2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season is the 117th season in club history.

Rapid Wien

2014–15 season
President	Michael Krammer
Head Coach	Zoran Barisic
Stadium	Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Beric (27 goals) All: Robert Beric (27 goals)
Highest home attendance	29,800 vs. Austria Wien, 15 May 2015
Lowest home attendance	7,800 vs. Sturm Graz, 29 October 2014
Average home league attendance	16,934
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Background

Background information

Rapid Wien finished the 2013–14 season in second place.^[1] Normally, the second place team would have entered the second qualifying round.^[1] However, Red Bull Salzburg, who qualified for the 2014–15 Champions League, won the 2013–14 Austrian Cup.^[1] Therefore Rapid Wien will start in the Play–off round.^[1]

In June 2014 it was announced that the new Allianz Stadion will be built in place of Gerhard Hanappi Stadium.^[2] Therefore, Rapid hosts its home games in the Ernst Happel Stadion this season and the pre-season game against Celtic F.C. was the last game ever played in the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium.

Transfers and contracts

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moved from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
7	MF	Philipp Schobesberger	20	FC Pasching	End of contract	Summer	2017	Free	^[3]
17	DF	Christopher Dibon	23	Red Bull Salzburg	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	^[4]
8	MF	Stefan Schwab	23	Admira Wacker	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	^[5]
27	MF	Andreas Kuen	19	Wacker Innsbruck	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	^[5]
23	DF	Stefan Stangl	22	SC Wiener Neustadt	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	^[6]
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	21	Borac Banja Luka	Transfer	Summer	2017	€100,000	^[7]
9	FW	Robert Berić	23	Sturm Graz	Transfer	Summer	2018	€750,000	^[8]
14	MF	Florian Kainz	21	Sturm Graz	Transfer	Summer	2017	€400,000	^[9]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moved to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
23	GK	Samuel Radlinger	21	Hannover 96	Loan Return	Summer
28	DF	Christopher Trimmel	27	Union Berlin	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[10]
16	DF	Stephan Palla	25	Wolfsberger AC	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[11]
31	GK	Lukas Königshofer	25	Hallescher FC	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[12]
30	MF	Guido Burgstaller	25	Cardiff City	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[13]
24	FW	Marcel Sabitzer	20	RB Leipzig	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000	^[14]
9	FW	Terrence Boyd	23	RB Leipzig	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000	^[15]
26	MF	Lukas Grozurek	23	Admira Wacker	Transfer	Winter	Free	^[16]

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
26 June 2014	Universitatea Cluj	N		Schaub 16', 21', Alar 47', Schobesberger 82'	500
6 July 2014	Celtic F.C.	H		van Dijk 9'(o.g.); Pukki 72'	17,400
23 July 2014	Galatasaray S.K.	H		Wydra 28', Behrendt 52', Alar 90'; Chedjou 27'	11,400
13 November 2014	SV Horn	A		Beric 14', Alar 35', Grozurek 39', Sonnleitner 88'; Nacho 56', Grubek 69'	500
24 January 2015	Schalke 04	H		Schobesberger 48', Alar 82'; Fuchs 27'	9,700
31 January 2015	CSKA Sofia	N		Alar 9', Starkl 84'; Milisavljević 37'
3 February 2015	Bohemians Prague	N		Starkl 54', Schaub 83'; Jarolím 45', 57'(pen.)	100
8 February 2015	České Budějovice	H		Kainz 30', Schwab 62'(pen.)	120

Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date – KO	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table			Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD
1	19 July 2014 (2014-07-19) 16:30	A	Red Bull Salzburg	1-6	19,800	Hofmann S.   90+2' (pen.)	Ulmer   30' Alan   40' Mané   69' Soriano   77'   79' Kampl   84'	10th	0	-5	[1]
2	26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) 19:00	H	Ried	1-0	14,200	Alar   65'		7th	3	-4	[2]
3	2 August 2014 (2014-08-02) 16:30	A	Admira Wacker	1-1	6,125	Kainz   63'	Schick   7' Windbichler   54'	6th	4	-4	[3]
4	9 August 2014 (2014-08-09) 19:00	H	Sturm Graz	1-1	16,800	Beric   49'   76'	Offenbacher   31'   Djuricin   82'	4th	5	-4	[4]
5	16 August 2014 (2014-08-16) 16:30	H	SCR Altach	0-1	13,800		Ngwat-Mahop   70'	7th	5	-5	[5]
6	24 August 2014 (2014-08-24) 16:30	A	Austria Wien	2-2	11,900	Beric   35' Schwab   85'	Gorgon   1' Damari   63' (pen.)	5th	6	-5	[6]
7	31 August 2014 (2014-08-31) 16:30	H	Grödig	2-0	12,100	Schrammel   14' Hofmann S.   61'		3rd	9	-3	[7]
8	17 September 2014 (2014-09-17) 18:30	A	Wiener Neustadt	5-1	4,100	Beric   3'   55' Schaub   48'   72'   76'   Hofmann M.   80'	Rauter   23'	3rd	12	+1	[8]
9	20 September 2014 (2014-09-20) 16:00	H	Wolfsberg	3-0	15,200	Beric   37'   48' Kainz   61'		3rd	15	+4	[9]
10	28 September 2014 (2014-09-28) 16:30	H	Red Bull Salzburg	1-2	25,300	Prosenik   90+3'	Bruno   84' Alan   89'	3rd	15	+3	[10]
11	5 October 2014 (2014-10-05) 16:30	A	Ried	2-1	5,200	Beric   52' Sonnleitner   59'	Kragl   45+1'	3rd	18	+4	[11]
12	18 October 2014 (2014-10-18) 18:30	H	Admira Wacker	0-0	15,200			3rd	19	+4	[12]
13	25 October 2014 (2014-10-25) 16:00	A	Sturm Graz	3-1	14,350	Schwab   36' Beric   44'   86'   Dibon   66'	Schick   48'	3rd	22	+6	[13]
14	2 November 2014 (2014-11-02) 16:30	A	SCR Altach	0-2	7,372	Sonnleitner   2'	Roth   25' Tajouri   88'	3rd	22	+4	[14]
15	9 November 2014 (2014-11-09) 14:30	H	Austria Wien	2-3	28,200	Alar   83' Beric   90+2'	Damari   23'   40' Royer   78'	4th	22	+3	[15]
16	22 November 2014 (2014-11-22) 16:00	A	Grödig	1-3	2,500	Alar   14'	Reyna   7' Huspek   45'   73'	5th	22	+1	[16]
17	29 November 2014 (2014-11-29) 18:30	H	Wiener Neustadt	3-0	12,300	Kainz   13' Beric   72'   78'	Schöpf   43'	4th	25	+4	[17]
18	7 December 2014 (2014-12-07) 16:30	A	Wolfsberg	1-1	5,250	Schwab   70'	Seebacher   65'	5th	26	+4	[18]
19	14 December 2014 (2014-12-14) 16:30	A	Red Bull Salzburg	2-1	17,200	Beric   80'   90+4'	Ramalho   23'   Sabitzer   84'	4th	29	+5	[19]
20	14 February 2015 (2015-02-14) 16:00	H	Ried	3-0	14,000	Alar   17' (pen.)   39' (pen.) Beric   45+1' (pen.)	Gebauer   14' Trauner   38'	4th	32	+8	[20]
