1927–28 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1927–28 season
Coach	Eduard Bauer
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
First class	2nd
Austrian Cup	Quarterfinal
Mitropa Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Ferdinand Wesely (20) All: Ferdinand Wesely (27)
Highest home attendance	40,000
Lowest home attendance	4,500
Average home league attendance	8,800

The 1927–28 SK Rapid Wien season was the 30th season in club history.

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	League		Cup		Mitropa Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Walter Feigl	18		3		6		27
	Franz Griftner	6						6
Defenders
	Leopold Czejka	11				1		12
	Josef Heidingsfeld	1						1
	Otto Jellinek	9		1		3		13
	Franz Kral	2				2		4
	Leopold Nitsch	13		3		6		22
	Roman Schramseis	17		3		1		21
Midfielders
	Maximilian Cernic					1		1
	Edi Frühwirth	1						1
	Josef Frühwirth	1						1
	Josef Madlmayer	19		2		5		26
	Alois Pellet	1						1
	Johann Richter	15		3	1	5		23	1
	Josef Smistik	24	1	3		6		33	1
	Karl Valchar	1						1
Forwards
	Karl Bauer	2	1			1		3	1
	Johann Hoffmann	19	5	1		3	4	23	9
	Johann Horvath	18	16	2	2	6	2	26	20
	Willibald Kirbes	11	3	3	2			14	5
	Richard Kuthan	11	7	1		2		14	7
	Johann Luef	16	8	2	3	5	3	23	14
	Franz Weselik	15	17	3	1	3	2	21	20
	Ferdinand Wesely	23	20	3	3	6	4	32	27
	Karl Wondrak	10	2			4	2	14	4

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	28.08.1927	H	Wacker Wien	1-4	13,000	Luef 26'
2	04.09.1927	A	Brigittenauer AC	5-1	11,000	Wesely 32' 58' 63' 68', Briza 36' (o.g.)
3	11.09.1927	A	Wiener AC	4-1	18,000	Horvath 3' 84', Luef 53', Smistik J. 67'
4	09.10.1927	A	Austria Wien	2-1	16,000	Weselik 20', Horvath 43'
6	16.10.1927	H	Admira	1-3	18,000	Luef 57'
7	23.10.1927	A	Simmering	3-1	6,500	Weselik 19', Kuthan 33', Wesely 46' (pen.)
8	11.12.1927	H	Wiener SC	5-2	5,000	Weselik 23' 42' 82' 87', Luef 37'
9	01.11.1927	A	Slovan Wien	1-2	8,000	Wesely 24'
10	15.11.1927	H	FAC	7-3	5,000	Hoffmann J. 11' 54' 69', Weselik 44', Wesely 45' 77', Bauer K. 86'
11	20.11.1927	A	Vienna	1-4	11,000	Wesely 38'
12	27.11.1927	H	Hertha Wien	2-0	6,000	Hoffmann J. 20', Wesely 72'
13	04.12.1927	A	Hakoah	9-1	5,000	Wondrak 3' 57', Weselik 5' 17', Luef 27' 74', Wesely 67' (pen.) 86' (pen.), Hoffmann J. 76'
14	12.02.1928	A	Admira	1-3	18,000	Weselik 6'
15	19.02.1928	H	Simmering	1-3	5,000	Horvath 8'
16	26.02.1928	H	Brigittenauer AC	6-1	7,000	Horvath 9' 75' 87', Wesely 45' (pen.) 58' (pen.), Kuthan 90'
17	04.03.1928	H	Austria Wien	4-2	12,500	Regnard 7' (o.g.), Horvath 38', Weselik 57' 65'
18	11.03.1928	H	Vienna	7-2	5,000	Weselik 15', Kirbes W. 23', Wesely 24', Horvath 28' 32', Kuthan 57' 67'
19	18.03.1928	A	FAC	5-4	13,000	Weselik 2' 62', Kuthan 4', Horvath 58', Kirbes W. 77'
20	08.04.1928	H	Hakoah	4-2	13,000	Horvath 17' 23', Kuthan 78', Wesely 88' (pen.)
21	15.04.1928	A	Wacker Wien	3-2	13,000	Wesely 17', Kuthan 20', Luef 70'
23	29.04.1928	H	Slovan Wien	3-1	7,000	Weselik 47' 67', Horvath 51'
24	13.05.1928	A	Hertha Wien	1-0	35,000	Luef 57'
25	03.06.1928	H	Wiener AC	4-2	9,500	Horvath 22' 84', Kirbes W. 37', Wesely 90' (pen.)
26	16.06.1928	A	Wiener SC	2-1	5,000	Wesely 11' 34'

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	22.01.1928	H	Wiener Viktoria	8-0	4,500	Kirbes W. 17', Wesely 21' 77', Horvath 40' 78', Luef 55' 69', Richter 63'
R16	05.02.1928	H	Vienna	3-1	12,000	Luef 16', Wesely 32', Weselik 37'
QF	25.03.1928	A	Hertha Wien	1-3	9,500	Kirbes W. 4'

Mitropa Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
QF-L1	14.08.1927	H	Hajduk Split	8-1	18,000	Hoffmann J. 34' 46' 54', Wondrak 50', Wesely 61' 66', Horvath 70', Luef 80'
QF-L2	21.08.1927	A	Hajduk Split	1-0	6,000	Hoffmann J. 81'
SF-L1	28.09.1927	A	Slavia Prague	2-2	12,000	Horvath 58', Luef 59'
SF-L2	02.10.1927	H	Slavia Prague	2-1	30,000	Wondrak 80', Wesely 83'
F-L1	30.10.1927	A	Sparta Prague	2-6	25,000	Weselik 15', Wesely 34'
F-L2	13.11.1927	H	Sparta Prague	2-1	40,000	Weselik 5', Luef 55'