# 1977–78 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1977–78 SK Rapid Wien season was the 80th season in club history.

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| | Peter Barthold | 23 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| | Herbert Feurer | 23 | 35 | | 3 | | 2 | | 40 | | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| | Wolfgang Augustin | 19 | 9+4 | | 0+1 | | 2 | | 11+5 | | | |
| | Christian Kautzky | 19 | 16+5 | | | | 1 | | 17+5 | | | 1 |
| | Erich Lisak | 20 | 3+4 | | 0+1 | | | | 3+5 | | 1 | |
| | Egon Pajenk | 26 | 35+1 | 3 | 3 | | 2 | | 40+1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| | Peter Persidis | 30 | 31 | 1 | 3 | | 1 | | 35 | 1 | 3 | |
| | Johann Pregesbauer | 19 | 25+1 | | 2 | | 2 | | 29+1 | | 4 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| | Geza Gallos | 28 | 21+2 | 1 | 1+1 | | 2 | | 24+3 | 1 | | |
| | Helmut Kirisits | 23 | 33 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | | 38 | 2 | 6 | |
| | Emil Krause | 26 | 24 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | | 28 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Armin Kuhnert | 19 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| | Trifun Mihajlovic | 29 | 2+4 | | | | 0+1 | | 2+5 | | | |
| | Werner Walzer | 29 | 36 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 2 | |
| | Heinz Weiss | 17 | 1+1 | | 2 | | | | 3+1 | | | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| | Robert Bauerstätter | 18 | 0+2 | | | | | | 0+2 | | | |
| | Hans Krankl | 24 | 36 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 41 | 42 | 4 | 1 |
| | Bernd Krauss | 20 | 35+1 | 4 | 2 | | 2 | | 39+1 | 4 | | |
| | Johann Krejcirik | 25 | 31+3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | | 34+4 | 13 | 6 | |
| | Paul Pawlek | 20 | 22+3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | 25+3 | 7 | | |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 09.08.1977 | A | VÖEST Linz | 1-1 | 6,000 | Krankl 14' |
| 2 | 13.08.1977 | H | LASK | 1-0 | 4,500 | Kirisits 32' |
| 3 | 26.08.1977 | A | Sturm Graz | 3-1 | 13,000 | Krankl 3' 50', Pajenk 88' |
| 4 | 30.08.1977 | H | GAK | 1-1 | 7,000 | Persidis 51' |
| 5 | 02.09.1977 | A | Wiener SC | 7-2 | 10,000 | Krankl 10' (pen.) 48' 82', Krauss 38' 54', Walzer 61', Krejcirik 84' |
| 6 | 06.09.1977 | H | Vienna | 0-1 | 9,500 | |
| 7 | 09.09.1977 | A | Admira | 0-2 | 7,000 | |
| 8 | 30.09.1977 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 0-0 | 6,500 | |
| 9 | 04.10.1977 | A | Austria Wien | 2-3 | 11,500 | Krauss 69', Pajenk 86' |
| 10 | 14.10.1977 | H | VÖEST Linz | 4-0 | 3,500 | Krejcirik 6', Krankl 48' (pen.) 76' 78' |
| 11 | 22.10.1977 | A | LASK | 3-1 | 4,000 | Krankl 46' 65' 68' |
| 12 | 05.11.1977 | H | Sturm Graz | 2-2 | 6,000 | Krankl 18', Krause 20' |
| 13 | 09.11.1977 | A | GAK | 2-4 | 3,700 | Hohenwarter 75' (o.g.), Krankl 88' |
| 14 | 12.11.1977 | H | Wiener SC | 1-2 | 6,000 | Krankl 84' |
| 15 | 19.11.1977 | A | Vienna | 0-0 | 5,000 | Kautzky 43', Krankl 53' |
| 16 | 26.11.1977 | H | Admira | 3-1 | 2,000 | Krankl 17' 48', Krauss 90' |
| 17 | 03.12.1977 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 0-2 | 5,000 | |
| 18 | 11.12.1977 | H | Austria Wien | 0-1 | 5,000 | |
| 19 | 17.12.1977 | A | VÖEST Linz | 0-2 | 2,500 | |
| 20 | 14.01.1978 | H | LASK | 6-0 | 2,500 | Krejcirik 12' 53' 75', Krankl 22' 44' 77' (pen.) |
| 21 | 22.01.1978 | A | Sturm Graz | 1-1 | 3,000 | Krejcirik 15' |
| 22 | 28.01.1978 | H | GAK | 1-1 | 2,500 | Pawlek P. 35' |
| 23 | 04.02.1978 | A | Wiener SC | 1-1 | 3,500 | Pawlek P. 60' |
| 24 | 11.02.1978 | H | Vienna | 4-1 | 2,300 | Krankl 35' (pen.) 89', Krejcirik 40', Walzer 47' |
| 25 | 18.02.1978 | A | Admira | 5-1 | 3,000 | Pawlek P. 21' 64', Krejcirik 36', Krankl 66' 84' |
| 26 | 25.02.1978 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 3-1 | 7,000 | Kirisits 7', Pawlek P. 78', Krankl 83' |
| 27 | 05.03.1978 | A | Austria Wien | 0-3 | 15,000 | Pajenk 84' |
| 28 | 11.03.1978 | H | VÖEST Linz | 2-1 | 4,000 | Krankl 8' 43' |
| 29 | 18.03.1978 | A | LASK | 6-0 | 3,200 | Krankl 18' (pen.) 60' 66', Krejcirik 53' 64', Schweinzer 72' (o.g.) |
| 30 | 25.03.1978 | H | Sturm Graz | 4-1 | 6,500 | Krejcirik 2', Krankl 23', Gallos 71', Weber 73' (o.g.) |
| 31 | 31.03.1978 | A | GAK | 2-1 | 7,000 | Krankl 8' 75' |
| 32 | 08.04.1978 | H | Wiener SC | 3-2 | 9,000 | Krankl 11' (pen.) 41', Krejcirik 68' |
| 33 | 15.04.1978 | A | Vienna | 1-2 | 8,000 | Krankl 59' |
| 34 | 22.04.1978 | H | Admira | 6-0 | 6,000 | Krankl 3' 25' (pen.) 60' (pen.) 77' 83', Pawlek P. 17' |
| 35 | 29.04.1978 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 1-1 | 10,000 | Pajenk 74' |
| 36 | 06.05.1978 | H | Austria Wien | 0-0 | 12,000 | |

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R2 | 08.12.1977 | A | Stockerau | 2-0 | 2,000 | Pawlek P. 23', Krejcirik 73' |
| R3 | 26.12.1977 | A | Kapfenberg | 1-1 (6-5 p) | 3,500 | Krankl 31' |
| QF | 14.03.1978 | A | VÖEST Linz | 0-2 | 3,000 | |

### UEFA Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1-L1 | 14.09.1977 | H | Inter Bratislava | 1-0 | 10,000 | Walzer 64' |
| R1-L2 | 28.09.1977 | A | Inter Bratislava | 0-3 | 8,000 | |