# 2008–09 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2008–09 SK Rapid Wien season was the 111th season in club history.

## Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Raimund Hedl | 33 | 7+1 | | 2 | | | | 9+1 | | | |
| 24 | | Helge Payer | 28 | 13 | | | | | | 13 | | | |
| 25 | | Georg Koch | 36 | 7 | | | | 2 | | 9 | | 2 | |
| 30 | | Andreas Lukse | 20 | 9 | | 1 | | | | 10 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | | Mario Tokic | 32 | 21 | | 2 | | 2 | | 25 | | 5 | |
| 3 | | Jürgen Patocka | 30 | 30+2 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | | 34+2 | 1 | 12 | |
| 6 | | Christian Thonhofer | 23 | 12+5 | | | | 0+1 | | 12+6 | | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | | Markus Katzer | 28 | 17+2 | 1 | 3 | | 2 | | 22+2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 18 | | Hannes Eder | 24 | 20+3 | 2 | 1 | | | | 21+3 | 2 | 4 | |
| 23 | | Andreas Dober | 22 | 31+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 36+2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 31 | | Tanju Kayhan | 18 | 1+2 | | | | | | 1+2 | | | |
| 32 | | Stephan Palla | 19 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 33 | | Marcel Ketelaer | 30 | 7+5 | | 0+1 | | 0+1 | | 7+7 | | 1 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | | Stefan Kulovits | 25 | 13+4 | | 2+1 | | 1 | | 16+5 | | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | | Markus Heikkinen | 29 | 32 | | 2 | | 2 | | 36 | | 9 | |
| 11 | | Steffen Hofmann | 27 | 33+1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 38+1 | 13 | 5 | |
| 15 | | Boris Prokopic | 20 | 1+1 | | | | | | 1+1 | | | |
| 17 | | Veli Kavlak | 19 | 20+9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 25+9 | 5 | 6 | |
| 19 | | Christopher Drazan | 17 | 5+14 | | | | 0+1 | | 5+15 | | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | | Georg Harding | 26 | 1+7 | | 0+1 | | | | 1+8 | | 1 | |
| 27 | | Branko Boskovic | 28 | 28+1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | | 32+1 | 10 | 8 | |
| 28 | | Christopher Trimmel | 21 | 1+4 | | | | | | 1+4 | | | |
| 35 | | Yasin Pehlivan | 19 | 14 | 2 | | | | | 14 | 2 | 4 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Stefan Maierhofer | 25 | 33+2 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 38+2 | 27 | 9 | |
| 16 | | Nikica Jelavic | 22 | 9+25 | 7 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+2 | | 10+29 | 8 | | |
| 20 | | René Gartler | 22 | 1+2 | | | | | | 1+2 | | | |
| 21 | | Erwin Hoffer | 21 | 28+6 | 27 | 1+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31+8 | 29 | 4 | |
| Players who left after the start of the season ||||||||||||||
| 4 | | Martin Hiden | 35 | 0+4 | | 1+1 | | | | 1+5 | | 1 | |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Erwin Hoffer | 27 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| 2 | Stefan Maierhofer | 23 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| 3 | Steffen Hofmann | 12 | 1 | | 13 |
| 4 | Branko Boskovic | 6 | 4 | | 10 |
| 5 | Nikica Jelavic | 7 | 1 | | 8 |
| 6 | Veli Kavlak | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
| 7 | Andreas Dober | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 7 | Hannes Eder | 2 | | | 2 |
| 7 | Yasin Pehlivan | 2 | | | 2 |
| 10 | Markus Katzer | 1 | | | 1 |
| 10 | Jürgen Patocka | 1 | | | 1 |
| OG | Michael Baur (LASK) | 1 | | | 1 |
| OG | Thomas Burgstaller (Ried) | 1 | | | 1 |
| OG | Oliver Pusztai (Kärnten) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 89 | 11 | 3 | 103 |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 08.07.2008 | A | Sturm Graz | 1–3 | 15,322 | Dober 50' |
| 2 | 12.07.2008 | H | RB Salzburg | 2–2 | 17,000 | Hofmann S. 17' (pen.), Maierhofer 31' |
