# 1959–60 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1959–60 SK Rapid Wien season was the 62nd season in club history.

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| | Josef Eder | 21 | 3 | | 3 | | 6 | |
| | Dieter Pflug | 25 | 5+1 | | 1+1 | | 6+2 | |
| | Walter Zeman | 32 | 18+1 | | 1+1 | | 19+2 | |
| Defenders |||||||||
| | Walter Glechner | 20 | 23 | 2 | 4 | | 27 | 2 |
| | Paul Halla | 28 | 22 | 1 | 4 | | 26 | 1 |
| | Josef Höltl | 22 | 24 | | 3 | | 27 | |
| | Wilhelm Zaglitsch | 22 | 13 | | 5 | | 18 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| | Lothar Bilek | 26 | 2 | | 3 | | 5 | |
| | Karl Giesser | 30 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 3 |
| | Gerhard Hanappi | 30 | 25 | 6 | 2 | | 27 | 6 |
| | Walter Skocik | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| | Josef Bertalan | 24 | 23 | 10 | 5 | | 28 | 10 |
| | Robert Dienst | 31 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 27 |
| | Rudolf Flögel | 19 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 |
| | Lambert Lenzinger | 23 | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| | Kurt Linder | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | | 10 | 5 |
| | Rudolf Nuske | 16 | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| | Peter Reiter | 22 | 16 | 16 | | | 16 | 16 |
| | Herbert Schaffranek | 21 | 3 | | | | 3 | |
| | Stefan Zajic | 22 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 4 |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 29.08.1959 | A | Wiener Neustadt | 4-1 | 10,000 | Dienst 12' 57', Halla 66', Reiter P. 85' |
| 2 | 05.09.1959 | H | Austria Wien | 1-2 | 11,000 | Reiter P. 55' |
| 3 | 13.09.1959 | A | Austria Salzburg | 6-1 | 10,000 | Reiter P. 7' 50' 71' 85', Dienst 53', Zajic 79' |
| 4 | 20.09.1959 | A | Leoben | 2-0 | 5,500 | Flögel 40', Zajic 83' |
| 5 | 26.09.1959 | H | GAK | 4-2 | 9,000 | Flögel 2', Dienst 20' 32', Reiter P. 22' |
| 6 | 04.10.1959 | A | Wiener SC | 2-2 | 51,000 | Bertalan 12', Reiter P. 35' |
| 7 | 10.10.1959 | H | Admira | 3-1 | 7,000 | Glechner 4' (pen.), Reiter P. 26' 42' |
| 8 | 17.10.1959 | H | Vienna | 4-1 | 10,000 | Reiter P. 20', Hanappi 28', Glechner 54' (pen.), Flögel 85' |
| 9 | 25.10.1959 | A | Wacker Wien | 3-1 | 12,000 | Flögel 50' 54', Zajic 86' |
| 10 | 31.10.1959 | H | LASK | 5-1 | 7,000 | Bertalan 16', Dienst 25' 88', Reiter P. 60', Flögel 80' |
| 11 | 07.11.1959 | A | Simmering | 2-2 | 2,500 | Dienst 74' 78' |
| 12 | 14.11.1959 | H | Kremser SC | 7-1 | 6,000 | Dienst 2' 19', Bertalan 43', Reiter P. 47' 53' 80', Flögel 51' |
| 13 | 29.11.1959 | A | Wiener AC | 2-1 | 12,000 | Dienst 1' 46' |
| 14 | 28.02.1960 | H | Wiener Neustadt | 5-1 | 9,000 | Giesser 5', Bertalan 11' 60', Reiter P. 44', Dienst 85' |
| 15 | 05.03.1960 | A | Austria Wien | 3-1 | 10,000 | Dienst 16', Bertalan 80' 86' |
| 16 | 12.03.1960 | H | Austria Salzburg | 2-2 | 6,000 | Linder 83', Bertalan 84' |
| 17 | 20.03.1960 | H | Leoben | 5-0 | 5,000 | Linder 14' 14' 85', Flögel 31', Hanappi 80' |
| 18 | 02.04.1960 | A | GAK | 1-0 | 4,000 | Dienst 31' |
| 19 | 10.04.1960 | H | Wiener SC | 6-1 | 27,000 | Dienst 53' 87', Flögel 61' 63', Bertalan 75', Hanappi 84' |
| 20 | 18.06.1960 | A | Admira | 3-2 | 6,000 | Dienst 70' 81', Flögel 87' |
| 21 | 24.04.1960 | A | Vienna | 2-2 | 32,000 | Röckl 21' (o.g.), Hanappi 89' |
| 22 | 08.05.1960 | H | Wacker Wien | 5-0 | 6,000 | Hanappi 10', Dienst 22' 70', Flögel 60', Skocik 82' |
| 23 | 14.05.1960 | A | LASK | 1-1 | 20,000 | Flögel 69' |
| 24 | 22.05.1960 | H | Simmering | 4-0 | 8,000 | Skocik 9', Linder 17', Dienst 70', Flögel 73' |
| 25 | 05.06.1960 | A | Kremser SC | 2-2 | 6,500 | Dienst 36', Hanappi 73' |
| 26 | 12.06.1960 | H | Wiener AC | 3-4 | 9,000 | Dienst 10', Bertalan 23', Skocik 58' |

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1 | 05.04.1960 | H | Simmering | 3-2 | 3,000 | Zajic , Flögel , Skocik |
| R16 | 03.05.1960 | H | Admira | 2-1 | 3,000 | Flögel |
| QF | 01.06.1960 | A | Wiener AC | 2-1 | 3,000 | Flögel 15' 86' |
| SF | 15.06.1960 | H | SV Linz | 4-3 | 6,500 | Skocik , Giesser , Dienst |
| F | 25.06.1960 | N | Austria Wien | 2-4 | 16,000 | Giesser 35', Flögel 84' |