# 2019–20 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2019–20 SK Rapid Wien season was the 122nd 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 |
| 22 June 2019 | FC Klosterneuburg | A | 10–0 | Knasmüllner 4', Murg 15', 19', 40', Badji 29', Pavlović 58', Wunsch 60', Thurnwald 68', Bolingoli 73', 88' | | 1,100 |
| 25 June 2019 | SV Leobendorf | A | 3–0 | Schobesberger 16', 79', Arase 61' | | 1,300 |
| 29 June 2019 | Bohemians 1905 | N | 2–3 | Schwab 58'(pen.), Knasmüllner 88' | Hronek 44', 50', Nečas 80' | |
| 6 July 2019 | FK Jablonec | N | 2–1 | Müldür 17', Murg 80' | Doležal 13' | 400 |
| 14 July 2019 | 1. FC Nürnberg | H | 2–1 | Murg 36', Knasmüllner 80' | Margreitter 16' | 12,600 |
| 16 July 2019 | SC Pinkafeld | A | 9–0 | Knasmüllner 15', 24', 32', Fountas 55', 60', Arase 62', Murg 67', Fuchshofer 81', 85' | | 1,000 |
| 6 September 2019 | SV Güssing | A | 10–1 | Barać 2', Ljubicic 25', 51', 60', Badji 29', 62', Own goal 48', Schuster 65', 70', Knasmüllner 84' | Rasser 4' | 1,200 |
| 10 October 2019 | Floridsdorfer AC | H | 2–1 | Badji 11', Knasmüllner 16' | Prosenik 26' | 250 |
| 15 November 2019 | BW Linz | H | 2–1 | Murg 51', Fountas 56' | Kostić 57' | |
| 18 January 2020 | Wr. Neustadt | A | 4–1 | Schuster 27', Knasmüllner 43', Ibrahimoglu 51', Grahovac 70' | Flögel 25' | 1,000 |
| 25 January 2020 | Floridsdorfer AC | H | 2–2 | Murg 50', Savić 89' | Günes 17', Sahanek 47' | 300 |
| 29 January 2020 | Odense BK | N | 0–0 | | | |
| 29 January 2020 | FK Vojvodina | N | 0–2 | | Mrkaić 19', Čović 59' | |
| 1 February 2020 | Levski Sofia | N | 1–2 | Fountas 32' | Nascimento 78' (pen.), Raynov 90+3' | |
| 4 February 2020 | NK Maribor | N | 2–0 | Kitagawa 16', Fountas 82' | | |
| 8 February 2020 | SV Horn | H | 1–1 | Arase 70' | Schwab 12' (o.g.) | 250 |
| 28 May 2020 | SV Horn | H | 3–0 | Fountas 18', Murg 26', Kara 76' | | – |

