2019–20 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2019–20 SK Rapid Wien season was the 122nd season in club history.

Rapid Wien

2019–20 season
President	Michael Krammer
Head Coach	Dietmar Kühbauer
Stadium	Allianz Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd (championship round) 3rd (regular season)
Austrian Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Taxiarchis Fountas (19) All: Taxiarchis Fountas (20)
Highest home attendance	26,100 vs. FK Austria Wien, 8 December 2019
Lowest home attendance	12,800 vs. SC Rheindorf Altach, 10 August 2019
Average home league attendance	19,200
Home colours Away colours

Pre-season and friendlies

[1]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
22 June 2019	FC Klosterneuburg	A	10-0	Knasmüllner 4', Murg 15', 19', 40', Badji 29', Pavlović 58', Wunsch 60', Thurnwald 68', Bolingoli 73', 88'	1,100
25 June 2019	SV Leobendorf	A	3-0	Schobesberger 16', 79', Arase 61'	1,300
29 June 2019	Bohemians 1905	N	2-3	Schwab 58'(pen.), Knasmüllner 88'; Hronek 44', 50', Nečas 80'
6 July 2019	FK Jablonec	N	2-1	Müldür 17', Murg 80'; Doležal 13'	400
14 July 2019	1. FC Nürnberg	H	2-1	Murg 36', Knasmüllner 80'; Margreitter 16'	12,600
16 July 2019	SC Pinkafeld	A	9-0	Knasmüllner 15', 24', 32', Fountas 55', 60', Arase 62', Murg 67', Fuchshofer 81', 85'	1,000
6 September 2019	SV Güssing	A	10-1	Barać 2', Ljubicic 25', 51', 60', Badji 29', 62', Own goal 48', Schuster 65', 70', Knasmüllner 84'; Rasser 4'	1,200
10 October 2019	Floridsdorfer AC	H	2-1	Badji 11', Knasmüllner 16'; Prosenik 26'	250
15 November 2019	BW Linz	H	2-1	Murg 51', Fountas 56'; Kostić 57'
18 January 2020	Wr. Neustadt	A	4-1	Schuster 27', Knasmüllner 43', Ibrahimoglu 51', Grahovac 70'; Flögel 25'	1,000
25 January 2020	Floridsdorfer AC	H	2-2	Murg 50', Savić 89'; Günes 17', Sahanek 47'	300
29 January 2020	Odense BK	N	0-0
29 January 2020	FK Vojvodina	N	0-2	Mrkaić 19', Čović 59'
1 February 2020	Levski Sofia	N	1-2	Fountas 32'; Nascimento 78' (pen.), Raynov 90+3'
4 February 2020	NK Maribor	N	2-0	Kitagawa 16', Fountas 82'
8 February 2020	SV Horn	H	1-1	Arase 70'; Schwab 12'(o.g.)	250
28 May 2020	SV Horn	H	3-0	Fountas 18', Murg 26', Kara 76'	-

