1977–78 SK Rapid Wien season

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

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

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Yellow card	Red card
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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'
2	13.08.1977	H	LASK	1-0	4,500	Kirisits File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'
3	26.08.1977	A	Sturm Graz	3-1	13,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' File:Soccerball shade.svg 50', Pajenk File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'
4	30.08.1977	H	GAK	1-1	7,000	Persidis File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
5	02.09.1977	A	Wiener SC	7-2	10,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' File:Soccerball shade.svg 82', Krauss File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' File:Soccerball shade.svg 54', Walzer File:Soccerball shade.svg 61', Krejcirik File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 69', Pajenk File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'
10	14.10.1977	H	VÖEST Linz	4-0	3,500	Krejcirik File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
11	22.10.1977	A	LASK	3-1	4,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'
12	05.11.1977	H	Sturm Graz	2-2	6,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', Krause File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'
13	09.11.1977	A	GAK	2-4	3,700	Hohenwarter File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' (o.g.), Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'
14	12.11.1977	H	Wiener SC	1-2	6,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'
15	19.11.1977	A	Vienna	0-0	5,000	Kautzky Red card 43', Krankl Red card 53'
16	26.11.1977	H	Admira	3-1	2,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', Krauss File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' (pen.)
21	22.01.1978	A	Sturm Graz	1-1	3,000	Krejcirik File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'
22	28.01.1978	H	GAK	1-1	2,500	Pawlek P. File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'
23	04.02.1978	A	Wiener SC	1-1	3,500	Pawlek P. File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
24	11.02.1978	H	Vienna	4-1	2,300	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 89', Krejcirik File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', Walzer File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'
25	18.02.1978	A	Admira	5-1	3,000	Pawlek P. File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' File:Soccerball shade.svg 64', Krejcirik File:Soccerball shade.svg 36', Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'
26	25.02.1978	H	Wacker Innsbruck	3-1	7,000	Kirisits File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', Pawlek P. File:Soccerball shade.svg 78', Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'
27	05.03.1978	A	Austria Wien	0-3	15,000	Pajenk Red card 84'
28	11.03.1978	H	VÖEST Linz	2-1	4,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'
29	18.03.1978	A	LASK	6-0	3,200	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' File:Soccerball shade.svg 66', Krejcirik File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' File:Soccerball shade.svg 64', Schweinzer File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' (o.g.)
30	25.03.1978	H	Sturm Graz	4-1	6,500	Krejcirik File:Soccerball shade.svg 2', Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', Gallos File:Soccerball shade.svg 71', Weber File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' (o.g.)
31	31.03.1978	A	GAK	2-1	7,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'
32	08.04.1978	H	Wiener SC	3-2	9,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', Krejcirik File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'
33	15.04.1978	A	Vienna	1-2	8,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'
34	22.04.1978	H	Admira	6-0	6,000	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' File:Soccerball shade.svg 83', Pawlek P. File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'
35	29.04.1978	A	Wacker Innsbruck	1-1	10,000	Pajenk File:Soccerball shade.svg 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. File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', Krejcirik File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
R3	26.12.1977	A	Kapfenberg	1-1 (6-5 p)	3,500	Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'
R1-L2	28.09.1977	A	Inter Bratislava	0-3	8,000