The 2020–21 SK Rapid Wien season was the 123rd season in club history.

Bundesliga

League table Regular season

Results summary

Bundesliga fixtures and results

Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Rapid Wien Opponent 1 18:30 Admira Wacker Mödling H 4–1 10,000 Murg Fountas Kitagawa Hausjell 1st 3 +3 2 17:00 Sturm Graz A 1–1 2,812 Demir Stanković 3rd 4 +3 3 17:00 St. Pölten A 2–1 1,563 Fountas Kara Hugi 2nd 7 +4 4 17:00 LASK H 3–0 3,000 Murg Fountas Kara Ramsebner 2nd 10 +7 5 17:00 Wolfsberger AC A 4–3 1,500 Schick Kitagawa Kara Baumgartner Dieng 2nd 13 +8 6 14:30 Rheindorf Altach H 3–1 1,500 Knasmüllner Kitagawa Ritzmaier Stefel 2nd 16 +10 7 17:00 Red Bull Salzburg H 1–1 – Knasmüllner Koita 2nd 17 +10 8 17:00 Ried A 3–4 – Knasmüllner Reiner Grahovac Gschweidl Reiner Grüll 3rd 17 +9 9 17:00 Austria Wien H 1–1 – Schick Wimmer 3rd 18 +9 10 14:30 Hartberg A 3–1 – Arase Kara Rotter 3rd 21 +11 11 14:30 WSG Tirol H 0–3 – Stojković Schnegg Petsos Baden Frederiksen 4th 21 +8 12 17:00 Admira Wacker Mödling A 1–0 – Kara 4th 24 +9 13 19:00 Sturm Graz H 4–1 – Kara Schick Knasmüllner Demir Jantscher Balaj 2nd 27 +12 14 18:30 St. Pölten H 2–1 – Knasmüllner Kara Schmidt 2nd 30 +13 15 17:00 LASK A 2–1 – Grahovac Knasmüllner Holland 2nd 33 +14 16 20:30 Wolfsberger AC H 1–0 – Kara 2nd 36 +15 17 17:00 Rheindorf Altach A 0–0 – Schreiner 2nd 37 +15 18 17:00 Red Bull Salzburg A 2–4 – Schuster Kara Daka Adeyemi 2nd 37 +13 19 17:00 Ried H 1–0 – Demir Boateng 2nd 40 +14 20 17:00 Austria Wien A 0–0 – 2nd 41 +14 21 17:00 Hartberg H 4–0 – Kara Knasmüllner Alar 2nd 44 +18 22 17:00 WSG Tirol A 1–1 – Arase Kara Anselm 2nd 45 +18 Championship round 23 14:30 Wolfsberger AC A 8–1 – Fountas Kara Ullmann Scherzer Demir Lochoshvili Röcher 2nd 25 +25 24 17:00 Red Bull Salzburg H 0–3 – Hofmann Ramalho Adeyemi 2nd 25 +22 25 17:00 Sturm Graz H 0–0 – Yeboah 2nd 26 +22 26 20:30 LASK A 1–1 – Knasmüllner Goiginger 2nd 27 +22 27 14:30 WSG Tirol H 4–0 – Behounek Demir Kara 2nd 30 +26 28 18:30 WSG Tirol A 3–2 – Knasmüllner Arase Fountas Barać Anselm 2nd 33 +27 29 17:00 Wolfsberger AC H 1–2 – Ritzmaier Barać Liendl Dieng 2nd 33 +26 30 20:30 Red Bull Salzburg A 0–2 – Hofmann Daka 2nd 33 +24 31 17:00 Sturm Graz A 1–4 – Kara Kiteishvili Yeboah Kuen Ljubic 2nd 33 +21 32 17:00 LASK H 3–0 3,000 Fountas Knasmüllner 2nd 36 +24

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

Round Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien Opponent 17:30 TSV St. Johann im Pongau H 5–0 1,250 Fountas Kara Demir 17:00 SC Wiener Neustadt A 5–1 1,250 Knasmüllner Ritzmaier Kara Arase Weidinger 20:30 RB Salzburg A 2–6 – Fountas Ullmann Hofmann Szoboszlai Berisha Koïta Daka Camara Kristensen

Champions League

Champions League review Rapid entered the Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round.

Qualifying rounds

Round Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Rapid Wien OpponentSecond qualifying round 26 August 2020 Lokomotiva A 1–0 – Kara Third qualifying round 15 September 2020 Gent A 1–2 – Demir Dorsch Yaremchuk

Europa League

Europa League review Rapid entered the Europa League group stage after being eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League.

Group stage

Table

Fixtures and results Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A Attendance Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Rapid Wien Opponent 1 22 October 2020 18:55 Arsenal H 1–2 3,000 Fountas Luiz Aubameyang 4th 0 2 29 October 2020 21:00 Molde A 0–1 600 Omoijuanfo 3rd 0 3 5 November 2020 18:55 Dundalk H 4–3 – Ljubicic Arase Hofmann Demir Hoban McMillan 3rd 3 4 26 November 2020 21:00 Dundalk A 3–1 – Knasmüllner Kara Oduwa Shields 3rd 6 5 3 December 2020 21:00 Arsenal A 1–4 2,000 Kitagawa Lacazette Marí Nketiah Smith Rowe 3rd 6 6 10 December 2020 18:55 Molde H 2–2 – Ritzmaier Ibrahimoglu Eikrem 3rd 7