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	26 July 2019 20:45	H	Salzburg	0-2	24,200		Minamino  35' Okugawa  82'	9th	0	-2	[2]
2	4 August 2019 17:00	A	St. Pölten	2-2	7,582	Fountas  39' Müldür  47'	Ljubicic  43' Luan  69'	9th	1	-2	[3]
3	10 August 2019 17:00	H	Altach	2-1	12,800	Fountas  4'  11'	Gebauer  27'	6th	4	-1	[4]
4	18 August 2019 17:00	A	Sturm	1-0	14,532	Schwab  23'		4th	7	0	[5]
5	24 August 2019 17:00	H	LASK	1-2	18,800	Schobesberger  47'	Raguz  23'  90+5'	6th	7	-1	[6]
6	1 September 2019 17:00	A	Austria	3-1	14,615	Murg  7' Fountas  51' Badji  90+4'	Monschein  10'	6th	10	+1	[7]
7	15 September 2019 14:30	H	Admira	5-0	15,100	Schobesberger  45+1' Barać  54' Ullmann  64' Badji  65' Ljubicic  81'		4th	13	+6	[8]
8	21 September 2019 17:00	A	Wattens	2-0	5,240	Arase  54' Barać  71'		4th	16	+8	[9]
9	29 September 2019 17:00	H	Hartberg	3-3	15,500	Fountas  17'  72' Schwab  90+6'	Dossou  45' Concola  51' Tadic  83'	4th	17	+8	[10]
10	5 October 2019 17:00	A	Mattersburg	3-2	4,400	Fountas  45+3' Dibon  69' Knasmüllner  89'	Gruber  28' Kuen  47'	4th	20	+9	[11]
11	20 October 2019 17:00	H	Wolfsberg	1-1	21,200	Fountas  31'	Leitgeb  64'	4th	21	+9	[12]
12	27 October 2019 17:00	A	Salzburg	2-3	17,218	Knasmüllner  45+1' Barać  87'	Szoboszlai  31' (pen.) Haaland  38' Junuzovic  90+4'	4th	21	+8	[13]
13	2 November 2019 17:00	H	St. Pölten	0-1	20,400		Balic  74'	4th	21	+7	[14]
14	9 November 2019 17:00	A	Altach	3-0	5,104	Schwab  11' (pen.) Murg  12' Arase  36'		4th	24	+10	[15]
15	24 November 2019 17:00	H	Sturm	1-1	19,600	Dibon  28'	Huspek  54'	4th	25	+10	[16]
16	30 November 2019	A	LASK	4-0	6,017	Knasmüllner  34' Fountas  67' Filipović  84' (o.g.) Badji  90+3'	Goiginger  83'	4th	28	+14	[17]
17	8 December 2019 17:00	H	Austria	2-2	26,100	Schwab  4' Ljubicic  69'	Sarkaria  3' Pichler  39'	4th	29	+14	[18]
18	14 December 2019 17:00	A	Admira	3-0	4,643	Murg  2' Fountas  7'  57'		3rd	32	+17	[19]
19	16 February 2020 17:00	H	Wattens	2-0	22,800	Ullmann  1' Fountas  41'		3rd	35	+19	[20]
20	23 February 2020 14:30	A	Hartberg	2-2	5,017	Luckeneder  40' (o.g.) Kara  90+3'	Rep  45' Luckeneder  74'	3rd	36	+19	[21]
21	1 March 2020 17:00	H	Mattersburg	3-1	14,200	Schwab  15'  78' Fountas  46'	Mahrer  37'	3rd	39	+21	[22]
22	7 March 2020 17:00	A	Wolfsberg	2-2	5,718	Fountas  45+1' Hofmann  90+1'	Weissman  45+3'  73'	3rd	40	+21	[23]
Championship round
23	3 June 2020 20:30 [lower-alpha 1]	A	Salzburg	0-2	- [lower-alpha 2]		Daka  9' Okafor  90+1'	4th	20 [lower-alpha 3]	+19	[24]
24	7 June 2020 19:30 [lower-alpha 1]	H	Sturm	4-0	- [lower-alpha 2]	Arase  25'  28' Schwab  70' (pen.) Fountas  78'		4th	23	+23	[25]
25	10 June 2020 18:30 [lower-alpha 1]	A	LASK	1-0	- [lower-alpha 2]	Fountas  87'		2nd	26	+24	[26]
26	14 June 2020 17:00 [lower-alpha 1]	H	Wolfsberg	2-1	- [lower-alpha 2]	Kitagawa  36' Ullmann  87'	Weissman  50'	2nd	29	+25	[27]
27	17 June 2020 18:30 [lower-alpha 1]	A	Hartberg	1-0	- [lower-alpha 2]	Fountas  24'		2nd	32	+26	[28]
28	21 June 2020 17:00 [lower-alpha 1]	H	Hartberg	0-1	- [lower-alpha 2]		Tadic  42'	2nd	32	+25	[29]
29	24 June 2020 20:30 [lower-alpha 1]	H	Salzburg	2-7	- [lower-alpha 2]	Kara  19' Fountas  90+2'	Okafor  22' Mwepu  30' Szoboszlai  39' Vallci  44' Ramalho  60' Junuzović  65' Hwang  79' (pen.)	3rd	32	+20	[30]
30	28 June 2020 19:30 [lower-alpha 1]	A	Sturm	3-2	- [lower-alpha 2]	Arase  51' Schwab  83' (pen.) Kara  90'	Hierländer  34' Kiteishvili  45+2'	2nd	35	+21	[31]
31	1 July 2020 20:30 [lower-alpha 1]	H	LASK	3-1	- [lower-alpha 2]	Andrade  4' (o.g.) Fountas  45' Knasmüllner  90+1'	Klauss  72'	2nd	38	+23	[32]
32	5 July 2020 17:00 [lower-alpha 1]	A	Wolfsberg	1-3	- [lower-alpha 2]	Kitagawa  75'	Schmerböck  23' Wernitznig  33' Weissman  72'	2nd	38	+21	[33]

