1975–76 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1975–76 SK Rapid Wien season was the 78th season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1975–76 season
Coaches	Josef Pecanka, Franz Binder/Robert Körner
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	3rd
Cup	Winners (9th title)
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans Krankl (20) All: Hans Krankl (27)
Average home league attendance	7,100

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			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'