# 2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season was the 117th season in club history.

## Background
### Background information

Rapid Wien finished the 2013–14 season in second place. Normally, the second place team would have entered the second qualifying round. However, Red Bull Salzburg, who qualified for the 2014–15 Champions League, won the 2013–14 Austrian Cup. Therefore Rapid Wien will start in the Play–off round.
In June 2014 it was announced that the new Allianz Stadion will be built in place of Gerhard Hanappi Stadium. Therefore, Rapid hosts its home games in the Ernst Happel Stadion this season and the pre-season game against Celtic F.C. was the last game ever played in the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium.

### Transfers and contracts
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moved from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 7 | MF | Philipp Schobesberger | 20 | FC Pasching | End of contract | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 17 | DF | Christopher Dibon | 23 | Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 8 | MF | Stefan Schwab | 23 | Admira Wacker | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 27 | MF | Andreas Kuen | 19 | Wacker Innsbruck | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 23 | DF | Stefan Stangl | 22 | SC Wiener Neustadt | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 15 | MF | Srđan Grahovac | 21 | Borac Banja Luka | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | €100,000 |
| 9 | FW | Robert Berić | 23 | Sturm Graz | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €750,000 |
| 14 | MF | Florian Kainz | 21 | Sturm Graz | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | €400,000 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moved to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 23 | GK | Samuel Radlinger | 21 | Hannover 96 | Loan Return | Summer | |
| 28 | DF | Christopher Trimmel | 27 | Union Berlin | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 16 | DF | Stephan Palla | 25 | Wolfsberger AC | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 31 | GK | Lukas Königshofer | 25 | Hallescher FC | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 30 | MF | Guido Burgstaller | 25 | Cardiff City | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 24 | FW | Marcel Sabitzer | 20 | RB Leipzig | Transfer | Summer | €2,000,000 |
| 9 | FW | Terrence Boyd | 23 | RB Leipzig | Transfer | Summer | €2,000,000 |
| 26 | MF | Lukas Grozurek | 23 | Admira Wacker | Transfer | Winter | Free |

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Attendance | Ref. |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Rapid Wien | Opponent | Attendance | Ref. |
| 26 June 2014 | Universitatea Cluj | N | 4–0 | Schaub 16', 21', Alar 47', Schobesberger 82' | | 500 | |
| 6 July 2014 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | van Dijk 9'(o.g.) | Pukki 72' | 17,400 | |
| 23 July 2014 | Galatasaray S.K. | H | 3–1 | Wydra 28', Behrendt 52', Alar 90' | Chedjou 27' | 11,400 | |
| 13 November 2014 | SV Horn | A | 4–2 | Beric 14', Alar 35', Grozurek 39', Sonnleitner 88' | Nacho 56', Grubek 69' | 500 | |
| 24 January 2015 | Schalke 04 | H | 2–1 | Schobesberger 48', Alar 82' | Fuchs 27' | 9,700 | |
| 31 January 2015 | CSKA Sofia | N | 2–1 | Alar 9', Starkl 84' | Milisavljević 37' | | |
| 3 February 2015 | Bohemians Prague | N | 2–2 | Starkl 54', Schaub 83' | Jarolím 45', 57'(pen.) | 100 | |
| 8 February 2015 | České Budějovice | H | 2–0 | Kainz 30', Schwab 62'(pen.) | | 120 | |

