| Club: | Rapid Wien |
| Season: | 1961–62 |
| Manager: | Robert Körner |
| Mgrtitle: | Coach |
| Stadium: | Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria |
| League: | Staatsliga A |
| League Result: | 5th |
| Cup1: | Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinals |
| Cup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Round of 16 |
| League Topscorer: | Max Schmid (16) |
| Season Topscorer: | Max Schmid (20) |
| Average Attendance: | 14,800 |
| Prevseason: | 1960–61 |
| Nextseason: | 1962–63 |
The 1961–62 SK Rapid Wien season was the 64th season in club history.
| Nat. | Name | Age | League | Cup | CW Cup | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||||
 | Josef Eder | 12 | 2 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| | 14 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||||||||
| | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| | 25 | 3 | 4 | 32 | |||||||||||||||
| | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||||
| | 26 | 3 | 4 | 33 | |||||||||||||||
| | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||||||
| | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| | 26 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Branko Milanović | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Max Schmid | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | |||||||||||
| | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Date | Venue | Opponent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.08.1961 | 4-2 | 30,000 | |||||
| 02.09.1961 | 1-2 | 64,000 | |||||
| 16.09.1961 | A | 2-1 | 11,000 | ||||
| 23.09.1961 | 1-2 | 8,000 | |||||
| 01.10.1961 | A | 4-0 | 12,000 | Koschier, Flögel, Schmid | |||
| 15.10.1961 | 2-0 | 9,000 | |||||
| 22.10.1961 | 1-1 | 6,000 | |||||
| 29.10.1961 | 0-2 | 20,000 | |||||
| 16.12.1961 | 2-1 | 1,000 | |||||
| 11.11.1961 | A | 1-1 | 9,000 | ||||
| 26.11.1961 | 1-1 | 4,000 | |||||
| 03.12.1961 | 2-0 | 10,000 | |||||
| 09.12.1961 | 4-1 | 6,000 | |||||
| 03.03.1962 | 1-1 | 11,000 | |||||
| 10.03.1962 | 0-2 | 45,000 | |||||
| 17.03.1962 | 0-1 | 4,000 | |||||
| 24.03.1962 | 1-2 | 12,000 | |||||
| 31.03.1962 | 0-1 | 10,000 | |||||
| 15.04.1962 | A | 1-1 | 5,000 | ||||
| 29.04.1962 | 5-0 | 5,500 | |||||
| 12.05.1962 | 3-3 | 55,000 | Schmid | ||||
| 20.05.1962 | A | 3-2 | 4,000 | ||||
| 26.05.1962 | 3-2 | 8,000 | Reiter P., Schmid | ||||
| 02.06.1962 | 7-1 | 3,000 | Glechner, Skocik, Frankolin, Schmid | ||||
| 09.06.1962 | 7-0 | 7,000 | Schmid, Reiter P., Skocik, Flögel, Löffelmann | ||||
| 16.06.1962 | 2-2 | 8,000 | Schmid |
| Date | Venue | Opponent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.12.1961 | 5-4 | 1,000 | |||||
| 11.04.1962 | 2-1 | 8,000 | |||||
| 25.04.1962 | 1-3 | 5,000 |
| Date | Venue | Opponent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.09.1961 | 0-0 | 25,000 | |||||
| 27.09.1961 | 5-2 | 20,000 | Schmid, Skocik, Flögel, Milanovic | ||||
| 25.10.1961 | Fiorentina  | 1-3 | 15,000 | ||||
| 22.11.1961 | Fiorentina | 2-6 | 17,000 | Schmid |