# 2010–11 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2010–11 SK Rapid Wien season was the 113th 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 | 35 | 21 | | | | 11 | | 32 | | 1 | |
| 24 | | Helge Payer | 30 | 15 | | 4 | | 1 | | 20 | | 1 | |
| 30 | | Lukas Königshofer | 21 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | | Jürgen Patocka | 32 | 12+4 | 2 | 2 | | 6+3 | | 20+7 | 2 | 5 | |
| 6 | | Mario Sonnleitner | 23 | 30 | 3 | 3 | | 11 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | | Markus Katzer | 30 | 31+1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 44+1 | 3 | 10 | |
| 22 | | Ragnvald Soma | 30 | 32 | 1 | 4 | | 8 | | 44 | 1 | 5 | |
| 23 | | Andreas Dober | 24 | 3+6 | | 3 | | 3+4 | | 9+10 | | 3 | |
| 25 | | Tanju Kayhan | 20 | 30 | | 3+1 | | 10 | | 43+1 | | 10 | 1 |
| 36 | | Michael Schimpelsberger | 19 | 4+2 | | | | | | 4+2 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | | Stefan Kulovits | 27 | 15+2 | 1 | 4+1 | | 5+1 | | 24+4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | | Markus Heikkinen | 31 | 30 | 2 | | | 9 | | 39 | 2 | 9 | |
| 11 | | Steffen Hofmann | 29 | 23+2 | 5 | 4 | | 8 | 3 | 35+2 | 8 | 7 | |
| 16 | | Boris Prokopic | 22 | 11+1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 12+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | | Veli Kavlak | 21 | 20+1 | | 2+1 | | 9+1 | 1 | 31+3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 19 | | Christopher Drazan | 19 | 16+7 | 1 | 1+1 | | 4+4 | | 21+12 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 21 | | Christoph Saurer | 24 | 13+9 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 6+2 | | 22+13 | 3 | 2 | |
| 26 | | Thomas Hinum | 22 | 6+5 | | 2+1 | | 3+2 | | 11+8 | | 1 | |
| 28 | | Christopher Trimmel | 23 | 5+23 | 1 | 2+2 | | 5+5 | 2 | 12+30 | 3 | | |
| 35 | | Yasin Pehlivan | 21 | 19+1 | 1 | 3+1 | | 6 | | 28+2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Hamdi Salihi | 26 | 26+6 | 18 | 4+1 | 6 | 4+3 | 1 | 34+10 | 25 | 4 | |
| 10 | | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | 31 | 9+1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 11+2 | 4 | 5 | |
| 15 | | Atdhe Nuhiu | 20 | 10+18 | 5 | 0+2 | 1 | 5+3 | 2 | 15+23 | 8 | 2 | |
| 20 | | René Gartler | 24 | 10+6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3+5 | 3 | 16+11 | 9 | | |
| 27 | | Vasil Kuleski | 17 | 0+2 | | | | | | 0+2 | | | |
| 33 | | Mario Konrad | 27 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Players who left after the start of the season ||||||||||||||
| 16 | | Nikica Jelavic | 24 | 4 | 2 | | | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| 18 | | Hannes Eder | 26 | 1+2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 3+2 | | 1 | |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | Hamdi Salihi | 18 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Rene Gartler | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Steffen Hofmann | 5 | | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Atdhe Nuhiu | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Nikica Jelavic | 2 | | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Mario Sonnleitner | 3 | | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Markus Katzer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Christoph Saurer | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
| 8 | Christopher Trimmel | 1 | | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Markus Heikkinen | 2 | | | 2 |
| 11 | Jürgen Patocka | 2 | | | 2 |
| 13 | Christopher Drazan | 1 | | | 1 |
| 13 | Veli Kavlak | | | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Stefan Kulovits | 1 | | | 1 |
| 13 | Yasin Pehlivan | 1 | | | 1 |
| 13 | Boris Prokopic | 1 | | | 1 |
| 13 | Ragnvald Soma | 1 | | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 52 | 12 | 19 | 83 |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 18.07.2010 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 0–4 | 13,600 | |
| 2 | 25.07.2010 | H | Wiener Neustadt | 1–2 | 15,500 | Jelavic 73' |
| 3 | 01.08.2010 | H | RB Salzburg | 2–1 | 17,500 | Saurer 49', Hofmann S. 90+3' |
| 4 | 08.08.2010 | A | Sturm Graz | 2–0 | 15,300 | Patocka 29', Jelavic 81' Sonnleitner 72' |
| 5 | 22.08.2010 | H | Mattersburg | 2–0 | 16,700 | Sonnleitner 13', Salihi 90+1' |
| 6 | 29.08.2010 | A | LASK | 0–1 | 9,800 | |
| 7 | 12.09.2010 | H | Austria Wien | 0–1 | 17,500 | |
| 8 | 22.09.2010 | A | Ried | 1–3 | 7,600 | Vennegoor of Hesselink 13' |
| 9 | 25.09.2010 | H | Kapfenberg | 3–2 | 15,000 | Salihi 19' 61', Vennegoor of Hesselink 90+3' |
| 10 | 03.10.2010 | A | Kapfenberg | 0–0 | 6,500 | |
| 11 | 16.10.2010 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 1–1 | 17,500 | Hofmann S. 59' Kavlak 29' |
| 12 | 24.10.2010 | A | Wiener Neustadt | 1–1 | 7,100 | Katzer 22' Kayhan 51' |
| 13 | 31.10.2010 | A | RB Salzburg | 1–1 | 20,100 | Heikkinen 87' |
| 14 | 07.11.2010 | H | Sturm Graz | 3–1 | 17,500 | Sonnleitner 3', Gartler R. 60' 83' |
| 15 | 13.11.2010 | A | Mattersburg | 2–2 | 10,700 | Pehlivan 47', Nuhiu 90+3' |
| 16 | 20.11.2010 | H | LASK | 5–0 | 15,200 | Salihi 11' 45' 87' 89', Gartler R. 78' |
| 17 | 28.11.2010 | A | Austria Wien | 1–0 | 13,100 | Salihi 51' |
| 18 | 05.12.2010 | H | Ried | 3–0 | 14,800 | Patocka 38', Sonnleitner 53', Nuhiu 59' |
| 19 | 11.12.2010 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 3–3 | 14,300 | Salihi 17' 65', Gartler R. 50' |
| 20 | 12.02.2011 | A | Wiener Neustadt | 0–2 | 5,500 | |
| 21 | 20.02.2011 | A | RB Salzburg | 1–1 | 15,800 | Soma 71' Drazan 47', Prokopic 70' |
| 22 | 26.02.2011 | H | Kapfenberg | 2–0 | 14,400 | Nuhiu 52', Trimmel 68' |
| 23 | 01.03.2011 | A | Mattersburg | 0–1 | 5,200 | |
| 24 | 06.03.2011 | H | Ried | 2–0 | 14,600 | Salihi 15' 46' |
| 25 | 13.03.2011 | A | Austria Wien | 1–0 | 13,100 | Salihi 72' |
| 26 | 19.03.2011 | H | LASK | 0–0 | 16,200 | |
| 27 | 02.04.2011 | A | Sturm Graz | 3–3 | 15,323 | Prokopic 12', Salihi 34' (pen.), Hofmann S. 55' |
| 28 | 09.04.2011 | H | Sturm Graz | 0–2 | 17,500 | |
| 29 | 16.04.2011 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 3–0 | 13,700 | Salihi 10' (pen.), Drazan 63', Hofmann S. 70' |
| 30 | 23.04.2011 | H | Wiener Neustadt | 4–1 | 15,600 | Salihi 31' 68' (pen.), Hofmann S. 82', Saurer 90+2' |
| 31 | 01.05.2011 | H | RB Salzburg | 1–2 | 17,500 | Nuhiu 84' |
| 32 | 07.05.2011 | A | Kapfenberg | 1–1 | 4,500 | Kulovits 10' Kulovits 78' |
| 33 | 11.05.2011 | H | Mattersburg | 0–0 | 12,400 | |
| 34 | 14.05.2011 | A | Ried | 1–2 | 6,200 | Nuhiu 74' |
| 35 | 22.05.2011 | H | Austria Wien | 0–3 | 17,500 | |
| 36 | 25.05.2011 | A | LASK | 2–1 | 5,900 | Heikkinen 35', Salihi 48' |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Ried | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 53 | |
| 6 | Wacker Innsbruck | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 50 | |
| 7 | Wiener Neustadt | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 50 | |
* ↑ As winners of the 2010–11 Austrian Cup.
* ↑ According to the competition rules of the Austrian FA, Rapid will always be ranked below any club with equal points due to the forced suspension of a match by the club.

