1940–41 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1940–41 SK Rapid Wien season was the 43rd season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1940–41 season
Coach	Leopold Nitsch
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Gauliga Ostmark	Champions (14th title)
German championship	Champions (1st title)
Tschammerpokal	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Franz Binder (27) All: Franz Binder (44)
Average home league attendance	9,900

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Gauliga		German championship		Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Josef Musil	1						1
	Rudolf Raftl	17		8		5		30
Defenders
	Friedrich Pimperl	2						2
	Heribert Sperner	18		8		5		31
	Stefan Wagner	16		7		5		28
Midfielders
	Karl Czerny	1						1
	Leopold Gernhardt	2		5				7
	Johann Hofstätter	16	1	4		5		25	1
	Stefan Skoumal	18		8		5		31
	Franz Wagner	17		8		5		30
Forwards
	Franz Binder	18	27	8	11	5	6	31	44
	Hermann Dvoracek	6	1	5	3	5	3	16	7
	Willy Fitz	18	7	8	1	5		31	8
	Wilhelm Holec	5	5	4	1			9	6
	Matthias Kaburek	12	18	2	2			14	20
	Franz Kaspirek	1		4	4			5	4
	Hans Pesser	15	10	2		5	4	22	14
	Georg Schors	15	13	7	8	5	8	27	29

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Gauliga

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	03.11.1940	H	Admira	6-1	18,000	Schors 4' 53' 76', Binder 5' 67', Pesser 32'
2	08.09.1940	A	FC Wien	1-3	5,000	Binder 48'
3	08.12.1940	H	Wiener SC	2-3	8,000	Pesser 47', Kaburek M. 66'
4	22.12.1940	A	LASK	9-0	2,500	Binder 4' 35' 47' 88', Dvoracek 15', Kaburek M. 40' 84', Pesser 42', Fitz 45'
5	13.10.1940	H	Wacker Wien	1-1	18,000	Pesser 65'
6	15.12.1940	H	Grazer SC	11-1	2,000	Pesser 7' 85', Binder 30', Schors 33' 40' 61' 63' 72', Kaburek M. 55' 88', Fitz 59'
7	27.10.1940	A	Austria Wien	3-0	20,000	Fitz 14', Pesser 20', Schors 68'
8	01.12.1940	H	Vienna	7-0	4,000	Kaburek M. 10' 59', Binder 25' (pen.), Pesser 32' 87', Schors 34' 53'
9	12.01.1941	A	FAC	7-0	8,000	Holec 24' 46' (pen.) 65' 66', Kaburek M. 69' 73', Binder 84'
10	02.03.1941	A	Admira	3-0	32,000	Fitz 14' 87', Binder 24' (pen.)
11	23.03.1941	H	FC Wien	5-5	6,000	Pesser 8', Binder 35', Kaburek M. 40' 74' 77'
12	23.02.1941	A	Wiener SC	2-2	13,500	Binder 51' 79'
13	02.02.1941	H	LASK	11-3	3,500	Binder 33' 52' 55' 61' , Kaburek M. 41' 42' 44' 60' 79', Holec 76'
14	09.03.1941	A	Wacker Wien	3-2	16,000	Binder 18', Hofstätter 80', Fitz 86'
15	25.05.1941	A	Grazer SC	4-3	2,000	Binder 15' 68', Schors 46' 53'
16	30.03.1941	H	Austria Wien	1-0	20,000	Binder 28'
17	16.03.1941	A	Vienna	1-1	35,000	Fitz 70'
18	16.02.1941	H	FAC	5-4	10,000	Binder 5' 38' 45' 75', Kaburek M. 19'

German championship

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
G1	13.04.1941	A	Neckerau	7-0	12,000	Kaburek M. 19', Binder 40' 59' 75', Schors 48' 88', Holec 86'
G2	20.04.1941	H	Stuttgarter Kickers	1-1	31,000	Kaburek M. 58'
G3	27.04.1941	A	1860 Munich	1-2	30,000	Kaspirek 72'
G4	04.05.1941	A	Stuttgarter Kickers	5-1	20,000	Schors 6', Kaspirek 26', Fitz 50', Dvoracek 61', Binder 89'
G5	11.05.1941	H	Neckerau	8-1	15,000	Dvoracek 8', Binder 15' 77', Kaspirek 27', Schors 28' 30' 41' 62'
G6	18.05.1941	H	1860 Munich	2-0	35,000	Dvoracek 28', Kaspirek 75'
SF	08.06.1941	N	Dresdner SC	2-1	30,000	Binder 9' 55'
F	22.06.1941	N	Schalke	4-3	95,000	Schors 62', Binder 63' 65' (pen.) 71'

Tschammerpokal

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	01.09.1940	A	Neumeyer Nürnberg	2-1 (a.e.t.)	9,000	Schors 69', Dvoracek 92'
R2	15.09.1940	H	VfR Schweinfurt	7-1	8,000	Dvoracek 10', Pesser 32' 65', Binder 37', Schors 47' 49' 54'
R3	29.09.1940	A	Stuttgarter Kickers	5-1	22,000	Pesser 17', Schors 19' 39' 65', Dvoracek 82'
QF	20.10.1940	H	Fürth	6-1	18,000	Binder 18' 39' (pen.) 55' 89', Pesser 53', Schors 82'
SF	10.11.1940	A	Dresdner SC	1-3	42,000	Binder 88' (pen.)

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