# 1953–54 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1953–54 SK Rapid Wien season was the 56th season in club history.

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| Nat. | Name | Age | League | League |
| Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| | Dieter Pflug | 19 | 5 | |
| | Walter Zeman | 26 | 21 | |
| Defenders |||||
| | Ernst Happel | 27 | 21 | 3 |
| | Robert Kaffka | 23 | 8 | |
| | Max Merkel | 34 | 12 | |
| Midfielders |||||
| | Leopold Gernhardt | 33 | 15 | |
| | Karl Giesser | 24 | 20 | 2 |
| | Franz Golobic | 31 | 24 | |
| | Johann Riegler | 23 | 25 | 2 |
| Forwards |||||
| | Robert Dienst | 25 | 26 | 25 |
| | Leopold Eineder | 20 | 1 | |
| | Paul Halla | 22 | 22 | 7 |
| | Gerhard Hanappi | 24 | 24 | 21 |
| | Alfred Körner | 27 | 19 | 5 |
| | Robert Körner | 28 | 17 | 8 |
| | Bruno Mehsarosch | 19 | 5 | 5 |
| | Erich Probst | 25 | 21 | 16 |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 23.08.1953 | A | GAK | 3-1 | 8,000 | Dienst 13' 49', Halla 20' |
| 2 | 26.08.1953 | H | Admira | 3-2 | 16,000 | Körner A. 7', Dienst 55', Hanappi 75' |
| 3 | 30.08.1953 | A | Austria Salzburg | 3-1 | 10,000 | Hanappi 8', Probst E. 43' 57' |
| 4 | 02.09.1953 | A | FAC | 7-0 | 5,000 | Hanappi 16' 22' 52', Dienst 57', Probst E. 50', Halla 70' |
| 5 | 06.09.1953 | A | Austria Wien | 3-4 | 60,000 | Probst E. 10', Körner R. 70' (pen.), Hanappi 88' |
| 6 | 13.09.1953 | A | FC Wien | 3-0 | 6,000 | Hanappi 1', Dienst 44' 86' |
| 7 | 15.09.1953 | H | LASK | 8-0 | 8,000 | Probst E. , Körner R. , Körner A. , Giesser , Dienst , Teinitzer (o.g.) |
| 8 | 20.09.1953 | A | Sturm Graz | 4-2 | 8,000 | Probst E. 15' 60', Körner R. 47' (pen.), Hanappi 73' |
| 9 | 03.10.1953 | A | Wiener SC | 1-1 | 12,000 | Dienst 55' |
| 10 | 15.12.1953 | H | Simmering | 2-2 | 2,500 | Dienst 35', Happel 40' (pen.) |
| 11 | 25.10.1953 | A | Wiener AC | 2-1 | 10,000 | Probst E. 7', Dienst 61' |
| 12 | 31.10.1953 | H | Wacker Wien | 2-2 | 20,000 | Happel 19', Mehsarosch 51' |
| 13 | 08.11.1953 | H | Vienna | 4-3 | 20,000 | Dienst 44' 80', Happel 54' (pen.), Probst E. 67' |
| 14 | 15.11.1953 | H | GAK | 4-1 | 15,000 | Dienst 17', Hanappi 35' 67', Körner A. 53' |
| 15 | 06.12.1953 | A | Admira | 1-1 | 7,500 | Mehsarosch 33' |
| 16 | 13.12.1953 | H | Austria Salzburg | 5-1 | 6,500 | Dienst 65', Probst E. 80', Mehsarosch 82' 84' 87' |
| 17 | 28.02.1954 | H | FAC | 4-2 | 11,000 | Dienst 4' 6', Probst E. 33' 44' |
| 18 | 07.03.1954 | H | Austria Wien | 3-0 | 50,000 | Giesser 7', Halla 33', Hanappi 89' |
| 19 | 14.03.1954 | H | FC Wien | 7-2 | 8,000 | Dienst 7' 21' 44' 56', Körner R. 30', Hanappi 40' 48' |
| 20 | 21.03.1954 | A | LASK | 5-0 | 16,000 | Kralovic 33' (o.g.), Probst E. 48' 57', Hanappi 52', Riegler 80' |
| 21 | 23.03.1954 | H | Sturm Graz | 6-4 | 4,000 | Hanappi 3' 39' 64', Dienst 35', Riegler 49', Halla 74' |
| 22 | 28.03.1954 | A | Vienna | 2-2 | 30,000 | Dienst 34' 54' |
| 23 | 04.04.1954 | H | Wiener SC | 2-3 | 9,000 | Körner R. 19', Hanappi 84' |
| 24 | 24.04.1954 | A | Wacker Wien | 5-1 | 16,000 | Dienst 50', Hanappi 53', Halla 68' 70', Körner A. 89' |
| 25 | 02.05.1954 | H | Wiener AC | 4-5 | 6,000 | Halla 4', Körner A. 35', Körner R. 36' (pen.), Probst E. 89' |
| 26 | 16.05.1954 | A | Simmering | 3-2 | 7,000 | Probst E. 19', Hanappi 58' 75' |