1948–49 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1948–49 SK Rapid Wien season was the 51st season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1948–49 season
Coach	Hans Pesser
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Liga	2nd
Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Leopold Ströll (15) All: Leopold Ströll (17)
Average home league attendance	16,600

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Josef Musil	27	2				2
	Walter Zeman	21	16		3		19
Defenders
	Ernst Happel	22	13	1	3		16	1
	Alfred Pavuza	23	1				1
	Stefan Wagner	34	16		1		17
Midfielders
	Leopold Gernhardt	28	16		2		18
	Franz Golobic	26	10		3		13
	Franz Kaspirek	30			1		1
	Max Merkel	29	16	1	3	1	19	2
	Erich Müller	20	11		2		13
	Franz Wagner	36	7				7
Forwards
	Franz Binder	36	6	2	1	2	7	4
	Friedrich Csarmann		2				2
	Robert Dienst	20	8	12	2		10	12
	Adalbert Kaubek	22	1		1		2
	Roman Knor	21	6				6
	Alfred Körner	22	18	10	3	1	21	11	1
	Robert Körner	23	18	9	2		20	9
	Johann Riegler	18	8	8	2	1	10	9
	Kurt Schindlauer	19	4	1	1		5	1
	Ferdinand Smetana	24	1				1
	Leopold Ströll	26	18	15	3	2	21	17

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	28.08.1948	H	Wacker Wien	1-1	38,000	Ströll 36'
2	05.09.1948	A	Vienna	1-5	30,000	Schindlauer 10'
3	11.09.1948	H	FAC	2-0	5,000	Körner A. 9' 82'
4	18.09.1948	A	Oberlaa	5-1	5,000	Körner A. 14', Ströll 18' 25' 28' 62'
5	26.09.1948	H	Wiener SC	1-1	15,000	Merkel 8'
6	10.10.1948	H	FC Wien	5-1	8,000	Ströll 23' 73' 83', Binder 37', Körner R. 55'
7	17.10.1948	A	Admira	2-3	28,000	Körner R. 31', Binder 62'
8	24.10.1948	H	Austria Wien	1-2	42,000	Körner R. 28' (pen.)
9	06.11.1948	A	Hochstädt	2-2	5,000	Körner R. 9' (pen.), Körner A. 23'
10	27.02.1949	A	Wacker Wien	2-1	15,000	Körner R. 34', Ströll 72'
11	07.03.1949	H	Vienna	2-1	12,000	Körner R. 62' (pen.), Ströll 68'
12	13.03.1949	A	FAC	8-2	6,500	Riegler 13', Dienst 16' 60', Ströll 18', Körner A. 55' 76' 89', Fischer 83' (o.g.)
13	27.03.1949	H	Oberlaa	4-0	8,000	Riegler 11' 65', Ströll 16', Körner A. 70'
14	10.04.1949	A	Wiener SC	3-1	20,000	Dienst 55' 71', Körner R. 90'
15	24.04.1949	A	FC Wien	6-1	21,000	Dienst 40' 50' 60' 85', Srb 65' (o.g.), Ströll 80'
16	14.05.1949	H	Hochstädt	9-1	5,000	Riegler 30' 33' 60' 63', Dienst 52' 71', Happel 57', Ströll 74', Körner A. 83'
17	29.05.1949	A	Austria Wien	3-5	50,000	Dienst 11', Körner R. 22', Ströll 64'
18	28.04.1949	H	Admira	4-1	16,000	Riegler 6', Dienst 8', Körner A. 27', Körner R. 32'

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	21.11.1948	H	Feuerwehr Wien	4-1	2,200	Ströll , Körner A. , Binder
R16	23.01.1949	H	Austria Wien	1-1 (a.e.t.)	40,000	Riegler 116' Körner A.
R16-PO	19.02.1949	A	Austria Wien	2-3	29,000	Ströll 49', Merkel 51'