# 1968–69 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1968–69 SK Rapid Wien season was the 71st season in club history.

## Squad
### Squad statistics

| Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | European Cup | European Cup | Total | Total |
| Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| | Gerald Fuchsbichler | 24 | 24 | | 5 | | 6 | | 35 | |
| | Josef Reisinger | 19 | 4 | | 0+1 | | | | 4+1 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | Hans Eigenstiller | 25 | 13+1 | | 4 | | | | 17+1 | |
| | Erich Fak | 23 | 26 | | 5 | | 6 | | 37 | |
| | Roland Gareis | 20 | | | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | |
| | Walter Gebhardt | 22 | 21 | | 3 | | 6 | | 30 | |
| | Walter Glechner | 29 | 24 | | 3 | | 6 | | 33 | |
| | Stefan Vasgyura | 18 | 5+2 | 2 | 1 | | | | 6+2 | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | Sven Lindman | 26 | 14 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 | 19+2 | 5 |
| | Alfred Traxler | 20 | 3+5 | | 1 | | | | 4+5 | |
| | Ewald Ullmann | 25 | 21 | 2 | 4+1 | | 3 | | 28+1 | 2 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | Johnny Bjerregaard | 25 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 26 |
| | Rudolf Flögel | 28 | 17+1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 26+1 | 9 |
| | Toni Fritsch | 22 | 20+4 | 1 | 4 | | 6 | | 30+4 | 1 |
| | Leopold Grausam | 25 | 23+1 | 12 | 4+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 33+2 | 14 |
| | Günter Kaltenbrunner | 24 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5+1 | 3 | 34+1 | 18 |
| | Walter Skocik | 27 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | | 32 | 3 |
| | Tom Søndergaard | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | | 23 | 2 |
| | Michael Zimmermann | 24 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| 1 | 17.08.1968 | A | Austria Salzburg | 1-1 | 12,000 | Bjerregaard 82' |
| 2 | 25.08.1968 | H | SW Bregenz | 4-1 | 9,200 | Bjerregaard 26', Grausam 30', Wirth 63' (o.g.), Ullmann 77' |
| 3 | 31.08.1968 | A | GAK | 2-1 | 9,000 | Fritsch 49', Bjerregaard 80' |
| 4 | 07.09.1968 | A | Admira | 5-1 | 20,000 | Bjerregaard 11', Kaltenbrunner G. 40', Flögel 67', Grausam 76' 85' |
| 5 | 14.09.1968 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 2-0 | 12,000 | Grausam 6', Kaltenbrunner G. 52' |
| 7 | 05.10.1968 | H | Wiener SC | 0-3 | 5,000 | |
| 8 | 19.10.1968 | A | LASK | 1-1 | 18,000 | Bjerregaard 75' |
| 9 | 26.10.1968 | H | Austria Klagenfurt | 6-0 | 7,000 | Skocik , Kaltenbrunner G. , Bjerregaard |
| 10 | 02.11.1968 | A | Leoben | 3-2 | 5,000 | Flögel 61' 84', Grausam 67' |
| 11 | 16.11.1968 | H | Sturm Graz | 5-2 | 10,000 | Bjerregaard 7' 14' (pen.), Flögel 41', Grausam 55', Søndergaard 73' |
| 12 | 24.11.1968 | A | Wattens | 5-0 | 6,000 | Kaltenbrunner G. 4' 40', Vasgyura 72' 88', Bjerregaard 89' |
| 13 | 30.11.1968 | H | Eisenstadt | 2-1 | 7,000 | Kaltenbrunner G. 17', Bjerregaard 65' |
| 14 | 08.12.1968 | A | Wacker Wien | 4-0 | 12,500 | Kaltenbrunner G. 40' (pen.), Ullmann 55', Flögel 63', Bjerregaard 78' |
| 15 | 15.12.1968 | H | Austria Wien | 3-4 | 28,000 | Flögel 36', Bjerregaard 78', Kaltenbrunner G. 88' (pen.) |
| 16 | 02.03.1969 | H | Austria Salzburg | 2-0 | 7,500 | Flögel 48' (pen.), Grausam 62' |
| 17 | 10.03.1969 | A | SW Bregenz | 0-1 | 9,000 | |
| 18 | 15.03.1969 | H | GAK | 4-1 | 2,400 | Grausam 54', Bjerregaard 60' (pen.), Skocik 69', Flögel 88' |
| 19 | 22.03.1969 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 0-1 | 12,000 | |
| 20 | 20.05.1969 | H | Admira | 1-1 | 6,500 | Grausam 54' |
| 22 | 12.04.1969 | A | Wiener SC | 2-2 | 22,000 | Kaltenbrunner G. 34', Lindman 87' |
| 23 | 01.05.1969 | H | LASK | 1-0 | 6,500 | Kaltenbrunner G. 15' |
| 24 | 04.05.1969 | A | Austria Klagenfurt | 2-3 | 6,000 | Kaltenbrunner G. 8', Bjerregaard 74' |
| 25 | 17.05.1969 | H | Leoben | 5-0 | 8,000 | Grausam 4' 15' 86', Bjerregaard 46', Zahn 60' (o.g.) |
| 26 | 23.05.1969 | A | Sturm Graz | 1-2 | 5,000 | Kaltenbrunner G. 63' (pen.) |
| 27 | 31.05.1969 | H | Wattens | 0-2 | 8,000 | |
| 28 | 11.06.1969 | A | Eisenstadt | 2-2 | 6,500 | Bjerregaard 38', Kaltenbrunner G. 48' |
| 29 | 14.06.1969 | H | Wacker Wien | 1-0 | 4,500 | Bjerregaard 50' |
| 30 | 20.06.1969 | A | Austria Wien | 0-2 | 7,000 | |

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1 | 10.08.1968 | A | Leoben | 3-0 | 6,500 | Bjerregaard 14' 18', Kaltenbrunner G. 82' (pen.) |
| R16 | 19.03.1969 | H | VÖEST Linz | 3-0 | 2,000 | Søndergaard 39', Flögel 72', Skocik 84' |
| QF | 26.03.1969 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 3-0 | 4,000 | Kaltenbrunner G. 3', Lindman 18' 53' |
| SF | 14.05.1969 | H | Austria Wien | 1-0 | 16,000 | Grausam 58' |
| F | 03.06.1969 | N | Wiener SC | 2-1 | 14,000 | Bjerregaard 52' 85' |

### European Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| R1-L1 | 18.09.1968 | A | Rosenborg | 3-1 | 25,000 | Bjerregaard 27', Kaltenbrunner G. 65', Grausam 87' |
| R1-L2 | 02.10.1968 | H | Rosenborg | 3-3 | 1,575 | Lindman 12' 80', Kaltenbrunner G. 17' |
| R2-L1 | 20.11.1968 | H | Real Madrid | 1-0 | 45,000 | Kaltenbrunner G. 55' |
| R2-L2 | 04.12.1968 | A | Real Madrid | 1-2 | 80,000 | Bjerregaard 50' |
| QF-L1 | 26.02.1969 | A | Manchester United | 0-3 | 62,000 | |
| QF-L2 | 05.03.1969 | H | Manchester United | 0-0 | 52,000 | |