Pre-season and friendlies SK Rapid Schedule

Date Opponent Venue ResultF–A Goalscorers and disciplined players Attendance Opponent 1 August 2020 ASV Draßburg A 4–1 Kara Knasmüllner Kitagawa Markić 200 12 August 2020 SFC Opava N 5–3 Greiml Kitagawa Kara , Knasmüllner Řezníček Texl Mondek – 15 August 2020 FC Slovan Liberec H 3–0 Kara Greiml Fountas – 19 August 2020 FC Juniors OÖ H 7–0 – 4 September 2020 Grazer AK H 1–0 Murg – 9 January 2021 SV Lafnitz 2–1 Demir Sulzbacher Gremsl – 15 January 2021 Admira Wacker 3–1 Fountas Kara Hofmann Ljubicic Kerschbaum –

Team record

Competition Record Bundesliga ÖFB Cup Champions League Europa League Total

Squad

Squad statistics NameLeagueAustrian CupUEFA CompetitionsTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers1 Richard Strebinger 25 2 4 31 1 21 Bernhard Unger 25 Paul Gartler 7 1 4 12 Defenders4 Mateo Barać 25+2 1+1 5+1 31+4 5 16 Mario Sonnleitner 1+5 1+2 1+1 3+8 2 17 Christopher Dibon 20 Maximilian Hofmann 22 3 7 1 32 1 10 2 122 Filip Stojković 27+2 2 7 36+2 10 130 Leo Greiml 15+6 2 4 21+6 9 31 Maximilian Ullmann 32 1 3 1 8 43 2 4 37 Lukas Sulzbacher 0+1 0+1 0+2 Midfielders8 Marcel Ritzmaier 18+6 2 2 2 4 1 24+6 5 2 10 Thomas Murg 4 2 1 2 7 2 1 13 Thorsten Schick 24+5 3 2+1 4+3 30+9 3 4 14 Srđan Grahovac 11+15 1 1+1 4+3 16+19 1 4 16 Dejan Petrovič 24 2+1 3 29+1 6 18 Tamás Szántó 28 Christoph Knasmüllner 16+11 12 2+1 1 3+3 1 21+15 14 2 36 Kelvin Arase 13+11 4 1+1 1 6+2 1 20+14 6 2 39 Dejan Ljubicic 23+1 2 5 1 30+1 1 2 40 Melih Ibrahimoglu 1+1 0+1 1+2 1 2+4 1 1 42 Lion Schuster 5+5 1 0+1 1+1 6+7 1 2 43 Dragoljub Savić 0+1 0+1 48 Yusuf Demir 6+19 6 0+2 1 1+4 2 7+25 9 1 Forwards7 Philipp Schobesberger 9 Taxiarchis Fountas 20+4 9 2 4 4+1 1 26+5 14 6 19 Deni Alar 0+4 1 1 1+4 1 29 Ercan Kara 28+4 15 3 2 7+1 3 38+5 20 5 32 Koya Kitagawa 5+13 3 0+3 2+5 1 7+21 4 1

Goal scorers NameBundesligaCupInternationalTotal Ercan Kara 15 2 320 Taxiarchis Fountas 9 4 114 Christoph Knasmüllner 12 1 114 Yusuf Demir 6 1 2 9 Kelvin Arase 4 1 1 6 Marcel Ritzmaier 2 2 1 5 Koya Kitagawa 3 1 4 Thorsten Schick 3 3 Thomas Murg 2 2 Maximilian Ullmann 1 1 2 Deni Alar 1 1 Srđan Grahovac 1 1 Maximilian Hofmann 1 1 Melih Ibrahimoglu 1 1 Dejan Ljubicic 1 1 Lion Schuster 1 1Own goals Jonathan Scherzer (Wolfsberger AC) 2 Raffael Behounek (WSG Swarovski Tirol) 1 Constantin Reiner (SV Ried) 1 Totals64121389

Disciplinary record

Name Bundesliga Cup International Total Maximilian Hofmann 7 1 1 1 3 10 2 1 Filip Stojković 7 1 3 10 1 Leo Greiml 7 2 9 Mateo Barać 4 1 1 5 1 Taxiarchis Fountas 4 2 6 Dejan Petrovič 6 6 Ercan Kara 3 1 1 5 Srđan Grahovac 2 2 4 Thorsten Schick 3 1 4 Maximilian Ullmann 3 1 4 Kelvin Arase 1 1 2 Christoph Knasmüllner 1 1 2 Dejan Ljubicic 1 1 2 Marcel Ritzmaier 1 1 2 Lion Schuster 2 2 Mario Sonnleitner 2 2 Yusuf Demir 1 1 Melih Ibrahimoglu 1 1 Koya Kitagawa 1 1 Thomas Murg 1 1 Richard Strebinger 1 1 Totals 56 1 3 2 1 22 80 2 3

Transfers

In Name Age Moved from Type Transfer Window FW Deni Alar PFC Levski Sofia Loan return Summer FW Andrija Pavlović APOEL FC Loan return Summer GK Bernhard Unger SV Mattersburg Free transfer Summer MF Marcel Ritzmaier Barnsley F.C. Loan Summer

Out Name Age Moved to Type Transfer Window DF Stephan Auer Admira Wacker Free agent Summer MF Stefan Schwab PAOK FC Free agent Summer GK Tobias Knoflach unknown Free agent Summer FW Andrija Pavlović Brøndby IF Transfer Summer MF Thomas Murg PAOK FC Transfer Summer MF Melih Ibrahimoglu Heracles Almelo Transfer Winter

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