2022–23 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2022–23 season is the 125th season in the existence of SK Rapid Wien and the club's 74th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rapid Wien will participate in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and enters international football in the second qualifying round to the UEFA Europa Conference League having won the previous Bundesliga seasons ECL play-offs.

Rapid Wien
2022–23 season
ChairmanMartin Bruckner (until 26 November)
Alexander Wrabetz
Head coachFerdinand Feldhofer (until 15 October)
Zoran Barisic
StadiumAllianz Stadion
Austrian Football Bundesliga4th (championship round)
4th (regular season)
Austrian CupRunner-up
Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Guido Burgstaller (21 goals)

All:
Guido Burgstaller (25 goals)
Highest home attendance26,000 vs. FK Austria Wien, 9th October 2022, 16th April 2023
Lowest home attendance12,800 vs. Austria Klagenfurt, 9th April 2023
Average home league attendance18,100
All statistics correct as of 3 June 2023.

Squad edit

Squad statistics edit

No. Nat. Name Age League Austrian Cup UEFA Competitions Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals        
Goalkeepers
21   Bernhard Unger 23
25   Paul Gartler 25 1 1 2 1
45   Niklas Hedl 21 31 5 6 42
Defenders
2   Denso Kasius 19 8+2 1+1 9+3 2 1
4   Emanuel Aiwu 21 1 2 3
6   Kevin Wimmer 29 8+2 4 1 6 18+2 1 5 1
17   Christopher Dibon 31 2 0+1 2+1
19   Michael Sollbauer 32 24 5 1 1 30 1 3 1
20   Maximilian Hofmann 28 4+2 1 3+1 8+3 4
22   Martin Koscelník 27 14+4 1+2 4+1 19+7 4
23   Jonas Auer 21 25+3 4+1 3+2 32+6 8
26   Martin Moormann 21 14+7 3 1+1 18+8 2 1
43   Leopold Querfeld 18 21+2 1 1+1 0+1 22+4 1 2 1
Midfielders
5   Roman Kerschbaum 28 23+5 2 4+1 1 1+2 28+8 3 9
7   Nicolas Kühn 22 12+8 3 3 4+2 1 19+10 4 2
8   Christoph Knasmüllner 30 7+5 2+2 0+1 9+8 1
13   Thorsten Schick 32 13+12 3+2 4+2 20+16 11
14   Aleksa Pejić 22 24+2 5 4+1 33+3 15
16   Dejan Petrovič 24 2+2 2+2 1
24   Patrick Greil 25 17+11 1 4+2 3+1 24+14 1 3
28   Moritz Oswald 20 7+5 1+2 3+1 11+8 3
34   Nikolas Sattlberger 18 2+1 1+2 3+3 1
Forwards
9   Guido Burgstaller 33 27+4 21 6 3 6 1 39+4 25 6
10   Yusuf Demir 19 1 1 1 1+2 3+2 1 1
18   Oliver Strunz 22 7+7 4 1+2 8+9 4 4
27   Marco Grüll 24 25+5 6 5+1 1 6 2 36+6 9 8
29   Ante Bajic 26 11+13 1 3+2 2 3+1 17+16 3 4 1
38   Ferdy Druijf 24 11+12 3 0+4 2 1+2 2 12+18 7 3
39   René Kriwak 23 2+1 1 0+2 3+3
41   Bernhard Zimmermann 20 8+17 7 0+5 1 3+1 11+23 8 4
77   Dragoljub Savić 21 1+1 0+2 1+3

Goal scorers edit

Name Bundesliga Cup International Total
  Guido Burgstaller 21 3 1 25
  Marco Grüll 6 1 2 9
  Bernhard Zimmermann 7 1 8
  Ferdy Druijf 3 2 2 7
  Nicolas Kühn 3 1 4
  Oliver Strunz 4 4
  Ante Bajic 1 2 3
  Roman Kerschbaum 2 1 3
  Yusuf Demir 1 1
  Patrick Greil 1 1
  Leopold Querfeld 1 1
  Michael Sollbauer 1 1
  Kevin Wimmer 1 1
Totals 50 12 6 68

