1968–69 SK Rapid Wien season

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

Rapid Wien

1968–69 season
Coaches	Rudolf Vytlacil, Karl Decker, Robert Körner
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Nationalliga	3rd
Cup	Winner (7th title)
European Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Johnny Bjerregaard (20) All: Johnny Bjerregaard (26)
Average home league attendance	8,700

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		European Cup		Total
			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