# 2020–21 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2020–21 SK Rapid Wien season was the 123rd season in club history.

## Bundesliga
### League table
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 52 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

### 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 | 11 September 2020 (2020-9-11) 18:30 | Admira Wacker Mödling | H | 4–1 | 10,000 | Murg 8' Fountas 43' 73' Kitagawa 90+2' | Hausjell 80' | 1st | 3 | +3 | |
| 2 | 19 September 2020 (2020-9-19) 17:00 | Sturm Graz | A | 1–1 | 2,812 | Demir 68' | Stanković 52' | 3rd | 4 | +3 | |
| 3 | 26 September 2020 (2020-9-26) 17:00 | St. Pölten | A | 2–1 | 1,563 | Fountas 15' Kara 17' (pen.) | Hugi 6' | 2nd | 7 | +4 | |
| 4 | 4 October 2020 (2020-10-4) 17:00 | LASK | H | 3–0 | 3,000 | Murg 7' Fountas 22' Kara 90+3' | Ramsebner 66' | 2nd | 10 | +7 | |
| 5 | 25 October 2020 (2020-10-25) 17:00 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 4–3 | 1,500 | Schick 25' Kitagawa 35' Kara 76' 90+3' (pen.) | Baumgartner 47' 53' Dieng 67' | 2nd | 13 | +8 | |
| 6 | 1 November 2020 (2020-11-1) 14:30 | Rheindorf Altach | H | 3–1 | 1,500 | Knasmüllner 22' Kitagawa 54' Ritzmaier 81' | Stefel 83' | 2nd | 16 | +10 | |
| 7 | 8 November 2020 (2020-11-8) 17:00 | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 1–1 | – | Knasmüllner 85' | Koita 29' | 2nd | 17 | +10 | |
| 8 | 22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) 17:00 | Ried | A | 3–4 | – | Knasmüllner 14' 51' Reiner 65' (o.g.) | Grahovac 25' (o.g.) Gschweidl 40' Reiner 71' Grüll 87' | 3rd | 17 | +9 | |
| 9 | 29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) 17:00 | Austria Wien | H | 1–1 | – | Schick 8' | Wimmer 19' | 3rd | 18 | +9 | |
| 10 | 6 December 2020 (2020-12-6) 14:30 | Hartberg | A | 3–1 | – | Arase 2' 76' Kara 35' | Rotter 66' | 3rd | 21 | +11 | |
| 11 | 13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 14:30 | WSG Tirol | H | 0–3 | – | Stojković 49' | Schnegg 5' Petsos 29' Baden Frederiksen 90' | 4th | 21 | +8 | |
| 12 | 19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 17:00 | Admira Wacker Mödling | A | 1–0 | – | Kara 20' | | 4th | 24 | +9 | |
| 13 | 22 January 2021 (2021-1-22) 19:00 | Sturm Graz | H | 4–1 | – | Kara 7' Schick 43' Knasmüllner 50' Demir 88' | Jantscher 31' Balaj 71' | 2nd | 27 | +12 | |
| 14 | 27 January 2021 (2021-1-27) 18:30 | St. Pölten | H | 2–1 | – | Knasmüllner 16' Kara 66' | Schmidt 14' | 2nd | 30 | +13 | |