## 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 | 26 July 2019 (2019-7-26) 20:45 | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 0–2 | 24,200 | | Minamino 35' Okugawa 82' | 9th | 0 | −2 | |
| 2 | 4 August 2019 (2019-8-4) 17:00 | St. Pölten | A | 2–2 | 7,582 | Fountas 39' Müldür 47' | Ljubicic 43' Luan 69' | 9th | 1 | −2 | |
| 3 | 10 August 2019 (2019-8-10) 17:00 | Rheindorf Altach | H | 2–1 | 12,800 | Fountas 4' 11' | Gebauer 27' | 6th | 4 | −1 | |
| 4 | 18 August 2019 (2019-8-18) 17:00 | Sturm Graz | A | 1–0 | 14,532 | Schwab 23' | | 4th | 7 | 0 | |
| 5 | 24 August 2019 (2019-8-24) 17:00 | LASK | H | 1–2 | 18,800 | Schobesberger 47' | Raguz 23' 90+5' | 6th | 7 | −1 | |
| 6 | 1 September 2019 (2019-9-1) 17:00 | Austria Wien | A | 3–1 | 14,615 | Murg 7' Fountas 51' Badji 90+4' | Monschein 10' | 6th | 10 | +1 | |
| 7 | 15 September 2019 (2019-9-15) 14:30 | Admira Wacker Mödling | H | 5–0 | 15,100 | Schobesberger 45+1' Barać 54' Ullmann 64' Badji 65' Ljubicic 81' | | 4th | 13 | +6 | |
| 8 | 21 September 2019 (2019-9-21) 17:00 | WSG Tirol | A | 2–0 | 5,240 | Arase 54' Barać 71' | | 4th | 16 | +8 | |
| 9 | 29 September 2019 (2019-9-29) 17:00 | Hartberg | H | 3–3 | 15,500 | Fountas 17' 72' Schwab 90+6' | Dossou 45' Concola 51' Tadic 83' | 4th | 17 | +8 | |
| 10 | 5 October 2019 (2019-10-5) 17:00 | Mattersburg | A | 3–2 | 4,400 | Fountas 45+3' Dibon 69' Knasmüllner 89' | Gruber 28' Kuen 47' | 4th | 20 | +9 | |
| 11 | 20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 17:00 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 1–1 | 21,200 | Fountas 31' | Leitgeb 64' | 4th | 21 | +9 | |
| 12 | 27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 17:00 | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 2–3 | 17,218 | Knasmüllner 45+1' Barać 87' | Szoboszlai 31' (pen.) Haaland 38' Junuzovic 90+4' | 4th | 21 | +8 | |
| 13 | 2 November 2019 (2019-11-2) 17:00 | St. Pölten | H | 0–1 | 20,400 | | Balic 74' | 4th | 21 | +7 | |
| 14 | 9 November 2019 (2019-11-9) 17:00 | Rheindorf Altach | A | 3–0 | 5,104 | Schwab 11' (pen.) Murg 12' Arase 36' | | 4th | 24 | +10 | |
| 15 | 24 November 2019 (2019-11-24) 17:00 | Sturm Graz | H | 1–1 | 19,600 | Dibon 28' | Huspek 54' | 4th | 25 | +10 | |
| 16 | 30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) | LASK | A | 4–0 | 6,017 | Knasmüllner 34' Fountas 67' Filipović 84' (o.g.) Badji 90+3' | Goiginger 83' | 4th | 28 | +14 | |
| 17 | 8 December 2019 (2019-12-8) 17:00 | Austria Wien | H | 2–2 | 26,100 | Schwab 4' Ljubicic 69' | Sarkaria 3' Pichler 39' | 4th | 29 | +14 | |
| 18 | 14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 17:00 | Admira Wacker Mödling | A | 3–0 | 4,643 | Murg 2' Fountas 7' 57' | | 3rd | 32 | +17 | |
| 19 | 16 February 2020 (2020-2-16) 17:00 | WSG Tirol | H | 2–0 | 22,800 | Ullmann 1' Fountas 41' | | 3rd | 35 | +19 | |
| 20 | 23 February 2020 (2020-2-23) 14:30 | Hartberg | A | 2–2 | 5,017 | Luckeneder 40' (o.g.) Kara 90+3' | Rep 45' Luckeneder 74' | 3rd | 36 | +19 | |
| 21 | 1 March 2020 (2020-3-1) 17:00 | Mattersburg | H | 3–1 | 14,200 | Schwab 15' 78' Fountas 46' | Mahrer 37' | 3rd | 39 | +21 | |
| 22 | 7 March 2020 (2020-3-7) 17:00 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 2–2 | 5,718 | Fountas 45+1' Hofmann 90+1' | Weissman 45+3' 73' | 3rd | 40 | +21 | |
| Championship round ||||||||||||
| 23 | 3 June 2020 (2020-6-3) 20:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 0–2 | – | | Daka 9' Okafor 90+1' | 4th | 20 | +19 | |
| 24 | 7 June 2020 (2020-6-7) 19:30 | Sturm Graz | H | 4–0 | – | Arase 25' 28' Schwab 70' (pen.) Fountas 78' | | 4th | 23 | +23 | |
| 25 | 10 June 2020 (2020-6-10) 18:30 | LASK | A | 1–0 | – | Fountas 87' | | 2nd | 26 | +24 | |
| 26 | 14 June 2020 (2020-6-14) 17:00 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 2–1 | – | Kitagawa 36' Ullmann 87' | Weissman 50' | 2nd | 29 | +25 | |
| 27 | 17 June 2020 (2020-6-17) 18:30 | Hartberg | A | 1–0 | – | Fountas 24' | | 2nd | 32 | +26 | |
| 28 | 21 June 2020 (2020-6-21) 17:00 | Hartberg | H | 0–1 | – | | Tadic 42' | 2nd | 32 | +25 | |
| 29 | 24 June 2020 (2020-6-24) 20:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 2–7 | – | Kara 19' Fountas 90+2' | Okafor 22' Mwepu 30' Szoboszlai 39' Vallci 44' Ramalho 60' Junuzović 65' Hwang 79' (pen.) | 3rd | 32 | +20 | |
| 30 | 28 June 2020 (2020-6-28) 19:30 | Sturm Graz | A | 3–2 | – | Arase 51' Schwab 83' (pen.) Kara 90' | Hierländer 34' Kiteishvili 45+2' | 2nd | 35 | +21 | |
| 31 | 1 July 2020 (2020-7-1) 20:30 | LASK | H | 3–1 | – | Andrade 4' (o.g.) Fountas 45' Knasmüllner 90+1' | Klauss 72' | 2nd | 38 | +23 | |
| 32 | 5 July 2020 (2020-7-5) 17:00 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 1–3 | – | Kitagawa 75' | Schmerböck 23' Wernitznig 33' Weissman 72' | 2nd | 38 | +21 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Games postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 No spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* ↑ Points are halved after regular season

