# 1956–57 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1956–57 SK Rapid Wien season was the 59th season in club history.

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | European Cup | European Cup | Mitropa Cup | Mitropa Cup | Total | Total |
| Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| | Herbert Gartner | 23 | 9 | | 1 | | 5 | | 15 | |
| | Walter Zeman | 29 | 17 | | 2 | | | | 19 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | Franz Golobic | 34 | 26 | 2 | 3 | | 5 | | 34 | 2 |
| | Ernst Happel | 30 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 7 |
| | Wilhelm Zaglitsch | 19 | 11 | | | | | | 11 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | Lothar Bilek | 23 | 11 | | 1 | | 5 | | 17 | |
| | Karl Giesser | 27 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 18 | 2 |
| | Gerhard Hanappi | 27 | 25 | 5 | 2 | | 5 | | 32 | 5 |
| | Lambert Lenzinger | 20 | 13 | | | | 1 | | 14 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | Josef Bertalan | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | 11 | 2 |
| | Robert Dienst | 28 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 34 |
| | Paul Halla | 25 | 26 | 10 | 3 | | 5 | 1 | 34 | 11 |
| | Josef Höltl | 19 | 24 | | 2 | | 4 | | 30 | |
| | Alfred Körner | 30 | 20 | 10 | 3 | | 5 | 2 | 28 | 12 |
| | Robert Körner | 31 | 6 | | 3 | | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| | Bruno Mehsarosch | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | | | | 10 | 7 |
| | Johann Riegler | 26 | 20 | 25 | 3 | | 4 | 5 | 27 | 30 |
| | Herbert Schaffranek | 18 | 7 | 3 | | | | | 7 | 3 |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 25.08.1956 | H | Simmering | 1-1 | 10,000 | Körner A. 35' |
| 2 | 01.09.1956 | A | Admira | 2-1 | 8,000 | Dienst 35' 84' |
| 3 | 05.09.1956 | H | Wiener AC | 7-4 | 5,000 | Mehsarosch , Körner A. , Hanappi , Dienst |
| 4 | 09.09.1956 | A | Kapfenberg | 3-4 | 6,500 | Körner A. 10', Halla 45', Dienst 74' |
| 5 | 15.09.1956 | H | Austria Salzburg | 6-1 | 10,000 | Körner A. 10', Dienst 12' 50' 70', Hanappi 71' (pen.), Mehsarosch 75' |
| 6 | 23.09.1956 | A | Vienna | 1-4 | 33,000 | Dienst 29' |
| 7 | 07.10.1956 | H | Austria Wien | 4-1 | 30,000 | Halla 56' 60', Mehsarosch 62', Golobic 63' |
| 8 | 21.10.1956 | A | Kremser SC | 2-0 | 10,000 | Hanappi 4', Happel 53' (pen.) |
| 9 | 27.10.1956 | H | GAK | 1-1 | 9,000 | Dienst 31' |
| 10 | 04.11.1956 | H | Stadlau | 4-2 | 6,500 | Körner A. 24' 64', Riegler 29', Halla 75' |
| 11 | 10.11.1956 | A | Sturm Graz | 0-1 | 5,000 | |
| 12 | 18.11.1956 | H | Wiener SC | 3-1 | 8,500 | Giesser 14', Riegler 46', Dienst 64' |
| 13 | 25.11.1956 | A | Wacker Wien | 0-1 | 11,000 | |
| 14 | 02.12.1956 | A | Simmering | 2-1 | 6,000 | Golobic 44', Happel 60' |
| 15 | 16.03.1957 | H | Admira | 6-2 | 7,000 | Dienst 16' 51' 72', Bertalan 35', Riegler 52' 63' |
| 16 | 24.03.1957 | A | Wiener AC | 4-1 | 12,000 | Riegler 29', Halla 60', Dienst 75' 82' |
| 17 | 30.03.1957 | H | Kapfenberg | 8-1 | 5,000 | Riegler 9' 40' 75', Dienst 17' 31', Mehsarosch 62' 86', Schaffranek 74' |
| 18 | 07.04.1957 | A | Austria Salzburg | 5-4 | 7,000 | Riegler 8' 15' 53' 76', Halla 57' |
| 19 | 28.04.1957 | H | Vienna | 3-2 | 35,000 | Halla 5' 60', Riegler 39' |
| 20 | 12.05.1957 | A | Austria Wien | 3-2 | 25,000 | Riegler 39', Halla 41', Mehsarosch 60' |
| 21 | 18.05.1957 | H | Kremser SC | 12-1 | 6,000 | Dienst 6' 12' 24' 56', Riegler 13' 30' 74' 75' 80', Körner A. 17', Hanappi 19', Schaffranek 66' |
| 22 | 30.05.1957 | A | GAK | 5-1 | 8,000 | Riegler , Körner A. , Dienst |
| 23 | 02.06.1957 | A | Stadlau | 9-1 | 8,000 | Riegler 16' 43' 65', Halla 28', Körner A. 35', Dienst 40' 46' (pen.) 73', Hanappi 75' |
| 24 | 08.06.1957 | H | Sturm Graz | 5-1 | 8,000 | Happel 10' (pen.), Dienst 32' 65' 84', Schaffranek 82' |
| 25 | 15.06.1957 | A | Wiener SC | 2-0 | 15,000 | Riegler 32', Bertalan 89' |
| 26 | 19.06.1957 | H | Wacker Wien | 2-4 | 8,000 | Riegler , Dienst (pen.) |

### European Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1-L1 | 01.11.1956 | A | Real Madrid | 2-4 | 125,000 | Dienst 58', Giesser 88' |
| R1-L2 | 14.11.1956 | H | Real Madrid | 3-1 | 53,000 | Happel 19' 38' (pen.) 41' |
| R1-PO | 12.12.1956 | A | Real Madrid | 0-2 | 100,000 | |

### Mitropa Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| QF-L1 | 30.06.1957 | H | MTK Budapest | 1-1 | 35,000 | Halla |
| QF-L2 | 06.07.1957 | A | MTK Budapest | 3-3 | 50,000 | Körner A. , Dienst , Unknown (o.g.) |
| QF-PO | 11.07.1957 | H | MTK Budapest | 4-1 | 25,000 | Körner A. , Körner R. , Riegler |
| SF-L1 | 14.07.1957 | H | Vojvodina | 3-0 | 27,000 | Riegler 25' 34', Happel 75' |
| SF-L2 | 21.07.1957 | A | Vojvodina | 1-4 | 25,000 | Riegler 29' |