# 1976–77 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1976–77 SK Rapid Wien season was the 79th season in club history.

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | CW Cup | CW Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| | Peter Barthold | 22 | 8 | | | | 1 | | 9 | | | |
| | Herbert Feurer | 22 | 28 | | 2 | | 1 | | 31 | | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| | Wolfgang Augustin | 18 | 10 | | 1 | | | | 11 | | 4 | |
| | Christian Kautzky | 18 | 27+3 | | 2 | | 2 | | 31+3 | | 1 | |
| | Egon Pajenk | 25 | 34 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | | 38 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | Peter Persidis | 29 | 35 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | 38 | 2 | 5 | |
| | Rainer Schlagbauer | 26 | 19+1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | 22+1 | 1 | 4 | |
| | Rainhard Zarbach | 22 | 9+1 | | | | 2 | | 11+1 | | 1 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| | Stefan Aichorn | 22 | 1+2 | | | | | | 1+2 | | | |
| | Wolfgang Kienast | 19 | 3+2 | | 1 | | | | 4+2 | | 1 | |
| | Helmut Kirisits | 22 | 28+1 | 11 | 2 | | 2 | | 32+1 | 11 | 2 | |
| | Emil Krause | 25 | 36 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | | 40 | 1 | 2 | |
| | Hermann Ollinger | 21 | 8+1 | | 1 | | | | 9+1 | | | |
| | Johann Pregesbauer | 18 | 18+5 | | 2 | | 2 | | 22+5 | | | |
| | August Starek | 31 | 2+1 | 1 | | | 0+1 | | 2+2 | 1 | | |
| | Werner Walzer | 28 | 24 | | 1 | 1 | | | 25 | 1 | 1 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| | Rudolf Jellinek | 23 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| | Hans Krankl | 23 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 35 | 6 | |
| | Johann Krejcirik | 24 | 23+12 | 11 | 1 | | 0+2 | 1 | 24+14 | 12 | | |
| | Paul Pawlek | 19 | 16+8 | 8 | 0+1 | | | | 16+9 | 8 | | |
| | Heinz Weiss | 16 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| | Kurt Widmann | 23 | 30+5 | 3 | 2 | | 2 | | 34+5 | 3 | | |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 03.08.1976 | A | Admira | 1-0 | 15,000 | Krejcirik 44' |
| 2 | 11.08.1976 | H | Admira | 2-0 | 5,500 | Pawlek P. 65' 66' |
| 3 | 14.08.1976 | A | Austria Wien | 2-3 | 13,500 | Pawlek P. 84' 89' |
| 4 | 20.08.1976 | H | Austria Wien | 0-1 | 14,000 | |
| 5 | 28.08.1976 | A | Austria Salzburg | 2-4 | 7,000 | Krankl 36', Starek 90' |
| 6 | 01.09.1976 | H | Austria Salzburg | 2-1 | 4,500 | Krankl 3', Schwarz 72' (o.g.) |
| 7 | 03.09.1976 | A | VÖEST Linz | 2-2 | 3,000 | Krankl 64', Kirisits 87' |
| 8 | 11.09.1976 | H | VÖEST Linz | 0-0 | 4,200 | |
| 9 | 05.10.1976 | A | Vienna | 3-0 | 6,000 | Kirisits 38' 43', Krankl 67' |
| 10 | 25.09.1976 | H | Vienna | 0-0 | 6,000 | |
| 11 | 02.10.1976 | H | LASK | 4-2 | 3,000 | Krankl 39' (pen.) 70', Persidis 54', Krejcirik 68' |
| 12 | 09.10.1976 | A | LASK | 2-2 | 5,000 | Krankl 59' 66' |
| 13 | 16.10.1976 | H | Sturm Graz | 1-1 | 3,000 | Widmann 83' |
| 14 | 23.10.1976 | A | Sturm Graz | 2-1 | 5,500 | Krankl 16', Kirisits 87' |
| 15 | 30.10.1976 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 0-1 | 5,000 | |
| 16 | 06.11.1976 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 1-1 | 9,000 | Krejcirik 56' |
| 17 | 13.11.1976 | H | GAK | 5-3 | 2,200 | Krankl 8' 76' (pen.), Krejcirik 34' 79' 82' |
| 18 | 20.11.1976 | A | GAK | 1-0 | 3,500 | Krankl 68' |
| 19 | 26.02.1977 | H | Admira | 3-1 | 6,500 | Krankl 1', Kirisits 9', Krejcirik 88' |
| 20 | 05.03.1977 | A | Austria Wien | 1-1 | 13,000 | Krankl 60' |
| 21 | 12.03.1977 | H | Austria Salzburg | 5-0 | 5,000 | Krankl 13' 21' 76' 89' (pen.), Krejcirik 27' |
| 22 | 19.03.1977 | A | VÖEST Linz | 2-1 | 4,500 | Kirisits 29', Krankl 76' |
| 23 | 23.03.1977 | H | Vienna | 1-1 | 9,000 | Kirisits 68' |
| 24 | 26.03.1977 | H | LASK | 3-0 | 5,000 | Schlagbauer 66', Krankl 83', Krejcirik 89' |
| 25 | 02.04.1977 | A | Sturm Graz | 0-0 | 8,000 | |
| 26 | 06.04.1977 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 1-1 | 12,000 | Widmann 17' |
| 27 | 22.04.1977 | A | GAK | 0-1 | 4,000 | |
| 28 | 07.05.1977 | A | Admira | 2-2 | 4,000 | Pawlek P. 45', Persidis 70' |
| 29 | 10.05.1977 | H | Austria Wien | 1-0 | 14,000 | Pawlek P. 84' |
| 30 | 13.05.1977 | A | Austria Salzburg | 2-1 | 2,500 | Krankl 18' (pen.), Krejcirik 87' |
| 31 | 21.05.1977 | H | VÖEST Linz | 5-4 | 4,000 | Krankl 9' 67', Krause 32', Kirisits 54' 90' |
| 32 | 27.05.1977 | A | Vienna | 1-0 | 6,500 | Widmann 1' |
| 33 | 03.06.1977 | A | LASK | 1-2 | 5,500 | Krankl 5' |
| 34 | 10.06.1977 | H | Sturm Graz | 3-0 | 3,500 | Pawlek P. 7', Krankl 26', Kirisits 70' |
| 35 | 18.06.1977 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 0-1 | 10,000 | |
| 36 | 22.06.1977 | H | GAK | 11-1 | 3,000 | Pawlek P. 5', Krankl 6' 24' 58' 59' 61' 76' 87', Kirisits 45', Pajenk 79', Krejcirik 85' |

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R2 | 26.10.1976 | A | Kremser SC | 2-1 | 4,000 | Krankl 24' 56' (pen.) |
| R3 | 03.05.1977 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 1-3 | 8,000 | Walzer 85' Pajenk 66' |

### Cup Winners' Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1-L1 | 15.09.1976 | H | Atlético Madrid | 1-2 | 50,000 | Krankl 19' |
| R1-L2 | 29.09.1976 | A | Atlético Madrid | 1-1 | 45,000 | Krejcirik 83' |