# 2007–08 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2007–08 SK Rapid Wien season was the 110th season in club history.

## Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | UEFA Competitions | UEFA Competitions | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | | Raimund Hedl | 32 | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| 24 | | Helge Payer | 27 | 36 | | 8 | | 44 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | | Mario Tokic | 31 | 21+1 | 1 | 5 | | 26+1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | | Jürgen Patocka | 29 | 35 | 2 | 7 | | 42 | 2 | 8 | |
| 4 | | Martin Hiden | 34 | 11+6 | 2 | 6 | | 17+6 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | | Christian Thonhofer | 22 | 24+2 | | 4+1 | | 28+3 | | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | | Markus Katzer | 27 | 15+2 | 3 | 3+1 | | 18+3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 16 | | Mario Sara | 25 | 3+1 | | 3+1 | | 6+2 | | 1 | |
| 18 | | Hannes Eder | 23 | 11+3 | 2 | 0+4 | | 11+7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | | Andreas Dober | 21 | 23+1 | 4 | 4+1 | | 27+2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 32 | | Stephan Palla | 18 | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | | Stefan Kulovits | 24 | 14+9 | 1 | 1+2 | | 15+11 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | | Markus Heikkinen | 28 | 28 | 1 | 8 | | 36 | 1 | 5 | |
| 11 | | Steffen Hofmann | 26 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 18 | 3 | |
| 14 | | Ümit Korkmaz | 21 | 22+9 | 2 | 4+2 | | 26+11 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 | | Veli Kavlak | 18 | 20+7 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 23+8 | 3 | 5 | |
| 22 | | Georg Harding | 25 | 3+7 | | 0+2 | | 3+9 | | 4 | |
| 27 | | Branko Boskovic | 27 | 28+6 | 8 | 8 | | 36+6 | 8 | 7 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | | Stefan Maierhofer | 24 | 6+5 | 7 | | | 6+5 | 7 | 5 | |
| 10 | | Mario Bazina | 31 | 30+4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 38+4 | 12 | 1 | |
| 20 | | Fabiano de Lima Campos Maria | 21 | 3+14 | | 1+2 | 1 | 4+16 | 1 | 2 | |
| 21 | | Erwin Hoffer | 20 | 16+13 | 10 | 0+2 | | 16+15 | 10 | 2 | |
| Players who left after the start of the season ||||||||||||
| 9 | | Mate Bilic | 26 | 11+8 | 5 | 7+1 | 2 | 18+9 | 7 | 6 | |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Steffen Hofmann | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Mario Bazina | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Erwin Hoffer | 10 | | 10 |
| 4 | Branko Boskovic | 8 | | 8 |
| 5 | Mate Bilic | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Stefan Maierhofer | 7 | | 7 |
| 7 | Andreas Dober | 4 | | 4 |
| 8 | Markus Katzer | 3 | | 3 |
| 8 | Veli Kavlak | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Hannes Eder | 2 | | 2 |
| 10 | Martin Hiden | 2 | | 2 |
| 10 | Ümit Korkmaz | 2 | | 2 |
| 10 | Jürgen Patocka | 2 | | 2 |
| 14 | Fabiano | | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Markus Heikkinen | 1 | | 1 |
| 14 | Stefan Kulovits | 1 | | 1 |
| 14 | Mario Tokic | 1 | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 69 | 15 | 84 |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 11.07.2007 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 3–1 | 14,400 | Patocka 31', Boskovic 87', Hofmann S. 90+4' Eder H. 67' |
| 2 | 25.07.2007 | A | Mattersburg | 2–3 | 15,500 | Bilic 4', Katzer 44' |
| 3 | 01.08.2007 | A | Altach | 1–0 | 7,100 | Bazina 61' (pen.) |
| 4 | 08.08.2007 | H | Austria Kärnten | 4–0 | 14,200 | Bazina 4', Katzer 32', Bilic 50', Boskovic 90+1' |
| 5 | 05.08.2007 | H | Austria Wien | 0–0 | 15,600 | |
| 6 | 12.08.2007 | A | LASK | 0–2 | 15,500 | |
| 7 | 19.08.2007 | H | RB Salzburg | 1–0 | 17,500 | Katzer 78' |
| 8 | 25.08.2007 | A | Ried | 3–0 | 7,200 | Boskovic 26', Hofmann S. 76', Bilic 90+4' |