| 3 | 19.07.2008 | H | Austria Kärnten | 1–0 | 15,400 | Hoffer 90+4' |
| 4 | 26.07.2008 | A | Mattersburg | 1–0 | 11,200 | Maierhofer 4' |
| 5 | 02.08.2008 | H | Kapfenberg | 3–1 | 16,400 | Hofmann S. 15', Kavlak 69', Maierhofer 71' |
| 6 | 09.08.2008 | A | Altach | 7–2 | 7,500 | Hoffer 8' 20' 30' 31', Maierhofer 36' 63', Hofmann S. 45' |
| 7 | 24.08.2008 | H | Austria Wien | 3–0 | 18,000 | Boskovic 6' 57', Hofmann S. 81' |
| 8 | 30.08.2008 | A | LASK | 5–2 | 13,100 | Hoffer 25' 50', Maierhofer 42', Baur 48' (o.g.), Katzer 80' |
| 9 | 19.09.2008 | H | Ried | 1–1 | 17,500 | Burgstaller 77' (o.g.) |
| 10 | 23.09.2008 | A | Ried | 0–1 | 6,200 | |
| 11 | 28.09.2008 | H | Sturm Graz | 2–1 | 17,500 | Hofmann S. 37' (pen.), Maierhofer 81' |
| 12 | 05.10.2008 | A | RB Salzburg | 0–1 | 23,800 | |
| 13 | 04.11.2008 | A | Austria Kärnten | 3–3 | 14,300 | Jelavic 32', Maierhofer 40', Hofmann S. 68' |
| 14 | 25.10.2008 | H | Mattersburg | 1–0 | 17,500 | Maierhofer 59' |
| 15 | 31.10.2008 | A | Kapfenberg | 2–0 | 9,113 | Maierhofer 49', Kavlak 90+4' |
| 16 | 08.11.2008 | H | Altach | 5–1 | 16,900 | Jelavic 8' 15' 66', Maierhofer 54' 82' |
| 17 | 11.11.2008 | A | Austria Wien | 0–2 | 12,200 | |
| 18 | 15.11.2008 | H | LASK | 5–0 | 17,000 | Hofmann S. 37' (pen.), Maierhofer 54' 58' 75', Hoffer 90+7' |
| 19 | 23.11.2008 | A | Sturm Graz | 2–2 | 15,327 | Hoffer 76' 88' |
| 20 | 29.11.2008 | H | Altach | 8–1 | 15,000 | Maierhofer 11' 25' 55', Hoffer 32' 49' 87', Jelavic 85' 89' |
| 21 | 07.12.2008 | A | Austria Wien | 2–2 | 12,300 | Hofmann S. 40', Hoffer 52' |
| 22 | 14.12.2008 | H | LASK | 1–1 | 16,800 | Maierhofer 52' |
| 23 | 22.02.2009 | A | RB Salzburg | 1–2 | 17,800 | Boskovic 34' |
| 24 | 28.02.2009 | H | Ried | 1–0 | 16,200 | Hofmann S. 5' Thonhofer 81' , Drazan 89' |
| 25 | 08.03.2009 | A | Mattersburg | 3–0 | 8,600 | Boskovic 21' 42', Hoffer 52' |
| 26 | 14.03.2009 | H | Kapfenberg | 6–0 | 16,500 | Maierhofer 11', Pehlivan 18', Hoffer 35' 63', Eder H. 84', Kavlak 89' |
| 27 | 21.03.2009 | A | Austria Kärnten | 3–1 | 16,700 | Hoffer 14' 45', Maierhofer 53' |
| 28 | 05.04.2009 | H | Austria Kärnten | 4–2 | 17,500 | Hofmann S. 11' 19' (pen.), Kavlak 25', Pusztai 70' (o.g.) |
| 29 | 12.04.2009 | H | Sturm Graz | 0–1 | 17,500 | |
| 30 | 18.04.2009 | A | Altach | 1–1 | 8,100 | Maierhofer 36' |
| 31 | 26.04.2009 | H | Austria Wien | 3–2 | 17,500 | Hoffer 36', Hofmann S. 53' (pen.), Patocka 62' |
| 32 | 02.05.2009 | A | LASK | 2–0 | 15,000 | Hoffer 13', Boskovic 50' |
| 33 | 10.05.2009 | H | RB Salzburg | 4–2 | 17,800 | Maierhofer 22', Hoffer 53' 62' 75' |
| 34 | 17.05.2009 | A | Ried | 0–3 | 7,600 | Kulovits 56' |
| 35 | 21.05.2009 | H | Mattersburg | 2–3 | 17,000 | Jelavic 50', Eder H. 77' |
| 36 | 31.05.2009 | A | Kapfenberg | 4–0 | 7,300 | Hoffer 2' 54' 62', Pehlivan 66' |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 86 | 50 | +36 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 89 | 43 | +46 | 70 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Ried | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 60 | |
* ↑ Austria Vienna won the 2008–09 Austrian Cup and therefore qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1 | 15.08.2008 | A | Austria Klagenfurt | 5–0 | 1,000 | Boskovic 43' 59' 90', Kavlak 55', Jelavic 69' |
| R2 | 13.09.2008 | A | Leoben | 4–1 (a.e.t.) | 4,500 | Boskovic 48', Maierhofer 95' 105', Hoffer 100' |
| R16 | 28.10.2008 | A | Ried | 2–3 | 3,000 | Hofmann S. 34', Dober 54' |

### Champions League qualification

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| Q2-L1 | 30.07.2008 | A | Anorthosis | 0–3 | 9,300 | |
| Q2-L2 | 06.08.2008 | H | Anorthosis | 3–1 | 17,000 | Hoffer 22', Maierhofer 63' 67' |