# 2015–16 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2015–16 SK Rapid Wien season was the 118th season in club history.

## Background
### Background information

Rapid Wien finished the 2014–15 season in second place. Therefore, Rapid Wien started in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2015/16 Champions League competition.

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Rapid Wien | Opponent | Attendance | Ref. |
| 3 July 2015 | SKN St. Pölten | A | 4–1 | Schwab 15', Huspek 17', Tomi 79', Nutz 90' | Segovia 19' | 6,184 | |
| 8 July 2015 | FK Jablonec | N | 0–0 | | | 1,500 | |
| 11 July 2015 | FSV Frankfurt | N | 2–0 | Kainz 32', Nutz 53' | | 2,000 | |
| 15 January 2016 | Floridsdorfer AC | H | 1–3 | Prosenik 35' | Viertl 52', Entrup 54', 66' | 300 | |
| 24 January 2016 | FC St. Pauli | N | 1–1 | Schwab 60' | Sobota 72' | 100 | |
| 30 January 2016 | Bohemians Praha | N | 2–2 | Jelic 7', Schwab 30' (pen.) | Mikus 45', Bartek 78' | 100 | |

## 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 | 25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) 18:30 | Ried | H | 3–0 | 15,100 | Kainz 48' Beric 85' Schaub 89' | Kragl 27' | 1st | 3 | +3 | [7] [8] |
| 2 | 1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) 18:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 2–1 | 17,357 | Petsos 15' Schwab 33' | Oberlin 66' | 1st | 6 | +4 | [9] [10] |
| 3 | 9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) 19:00 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 2–1 | 13,300 | Kainz 66' 81' | Wernitznig 21' | 1st | 9 | +5 | [11] [12] |
| 4 | 12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) 20:30 | Austria Wien | A | 5–2 | 12,500 | Stangl 17' Schobesberger 27' Schwab 33' Hofmann S. 56' Beric 66' | Gorgon 45+2', 72' | 1st | 12 | +8 | [13] [14] |
| 5 | 16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 16:30 | Sturm Graz | A | 2–2 | 14,876 | Beric 70' Madl 88' (o.g.) | Hadzic 34' (pen.) Avdijaj 45+3' | 1st | 13 | +8 | [15] [16] |
| 6 | 22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 16:00 | Grödig | H | 3–0 | 16,800 | Sonnleitner 67' Alar 74' Schobesberger 90+2' | Pichler 90+1' | 1st | 16 | +11 | [17] [18] |
| 7 | 29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 18:30 | Mattersburg | H | 2–4 | 14,300 | Strebinger 5' Alar 50' Hofmann S. 81' | Perlak 39' Röcher 60' Pink 62' Mahrer 78' | 1st | 16 | +9 | [19] [20] |
| 8 | 12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 16:00 | Rheindorf Altach | A | 0–2 | 7,250 | | Harrer 54' 88' | 2nd | 16 | +7 | [21] [22] |
| 9 | 20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 16:30 | Admira Wacker Mödling | H | 2–0 | 15,500 | Schwab 42' Dibon 66' | | 1st | 19 | +9 | [23] [24] |
| 10 | 26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 16:00 | Ried | A | 1–0 | 6,000 | Jelic 90+3' | | 1st | 22 | +10 | [25] [26] |
| 11 | 4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 16:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 1–2 | 23,200 | Stangl 18' | Minamino 43' Schwegler 64' | 1st | 22 | +9 | [27] [28] |
| 12 | 18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 16:30 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 1–2 | 4,600 | Schaub 90+3' | Jacobo 42' Ouedraogo 57' | 3rd | 22 | +8 | [29] [30] |
| 13 | 25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 16:30 | Austria Wien | H | 1–2 | 32,200 | Prosenik 74' | Hofmann M. 53' (o.g.) Friesenbichler 89' | 3rd | 22 | +7 | [31] [32] |
| 14 | 31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16:00 | Sturm Graz | H | 2–1 | 14,700 | Hofmann S. 7' Sonnleitner 78' | Kienast 50' | 3rd | 25 | +8 | [33] [34] |
| 15 | 8 November 2015 (2015-11-8) 16:30 | Grödig | A | 1–2 | 2,845 | Tomi 75' | Venuto 34' (pen.) 76' | 3rd | 25 | +7 | [35] [36] |
| 16 | 21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18:30 | Mattersburg | A | 6–1 | 9,500 | Kainz 5' 39' Stangl 21' Prosenik 29' 35' Jelic 83' | Bürger 52' | 3rd | 28 | +12 | [37] [38] |
| 17 | 29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 19:00 | Rheindorf Altach | H | 3–1 | 16,400 | Stangl 25' Grahovac 37' Nutz 52' | Ngwat-Mahop 72' | 3rd | 31 | +14 | [39] [40] |
| 18 | 2 December 2015 (2015-12-2) 18:30 | Admira Wacker Mödling | A | 1–2 | 5,000 | Alar 38' | Zwierschitz 53' Spiridonovic 63' (pen.) | 3rd | 31 | +13 | [41] [42] |
| 19 | 5 December 2015 (2015-12-5) 18:30 | Ried | H | 2–1 | 12,700 | Schwab 22' Schobesberger 76' | Murg 19' | 3rd | 34 | +14 | [43] [44] |
| 20 | 13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) 16:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 0–2 | 14,150 | | Soriano 36' Keïta 56' | 3rd | 34 | +12 | [45] [46] |
| 21 | 6 February 2016 (2016-2-6) 18:30 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 3–0 | 13,700 | Schobesberger 56' Pavelic 60' Jelic 62' | | 3rd | 37 | +15 | [47] [48] |
| 22 | 14 February 2016 (2016-2-14) 16:30 | Austria Wien | A | 3–0 | 12,000 | Murg 9' Hofmann S. 14' (pen.) Jelic 72' | | 2nd | 40 | +18 | [49] [50] |
| 23 | 21 February 2016 (2016-2-21) 16:30 | Sturm Graz | A | 2–0 | 12,500 | Schobesberger 12' 71' | | 2nd | 43 | +20 | [51] [52] |
| 24 | 27 February 2016 (2016-2-27) 14:00 | Grödig | H | 3–2 | 14,200 | Jelic 21' 90+1' Schwab 85' | Maak 7' Schütz 66' | 2nd | 46 | +21 | [53] [54] |
| 25 | 2 March 2016 (2016-3-2) 18:30 | Mattersburg | H | 3–0 | 13,200 | Hofmann S. Schwab 36' Stangl 44' Kainz 87' | | 1st | 49 | +24 | [55] [56] |
| 26 | 6 March 2016 (2016-3-6) 16:30 | Rheindorf Altach | A | 0–0 | 5,649 | | | 2nd | 50 | +24 | [57] [58] |
| 27 | 12 March 2016 (2016-3-12) 18:30 | Admira Wacker Mödling | H | 0–4 | 12,300 | | Knasmüllner 7' 25' Grozurek 53' (pen.) Spiridonovic 63' | 2nd | 50 | +20 | [59] [60] |
| 28 | 20 March 2016 (2016-3-20) 16:30 | Ried | A | 0–1 | 5,700 | | Kreuzer 57' | 2nd | 50 | +19 | [61] [62] |
| 29 | 2 April 2016 (2016-4-2) | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 1–1 | 24,800 | Schaub 46' | Caleta-Car 75' | 2nd | 51 | +19 | [63] [64] |
| 30 | 9 April 2016 (2016-4-9) 18:30 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 2–2 | 6,000 | Tomi 13' Schaub 43' | Ouedraogo 83' Schmerböck 90+4' | 2nd | 52 | +19 | [65] [66] |
| 31 | 17 April 2016 (2016-4-17) 16:30 | Austria Wien | H | 1–0 | 26,200 | Tomi 58' | | 2nd | 55 | +20 | [67] [68] |
| 32 | 23 April 2016 (2016-4-23) | Sturm Graz | H | 2–0 | 16,200 | Grahovac 24' Kainz 55' | | 2nd | 58 | +22 | [69] [70] |
| 33 | 30 April 2016 (2016-4-30) 16:00 | Grödig | A | 0–2 | 2,246 | | Rasner 36' Kerschbaum 62' | 2nd | 58 | +20 | [71] [72] |
| 34 | 8 May 2016 (2016-5-8) 16:30 | Mattersburg | A | 2–0 | 4,500 | Pavelic 17' Prosenik 90+2' | | 2nd | 61 | +22 | [73] [74] |
| 35 | 11 May 2016 (2016-5-11) 20:30 | Rheindorf Altach | H | 1–1 | 14,200 | Schwab 88' | Netzer 22' | 2nd | 62 | +22 | [75] [76] |
| 36 | 15 May 2016 (2016-5-15) 17:30 | Admira Wacker Mödling | A | 3–1 | 5,500 | Schaub 12' Schwab 63' Sonnleitner 85' | Grozurek 87' | 2nd | 65 | +24 | [77] [78] |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 71 | 33 | +38 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 48 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2016. Source:

## 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 | 17 July 2015 | SC Weiz | A | 5–1 | 2,525 | Kainz 2' 6' Schobesberger 7' Beric 68' Friedl 87' (o.g.) | Steiner 10' | |
| 2nd | 23 September 2015 | SKU Amstetten | A | 1–1 (4–3 p) | 3,300 | Kainz 7' Sonnleitner 17' | Vukovic 18' (pen.) | |
| R16 | 28 October 2015 | Austria Salzburg | H | 5–1 | 9,400 | Schobesberger 8' 10' Prosenik 69' Tomi 81' Alar 87' | Kaufmann 75' | |
| QF | 10 February 2016 | Admira Wacker | H | 0–1 | 5,500 | Schwab | Grozurek 87' Schößwendter 90+3' | |

## Champions League
### Champions League fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### Qualifying rounds

| 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. |
| Third qualifying round ||||||||||
| FL | 29 July 2015 | Ajax | H | 2–2 | — | 43,200 | Kainz 48' Schwab 59' Berić 76' | Klaassen 25' 43' | |
| SL | 4 August 2015 | Ajax | A | 3–2 | 5–4 | 53,502 | Berić 12' Schaub 39' 77' | Milik 52' Gudelj 75' | |
| Playoff round ||||||||||
| FL | 19 August 2015 | Shakhtar Donetsk | H | 0–1 | — | 46,000 | | Marlos 44' | |
| SL | 25 August 2015 | Shakhtar Donetsk | A | 2–2 | 2–3 | 28,400 | Schaub 13' Hofmann S. 22' Sonnleitner 88' | Marlos 10' Hladkyy 27' | |

## Europa League
### Group stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Villarreal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |

#### Europa League fixtures and results

| MD | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Attendance | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Table | Table | Ref. |
| MD | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Attendance | Rapid Wien | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | Ref. |
| 1 | 17 September | Villarreal | H | 2–1 | 36,200 | Schwab 50' Hofmann S. 53' (pen.) | Baptistão 45' | 2nd | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 October | Dinamo Minsk | A | 1–0 | 5,000 | Hofmann S. 54' | | 1st | 6 | |
| 3 | 22 October | Viktoria Plzeň | H | 3–2 | 39,400 | Hofmann S. 34' Schaub 52' Petsos 68' | Ďuriš 12' Hrošovský 76' | 1st | 9 | |
| 4 | 5 November | Viktoria Plzeň | A | 2–1 | 11,691 | Schobesberger 13' 77' | Holenda 71' | 1st | 12 | |
| 5 | 26 November | Villarreal | A | 0–1 | 15,000 | | Bruno 78' | 2nd | 12 | |
| 6 | 10 December | Dinamo Minsk | H | 2–1 | 34,800 | Hofmann S. Hofmann M. 29' Jelic 59' | El Monir 64' | 1st | 15 | |

### Knockout phase
#### Knockout phase results

Win  Draw  Loss
| 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. |
| Round of 32 ||||||||||
| FL | 18 February | Valencia CF | A | 0–6 | – | 28,800 | | Mina 4', 25' Parejo 10' Negredo 29' Gomes 35' Rodrigo 89' | |
| SL | 25 February | Valencia CF | H | 0–4 | 0–10 | 39,800 | | Rodrigo 59' Feghouli 63' Piatti 72' Vezo 88' | |

## Team record

    As of 15 May 2016
| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. |
| Bundesliga | 25 July | 15 May | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 055.56 | |
| ÖFB Cup | 17 June | 10 February | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 075.00 | |
| Europa League | 17 September | 25 February | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 062.50 | |
| Champions League | 29 July | 25 August | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 025.00 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 52 | 29 | 7 | 16 | 94 | 69 | +25 | 055.77 | — |