## 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 | 19 July 2014 (2014-07-19) 16:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 1–6 | 19,800 | Hofmann S. 90+2' (pen.) | Ulmer 30' Alan 40' Mané 69' Soriano 77' 79' Kampl 84' | 10th | 0 | −5 | |
| 2 | 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) 19:00 | Ried | H | 1–0 | 14,200 | Alar 65' | | 7th | 3 | −4 | |
| 3 | 2 August 2014 (2014-8-2) 16:30 | Admira Wacker | A | 1–1 | 6,125 | Kainz 63' | Schick 7' Windbichler 54' | 6th | 4 | −4 | |
| 4 | 9 August 2014 (2014-8-9) 19:00 | Sturm Graz | H | 1–1 | 16,800 | Beric 49' 76' | Offenbacher 31' Djuricin 82' | 4th | 5 | −4 | |
| 5 | 16 August 2014 (2014-8-16) 16:30 | SCR Altach | H | 0–1 | 13,800 | | Ngwat-Mahop 70' | 7th | 5 | −5 | |
| 6 | 24 August 2014 (2014-8-24) 16:30 | Austria Wien | A | 2–2 | 11,900 | Beric 35' Schwab 85' | Gorgon 1' Damari 63' (pen.) | 5th | 6 | −5 | |
| 7 | 31 August 2014 (2014-8-31) 16:30 | Grödig | H | 2–0 | 12,100 | Schrammel 14' Hofmann S. 61' | | 3rd | 9 | −3 | |
| 8 | 17 September 2014 (2014-9-17) 18:30 | Wiener Neustadt | A | 5–1 | 4,100 | Beric 3' 55' Schaub 48' 72' 76' Hofmann M. 80' | Rauter 23' | 3rd | 12 | +1 | |
| 9 | 20 September 2014 (2014-9-20) 16:00 | Wolfsberg | H | 3–0 | 15,200 | Beric 37' 48' Kainz 61' | | 3rd | 15 | +4 | |
| 10 | 28 September 2014 (2014-9-28) 16:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 1–2 | 25,300 | Prosenik 90+3' | Bruno 84' Alan 89' | 3rd | 15 | +3 | |
| 11 | 5 October 2014 (2014-10-5) 16:30 | Ried | A | 2–1 | 5,200 | Beric 52' Sonnleitner 59' | Kragl 45+1' | 3rd | 18 | +4 | |
| 12 | 18 October 2014 (2014-10-18) 18:30 | Admira Wacker | H | 0–0 | 15,200 | | | 3rd | 19 | +4 | |
| 13 | 25 October 2014 (2014-10-25) 16:00 | Sturm Graz | A | 3–1 | 14,350 | Schwab 36' Beric 44' 86' Dibon 66' | Schick 48' | 3rd | 22 | +6 | |
| 14 | 2 November 2014 (2014-11-2) 16:30 | SCR Altach | A | 0–2 | 7,372 | Sonnleitner 2' | Roth 25' Tajouri 88' | 3rd | 22 | +4 | |
| 15 | 9 November 2014 (2014-11-9) 14:30 | Austria Wien | H | 2–3 | 28,200 | Alar 83' Beric 90+2' | Damari 23' 40' Royer 78' | 4th | 22 | +3 | |
| 16 | 22 November 2014 (2014-11-22) 16:00 | Grödig | A | 1–3 | 2,500 | Alar 14' | Reyna 7' Huspek 45' 73' | 5th | 22 | +1 | |
| 17 | 29 November 2014 (2014-11-29) 18:30 | Wiener Neustadt | H | 3–0 | 12,300 | Kainz 13' Beric 72' 78' | Schöpf 43' | 4th | 25 | +4 | |
| 18 | 7 December 2014 (2014-12-7) 16:30 | Wolfsberg | A | 1–1 | 5,250 | Schwab 70' | Seebacher 65' | 5th | 26 | +4 | |
| 19 | 14 December 2014 (2014-12-14) 16:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 2–1 | 17,200 | Beric 80' 90+4' | Ramalho 23' Sabitzer 84' | 4th | 29 | +5 | |
