1978–79 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1978–79 season
Coach	Karl Schlechta
Stadium	Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	3rd
Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Vukan Perovic (11) All: Geza Gallos Vukan Perovic (11 each)
Average home league attendance	6,600

The 1978–79 SK Rapid Wien season was the 81st season in club history.

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Peter Barthold	24	13		1				14
	Herbert Feurer	24	23		3		2		28
Defenders
	Reinhard Kienast	18	17+2	1	1+2		2		20+4	1	5
	Wolfgang Kienast	21	9+4		2		0+1		11+5		2
	Bernd Krauss	21	22+2	3	3	1	1		26+2	4	4
	Erich Lisak	21	5+1		0+2				5+3		1
	Egon Pajenk	27	27	1	2		2		31	1	6	1
	Peter Persidis	31	30+2		4		2		36+2		5
	Johann Pregesbauer	20	31+3		4		2		37+3		3
	Werner Walzer	30	21+4	1	3		1		25+4	1
	Günther Wessely	18	1+1						1+1		1
Midfielders
	Günther Happich	26	35	6	4		2		41	6	2
	Helmut Kirisits	24	29	6	3	2	1		33	8	8	1
	Heribert Weber	23	30	3	4	1	2		36	4	6
Forwards
	Wolfgang Augustin	20	1+3						1+3		2
	Lars Francker	26	12+9	3	2+1	1	2	1	16+10	5
	Geza Gallos	29	35+1	9	4	2	2		41+1	11	1
	Johann Gröss	18	13+4	2	1+1	2			14+5	4	1
	Johann Krejcirik	26	11+9	1	1		1+1	1	13+10	2	3
	Paul Pawlek	21	5+12	4	0+1		0+2		5+15	4	1
	Vukan Perovic	25	26+2	11	2				28+2	11	6

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	18.08.1978	H	Austria Wien	3-1	20,000	Happich 5' (pen.), Francker 15', Krauss 71'
2	25.08.1978	A	Austria Salzburg	0-1	15,000	Pajenk  75'
3	02.09.1978	H	Vienna	2-1	7,800	Gallos 12', Happich 28'
4	09.09.1978	A	GAK	1-1	8,000	Kirisits 7'
5	15.09.1978	H	Wacker Innsbruck	2-0	9,000	Krejcirik 65', Happich 67' (pen.)
6	22.09.1978	H	VÖEST Linz	0-1	6,000
7	29.09.1978	A	Admira	1-0	7,000	Kirisits 76'
8	06.10.1978	H	Wiener SC	1-0	9,700	Pajenk 64'
9	13.10.1978	A	Sturm Graz	0-0	8,500
10	22.10.1978	A	Austria Wien	1-5	22,000	Kirisits 74'
11	28.10.1978	H	Austria Salzburg	4-0	6,000	Kirisits 41', Pawlek P. 51' 76', Krauss 58'
12	04.11.1978	A	Vienna	2-3	7,000	Krauss 33', Gallos 77'
13	11.11.1978	H	GAK	3-1	5,700	Perovic 5' 12', Francker 47'
14	18.11.1978	A	Wacker Innsbruck	2-0	6,000	Francker 44', Weber H. 82'
15	25.11.1978	A	VÖEST Linz	0-0	4,500
16	02.12.1978	H	Admira	1-1	2,500	Happich 86' (pen.)
17	08.12.1978	A	Wiener SC	3-3	6,000	Perovic 6' 61', Gallos 47'
18	16.12.1978	H	Sturm Graz	3-0	3,000	Happich 15' (pen.), Schilcher 32' (o.g.), Gallos 39'
19	24.02.1979	H	Austria Wien	1-2	13,000	Happich 70' (pen.)
20	03.03.1979	A	Austria Salzburg	2-2	8,000	Gröss 36', Gallos 86'
21	10.03.1979	H	Vienna	0-0	5,200
22	17.03.1979	A	GAK	2-2	6,000	Gallos 16' 61'
23	24.03.1979	H	Wacker Innsbruck	3-0	6,000	Kienast Rei. 37', Kirisits 58', Weber H. 88'
24	31.03.1979	H	VÖEST Linz	1-1	5,500	Weber H. 22'
25	08.04.1979	A	Admira	2-1	6,000	Kirisits 64', Perovic 69'
26	12.04.1979	H	Wiener SC	0-1	6,000
27	20.04.1979	A	Sturm Graz	0-0	7,000
28	28.04.1979	A	Austria Wien	1-4	6,000	Pawlek P. 67'
29	04.05.1979	H	Austria Salzburg	2-0	2,500	Perovic 11' 77'
30	12.05.1979	A	Vienna	1-1	10,000	Perovic 63'
31	18.05.1979	H	GAK	0-0	3,000
32	26.05.1979	A	Wacker Innsbruck	2-4	10,000	Perovic 48', Gallos 74' (pen.) Kirisits  33'
33	01.06.1979	A	VÖEST Linz	2-2	3,000	Walzer 36', Gallos 61'
34	08.06.1979	H	Admira	0-1	2,000
35	15.06.1979	A	Wiener SC	0-3	8,000
36	22.06.1979	H	Sturm Graz	4-0	5,000	Pawlek P. 58', Perovic 63' 90', Gröss 80'

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R2	12.08.1978	A	Simmering	2-2 (5-4 p)	5,000	Mühlhauser 60' (o.g.), Gallos 105'
R16	26.10.1978	A	FavAC	6-0	10,300	Weber H. 4', Francker 17', Kirisits 55' 75', Krauss 76', Gallos 90'
QF	06.03.1979	A	GAK	2-1	3,000	Gröss 12' 89'
SF	18.04.1979	H	Wacker Innsbruck	0-2	5,500

UEFA Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1-L1	13.09.1978	A	Hajduk Split	0-2	25,000
R1-L2	27.09.1978	H	Hajduk Split	2-1	25,000	Krejcirik 73', Francker 89'