# 2012–13 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2012–13 SK Rapid Wien season was the 115th season in club history.

## Review and events

Rapid Wien gave a contract extension to midfielder Boris Prokopič during the off-season. Rapid Wien started pre-season on 6 June 2012. Rapid hired Helmut Schulte as the new Sporting Director. However, fans were critical of the hiring and don't want him as Sporting Director.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League table
##### Overall league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Austria Wien (C) | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 84 | 31 | +53 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 91 | 39 | +52 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 47 | |

##### Summary table

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2013. Source: Bundesliga.at (Home) and Bundesliga.at (Away)

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage
##### Group results
##### Group table
###### Final group table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 |
| Rosenborg BK | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 |
| Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 |

###### Group table summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 December 2012. Source: UEFA.com

## Squad
### Squad and statistics

As of 28 May 2013
| 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 | | Ján Novota | 28 | 10 | | 4 | | 1 | | 15 | | 1 | |
| 31 | | Lukas Königshofer | 23 | 26 | | | | 9 | | 35 | | 3 | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | | Thomas Schrammel | 24 | 16+2 | | 2+1 | | 3+3 | 1 | 21+6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | | Mario Sonnleitner | 25 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | | 47 | 4 | 4 | |
| 14 | | Markus Katzer | 32 | 21+2 | 2 | 2 | | 7 | 1 | 30+2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 28 | | Christopher Trimmel | 25 | 29+2 | 4 | 3+1 | | 8+1 | | 40+4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 35 | | Gerson | 20 | 26 | | 2 | | 9 | | 37 | | 4 | |
| 36 | | Michael Schimpelsberger | 21 | 16 | | 2 | | 5+1 | | 23+1 | | 10 | |
| 37 | | Lukas Denner | 21 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| 38 | | Maximilian Hofmann | 18 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | | Stefan Kulovits | 29 | 14+9 | 1 | 4 | | 3+4 | | 21+13 | 1 | 10 | |
| 8 | | Markus Heikkinen | 33 | 17+9 | | 1 | | 9 | | 27+9 | | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | | Steffen Hofmann | 31 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 2 | |
| 21 | | Louis Schaub | 17 | 6+10 | 2 | 1 | | | | 7+10 | 2 | 3 | |
| 23 | | Thomas Prager | 26 | 6+4 | | 2+1 | 1 | 3+2 | | 11+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | | Marcel Sabitzer | 18 | 10+6 | 3 | 1 | | | | 11+6 | 3 | 2 | |
| 25 | | Dominik Wydra | 18 | 13+4 | 1 | 0+1 | | 2+1 | | 15+6 | 1 | 5 | |
| 26 | | Lukas Grozurek | 20 | 8+16 | 2 | 2+2 | 2 | 2+3 | | 12+21 | 4 | 2 | |
| 27 | | Harald Pichler | 25 | 18+4 | 1 | 3+1 | | 4 | | 25+5 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 30 | | Guido Burgstaller | 23 | 29+3 | 6 | 2+2 | 2 | 8 | | 39+5 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| 32 | | Branko Boskovic | 32 | 7+3 | 1 | | | | | 7+3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | | Deni Alar | 22 | 25+6 | 15 | 2+1 | 2 | 7+2 | 5 | 34+9 | 22 | 6 | |
| 39 | | Eldis Bajrami | 19 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Terrence Boyd | 21 | 25+5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6+3 | 3 | 34+8 | 17 | 12 | |
| 34 | | Dominik Starkl | 18 | 2+6 | 1 | | | | | 2+6 | 1 | | |
| Players who left after the start of the season ||||||||||||||
| 16 | | Boris Prokopic | 24 | 1+1 | | 1 | | 0+1 | | 2+2 | | | |
| 17 | | Kristijan Dobras | 19 | 0+1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 1+1 | 1 | | |
| 19 | | Christopher Drazan | 21 | 5+4 | 1 | | | 3+2 | | 8+6 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20 | | Muhammed Ildiz | 21 | 12+3 | | 1+1 | 1 | 5 | | 18+4 | 1 | 6 | |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | Deni Alar | 15 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | Terrence Boyd | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Guido Burgstaller | 6 | 2 | | 8 |
| 4 | Lukas Grozurek | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| 4 | Steffen Hofmann | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Mario Sonnleitner | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| 4 | Christopher Trimmel | 4 | | | 4 |
| 8 | Markus Katzer | 2 | | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Marcel Sabitzer | 3 | | | 3 |
| 10 | Louis Schaub | 2 | | | 2 |
| 11 | Branko Boskovic | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | Kristijan Dobras | | 1 | | 1 |
| 11 | Christopher Drazan | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | Muhammed Ildiz | | 1 | | 1 |
| 11 | Stefan Kulovits | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | Harald Pichler | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | Thomas Prager | | 1 | | 1 |
| 11 | Thomas Schrammel | | | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Dominik Starkl | 1 | | | 1 |
| 11 | Dominik Wydra | 1 | | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 57 | 13 | 11 | 81 |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Gerson (on loan from Kapfenberger SV) |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Muhammed Ildiz (loan return from Wacker Innsbruck) |
| 9 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd (from Borussia Dortmund II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | GK | AUT | Helge Payer (to Kalloni F.C.) |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Jürgen Patocka (to Austria Lustenau) |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Ragnvald Soma (to FC Nordsjælland) |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Christian Thonhofer (to Wolfsberger AC) |
| 15 | FW | AUT | Atdhe Nuhiu (on loan to Eskişehirspor) |
| 20 | FW | AUT | Rene Gartler (to SV Ried) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer (from Admira Wacker Mödling) |
| 32 | MF | MNE | Branko Bošković (from D.C. United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GER | Brian Behrendt (on loan to SV Horn) |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Boris Prokopič (to SCR Altach) |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Kristijan Dobras (on loan to SV Grödig) |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Christopher Drazan (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Muhammed Ildiz (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 22 | GK | AUT | Thomas Dau (to SV Mattersburg) |

## Sources

* ↑ "Rapid verlängert mit Prokopic". Österreich (in German). 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
* ↑ "Rapid verabschiedet fünf Spieler". Österreich (in German). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
* 1 2 "Rapid-Fans mauern Geschäftsstelle des Klubs zu". Die Welt (in German). 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.