| 9 | 02.09.2007 | A | Sturm Graz | 0–1 | 12,280 | |
| 10 | 15.09.2007 | H | Sturm Graz | 1–5 | 16,700 | Bazina 72' |
| 11 | 23.09.2007 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 1–1 | 7,600 | Hiden Mart. 77' |
| 12 | 26.09.2007 | H | Mattersburg | 1–0 | 12,000 | Bilic 2' |
| 13 | 29.09.2007 | H | Altach | 0–2 | 11,800 | |
| 14 | 07.10.2007 | A | Austria Kärnten | 2–1 | 20,800 | Kavlak 61', Bazina 71' |
| 15 | 21.10.2007 | A | Austria Wien | 2–2 | 10,800 | Kulovits 8', Bilic 70' |
| 16 | 26.10.2007 | H | LASK | 4–4 | 14,900 | Hiden Mart. 38', Dober 57', Kavlak 69', Patocka 83' |
| 17 | 30.10.2007 | A | RB Salzburg | 1–2 | 13,500 | Boskovic 86' |
| 18 | 03.11.2007 | H | Ried | 4–0 | 13,300 | Bazina 28', Hofmann S. 67' (pen.), Dober 70', Hoffer 78' |
| 19 | 10.11.2007 | H | Mattersburg | 3–1 | 13,100 | Dober 29', Bazina 49', Hofmann S. 81' (pen.) |
| 20 | 25.11.2007 | A | Austria Wien | 0–0 | 11,000 | |
| 21 | 01.12.2007 | H | RB Salzburg | 1–3 | 14,900 | Tokic 29' |
| 22 | 08.12.2007 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 1–1 | 11,000 | Heikkinen 77' |
| 23 | 16.12.2007 | H | LASK | 2–0 | 14,200 | Bazina 66', Hofmann S. 90+4' |
| 24 | 16.02.2008 | A | Austria Kärnten | 2–0 | 13,800 | Hoffer 80' 84' |
| 25 | 24.02.2008 | A | Altach | 1–2 | 8,000 | Boskovic 69' |
| 26 | 27.02.2008 | H | Ried | 4–0 | 13,600 | Hoffer 4', Boskovic 58', Dober 63', Eder H. 75' |
| 27 | 02.03.2008 | A | Sturm Graz | 2–0 | 15,322 | Maierhofer 67', Bazina 86' |
| 28 | 07.03.2008 | H | Sturm Graz | 2–1 | 17,500 | Bazina 35', Hofmann S. 82' (pen.) |
| 29 | 14.03.2008 | A | Mattersburg | 0–1 | 9,500 | Thonhofer 72' |
| 30 | 18.03.2008 | H | Austria Wien | 2–0 | 16,800 | Maierhofer 66' 82' |
| 31 | 23.03.2008 | A | RB Salzburg | 7–0 | 20,600 | Hoffer 7' 30' 46', Maierhofer 9' 17', Korkmaz 12', Hofmann S. 90+1' |
| 32 | 29.03.2008 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 4–1 | 17,500 | Maierhofer 20', Hofmann S. 43' (pen.), Eder H. 45', Boskovic 61' |
| 33 | 06.04.2008 | A | LASK | 2–1 | 18,200 | Hofmann S. 53' (pen.), Korkmaz 67' |
| 34 | 11.04.2008 | H | Austria Kärnten | 2–1 | 17,500 | Hofmann S. 27', Hoffer 86' |
| 35 | 20.04.2008 | H | Altach | 3–0 | 18,400 | Boskovic 7', Maierhofer 10', Hoffer 31' |
| 36 | 26.04.2008 | A | Ried | 1–0 | 7,600 | Hoffer 31' |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rapid Wien (C) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 63 | 42 | +21 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 36 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 56 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Mattersburg | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 53 | |
* ↑ According to the UEFA coefficients, only the 2nd place team would qualify for the UEFA Cup Qualification. This season, however, the UEFA Cup Qualification spot that would usually be awarded to the Austrian Cup winner will be given to the 3rd place team of the Bundesliga.

### Intertoto Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R2-L1 | 07.07.2007 | H | Slovan Bratislava | 3–1 | 12,600 | Hofmann S. 31' 53', Bazina 38' |
| R2-L2 | 14.07.2007 | A | Slovan Bratislava | 0–1 | 6,000 | Kulovits 75' |
| R3-L1 | 21.07.2007 | H | Rubin Kazan | 3–1 | 10,200 | Hofmann S. 70' 90+3', Bilic 80' (pen.) |
| R3-L2 | 29.07.2007 | A | Rubin Kazan | 0–0 | 15,000 | |

### UEFA Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| Q2-L1 | 16.08.2007 | A | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–0 | 4,000 | Fabiano 21', Hofmann S. 39', Bazina 54' |
| Q2-L2 | 30.08.2007 | H | Dinamo Tbilisi | 5–0 | 12,600 | Bazina 30', Bilic 54', Hofmann S. 60' 76' (pen.), Kavlak 73' |
| R1-L1 | 20.09.2007 | A | Anderlecht | 1–1 | 15,500 | Hofmann S. 82' |
| R1-L2 | 04.10.2007 | H | Anderlecht | 0–1 | 17,500 | |