| 20 | 14 February 2015 (2015-02-14) 16:00 | Ried | H | 3–0 | 14,000 | Alar 17' (pen.) 39' (pen.) Beric 45+1' (pen.) | Gebauer 14' Trauner 38' | 4th | 32 | +8 | |
| 21 | 22 February 2015 (2015-02-22) 16:30 | Admira Wacker | A | 1–1 | 5,000 | Beric 34' | Weber 74' | 2nd | 33 | +8 | |
| 22 | 28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 18:30 | Sturm Graz | H | 1–0 | 15,200 | Beric 45+2' | Ehrenreich 3' | 2nd | 36 | +9 | |
| 23 | 4 March 2015 (2015-03-04) 19:00 | SCR Altach | H | 1–0 | 8,700 | Alar Prosenik 90+5' | Zech 90+4' | 2nd | 39 | +10 | |
| 24 | 8 March 2015 (2015-03-08) 16:30 | Austria Wien | A | 1–2 | 11,000 | Hofmann S. 17' | Rotpuller 45+5' Ramsebner 73' Sikov 84' | 2nd | 39 | +9 | |
| 25 | 14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 18:30 | Grödig | H | 4–0 | 15,700 | Pavelic 4' Schaub 9' Kainz 46' Schobesberger 66' | | 2nd | 42 | +13 | |
| 26 | 22 March 2015 (2015-03-22) 16:30 | Wiener Neustadt | A | 1–0 | 4,300 | Beric 48' | | 2nd | 45 | +14 | |
| 27 | 4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 18:30 | Wolfsberg | H | 4–1 | 12,200 | Schobesberger 13' Schwab 15' Beric 64' 86' | Jacobo 67' (pen.) | 2nd | 48 | +17 | |
| 28 | 12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) 18:00 | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 3–3 | 26,800 | Beric 51' Schobesberger 59' Pavelic 80' Prosenik 90+2' | Berisha 3' Soriano 18' Sabitzer 32' Ulmer 43' | 2nd | 49 | +17 | |
| 29 | 18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 16:00 | Ried | A | 1–0 | 6,500 | Schobesberger 36' | | 2nd | 52 | +18 | |
| 30 | 25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 18:30 | Admira Wacker | H | 1–1 | 13,800 | Schobesberger 70' | Sulimani 80' | 2nd | 53 | +18 | |
| 31 | 18 May 03 (03-05-18) 16:30 | Sturm Graz | A | 2–2 | 15,300 | Schobesberger 8' Petsos 54' | Piesinger 16' Beichler 70' Kienast 87' Madl 90+4' | 2nd | 54 | +18 | |
| 32 | 10 May 2015 (2015-05-10) 16:30 | SCR Altach | A | 3–1 | 7,100 | Beric 79' 86' Schobesberger 90' | Roth 25' | 2nd | 57 | +20 | |
| 33 | 17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) 16:30 | Austria Wien | H | 4–1 | 29,800 | Schobesberger 45' Hofmann S. 55' (pen.) Beric 70' Sonnleitner 89' | de Paula 52' | 2nd | 60 | +23 | |
| 35 | 24 May 2015 (2015-05-24) 17:45 | Wiener Neustadt | H | 0–0 | 15,800 | Hofmann S. | | 2nd | 61 | +23 | |
| 34 | 27 May 2015 (2015-05-27) 18:30 | Grödig | A | 2–0 | 1,712 | Beric 83.' (pen.) Alar 90+2' (pen.) | Maak 90+1' | 2nd | 64 | +25 | |
| 36 | 31 May 2015 (2015-05-31) 16:30 | Wolfsberg | A | 5–0 | 5,350 | Schaub 50' 90+3' Beric 63' 83' 85' | | 2nd | 67 | +30 | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 42 | +57 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | SCR Altach | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2015. Source:

