner G.  17', Bjerregaard  65'
14	08.12.1968	A	Wacker Wien	4-0	12,500	Kaltenbrunner G.  40' (pen.), Ullmann  55', Flögel  63', Bjerregaard  78'
15	15.12.1968	H	Austria Wien	3-4	28,000	Flögel  36', Bjerregaard  78', Kaltenbrunner G.  88' (pen.)
16	02.03.1969	H	Austria Salzburg	2-0	7,500	Flögel  48' (pen.), Grausam  62'
17	10.03.1969	A	SW Bregenz	0-1	9,000
18	15.03.1969	H	GAK	4-1	2,400	Grausam  54', Bjerregaard  60' (pen.), Skocik  69', Flögel  88'
19	22.03.1969	A	Wacker Innsbruck	0-1	12,000
20	20.05.1969	H	Admira	1-1	6,500	Grausam  54'
22	12.04.1969	A	Wiener SC	2-2	22,000	Kaltenbrunner G.  34', Lindman  87'
23	01.05.1969	H	LASK	1-0	6,500	Kaltenbrunner G.  15'
24	04.05.1969	A	Austria Klagenfurt	2-3	6,000	Kaltenbrunner G.  8', Bjerregaard  74'
25	17.05.1969	H	Leoben	5-0	8,000	Grausam  4'  15'  86', Bjerregaard  46', Zahn  60' (o.g.)
26	23.05.1969	A	Sturm Graz	1-2	5,000	Kaltenbrunner G.  63' (pen.)
27	31.05.1969	H	Wattens	0-2	8,000
28	11.06.1969	A	Eisenstadt	2-2	6,500	Bjerregaard  38', Kaltenbrunner G.  48'
29	14.06.1969	H	Wacker Wien	1-0	4,500	Bjerregaard  50'
30	20.06.1969	A	Austria Wien	0-2	7,000

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	10.08.1968	A	Leoben	3-0	6,500	Bjerregaard  14'  18', Kaltenbrunner G.  82' (pen.)
R16	19.03.1969	H	VÖEST Linz	3-0	2,000	Søndergaard  39', Flögel  72', Skocik  84'
QF	26.03.1969	H	Wacker Innsbruck	3-0	4,000	Kaltenbrunner G.  3', Lindman  18'  53'
SF	14.05.1969	H	Austria Wien	1-0	16,000	Grausam  58'
F	03.06.1969	N	Wiener SC	2-1	14,000	Bjerregaard  52'  85'

European Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1-L1	18.09.1968	A	Rosenborg	3-1	25,000	Bjerregaard  27', Kaltenbrunner G.  65', Grausam  87'
R1-L2	02.10.1968	H	Rosenborg	3-3	1,575	Lindman  12'  80', Kaltenbrunner G.  17'
R2-L1	20.11.1968	H	Real Madrid	1-0	45,000	Kaltenbrunner G.  55'
R2-L2	04.12.1968	A	Real Madrid	1-2	80,000	Bjerregaard  50'
QF-L1	26.02.1969	A	Manchester United	0-3	62,000
QF-L2	05.03.1969	H	Manchester United	0-0	52,000

References

1. "Saison 1968/69". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. "Spiele 1968/69". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 25 July 2016.