1. Games postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2. No spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Points are halved after regular season

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	22	14	6	2	74	26	+48	48	Qualification for the Championship round
2	LASK[lower-alpha 1]	22	17	3	2	50	20	+30	42
3	Rapid Wien	22	11	7	4	47	26	+21	40
4	Wolfsberger AC	22	11	5	6	50	27	+23	38
5	Sturm Graz	22	9	5	8	37	28	+9	32

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.
Notes:

1. LASK were deducted 12 points due to violation of pandemic restrictions.[34]

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RBS	RWI	WOL	LIN	HAR	STU
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	32	22	8	2	110	34	+76	50	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round		—	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	5–2
2	Rapid Wien	32	17	7	8	64	43	+21	38	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		2–7	—	2–1	3–1	0–1	4–0
3	Wolfsberger AC	32	15	9	8	69	43	+26	35	Qualification for the Europa League group stage		0–0	3–1	—	3–3	2–4	2–0
4	LASK[lower-alpha 1]	32	20	4	8	67	37	+30	33	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		0–3	0–1	0–1	—	1–2	4–0
5	Hartberg (O)	32	12	6	14	52	74	−22	27	Qualification for the Europa League play-off final		0–6	0–1	3–3	1–5	—	1–2
6	Sturm Graz	32	10	5	17	46	60	−14	19			1–5	2–3	1–2	0–2	1–4	—

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.[37]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

1. LASK were deducted 12 regular season points for violating regulations with concern to the coronavirus. Because point totals are halved before the championship round, this resulted in a deduction of 6 championship round points.[35] The punishment was later reduced to 4 points.[36]

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
32	17	7	8	64	41	+23	58	7	4	5	31	24	+7	10	3	3	33	17	+16

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

  Win   Loss   Postponed

Round	Date	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent
1st	21 July 2019 17:15	A	USV Allerheiligen	9-1	2,100	Murg  3'  73' Hofmann  28' Dibon  37' Fountas  54' Knasmüllner  63' Schwab  67' Barać  88' Arase  90+2'	Bernsteiner  80'	[38]
2nd	25 September 2019 20:45	H	RB Salzburg	1-2 (a.e.t.)	20,400	Kitagawa  56' Schwab  66' Velimirovic  90+3'	Szoboszlai  51' Minamino  120+1'	[39]

Team record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	26 July	5 July	32	17	7	8	64	43	+21	053.13
ÖFB Cup	21 July	25 September	2	1	0	1	10	3	+7	050.00
Total			34	18	7	9	74	46	+28	052.94

Squad

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Austrian Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Richard Strebinger	26	20		2		22		1
21		Tobias Knoflach	25	10+2				10+2
25		Paul Gartler	22	2				2
Defenders
3		Mert Müldür	20	4	1			4	1	1
4		Mateo Barać	24	17+1	3	2	1	19+1	4	3
6		Mario Sonnleitner	32	4+3				4+3		1
17		Christopher Dibon	28	22	2	2	1	24	3	2
20		Maximilian Hofmann	25	16+2	1	2	1	18+2	2	6
22		Filip Stojković	26	19		1		20		4
24		Stephan Auer	28	7+8		1+1		8+9		2
30		Leo Greiml	17	9				9		3
31		Maximilian Ullmann	23	31	3	1		32	3	4
38		Adrian Hajdari	19	0+2				0+2		1
46		Paul Gobara	19	0+1				0+1
Midfielders
8		Stefan Schwab	28	30	8	2	1	32	9	6	1
10		Thomas Murg	24	15+5	3	1	2	16+5	5	2
13		Thorsten Schick	29	9+8		1		10+8		2
14		Srđan Grahovac	26	13+6		1		14+6		4
15		Manuel Martic	23	0+1				0+1
16		Dejan Petrovič	21	9+5				9+5		3
18		Tamás Szántó	23
28		Christoph Knasmüllner	27	24+4	4	0+1	1	24+5	5
39		Dejan Ljubicic	21	21+1	2	1		22+1	2	7
40		Melih Ibrahimoglu	18	0+4				0+4
42		Lion Schuster	18	0+1		0+1		0+2
47		Dalibor Velimirovic	18	4+2		1		5+2		1	1
49		Nicholas Wunsch	18	0+1		0+1		0+2
Forwards
7		Philipp Schobesberger	25	7+4	2	1+1		8+5	2
9		Taxiarchis Fountas	23	24+4	19	2	1	26+4	20	5
27		Aliou Badji	21	8+7	3			8+7	3	2
29		Ercan Kara	23	5+4	3			5+4	3	1
32		Koya Kitagawa	22	6+13	2	1	1	7+13	3	2
36		Kelvin Arase	20	15+10	5	0+2	1	15+12	6	2
43		Dragoljub Savić	18	0+1				0+1
48		Yusuf Demir	16	1+5				1+5

