The 2008–09 SK Rapid Wien season was the 111th season in club history.
Squad statistics
No.Nat.NameAgeLeagueCupChampions LeagueTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers1 Raimund Hedl 7+1 2 9+1 24 Helge Payer 13 13 25 Georg Koch 7 2 9 2 30 Andreas Lukse 9 1 10 Defenders2 Mario Tokic 21 2 2 25 5 3 Jürgen Patocka 30+2 1 2 2 34+2 1 12 6 Christian Thonhofer 12+5 0+1 12+6 1 114 Markus Katzer 17+2 1 3 2 22+2 1 7 18 Hannes Eder 20+3 2 1 21+3 2 4 23 Andreas Dober 31+2 1 3 1 2 36+2 2 9 31 Tanju Kayhan 1+2 1+2 32 Stephan Palla 2 2 1 33 Marcel Ketelaer 7+5 0+1 0+1 7+7 1 Midfielders7 Stefan Kulovits 13+4 2+1 1 16+5 3 18 Markus Heikkinen 32 2 2 36 9 11 Steffen Hofmann 33+1 12 3 1 2 38+1 13 5 15 Boris Prokopic 1+1 1+1 17 Veli Kavlak 20+9 4 3 1 2 25+9 5 6 19 Christopher Drazan 5+14 0+1 5+15 4 122 Georg Harding 1+7 0+1 1+8 1 27 Branko Boskovic 28+1 6 3 4 1 32+1 10 8 28 Christopher Trimmel 1+4 1+4 35 Yasin Pehlivan 14 2 14 2 4 Forwards9 Stefan Maierhofer 33+2 23 3 2 2 2 38+2 27 9 16 Nikica Jelavic 9+25 7 1+2 1 0+2 10+29 8 20 René Gartler 1+2 1+2 21 Erwin Hoffer 28+6 27 1+2 1 2 1 31+8 29 4 Players who left after the start of the season4 Martin Hiden 0+4 1+1 1+5 1
Goal scorers RankNameBundesligaCupChampions LeagueTotal1 Erwin Hoffer 27 1 1 292 Stefan Maierhofer 23 2 2 273 Steffen Hofmann 12 1 134 Branko Boskovic 6 4 105 Nikica Jelavic 7 1 86 Veli Kavlak 4 1 57 Andreas Dober 1 1 2 Hannes Eder 2 2 Yasin Pehlivan 2 210 Markus Katzer 1 1 Jürgen Patocka 1 1 Michael Baur (LASK) 1 1 Thomas Burgstaller (Ried) 1 1 Oliver Pusztai (Kärnten) 1 1Totals89113103
Fixtures and results
Bundesliga DateVenueOpponent 08.07.2008 A Sturm Graz 1–3 15,322Dober 12.07.2008 H RB Salzburg 2–2 17,000Hofmann S. , Maierhofer 19.07.2008 H Austria Kärnten 1–0 15,400Hoffer 26.07.2008 A Mattersburg 1–0 11,200Maierhofer 02.08.2008 H Kapfenberg 3–1 16,400Hofmann S. , Kavlak , Maierhofer 09.08.2008 A Altach 7–2 7,500Hoffer , Maierhofer , Hofmann S. 24.08.2008 H Austria Wien 3–0 18,000Boskovic , Hofmann S. 30.08.2008 A LASK 5–2 13,100Hoffer , Maierhofer , Baur , Katzer 19.09.2008 H Ried 1–1 17,500Burgstaller 23.09.2008 A Ried 0–1 6,200 28.09.2008 H Sturm Graz 2–1 17,500Hofmann S. , Maierhofer 05.10.2008 A RB Salzburg 0–1 23,800 04.11.2008 A Austria Kärnten 3–3 14,300Jelavic , Maierhofer , Hofmann S. 25.10.2008 H Mattersburg 1–0 17,500Maierhofer 31.10.2008 A Kapfenberg 2–0 9,113Maierhofer , Kavlak 08.11.2008 H Altach 5–1 16,900Jelavic , Maierhofer 11.11.2008 A Austria Wien 0–2 12,200 15.11.2008 H LASK 5–0 17,000Hofmann S. , Maierhofer , Hoffer 23.11.2008 A Sturm Graz 2–2 15,327Hoffer 29.11.2008 H Altach 8–1 15,000Maierhofer , Hoffer , Jelavic 07.12.2008 A Austria Wien 2–2 12,300Hofmann S. , Hoffer 14.12.2008 H LASK 1–1 16,800Maierhofer 22.02.2009 A RB Salzburg 1–2 17,800Boskovic 28.02.2009 H Ried 1–0 16,200Hofmann S. Thonhofer , Drazan 08.03.2009 A Mattersburg 3–0 8,600Boskovic , Hoffer 14.03.2009 H Kapfenberg 6–0 16,500Maierhofer , Pehlivan , Hoffer , Eder H. , Kavlak 21.03.2009 A Austria Kärnten 3–1 16,700Hoffer , Maierhofer 05.04.2009 H Austria Kärnten 4–2 17,500Hofmann S. , Kavlak , Pusztai 12.04.2009 H Sturm Graz 0–1 17,500 18.04.2009 A Altach 1–1 8,100Maierhofer 26.04.2009 H Austria Wien 3–2 17,500Hoffer , Hofmann S. , Patocka 02.05.2009 A LASK 2–0 15,000Hoffer , Boskovic 10.05.2009 H RB Salzburg 4–2 17,800Maierhofer , Hoffer 17.05.2009 A Ried 0–3 7,600Kulovits 21.05.2009 H Mattersburg 2–3 17,000Jelavic , Eder H. 31.05.2009 A Kapfenberg 4–0 7,300Hoffer , Pehlivan
League table
Cup DateVenueOpponent 15.08.2008 A Austria Klagenfurt 5–0 1,000Boskovic , Kavlak , Jelavic 13.09.2008 A Leoben 4–1 (a.e.t.) 4,500Boskovic , Maierhofer , Hoffer 28.10.2008 A Ried 2–3 3,000Hofmann S. , Dober
Champions League qualification DateVenueOpponent 30.07.2008 A Anorthosis 0–3 9,300 06.08.2008 H Anorthosis 3–1 17,000Hoffer , Maierhofer
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