1952–53 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1952–53 season
Coaches	Hans Pesser, Josef Uridil
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Staatsliga A	3rd
Top goalscorer	Robert Dienst (29)
Average home league attendance	20,000

The 1952–53 SK Rapid Wien season was the 55th season in club history.

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League
			Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Josef Musil	31	3
	Dieter Pflug	18	5
	Walter Zeman	25	18
Defenders
	Ernst Happel	26	24	2
	Max Merkel	33	25
Midfielders
	Leopold Gernhardt	32	15	3
	Karl Giesser	23	13	1
	Franz Golobic	30	26
	Robert Kaffka	22	12
	Erich Müller	24	5
Forwards
	Josef Bertalan	17	3
	Robert Dienst	24	25	29
	Leopold Eineder	19	3
	Gerhard Hanappi	23	26	14
	Alfred Körner	26	16	7
	Robert Körner	27	12	1
	Bruno Mehsarosch	18	1	1
	Erich Probst	24	23	20
	Johann Riegler	22	26	14
	Alfred Vuga	17	5	2

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	24.08.1952	H	Grazer SC	6-2	12,000	Vuga 6', Riegler 30', Dienst 52' 64', Happel 64' (pen.), Probst E. 67'
2	31.08.1952	A	SAK 1914	4-3	6,000	Gernhardt 9', Körner A. 18', Dienst 61' 68'
3	06.09.1952	H	VfB Mödling	3-2	18,000	Riegler , Gernhardt
4	14.09.1952	A	GAK	1-1	8,000	Happel 87'
5	27.09.1952	H	LASK	9-0	15,000	Probst E. 8' 44' 60', Dienst 23' 50' 80' 88', Körner A. 52', Vuga 61'
6	05.10.1952	A	Vienna	4-2	40,000	Gernhardt 8', Körner A. 28' (pen.), Probst E. 68' 87'
7	12.10.1952	H	FC Wien	3-1	17,000	Riegler 2' 22' 56'
8	26.10.1952	A	Austria Wien	1-2	24,000	Probst E. 62'
9	02.11.1952	H	Admira	2-1	20,000	Riegler 47', Probst E. 58'
10	09.11.1952	H	Sturm Graz	2-0	7,000	Dienst 50', Probst E. 61'
11	16.11.1952	A	FAC	4-1	22,000	Dienst 42', Hanappi 46', Riegler 53', Probst E. 83'
12	30.11.1952	H	Wacker Wien	3-2	30,000	Probst E. , Dienst
13	07.12.1952	A	Simmering	0-2	6,000
14	01.03.1953	A	Grazer SC	0-1	8,000
15	08.03.1953	H	SAK 1914	5-3	3,500	Dienst 7', Hanappi 11', Riegler 21' 39', Probst E. 71'
16	15.03.1953	A	VfB Mödling	5-2	4,000	Hanappi 6', Giesser 8', Dienst 42' 54', Riegler 75'
17	28.03.1953	H	GAK	5-1	7,000	Riegler , Hanappi , Dienst
18	12.04.1953	A	LASK	3-0	17,000	Riegler 26', Hanappi 43' 50'
19	19.04.1953	H	Vienna	2-4	45,000	Körner A. , Hanappi
20	03.05.1953	A	FC Wien	5-1	15,000	Mehsarosch 30', Dienst 47' 77' 80', Hanappi 58'
21	10.05.1953	H	Austria Wien	4-1	35,000	Probst E. 48' 66', Hanappi 50', Dienst 77'
22	17.05.1953	A	Admira	1-3	25,000	Probst E. 75'
23	31.05.1953	A	Sturm Graz	3-3	8,000	Probst E. , Dienst
24	07.06.1953	H	FAC	12-4	45,000	Dienst 4' 6' 24' 40', Probst E. 14' 69', Hanappi 44' 53' 75', Körner R. 55', Körner A. 56' 57'
25	14.06.1953	A	Wacker Wien	3-3	25,000	Dienst 46' 58', Probst E. 55'
26	21.06.1953	H	Simmering	4-3	6,000	Körner A. , Hanappi , Dienst (pen.)