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1 | 14.08.2010 | A | Rapid II | 5–2 | 4,100 | Gartler R. 16', Salihi 22' 50' 51', Saurer 85' |
| R2 | 19.09.2010 | A | Austria Wien II | 1–1 (4–3 p) | 3,200 | Gartler R. 10' |
| R16 | 10.11.2010 | H | Hartberg | 3–0 | 6,800 | Salihi 47' (pen.) 69', Nuhiu 84' |
| QF | 20.04.2011 | H | Mattersburg | 2–0 | 11,200 | Vennegoor of Hesselink 10', Katzer 69' |
| SF | 04.05.2011 | A | Ried | 1–2 | 5,000 | Salihi 36' |

### Europa League
#### Qualification

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| Q2-L1 | 15.07.2010 | A | Suduva | 2–0 | 4,000 | Hofmann S. 12', Trimmel 81' |
| Q2-L2 | 22.07.2010 | H | Suduva | 4–2 | 11,800 | Jelavic 20' 90', Gartler R. 86' 89' |
| Q3-L1 | 29.07.2010 | A | Beroe | 1–1 | 5,000 | Hofmann S. 45+1' (pen.) |
| Q3-L2 | 03.08.2010 | H | Beroe | 3–0 | 11,700 | Jelavic 5' 60', Katzer 71' |
| PO-L1 | 19.08.2010 | H | Aston Villa | 1–1 | 17,500 | Nuhiu 32' |
| PO-L2 | 26.08.2010 | A | Aston Villa | 3–2 | 30,000 | Nuhiu 52', Sonnleitner 78', Gartler R. 81' |

#### Group stage

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| G1 | 16.09.2010 | A | Porto | 0–3 | 30,004 | |
| G2 | 30.09.2010 | H | Besiktas | 1–2 | 50,000 | Kavlak 51' |
| G3 | 21.10.2010 | A | CSKA Sofia | 2–0 | 12,000 | Vennegoor of Hesselink 28', Hofmann S. 32' |
| G4 | 04.11.2010 | H | CSKA Sofia | 1–2 | 50,000 | Salihi 56' (pen.) |
| G5 | 02.12.2010 | H | Porto | 1–3 | 47,600 | Trimmel 39' |
| G6 | 15.12.2010 | A | Besiktas | 0–2 | 20,000 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | BJK | RPD | CSS |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |