# 2022–23 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2022–23 season is the 125th season in the existence of SK Rapid Wien and the club's 74th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rapid Wien will participate in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and enters international football in the second qualifying round to the UEFA Europa Conference League having won the previous Bundesliga seasons ECL play-offs.

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Austrian Cup | Austrian Cup | UEFA Competitions | UEFA Competitions | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||
| 21 | | Bernhard Unger | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | | Paul Gartler | 25 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | |
| 45 | | Niklas Hedl | 21 | 31 | | 5 | | 6 | | 42 | | | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||
| 2 | | Denso Kasius | 19 | 8+2 | | 1+1 | | | | 9+3 | | 2 | | 1 |
| 4 | | Emanuel Aiwu | 21 | | | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | | | |
| 6 | | Kevin Wimmer | 29 | 8+2 | | 4 | 1 | 6 | | 18+2 | 1 | 5 | | 1 |
| 17 | | Christopher Dibon | 31 | 2 | | 0+1 | | | | 2+1 | | | | |
| 19 | | Michael Sollbauer | 32 | 24 | | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 30 | 1 | 3 | | 1 |
| 20 | | Maximilian Hofmann | 28 | 4+2 | | 1 | | 3+1 | | 8+3 | | 4 | | |
| 22 | | Martin Koscelník | 27 | 14+4 | | 1+2 | | 4+1 | | 19+7 | | 4 | | |
| 23 | | Jonas Auer | 21 | 25+3 | | 4+1 | | 3+2 | | 32+6 | | 8 | | |
| 26 | | Martin Moormann | 21 | 14+7 | | 3 | | 1+1 | | 18+8 | | 2 | | 1 |
| 43 | | Leopold Querfeld | 18 | 21+2 | 1 | 1+1 | | 0+1 | | 22+4 | 1 | 2 | | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||
| 5 | | Roman Kerschbaum | 28 | 23+5 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+2 | | 28+8 | 3 | 9 | | |
| 7 | | Nicolas Kühn | 22 | 12+8 | 3 | 3 | | 4+2 | 1 | 19+10 | 4 | 2 | | |
| 8 | | Christoph Knasmüllner | 30 | 7+5 | | 2+2 | | 0+1 | | 9+8 | | 1 | | |
| 13 | | Thorsten Schick | 32 | 13+12 | | 3+2 | | 4+2 | | 20+16 | | 11 | | |
| 14 | | Aleksa Pejić | 22 | 24+2 | | 5 | | 4+1 | | 33+3 | | 15 | | |
| 16 | | Dejan Petrovič | 24 | 2+2 | | | | | | 2+2 | | 1 | | |
| 24 | | Patrick Greil | 25 | 17+11 | 1 | 4+2 | | 3+1 | | 24+14 | 1 | 3 | | |
| 28 | | Moritz Oswald | 20 | 7+5 | | 1+2 | | 3+1 | | 11+8 | | 3 | | |
| 34 | | Nikolas Sattlberger | 18 | 2+1 | | | | 1+2 | | 3+3 | | 1 | | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Guido Burgstaller | 33 | 27+4 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 39+4 | 25 | 6 | | |
| 10 | | Yusuf Demir | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1+2 | | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 18 | | Oliver Strunz | 22 | 7+7 | 4 | 1+2 | | | | 8+9 | 4 | 4 | | |
| 27 | | Marco Grüll | 24 | 25+5 | 6 | 5+1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 36+6 | 9 | 8 | | |
| 29 | | Ante Bajic | 26 | 11+13 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 | 3+1 | | 17+16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| 38 | | Ferdy Druijf | 24 | 11+12 | 3 | 0+4 | 2 | 1+2 | 2 | 12+18 | 7 | 3 | | |
| 39 | | René Kriwak | 23 | 2+1 | | 1 | | 0+2 | | 3+3 | | | | |
| 41 | | Bernhard Zimmermann | 20 | 8+17 | 7 | 0+5 | 1 | 3+1 | | 11+23 | 8 | 4 | | |
| 77 | | Dragoljub Savić | 21 | 1+1 | | | | 0+2 | | 1+3 | | | | |

### Goal scorers

| Name | Bundesliga | Cup | International | Total |
| Guido Burgstaller | 21 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Marco Grüll | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Bernhard Zimmermann | 7 | 1 | | 8 |
| Ferdy Druijf | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Nicolas Kühn | 3 | | 1 | 4 |
| Oliver Strunz | 4 | | | 4 |
| Ante Bajic | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| Roman Kerschbaum | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
| Yusuf Demir | 1 | | | 1 |
| Patrick Greil | 1 | | | 1 |
| Leopold Querfeld | 1 | | | 1 |
| Michael Sollbauer | | 1 | | 1 |
| Kevin Wimmer | | 1 | | 1 |
| Totals | 50 | 12 | 6 | 68 |

### Disciplinary record

| Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Cup | International | International | Total | Total | Total |
| Aleksa Pejić | 8 | | | 3 | 4 | | 15 | | |
| Thorsten Schick | 7 | | | 1 | 3 | | 11 | | |
| Roman Kerschbaum | 8 | | | | 1 | | 9 | | |
| Jonas Auer | 7 | | | 1 | | | 8 | | |
| Marco Grüll | 6 | | | | 2 | | 8 | | |
| Kevin Wimmer | 4 | | | 1 | | 1 | 5 | | 1 |
| Guido Burgstaller | 6 | | | | | | 6 | | |
| Ante Bajic | 4 | 1 | | | | | 4 | 1 | |
| Michael Sollbauer | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | | 1 |
| Maximilian Hofmann | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | | 4 | | |
| Martin Koscelník | 2 | | | | 2 | | 4 | | |
| Oliver Strunz | 3 | | | 1 | | | 4 | | |
| Bernhard Zimmermann | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| Denso Kasius | 2 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 |
| Martin Moormann | 2 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 |
| Leopold Querfeld | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 |
| Ferdy Druijf | 2 | | | 1 | | | 3 | | |
| Patrick Greil | 2 | | | 1 | | | 3 | | |
| Moritz Oswald | 2 | | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| Nicolas Kühn | 1 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| Yusuf Demir | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Paul Gartler | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Christoph Knasmüllner | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Dejan Petrovič | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Nikolas Sattlberger | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Totals | 77 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 107 | 1 | 5 |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moved from | Type | Transfer Window |
| MF | Roman Kerschbaum | 28 | FC Admira Wacker Mödling | Free transfer | Summer |
| MF | Patrick Greil | 25 | SK Austria Klagenfurt | Free Transfer | Summer |
| MF | Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn | 22 | FC Bayern Munich II | Transfer | Summer |
| MF | Aleksa Pejić | 22 | FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Transfer | Summer |
| DF | Michael Sollbauer | 32 | Dynamo Dresden | Free transfer | Summer |
| MF | Ante Bajic | 26 | SV Ried | Transfer | Summer |
| FW | Guido Burgstaller | 33 | FC St. Pauli | Transfer | Summer |
| DF | Martin Koscelník | 27 | FC Slovan Liberec | Transfer | Summer |
| DF | Denso Kasius | 20 | Bologna F.C. 1909 | Loan | Winter |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moved to | Type | Transfer Window |
| DF | Leo Greiml | 20 | FC Schalke 04 | Free transfer | Summer |
| MF | Kelvin Arase | 23 | Karlsruher SC | Free transfer | Summer |
| MF | Philipp Schobesberger | 28 | SKU Amstetten | Free agent | Summer |
| MF | Srđan Grahovac | 29 | Çaykur Rizespor | Free transfer | Summer |
| MF | Dalibor Velimirovic | 21 | First Vienna FC | Free transfer | Summer |
| MF | Robert Ljubičić | 22 | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer | Summer |
| FW | Koya Kitagawa | 25 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Transfer | Summer |
| MF | Benjamin Kanuric | 19 | Arminia Bielefeld | Transfer | Summer |
| DF | Emanuel Aiwu | 21 | U.S. Cremonese | Transfer | Summer |
| DF | Lukas Sulzbacher | 22 | WSG Tirol | Transfer | Summer |
| FW | René Kriwak | 23 | TSV Hartberg | Loan | Summer |
| FW | Yusuf Demir | 19 | Galatasaray S.K. | Transfer | Summer |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Austrian Football Bundesliga | 24 July 2022 | 3 June 2023 | | 4th | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 037.50 |
| Austrian Cup | 15 July 2022 | 30 April 2023 | Round 1 | Runner-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 083.33 |
| Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 25 August 2022 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 043.18 |
Last updated: 3 June 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Football Bundesliga
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 June 2023. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### Regular season
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* ↑ Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.

##### Matches
#### Championship round
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBS | STU | LIN | RWI | AWI | KLA |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | LASK | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 25 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 24 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 23 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |