The 2016–17 SK Rapid Wien season was the 119th season in club history.

Background

Background information

Rapid Wien finished the 2015–16 season in second place. Therefore, Rapid Wien started in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2016/17 Europa League competition.

This was the first season Rapid played in the Allianz Stadion.

On 7 November 2016, after a 0–1 defeat at home against Wolfsberger AC both manager Mike Büskens and Director of Football Andreas Müller were sacked. Four days later Damir Canadi was presented as the new manager, joining Rapid from league rival SCR Altach. On 11 December, Fredy Bickel was presented as the new Director of Football.

On 9 April 2017, after a 0–3 defeat in Ried manager Damir Canadi was sacked and replaced by his former assistant coaches Goran Djuricin and Martin Bernhard until end of season. Djuricin was later appointed as manager for the following season.

Pre-season and friendlies

DateOpponentsVenueResultF–AGoalscorersAttendanceRapid WienOpponent 26 June 2016 Szombathelyi Haladás N 1–0 Murg 71' 1,300 1 July 2016 Rubin Kazan N 1–0 Joelinton 52' 2,000 16 July 2016 Chelsea H 2–0 Joelinton 8', Tomi 82' 28,600 21 January 2017 SC Wiener Neustadt H 1–2 Schaub 36'Freiberger 41', Stefel 44' 400 25 January 2017 Ferencvárosi TC N 1–0 Szántó 72' (pen.) 28 January 2017 Piast Gliwice N 2–1 Malicsek 64', Sobczyk 87'Jankowski 15' 26 March 2017 First Vienna A 4–0 Szántó 9', 76', Pavelić 44', Keles 45' 6,200

Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures and results

OpponentVenue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Rapid Wien Opponent 1 16:00 Ried H 5–0 23,600 Schößwendter Schaub Murg Joelinton Egho 1st 3 +5 2 16:30 Rheindorf Altach A 0–1 6,237 Salomon 3rd 3 +4 3 16:30 Austria Wien A 4–1 15,200 Traustason Schaub Grahovac Joelinton Kayode 2nd 6 +7 4 18:30 Admira Wacker Mödling H 4–0 21,800 Schaub Schwab Toth 2nd 9 +11 5 16:30 Wolfsberger AC A 1–1 5,900 Schößwendter Prosenik 3rd 10 +11 6 16:30 Red Bull Salzburg H 0–0 25,300 3rd 11 +11 7 16:00 Sturm Graz A 1–1 16,600 Szántó Schulz 5th 12 +11 8 19:00 Mattersburg H 3–0 19,600 Schaub Szántó Pavelić 3rd 15 +14 9 16:00 St. Pölten A 1–1 8,000 Joelinton Petrovic 3rd 16 +14 10 16:30 Ried A 2–4 5,200 Schwab Honsak Žulj Reifeltshammer Nutz 4th 16 +12 11 18:30 Rheindorf Altach H 1–1 22,000 Grahovac Schößwendter Ngamaleu 5th 17 +12 12 16:30 Austria Wien H 0–2 26,300 Holzhauser Grünwald 5th 17 +10 13 16:00 Admira Wacker Mödling A 2–1 5,000 Szántó Murg Močinić Knasmüllner 5th 20 +11 14 14:00 Wolfsberger AC H 0–1 17,200 Prosenik 5th 20 +10 15 16:30 Red Bull Salzburg A 1–2 15,000 Tomi Sonnleitner Dabour Lainer Miranda 5th 20 +9 16 16:30 Sturm Graz H 1–2 26,200 Kvilitaia Lykogiannis Schmerböck 5th 20 +8 17 20:30 Mattersburg A 1–1 3,000 Malicsek Schrammel Jano 7th 21 +8 18 16:00 St. Pölten H 1–0 14,200 Traustason 5th 24 +9 19 14:00 Ried H 3–1 15,700 Sonnleitner Kvilitaia Elsneg Žulj 5th 27 +11 20 16:30 Rheindorf Altach A 1–3 7,200 Grahovac Netzer Dovedan 5th 27 +9 21 16:30 Austria Wien A 1–1 15,577 Kvilitaia Joelinton Rotpuller 5th 28 +9 22 18:30 Admira Wacker Mödling H 0–0 17,300 5th 29 +9 23 16:00 Wolfsberger AC A 1–2 4,350 Sonnleitner Tschernegg Leitgeb 5th 29 +8 24 16:30 Red Bull Salzburg H 0–1 23,200 Berisha 5th 29 +7 25 16:30 Sturm Graz A 1–2 15,329 Joelinton Alar Lykogiannis 6th 29 +6 26 16:00 Mattersburg H 1–1 19,600 Kvilitaia Atanga 7th 30 +6 27 16:00 St. Pölten A 1–1 7,627 Joelinton Huber 7th 31 +6 28 16:00 Ried A 0–3 6,200 Elsneg Žulj Hart 7th 31 +3 29 18:30 Rheindorf Altach H 3–0 20,200 Hofmann S. Malicsek 6th 34 +6 30 16:30 Admira Wacker Mödling H 0–2 26,100 Venuto Pires 6th 34 +4 31 16:30 Admira Wacker Mödling A 2–3 5,300 Szántó Joelinton Sax Knasmüllner Monschein 7th 34 +3 32 18:30 Wolfsberger AC H 4–0 18,600 Kvilitaia Joelinton Schwab 6th 37 +7 33 16:00 Red Bull Salzburg A 0–1 15,900 Lazaro 6th 37 +6 34 16:30 Sturm Graz H 1–0 23,300 Szántó 6th 40 +7 35 16:30 Mattersburg A 3–1 9,000 Joelinton Traustason Malić Höller 6th 43 +9 36 16:30 St. Pölten H 2–1 20,200 Dibon Schößwendter Doumbouya 5th 46 +10

League table

Results summary

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup review In a curious turn of events, Rapid played all of its first three games in the Austrian Cup in the Sportklub Stadium in Vienna as neither the home grounds of the opponents had the infrastructure to host the game and the venue of the Linzer Stadion, where Blau-Weiß Linz initially wanted to move, was already occupied at the time with hosting the 2016 World Karate Championships.

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

Round DateOpponentVenueResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent 8 July 2016 19:30 FC Karabakh Wien A 3–1 4,000 Joelinton Hofmann S. Schwab Kara 21 September 2016 18:00 SV Leobendorf A 1–0 3,200 Schößwendter 26 October 2016 20:15 Blau-Weiß Linz A 4–0 3,974 Schaub Murg Kvilitaia Jelić 5 April 2017 20:30 SKN St. Pölten A 3–1 6,700 Wöber Pavelić Schwab Wöber 26 April 2017 20:30 LASK H 2–1 18,200 Murg Joelinton Gartler 1 June 2017 20:30 RB Salzburg N 1–2 20,300 Joelinton Hwang Lazaro

Europa League

Europa League review Rapid entered the Europa League in the 3rd qualifying round and qualified for the group stage after knocking out Torpedo Zhodino and AS Trenčín. Rapid was drawn into group F to compete against Athletic Bilbao, K.R.C. Genk and US Sassuolo Calcio and did not qualify for the knockout stage.

Qualifying rounds

Leg Date OpponentVenueResultF–AF–AAttendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent Third qualifying round 28 July 2016 19:00 Torpedo Zhodino A 0–0 - 4,000 4 August 2016 21:05 Torpedo Zhodino H 3–0 3–0 18,600 Pavelić Schrammel Schaub Play-off round 18 August 2016 21:05 AS Trenčín A 4–0 - 4,065Schaub Schwab 25 August 2016 21:05 AS Trenčín H 0–24–2 21,200 Lawrence Paur Jančo

Group stage

Table

Fixtures and results Date OpponentVenueResultF–AAttendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Rapid Wien Opponent 1 15 September 2016 19:00 Genk H 3–2 21,800 Schwab Joelinton Colley Bailey 2nd 3 2 29 September 2016 21:05 Athletic Bilbao A 0–1 35,000 Beñat 3rd 3 3 20 October 2016 21:05 Sassuolo H 1–1 22,200 Schaub Schrammel 3rd 4 4 3 November 2016 19:00 Sassuolo A 2–2 7,838 Jelić Kvilitaia Defrel Pellegrini 3rd 5 5 24 November 2016 21:05 Genk A 0–1 10,000 Karelis 3rd 5 6 8 December 19:00 Athletic Bilbao H 1–1 21,500 Joelinton Saborit 3rd 6

Team record

Competition First match Last match Record Bundesliga 23 July 28 May ÖFB Cup 8 July 1 June Europa League 28 July 8 December Total

Squad

Squad statistics NameLeagueAustrian CupEuropa LeagueTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers1 Ján Novota 4 2 5 11 21 Tobias Knoflach 15 2 1 18 30 Richard Strebinger 17 2 4 23 Defenders3 Christoph Schößwendter 20+2 4 2+1 1 7 29+3 5 2 4 Thomas Schrammel 22+4 5 9+1 1 36+5 1 5 1 6 Mario Sonnleitner 17+3 2 1 3 21+3 2 5 117 Christopher Dibon 26 1 4 9 39 1 4 20 Maximilian Hofmann 16+3 3 3+1 22+4 4 22 Mario Pavelić 28 1 5 1 7 1 40 3 3 24 Stephan Auer 15+3 3+2 2+1 20+6 2 25 Andreas Dober 1 1 1 38 Manuel Thurnwald 9+2 2 11+2 39 Maximilian Wöber 9+2 3+1 1 2 14+3 1 3 Midfielders7 Philipp Schobesberger 4+1 1 2+2 7+3 8 Stefan Schwab 27 5 4+1 2 6+1 2 37+2 9 7 10 Louis Schaub 26+2 5 3 1 9+1 5 38+3 11 4 11 Steffen Hofmann 7+8 2 3+1 1 0+3 10+12 3 2 16 Philipp Malicsek 2+7 2 0+2 1 3+9 2 18 Tamás Szántó 18+11 5 5 1+3 24+14 5 23 Arnór Ingvi Traustason 14+8 3 1+2 7+1 22+11 3 1 26 Ivan Močinić 11+3 2 7+1 20+4 7 1 27 Andreas Kuen 8 1+1 9+1 2 29 Thomas Murg 19+7 3 5+1 2 5+2 29+10 5 3 36 Kelvin Arase 0+2 0+1 0+3 41 Osarenren Okungbowa 1+1 1+1 Forwards9 Matej Jelić 5+5 1+2 1 1+3 1 7+10 2 3 13 Giorgi Kvilitaia 17+9 7 3+1 1 0+5 1 20+15 9 8 28 Tomi Correa 0+2 1 1 1+2 1 1 34 Joelinton 26+7 8 3+2 3 9+1 2 38+10 13 9 1 43 Alex Sobczyk 0+1 0+1 Players who left after the start of the season15 Srđan Grahovac 12+8 2 2 7+2 21+10 2 6 131 / 99 Maximilian Entrup 0+2 0+1 0+3

Goal scorers NameBundesligaCupEuropa LeagueTotal Joelinton 8 3 2 13 Louis Schaub 5 1 5 11 Giorgi Kvilitaia 7 1 1 9 Stefan Schwab 5 2 2 9 Thomas Murg 3 2 5 Christoph Schößwendter 4 1 5 Tamás Szántó 5 5 Steffen Hofmann 2 1 3 Mario Pavelić 1 1 1 3 Arnór Ingvi Traustason 3 3 Srđan Grahovac 2 2 Matej Jelić 1 1 2 Philipp Malicsek 2 2 Mario Sonnleitner 2 2 Tomi Correa 1 1 Christopher Dibon 1 1 Thomas Schrammel 1 1 Maximilian Wöber 1 1Own goals Omar Colley (Genk) 1 1 Nedeljko Malić (Mattersburg) 1 1Totals52141480

Disciplinary record

Name Bundesliga Cup Europa League Total Joelinton 7 1 2 9 1 Ivan Močinić 5 1 2 7 1 Giorgi Kvilitaia 4 2 2 8 Srđan Grahovac 4 1 2 6 1 Stefan Schwab 5 1 1 7 Mario Sonnleitner 4 1 1 5 1 Thomas Schrammel 4 1 1 5 1 Christopher Dibon 1 1 2 4 Maximilian Hofmann 4 4 Louis Schaub 2 2 4 Christopher Dibon 1 1 2 4 Matej Jelić 2 1 3 Thomas Murg 1 1 1 3 Mario Pavelić 2 1 3 Maximilian Wöber 1 2 3 Stephan Auer 1 1 2 Steffen Hofmann 1 1 2 Andreas Kuen 1 1 2 Christoph Schößwendter 2 2 Tomi Correa 1 1 Andreas Dober 1 1 Arnór Ingvi Traustason 1 1 Totals 54 3 2 7 21 8232

Transfers

In

Name Age Moved from Type Transfer Window Contract ends Transfer fee 3 DF Christoph Schößwendter Admira Wacker Mödling End of contract Summer 2019 Free 23 MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason IFK Norrköping Transfer Summer 2020 €1,900,000 16 MF Philipp Malicsek Admira Wacker Mödling Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed 34 FW Joelinton TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Loan Summer 2018 €600,000 99 FW Maximilian Entrup Floridsdorfer AC Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed 26 MF Ivan Močinić HNK Rijeka Transfer Summer 2020 €2,000,000 13 FW Giorgi Kvilitaia Dinamo Tbilisi Transfer Summer 2020 €700,000 27 MF Andreas Kuen Floridsdorfer AC Loan return Winter 2018

Out Name Age Moved to Type Transfer Window Transfer fee 5 MF Thanos Petsos Werder Bremen End of Contract Summer Free 33 FW Deni Alar Sturm Graz End of Contract Summer Free 36 DF Michael Schimpelsberger Wacker Innsbruck End of Contract Summer Free 14 MF Florian Kainz Werder Bremen Transfer Summer €3,500,000 23 DF Stefan Stangl Red Bull Salzburg Transfer Summer €1,600,000 38 FW Philipp Prosenik Wolfsberger AC Loan Summer 27 MF Andreas Kuen Floridsdorfer AC Loan Summer 19 MF Stefan Nutz SV Ried Transfer Summer Free 31 FW Maximilian Entrup SKN St. Pölten Loan Winter 15 MF Srđan Grahovac FC Astana Loan Winter

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