# 2009–10 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2009–10 SK Rapid Wien season was the 112th season in club history.

## 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 | | Raimund Hedl | 34 | 14 | | 4 | | 1 | | 19 | | 2 | |
| 24 | | Helge Payer | 29 | 22 | | | | 11 | | 33 | | 1 | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | | Jürgen Patocka | 31 | 18+4 | 1 | 2 | | 8+1 | | 28+5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | | Milan Jovanovic | 31 | 4+5 | | 1 | | 4+1 | | 9+6 | | 1 | |
| 6 | | Christian Thonhofer | 24 | 12+1 | | 1 | | 1+2 | | 14+3 | | 6 | |
| 7 | | Stefan Kulovits | 26 | 16+3 | | 2+1 | | 3+2 | | 21+6 | | 6 | |
| 14 | | Markus Katzer | 29 | 26 | 4 | 2+1 | | 12 | | 40+1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 18 | | Hannes Eder | 25 | 18+1 | | 2+1 | 1 | 5 | | 25+2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 22 | | Ragnvald Soma | 29 | 33 | 1 | 3 | | 7 | | 43 | 1 | 4 | |
| 23 | | Andreas Dober | 23 | 23+5 | 1 | 4 | | 9+1 | | 36+6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | | Markus Heikkinen | 30 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | | 40 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | | Steffen Hofmann | 28 | 36 | 20 | 3 | | 12 | 5 | 51 | 25 | 5 | |
| 17 | | Veli Kavlak | 20 | 21+3 | 2 | 2 | | 7 | | 30+3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 | | Christopher Drazan | 18 | 13+17 | 2 | 3+1 | 3 | 4+6 | 1 | 20+24 | 6 | 6 | |
| 27 | | Branko Boskovic | 29 | 21+8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6+2 | | 29+10 | 4 | 4 | |
| 28 | | Christopher Trimmel | 22 | 6+18 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 4+4 | 2 | 12+23 | 8 | 3 | |
| 35 | | Yasin Pehlivan | 20 | 24+4 | | 2+1 | | 11 | | 37+5 | | 10 | 1 |
| 36 | | Muhammed Ildiz | 18 | | | | | 0+1 | | 0+1 | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Hamdi Salihi | 25 | 13+10 | 15 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 15+16 | 17 | 2 | |
| 16 | | Nikica Jelavic | 23 | 31+2 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 10+2 | 9 | 44+4 | 29 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | | René Gartler | 23 | 9+10 | 3 | 0+1 | | 0+1 | | 9+12 | 3 | | 1 |
| 33 | | Mario Konrad | 26 | 5+10 | 2 | 2+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 9+12 | 6 | 2 | |
| Players who left after the start of the season ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Stefan Maierhofer | 26 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 | 5+4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | | Erwin Hoffer | 22 | 1 | | | | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | Nikica Jelavic | 18 | 2 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | Steffen Hofmann | 20 | | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | Hamdi Salihi | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Christopher Trimmel | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Christopher Drazan | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Mario Konrad | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Branko Boskovic | 3 | 1 | | 4 |
| 7 | Markus Katzer | 4 | | | 4 |
| 7 | Stefan Maierhofer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Rene Gartler | 3 | | | 3 |
| 11 | Markus Heikkinen | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 11 | Veli Kavlak | 2 | | | 2 |
| 13 | Andreas Dober | 1 | | | 1 |
| 13 | Hannes Eder | | 1 | | 1 |
| 13 | Erwin Hoffer | | | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Jürgen Patocka | 1 | | | 1 |
| 13 | Ragnvald Soma | 1 | | | 1 |
| OG | Vidas Alunderis (LASK) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 80 | 14 | 22 | 83 |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 25.11.2009 | H | Sturm Graz | 2–1 | 17,200 | Jelavic 16', Salihi 89' (pen.) |
| 2 | 26.07.2009 | A | Mattersburg | 1–2 | 12,100 | Heikkinen 78' Pehlivan 32' , Maierhofer 72' |
| 3 | 02.08.2009 | H | Austria Kärnten | 5–1 | 13,900 | Hofmann S. 53', Konrad 65', Trimmel 85' 87' 90' |
| 4 | 09.08.2009 | A | Ried | 1–1 | 7,600 | Hofmann S. 51' |
| 5 | 23.08.2009 | H | LASK | 4–1 | 17,100 | Alunderis 9' (o.g.), Jelavic 18' 25', Hofmann S. 29' |
| 6 | 30.08.2009 | A | Austria Wien | 1–1 | 13,400 | Maierhofer 60' |
| 7 | 13.09.2009 | H | RB Salzburg | 2–2 | 17,500 | Hofmann S. 58', Salihi 84' |
| 8 | 23.09.2009 | A | Kapfenberg | 1–0 | 6,250 | Dober 77' |
| 9 | 26.09.2009 | H | Wiener Neustadt | 3–1 | 17,500 | Salihi 27' 88', Soma 80' |
| 10 | 04.10.2009 | A | Wiener Neustadt | 4–0 | 7,030 | Jelavic 10' 69', Kavlak 57', Salihi 70' |
| 11 | 18.10.2009 | A | Sturm Graz | 0–1 | 15,323 | Jelavic 90+4' |
| 12 | 25.10.2009 | H | Mattersburg | 4–0 | 17,200 | Katzer 6', Gartler R. 24', Salihi 86', Hofmann S. 90+3' |
| 13 | 28.10.2009 | A | Austria Kärnten | 3–1 | 9,000 | Drazan 82' 89', Gartler R. 85' |
| 14 | 31.10.2009 | H | Ried | 1–0 | 16,300 | Katzer 12' Gartler R. 55' |
| 15 | 08.11.2009 | A | LASK | 3–3 | 13,200 | Jelavic 1', Hofmann S. 64' (pen.), Salihi 75' |
| 16 | 22.11.2009 | H | Austria Wien | 4–1 | 17,800 | Hofmann S. 6' 47', Jelavic 17', Salihi 89' |
| 17 | 29.11.2009 | A | RB Salzburg | 0–0 | 23,600 | |
| 18 | 05.12.2009 | H | Kapfenberg | 3–1 | 15,300 | Hofmann S. 18' (pen.), Jelavic 34', Salihi 85' |
| 19 | 12.12.2009 | H | Ried | 2–1 | 15,300 | Katzer 2', Salihi 63' |
| 20 | 12.02.2010 | A | LASK | 2–4 | 9,400 | Hofmann S. 54' 90+2' (pen.) |
| 21 | 19.02.2010 | A | Wiener Neustadt | 2–2 | 6,400 | Gartler R. 15', Trimmel 46' |
| 22 | 28.02.2010 | H | RB Salzburg | 0–1 | 17,500 | |
| 23 | 07.03.2010 | A | Kapfenberg | 2–2 | 4,000 | Katzer 66', Konrad 87' |
| 24 | 14.03.2010 | H | Austria Wien | 2–0 | 17,500 | Hofmann S. 67' (pen.), Jelavic 76' |
| 25 | 20.03.2010 | A | Sturm Graz | 1–1 | 15,300 | Jelavic 83' |
| 26 | 23.03.2010 | H | Mattersburg | 3–0 | 14,800 | Patocka 48', Jelavic 59', Salihi 69' |
| 27 | 27.03.2010 | A | Austria Kärnten | 4–2 | 5,600 | Kavlak 15', Hofmann S. 28' (pen.), Trimmel 70', Jelavic 82' |
| 28 | 03.04.2010 | H | Austria Kärnten | 1–0 | 15,800 | Hofmann S. 27' Heikkinen 83' |
| 29 | 09.04.2010 | A | Ried | 3–1 | 7,200 | Boskovic 31', Jelavic 36', Hofmann S. 56' (pen.) |
| 30 | 13.04.2010 | H | LASK | 0–0 | 13,800 | |
| 31 | 17.04.2010 | H | Wiener Neustadt | 3–0 | 16,900 | Jelavic 21' 80', Hofmann S. 54' |
| 32 | 23.04.2010 | A | RB Salzburg | 1–1 | 26,800 | Hofmann S. 57' |
| 33 | 30.04.2010 | H | Kapfenberg | 5–3 | 15,200 | Jelavic 20' 57', Boskovic 41' 90+2', Hofmann S. 90+5' |
| 34 | 05.05.2010 | A | Austria Wien | 0–1 | 13,500 | |
| 35 | 09.05.2010 | H | Sturm Graz | 4–1 | 17,400 | Salihi 45', Hofmann S. 56' 66', Jelavic 76' |
| 36 | 13.05.2010 | A | Mattersburg | 3–1 | 13,400 | Salihi 17' 68' 83' |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 68 | 27 | +41 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Austria Wien | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 75 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 73 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Wiener Neustadt | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 47 | |
* ↑ per 2009–10 Austrian Cup

