The 2015–16 SK Rapid Wien season was the 118th season in club history.

Background

Background information

Rapid Wien finished the 2014–15 season in second place. Therefore, Rapid Wien started in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2015/16 Champions League competition.

Pre-season and friendlies

Date Opponent VenueResultF–AGoalscorersAttendanceRapid WienOpponent3 July 2015SKN St. PöltenA4–1 Schwab 15', Huspek 17', Tomi 79', Nutz 90'Segovia 19' 6,1848 July 2015FK JablonecN0–0 1,50011 July 2015FSV FrankfurtN2–0Kainz 32', Nutz 53'2,00015 January 2016Floridsdorfer ACH1–3Prosenik 35'Viertl 52', Entrup 54', 66' 30024 January 2016FC St. PauliN1–1Schwab 60'Sobota 72' 10030 January 2016Bohemians PrahaN2–2Jelic 7', Schwab 30' (pen.)Mikus 45', Bartek 78' 100

Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures and results

Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Rapid Wien Opponent 1 18:30 Ried H 3–0 15,100 Kainz Beric Schaub Kragl 1st 3 +3 2 18:30 Red Bull Salzburg A 2–1 17,357 Petsos Schwab Oberlin 1st 6 +4 3 19:00 Wolfsberger AC H 2–1 13,300 Kainz Wernitznig 1st 9 +5 4 20:30 Austria Wien A 5–2 12,500 Stangl Schobesberger Schwab Hofmann S. Beric Gorgon 1st 12 +8 5 16:30 Sturm Graz A 2–2 14,876 Beric Madl Hadzic Avdijaj 1st 13 +8 6 16:00 Grödig H 3–0 16,800 Sonnleitner Alar Schobesberger Pichler 1st 16 +11 7 18:30 Mattersburg H 2–4 14,300 Strebinger Alar Hofmann S. Perlak Röcher Pink Mahrer 1st 16 +9 8 16:00 Rheindorf Altach A 0–2 7,250 Harrer 2nd 16 +7 9 16:30 Admira Wacker Mödling H 2–0 15,500 Schwab Dibon 1st 19 +9 10 16:00 Ried A 1–0 6,000 Jelic 1st 22 +10 11 16:30 Red Bull Salzburg H 1–2 23,200 Stangl Minamino Schwegler 1st 22 +9 12 16:30 Wolfsberger AC A 1–2 4,600 Schaub Jacobo Ouedraogo 3rd 22 +8 13 16:30 Austria Wien H 1–2 32,200 Prosenik Hofmann M. Friesenbichler 3rd 22 +7 14 16:00 Sturm Graz H 2–1 14,700 Hofmann S. Sonnleitner Kienast 3rd 25 +8 15 16:30 Grödig A 1–2 2,845 Tomi Venuto 3rd 25 +7 16 18:30 Mattersburg A 6–1 9,500 Kainz Stangl Prosenik Jelic Bürger 3rd 28 +12 17 19:00 Rheindorf Altach H 3–1 16,400 Stangl Grahovac Nutz Ngwat-Mahop 3rd 31 +14 18 18:30 Admira Wacker Mödling A 1–2 5,000 Alar Zwierschitz Spiridonovic 3rd 31 +13 19 18:30 Ried H 2–1 12,700 Schwab Schobesberger Murg 3rd 34 +14 20 16:30 Red Bull Salzburg A 0–2 14,150 Soriano Keïta 3rd 34 +12 21 18:30 Wolfsberger AC H 3–0 13,700 Schobesberger Pavelic Jelic 3rd 37 +15 22 16:30 Austria Wien A 3–0 12,000 Murg Hofmann S. Jelic 2nd 40 +18 23 16:30 Sturm Graz A 2–0 12,500 Schobesberger 2nd 43 +20 24 14:00 Grödig H 3–2 14,200 Jelic Schwab Maak Schütz 2nd 46 +21 25 18:30 Mattersburg H 3–0 13,200 Hofmann S. Schwab Stangl Kainz 1st 49 +24 26 16:30 Rheindorf Altach A 0–0 5,649 2nd 50 +24 27 18:30 Admira Wacker Mödling H 0–4 12,300 Knasmüllner Grozurek Spiridonovic 2nd 50 +20 28 16:30 Ried A 0–1 5,700 Kreuzer 2nd 50 +19 29 Red Bull Salzburg H 1–1 24,800 Schaub Caleta-Car 2nd 51 +19 30 18:30 Wolfsberger AC A 2–2 6,000 Tomi Schaub Ouedraogo Schmerböck 2nd 52 +19 31 16:30 Austria Wien H 1–0 26,200 Tomi 2nd 55 +20 32 Sturm Graz H 2–0 16,200 Grahovac Kainz 2nd 58 +22 33 16:00 Grödig A 0–2 2,246 Rasner Kerschbaum 2nd 58 +20 34 16:30 Mattersburg A 2–0 4,500 Pavelic Prosenik 2nd 61 +22 35 20:30 Rheindorf Altach H 1–1 14,200 Schwab Netzer 2nd 62 +22 36 17:30 Admira Wacker Mödling A 3–1 5,500 Schaub Schwab Sonnleitner Grozurek 2nd 65 +24

League table

Results summary

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

Round Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent 17 July 2015 SC Weiz A 5–1 2,525 Kainz Schobesberger Beric Friedl Steiner 23 September 2015 SKU Amstetten A 1–1 3,300 Kainz Sonnleitner Vukovic 28 October 2015 Austria Salzburg H 5–1 9,400 Schobesberger Prosenik Tomi Alar Kaufmann 10 February 2016 Admira Wacker H 0–1 5,500 Schwab Grozurek Schößwendter

Champions League

Champions League fixtures and results

Qualifying rounds

Leg Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A F–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent Third qualifying round 29 July 2015 Ajax H 2–2 — 43,200 Kainz Schwab Berić Klaassen 4 August 2015 Ajax A 3–2 5–4 53,502 Berić Schaub Milik Gudelj Playoff round 19 August 2015 Shakhtar Donetsk H 0–1 — 46,000 Marlos 25 August 2015 Shakhtar Donetsk A 2–2 2–3 28,400 Schaub Hofmann S. Sonnleitner Marlos Hladkyy

Europa League

Group stage

Table

Europa League fixtures and results Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Rapid Wien Opponent 1 17 September Villarreal H 2–1 36,200 Schwab Hofmann S. Baptistão 2nd 3 2 1 October Dinamo Minsk A 1–0 5,000 Hofmann S. 1st 6 3 22 October Viktoria Plzeň H 3–2 39,400 Hofmann S. Schaub Petsos Ďuriš Hrošovský 1st 9 4 5 November Viktoria Plzeň A 2–1 11,691 Schobesberger Holenda 1st 12 5 26 November Villarreal A 0–1 15,000 Bruno 2nd 12 6 10 December Dinamo Minsk H 2–1 34,800 Hofmann S. Hofmann M. Jelic El Monir 1st 15

Knockout phase

Knockout phase results

Leg Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A F–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent Round of 32 18 February Valencia CF A 0–6 – 28,800 Mina Parejo Negredo Gomes Rodrigo 25 February Valencia CF H 0–4 0–10 39,800 Rodrigo Feghouli Piatti Vezo

Team record

Competition First match Last match Record Bundesliga 25 July 15 May ÖFB Cup 17 June 10 February Europa League 17 September 25 February Champions League 29 July 25 August Total—

