1998–99 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1998–99 SK Rapid Wien season is the 101st season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1998–99 season
President	Günter Kaltenbrunner
Coach	Heribert Weber
Stadium	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd
ÖFB-Cup	Semifinals
UEFA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: René Wagner (10) All: René Wagner (15)
Highest home attendance	15,800
Lowest home attendance	4,000

Squad statistics

[1]

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Raimund Hedl	23			1				1
21		Ladislav Maier	32	36		4		4		44
Defenders
5		Peter Schöttel	31	35		3+1		4		42+1		8
8		Martin Braun	29	23+7	1	3+1		1+1		27+9	1	9	1
14		Michael Hatz	27	14+13		3	1	2+1		19+14	1	11	1
16		Krzysztof Ratajczyk	24	15	2	2	2	4		21	4	2
19		Thomas Zingler	27	19	2	3	2	4		26	4	6
Midfielders
3		Oliver Freund	28	33	2	4		3	1	40	3	11
10		Ivan Adzic	25	22	2	3	3			25	5	5
11		Christian Prosenik	30	33+1	6	4+1	1	4		41+2	7	10
12		Jürgen Saler	20	7+19	2	2+3		0+4		9+26	2	2
13		Rene Mitteregger	20	0+1						0+1
15		Arnold Wetl	28	19+2	2	2		3		24+2	2	3
20		Andreas Heraf	30	27+2	4	4	1	4	1	35+2	6	8
23		Gerd Wimmer	21	26+6	2	3+2	1	2+1		31+9	3	4
33		Charles Wittl	26	5+4		1+1				6+5
Forwards
7		Marcus Pürk	23	16+19	7	3+1	2	2+2		21+22	9	1
9		Marek Penksa	24	31+4	4	4+1	1	3		38+5	5	2
17		René Wagner	25	25+8	10	1+3	2	3+1	3	29+12	15	4	1
18		Angelo Vier	26	10+11	3	5	4	1		16+11	7	2
27		Florian Schwarz	21	0+2						0+2

Goal scorers

Rank	Name	Bundesliga	Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Rene Wagner	10	2	3	15
2	Marcus Pürk	7	2		9
3	Christian Prosenik	6	1		7
	Angelo Vier	3	4		7
5	Andreas Heraf	4	1	1	6
6	Ivan Adzic	2	3		5
	Marek Penksa	4	1		5
8	Krzysztof Ratajczyk	2	2		4
	Thomas Zingler	2	2		4
10	Oliver Freund	2		1	3
	Gerd Wimmer	2	1		3
12	Jürgen Saler	2			2
	Arnold Wetl	2			2
14	Martin Braun	1			1
	Michael Hatz		1		1
OG	Cheikh Sidy Ba (LASK)	1			1
Totals		50	20	5	75

Fixtures and results

[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	03.11.1998	H	Austria Salzburg	1-0	7,000	Prosenik C.  45' (pen.)
2	02.08.1998	A	GAK	1-1	6,500	Zingler  54'
3	05.08.1998	A	Steyr	2-1	7,000	Wetl  39', Penksa  58'
4	08.08.1998	H	LASK	5-0	7,500	Prosenik C.  27' (pen.), Ratajczyk  63', Penksa  71', Pürk  83', Wagner R.  87'
5	14.08.1998	A	FC Tirol	3-1	7,000	Heraf  21'  90+2', Pürk  67'
6	30.08.1998	H	Sturm Graz	2-0	15,800	Prosenik C.  59' (pen.), Saler  90+3'
7	08.09.1998	A	Austria Wien	1-0	18,000	Wagner R.  63'
8	20.09.1998	H	Ried	1-1	6,400	Heraf  16'
9	23.09.1998	A	Lustenau	0-2	8,800
10	26.09.1998	H	Lustenau	1-0	5,200	Wagner R.  9'
11	02.10.1998	A	Austria Salzburg	1-1	11,000	Wagner R.  13' Wagner R.  74'
12	17.10.1998	H	GAK	0-2	10,000
13	24.10.1998	H	Steyr	5-1	7,000	Prosenik C.  23'  47' (pen.), Heraf  37', Adzic  44', Vier  68'
14	27.10.1998	A	LASK	0-0	9,000
15	06.11.1998	H	FC Tirol	1-0	6,000	Zingler  45'
16	11.11.1998	A	Sturm Graz	1-2	11,500	Wagner R.  57'
17	15.11.1998	H	Austria Wien	3-1	11,300	Wagner R.  42', Prosenik C.  64' (pen.), Penksa  77'
18	21.11.1998	A	Ried	1-0	6,000	Wagner R.  65'
19	29.11.1998	A	LASK	3-1	6,000	Ba  22' (o.g.), Wagner R.  41', Freund  55'
20	06.12.1998	H	GAK	1-0	5,400	Pürk  78'
21	06.03.1999	A	FC Tirol	0-0	5,000
22	13.03.1999	H	Lustenau	2-1	6,000	Ratajczyk  50', Pürk  64'
23	16.03.1999	A	Austria Wien	1-1	11,500	Wagner R.  16'
24	21.03.1999	H	Sturm Graz	2-0	12,000	Wetl  31', Pürk  61'
25	31.03.1999	A	Ried	0-0	5,000
26	03.04.1999	H	Austria Salzburg	1-1	8,000	Penksa  74'
27	10.04.1999	A	Steyr	3-3	5,000	Braun  7', Vier  9', Wimmer  26'
28	14.04.1999	H	Steyr	2-1	4,000	Pürk  50', Vier  59'
29	17.04.1999	H	LASK	2-0	5,000	Pürk  22', Wagner R.  80'
30	24.04.1999	A	GAK	1-0	8,480	Adzic  8' Hatz  41'
31	01.05.1999	H	FC Tirol	1-1	10,000	Freund  18'
32	08.05.1999	A	Lustenau	0-2	7,000
33	11.05.1999	H	Austria Wien	0-0	14,200
34	15.05.1999	A	Sturm Graz	1-1	15,400	Wimmer  12'
35	22.05.1999	H	Ried	1-0	10,700	Saler  87'
36	29.05.1999	A	Austria Salzburg	0-0	15,000

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	22.08.1998	A	Oberndorf	8-0	3,500	Hatz  26', Vier  27'  75', Zingler  35'  38', Pürk  66'  69', Penksa  90'
R2	12.09.1998	A	Mattersburg	5-3	8,200	Vier  8', Prosenik C.  25' (pen.), Heraf  45', Ratajczyk  73'  90'
R16	31.10.1998	H	Wörgl	3-0	3,500	Wagner R.  15', Adzic  26' (pen.), Wimmer  71'
QF	06.04.1999	H	Austria Salzburg	4-1	8,500	Vier  1', Adzic  14'  63', Wagner R.  78'
SF	05.05.1999	H	LASK	0-2	6,000

UEFA Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
Q2-L1	11.08.1998	A	Omonia Nicosia	1-3	12,000	Wagner R.  23' Braun  37'
Q2-L2	25.08.1998	H	Omonia Nicosia	2-0	14,500	Heraf  9', Wagner R.  70'
R1-L1	15.09.1998	A	Girondins Bordeaux	1-1	15,000	Freund  65'
R1-L2	29.09.1998	H	Girondins Bordeaux	1-2	24,500	Wagner R.  42'

References

1. "Saison 1998/99". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
2. "Spiele 1998/99". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 6 August 2016.