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1 | 15.08.2009 | A | Parndorf | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | 3,500 | Jelavic 21', Maierhofer 30', Drazan 120' |
| R2 | 20.09.2009 | A | St. Veit | 7–1 | 2,500 | Boskovic 12', Konrad 16' 63' 84', Eder H. 41', Salihi 49', Drazan 88' |
| R16 | 10.03.2010 | A | BW Linz | 2–1 | 6,500 | Drazan 47', Jelavic 69' |
| QF | 31.03.2010 | A | Austria Kärnten | 2–3 | 3,000 | Heikkinen 43', Trimmel 53' |

### Europa League
#### Qualification

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| Q2-L1 | 16.07.2009 | H | Vllaznia | 5–0 | 13,300 | Hofmann S. 33' (pen.), Jelavic 68' 73', Trimmel 83', Hoffer 85' |
| Q2-L2 | 23.07.2009 | A | Vllaznia | 3–0 | 2,000 | Hofmann S. 67' 90+3', Maierhofer 76' |
| Q3-L1 | 30.07.2009 | H | APOP Kinyras | 2–1 | 12,800 | Maierhofer 25', Jelavic 57' |
| Q3-L2 | 06.08.2009 | A | APOP Kinyras | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | 2,500 | Konrad 30', Trimmel 111' |
| PO-L1 | 20.08.2009 | H | Aston Villa | 1–0 | 17,800 | Jelavic 1' |
| PO-L2 | 27.08.2009 | A | Aston Villa | 1–2 | 23,563 | Jelavic 76' |

#### Group stage

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| G1 | 17.09.2009 | H | HSV | 3–0 | 49,850 | Hofmann S. 35', Jelavic 44', Drazan 76' |
| G2 | 01.10.2009 | A | Celtic | 1–1 | 55,000 | Jelavic 4' |
| G3 | 22.10.2009 | A | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–5 | 10,000 | Hofmann S. 31' |
| G4 | 05.11.2009 | H | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–3 | 49,000 | |
| G5 | 02.12.2009 | A | HSV | 0–2 | 45,737 | |
| G6 | 17.12.2009 | H | Celtic | 3–3 | 48,000 | Jelavic 1' 8', Salihi 19' |