# 2017–18 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2017–18 SK Rapid Wien season was the 120th season in club history.

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result F–A | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result F–A | Rapid Wien | Opponent | Attendance |
| 1 July 2017 | Celtic | N | 1–1 | Joelinton 45. (pen.) | Dembélé 72. (pen.) | 3,000 |
| 5 July 2017 | Apollon Limassol | N | 2–1 | Joelinton 40. (pen.), Sobczyk 60. | Maglica 85. | 750 |
| 9 July 2017 | AS Monaco | H | 2–2 | Schwab 54., Thurnwald 71. | Lopes 15., Carrillo 52. | 9,800 |
| 13 January 2018 | FC Fastav Zlín | H | 1–1 | Mujakic 75. | Mehanović 28. (pen.) | 250 |
| 18 January 2018 | Beijing Renhe | N | 4–2 | Kvilitaia 14., Murg 41., Schobesberger 44., Joelinton 47. | Wang G. 27', 45+1' | |
| 22 January 2018 | CFR Cluj | N | 1–3 | Hofmann M. 68. | Mailat 3., Deac 78. (pen.), Costache 88. | |
| 28 January 2018 | 1. FC Slovácko | H | 1–1 | Schwab 68. | Petr 29. | |
| 23 March 2018 | SC Wiener Neustadt | A | 0–1 | | Prada 22. | 400 |