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

| 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. |
| Round 1 | 11 July 2014 (2014-07-11) 19:30 | SKU Amstetten | A | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | 3,000 | Dibon 116' | Zeman 116' | |
| Round 2 | 24 September 2014 (2014-09-24) 18:00 | SV Wallern | A | 1–0 | 2,700 | Prosenik 29' | | |
| Round of 16 | 29 October 2014 (2014-10-29) 20:30 | Sturm Graz | H | 1–0 | 7,800 | Schwab 5' | | |
| Quarter-final | 7 April 2015 (2015-04-07) 18:00 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 1–2 | 3,600 | Schobesberger 90+4' | Kerhe 25' Wernitznig 28' | |

## Europa League
### Europa League fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| Leg | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Agg. score F–A | Attendance | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. |
| Leg | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Agg. score F–A | Attendance | Rapid Wien | Opponent | Ref. |
| Play-off round ||||||||||
| 1st Leg | 21 August 2014 (2014-08-21) 18:00 | HJK Helsinki | A | 1–2 | | 6,153 | Schaub 58' | Lod 63' Väyrynen 74' | |
| 2nd Leg | 28 August 2014 (2014-08-28) 20:30 | HJK Helsinki | H | 3–3 | 4–5 | 21,100 | Schaub 10' 13' Wydra 90+4' | Kandji 15' Alho 77' Savage 88' (pen.) | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Ján Novota | 30 | 29 | | 3 | | 2 | | 34 | | | |
| 21 | | Tobias Knoflach | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | | Marko Maric | 18 | 7 | | 1 | | | | 8 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | | Thomas Schrammel | 26 | 32 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | | 38 | 1 | 7 | |
| 6 | | Mario Sonnleitner | 27 | 33 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | | 38 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | | Christopher Dibon | 23 | 15+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 18+1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 20 | | Maximilian Hofmann | 20 | 23 | 1 | 3 | | 1+1 | | 27+1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 22 | | Mario Pavelic | 20 | 27+1 | 1 | 1+1 | | 2 | | 30+2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | | Stefan Stangl | 22 | 12+3 | | 2 | | | | 14+3 | | 1 | |
| 36 | | Michael Schimpelsberger | 23 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | | Ferdinand Weinwurm | 24 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | | Brian Behrendt | 23 | 6+4 | | 1 | | 2 | | 9+4 | | 3 | |
| 5 | | Thanos Petsos | 23 | 25+2 | 1 | 3 | | 0+1 | | 28+3 | 1 | 10 | |
| 7 | | Philipp Schobesberger | 20 | 14+13 | 8 | 2+1 | 1 | | | 16+14 | 9 | 3 | |
| 8 | | Stefan Schwab | 23 | 24+6 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | | 29+7 | 5 | 11 | |
| 10 | | Louis Schaub | 19 | 24+4 | 5 | 3 | | 2 | 3 | 29+4 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | | Steffen Hofmann | 33 | 29+7 | 4 | 2+2 | | 2 | | 33+9 | 4 | 3 | |
| 14 | | Florian Kainz | 21 | 30+2 | 4 | 3 | | 1+1 | | 34+3 | 4 | 6 | |
| 15 | | Srdan Grahovac | 21 | 7+6 | | 2+1 | | | | 9+7 | | 2 | |
| 25 | | Dominik Wydra | 20 | 12+6 | | 0+2 | | 1+1 | 1 | 13+9 | 1 | 4 | |
| 27 | | Andreas Kuen | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | | Armin Mujakic | 19 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| 33 | | Deni Alar | 24 | 9+16 | 6 | 2 | | | | 11+16 | 6 | 3 | |
| 34 | | Dominik Starkl | 20 | 2+13 | | 0+1 | | 0+2 | | 2+16 | | 1 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Robert Beric | 23 | 31+2 | 27 | 2+2 | | 2 | | 35+4 | 27 | 7 | 2 |
| 38 | | Philipp Prosenik | 21 | 2+15 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | | | 3+16 | 4 | 1 | |
| Players who left after the start of the season ||||||||||||||
| 26 | | Lukas Grozurek | 22 | 2+3 | | 1 | | | | 3+3 | | | |
Statistics accurate as of 31 May 2015

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | Robert Beric | 27 | | | 27 |
| 2 | Philipp Schobesberger | 8 | 1 | | 9 |
| 3 | Louis Schaub | 5 | | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Deni Alar | 6 | | | 6 |
| 5 | Stefan Schwab | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
| 6 | Steffen Hofmann | 4 | | | 4 |
| 6 | Florian Kainz | 4 | | | 4 |
| 6 | Philipp Prosenik | 3 | 1 | | 4 |
| 9 | Christopher Dibon | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 9 | Mario Sonnleitner | 2 | | | 2 |
| 11 | Maximilian Hofmann | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | Mario Pavelic | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | Thanos Petsos | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | Thomas Schrammel | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | Dominik Wydra | | | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 68 | 4 | 4 | 76 |