# 1975–76 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1975–76 SK Rapid Wien season was the 78th 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 | 21 | 28 | | 3 | | 2 | | 33 | | | |
| | Karl Ehn | 21 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| | Helmut Maurer | 29 | 8 | | 3 | | | | 11 | | 1 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| | Karl Hift | 19 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| | Christian Kautzky | 17 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | 1 | |
| | Emil Krause | 24 | 29 | | 4 | | 2 | | 35 | | 1 | |
| | Helwig Lintner | 18 | 4 | | 1 | | | | 5 | | | |
| | Egon Pajenk | 24 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | | 43 | 7 | 4 | |
| | Johann Pregesbauer | 17 | 8+1 | | 3 | 1 | | | 11+1 | 1 | | |
| | Rainer Schlagbauer | 25 | 30 | 1 | 3+1 | | 2 | | 35+1 | 1 | 5 | |
| | Gerhard Sturmberger | 35 | 1+10 | | | | 0+1 | | 1+11 | | 1 | |
| | Alfred Takacs | 27 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| | Rainhard Zarbach | 21 | 5+3 | | 1 | | | | 6+3 | | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| | Stefan Aichorn | 21 | 2+1 | | 1 | | | | 3+1 | | | |
| | Herbert Gronen | 31 | 5+3 | 1 | | | 1 | | 6+3 | 1 | | |
| | Norbert Hof | 31 | 30 | | 4 | | 2 | | 36 | | 4 | |
| | Wolfgang Kienast | 18 | 16+3 | | 2 | | | | 18+3 | | | |
| | Erich Lisak | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Hermann Ollinger | 20 | 2+2 | | | | | | 2+2 | | | |
| | Peter Persidis | 28 | 18+2 | | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 24+2 | 1 | 3 | |
| | August Starek | 30 | 30+1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | | 37+1 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| | Werner Walzer | 27 | 29+1 | 1 | 4+1 | | 2 | | 35+2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| | Ernst Dokupil | 28 | 17+5 | 2 | 2+2 | | 2 | | 21+7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | Rudolf Jellinek | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | 7 | 1 | | |
| | Hans Krankl | 22 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 27 | 5 | |
| | Paul Pawlek | 18 | 14+4 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+1 | | 18+6 | 5 | | |
| | Walter Pawlek | 19 | 9+1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 10+1 | 1 | | |
| | Kurt Widmann | 22 | 28+5 | 6 | 4+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 34+7 | 8 | | |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 08.08.1975 | A | Admira | 1-0 | 13,000 | Krankl 9' (pen.) |
| 2 | 19.08.1975 | H | Admira | 2-3 | 20,000 | Jellinek R. 1', Pajenk 55' |
| 3 | 22.08.1975 | A | Austria Salzburg | 1-3 | 5,500 | Widmann 67' |
| 4 | 26.08.1975 | H | Austria Salzburg | 2-1 | 10,000 | Schwarz 28' (o.g.), Widmann 90' |
| 5 | 30.08.1975 | H | Austria Klagenfurt | 3-0 | 5,000 | Pajenk 44', Widmann 61', Gronen 69' |
| 6 | 06.09.1975 | A | Austria Klagenfurt | 0-1 | 4,000 | |
| 7 | 10.09.1975 | A | LASK | 1-0 | 10,000 | Krankl 35' |