Disciplinary record edit

Name Bundesliga Cup International Total
                               
  Aleksa Pejić 8 3 4 15
  Thorsten Schick 7 1 3 11
  Roman Kerschbaum 8 1 9
  Jonas Auer 7 1 8
  Marco Grüll 6 2 8
  Kevin Wimmer 4 1 1 5 1
  Guido Burgstaller 6 6
  Ante Bajic 4 1 4 1
  Michael Sollbauer 2 1 1 3 1
  Maximilian Hofmann 2 1 1 4
  Martin Koscelník 2 2 4
  Oliver Strunz 3 1 4
  Bernhard Zimmermann 4 4
  Denso Kasius 2 1 2 1
  Martin Moormann 2 1 2 1
  Leopold Querfeld 1 1 1 2 1
  Ferdy Druijf 2 1 3
  Patrick Greil 2 1 3
  Moritz Oswald 2 1 3
  Nicolas Kühn 1 1 2
  Yusuf Demir 1 1
  Paul Gartler 1 1
  Christoph Knasmüllner 1 1
  Dejan Petrovič 1 1
  Nikolas Sattlberger 1 1
Totals 77 1 4 12 18 1 107 1 5

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos. Nat. Name Age Moved from Type Transfer Window Ref.
MF   Roman Kerschbaum 28   FC Admira Wacker Mödling Free transfer Summer [1]
MF   Patrick Greil 25   SK Austria Klagenfurt Free Transfer Summer [2]
MF   Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn 22   FC Bayern Munich II Transfer Summer [3]
MF   Aleksa Pejić 22   FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk Transfer Summer [4]
DF   Michael Sollbauer 32   Dynamo Dresden Free transfer Summer [5]
MF   Ante Bajic 26   SV Ried Transfer Summer [6]
FW   Guido Burgstaller 33   FC St. Pauli Transfer Summer [7]
DF   Martin Koscelník 27   FC Slovan Liberec Transfer Summer [8]
DF   Denso Kasius 20   Bologna F.C. 1909 Loan Winter [9]

Out edit

Pos. Nat. Name Age Moved to Type Transfer Window Ref.
DF   Leo Greiml 20   FC Schalke 04 Free transfer Summer [10]
MF   Kelvin Arase 23   Karlsruher SC Free transfer Summer [11]
MF   Philipp Schobesberger 28   SKU Amstetten Free agent Summer
MF   Srđan Grahovac 29   Çaykur Rizespor Free transfer Summer
MF   Dalibor Velimirovic 21   First Vienna FC Free transfer Summer
MF   Robert Ljubičić 22   GNK Dinamo Zagreb Transfer Summer
FW   Koya Kitagawa 25   Shimizu S-Pulse Transfer Summer [12]
MF   Benjamin Kanuric 19   Arminia Bielefeld Transfer Summer [13]
DF   Emanuel Aiwu 21   U.S. Cremonese Transfer Summer [14]
DF   Lukas Sulzbacher 22   WSG Tirol Transfer Summer
FW   René Kriwak 23   TSV Hartberg Loan Summer
FW   Yusuf Demir 19   Galatasaray S.K. Transfer Summer

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 June 2022 Friendly SC Neusiedl/See   1–3 Rapid Wien Lackenbach, Austria
  • Vlna   65'
Stadium: Sportplatz Lackenbach
Attendance: 700
29 June 2022 Friendly SV Lafnitz   2–5 Rapid Wien Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria
Stadium: Sportplatz Bad Tatzmannsdorf
Attendance: –
2 July 2022 Friendly AEK Larnaca FC   3–2 Rapid Wien Oberwart, Austria
Stadium: Inform-Stadion
Attendance: 500
9 July 2022 Friendly Rapid Wien 3–3   Celtic F.C. Vienna, Austria
18:00
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 9,400
16 July 2022 Friendly Admira Wacker   1–2 Rapid Wien Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
Stadium: Bundesstadion Südstadt
25 November 2022 Friendly Rapid Wien 2-2   Floridsdorfer AC Vienna, Austria
15:00 Report
Stadium: West 1
2 December 2022 Friendly Rapid Wien 4-1   First Vienna FC Vienna, Austria
15:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 750
9 December 2022 Friendly Rapid Wien 2-2   FC Schalke 04 Vienna, Austria
15:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 9,100
11 January 2023 Friendly Rapid Wien 6-0   SR Donaufeld Vienna, Austria
17:30
Stadium: Trainingsplatz 1
16 January 2023 Friendly Śląsk Wrocław   3-2 Rapid Wien Belek, Turkey
Stadium: Kaya Palazzo
20 January 2023 Friendly FK Teplice   1-3 Rapid Wien Belek, Turkey
24 January 2023 Friendly Dynamo Kyiv   0-4 Rapid Wien Antalya, Turkey
Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
24 March 2023 Friendly FC Mistelbach   0-7 Rapid Wien Mistelbach, Austria