### League table
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | LASK | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* ↑ LASK were deducted 12 points due to violation of pandemic restrictions.

#### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBS | RWI | WOL | LIN | HAR | STU |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 110 | 34 | +76 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 38 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 2–7 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 43 | +26 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
| 4 | LASK | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| 5 | Hartberg (O) | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 74 | −22 | 27 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off final | 0–6 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–5 | — | 1–2 |
| 6 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 19 | | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — |
* ↑ LASK were deducted 12 regular season points for violating regulations with concern to the coronavirus. Because point totals are halved before the championship round, this resulted in a deduction of 6 championship round points. The punishment was later reduced to 4 points.

### 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 | 21 July 2019 (2019-7-21) 17:15 | USV Allerheiligen | A | 9–1 | 2,100 | Murg 3' 73' Hofmann 28' Dibon 37' Fountas 54' Knasmüllner 63' Schwab 67' Barać 88' Arase 90+2' | Bernsteiner 80' | |
| 2nd | 25 September 2019 (2019-9-25) 20:45 | RB Salzburg | H | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | 20,400 | Kitagawa 56' Schwab 66' Velimirovic 90+3' | Szoboszlai 51' Minamino 120+1' | |

## 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 | 26 July | 5 July | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 053.13 |
| ÖFB Cup | 21 July | 25 September | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 74 | 46 | +28 | 052.94 |

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Austrian Cup | Austrian Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | | Richard Strebinger | 26 | 20 | | 2 | | 22 | | 1 | |
| 21 | | Tobias Knoflach | 25 | 10+2 | | | | 10+2 | | | |
| 25 | | Paul Gartler | 22 | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 3 | | Mert Müldür | 20 | 4 | 1 | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | | Mateo Barać | 24 | 17+1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19+1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 6 | | Mario Sonnleitner | 32 | 4+3 | | | | 4+3 | | 1 | |
| 17 | | Christopher Dibon | 28 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | |
| 20 | | Maximilian Hofmann | 25 | 16+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18+2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 22 | | Filip Stojković | 26 | 19 | | 1 | | 20 | | 4 | |
| 24 | | Stephan Auer | 28 | 7+8 | | 1+1 | | 8+9 | | 2 | |
| 30 | | Leo Greiml | 17 | 9 | | | | 9 | | 3 | |
| 31 | | Maximilian Ullmann | 23 | 31 | 3 | 1 | | 32 | 3 | 4 | |
| 38 | | Adrian Hajdari | 19 | 0+2 | | | | 0+2 | | 1 | |
| 46 | | Paul Gobara | 19 | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 8 | | Stefan Schwab | 28 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | | Thomas Murg | 24 | 15+5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16+5 | 5 | 2 | |
| 13 | | Thorsten Schick | 29 | 9+8 | | 1 | | 10+8 | | 2 | |
| 14 | | Srđan Grahovac | 26 | 13+6 | | 1 | | 14+6 | | 4 | |
| 15 | | Manuel Martic | 23 | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| 16 | | Dejan Petrovič | 21 | 9+5 | | | | 9+5 | | 3 | |
| 18 | | Tamás Szántó | 23 | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | | Christoph Knasmüllner | 27 | 24+4 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 | 24+5 | 5 | | |
| 39 | | Dejan Ljubicic | 21 | 21+1 | 2 | 1 | | 22+1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 40 | | Melih Ibrahimoglu | 18 | 0+4 | | | | 0+4 | | | |
| 42 | | Lion Schuster | 18 | 0+1 | | 0+1 | | 0+2 | | | |
| 47 | | Dalibor Velimirovic | 18 | 4+2 | | 1 | | 5+2 | | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | | Nicholas Wunsch | 18 | 0+1 | | 0+1 | | 0+2 | | | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 7 | | Philipp Schobesberger | 25 | 7+4 | 2 | 1+1 | | 8+5 | 2 | | |
| 9 | | Taxiarchis Fountas | 23 | 24+4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 26+4 | 20 | 5 | |
| 27 | | Aliou Badji | 21 | 8+7 | 3 | | | 8+7 | 3 | 2 | |
| 29 | | Ercan Kara | 23 | 5+4 | 3 | | | 5+4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 32 | | Koya Kitagawa | 22 | 6+13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7+13 | 3 | 2 | |
| 36 | | Kelvin Arase | 20 | 15+10 | 5 | 0+2 | 1 | 15+12 | 6 | 2 | |
| 43 | | Dragoljub Savić | 18 | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| 48 | | Yusuf Demir | 16 | 1+5 | | | | 1+5 | | | |