21	22 February 2015 (2015-02-22) 16:30	A	Admira Wacker	1-1	5,000	Beric   34'	Weber   74'	2nd	33	+8	[21]
22	28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 18:30	H	Sturm Graz	1-0	15,200	Beric   45+2'	Ehrenreich   3'	2nd	36	+9	[22]
23	4 March 2015 (2015-03-04) 19:00	H	SCR Altach	1-0	8,700	Alar   Prosenik   90+5'	Zech   90+4'	2nd	39	+10	[23]
24	8 March 2015 (2015-03-08) 16:30	A	Austria Wien	1-2	11,000	Hofmann S.   17'	Rotpuller   45+5' Ramsebner   73'   Sikov   84'	2nd	39	+9	[24]
25	14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 18:30	H	Grödig	4-0	15,700	Pavelic   4' Schaub   9' Kainz   46' Schobesberger   66'		2nd	42	+13	[25]
26	22 March 2015 (2015-03-22) 16:30	A	Wiener Neustadt	1-0	4,300	Beric   48'		2nd	45	+14	[26]
27	4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 18:30	H	Wolfsberg	4-1	12,200	Schobesberger   13' Schwab   15' Beric   64'   86'	Jacobo   67' (pen.)	2nd	48	+17	[27]
28	12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) 18:00	H	Red Bull Salzburg	3-3	26,800	Beric   51' Schobesberger   59' Pavelic   80'   Prosenik   90+2'	Berisha   3' Soriano   18' Sabitzer   32' Ulmer   43'	2nd	49	+17	[28]
29	18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 16:00	A	Ried	1-0	6,500	Schobesberger   36'		2nd	52	+18	[29]
30	25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 18:30	H	Admira Wacker	1-1	13,800	Schobesberger   70'	Sulimani   80'	2nd	53	+18	[30]
31	18 May 03 (03-05-18) 16:30	A	Sturm Graz	2-2	15,300	Schobesberger   8' Petsos   54'	Piesinger   16' Beichler   70' Kienast   87'   Madl   90+4'	2nd	54	+18	[31]
32	10 May 2015 (2015-05-10) 16:30	A	SCR Altach	3-1	7,100	Beric   79'   86' Schobesberger   90'	Roth   25'	2nd	57	+20	[32]
33	17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) 16:30	H	Austria Wien	4-1	29,800	Schobesberger   45' Hofmann S.   55' (pen.) Beric   70' Sonnleitner   89'	de Paula   52'	2nd	60	+23	[33]
35	24 May 2015 (2015-05-24) 17:45	H	Wiener Neustadt	0-0	15,800	Hofmann S.		2nd	61	+23	[34]
34	27 May 2015 (2015-05-27) 18:30	A	Grödig	2-0	1,712	Beric   83.' (pen.) Alar   90+2' (pen.)	Maak   90+1'	2nd	64	+25	[35]
36	31 May 2015 (2015-05-31) 16:30	A	Wolfsberg	5-0	5,350	Schaub   50'   90+3' Beric   63'   83'   85'		2nd	67	+30	[36]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	36	22	7	7	99	42	+57	73	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rapid Wien	36	19	10	7	68	38	+30	67
3	SCR Altach	36	17	8	11	50	49	+1	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Sturm Graz	36	16	10	10	57	41	+16	58
5	Wolfsberger AC	36	16	4	16	44	50	−6	52	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	19	10	7	68	38	+30	67	10	5	3	34	13	+21	9	5	4	34	25	+9