Squad

Squad statistics No.Nat.NameAgeLeagueAustrian CupUEFA CompetitionsTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers1Ján Novota 12 9 21 2 21Tobias Knoflach 1+1 1+1 30Richard Strebinger 23 4 3+1 30+1 1Defenders4Thomas Schrammel 4+1 1 5+1 6Mario Sonnleitner 27 3 4 10 41 3 5 217Christopher Dibon 22+1 1 1+1 8 31+2 1 7 20Maximilian Hofmann 21+1 3 6+2 1 30+3 1 8 22Mario Pavelic 23+3 2 1+1 10 34+4 2 3 23Stefan Stangl 25+1 5 2 8+1 35+2 5 1 24Stephan Auer 18+1 3 5+1 26+2 6 31Dino Kovačec 0+1 0+1 36Michael Schimpelsberger 2 1 3 39Maximilian Wöber 1 1 40Attila Szalai 1 1 Midfielders5Thanos Petsos 18+2 1 3 10 1 31+2 2 6 7Philipp Schobesberger 23+10 6 3 3 4+6 2 30+16 11 1 8Stefan Schwab 34+2 8 1+3 9+1 1 44+6 9 7 110Louis Schaub 15+9 5 2 6+2 4 23+11 9 2 11Steffen Hofmann 22+7 4 0+2 11 4 33+9 8 7 14Florian Kainz 31+2 7 3 3 11 1 45+2 11 7 15Srđan Grahovac 20+6 2 2 6+5 28+11 2 7 19Stefan Nutz 7+4 1 2 9+4 1 27Andreas Kuen 0+2 0+2 29Thomas Murg 3+4 1 0+1 1+1 4+6 1 33Deni Alar 5+14 3 1+1 1 2+4 8+19 4 1 Forwards9Matej Jelić 16+11 6 2+1 3+4 1 21+16 7 5 28Tomi Correa 7+5 3 1 1 8+5 4 2 38Philipp Prosenik 10+12 4 1+2 1 5+5 16+19 5 1 Players who left after the start of the season9Robert Berić 3+2 3 1 1 4 2 8+2 6 2 18Philipp Huspek 3+3 1 0+3 4+6 25Dominik Wydra 1 1

Goal scorers NameBundesligaCupUEFA CompetitionsTotal Florian Kainz 7 3 1 11 Philipp Schobesberger 6 3 2 11 Louis Schaub 5 4 9 Stefan Schwab 8 1 9 Steffen Hofmann 4 4 8 Matej Jelic 6 1 7 Robert Beric 3 1 2 6 Philipp Prosenik 4 1 5 Stefan Stangl 5 5 Deni Alar 3 1 4 Tomi Correa 3 1 4 Mario Sonnleitner 3 3 Srdan Grahovac 2 2 Mario Pavelic 2 2 Thanos Petsos 1 1 2 Christopher Dibon 1 1 Maximilian Hofmann 1 1 Thomas Murg 1 1 Stefan Nutz 1 1Own goals Christian Friedl (Weiz) 1 1 Michael Madl (Sturm Graz) 1 1Totals66 111794

Transfers

In

Name Age Moved from Type Transfer Window Contract ends Transfer fee 18 MF Philipp Huspek SV Grödig End of contract Summer 2018 Free 28 FW Tomi Correa SV Grödig End of contract Summer 2017 Free 19 MF Stefan Nutz SV Grödig End of contract Summer 2018 Free 24 DF Stephan Auer Admira Wacker End of contract Summer 2018 Free 30 GK Richard Strebinger Werder Bremen Transfer Summer 2019 €500,000 9 FW Matej Jelić MŠK Žilina Transfer Summer 2019 €800,000 29 MF Thomas Murg SV Ried Transfer Winter 2019 €800,000

Out Name Age Moved to Type Transfer Window Transfer fee 34 FW Dominik Starkl Admira Wacker Loan Summer 29 GK Marko Maric TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Transfer Summer €500,000 3 DF Brian Behrendt Arminia Bielefeld Transfer Summer €300,000 25 MF Dominik Wydra SC Paderborn 07 Transfer Summer €600,000 9 FW Robert Beric AS Saint-Etienne Transfer Summer €5,500,000 18 MF Philipp Huspek LASK Loan Winter

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