| 15 | 31 January 2021 (2021-1-31) 17:00 | LASK | A | 2–1 | – | Grahovac 19' Knasmüllner 23' | Holland 21' | 2nd | 33 | +14 | |
| 16 | 9 February 2021 (2021-2-9) 20:30 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 1–0 | – | Kara 32' | | 2nd | 36 | +15 | |
| 17 | 13 February 2021 (2021-2-13) 17:00 | Rheindorf Altach | A | 0–0 | – | | Schreiner 23' | 2nd | 37 | +15 | |
| 18 | 21 February 2021 (2021-2-21) 17:00 | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 2–4 | – | Schuster 90+1' Kara 90+4' | Daka 30' 64' 70' Adeyemi 90+2' | 2nd | 37 | +13 | |
| 19 | 27 January 2021 (2021-1-27) 17:00 | Ried | H | 1–0 | – | Demir 90' | Boateng 62' | 2nd | 40 | +14 | |
| 20 | 7 March 2021 (2021-3-7) 17:00 | Austria Wien | A | 0–0 | – | | | 2nd | 41 | +14 | |
| 21 | 14 March 2021 (2021-3-14) 17:00 | Hartberg | H | 4–0 | – | Kara 34' 49' Knasmüllner 69' Alar 88' | | 2nd | 44 | +18 | |
| 22 | 21 March 2021 (2021-3-21) 17:00 | WSG Tirol | A | 1–1 | – | Arase 74' Kara | Anselm 84' | 2nd | 45 | +18 | |
| Championship round ||||||||||||
| 23 | 4 April 2021 (2021-4-4) 14:30 | Wolfsberger AC | A | 8–1 | – | Fountas 22' 58' 61' Kara 32' Ullmann 57' Scherzer 70' (o.g.) 84' (o.g.) Demir 78' | Lochoshvili 29' Röcher 39' | 2nd | 25 | +25 | |
| 24 | 11 April 2021 (2021-4-11) 17:00 | Red Bull Salzburg | H | 0–3 | – | Hofmann 46' | Ramalho 36' Adeyemi 90+3' 90+5' | 2nd | 25 | +22 | |
| 25 | 18 April 2021 (2021-4-18) 17:00 | Sturm Graz | H | 0–0 | – | | Yeboah 39' | 2nd | 26 | +22 | |
| 26 | 21 April 2021 (2021-4-21) 20:30 | LASK | A | 1–1 | – | Knasmüllner 71' | Goiginger 63' | 2nd | 27 | +22 | |
| 27 | 25 April 2021 (2021-4-25) 14:30 | WSG Tirol | H | 4–0 | – | Behounek 21' (o.g.) Demir 81' 84' Kara 86' | | 2nd | 30 | +26 | |
| 28 | 28 April 2021 (2021-4-28) 18:30 | WSG Tirol | A | 3–2 | – | Knasmüllner 5' Arase 55' Fountas 76' | Barać 51' (o.g.) Anselm 72' | 2nd | 33 | +27 | |
| 29 | 9 May 2021 (2021-5-9) 17:00 | Wolfsberger AC | H | 1–2 | – | Ritzmaier 57' Barać 77' | Liendl 68' (pen.) Dieng 90+1' | 2nd | 33 | +26 | |
| 30 | 12 May 2021 (2021-5-12) 20:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | A | 0–2 | – | Hofmann 86' | Daka 33' 56' | 2nd | 33 | +24 | |
| 31 | 16 May 2021 (2021-5-16) 17:00 | Sturm Graz | A | 1–4 | – | Kara 20' | Kiteishvili 60' Yeboah 72' Kuen 79' Ljubic 90+2' | 2nd | 33 | +21 | |
| 32 | 22 May 2021 (2021-5-22) 17:00 | LASK | H | 3–0 | 3,000 | Fountas 47' Knasmüllner 73' 90+5' | | 2nd | 36 | +24 | |