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

SKU Amstetten v Rapid Wien

11 July 2014 (2014-07-11) Round 1	SKU Amstetten	0-1 (a.e.t.)	Rapid Wien	Amstetten
19:30 CET	Zeman   116'	Report	116' Dibon	Stadium: Ertl Glas Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Andreas Feichtinger

SV Wallern v Rapid Wien

24 September 2014 (2014-09-24) Round 2	SV Wallern	0-1	Rapid Wien	Pasching
18:00 CET		Report	29' Prosenik	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Christopher Jäger

Rapid Wien v Sturm Graz

29 October 2014 (2014-10-29) Round of 16	Rapid Wien	1-0	Sturm Graz	Vienna
20:30 CET	Schwab   5'	Report		Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadium Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Markus Hameter

Wolfsberger AC v Rapid Wien

7 April 2015 (2015-04-07) Quarterfinal	Wolfsberger AC	2-1	Rapid Wien	Wolfsberg
18:00 CET	Kerhe   25' Wernitznig   28'	Report	90+4' Schobesberger	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Oliver Drachta

Europa League

Europa League fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Play–off round

HJK Helsinki   v Rapid Wien

21 August 2014 (2014-08-21) 1st Leg	HJK Helsinki	2-1	Rapid Wien	Helsinki
18:00	Lod   63' Väyrynen   74'	Report	58' Schaub	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 6,153 Referee: Halis Özkahya

Rapid Wien v HJK Helsinki  

28 August 2014 (2014-08-28) 2nd Leg	Rapid Wien	3-3 (4-5 agg.)	HJK Helsinki	Vienna
20:30	Schaub   10'   13' Wydra   90+4'	Report	15' Kandji   77' Alho   88' (pen.) Savage	Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadium Attendance: 21,100 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Europa League		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Ján Novota	30	29		3		2		34
21		Tobias Knoflach	20
29		Marko Maric	18	7		1				8
Defenders
4		Thomas Schrammel	26	32	1	4		2		38	1	7
6		Mario Sonnleitner	27	33	2	3		2		38	2	4	1
17		Christopher Dibon	23	15+1	1	2	1	1		18+1	2	5
20		Maximilian Hofmann	20	23	1	3		1+1		27+1	1	7
22		Mario Pavelic	20	27+1	1	1+1		2		30+2	1	5	1
23		Stefan Stangl	22	12+3		2				14+3		1
36		Michael Schimpelsberger	23
39		Ferdinand Weinwurm	24	1						1		1
Midfielders
3		Brian Behrendt	23	6+4		1		2		9+4		3
5		Thanos Petsos	23	25+2	1	3		0+1		28+3	1	10
7		Philipp Schobesberger	20	14+13	8	2+1	1			16+14	9	3
8		Stefan Schwab	23	24+6	4	3+1	1	2		29+7	5	11
10		Louis Schaub	19	24+4	5	3		2	3	29+4	8	2	1
11		Steffen Hofmann	33	29+7	4	2+2		2		33+9	4	3
14		Florian Kainz	21	30+2	4	3		1+1		34+3	4	6
15		Srdan Grahovac	21	7+6		2+1				9+7		2
25		Dominik Wydra	20	12+6		0+2		1+1	1	13+9	1	4
27		Andreas Kuen	19
31		Armin Mujakic	19	0+1						0+1
33		Deni Alar	24	9+16	6	2				11+16	6	3
34		Dominik Starkl	20	2+13		0+1		0+2		2+16		1
Forwards
9		Robert Beric	23	31+2	27	2+2		2		35+4	27	7	2
38		Philipp Prosenik	21	2+15	3	1+1	1			3+16	4	1
Players who left after the start of the season
26		Lukas Grozurek	22	2+3		1				3+3

Statistics accurate as of 31 May 2015

Starting XI

Considering starts in all competitions.

No. Pos. Name Starts 1 GK   Jan Novota 34 22 RB   Mario Pavelic 30 6 CB   Mario Sonnleitner 38 20 CB   Maximilian Hofmann 27 4 LB   Thomas Schrammel 38 8 DM   Stefan Schwab 29 5 DM   Thanos Petsos 28 11 CM   Steffen Hofmann 33 10 RW   Louis Schaub 29 14 LW   Florian Kainz 34 9 ST   Robert Beric 35

Novota   Pavelic   Sonnleitner   Hofmann M.   Schrammel   Schwab   Petsos   Hofmann S.   Schaub   Kainz   Beric

Goal scorers

Rank	Name	Bundesliga	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	Robert Beric	27			27
2	Philipp Schobesberger	8	1		9
3	Louis Schaub	5		3	8
4	Deni Alar	6			6
5	Stefan Schwab	4	1		5
6	Steffen Hofmann	4			4
	Florian Kainz	4			4
	Philipp Prosenik	3	1		4
9	Christopher Dibon	1	1		2
	Mario Sonnleitner	2			2
11	Maximilian Hofmann	1			1
	Mario Pavelic	1			1
	Thanos Petsos	1			1
	Thomas Schrammel	1			1
	Dominik Wydra			1	1
Totals		68	4	4	76

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