| 8 | 13.09.1975 | H | LASK | 4-0 | 5,500 | Krankl 40' 60' 79' (pen.), Starek 49' |
| 9 | 27.09.1975 | H | Austria Wien | 1-1 | 18,000 | Widmann 11' |
| 10 | 04.10.1975 | A | Austria Wien | 1-1 | 10,500 | Krankl 60' (pen.) |
| 11 | 08.10.1975 | H | Sturm Graz | 1-0 | 2,500 | Dokupil 78' |
| 12 | 17.10.1975 | A | Sturm Graz | 0-0 | 4,000 | |
| 13 | 25.10.1975 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 1-0 | 9,000 | Widmann 25' |
| 14 | 31.10.1975 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 0-1 | 12,000 | |
| 15 | 08.11.1975 | H | VÖEST Linz | 2-0 | 5,000 | Krankl 2' 52' |
| 16 | 22.11.1975 | A | VÖEST Linz | 0-0 | 2,000 | |
| 17 | 29.11.1975 | H | GAK | 4-3 | 3,500 | Pajenk 3', Widmann 30', Krankl 50' 67' |
| 18 | 07.12.1975 | A | GAK | 0-1 | 5,000 | |
| 19 | 28.02.1976 | A | Admira | 0-0 | 9,000 | |
| 20 | 06.03.1976 | H | Austria Salzburg | 0-1 | 3,500 | |
| 21 | 13.03.1976 | H | Austria Klagenfurt | 4-1 | 2,500 | Pawlek W. 8', Starek 17', Pawlek P. 17', Krankl 26' |
| 22 | 20.03.1976 | A | LASK | 3-2 | 7,000 | Walzer 13', Starek 18' 74' |
| 23 | 27.03.1976 | H | Austria Wien | 4-1 | 22,000 | Krankl 21' 32', Starek 80', Pawlek P. 83' |
| 24 | 03.04.1976 | A | Sturm Graz | 0-2 | 10,000 | |
| 25 | 17.04.1976 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 0-4 | 9,000 | |
| 26 | 21.04.1976 | A | VÖEST Linz | 1-2 | 4,000 | Krankl 25' |
| 27 | 24.04.1976 | H | GAK | 4-3 | 1,900 | Mertel 12' (o.g.), Krankl 32' (pen.), Pawlek P. 58', Starek 72' |
| 28 | 01.05.1976 | H | Admira | 2-0 | 4,000 | Pawlek P. 5', Starek 60' |
| 29 | 07.05.1976 | A | Austria Salzburg | 1-0 | 7,000 | Schlagbauer 28' |
| 30 | 14.05.1976 | A | Austria Klagenfurt | 3-4 | 2,500 | Krankl 18' 77', Pajenk 88' |
| 31 | 18.05.1976 | H | LASK | 4-3 | 2,400 | Krankl 1', Pajenk 23' 54', Starek 81' |
| 32 | 22.05.1976 | A | Austria Wien | 1-4 | 11,600 | Starek 86' |
| 33 | 29.05.1976 | H | Sturm Graz | 2-0 | 3,000 | Krankl 26' 52' (pen.) |
| 34 | 04.06.1976 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 2-2 | 4,000 | Dokupil 13', Lisak 35' |
| 35 | 16.06.1976 | H | VÖEST Linz | 0-2 | 1,700 | |
| 36 | 18.06.1976 | A | GAK | 0-4 | 2,000 | Starek 28' |

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R2 | 16.08.1975 | A | Rudersdorf | 5-1 | 3,000 | Widmann 11', Starek 28' 67', Krankl 84' 87' |
| R16 | 09.04.1976 | A | Eisenstadt | 2-1 | 2,000 | Krankl 77' 85' |
| QF | 04.05.1976 | H | Villacher SV | 2-1 | 700 | Krankl 49', Persidis 53' |
| SF | 11.05.1976 | H | VÖEST Linz | 3-1 | 2,600 | Krankl 35', Pajenk 80', Starek 87' |
| F-L1 | 02.06.1976 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 1-2 | 8,000 | Pregesbauer 82' Dokupil 80' |
| F-L2 | 08.06.1976 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 1-0 | 15,000 | Pawlek P. 89' |

### UEFA Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1-L1 | 17.09.1975 | H | Galatasaray | 1-0 | 9,000 | Widmann 77' |
| R1-L2 | 01.10.1975 | A | Galatasaray | 1-3 | 60,000 | Krankl 61' |