The 2018–19 SK Rapid Wien season was the 121st season in club history.
Pre-season and friendlies DateOpponentsVenueResultF–AGoalscorersAttendanceRapid WienOpponent 28 June 2018 ASK Ebreichsdorf A 2–0 Gashi 39', Kostić 44' 1,000 4 July 2018 Slavia Prague N 0–2Tecl 26', Sýkora 45' 1,400 8 July 2018 Krylia Sovetov N 1–0 Arase 16' 700 14 July 2018 Hamburger SV H 1–2 Malicsek 47'Steinmann 42', Ito 59' 10,700 15 January 2019 SV Horn H 5–0 Ivan 12', Berisha 15', Knasmüllner 55' 59', Müldür 84' 300 19 January 2019 Floridsdorfer AC H 1–0 Pavlović 35' 300 25 January 2019 FC Aarau N 5–2 Ivan 7', Alar 26', Dibon 52', Müldür 73', Pavlović 83'Maierhofer 18', Mišić 75' – 29 January 2019 Odense Boldklub N 2–5 Knasmüllner 35', Schwab 52'Nielsen 8' 19', Desler 17', Festersen 34', Tverskov 59' – 1 February 2019 AC Horsens N 1–1 Knasmüllner 61'; Junker 39' – 8 February 2019 NK Triglav Kranj H 5–2 Schwab 10', Murg 50', Knasmüllner 55', Sonnleitner 72', Pavlović 90'Majcen 26', Kumer 56' 300
Bundesliga
Bundesliga fixtures and results
Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Rapid Wien Opponent 1 17:00 Admira Wacker Mödling A 3–0 5,200 Murg Ivan Bolingoli 1st 3 +3 2 17:00 Rheindorf Altach H 1–1 15,200 Alar Aigner 3rd 4 +3 3 17:00 Wolfsberger AC H 0–0 14,800 4th 5 +3 4 17:00 LASK A 1–2 5,864 Knasmüllner Berisha Ramsebner Wiesinger 7th 5 +2 5 17:00 Wacker Innsbruck H 2–1 17,400 Schwab Alar Freitag 5th 8 +3 6 17:00 Sturm Graz A 1–1 14,487 Alar Žulj 5th 9 +3 7 17:00 Austria Wien H 0–1 26,000 Grünwald 7th 9 +2 8 17:00 Red Bull Salzburg A 1–2 16,000 Hofmann Minamino Dabour 7th 9 +1 9 17:00 St. Pölten H 0–2 15,600 Ivan Gartler Balić 8th 9 −1 10 14:30 Mattersburg H 1–0 18,200 Knasmüllner 7th 12 +0 11 17:00 Hartberg A 0–3 5,024 Sittsam Tadić Flecker 9th 12 −3 12 14:20 Admira Wacker Mödling H 2–0 14,600 Sonnleitner 7th 15 −1 13 17:00 Rheindorf Altach A 2–2 5,038 Sonnleitner Murg Fischer 7th 16 −1 14 14:30 Wolfsberger AC A 1–3 5,444 Murg Orgill Liendl 8th 16 −3 15 17:00 LASK H 0–1 17,600 Holland 8th 16 −4 16 14:30 Wacker Innsbruck A 1–0 7,665 Berisha 8th 19 −3 17 17:00 Sturm Graz H 0–0 17,700 8th 20 −3 18 17:00 Austria Wien A 1–6 16,582 Potzmann Ljubicic Schoissengeyr Jeggo Monschein Klein Barać Turgeman 8th 20 −8 19 17:00 Red Bull Salzburg H 2–0 19,400 Berisha Schwab Ramalho 8th 23 −6 20 17:00 St. Pölten A 4–0 7,195 Pavlović Ljubicic Knasmüllner Sonnleitner 7th 26 −2 21 17:00 Mattersburg A 1–2 10,200 Schobesberger Gruber Mahrer 7th 26 −3 22 17:00 Hartberg H 2–2 19,200 Schwab Murg Hofmann Huber 8th 27 −3 Relegation round 23 17:00 Admira Wacker Mödling H 3–0 11,600 Pavlović Knasmüllner Schobesberger Badji 1st 16 +0 24 17:00 Wacker Innsbruck A 2–0 7,413 Dibon Alar 1st 19 +2 25 17:00 Mattersburg H 2–1 12,300 Knasmüllner Murg Höller 1st 22 +3 26 17:00 Rheindorf Altach A 2–2 5,912 Murg Pavlović Berisha Meilinger 1st 23 +3 27 19:00 Hartberg A 4–2 4,000 Swete Murg Bolingoli Pavlović Rep Cancola 1st 26 +5 28 17:00 Hartberg H 3–4 13,100 Rotter Huber Murg Badji Kansmüllner Tadić Cancola Sanogo 1st 26 +4 29 17:00 Admira Wacker Mödling A 4–3 3,800 Badji Sonnleitner Dibon Kalajdžić Maier Spasić 1st 29 +5 30 17:00 Wacker Innsbruck H 1–0 13,800 Badji 1st 32 +6 31 17:00 Mattersburg A 0–1 4,200 Pušić 1st 32 +5 32 17:00 Rheindorf Altach H 1–2 13,500 Pavlović Berisha Fischer 1st 32 +4
