1977–78 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1977–78 SK Rapid Wien season was the 80th season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1977-78 season
Coaches	Anton Brzezanczyk, Karl Schlechta
Stadium	Pfarrwiese Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd
Cup	Quarterfinals
UEFA Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans Krankl (41) All: Hans Krankl (42)
Average home league attendance	5,700

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Peter Barthold	23	1						1
	Herbert Feurer	23	35		3		2		40
Defenders
	Wolfgang Augustin	19	9+4		0+1		2		11+5
	Christian Kautzky	19	16+5				1		17+5			1
	Erich Lisak	20	3+4		0+1				3+5		1
	Egon Pajenk	26	35+1	3	3		2		40+1	3	7	1
	Peter Persidis	30	31	1	3		1		35	1	3
	Johann Pregesbauer	19	25+1		2		2		29+1		4
Midfielders
	Geza Gallos	28	21+2	1	1+1		2		24+3	1
	Helmut Kirisits	23	33	2	3		2		38	2	6
	Emil Krause	26	24	1	2		2		28	1	1
	Armin Kuhnert	19	0+1						0+1
	Trifun Mihajlovic	29	2+4				0+1		2+5
	Werner Walzer	29	36	2	3		2	1	41	3	2
	Heinz Weiss	17	1+1		2				3+1
Forwards
	Robert Bauerstätter	18	0+2						0+2
	Hans Krankl	24	36	41	3	1	2		41	42	4	1
	Bernd Krauss	20	35+1	4	2		2		39+1	4
	Johann Krejcirik	25	31+3	12	3	1	0+1		34+4	13	6
	Paul Pawlek	20	22+3	6	3	1			25+3	7

[1]

Fixtures and results

[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	09.08.1977	A	VÖEST Linz	1-1	6,000	Krankl  14'
2	13.08.1977	H	LASK	1-0	4,500	Kirisits  32'
3	26.08.1977	A	Sturm Graz	3-1	13,000	Krankl  3'  50', Pajenk  88'
4	30.08.1977	H	GAK	1-1	7,000	Persidis  51'
5	02.09.1977	A	Wiener SC	7-2	10,000	Krankl  10' (pen.)  48'  82', Krauss  38'  54', Walzer  61', Krejcirik  84'
6	06.09.1977	H	Vienna	0-1	9,500
7	09.09.1977	A	Admira	0-2	7,000
8	30.09.1977	H	Wacker Innsbruck	0-0	6,500
9	04.10.1977	A	Austria Wien	2-3	11,500	Krauss  69', Pajenk  86'
10	14.10.1977	H	VÖEST Linz	4-0	3,500	Krejcirik  6', Krankl  48' (pen.)  76'  78'
11	22.10.1977	A	LASK	3-1	4,000	Krankl  46'  65'  68'
12	05.11.1977	H	Sturm Graz	2-2	6,000	Krankl  18', Krause  20'
13	09.11.1977	A	GAK	2-4	3,700	Hohenwarter  75' (o.g.), Krankl  88'
14	12.11.1977	H	Wiener SC	1-2	6,000	Krankl  84'
15	19.11.1977	A	Vienna	0-0	5,000	Kautzky  43', Krankl  53'
16	26.11.1977	H	Admira	3-1	2,000	Krankl  17'  48', Krauss  90'
17	03.12.1977	A	Wacker Innsbruck	0-2	5,000
18	11.12.1977	H	Austria Wien	0-1	5,000
19	17.12.1977	A	VÖEST Linz	0-2	2,500
20	14.01.1978	H	LASK	6-0	2,500	Krejcirik  12'  53'  75', Krankl  22'  44'  77' (pen.)
21	22.01.1978	A	Sturm Graz	1-1	3,000	Krejcirik  15'
22	28.01.1978	H	GAK	1-1	2,500	Pawlek P.  35'
23	04.02.1978	A	Wiener SC	1-1	3,500	Pawlek P.  60'
24	11.02.1978	H	Vienna	4-1	2,300	Krankl  35' (pen.)  89', Krejcirik  40', Walzer  47'
25	18.02.1978	A	Admira	5-1	3,000	Pawlek P.  21'  64', Krejcirik  36', Krankl  66'  84'
26	25.02.1978	H	Wacker Innsbruck	3-1	7,000	Kirisits  7', Pawlek P.  78', Krankl  83'
27	05.03.1978	A	Austria Wien	0-3	15,000	Pajenk  84'
28	11.03.1978	H	VÖEST Linz	2-1	4,000	Krankl  8'  43'
29	18.03.1978	A	LASK	6-0	3,200	Krankl  18' (pen.)  60'  66', Krejcirik  53'  64', Schweinzer  72' (o.g.)
30	25.03.1978	H	Sturm Graz	4-1	6,500	Krejcirik  2', Krankl  23', Gallos  71', Weber  73' (o.g.)
31	31.03.1978	A	GAK	2-1	7,000	Krankl  8'  75'
32	08.04.1978	H	Wiener SC	3-2	9,000	Krankl  11' (pen.)  41', Krejcirik  68'
33	15.04.1978	A	Vienna	1-2	8,000	Krankl  59'
34	22.04.1978	H	Admira	6-0	6,000	Krankl  3'  25' (pen.)  60' (pen.)  77'  83', Pawlek P.  17'
35	29.04.1978	A	Wacker Innsbruck	1-1	10,000	Pajenk  74'
36	06.05.1978	H	Austria Wien	0-0	12,000

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R2	08.12.1977	A	Stockerau	2-0	2,000	Pawlek P.  23', Krejcirik  73'
R3	26.12.1977	A	Kapfenberg	1-1 (6-5 p)	3,500	Krankl  31'
QF	14.03.1978	A	VÖEST Linz	0-2	3,000

UEFA Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1-L1	14.09.1977	H	Inter Bratislava	1-0	10,000	Walzer  64'
R1-L2	28.09.1977	A	Inter Bratislava	0-3	8,000

References

1. "Saison 1977/78". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
2. "Spiele 1977/78". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 25 July 2016.