2021–22 SK Rapid Wien season explained

Club:	Rapid Wien
Season:	2021–22
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Martin Bruckner
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Ferdinand Feldhofer (from 29 November) Steffen Hofmann (interim) Dietmar Kühbauer (until 10 November)
Stadium:	Allianz Stadion
League:	Austrian Football Bundesliga
League Result:	Winner (ECL play-off) 5th (championship round) 5th (regular season)
Cup1:	Austrian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Second qualifying round
Cup3:	Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Group stage, 3rd
Cup4:	Conference League
Cup4 Result:	Knockout round play-offs
League Topscorer:	Marco Grüll, Ercan Kara (9)
Season Topscorer:	Marco Grüll (16)
Highest Attendance:	26,000 vs. Austria Wien 20th March 2022
Lowest Attendance:	8,900 vs. SCR Altach 20th November 2021
Average Attendance:	14,800
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Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23

The 2021–22 season was the 124th season in the existence of SK Rapid Wien and the club's 73rd consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rapid Wien participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and entered international football in the second qualifying round to the UEFA Champions League having finished 2nd in the previous Bundesliga season.

Squad

Squad statistics

		Name		League		Austrian Cup		UEFA Competitions		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1				6		1		5		12		2
21				0+1						0+1
25				18+1		3		8		29+1		2
45				10				1		11				1
Defenders
4				23+2	2	3		8		34+2	2	11
6				18+2	1	1		4+5		23+7	1	10
17				2+1				0+1		2+2
20				14		3	1	9	1	26	2	9
22				25	2	4		9+1		38+1	2	10	1
23				12+11	1	2+2		2+5		16+18	1	2
26				17+2		1+1		5		23+3		5
30				11		1		8	1	20	1	8
31				14		2+1	1	11		27+1	1	5
33				0+2				0+1		0+3
37				0+1		0+1		0+2		0+4		1
43				2+3				0+2		2+5
54				1+2						1+2
55				0+1						0+1
Midfielders
5				26+1	3	2		10+1	1	38+2	4	5		1
7				0+4				0+1		0+5
8				18+10	3	2+2	2	6+6	3	26+18	8	3
10				6+5	1	0+1		2		8+6	1	2
13				18+11		3+1		4+7		25+19		9
14				15+8	1	1+2	2	9+3		25+13	3	7
16				17+4		2+1		5+5		24+10		1
28				3+7						3+7
35				0+2						0+2
36				9+14	1	1+2		11+1		21+17	1	2
42				2+2				1+4		3+6		2
46				0+1				0+1		0+2		1
47						0+1				0+1			1
Forwards
9				14+3	7	3	1	9+2	3	26+5	11	3
10				4+4		1+1		0+3		5+8		1
18				0+4		1+2		0+3		1+9		1
27				31+2	9	3+1	2	12+2	5	46+5	16	12
29				16+1	9	3	2	11+1	3	30+2	14	1
32				1+12		1+1		2+7		4+20		2
38				9+1	5	0+1		2	1	11+2	6	3
41				12+1	5					12+1	5	2	1
53				0+5	1					0+5	1
57				0+7	1					0+7	1

Goal scorers

Name	width=90	Bundesliga	width=90	Cup	width=90	International	width=90	Total
Marco Grüll	9	2	5	16
Ercan Kara	9	2	3	14
	7	1	3	11
	3	2	3	8
Ferdy Druijf	5		1	6
	5			5
Robert Ljubičić	3		1	4
Srđan Grahovac	1	2		3
Emanuel Aiwu	2			2
		1	1	2
Filip Stojković	2			2
Kelvin Arase	1			1
Jonas Auer	1			1
Nicolas Binder	1			1
Yusuf Demir	1			1
Leo Greiml			1	1
Dragoljub Savić	1			1
		1		1
Kevin Wimmer	1			1
Own goals
Günther Arnberger (Wiener Viktoria)		1		1
Totals	52	12	18	82