Play-off rounds
Leg Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent 28 May 2019 19:00 Mattersburg H 2–0 10,600 Knasmüllner Badji 30 May 2019 17:00 Sturm Graz H 1–2 15,900 Schwab Jantscher Greiml 2 June 2019 17:00 Sturm Graz A 1–0 9,315 Spendlhofer
League table
Regular season
Relegation round
Results summary
Austrian Cup
Austrian Cup fixtures and results
Round Date Opponent VenueResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent 20 July 2018 FC Kufstein A 5–0 2,000 Ivan Berisha Alar 26 September 2018 SV Mattersburg A 1–1 5,300 Knasmüllner Kvasina 31 October 2018 Wolfsberger AC A 3–0 3,755 Pavlović Knasmüllner 17 February 2019 TSV Hartberg H 5–2 12,700 Murg Pavlović Hofmann Martic Rasswalder 3 April 2019 20:30 LASK Linz A 1–1 6,087 Hofmann Goiginger Ranftl (after end of game) 1 May 2019 16:30 RB Salzburg N 0–2 24,200 Farkas Dabour
Europa League
Europa League review Rapid entered the Europa League in the 3rd qualifying round and reached the round of 32.
Qualifying rounds
Leg Date Opponent VenueResultF–A F–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent Third qualifying round 9 August 2018 21:05 Slovan Bratislava A 1–2 – 9,560 Schwab Alar Bozhikov Barać 16 August 2018 20:30 Slovan Bratislava H 4–0 5–2 17,800 Knasmüllner Murg Playoff round 23 August 2018 20:30 Steaua București H 3–1 - 19,300 Knasmüllner Sonnleitner Schwab Berisha Gnohéré 30 August 2018 20:30 Steaua București A 1–2 4–3 31,274 Sonnleitner Gnohéré Roman Bălașa
Group stage
Table
Fixtures and results Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Rapid Wien Opponent 1 20 September 2018 18:55 Spartak Moscow H 2–0 21,400 Timofeyev Murg 1st 3 2 4 October 2018 21:00 Rangers A 1–3 47,500 Berisha Morelos Tavernier 2nd 3 3 25 October 2018 21:00 Villarreal A 0–5 14,158 Fornals Ekambi Barać Raba Costa Gerard 3rd 3 4 8 November 2018 18:55 Villarreal H 0–0 22,100 4th 4 5 29 November 2018 16:50 Spartak Moscow A 2–1 20,739 Müldür Schobesberger Zé Luís 2nd 7 6 13 December 2018 18:55 Rangers H 1–0 23,850 Ljubicic 2nd 10
Knockout phase
Knockout phase results
Leg Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A F–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent Round of 32 14 February 2019 18:55 Inter Milan H 0–1 – 23,850 Martínez 21 February 2019 21:00 Inter Milan A 0–4 0–5 30,000 Vecino Ranocchia Perišić Politano
Team record
Competition First match Last match Record Bundesliga 29 July 2 June ÖFB Cup 20 July 1 May Europa League 9 August 21 February Total
Squad
Squad statistics NameLeagueAustrian CupInternationalTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers1 Richard Strebinger 32 5 12 49 1 21 Tobias Knoflach 3 1 4 1 Defenders3 Mert Müldür 20+6 3+2 7+3 1 30+11 1 11 4 Mateo Barać 10+2 2+2 9 21+4 4 5 Boli Bolingoli 26+2 2 3+1 8+2 37+5 2 9 6 Mario Sonnleitner 24+1 5 5+1 10 2 39+2 7 6 17 Christopher Dibon 15 2 1 1+1 17+1 2 2 19 Marvin Potzmann 18+3 1 2+1 11 31+4 1 8 20 Maximilian Hofmann 15 1 4 2 4+1 23+1 3 11 123 Manuel Thurnwald 3+3 1+2 4+5 24 Stephan Auer 13+6 4 1+1 18+7 5 47 Leo Greiml 0+1 0+1 48 Patrick Obermüller 1 1 Midfielders7 Philipp Schobesberger 15+5 2 3 0+4 1 18+9 3 2 8 Stefan Schwab 31+1 4 6 10+2 2 47+3 6 9 10 Thomas Murg 28+4 7 5 2 10+1 2 43+5 11 5 1 14 Srđan Grahovac 10+1 2 2 14+1 1 15 Manuel Martic 11+4 2 2+3 15+7 8 16 Philipp Malicsek 2+1 0+1 2+2 18 Tamás Szántó 25 Aleksandar Kostić 1+4 0+1 0+2 1+7 1 26 Ivan Močinić 28 Christoph Knasmüllner 29+3 5 4+2 2 7+4 4 40+9 11 39 Dejan Ljubicic 18+11 1 4 11+1 1 33+12 2 3 149 Nicholas Wunsch 0+2 0+2 Forwards9 Veton Berisha 7+10 3 2 1 9+1 1 18+11 5 4 1 22 Andrija Pavlović 14+6 4 3+2 4 3+1 20+9 8 2 27 Aliou Badji 10+6 6 1+1 11+7 6 4 29 Deni Alar 12+8 4 2+1 2 7+1 21+10 6 2 36 Kelvin Arase 1 1 43 Jérémy Guillemenot 1+2 0+1 0+1 1+4 97 Andrei Ivan 15+9 1 2+3 2 7+4 24+16 3 2 1
Goal scorers NameBundesligaCupInternationalTotal Christoph Knasmüllner 5 2 411 Thomas Murg 7 2 211 Andrija Pavlović 4 4 8 Mario Sonnleitner 5 2 7 Deni Alar 4 2 6 Aliou Badji 6 6 Stefan Schwab 4 2 6 Veton Berisha 3 1 1 5 Maximilian Hofmann 1 2 3 Andrei Ivan 1 2 3 Philipp Schobesberger 2 1 3 Boli Bolingoli 2 2 Christopher Dibon 2 2 Dejan Ljubicic 1 1 2 Mert Müldür 1 1 Marvin Potzmann 1 1Own goals Michael Huber (Hartberg) 1 1 Thomas Rotter (Hartberg) 1 1 Lukas Spendlhofer (Sturm) 1 1 René Swete (Hartberg) 1 1 Artyom Timofeyev (Spartak Moscow) 1 1Totals52151582
Disciplinary record
Name Bundesliga Cup International Total Maximilian Hofmann 5 3 1 3 11 1 Mert Müldür 5 3 3 11 Boli Bolingoli 7 2 9 Stefan Schwab 6 3 9 Manuel Martic 6 2 8 Marvin Potzmann 4 4 8 Thomas Murg 2 1 1 2 5 1 Mario Sonnleitner 3 3 6 Veton Berisha 1 3 1 4 1 Stephan Auer 4 1 5 Dejan Ljubicic 2 1 1 3 1 Aliou Badji 4 4 Mateo Barać 2 2 4 Andrei Ivan 1 2 2 1 Deni Alar 1 1 2 Christopher Dibon 2 2 Andrija Pavlović 1 1 2 Philipp Schobesberger 2 2 Srđan Grahovac 1 1 1 Tobias Knoflach 1 1 Aleksandar Kostić 1 1 Richard Strebinger 1 1 Totals 592110 1321 10132
Transfers
In Name Age Moved from Type Transfer Window Contract ends FW Andrija Pavlović F.C. Copenhagen Transfer Summer 2021 MF Philipp Malicsek SKN St. Pölten Loan Return Summer 2019 GK Paul Gartler Kapfenberger SV Loan Return Summer 2019 DF Marvin Potzmann SK Sturm Graz Free Transfer Summer 2021 MF Manuel Martic SKN St. Pölten Free transfer Summer 2020 MF Christoph Knasmüllner Barnsley F.C. Transfer Summer 2021 FW Andrei Ivan FC Krasnodar Loan Summer 2019 FW Deni Alar SK Sturm Graz Transfer Summer 2022 DF Mateo Barać NK Osijek Transfer Summer 2021 FW Jérémy Guillemenot FC Barcelona B Transfer Summer 2019 MF Srđan Grahovac FC Astana Transfer Winter 2022 FW Aliou Badji Djurgårdens IF Transfer Winter 2022
Out Name Age Moved to Type Transfer Window MF Steffen Hofmann Retirement Summer MF Louis Schaub 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer DF Mario Pavelić HNK Rijeka Free transfer Summer MF Thanos Petsos Werder Bremen Loan return Summer FW Joelinton TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Loan return Summer MF Andreas Kuen SV Mattersburg Free Transfer Summer FW Armin Mujakic Atromitos F.C. Free Transfer Summer DF Lucas Galvão FC Ingolstadt 04 Transfer Summer FW Giorgi Kvilitaia K.A.A. Gent Transfer Summer MF Aleksandar Kostić FK Radnički Niš Free Transfer Winter FW Jérémy Guillemenot FC St. Gallen Free Transfer Winter MF Philipp Malicsek Floridsdorfer AC Free Transfer Winter FW Veton Berisha SK Brann Transfer Winter
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