2023–24 SK Rapid Wien season explained

Club:	Sportklub Rapid
Season:	2023–24
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Alexander Wrabetz
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Zoran Barisic (until 14 November) Robert Klauß (from 15 November)
Stadium:	Allianz Stadion
League:	Bundesliga
League Result:	4th (Championship round) 6th (Regular season)
Cup1:	Austrian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup2 Result:	Play-off round
League Topscorer:	Marco Grüll (13 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Marco Grüll (21 goals)
Highest Attendance:	26,000 vs. FK Austria Wien, 25th February 2024
Lowest Attendance:	13,400 vs. SCR Altach, 5th August 2023
Average Attendance:	18,600
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Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 season was the 126th season in the existence of the Sportklub Rapid and the club's 75th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rapid participatd in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and entered international football in the third qualifying round to the UEFA Europa Conference League after coming 4th in the previous Bundesliga season.

Rapid again finished 4th in the Austrian Bundesliga and reached the final of the Austria Cup. Internationally, they were knocked out by eventual finalists ACF Fiorentina in the play-off round of the Europa Conference League.

Squad

Squad statistics

	Name	League		Austrian Cup		UEFA Competitions		Total		Discipline
	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
21
25
45		32		6		4		42		1
Defenders
6		20+3		5				25+3		8
13		7+8		1+2		3		11+10		2
15		9+3		2+1				11+4			1	2
19		5+3		1		0+1		6+4		2
20		14+3		1+2		2+1		17+6		6
22		2		0+1				2+1
23		24+2	1	4		4		32+2	1	7
26		4+6	1	3		0+2		7+8	1	4
43		28	3	6		4		38	3	9
53		0+2						0+2
55		6+1		1		2		9+1		3
Midfielders
4		1+4		1+2		0+2		2+8
5		13+14		3+2	2	4		20+16	2	9
8		16+5	2	4+1				20+6	2	5
10		16	2	2+1	1	2+1		20+2	3	2
10		13+1	2	2	1			15+1	3	3
16		0+5	1	1+1				1+6	1
18		30+2	5	5+1	4	4	1	39+3	10	7
22		5+6	1	1				6+6	1	2
24		2+3						2+3
27		26+3	13	5+1	6	4	2	35+4	21	5
28		15+11		1+4		3		19+15		1
29		2+4	1	1+1		0+4	1	3+9	2	2
34		28+2		3+1		4		35+3		9	1
Forwards
7		1+11		1+2	2	0+2		2+15	2
9		17+3	7	4	1	3	1	24+3	9	2
17		14+14	6	2+2	5	1+2		17+18	11	2
49		0+7		0+2				0+9
57		2+4						2+4
58		0+5		0+1				0+6

Goal scorers

Name	width=90	Bundesliga	width=90	Cup	width=90	International	width=90	Total
Marco Grüll	13	6	2	21
Fally Mayulu	6	5		11
Matthias Seidl	5	4	1	10
	7	1	1	9
Nicolas Kühn	2	1		3
Christoph Lang	2	1		3
	3			3
Ante Bajic	1		1	2
Lukas Grgić	2			2
		2		2
Oliver Strunz		2		2
Jonas Auer	1			1
Thierry Gale	1			1
Isak Jansson	1			1
Martin Moormann	1			1
Own goals
Drini Halili (DSV Leoben)		1		1
Atdhe Nuhiu (Altach)	1			1
Christian Ramsebner (St. Pölten)		1		1
Oleksandr Romanchuk (Debrecen)			1	1
David Schnegg (Sturm Graz)	1			1
Totals	47	24	6	77

Disciplinary record

Name	Bundesliga			Cup		International		Total
Name	width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	width=30	width=30	width=30
	7	1				2		9	1
	6			1		2		9
	6					3		9
	6			2				8
Jonas Auer	5					2		7
Matthias Seidl	4			1		2		7
	5					1		6
Lukas Grgić	5							5
Marco Grüll	3			1		1		5
Martin Moormann	2			2				4
Terence Kongolo		1	2						1	2
Nenad Cvetković				1		2		3
Christoph Lang	3							3
Ante Bajic	2							2
	2							2
Isak Jansson	2							2
Nicolas Kühn	1					1		2
Fally Mayulu	2							2
Thorsten Schick	1					1		2
	2							2
Niklas Hedl	1							1
Moritz Oswald				1				1
Totals	65	2	2	9		17		91	2	2

Transfers

In

	Name	Moved from	Type	Transfer Window
FW	Fally Mayulu	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Free transfer	Summer	^[1]
MF	Dennis Kaygin	1. FSV Mainz 05 U-19	Free transfer	Summer	^[2]
DF	Nenad Cvetković	F.C. Ashdod	Transfer	Summer	^[3]
MF	Matthias Seidl	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Transfer	Summer	^[4]
MF	Lukas Grgić	Hajduk Split	Transfer	Summer	^[5]
FW	Thierry Gale	FC Dila Gori	Transfer	Summer	^[6]
DF	Neraysho Kasanwirjo	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Loan	Summer	^[7]
DF	Terence Kongolo	Fulham F.C.	Loan	Summer
FW	Christoph Lang	SK Sturm Graz	Transfer	Winter	^[8]
FW	Isak Jansson	FC Cartagena	Loan	Winter	^[9]

Out

	Name	Moved to	Type	Transfer Window
DF	Denso Kasius	Bologna F.C. 1909	Loan return	Summer
DF	Christopher Dibon	SK Rapid II		Summer
MF	Dejan Petrovič	HNK Rijeka	Free transfer	Summer	^[10]
DF	Kevin Wimmer	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Free transfer	Summer	^[11]
FW	Bernhard Zimmermann	Wolfsberger AC	Loan	Summer	^[12]
FW	René Kriwak	FC Dordrecht	Transfer	Summer	^[13]
FW	Ferdy Druijf	PEC Zwolle	Loan	Summer	^[14]
FW	Dragoljub Savić	FK RFS	Transfer	Summer	^[15]
MF	Lion Schuster	SV Sandhausen	Free transfer	Summer	^[16]
DF	Martin Koscelník	NAC Breda	Transfer	Summer	^[17]
MF	Christoph Knasmüllner	Wieczysta Kraków	Free agent	Summer	^[18]
MF	Patrick Greil	SV Sandhausen	Free transfer	Winter	^[19]
FW	Ante Bajic	SV Ried	Transfer	Winter	^[20]
MF	Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn	Celtic F.C.	Transfer	Winter	^[21]
MF	Aleksa Pejić	FK TSC	Transfer	Winter	^[22]