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 Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Pre-season and friendlies

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Date	Opponents	Venue	Result F–A	Goalscorers		Attendance
				Rapid Wien	Opponent
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	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Attendance	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table			Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD
1	26 July 2019 (2019-07-26) 20:45	Red Bull Salzburg	H	0–2	24,200		Minamino 35' Okugawa 82'	9th	0	−2	[2]
2	4 August 2019 (2019-08-04) 17:00	St. Pölten	A	2–2	7,582	Fountas 39' Müldür 47'	Ljubicic 43' Luan 69'	9th	1	−2	[3]
3	10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 17:00	Rheindorf Altach	H	2–1	12,800	Fountas 4' 11'	Gebauer 27'	6th	4	−1	[4]
4	18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 17:00	Sturm Graz	A	1–0	14,532	Schwab 23'		4th	7	0	[5]
5	24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 17:00	LASK	H	1–2	18,800	Schobesberger 47'	Raguz 23' 90+5'	6th	7	−1	[6]
6	1 September 2019 (2019-09-01) 17:00	Austria Wien	A	3–1	14,615	Murg 7' Fountas 51' Badji 90+4'	Monschein 10'	6th	10	+1	[7]
7	15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 14:30	Admira Wacker Mödling	H	5–0	15,100	Schobesberger 45+1' Barać 54' Ullmann 64' Badji 65' Ljubicic 81'		4th	13	+6	[8]
8	21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 17:00	WSG Tirol	A	2–0	5,240	Arase 54' Barać 71'		4th	16	+8	[9]
9	29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 17:00	Hartberg	H	3–3	15,500	Fountas 17' 72' Schwab 90+6'	Dossou 45' Concola 51' Tadic 83'	4th	17	+8	[10]
10	5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 17:00	Mattersburg	A	3–2	4,400	Fountas 45+3' Dibon 69' Knasmüllner 89'	Gruber 28' Kuen 47'	4th	20	+9	[11]
11	20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 17:00	Wolfsberger AC	H	1–1	21,200	Fountas 31'	Leitgeb 64'	4th	21	+9	[12]
12	27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 17:00	Red Bull Salzburg	A	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 (2019-11-02) 17:00	St. Pölten	H	0–1	20,400		Balic 74'	4th	21	+7	[14]
14	9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 17:00	Rheindorf Altach	A	3–0	5,104	Schwab 11' (pen.) Murg 12' Arase 36'		4th	24	+10	[15]
15	24 November 2019 (2019-11-24) 17:00	Sturm Graz	H	1–1	19,600	Dibon 28'	Huspek 54'	4th	25	+10	[16]
16	30 November 2019 (2019-11-30)	LASK	A	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 (2019-12-08) 17:00	Austria Wien	H	2–2	26,100	Schwab 4' Ljubicic 69'	Sarkaria 3' Pichler 39'	4th	29	+14	[18]
18	14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 17:00	Admira Wacker Mödling	A	3–0	4,643	Murg 2' Fountas 7' 57'		3rd	32	+17	[19]
19	16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) 17:00	WSG Tirol	H	2–0	22,800	Ullmann 1' Fountas 41'		3rd	35	+19	[20]
20	23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 14:30	Hartberg	A	2–2	5,017	Luckeneder 40' (o.g.) Kara 90+3'	Rep 45' Luckeneder 74'	3rd	36	+19	[21]
21	1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 17:00	Mattersburg	H	3–1	14,200	Schwab 15' 78' Fountas 46'	Mahrer 37'	3rd	39	+21	[22]
22	7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 17:00	Wolfsberger AC	A	2–2	5,718	Fountas 45+1' Hofmann 90+1'	Weissman 45+3' 73'	3rd	40	+21	[23]
Championship round
23	3 June 2020 (2020-06-03) 20:30 [a]	Red Bull Salzburg	A	0–2	– [b]		Daka 9' Okafor 90+1'	4th	20 [c]	+19	[24]
24	7 June 2020 (2020-06-07) 19:30 [a]	Sturm Graz	H	4–0	– [b]	Arase 25' 28' Schwab 70' (pen.) Fountas 78'		4th	23	+23	[25]
25	10 June 2020 (2020-06-10) 18:30 [a]	LASK	A	1–0	– [b]	Fountas 87'		2nd	26	+24	[26]
26	14 June 2020 (2020-06-14) 17:00 [a]	Wolfsberger AC	H	2–1	– [b]	Kitagawa 36' Ullmann 87'	Weissman 50'	2nd	29	+25	[27]
27	17 June 2020 (2020-06-17) 18:30 [a]	Hartberg	A	1–0	– [b]	Fountas 24'		2nd	32	+26	[28]
28	21 June 2020 (2020-06-21) 17:00 [a]	Hartberg	H	0–1	– [b]		Tadic 42'	2nd	32	+25	[29]
29	24 June 2020 (2020-06-24) 20:30 [a]	Red Bull Salzburg	H	2–7	– [b]	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 (2020-06-28) 19:30 [a]	Sturm Graz	A	3–2	– [b]	Arase 51' Schwab 83' (pen.) Kara 90'	Hierländer 34' Kiteishvili 45+2'	2nd	35	+21	[31]
31	1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) 20:30 [a]	LASK	H	3–1	– [b]	Andrade 4' (o.g.) Fountas 45' Knasmüllner 90+1'	Klauss 72'	2nd	38	+23	[32]
32	5 July 2020 (2020-07-05) 17:00 [a]	Wolfsberger AC	A	1–3	– [b]	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

League table

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]	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.^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

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

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]	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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
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	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Attendance	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent
1st	21 July 2019 (2019-07-21) 17:15	USV Allerheiligen	A	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 (2019-09-25) 20:45	RB Salzburg	H	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

Transfers

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