Goal scorers

Name	Bundesliga	Cup	Total
Taxiarchis Fountas	19	1	20
Stefan Schwab	8	1	9
Kelvin Arase	5	1	6
Christoph Knasmüllner	4	1	5
Thomas Murg	3	2	5
Mateo Barać	3	1	4
Aliou Badji	3		3
Christopher Dibon	2	1	3
Ercan Kara	3		3
Koya Kitagawa	2	1	3
Maximilian Ullmann	3		3
Maximilian Hofmann	1	1	2
Dejan Ljubicic	2		2
Philipp Schobesberger	2		2
Mert Müldür	1		1
Own goals
Andrés Andrade Cedeño (LASK)	1		1
Petar Filipović (LASK)	1		1
Felix Luckeneder (TSV Hartberg)	1		1
Totals	64	10	74

Disciplinary record

Name	Bundesliga			Cup			Total
Stefan Schwab	6				1		6	1
Dejan Ljubicic	6			1			7
Maximilian Hofmann	5			1			6
Taxiarchis Fountas	5						5
Srđan Grahovac	4						4
Filip Stojković	3			1			4
Maximilian Ullmann	4						4
Mateo Barać	2			1			3
Leo Greiml	3						3
Dejan Petrovič	3						3
Dalibor Velimirovic	1				1		1	1
Kelvin Arase	2						2
Stephan Auer	2						2
Aliou Badji	2						2
Christopher Dibon	2						2
Koya Kitagawa	2						2
Thomas Murg	2						2
Thorsten Schick	2						2
Adrian Hajdari	1						1
Ercan Kara	1						1
Mert Müldür	1						1
Mario Sonnleitner	1						1
Richard Strebinger	1						1
Totals	60			4	2		64	2

In

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moved from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Ref.
FW		Taxiarchis Fountas	23	SKN St. Pölten	Free Transfer	Summer	2022	[40]
MF		Thorsten Schick	29	BSC Young Boys	Free Transfer	Summer	2022	[41]
DF		Maximilian Ullmann	23	LASK	Transfer	Summer	2022	[42]
FW		Koya Kitagawa	23	Shimizu S-Pulse	Transfer	Summer	2023	[43]
DF		Filip Stojković	26	Red Star Belgrade	Transfer	Summer	2022	[44]
FW		Ercan Kara	24	SV Horn	Transfer	Winter	2022	[45]
MF		Dejan Petrovič	22	NK Aluminij	Transfer	Winter	2023	[46]

Out

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moved to	Type	Transfer Window	Ref.
FW		Andrei Ivan	22	FC Krasnodar	Loan return	Summer
FW		Deni Alar	29	PFC Levski Sofia	Loan	Summer
MF		Ivan Močinić	26	NK Istra 1961	Free transfer	Summer
DF		Patrick Obermüller	20	TSV Hartberg	Loan	Summer
DF		Boli Bolingoli	24	Celtic F.C.	Transfer	Summer	[47]
FW		Andrija Pavlović	25	APOEL FC	Loan	Summer
DF		Manuel Thurnwald	21	SC Rheindorf Altach	Transfer	Summer
FW		Kelvin Arase	20	SV Ried	Loan	Summer
DF		Marvin Potzmann	25	LASK	Transfer	Summer
DF		Mert Müldür	20	U.S. Sassuolo Calcio	Transfer	Summer	[48]
FW		Aliou Badji	22	Al Ahly SC	Transfer	Winter	[49]
MF		Manuel Martic	24	NK Inter Zaprešić	Transfer	Winter

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