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Austrian Cup | Austrian Cup | UEFA Competitions | UEFA Competitions | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Ján Novota | 31 | 12 | | | | 9 | | 21 | | 2 | |
| 21 | | Tobias Knoflach | 21 | 1+1 | | | | | | 1+1 | | | |
| 30 | | Richard Strebinger | 22 | 23 | | 4 | | 3+1 | | 30+1 | | | 1 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | | Thomas Schrammel | 27 | 4+1 | | 1 | | | | 5+1 | | | |
| 6 | | Mario Sonnleitner | 28 | 27 | 3 | 4 | | 10 | | 41 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 17 | | Christopher Dibon | 24 | 22+1 | 1 | 1+1 | | 8 | | 31+2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 20 | | Maximilian Hofmann | 21 | 21+1 | | 3 | | 6+2 | 1 | 30+3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 22 | | Mario Pavelic | 21 | 23+3 | 2 | 1+1 | | 10 | | 34+4 | 2 | 3 | |
| 23 | | Stefan Stangl | 23 | 25+1 | 5 | 2 | | 8+1 | | 35+2 | 5 | 1 | |
| 24 | | Stephan Auer | 24 | 18+1 | | 3 | | 5+1 | | 26+2 | | 6 | |
| 31 | | Dino Kovačec | 21 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| 36 | | Michael Schimpelsberger | 24 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | |
| 39 | | Maximilian Wöber | 17 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| 40 | | Attila Szalai | 17 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | | Thanos Petsos | 24 | 18+2 | 1 | 3 | | 10 | 1 | 31+2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 7 | | Philipp Schobesberger | 21 | 23+10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4+6 | 2 | 30+16 | 11 | 1 | |
| 8 | | Stefan Schwab | 24 | 34+2 | 8 | 1+3 | | 9+1 | 1 | 44+6 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | | Louis Schaub | 20 | 15+9 | 5 | 2 | | 6+2 | 4 | 23+11 | 9 | 2 | |
| 11 | | Steffen Hofmann | 34 | 22+7 | 4 | 0+2 | | 11 | 4 | 33+9 | 8 | 7 | |
| 14 | | Florian Kainz | 22 | 31+2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 45+2 | 11 | 7 | |
| 15 | | Srđan Grahovac | 22 | 20+6 | 2 | 2 | | 6+5 | | 28+11 | 2 | 7 | |
| 19 | | Stefan Nutz | 23 | 7+4 | 1 | 2 | | | | 9+4 | 1 | | |
| 27 | | Andreas Kuen | 20 | 0+2 | | | | | | 0+2 | | | |
| 29 | | Thomas Murg | 20 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+1 | | 1+1 | | 4+6 | 1 | | |
| 33 | | Deni Alar | 25 | 5+14 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+4 | | 8+19 | 4 | 1 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Matej Jelić | 24 | 16+11 | 6 | 2+1 | | 3+4 | 1 | 21+16 | 7 | 5 | |
| 28 | | Tomi Correa | 30 | 7+5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | 8+5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 38 | | Philipp Prosenik | 22 | 10+12 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 | 5+5 | | 16+19 | 5 | 1 | |
| Players who left after the start of the season ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Robert Berić | 24 | 3+2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8+2 | 6 | 2 | |
| 18 | | Philipp Huspek | 24 | 3+3 | | 1 | | 0+3 | | 4+6 | | | |
| 25 | | Dominik Wydra | 21 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |

### Goal scorers

| Name | Bundesliga | Cup | UEFA Competitions | Total |
| Florian Kainz | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Philipp Schobesberger | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Louis Schaub | 5 | | 4 | 9 |
| Stefan Schwab | 8 | | 1 | 9 |
| Steffen Hofmann | 4 | | 4 | 8 |
| Matej Jelic | 6 | | 1 | 7 |
| Robert Beric | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Philipp Prosenik | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
| Stefan Stangl | 5 | | | 5 |
| Deni Alar | 3 | 1 | | 4 |
| Tomi Correa | 3 | 1 | | 4 |
| Mario Sonnleitner | 3 | | | 3 |
| Srdan Grahovac | 2 | | | 2 |
| Mario Pavelic | 2 | | | 2 |
| Thanos Petsos | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Christopher Dibon | 1 | | | 1 |
| Maximilian Hofmann | | | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Murg | 1 | | | 1 |
| Stefan Nutz | 1 | | | 1 |
| Own goals |||||
| Christian Friedl (Weiz) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Michael Madl (Sturm Graz) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Totals | 66 | 11 | 17 | 94 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moved from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 18 | MF | Philipp Huspek | 24 | SV Grödig | End of contract | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 28 | FW | Tomi Correa | 30 | SV Grödig | End of contract | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 19 | MF | Stefan Nutz | 23 | SV Grödig | End of contract | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 24 | DF | Stephan Auer | 24 | Admira Wacker | End of contract | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 30 | GK | Richard Strebinger | 22 | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €500,000 |
| 9 | FW | Matej Jelić | 24 | MŠK Žilina | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €800,000 |
| 29 | MF | Thomas Murg | 21 | SV Ried | Transfer | Winter | 2019 | €800,000 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moved to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 34 | FW | Dominik Starkl | 21 | Admira Wacker | Loan | Summer | |
| 29 | GK | Marko Maric | 19 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 |
| 3 | DF | Brian Behrendt | 23 | Arminia Bielefeld | Transfer | Summer | €300,000 |
| 25 | MF | Dominik Wydra | 21 | SC Paderborn 07 | Transfer | Summer | €600,000 |
| 9 | FW | Robert Beric | 24 | AS Saint-Etienne | Transfer | Summer | €5,500,000 |
| 18 | MF | Philipp Huspek | 24 | LASK | Loan | Winter | |