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga 24 July 2022 3 June 2023 4th 32 12 6 14 50 47 +3 037.50
Austrian Cup 15 July 2022 30 April 2023 Round 1 Runner-up 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 083.33
Conference League 21 July 2022 25 August 2022 Second qualifying round Play-off round 6 2 2 2 6 6 +0 033.33
Total 44 19 8 17 68 58 +10 043.18

Last updated: 3 June 2023
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga edit

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 12 6 14 50 47  +3 42 7 4 5 29 22  +7 5 2 9 21 25  −4

Last updated: 3 June 2023.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHA
ResultWWDLWLWLDWLLLDWWLWWLWLLWDLDLLDWL
Position51253434444457445444445444445544
Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2023. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Sturm Graz 22 14 6 2 37 15 +22 48 Qualification for the Championship round
3 LASK 22 10 8 4 38 28 +10 38
4 Rapid Wien 22 10 3 9 34 26 +8 33
5 Austria Wien 22 10 5 7 37 31 +6 32[a]
6 Austria Klagenfurt 22 9 3 10 35 40 −5 30
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[16]
Notes:
  1. ^ Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.[15]
Matches edit
24 July 2022 1 Rapid 1–0 Ried Vienna
17:00
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Walter Altmann
31 July 2022 2 Klagenfurt 0–1 Rapid Klagenfurt
17:00 Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 5,900
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
7 August 2022 3 Rapid 1–1 Lustenau Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 17,600
Referee: Stefan Ebner
14 August 2022 4 LASK 2–1 Rapid Pasching
17:00
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 6,009
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
26 October 2022 5 Rapid 5–1 Hartberg Vienna
16:00
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 14,400
Referee: Walter Altmann
28 August 2022 6 Rapid 1–2 Sturm Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Christopher Jäger
4 September 2022 7 Altach 0–1 Rapid Altach
14:30 Report
Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
10 September 2022 8 Rapid 1–3 Wolfsberg Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 13,400
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
18 September 2022 9 Red Bull 1–1 Rapid Wals-Siezenheim
17:00
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,785
Referee: Alexander Harkam
1 October 2022 10 Wattens 0–5 Rapid Innsbruck
17:00 Report
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: Alan Kijas
9 October 2022 11 Rapid 1–2 Austria Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
15 October 2022 12 Ried 1–0 Rapid Ried im Innkreis
17:00
Report
Stadium: Josko Arena
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Alexander Harkam
22 October 2022 13 Rapid 0–1 Klagenfurt Vienna
17:00 Report   6' Pink Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer
29 October 2022 14 Lustenau 3–3 Rapid Lustenau
17:00
Report
Stadium: Reichshofstadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
6 November 2022 15 Rapid 1–0 LASK Vienna
17:00
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 18,200
Referee: Alan Kijas
12 November 2022 16 Hartberg 1–2 Rapid Hartberg
17:00
Report
Stadium: Profertil Arena
Attendance: 4,705
Referee: Stefan Ebner
10 February 2023 17 Sturm 1–0 Rapid Graz
20:30
Report Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Walter Altmann
19 February 2023 18 Rapid 3–0 Altach Vienna
17:00
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 13,700
Referee: Andreas Heiß
26 February 2023 19 Wolfsberg 1–2 Rapid Wolfsberg
14:30
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
5 March 2023 20 Rapid 2–4 Red Bull Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 24,200
Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer
12 March 2023 21 Rapid 2–0 Wattens Vienna
17:00
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 19,400
Referee: Markus Hameter
19 March 2023 22 Austria 2–0 Rapid Vienna
17:00
Report Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Julian Weinberger