## 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 | 30 August 2020 (2020-8-30) 17:30 | TSV St. Johann im Pongau | H | 5–0 | 1,250 | Fountas 12' 48' 50' Kara 22' Demir 89' | | |
| 2nd | 17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 17:00 | SC Wiener Neustadt | A | 5–1 | 1,250 | Knasmüllner 17' Ritzmaier 32' 70' Kara 45+1' Arase 77' | Weidinger 22' | |
| 3rd | 16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 20:30 | RB Salzburg | A | 2–6 | – | Fountas 45+1' (pen.) Ullmann 78' Hofmann 82' | Szoboszlai 16' Berisha 19' Koïta 23' Daka 74' Camara 83' (pen.) Kristensen 87' | |

## Champions League
### Champions League review

Rapid entered the Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round.

### Qualifying rounds

| 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. |
| Second qualifying round | 26 August 2020 | Lokomotiva | A | 1–0 | – | Kara 32' | | |
| Third qualifying round | 15 September 2020 | Gent | A | 1–2 | – | Demir 90+2' | Dorsch 36' Yaremchuk 59' (pen.) | |

## Europa League
### Europa League review

Rapid entered the Europa League group stage after being eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League.

### Group stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | MOL | RW | DUN |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Molde | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 7 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 0 | | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — |

#### 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 | 22 October 2020 18:55 | Arsenal | H | 1–2 | 3,000 | Fountas 51' | Luiz 70' Aubameyang 74' | 4th | 0 | |
| 2 | 29 October 2020 21:00 | Molde | A | 0–1 | 600 | | Omoijuanfo 65' | 3rd | 0 | |
| 3 | 5 November 2020 18:55 | Dundalk | H | 4–3 | – | Ljubicic 22' Arase 79' Hofmann 87' Demir 90+1' | Hoban 7' McMillan 82' (pen.) 90+6' (pen.) | 3rd | 3 | |
| 4 | 26 November 2020 21:00 | Dundalk | A | 3–1 | – | Knasmüllner 11' Kara 37' 58' | Oduwa Shields 63' (pen.) | 3rd | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 December 2020 21:00 | Arsenal | A | 1–4 | 2,000 | Kitagawa 47' | Lacazette 10' Marí 18' Nketiah 44' Smith Rowe 66' | 3rd | 6 | |
| 6 | 10 December 2020 18:55 | Molde | H | 2–2 | – | Ritzmaier 43' Ibrahimoglu 90' | Eikrem 12' 46' | 3rd | 7 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Attendance |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Rapid Wien | Opponent | Attendance |
| 1 August 2020 | ASV Draßburg | A | 4–1 | Kara 39' 41' Knasmüllner 45' Kitagawa 87' | Markić 31' (pen.) | 200 |
| 12 August 2020 | SFC Opava | N | 5–3 | Greiml 55' Kitagawa 59' Kara 69', 85' Knasmüllner 89' | Řezníček 7' Texl 37' Mondek 52' | – |
| 15 August 2020 | FC Slovan Liberec | H | 3–0 | Kara 8' Greiml 19' Fountas 58' | | – |
| 19 August 2020 | FC Juniors OÖ | H | 7–0 | | | – |
| 4 September 2020 | Grazer AK | H | 1–0 | Murg 30' | | – |
| 9 January 2021 | SV Lafnitz | H | 2–1 | Demir 38' Sulzbacher 45' | Gremsl 19' | – |
| 15 January 2021 | Admira Wacker | H | 3–1 | Fountas 15' Kara 30' Hofmann 39' Ljubicic 55' | Kerschbaum 27' | – |

## Team record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 053.13 |
| ÖFB Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Champions League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 033.33 |
| Total | 43 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 89 | 62 | +27 | 051.16 |

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Austrian Cup | Austrian Cup | UEFA Competitions | UEFA Competitions | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Richard Strebinger | 27 | 25 | | 2 | | 4 | | 31 | | 1 | | |
| 21 | | Bernhard Unger | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | | Paul Gartler | 23 | 7 | | 1 | | 4 | | 12 | | | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||
| 4 | | Mateo Barać | 25 | 25+2 | | 1+1 | | 5+1 | | 31+4 | | 5 | | 1 |
| 6 | | Mario Sonnleitner | 33 | 1+5 | | 1+2 | | 1+1 | | 3+8 | | 2 | | |
| 17 | | Christopher Dibon | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | | Maximilian Hofmann | 26 | 22 | | 3 | | 7 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | | Filip Stojković | 27 | 27+2 | | 2 | | 7 | | 36+2 | | 10 | | 1 |
| 30 | | Leo Greiml | 18 | 15+6 | | 2 | | 4 | | 21+6 | | 9 | | |
| 31 | | Maximilian Ullmann | 24 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | | 43 | 2 | 4 | | |
| 37 | | Lukas Sulzbacher | 20 | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | | 0+2 | | | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||
| 8 | | Marcel Ritzmaier | 27 | 18+6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 24+6 | 5 | 2 | | |
| 10 | | Thomas Murg | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | 7 | 2 | 1 | | |
| 13 | | Thorsten Schick | 30 | 24+5 | 3 | 2+1 | | 4+3 | | 30+9 | 3 | 4 | | |
| 14 | | Srđan Grahovac | 27 | 11+15 | 1 | 1+1 | | 4+3 | | 16+19 | 1 | 4 | | |
| 16 | | Dejan Petrovič | 22 | 24 | | 2+1 | | 3 | | 29+1 | | 6 | | |
| 18 | | Tamás Szántó | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | | Christoph Knasmüllner | 28 | 16+11 | 12 | 2+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 21+15 | 14 | 2 | | |
| 36 | | Kelvin Arase | 21 | 13+11 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 20+14 | 6 | 2 | | |
| 39 | | Dejan Ljubicic | 22 | 23+1 | | 2 | | 5 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 2 | | |
| 40 | | Melih Ibrahimoglu | 19 | 1+1 | | 0+1 | | 1+2 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 42 | | Lion Schuster | 19 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+1 | | 1+1 | | 6+7 | 1 | 2 | | |
| 43 | | Dragoljub Savić | 19 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | | |
| 48 | | Yusuf Demir | 17 | 6+19 | 6 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+4 | 2 | 7+25 | 9 | 1 | | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||
| 7 | | Philipp Schobesberger | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | | Taxiarchis Fountas | 24 | 20+4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 26+5 | 14 | 6 | | |
| 19 | | Deni Alar | 30 | 0+4 | 1 | | | 1 | | 1+4 | 1 | | | |
| 29 | | Ercan Kara | 24 | 28+4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7+1 | 3 | 38+5 | 20 | 5 | | |
| 32 | | Koya Kitagawa | 23 | 5+13 | 3 | 0+3 | | 2+5 | 1 | 7+21 | 4 | 1 | | |

