# 1996–97 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1996–97 SK Rapid Wien season was the 99th season in club history.

## Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | Supercup | Supercup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Michael Konsel | 34 | 35 | | 1 | | 1 | | 8 | | 45 | | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | | Raimund Hedl | 21 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | Patrick Jovanovic | 22 | 20+5 | | 1 | | | | 0+4 | | 21+9 | | 3 | |
| 4 | | Trifon Ivanov | 30 | 23 | | | | 1 | | 8 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | | Peter Schöttel | 29 | 32 | | 0+1 | | | | 7 | | 39+1 | | 9 | 1 |
| 15 | | Andrzej Lesiak | 30 | 27+4 | 4 | 1 | | 1 | | 6 | 1 | 35+4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 19 | | Thomas Zingler | 25 | 12+2 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | 7 | | 21+2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | | Friedrich Breitenfelder | 16 | 0+1 | | | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | | Peter Guggi | 28 | 15+11 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1+2 | 1 | 18+13 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | | Peter Stöger | 30 | 32+2 | 9 | 1 | | 1 | | 6+1 | | 40+3 | 9 | 7 | |
| 8 | | Zoran Barisic | 26 | 1+5 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1+1 | | 4+6 | | | |
| 10 | | Dietmar Kühbauer | 25 | 31 | 11 | 1 | | 1 | | 8 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | | Christian Prosenik | 28 | 33+2 | 2 | | | | | 8 | | 41+2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | | Oliver Lederer | 18 | 1+3 | | | | | | | | 1+3 | | | |
| 14 | | Roman Pivarník | 29 | 6+4 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0+2 | | 8+6 | | 1 | |
| 16 | | Krzysztof Ratajczyk | 22 | 24+5 | 1 | | | 1 | | 5+1 | | 30+6 | 1 | 3 | |
| 20 | | Andreas Heraf | 28 | 31 | 4 | 0+1 | | 0+1 | | 7 | | 38+2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | | Christian Stumpf | 29 | 16+8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | | 5+3 | 2 | 22+12 | 9 | 4 | |
| 9 | | Marek Penksa | 22 | 12+15 | 4 | 1 | | 1 | | 3+2 | | 17+17 | 4 | 2 | |
| 17 | | René Wagner | 23 | 28+1 | 21 | 0+1 | | | | 5 | | 33+2 | 21 | 9 | 2 |
| 18 | | Sergei Mandreko | 24 | 12+7 | 4 | | | | | 3+2 | | 15+9 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | | Samuel Ipoua | 23 | 4+3 | | | | | | | | 4+3 | | | 1 |
| 29 | | Martin Pfeifer | 16 | 0+1 | | | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 24.07.1996 | A | GAK | 1-1 | 8,500 | Penksa 6' |
| 2 | 18.09.1996 | H | LASK | 3-1 | 7,500 | Kühbauer 10', Heraf 12', Wagner R. 47' |
| 3 | 03.08.1996 | A | FC Tirol | 1-1 | 1,000 | Mandreko 70' |
| 4 | 11.08.1996 | H | Austria Wien | 1-1 | 15,000 | Zingler 8' Zingler 59' |
| 5 | 17.08.1996 | A | Sturm Graz | 0-0 | 10,000 | |
| 6 | 24.08.1996 | H | VÖEST Linz | 0-0 | 6,500 | Ivanov 35' |
| 7 | 04.09.1996 | A | Ried | 3-3 | 6,000 | Heraf 37', Wagner R. 48', Penksa 89' |
| 8 | 07.09.1996 | H | Austria Salzburg | 2-0 | 8,000 | Kühbauer 15', Wagner R. 84' |
| 9 | 14.09.1996 | H | Admira | 4-1 | 5,500 | Lesiak 6' 51', Stöger 34' 68' |
| 10 | 21.09.1996 | A | Admira | 2-0 | 6,000 | Wagner R. 29' 67' |
| 11 | 02.10.1996 | H | GAK | 4-0 | 5,000 | Stumpf 24' 60', Wagner R. 40', Stöger 85' |
