2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season

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

Rapid Wien

2014–15 season
President	Michael Krammer
Head Coach	Zoran Barisic
Stadium	Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Beric (27 goals) All: Robert Beric (27 goals)
Highest home attendance	29,800 vs. Austria Wien, 15 May 2015
Lowest home attendance	7,800 vs. Sturm Graz, 29 October 2014
Average home league attendance	16,934
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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	Philipp Schobesberger	20	FC Pasching	End of contract	Summer	2017	Free	[3]
17	DF	Christopher Dibon	23	Red Bull Salzburg	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[4]
8	MF	Stefan Schwab	23	Admira Wacker	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[5]
27	MF	Andreas Kuen	19	Wacker Innsbruck	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[5]
23	DF	Stefan Stangl	22	SC Wiener Neustadt	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[6]
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	21	Borac Banja Luka	Transfer	Summer	2017	€100,000	[7]
9	FW	Robert Berić	23	Sturm Graz	Transfer	Summer	2018	€750,000	[8]
14	MF	Florian Kainz	21	Sturm Graz	Transfer	Summer	2017	€400,000	[9]

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Attendance	Ref.
				Rapid Wien	Opponent
26 June 2014	Universitatea Cluj	N	4–0	Schaub 16', 21', Alar 47', Schobesberger 82'		500	[17]
6 July 2014	Celtic	H	1–1	van Dijk 9'(o.g.)	Pukki 72'	17,400	[18]
23 July 2014	Galatasaray S.K.	H	3–1	Wydra 28', Behrendt 52', Alar 90'	Chedjou 27'	11,400	[19]
13 November 2014	SV Horn	A	4–2	Beric 14', Alar 35', Grozurek 39', Sonnleitner 88'	Nacho 56', Grubek 69'	500	[20]
24 January 2015	Schalke 04	H	2–1	Schobesberger 48', Alar 82'	Fuchs 27'	9,700	[21]
31 January 2015	CSKA Sofia	N	2–1	Alar 9', Starkl 84'	Milisavljević 37'		[22]
3 February 2015	Bohemians Prague	N	2–2	Starkl 54', Schaub 83'	Jarolím 45', 57'(pen.)	100	[23]
8 February 2015	České Budějovice	H	2–0	Kainz 30', Schwab 62'(pen.)		120	[24]

Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date – KO	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Attendance	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table			Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD
1	19 July 2014 (2014-07-19) 16:30	Red Bull Salzburg	A	1–6	19,800	Hofmann S. 90+2' (pen.)	Ulmer 30' Alan 40' Mané 69' Soriano 77' 79' Kampl 84'	10th	0	−5	[25]
2	26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) 19:00	Ried	H	1–0	14,200	Alar 65'		7th	3	−4	[26]
3	2 August 2014 (2014-08-02) 16:30	Admira Wacker	A	1–1	6,125	Kainz 63'	Schick 7' Windbichler  54'	6th	4	−4	[27]
4	9 August 2014 (2014-08-09) 19:00	Sturm Graz	H	1–1	16,800	Beric 49'  76'	Offenbacher  31'  Djuricin 82'	4th	5	−4	[28]
5	16 August 2014 (2014-08-16) 16:30	SCR Altach	H	0–1	13,800		Ngwat-Mahop 70'	7th	5	−5	[29]
6	24 August 2014 (2014-08-24) 16:30	Austria Wien	A	2–2	11,900	Beric 35' Schwab 85'	Gorgon 1' Damari 63' (pen.)	5th	6	−5	[30]
7	31 August 2014 (2014-08-31) 16:30	Grödig	H	2–0	12,100	Schrammel 14' Hofmann S. 61'		3rd	9	−3	[31]
8	17 September 2014 (2014-09-17) 18:30	Wiener Neustadt	A	5–1	4,100	Beric 3' 55' Schaub 48' 72'  76'  Hofmann M. 80'	Rauter 23'	3rd	12	+1	[32]
9	20 September 2014 (2014-09-20) 16:00	Wolfsberg	H	3–0	15,200	Beric 37' 48' Kainz 61'		3rd	15	+4	[33]
10	28 September 2014 (2014-09-28) 16:30	Red Bull Salzburg	H	1–2	25,300	Prosenik 90+3'	Bruno 84' Alan 89'	3rd	15	+3	[34]
11	5 October 2014 (2014-10-05) 16:30	Ried	A	2–1	5,200	Beric 52' Sonnleitner 59'	Kragl 45+1'	3rd	18	+4	[35]
12	18 October 2014 (2014-10-18) 18:30	Admira Wacker	H	0–0	15,200			3rd	19	+4	[36]
13	25 October 2014 (2014-10-25) 16:00	Sturm Graz	A	3–1	14,350	Schwab 36' Beric 44'  86'  Dibon 66'	Schick 48'	3rd	22	+6	[37]
14	2 November 2014 (2014-11-02) 16:30	SCR Altach	A	0–2	7,372	Sonnleitner  2'	Roth 25' Tajouri 88'	3rd	22	+4	[38]
15	9 November 2014 (2014-11-09) 14:30	Austria Wien	H	2–3	28,200	Alar 83' Beric 90+2'	Damari 23' 40' Royer 78'	4th	22	+3	[39]
16	22 November 2014 (2014-11-22) 16:00	Grödig	A	1–3	2,500	Alar 14'	Reyna 7' Huspek 45' 73'	5th	22	+1	[40]
17	29 November 2014 (2014-11-29) 18:30	Wiener Neustadt	H	3–0	12,300	Kainz 13' Beric 72' 78'	Schöpf  43'	4th	25	+4	[41]
18	7 December 2014 (2014-12-07) 16:30	Wolfsberg	A	1–1	5,250	Schwab 70'	Seebacher 65'	5th	26	+4	[42]
19	14 December 2014 (2014-12-14) 16:30	Red Bull Salzburg	A	2–1	17,200	Beric 80' 90+4'	Ramalho  23'  Sabitzer 84'	4th	29	+5	[43]
20	14 February 2015 (2015-02-14) 16:00	Ried	H	3–0	14,000	Alar 17' (pen.) 39' (pen.) Beric 45+1' (pen.)	Gebauer  14' Trauner  38'	4th	32	+8	[44]
21	22 February 2015 (2015-02-22) 16:30	Admira Wacker	A	1–1	5,000	Beric 34'	Weber 74'	2nd	33	+8	[45]
22	28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 18:30	Sturm Graz	H	1–0	15,200	Beric 45+2'	Ehrenreich  3'	2nd	36	+9	[46]
23	4 March 2015 (2015-03-04) 19:00	SCR Altach	H	1–0	8,700	Alar Prosenik 90+5'	Zech  90+4'	2nd	39	+10	[47]
24	8 March 2015 (2015-03-08) 16:30	Austria Wien	A	1–2	11,000	Hofmann S. 17'	Rotpuller 45+5' Ramsebner  73'  Sikov 84'	2nd	39	+9	[48]
25	14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 18:30	Grödig	H	4–0	15,700	Pavelic 4' Schaub 9' Kainz 46' Schobesberger 66'		2nd	42	+13	[49]
26	22 March 2015 (2015-03-22) 16:30	Wiener Neustadt	A	1–0	4,300	Beric 48'		2nd	45	+14	[50]
27	4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 18:30	Wolfsberg	H	4–1	12,200	Schobesberger 13' Schwab 15' Beric 64' 86'	Jacobo 67' (pen.)	2nd	48	+17	[51]
28	12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) 18:00	Red Bull Salzburg	H	3–3	26,800	Beric 51' Schobesberger 59' Pavelic  80'  Prosenik 90+2'	Berisha 3' Soriano 18' Sabitzer 32' Ulmer  43'	2nd	49	+17	[52]
29	18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 16:00	Ried	A	1–0	6,500	Schobesberger 36'		2nd	52	+18	[53]
30	25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 18:30	Admira Wacker	H	1–1	13,800	Schobesberger 70'	Sulimani 80'	2nd	53	+18	[54]
31	18 May 03 (03-05-18) 16:30	Sturm Graz	A	2–2	15,300	Schobesberger 8' Petsos 54'	Piesinger 16' Beichler 70' Kienast  87'  Madl  90+4'	2nd	54	+18	[55]
32	10 May 2015 (2015-05-10) 16:30	SCR Altach	A	3–1	7,100	Beric 79' 86' Schobesberger 90'	Roth 25'	2nd	57	+20	[56]
33	17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) 16:30	Austria Wien	H	4–1	29,800	Schobesberger 45' Hofmann S. 55' (pen.) Beric 70' Sonnleitner 89'	de Paula 52'	2nd	60	+23	[57]
35	24 May 2015 (2015-05-24) 17:45	Wiener Neustadt	H	0–0	15,800	Hofmann S.		2nd	61	+23	[58]
34	27 May 2015 (2015-05-27) 18:30	Grödig	A	2–0	1,712	Beric 83.' (pen.) Alar 90+2' (pen.)	Maak  90+1'	2nd	64	+25	[59]
36	31 May 2015 (2015-05-31) 16:30	Wolfsberg	A	5–0	5,350	Schaub 50' 90+3' Beric 63' 83' 85'		2nd	67	+30	[60]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Attendance	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent
Round 1	11 July 2014 (2014-07-11) 19:30	SKU Amstetten	A	1–0 (a.e.t.)	3,000	Dibon 116'	Zeman  116'	[61]
Round 2	24 September 2014 (2014-09-24) 18:00	SV Wallern	A	1–0	2,700	Prosenik 29'		[62]
Round of 16	29 October 2014 (2014-10-29) 20:30	Sturm Graz	H	1–0	7,800	Schwab 5'		[63]
Quarter-final	7 April 2015 (2015-04-07) 18:00	Wolfsberger AC	A	1–2	3,600	Schobesberger 90+4'	Kerhe 25' Wernitznig 28'	[64]

Europa League

Europa League fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Leg	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Agg. score F–A	Attendance	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
							Rapid Wien	Opponent
Play-off round
1st Leg	21 August 2014 (2014-08-21) 18:00	HJK Helsinki	A	1–2		6,153	Schaub 58'	Lod 63' Väyrynen 74'	[65]
2nd Leg	28 August 2014 (2014-08-28) 20:30	HJK Helsinki	H	3–3	4–5	21,100	Schaub 10' 13' Wydra 90+4'	Kandji 15' Alho 77' Savage 88' (pen.)	[66]

Squad statistics

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

Statistics accurate as of 31 May 2015

Goal scorers

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