## Bundesliga
### Bundesliga fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss
| MD | Date – KO | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Attendance | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Table | Table | Table | Ref. |
| MD | Date – KO | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Attendance | Rapid Wien | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | GD | Ref. |
| 1 | 22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 16:00 | Mattersburg | H | 2–2 | 17,800 | Joelinton 23' Auer 25' Wöber 57' | Prevljak 74' Maierhofer 79' | 5th | 1 | +0 | |
| 2 | 29 July 2017 (2017-7-29) 18:30 | St. Pölten | A | 4–1 | 6,139 | Murg 37' Kuen 42' Petrovic 81' (o.g.) Keles 90+1' | Schütz 69' | 2nd | 4 | +3 | |
| 3 | 6 August 2017 (2017-8-6) 16:30 | Austria Wien | H | 2–2 | 26,000 | Schaub 39' 55' Schrammel 84' | Prokop 72' Holzhauser 85' (pen.) | 4th | 5 | +3 | |
| 4 | 13 August 2017 (2017-8-13) 16:30 | Admira Wacker Mödling | A | 1–3 | 4,700 | Joelinton 78' Murg 90+2' | Jakoliš 1' Starkl 63' 65' | 5th | 5 | +1 | |
| 5 | 19 August 2017 (2017-8-19) 16:00 | Sturm Graz | H | 1–2 | 20,200 | Auer 60' | Alar 17' Röcher 53' | 7th | 5 | +0 | |
| 6 | 26 August 2017 (2017-8-26) 18:30 | LASK | H | 1–0 | 19,400 | Murg 22' | | 6th | 8 | +1 | |
| 7 | 10 September 2017 (2017-9-10) | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 2–2 | 12,250 | Pavelić 16' Ljubicic 60' Schobesberger 79' | Schwab 75' (o.g.) Dabour 90+2' | 7th | 9 | +1 | |
| 8 | 16 September 2017 (2017-9-16) 16:00 | Rheindorf Altach | A | 2–2 | 5,500 | Schwab 46' Galvão 90+3' | Honsak 59' Tekpetey 66' | 8th | 10 | +1 | |
| 9 | 23 September 2017 (2017-9-23) 16:00 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 4–2 | 20,600 | Schwab 37' 45' Murg 53' Schobesberger 69' | Gschweidl 19' Orgill 88' | 4th | 13 | +3 | |
| 10 | 30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 18:30 | Mattersburg | A | 1–0 | 7,000 | Schwab 29' | | 4th | 16 | +4 | |
| 11 | 14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 18:30 | St. Pölten | H | 1–0 | 24,200 | Joelinton 41' Murg | | 3rd | 19 | +5 | |
| 12 | 22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 16:30 | Austria Wien | A | 1–0 | 14,200 | Schobesberger 55' Galvão 80' | | 3rd | 22 | +6 | |
| 13 | 28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 16:00 | Admira Wacker Mödling | H | 1–0 | 16,800 | Schaub 26' | | 3rd | 25 | +7 | |
| 14 | 4 November 2017 (2017-11-4) 16:00 | Sturm Graz | A | 0–0 | 15,600 | | | 3rd | 26 | +7 | |
| 15 | 18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 16:00 | LASK | A | 2–1 | 5,600 | Murg 25' Schwab 37' | Berisha 68' | 3rd | 29 | +8 | |
| 16 | 26 November 2017 (2017-11-26) 16:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 2–3 | 25,300 | Ljubicic 28' Kvilitaia 76' | Hwang 45+2' Ulmer 46' Yabo 50' | 3rd | 29 | +7 | |
| 17 | 29 November 2017 (2017-11-29) 20:30 | Rheindorf Altach | H | 1–2 | 13,400 | Schaub 72' Petsos 76' Bolingoli 90' | Aigner 77' (pen.) 90+1' (pen.) | 3rd | 29 | +6 | |
| 18 | 2 December 2017 (2017-12-2) 20:30 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 0–0 | 3,000 | | | 3rd | 30 | +6 | |
| 19 | 9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 16:00 | Mattersburg | H | 2–2 | 14,400 | Joelinton 71' Prosenik 87' | Okugawa 58' Perlak 61' | 3rd | 31 | +6 | |
| 20 | 16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 18:30 | St. Pölten | A | 5–0 | 3,669 | Joelinton 32' 85' Schwab 35' (pen.) 90' Berisha 54' | Rasner 81' | 3rd | 34 | +11 | |
| 21 | 4 February 2018 (2018-2-4) 16:30 | Austria Wien | H | 1–1 | 25,600 | Ljubicic 64' | Monschein 62' | 3rd | 35 | +11 | |
| 22 | 11 February 2018 (2018-2-11) 16:30 | Admira Wacker Mödling | A | 1–2 | 3,200 | Schobesberger 86' | Hausjell 69' Pavelic 90+2' (o.g.) | 3rd | 35 | +10 | |
| 23 | 17 February 2018 (2018-2-17) 16:00 | Sturm Graz | H | 1–1 | 20,200 | Bolingoli 88' | Röcher 20' | 4th | 36 | +10 | |
| 24 | 24 February 2018 (2018-2-24) 18:30 | LASK | H | 2–0 | 14,800 | Kvilitaia 45' 69' | | 4th | 39 | +12 | |
| 25 | 4 March 2018 (2018-3-4) 16:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 0–1 | 11,981 | | Berisha 73' | 4th | 39 | +11 | |
| 26 | 10 March 2018 (2018-3-10) 16:00 | Rheindorf Altach | A | 0–0 | 5,193 | | | 3rd | 40 | +11 | |
| 27 | 17 March 2018 (2018-3-17) 16:00 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 5–1 | 12,700 | Kvilitaia 8' (pen.) 49' 89' Berisha 25' 29' | Kvilitaia 79' (o.g.) | 3rd | 43 | +15 | |
| 28 | 1 April 2018 (2018-4-1) 16:30 | Mattersburg | A | 4–2 | 7,100 | Schaub 17' Murg 21' 37' Schwab 28' | Pink 45' Okugawa 85' | 3rd | 46 | +17 | |
| 29 | 7 April 2018 (2018-4-7) 18:30 | St. Pölten | H | 2–1 | 9,200 | Kvilitaia 6' (pen.) Schwab 67' (pen.) | Vucenovic 75' | 3rd | 49 | +18 | |
| 30 | 15 April 2018 (2018-4-15) 16:30 | Austria Wien | A | 4–0 | 11,267 | Schwab 8' Murg 42' Schobesberger 51' Kvilitaia 73' | | 3rd | 52 | +22 | |
| 31 | 22 April 2018 (2018-4-22) 16:30 | Admira Wacker Mödling | H | 4–1 | 18,600 | Murg 39' 45+1' Thurnwald 62' Schwab 79' | Hausjell 81' | 3rd | 55 | +25 | |
| 32 | 29 April 2018 (2018-4-29) 16:30 | Sturm Graz | A | 2–4 | 14,573 | Kvliltaia 40' Murg 75' | Eze 3' 27' Žulj 62' Jeggo 72' | 4th | 55 | +23 | |
| 33 | 5 May 2018 (2018-5-5) 16:00 | LASK | A | 2–0 | 6,000 | Kvilitaia 41' Kuen 90+3' | Ramsebner 90+1' | 3rd | 58 | +25 | |
| 34 | 13 May 2018 (2018-5-13) 16:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 1–4 | 22,300 | Berisha 75' | Farkas 4' Dabour 13' 82' Gulbrandsen 26' | 3rd | 58 | +22 | |
| 35 | 20 May 2018 (2018-5-20) 16:30 | Rheindorf Altach | H | 4–1 | 21,600 | Joelinton 6' 14' Schwab 59' S. Hofmann 73' | Grbic 45' | 3rd | 61 | +25 | |
| 36 | 27 May 2018 (2018-5-27) 17:30 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 0–0 | 4,639 | | | 3rd | 62 | +25 | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 81 | 29 | +52 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | LASK | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 66 | −7 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 Sturm Graz qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Austrian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

