# 1971–72 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1971–72 SK Rapid Wien season was the 74th season in club history.

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Discipline |
| Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| | Adolf Antrich | 30 | 24 | | 5 | | 4 | | 33 | | |
| | Erwin Fuchsbichler | 19 | 4 | | 1+1 | | | | 5+1 | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| | Erich Fak | 26 | 23 | | 5 | | 4 | | 32 | | 1 |
| | Egon Pajenk | 20 | 22 | | 2 | | 3+1 | | 27+1 | | |
| | Günter Scheffl | 27 | 18+2 | | 4+1 | | 3+1 | | 25+4 | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| | Rudolf Flögel | 31 | 24+2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | 33+2 | 11 | |
| | Norbert Hof | 27 | 24 | 1 | 6 | | 4 | 1 | 34 | 2 | |
| | Alois Jagodic | 25 | 27 | 1 | 6 | | 4 | 1 | 37 | 2 | |
| | Karl Müller | 18 | 0+9 | 1 | 0+1 | | 0+2 | | 0+12 | 1 | |
| | Ewald Ullmann | 28 | 22 | 1 | 5 | | 1 | | 28 | 1 | |
| | Werner Walzer | 23 | 22+2 | 2 | 5+1 | | 3 | | 30+3 | 2 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| | Johnny Bjerregaard | 28 | 15+3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | | 24+3 | 10 | 1 |
| | Hans Buzek | 33 | 15+4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | | 19+4 | 5 | |
| | Jürgen Ey | 24 | 5+9 | 2 | 0+2 | | 1+1 | | 6+12 | 2 | |
| | Geza Gallos | 22 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | | 37 | 10 | |
| | Stanislaus Kastner | 23 | 5+3 | 3 | 1+2 | | | | 6+5 | 3 | |
| | Clemens Kos | 18 | 3+4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | 6+4 | 2 | |
| | Bernd Lorenz | 23 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 1 |
| | Ernst Pils | 18 | 0+3 | | | | | | 0+3 | | |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 21.08.1971 | H | Wiener SC | 6-1 | 19,000 | Lorenz 15', Jagodic 34', Ey 40' 58', Gallos 85' 87' |
| 2 | 28.08.1971 | A | Vienna | 0-0 | 18,076 | |
| 3 | 08.09.1971 | H | Simmering | 1-0 | 15,000 | Lorenz 46' |
| 4 | 11.09.1971 | A | Admira | 0-0 | 15,000 | |
| 5 | 18.09.1971 | H | Sturm Graz | 1-0 | 12,000 | Flögel 15' |
| 6 | 22.09.1971 | A | LASK | 1-0 | 16,000 | Lorenz 67' |
| 7 | 25.09.1971 | H | Austria Salzburg | 0-0 | 15,000 | |
| 8 | 01.10.1971 | A | Eisenstadt | 3-0 | 12,000 | Flögel 19', Walzer 39', Ullmann 65' |
| 10 | 16.10.1971 | H | Austria Wien | 0-1 | 12,000 | |
| 11 | 23.10.1971 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 0-0 | 16,000 | |
| 12 | 30.10.1971 | H | GAK | 2-2 | 12,000 | Lorenz 20' (pen.) 71' (pen.) |
| 13 | 06.11.1971 | A | VÖEST Linz | 0-3 | 11,000 | |
| 14 | 13.11.1971 | H | Bischofshofen | 1-0 | 5,000 | Bjerregaard 17' |
| 15 | 27.11.1971 | A | Leoben | 0-0 | 11,000 | |
| 16 | 11.03.1972 | A | Wiener SC | 2-0 | 10,500 | Walzer 64', Gallos 77' |
| 17 | 18.03.1972 | H | Vienna | 1-2 | 9,000 | Bjerregaard 21' |
| 18 | 25.03.1972 | A | Simmering | 4-0 | 6,000 | Lorenz 5', Buzek 25', Flögel 40', Gallos 75' |
| 19 | 01.04.1972 | H | Admira | 1-1 | 5,500 | Flögel 20' |
| 20 | 12.04.1972 | A | Sturm Graz | 1-3 | 8,000 | Flögel 86' |
| 21 | 15.04.1972 | H | LASK | 2-1 | 6,000 | Unknown 40' (pen.), Flögel 72' |
| 22 | 22.04.1972 | A | Austria Salzburg | 1-1 | 14,000 | Gallos 58' |
| 23 | 06.05.1972 | H | Eisenstadt | 2-0 | 8,500 | Bjerregaard 58', Gallos 70' |
| 25 | 13.05.1972 | A | Austria Wien | 1-2 | 17,500 | Gallos 62' |
| 26 | 25.05.1972 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 1-2 | 8,000 | Kastner 82' |
| 27 | 27.05.1972 | A | GAK | 0-1 | 2,000 | |
| 28 | 31.05.1972 | H | VÖEST Linz | 3-0 | 2,300 | Kos 23', Kastner 36', Flögel 74' |
| 29 | 14.06.1972 | A | Bischofshofen | 3-1 | 1,500 | Lorenz 67', Gallos 81', Müller K. 83' |
| 30 | 17.06.1972 | H | Leoben | 2-2 | 3,000 | Hof 8', Kastner 65' |

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1 | 15.08.1971 | A | Hohenau | 3-0 | 4,000 | Buzek 47', Lorenz 80', Bjerregaard 82' |
| R16 | 04.12.1971 | H | Sturm Graz | 6-1 | 3,000 | Flögel 8' 17', Buzek 12' 88', Gallos 48', Bjerregaard 62' |
| QF | 04.03.1972 | H | VÖEST Linz | 3-1 | 6,000 | Gallos 16', Buzek 69', Kos 72' |
| SF | 03.05.1972 | H | Austria Wien | 6-2 | 9,000 | Bjerregaard 21' 31' 48' 80', Flögel 35', Lorenz 90+3' |
| F-L1 | 17.05.1972 | A | Wiener SC | 1-2 | 12,000 | Bjerregaard 21' |
| F-L2 | 03.06.1972 | H | Wiener SC | 3-1 (a.e.t.) | 14,000 | Flögel 56', Lorenz 69' 107' |

### UEFA Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R2-L1 | 20.10.1971 | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 2-2 | 25,000 | Hof 11', Jagodic 86' |
| R2-L2 | 03.11.1971 | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0-0 | 10,000 | |
| R3-L1 | 24.11.1971 | H | Juventus | 0-1 | 623 | |
| R3-L2 | 08.12.1971 | A | Juventus | 1-4 | 30,000 | Lorenz 17' |