Championship round edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS STU LIN RWI AWI KLA
2 Sturm Graz 32 20 6 6 57 29 +28 42 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 4–1
3 LASK 32 14 12 6 54 38 +16 35 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 4–0
4 Rapid Wien 32 12 6 14 50 47 +3 25 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–3 3–1
5 Austria Wien (O) 32 11 10 11 55 52 +3 24 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–2
6 Austria Klagenfurt 32 11 5 16 45 63 −18 23 0–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.[17]
(O) Play-off winners
Matches edit
2 April 2022 23 Sturm 3–1 Rapid Graz
17:30
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 15,432
Referee: Stefan Ebner
9 April 2022 24 Rapid 3–1 Klagenfurt Vienna
14:30
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
16 April 2022 25 Rapid 3–3 Austria Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Sebastian Gishammer
23 April 2022 26 LASK 3–1 Rapid Linz
14:30
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena (Linz)
Attendance: 17,650
Referee: Alan Kiljas
26 April 2022 27 Rapid 1–1 Red Bull Vienna
20:30
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 14,600
Referee: Walter Altmann
7 May 2022 28 Red Bull 2–1 Rapid Wals-Siezenheim
17:00
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,965
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
14 May 2022 29 Austria 3–1 Rapid Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium
Attendance: 14,700
Referee: Alexander Harkam
21 May 2022 30 Rapid 1–1 LASK Vienna
14:30
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 18,900
Referee: Markus Hameter
28 May 2022 31 Rapid 3–2 Sturm Vienna
17:00
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Stefan Ebner
3 June 2022 32 Klagenfurt 2–1 Rapid Klagenfurt
17:00
Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 6,650
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

Austrian Cup edit

15 July 2022 1st round SK Treibach 0–1 Rapid Wien Althofen
18:30 Report
Stadium: Turnerwald-Stadion
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
1 September 2022 2nd round SV Allerheiligen 0–2 Rapid Wien Allerheiligen bei Wildon
17:30 Report
Stadium: Sportplatz USV Allerheiligen/Wildon
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Alan Kiljas
18 October 2022 Round of 16 WSG Tirol 1–4 Rapid Wien Wattens
18:00
Report
Stadium: Gernot Langes Stadion
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
3 February 2023 Quarterfinal Wolfsberger AC 1–3 (a.e.t.) Rapid Wien Wolfsberg
18:00
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 3,021
Referee: Stefan Ebner
5 April 2023 Semifinal Rapid Wien 2–1 SV Ried Vienna
20:30
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 21,600
Referee: Alexander Harkam
30 April 2023 Final Rapid Wien 0–2 SK Sturm Graz Klagenfurt
20:30 Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Christopher Jäger

UEFA Europa Conference League edit

Second qualifying round edit

21 July 2022 First leg Rapid Wien   0–0   Lechia Gdańsk Vienna, Austria
19:00 Report Stadium: Weststadion
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
28 July 2022 Second leg Lechia Gdańsk   1–2
(1–2 agg.)
  Rapid Wien Gdańsk, Poland
19:45
Report
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 23,519
Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)

Third qualifying round edit

4 August 2022 First leg Neftçi PFK   2–1   Rapid Wien Baku, Azerbaijan
21:00
Report
Stadium: Bakcell Arena
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)
11 August 2022 Second leg Rapid Wien   2–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 agg.)
  Neftçi PFK Vienna, Austria
20:30
Report Stadium: Weststadion
Attendance: 14,600
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Play-off round edit

18 August 2022 First leg Vaduz   1–1   Rapid Wien Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
20:00
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
25 August 2022 Second leg Rapid Wien   0–1
(1–2 agg.)
  Vaduz Allianz Stadion, Vienna
21:00
Report
Attendance: 15,100
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

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