Disciplinary record

Name	Bundesliga			Cup			International			Total
	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
Marco Grüll	8			1			3			12
Filip Stojković	7						3	1		10	1
Emanuel Aiwu	8			1			2			11
Kevin Wimmer	6						4			10
	6						3			9
Thorsten Schick	7						2			9
Leo Greiml	3						5			8
Srđan Grahovac	3						4			7
Robert Ljubičić	4		1				1			5		1
Martin Moormann	4						1			5
	1			1			3			5
	2	1								2	1
Ferdy Druijf	1			1			1			3
	3									3
	2						1			3
Kelvin Arase	1						1			2
Jonas Auer	2									2
Yusuf Demir	1						1			2
Paul Gartler							2			2
Koya Kitagawa				1			1			2
Lion Schuster	1						1			2
							2			2
Niklas Hedl			1									1
					1						1
Thierno Ballo	1									1
Denis Bosnjak	1									1
Ercan Kara	1									1
Dejan Petrovič				1						1
Oliver Strunz							1			1
							1			1
Totals	73	1	2	6	1		43	1		122	3	2

Transfers

In

		Name	Age	Moved from	Type	Transfer Window
FW		Marco Grüll		SV Ried	Free transfer	Summer	^[1]
MF		Robert Ljubicic		SKN St. Pölten	Free Transfer	Summer	^[2]
DF		Kevin Wimmer		Stoke City F.C.	Free transfer	Summer	^[3]
DF		Jonas Auer		FK Mladá Boleslav	Transfer	Summer	^[4]
DF		Emanuel Aiwu		FC Admira Wacker Mödling	Transfer	Summer	^[5]
FW		Thierno Ballo		Chelsea F.C.	Loan	Summer	^[6]
FW		Yusuf Demir		FC Barcelona	Loan return	Winter
FW		Ferdy Druijf		AZ Alkmaar	Loan	Winter

Out

		Name	Age	Moved to	Type	Transfer Window
MF		Tamás Szántó			End of career	Summer
MF		Dejan Ljubicic		1. FC Köln	Free transfer	Summer	^[7]
DF		Mario Sonnleitner		TSV Hartberg	Free transfer	Summer
DF		Mateo Barać		PFC Sochi	Free transfer	Summer
MF		Marcel Ritzmaier		Barnsley F.C.	Loan return	Summer
FW		Deni Alar		SKN St. Pölten	Free transfer	Summer
FW		Yusuf Demir		FC Barcelona	Loan	Summer	^[8]
DF		Maximilian Ullmann		Venezia F.C.	Transfer	Winter
FW		Ercan Kara		Orlando City SC	Transfer	Winter
FW		Thierno Ballo		Chelsea F.C.	Loan return	Winter
GK		Richard Strebinger		Legia Warsaw	Transfer	Winter	^[9]
FW		Taxiarchis Fountas		D.C. United	Transfer	Winter
DF		Filip Stojković		Free agent	Contract termination	during season

Competitions

Austrian Football Bundesliga

See main article: 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga.

Regular season

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.^[10]

Matches

Championship round

Table

Points were halved after the regular season.

Matches

Europa Conference League play-off

Final

Austrian Cup

See main article: 2021–22 Austrian Cup.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.^[11]

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[12]

Games

UEFA Europa Conference League

Knockout round play-offs

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vorvertrag bei Rapid: Der Rieder Grüll hat seine Zukunft geklärt . kurier.at . 31 May 2021 . German.
2. Web site: Rapid verpflichtet Robert Ljubicic vom SKN St. Pölten . kurier.at . 31 May 2021 . German.
3. Web site: Vertrag bis 2023: Rapid präsentiert Transfercoup Kevin Wimmer . kurier.at . 31 May 2021 . German.
4. Web site: Jonas Auer wechselt zu Rapid: "Kühbauers Anruf war entscheidend" . kurier.at . 4 July 2021 . German.
5. Web site: Ein Wechsel mit Misstönen: Rapid kauft Emanuel Aiwu von der Admira . kurier.at . 3 September 2021 . German.
6. Web site: Transferprogramm abgeschlossen: Rapid leiht Ballo von Chelsea aus . kurier.at . 3 September 2021 . German.
7. Web site: Dejan Ljubicic wechselt von Rapid zu Köln - und in die 2. Liga? . kurier.at . 31 May 2021 . German.
8. Web site: Transfer-Hammer: Demir verlängert bei Rapid und Barcelona leiht ihn. kurier.at . 9 July 2021 . German.
9. Web site: Richard Strebinger zawodnikiem Legii . . 20 February 2022 . pl . 5 March 2022.
10. Web site: Bundesliga veröffentlicht Spielplan für die Saison 2021/22. 22 June 2021. Sky Sport Austria.
11. Web site: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round draw . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 16 June 2021 . 16 June 2021.
12. Web site: UEFA Europa League group stage draw . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 27 August 2021 .