2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season explained

Club:	Rapid Wien
Season:	2014–15
Manager:	Zoran Barisic
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Chairman:	Michael Krammer
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria
League:	Bundesliga
League Result:	2nd
Cup1:	Austrian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	Europa League
Cup2 Result:	Play-off round
League Topscorer:	Robert Beric (27 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Robert Beric (27 goals)
Highest Attendance:	29,800 vs. Austria Wien, 15 May 2015
Lowest Attendance:	7,800 vs. Sturm Graz, 29 October 2014
Average Attendance:	16,934
Prevseason:	2013–14
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The 2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season is the 117th season in club history.

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

		Name	Moved from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee
7	MF	Philipp Schobesberger	FC Pasching	End of contract	Summer	2017	Free	^[3]
17	DF	Christopher Dibon	Red Bull Salzburg	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	^[4]
8	MF	Stefan Schwab	Admira Wacker	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	^[5]
27	MF	Andreas Kuen	Wacker Innsbruck	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed
23	DF	Stefan Stangl	SC Wiener Neustadt	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	^[6]
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	Borac Banja Luka	Transfer	Summer	2017	€100,000	^[7]
9	FW	Robert Berić	Sturm Graz	Transfer	Summer	2018	€750,000	^[8]
14	MF	Florian Kainz	Sturm Graz	Transfer	Summer	2017	€400,000	^[9]

Out

		Name	Moved to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee
23	GK	Samuel Radlinger	Hannover 96	Loan Return	Summer
28	DF	Christopher Trimmel	Union Berlin	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[10]
16	DF	Stephan Palla	Wolfsberger AC	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[11]
31	GK	Lukas Königshofer	Hallescher FC	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[12]
30	MF	Guido Burgstaller	Cardiff City	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[13]
24	FW	Marcel Sabitzer	RB Leipzig	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000	^[14]
9	FW	Terrence Boyd	RB Leipzig	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000	^[15]
26	MF	Lukas Grozurek	Admira Wacker	Transfer	Winter	Free	^[16]

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
26 June 2014	Universitatea Cluj	N	4-0	Schaub 16', 21', Alar 47', Schobesberger 82'	500
6 July 2014		H	1-1	van Dijk 9'(o.g.); Pukki 72'	17,400
23 July 2014	Galatasaray S.K.	H	3-1	Wydra 28', Behrendt 52', Alar 90'; Chedjou 27'	11,400
13 November 2014	SV Horn	A	4-2	Beric 14', Alar 35', Grozurek 39', Sonnleitner 88'; Nacho 56', Grubek 69'	500
24 January 2015		H	2-1	Schobesberger 48', Alar 82'; Fuchs 27'	9,700
31 January 2015		N	2-1	Alar 9', Starkl 84'; Milisavljević 37'
3 February 2015	Bohemians Prague	N	2-2	Starkl 54', Schaub 83'; Jarolím 45', 57'(pen.)	100
8 February 2015	České Budějovice	H	2-0	Kainz 30', Schwab 62'(pen.)	120

Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures and results

		Venue	Opponent			Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table
		Venue	Opponent			Rapid Wien	Opponent
1	16:30	A	Red Bull Salzburg	1-6	19,800			10th	0	-5	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&game=1&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=1
2	19:00	H	Ried	1-0	14,200			7th	3	-4	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&game=1&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=2
3	16:30	A	Admira Wacker	1-1	6,125			6th	4	-4	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&game=5&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=3
4	19:00	H	Sturm Graz	1-1	16,800			4th	5	-4	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=4&game=2
5	16:30	H	SCR Altach	0-1	13,800			7th	5	-5	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=5&game=1
6	16:30	A	Austria Wien	2-2	11,900			5th	6	-5	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=6&game=2
7	16:30	H	Grödig	2-0	12,100			3rd	9	-3	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&game=2&league=BL1&season=20142015&round=7
8	18:30	A	Wiener Neustadt	5-1	4,100			3rd	12	+1	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=8&game=5
9	16:00	H	Wolfsberg	3-0	15,200			3rd	15	+4	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=9&game=2
10	16:30	H	Red Bull Salzburg	1-2	25,300			3rd	15	+3	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=10&game=1
11	16:30	A	Ried	2-1	5,200			3rd	18	+4	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=11&game=1
12	18:30	H	Admira Wacker	0-0	15,200			3rd	19	+4	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=12&game=5
13	16:00	A	Sturm Graz	3-1	14,350			3rd	22	+6	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=13&game=2
14	16:30	A	SCR Altach	0-2	7,372			3rd	22	+4	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&game=1&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=14
15	14:30	H	Austria Wien	2-3	28,200			4th	22	+3	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=15&game=2
16	16:00	A	Grödig	1-3	2,500			5th	22	+1	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=16&game=2
17	18:30	H	Wiener Neustadt	3-0	12,300			4th	25	+4	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=17&game=5
18	16:30	A	Wolfsberg	1-1	5,250			5th	26	+4	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=18&game=2
19	16:30	A	Red Bull Salzburg	2-1	17,200			4th	29	+5	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=19&game=1
20	16:00	H	Ried	3-0	14,000			4th	32	+8	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=20&game=1
21	16:30	A	Admira Wacker	1-1	5,000			2nd	33	+8	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=21&game=5
22	18:30	H	Sturm Graz	1-0	15,200			2nd	36	+9	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=22&game=2
23	19:00	H	SCR Altach	1-0	8,700			2nd	39	+10	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=23&game=1
24	16:30	A	Austria Wien	1-2	11,000			2nd	39	+9	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=24&game=2
25	18:30	H	Grödig	4-0	15,700			2nd	42	+13	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=25&game=2
26	16:30	A	Wiener Neustadt	1-0	4,300			2nd	45	+14	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=26&game=5
27	18:30	H	Wolfsberg	4-1	12,200			2nd	48	+17	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=27&game=2
28	18:00	H	Red Bull Salzburg	3-3	26,800			2nd	49	+17	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=28&game=1
29	16:00	A	Ried	1-0	6,500			2nd	52	+18	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=29&game=1
30	18:30	H	Admira Wacker	1-1	13,800			2nd	53	+18	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=30&game=5
31	16:30	A	Sturm Graz	2-2	15,300			2nd	54	+18	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=31&game=2
32	16:30	A	SCR Altach	3-1	7,100			2nd	57	+20	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=32&game=1
33	16:30	H	Austria Wien	4-1	29,800			2nd	60	+23	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=33&game=2
35	17:45	H	Wiener Neustadt	0-0	15,800			2nd	61	+23	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=35&game=5
34	18:30	A	Grödig	2-0	1,712			2nd	64	+25	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23973&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=34&game=2
36	16:30	A	Wolfsberg	5-0	5,350			2nd	67	+30	http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=23971&season=20142015&league=BL1&round=36&game=2