## Austrian Cup
### Austrian Cup fixtures and results

Win  Loss  Postponed
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Attendance | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Attendance | Rapid Wien | Opponent | Ref. |
| 1st | 16 July 2017 16:00 | SC Schwaz | A | 2–0 | 1,600 | Auer 7' Schwab 75' | | |
| 2nd | 20 September 2017 20:30 | Elektra Wien | A | 4–0 | 4,000 | Kvilitaia 19' 72' Schaub 51' 76' (pen.) Soura 84' (o.g.) | | |
| R16 | 25 October 2017 20:30 | Austria Wien | A | 2–1 | 14,600 | Murg 41' Schobesberger 78' | Alhassan 51' | |
| QF | 28 February 2018 20:30 | SV Ried | H | 2–1 | 7,200 | Joelinton 75' (pen.) Kvilitaia 77' | Wießmeier 45+1' (pen.) | |
| SF | 18 April 2018 20:30 | Sturm Graz | A | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | 15,750 | Schaub 58' Kvilitaia 84' Hofmann M. 120+2' | Edomwonyi 24' 62' Eze 102' | |

## Team record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 22 July | 27 May | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 047.22 |
| ÖFB Cup | 16 July | 18 April | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 41 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 80 | 48 | +32 | 051.22 |

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Austrian Cup | Austrian Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | | Richard Strebinger | 24 | 35 | | 3 | | 38 | | 1 | | |
| 21 | | Tobias Knoflach | 23 | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 1 | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 3 | | Lucas Galvão | 26 | 25+1 | 1 | 2 | | 27+1 | 1 | 4 | | 1 |
| 5 | | Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo | 22 | 26+2 | 1 | 3 | | 29+2 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 6 | | Mario Sonnleitner | 30 | 17+3 | | 2+3 | | 19+6 | | 5 | | |
| 17 | | Christopher Dibon | 26 | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | | Maximilian Hofmann | 23 | 22+1 | | 4 | | 26+1 | | 10 | 1 | |
| 22 | | Mario Pavelić | 23 | 10+2 | | 1 | | 11+2 | | 2 | | 1 |
| 24 | | Stephan Auer | 26 | 28+4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 32+4 | 3 | 8 | | |
| 31 | | Mert Müldür | 18 | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | |
| 38 | | Manuel Thurnwald | 18 | 8+2 | 1 | 1+1 | | 9+3 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 7 | | Philipp Schobesberger | 23 | 19+11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22+11 | 6 | 3 | | |
| 8 | | Stefan Schwab | 26 | 30+1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 33+1 | 13 | 6 | | |
| 10 | | Louis Schaub | 22 | 24+6 | 5 | 2+2 | 3 | 26+8 | 8 | 2 | | |
| 11 | | Steffen Hofmann | 36 | 2+9 | 1 | 1+1 | | 3+10 | 1 | | | |
| 18 | | Tamás Szántó | 21 | 1+5 | | 1+1 | | 2+6 | | | | |
| 19 | | Thomas Murg | 22 | 32+1 | 10 | 4+1 | 1 | 36+2 | 11 | 4 | | 1 |
| 25 | | Aleksandar Kostić | 21 | 0+1 | | 1 | | 1+1 | | | | |
| 26 | | Ivan Močinić | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | | Andreas Kuen | 22 | 4+3 | 2 | 0+1 | | 4+4 | 2 | 1 | | |
| 36 | | Kelvin Arase | 18 | 0+1 | | 1 | | 1+1 | | | | |
| 39 | | Dejan Ljubicic | 19 | 27+1 | 3 | 3+1 | | 30+2 | 3 | 7 | | |
| 46 | | Armin Mujakic | 22 | 0+4 | | 0+2 | | 0+6 | | 1 | | |
| 55 | | Thanos Petsos | 26 | 12+6 | | 3 | | 15+6 | | 4 | | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 9 | | Veton Berisha | 23 | 20+7 | 4 | 2 | | 22+7 | 4 | 2 | | |
| 13 | | Giorgi Kvilitaia | 23 | 18+11 | 10 | 2+1 | 3 | 20+12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | |
| 34 | | Joelinton | 20 | 19+8 | 7 | 3+1 | 1 | 22+9 | 8 | 6 | | 1 |
| Players who left after the start of the season |||||||||||||
| 4 | | Thomas Schrammel | 29 | 5 | | 2 | | 7 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 14 | | Maximilian Wöber | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 6 | 1 | | | |
| 33 | | Philipp Prosenik | 24 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+1 | | 1+5 | 1 | | | |
| 42 | | Eren Keles | 23 | 3+5 | 1 | 1 | | 4+5 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 43 | | Alex Sobczyk | 20 | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | | | | |

### Goal scorers

| Name | Bundesliga | Cup | Total |
| Giorgi Kvilitaia | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Stefan Schwab | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Thomas Murg | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Joelinton | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Louis Schaub | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Philipp Schobesberger | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Veton Berisha | 4 | | 4 |
| Stephan Auer | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Dejan Ljubicic | 3 | | 3 |
| Andreas Kuen | 2 | | 2 |
| Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo | 1 | | 1 |
| Lucas Galvão | 1 | | 1 |
| Steffen Hofmann | 1 | | 1 |
| Eren Keles | 1 | | 1 |
| Philipp Prosenik | 1 | | 1 |
| Manuel Thurnwald | 1 | | 1 |
| Maximilian Wöber | 1 | | 1 |
| Own goals ||||
| Daniel Petrovic (St. Pölten) | 1 | | 1 |
| Yannick Soura (Elektra) | | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 68 | 12 | 80 |

### Disciplinary record

| Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Maximilian Hofmann | 9 | | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Stephan Auer | 7 | | 1 | | 8 | | |
| Joelinton | 6 | 1 | | | 6 | | 1 |
| Dejan Ljubicic | 7 | | | | 7 | | |
| Giorgi Kvilitaia | 5 | | | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Stefan Schwab | 4 | | 2 | | 6 | | |
| Lucas Galvão | 4 | 1 | | | 4 | | 1 |
| Thomas Murg | 4 | 1 | | | 4 | | 1 |
| Thanos Petsos | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | | 1 |
| Mario Sonnleitner | 4 | | 1 | | 5 | | |
| Mario Pavelić | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | | 1 |
| Philipp Schobesberger | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| Boli Bolingoli | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 |
| Thomas Schrammel | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 |
| Veton Berisha | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| Louis Schaub | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| Manuel Thurnwald | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| Eren Keles | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| Tobias Knoflach | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| Andreas Kuen | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| Armin Mujakic | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| Richard Strebinger | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| Totals | 70 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 77 | 2 | 7 |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moved from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends |
| FW | Philipp Prosenik | 24 | Wolfsberger AC | Loan return | Summer | 2018 |
| DF | Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo | 22 | Club Brugge KV | Transfer | Summer | 2020 |
| DF | Lucas Galvão | 26 | SCR Altach | Transfer | Summer | 2020 |
| MF | Thanos Petsos | 26 | Werder Bremen | Loan | Summer | 2018 |
| FW | Veton Berisha | 23 | Greuther Fürth | Transfer | Summer | 2020 |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moved to | Type | Transfer Window |
| FW | Tomi Correa | 32 | Atlético Victoria | End of Contract | Summer |
| GK | Ján Novota | 33 | Debreceni VSC | Free transfer | Summer |
| MF | Arnór Ingvi Traustason | 24 | AEK Athens | Loan | Summer |
| DF | Christoph Schößwendter | 28 | Union Berlin | Transfer | Summer |
| FW | Matej Jelić | 26 | HNK Rijeka | Loan | Summer |
| DF | Maximilian Wöber | 19 | AFC Ajax | Transfer | Summer |
| FW | Alex Sobczyk | 20 | SKN St. Pölten | Loan | Summer |
| MF | Philipp Malicsek | 20 | SKN St. Pölten | Loan | Winter |
| FW | Philipp Prosenik | 24 | SV Ried | Free Transfer | Winter |
| DF | Thomas Schrammel | 30 | Sturm Graz | Transfer | Winter |
| MF | Eren Keles | 23 | SKN St. Pölten | Transfer | Winter |