1959–60 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1959–60 season
Coach	Robert Körner
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Staatsliga A	Champions (22nd title)
Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Dienst (25) All: Robert Dienst (27)
Average home league attendance	9,200

The 1959–60 SK Rapid Wien season was the 62nd season in club history.

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Josef Eder	21	3		3		6
	Dieter Pflug	25	5+1		1+1		6+2
	Walter Zeman	32	18+1		1+1		19+2
Defenders
	Walter Glechner	20	23	2	4		27	2
	Paul Halla	28	22	1	4		26	1
	Josef Höltl	22	24		3		27
	Wilhelm Zaglitsch	22	13		5		18
Midfielders
	Lothar Bilek	26	2		3		5
	Karl Giesser	30	26	1	5	2	31	3
	Gerhard Hanappi	30	25	6	2		27	6
	Walter Skocik	18	10	3	4	2	14	5
Forwards
	Josef Bertalan	24	23	10	5		28	10
	Robert Dienst	31	25	25	4	2	29	27
	Rudolf Flögel	19	24	14	5	6	29	20
	Lambert Lenzinger	23	1				1
	Kurt Linder	25	9	5	1		10	5
	Rudolf Nuske	16	1		1		2
	Peter Reiter	22	16	16			16	16
	Herbert Schaffranek	21	3				3
	Stefan Zajic	22	13	3	4	1	17	4

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	29.08.1959	A	Wiener Neustadt	4-1	10,000	Dienst 12' 57', Halla 66', Reiter P. 85'
2	05.09.1959	H	Austria Wien	1-2	11,000	Reiter P. 55'
3	13.09.1959	A	Austria Salzburg	6-1	10,000	Reiter P. 7' 50' 71' 85', Dienst 53', Zajic 79'
4	20.09.1959	A	Leoben	2-0	5,500	Flögel 40', Zajic 83'
5	26.09.1959	H	GAK	4-2	9,000	Flögel 2', Dienst 20' 32', Reiter P. 22'
6	04.10.1959	A	Wiener SC	2-2	51,000	Bertalan 12', Reiter P. 35'
7	10.10.1959	H	Admira	3-1	7,000	Glechner 4' (pen.), Reiter P. 26' 42'
8	17.10.1959	H	Vienna	4-1	10,000	Reiter P. 20', Hanappi 28', Glechner 54' (pen.), Flögel 85'
9	25.10.1959	A	Wacker Wien	3-1	12,000	Flögel 50' 54', Zajic 86'
10	31.10.1959	H	LASK	5-1	7,000	Bertalan 16', Dienst 25' 88', Reiter P. 60', Flögel 80'
11	07.11.1959	A	Simmering	2-2	2,500	Dienst 74' 78'
12	14.11.1959	H	Kremser SC	7-1	6,000	Dienst 2' 19', Bertalan 43', Reiter P. 47' 53' 80', Flögel 51'
13	29.11.1959	A	Wiener AC	2-1	12,000	Dienst 1' 46'
14	28.02.1960	H	Wiener Neustadt	5-1	9,000	Giesser 5', Bertalan 11' 60', Reiter P. 44', Dienst 85'
15	05.03.1960	A	Austria Wien	3-1	10,000	Dienst 16', Bertalan 80' 86'
16	12.03.1960	H	Austria Salzburg	2-2	6,000	Linder 83', Bertalan 84'
17	20.03.1960	H	Leoben	5-0	5,000	Linder 14' 14' 85', Flögel 31', Hanappi 80'
18	02.04.1960	A	GAK	1-0	4,000	Dienst 31'
19	10.04.1960	H	Wiener SC	6-1	27,000	Dienst 53' 87', Flögel 61' 63', Bertalan 75', Hanappi 84'
20	18.06.1960	A	Admira	3-2	6,000	Dienst 70' 81', Flögel 87'
21	24.04.1960	A	Vienna	2-2	32,000	Röckl 21' (o.g.), Hanappi 89'
22	08.05.1960	H	Wacker Wien	5-0	6,000	Hanappi 10', Dienst 22' 70', Flögel 60', Skocik 82'
23	14.05.1960	A	LASK	1-1	20,000	Flögel 69'
24	22.05.1960	H	Simmering	4-0	8,000	Skocik 9', Linder 17', Dienst 70', Flögel 73'
25	05.06.1960	A	Kremser SC	2-2	6,500	Dienst 36', Hanappi 73'
26	12.06.1960	H	Wiener AC	3-4	9,000	Dienst 10', Bertalan 23', Skocik 58'

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	05.04.1960	H	Simmering	3-2	3,000	Zajic , Flögel , Skocik
R16	03.05.1960	H	Admira	2-1	3,000	Flögel
QF	01.06.1960	A	Wiener AC	2-1	3,000	Flögel 15' 86'
SF	15.06.1960	H	SV Linz	4-3	6,500	Skocik , Giesser , Dienst
F	25.06.1960	N	Austria Wien	2-4	16,000	Giesser 35', Flögel 84'