Results summary

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

Europa League

Europa League fixtures and results

Play–off round

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Europa League		Total		Discipline
No.	Nat.	Name	Age	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1				29		3		2		34
21
29				7		1				8
Defenders
4				32	1	4		2		38	1	7
6				33	2	3		2		38	2	4	1
17				15+1	1	2	1	1		18+1	2	5
20				23	1	3		1+1		27+1	1	7
22				27+1	1	1+1		2		30+2	1	5	1
23				12+3		2				14+3		1
36
39				1						1		1
Midfielders
3				6+4		1		2		9+4		3
5				25+2	1	3		0+1		28+3	1	10
7				14+13	8	2+1	1			16+14	9	3
8				24+6	4	3+1	1	2		29+7	5	11
10				24+4	5	3		2	3	29+4	8	2	1
11				29+7	4	2+2		2		33+9	4	3
14				30+2	4	3		1+1		34+3	4	6
15				7+6		2+1				9+7		2
25				12+6		0+2		1+1	1	13+9	1	4
27
31				0+1						0+1
33				9+16	6	2				11+16	6	3
34				2+13		0+1		0+2		2+16		1
Forwards
9				31+2	27	2+2		2		35+4	27	7	2
38				2+15	3	1+1	1			3+16	4	1
Players who left after the start of the season
26				2+3		1				3+3

Statistics accurate as of 31 May 2015

Starting XI

Considering starts in all competitions.

No.	Pos.	Starts
1	GK	34
22	RB	30
6	CB	38
20	CB	27
4	LB	38
8	DM	29
5	DM	28
11	CM	33
10	RW	29
14	LW	34
9	ST	35

Goal scorers

Rank	width=200	Name	width=100	Bundesliga	width=100	Cup	width=100	Europa League	width=80	Total
1		27			27
2		8	1		9
3		5		3	8
4		6			6
5		4	1		5
6		4			4
		4			4
		3	1		4
9		1	1		2
9		2			2
11		1			1
		1			1
		1			1
		1			1
				1	1
Totals		68	4	4	76

Notes and References

News: Rapid in Europa gesetzt. 20 May 2014. Österreich. 20 May 2014. German.
News: Rapid präsentiert das neue Stadion. Kurier. 3 July 2014. 10 June 2014. German.
News: Rapid verpflichtet Schobesberger bis 2017. Kurier. 3 July 2014. 26 March 2014. German.
News: Sabitzer wechselt zu Salzburg, Dibon bleibt Rapidler. Kurier. 2 July 2014. 30 May 2014. German.
News: Rapid holt Schwab, Kuen und einen Chefscout. Kurier. 3 July 2014. 4 June 2014. German.
News: Rapid verpflichtet Stefan Stangl. Der Standard. 3 June 2014. 3 July 2014. German.
News: Rapid holt bosnischen U21-Teamkapitän. Kurier. 1 July 2014. 7 June 2014. German.
News: Rapid verpflichtet Robert Beric. Kurier. 3 July 2014. 3 July 2014. German.
News: Rapid holt Florian Kainz von Sturm. Kurier. 22 July 2014. 22 July 2014. German.
News: Trimmel: Der erste neue "Eiserne". Kicker. 8 May 2014. 15 February 2014. German.
News: Palla und Drescher nach Wolfsberg. 3 July 2014. 14 May 2014. Der Standard. German.
Web site: Goalie Königshofer wechselt in dritte deutsche Liga. sport.orf.at. ORF. 31 August 2014. German.
News: Cardiff sign Austrian midfielder Guido Burgstaller. BBC. 3 July 2014. 23 May 2014.
News: Sabitzer kommt - und geht gleich wieder. Kicker. 3 July 2014. 30 May 2014. German.
News: Nationalspieler Boyd geht den nächsten Schritt. 3 July 2014. Kicker. 30 June 2014. German.
News: Lukas Grozurek von Rapid zu Admira Wacker. 12 January 2015. Der Standard. 19 December 2014. German.

No.	Pos.	Starts
1	GK	34
22	RB	30
6	CB	38
20	CB	27
4	LB	38
8	DM	29
5	DM	28
11	CM	33
10	RW	29
14	LW	34
9	ST	35

No.	Pos.	Starts
1	GK	34
22	RB	30
6	CB	38
20	CB	27
4	LB	38
8	DM	29
5	DM	28
11	CM	33
10	RW	29
14	LW	34
9	ST	35

No.	Pos.	Starts
1	GK	34
22	RB	30
6	CB	38
20	CB	27
4	LB	38
8	DM	29
5	DM	28
11	CM	33
10	RW	29
14	LW	34
9	ST	35