### Goal scorers

| Name | Bundesliga | Cup | International | Total |
| Ercan Kara | 15 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| Taxiarchis Fountas | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Christoph Knasmüllner | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Yusuf Demir | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Kelvin Arase | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Marcel Ritzmaier | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Koya Kitagawa | 3 | | 1 | 4 |
| Thorsten Schick | 3 | | | 3 |
| Thomas Murg | 2 | | | 2 |
| Maximilian Ullmann | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Deni Alar | 1 | | | 1 |
| Srđan Grahovac | 1 | | | 1 |
| Maximilian Hofmann | | | 1 | 1 |
| Melih Ibrahimoglu | | | 1 | 1 |
| Dejan Ljubicic | | | 1 | 1 |
| Lion Schuster | 1 | | | 1 |
| Own goals |||||
| Jonathan Scherzer (Wolfsberger AC) | 2 | | | |
| Raffael Behounek (WSG Swarovski Tirol) | 1 | | | |
| Constantin Reiner (SV Ried) | 1 | | | |
| Totals | 64 | 12 | 13 | 89 |

### Disciplinary record

| Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Cup | Cup | International | Total | Total | Total |
| Maximilian Hofmann | 7 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Filip Stojković | 7 | | 1 | | | 3 | 10 | | 1 |
| Leo Greiml | 7 | | | | | 2 | 9 | | |
| Mateo Barać | 4 | | 1 | | | 1 | 5 | | 1 |
| Taxiarchis Fountas | 4 | | | | | 2 | 6 | | |
| Dejan Petrovič | 6 | | | | | | 6 | | |
| Ercan Kara | 3 | | | 1 | | 1 | 5 | | |
| Srđan Grahovac | 2 | | | | | 2 | 4 | | |
| Thorsten Schick | 3 | | | | | 1 | 4 | | |
| Maximilian Ullmann | 3 | | | | | 1 | 4 | | |
| Kelvin Arase | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| Christoph Knasmüllner | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| Dejan Ljubicic | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| Marcel Ritzmaier | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| Lion Schuster | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| Mario Sonnleitner | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | |
| Yusuf Demir | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| Melih Ibrahimoglu | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Koya Kitagawa | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Thomas Murg | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Richard Strebinger | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Totals | 56 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 80 | 2 | 3 |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moved from | Type | Transfer Window |
| FW | Deni Alar | 30 | PFC Levski Sofia | Loan return | Summer |
| FW | Andrija Pavlović | 26 | APOEL FC | Loan return | Summer |
| GK | Bernhard Unger | 21 | SV Mattersburg | Free transfer | Summer |
| MF | Marcel Ritzmaier | 27 | Barnsley F.C. | Loan | Summer |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moved to | Type | Transfer Window |
| DF | Stephan Auer | 29 | Admira Wacker | Free agent | Summer |
| MF | Stefan Schwab | 29 | PAOK FC | Free agent | Summer |
| GK | Tobias Knoflach | 26 | unknown | Free agent | Summer |
| FW | Andrija Pavlović | 26 | Brøndby IF | Transfer | Summer |
| MF | Thomas Murg | 25 | PAOK FC | Transfer | Summer |
| MF | Melih Ibrahimoglu | 20 | Heracles Almelo | Transfer | Winter |