### Goal scorers

| Name | Bundesliga | Cup | Total |
| Taxiarchis Fountas | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| Stefan Schwab | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Kelvin Arase | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Christoph Knasmüllner | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Thomas Murg | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Mateo Barać | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Aliou Badji | 3 | | 3 |
| Christopher Dibon | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ercan Kara | 3 | | 3 |
| Koya Kitagawa | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Maximilian Ullmann | 3 | | 3 |
| Maximilian Hofmann | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dejan Ljubicic | 2 | | 2 |
| Philipp Schobesberger | 2 | | 2 |
| Mert Müldür | 1 | | 1 |
| Own goals ||||
| Andrés Andrade Cedeño (LASK) | 1 | | 1 |
| Petar Filipović (LASK) | 1 | | 1 |
| Felix Luckeneder (TSV Hartberg) | 1 | | 1 |
| Totals | 64 | 10 | 74 |

### Disciplinary record

| Name | Bundesliga | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| Stefan Schwab | 6 | | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Dejan Ljubicic | 6 | 1 | | 7 | |
| Maximilian Hofmann | 5 | 1 | | 6 | |
| Taxiarchis Fountas | 5 | | | 5 | |
| Srđan Grahovac | 4 | | | 4 | |
| Filip Stojković | 3 | 1 | | 4 | |
| Maximilian Ullmann | 4 | | | 4 | |
| Mateo Barać | 2 | 1 | | 3 | |
| Leo Greiml | 3 | | | 3 | |
| Dejan Petrovič | 3 | | | 3 | |
| Dalibor Velimirovic | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kelvin Arase | 2 | | | 2 | |
| Stephan Auer | 2 | | | 2 | |
| Aliou Badji | 2 | | | 2 | |
| Christopher Dibon | 2 | | | 2 | |
| Koya Kitagawa | 2 | | | 2 | |
| Thomas Murg | 2 | | | 2 | |
| Thorsten Schick | 2 | | | 2 | |
| Adrian Hajdari | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Ercan Kara | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Mert Müldür | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Mario Sonnleitner | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Richard Strebinger | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Totals | 60 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 2 |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moved from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends |
| FW | Taxiarchis Fountas | 23 | SKN St. Pölten | Free Transfer | Summer | 2022 |
| MF | Thorsten Schick | 29 | BSC Young Boys | Free Transfer | Summer | 2022 |
| DF | Maximilian Ullmann | 23 | LASK | Transfer | Summer | 2022 |
| FW | Koya Kitagawa | 23 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Transfer | Summer | 2023 |
| DF | Filip Stojković | 26 | Red Star Belgrade | Transfer | Summer | 2022 |
| FW | Ercan Kara | 24 | SV Horn | Transfer | Winter | 2022 |
| MF | Dejan Petrovič | 22 | NK Aluminij | Transfer | Winter | 2023 |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moved to | Type | Transfer Window |
| FW | Andrei Ivan | 22 | FC Krasnodar | Loan return | Summer |
| FW | Deni Alar | 29 | PFC Levski Sofia | Loan | Summer |
| MF | Ivan Močinić | 26 | NK Istra 1961 | Free transfer | Summer |
| DF | Patrick Obermüller | 20 | TSV Hartberg | Loan | Summer |
| DF | Boli Bolingoli | 24 | Celtic F.C. | Transfer | Summer |
| FW | Andrija Pavlović | 25 | APOEL FC | Loan | Summer |
| DF | Manuel Thurnwald | 21 | SC Rheindorf Altach | Transfer | Summer |
| FW | Kelvin Arase | 20 | SV Ried | Loan | Summer |
| DF | Marvin Potzmann | 25 | LASK | Transfer | Summer |
| DF | Mert Müldür | 20 | U.S. Sassuolo Calcio | Transfer | Summer |
| FW | Aliou Badji | 22 | Al Ahly SC | Transfer | Winter |
| MF | Manuel Martic | 24 | NK Inter Zaprešić | Transfer | Winter |