| 12 | 12.10.1996 | A | LASK | 0-3 | 12,000 | Schöttel 47' |
| 13 | 19.10.1996 | H | FC Tirol | 4-2 | 11,000 | Lesiak 34', Stumpf 45', Kühbauer 66' (pen.) 82' (pen.) |
| 14 | 23.10.1996 | A | Austria Wien | 2-0 | 18,000 | Heraf 50', Prosenik C. 90' Wagner R. 40' |
| 15 | 26.10.1996 | H | Sturm Graz | 3-1 | 15,500 | Kühbauer 1', Zingler 35', Penksa 88' |
| 16 | 05.11.1996 | A | VÖEST Linz | 1-0 | 3,500 | Kühbauer 16' |
| 17 | 16.11.1996 | H | Ried | 6-0 | 7,500 | Stöger 1', Wagner R. 3' 83', Lesiak 27', Heraf 31', Kühbauer 85' |
| 18 | 24.11.1996 | A | Austria Salzburg | 1-1 | 12,000 | Wagner R. 1' |
| 19 | 02.03.1997 | A | FC Tirol | 4-2 | 10,000 | Wagner R. 17', Kühbauer 45' (pen.) 66' (pen.), Prosenik C. 88' |
| 20 | 09.03.1997 | H | Austria Wien | 3-0 | 15,000 | Stöger 58', Wagner R. 86' 87' |
| 21 | 12.03.1997 | A | GAK | 0-1 | 5,500 | |
| 22 | 15.03.1997 | H | LASK | 0-0 | 8,000 | |
| 23 | 22.03.1997 | A | Ried | 0-3 | 7,500 | Konsel 73' |
| 24 | 25.03.1997 | H | Austria Salzburg | 2-0 | 14,500 | Wagner R. 73' 88' |
| 25 | 05.04.1997 | H | Sturm Graz | 0-2 | 10,000 | |
| 26 | 12.04.1997 | A | Admira | 2-1 | 8,500 | Kühbauer 29', Stöger 48' |
| 27 | 16.04.1997 | H | VÖEST Linz | 4-2 | 5,000 | Wagner R. 32' 79' 89', Stöger 52' |
| 28 | 19.04.1997 | A | VÖEST Linz | 1-1 | 4,000 | Wagner R. 33' |
| 29 | 26.04.1997 | H | FC Tirol | 3-0 | 9,000 | Mandreko 30' 83', Wagner R. 54' |
| 30 | 04.05.1997 | A | Austria Wien | 0-0 | 20,000 | Ipoua 87' |
| 31 | 11.05.1997 | H | GAK | 2-1 | 8,000 | Stöger 51', Ratajczyk 67' |
| 32 | 17.05.1997 | A | LASK | 1-1 | 7,500 | Mandreko 39' |
| 33 | 20.05.1997 | H | Ried | 2-2 | 6,000 | Wagner R. 36' 37' Mandreko 18', Kühbauer 18' |
| 34 | 24.05.1997 | A | Austria Salzburg | 0-2 | 15,000 | Wagner R. 85' , Ivanov 88' |
| 35 | 31.05.1997 | A | Sturm Graz | 0-3 | 10,000 | |
| 36 | 03.06.1997 | H | Admira | 7-0 | 6,000 | Stumpf 4' 16' 50', Penksa 19', Kühbauer 32', Stöger 34', Wimmer 71' (o.g.) |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Austria Salzburg (C) | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 66 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 55 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Tirol Innsbruck | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Grazer AK | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R3 | 28.09.1996 | A | Kottingbrunn | 1-2 | 4,300 | Stumpf 18' |

### Austrian Supercup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| F | 27.07.1996 | A | Sturm Graz | 0-1 | 7,000 | |

### Champions League
#### Qualification round

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| QR | 07.08.1996 | H | Dynamo Kyiv | 2-0 | 29,500 | Stumpf 8', Guggi 90' |
| QR-L1 | 21.08.1996 | A | Dynamo Kyiv | 4-2 | 70,000 | Ivanov 20' 40', Kühbauer 29', Golowko 62' (o.g.) |

#### Group stage

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| G1 | 11.09.1996 | H | Fenerbahçe | 1-1 | 41,500 | Stumpf 70' |
| G2 | 25.09.1996 | A | Manchester United | 0-2 | 50,000 | |
| G3 | 16.10.1996 | H | Juventus | 1-1 | 46,500 | Lesiak 20' |
| G4 | 30.10.1996 | A | Juventus | 0-5 | 27,000 | |
| G5 | 28.11.1996 | A | Fenerbahçe | 0-1 | 30,000 | |
| G6 | 04.12.1996 | H | Manchester United | 0-2 | 45,000 | |