1998–99 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1998–99 season
President	Günter Kaltenbrunner
Coach	Heribert Weber
Stadium	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd
ÖFB-Cup	Semifinals
UEFA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: René Wagner (10) All: René Wagner (15)
Highest home attendance	15,800
Lowest home attendance	4,000

The 1998–99 SK Rapid Wien season is the 101st season in club history.

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Raimund Hedl	23			1				1
21		Ladislav Maier	32	36		4		4		44
Defenders
5		Peter Schöttel	31	35		3+1		4		42+1		8
8		Martin Braun	29	23+7	1	3+1		1+1		27+9	1	9	1
14		Michael Hatz	27	14+13		3	1	2+1		19+14	1	11	1
16		Krzysztof Ratajczyk	24	15	2	2	2	4		21	4	2
19		Thomas Zingler	27	19	2	3	2	4		26	4	6
Midfielders
3		Oliver Freund	28	33	2	4		3	1	40	3	11
10		Ivan Adzic	25	22	2	3	3			25	5	5
11		Christian Prosenik	30	33+1	6	4+1	1	4		41+2	7	10
12		Jürgen Saler	20	7+19	2	2+3		0+4		9+26	2	2
13		Rene Mitteregger	20	0+1						0+1
15		Arnold Wetl	28	19+2	2	2		3		24+2	2	3
20		Andreas Heraf	30	27+2	4	4	1	4	1	35+2	6	8
23		Gerd Wimmer	21	26+6	2	3+2	1	2+1		31+9	3	4
33		Charles Wittl	26	5+4		1+1				6+5
Forwards
7		Marcus Pürk	23	16+19	7	3+1	2	2+2		21+22	9	1
9		Marek Penksa	24	31+4	4	4+1	1	3		38+5	5	2
17		René Wagner	25	25+8	10	1+3	2	3+1	3	29+12	15	4	1
18		Angelo Vier	26	10+11	3	5	4	1		16+11	7	2
27		Florian Schwarz	21	0+2						0+2

Goal scorers

Rank	Name	Bundesliga	Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Rene Wagner	10	2	3	15
2	Marcus Pürk	7	2		9
3	Christian Prosenik	6	1		7
	Angelo Vier	3	4		7
5	Andreas Heraf	4	1	1	6
6	Ivan Adzic	2	3		5
	Marek Penksa	4	1		5
8	Krzysztof Ratajczyk	2	2		4
	Thomas Zingler	2	2		4
10	Oliver Freund	2		1	3
	Gerd Wimmer	2	1		3
12	Jürgen Saler	2			2
	Arnold Wetl	2			2
14	Martin Braun	1			1
	Michael Hatz		1		1
OG	Cheikh Sidy Ba (LASK)	1			1
Totals		50	20	5	75

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	03.11.1998	H	Austria Salzburg	1-0	7,000	Prosenik C. 45' (pen.)
2	02.08.1998	A	GAK	1-1	6,500	Zingler 54'
3	05.08.1998	A	Steyr	2-1	7,000	Wetl 39', Penksa 58'
4	08.08.1998	H	LASK	5-0	7,500	Prosenik C. 27' (pen.), Ratajczyk 63', Penksa 71', Pürk 83', Wagner R. 87'
5	14.08.1998	A	FC Tirol	3-1	7,000	Heraf 21' 90+2', Pürk 67'
6	30.08.1998	H	Sturm Graz	2-0	15,800	Prosenik C. 59' (pen.), Saler 90+3'
7	08.09.1998	A	Austria Wien	1-0	18,000	Wagner R. 63'
8	20.09.1998	H	Ried	1-1	6,400	Heraf 16'
9	23.09.1998	A	Lustenau	0-2	8,800
10	26.09.1998	H	Lustenau	1-0	5,200	Wagner R. 9'
11	02.10.1998	A	Austria Salzburg	1-1	11,000	Wagner R. 13' Wagner R.  74'
12	17.10.1998	H	GAK	0-2	10,000
13	24.10.1998	H	Steyr	5-1	7,000	Prosenik C. 23' 47' (pen.), Heraf 37', Adzic 44', Vier 68'
14	27.10.1998	A	LASK	0-0	9,000
15	06.11.1998	H	FC Tirol	1-0	6,000	Zingler 45'
16	11.11.1998	A	Sturm Graz	1-2	11,500	Wagner R. 57'
17	15.11.1998	H	Austria Wien	3-1	11,300	Wagner R. 42', Prosenik C. 64' (pen.), Penksa 77'
18	21.11.1998	A	Ried	1-0	6,000	Wagner R. 65'
19	29.11.1998	A	LASK	3-1	6,000	Ba 22' (o.g.), Wagner R. 41', Freund 55'
20	06.12.1998	H	GAK	1-0	5,400	Pürk 78'
21	06.03.1999	A	FC Tirol	0-0	5,000
22	13.03.1999	H	Lustenau	2-1	6,000	Ratajczyk 50', Pürk 64'
23	16.03.1999	A	Austria Wien	1-1	11,500	Wagner R. 16'
24	21.03.1999	H	Sturm Graz	2-0	12,000	Wetl 31', Pürk 61'
25	31.03.1999	A	Ried	0-0	5,000
26	03.04.1999	H	Austria Salzburg	1-1	8,000	Penksa 74'
27	10.04.1999	A	Steyr	3-3	5,000	Braun 7', Vier 9', Wimmer 26'
28	14.04.1999	H	Steyr	2-1	4,000	Pürk 50', Vier 59'
29	17.04.1999	H	LASK	2-0	5,000	Pürk 22', Wagner R. 80'
30	24.04.1999	A	GAK	1-0	8,480	Adzic 8' Hatz  41'
31	01.05.1999	H	FC Tirol	1-1	10,000	Freund 18'
32	08.05.1999	A	Lustenau	0-2	7,000
33	11.05.1999	H	Austria Wien	0-0	14,200
34	15.05.1999	A	Sturm Graz	1-1	15,400	Wimmer 12'
35	22.05.1999	H	Ried	1-0	10,700	Saler 87'
36	29.05.1999	A	Austria Salzburg	0-0	15,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sturm Graz (C)	36	23	4	9	72	32	+40	73	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rapid Wien	36	19	13	4	50	25	+25	70	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Grazer AK	36	20	5	11	46	29	+17	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Austria Salzburg	36	15	12	9	55	40	+15	57
5	LASK Linz	36	17	6	13	53	44	+9	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
(C) Champions

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	22.08.1998	A	Oberndorf	8-0	3,500	Hatz 26', Vier 27' 75', Zingler 35' 38', Pürk 66' 69', Penksa 90'
R2	12.09.1998	A	Mattersburg	5-3	8,200	Vier 8', Prosenik C. 25' (pen.), Heraf 45', Ratajczyk 73' 90'
R16	31.10.1998	H	Wörgl	3-0	3,500	Wagner R. 15', Adzic 26' (pen.), Wimmer 71'
QF	06.04.1999	H	Austria Salzburg	4-1	8,500	Vier 1', Adzic 14' 63', Wagner R. 78'
SF	05.05.1999	H	LASK	0-2	6,000

UEFA Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
Q2-L1	11.08.1998	A	Omonia Nicosia	1-3	12,000	Wagner R. 23' Braun  37'
Q2-L2	25.08.1998	H	Omonia Nicosia	2-0	14,500	Heraf 9', Wagner R. 70'
R1-L1	15.09.1998	A	Girondins Bordeaux	1-1	15,000	Freund 65'
R1-L2	29.09.1998	H	Girondins Bordeaux	1-2	24,500	Wagner R. 42'