1977–78 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1977–78 SK Rapid Wien season was the 80th season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1977–78 season
Coaches	Anton Brzezanczyk, Karl Schlechta
Stadium	Pfarrwiese Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd
Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans Krankl (41) All: Hans Krankl (42)
Average home league attendance	5,700

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Peter Barthold	23	1						1
	Herbert Feurer	23	35		3		2		40
Defenders
	Wolfgang Augustin	19	9+4		0+1		2		11+5
	Christian Kautzky	19	16+5				1		17+5			1
	Erich Lisak	20	3+4		0+1				3+5		1
	Egon Pajenk	26	35+1	3	3		2		40+1	3	7	1
	Peter Persidis	30	31	1	3		1		35	1	3
	Johann Pregesbauer	19	25+1		2		2		29+1		4
Midfielders
	Geza Gallos	28	21+2	1	1+1		2		24+3	1
	Helmut Kirisits	23	33	2	3		2		38	2	6
	Emil Krause	26	24	1	2		2		28	1	1
	Armin Kuhnert	19	0+1						0+1
	Trifun Mihajlovic	29	2+4				0+1		2+5
	Werner Walzer	29	36	2	3		2	1	41	3	2
	Heinz Weiss	17	1+1		2				3+1
Forwards
	Robert Bauerstätter	18	0+2						0+2
	Hans Krankl	24	36	41	3	1	2		41	42	4	1
	Bernd Krauss	20	35+1	4	2		2		39+1	4
	Johann Krejcirik	25	31+3	12	3	1	0+1		34+4	13	6
	Paul Pawlek	20	22+3	6	3	1			25+3	7

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	09.08.1977	A	VÖEST Linz	1-1	6,000	Krankl 14'
2	13.08.1977	H	LASK	1-0	4,500	Kirisits 32'
3	26.08.1977	A	Sturm Graz	3-1	13,000	Krankl 3' 50', Pajenk 88'
4	30.08.1977	H	GAK	1-1	7,000	Persidis 51'
5	02.09.1977	A	Wiener SC	7-2	10,000	Krankl 10' (pen.) 48' 82', Krauss 38' 54', Walzer 61', Krejcirik 84'
6	06.09.1977	H	Vienna	0-1	9,500
7	09.09.1977	A	Admira	0-2	7,000
8	30.09.1977	H	Wacker Innsbruck	0-0	6,500
9	04.10.1977	A	Austria Wien	2-3	11,500	Krauss 69', Pajenk 86'
10	14.10.1977	H	VÖEST Linz	4-0	3,500	Krejcirik 6', Krankl 48' (pen.) 76' 78'
11	22.10.1977	A	LASK	3-1	4,000	Krankl 46' 65' 68'
12	05.11.1977	H	Sturm Graz	2-2	6,000	Krankl 18', Krause 20'
13	09.11.1977	A	GAK	2-4	3,700	Hohenwarter 75' (o.g.), Krankl 88'
14	12.11.1977	H	Wiener SC	1-2	6,000	Krankl 84'
15	19.11.1977	A	Vienna	0-0	5,000	Kautzky  43', Krankl  53'
16	26.11.1977	H	Admira	3-1	2,000	Krankl 17' 48', Krauss 90'
17	03.12.1977	A	Wacker Innsbruck	0-2	5,000
18	11.12.1977	H	Austria Wien	0-1	5,000
19	17.12.1977	A	VÖEST Linz	0-2	2,500
20	14.01.1978	H	LASK	6-0	2,500	Krejcirik 12' 53' 75', Krankl 22' 44' 77' (pen.)
21	22.01.1978	A	Sturm Graz	1-1	3,000	Krejcirik 15'
22	28.01.1978	H	GAK	1-1	2,500	Pawlek P. 35'
23	04.02.1978	A	Wiener SC	1-1	3,500	Pawlek P. 60'
24	11.02.1978	H	Vienna	4-1	2,300	Krankl 35' (pen.) 89', Krejcirik 40', Walzer 47'
25	18.02.1978	A	Admira	5-1	3,000	Pawlek P. 21' 64', Krejcirik 36', Krankl 66' 84'
26	25.02.1978	H	Wacker Innsbruck	3-1	7,000	Kirisits 7', Pawlek P. 78', Krankl 83'
27	05.03.1978	A	Austria Wien	0-3	15,000	Pajenk  84'
28	11.03.1978	H	VÖEST Linz	2-1	4,000	Krankl 8' 43'
29	18.03.1978	A	LASK	6-0	3,200	Krankl 18' (pen.) 60' 66', Krejcirik 53' 64', Schweinzer 72' (o.g.)
30	25.03.1978	H	Sturm Graz	4-1	6,500	Krejcirik 2', Krankl 23', Gallos 71', Weber 73' (o.g.)
31	31.03.1978	A	GAK	2-1	7,000	Krankl 8' 75'
32	08.04.1978	H	Wiener SC	3-2	9,000	Krankl 11' (pen.) 41', Krejcirik 68'
33	15.04.1978	A	Vienna	1-2	8,000	Krankl 59'
34	22.04.1978	H	Admira	6-0	6,000	Krankl 3' 25' (pen.) 60' (pen.) 77' 83', Pawlek P. 17'
35	29.04.1978	A	Wacker Innsbruck	1-1	10,000	Pajenk 74'
36	06.05.1978	H	Austria Wien	0-0	12,000

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R2	08.12.1977	A	Stockerau	2-0	2,000	Pawlek P. 23', Krejcirik 73'
R3	26.12.1977	A	Kapfenberg	1-1 (6-5 p)	3,500	Krankl 31'
QF	14.03.1978	A	VÖEST Linz	0-2	3,000

UEFA Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1-L1	14.09.1977	H	Inter Bratislava	1-0	10,000	Walzer 64'
R1-L2	28.09.1977	A	Inter Bratislava	0-3	8,000