1997–98 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1997–98 SK Rapid Wien season is the 100th season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1997–98 season
President	Günter Kaltenbrunner
Coach	Ernst Dokupil Heribert Weber
Stadium	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd
ÖFB-Cup	Quarterfinals
UEFA Cup	3rd round
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Stumpf (7) Marek Penksa (7) Marcus Pürk (7) All: Christian Stumpf (11)
Highest home attendance	13,500
Lowest home attendance	5,000

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Raimund Hedl	22	28		2		6		36
21		Andreas Koch	30	8		1		2		11		2	1
Defenders
4		Nikola Jerkan	32	20+1		3		5		28+1		5
5		Peter Schöttel	30	26+2		2		4	1	32+2	1	10	2
12		Martin Hiden	24	20		2		7		29		5	1
14		Michael Hatz	26	3+3		0+1				3+4		1
16		Krzysztof Ratajczyk	23	29+2	1	1		6		36+2	1	6	1
19		Thomas Zingler	26	9+6		1+1		2+2	1	12+9	1	4
Midfielders
2		Patrick Jovanovic	23	0+1				0+1		0+2
3		Oliver Freund	27	29+2		2		5	1	36+2	1	4	2
6		Peter Stöger	31	15	1	2		5+1	3	22+1	4	2
8		Martin Braun	28	22+10		2	1	5+2		29+12	1	10
10		Michael Wagner	21	24+7	2	2+1		6		32+8	2	5	1
11		Christian Prosenik	29	16+1	1	2		8	1	26+1	2	5
13		Pablo Cardozo	24	2+8		0+1				2+9
14		Theo Grüner	20	6+2		0+1		2+1		8+4		2
15		Arnold Wetl	27	20+1	3	1+1				21+2	3	1
20		Andreas Heraf	29	13+5	2			1		14+5	2	5
22		Marcus Pürk	22	33+2	7	3	1	5		41+2	8	5	1
23		Gerd Wimmer	20	13+5	1	1		4		18+5	1	3
Forwards
7		Christian Stumpf	30	14+7	7	2	3	5+1	1	21+8	11	4
9		Marek Penksa	23	17+10	7	1+1		3+5	2	21+16	9
17		René Wagner	24	12+5	3	1		1		14+5	3	5
18		Samuel Ipoua	24	17+1	6	2		6	2	25+1	8	10	2
25		Harry Gartler	32	0+1						0+1

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	09.07.1997	A	Ried	2-2	7,500	Wagner R. 41', Heraf 85'
2	16.07.1997	H	Admira	0-0	10,500
3	23.07.1997	H	FC Tirol	1-0	11,000	Ipoua 6'
4	27.07.1997	A	Austria Salzburg	2-5	12,000	Wagner R. 61', Ipoua 78'
5	30.07.1997	H	GAK	1-1	8,500	Ipoua 87'
6	02.08.1997	A	LASK	0-2	7,000
7	06.08.1997	H	Lustenau	1-0	8,000	Stumpf 43'
8	15.08.1997	A	Austria Wien	3-0	30,000	Stumpf 24', Stöger 40', Penksa 88'
9	23.08.1997	H	Sturm Graz	0-2	13,500
10	31.08.1997	A	Sturm Graz	0-1	15,000
11	13.09.1997	H	Ried	3-0	6,000	Stumpf 43' 67', Pürk 59'
12	20.09.1997	A	Admira	2-1	7,500	Ipoua 3' 60'
13	24.09.1997	A	FC Tirol	1-0	7,500	Pürk 12' Freund  45'
14	04.10.1997	H	Austria Salzburg	0-3	13,500
15	18.10.1997	A	GAK	0-3	12,000
16	25.10.1997	H	LASK	3-1	11,500	Stumpf 33' 53', Ipoua 47'
17	08.11.1997	A	Lustenau	0-0	10,200	Schöttel  72'
18	16.11.1997	H	Austria Wien	2-0	13,500	Pürk 13', Penksa 80'
19	22.11.1997	A	Ried	2-1	4,000	Wetl 49' 65'
20	30.11.1997	H	GAK	2-0	8,000	Stumpf 28' (pen.), Penksa 86'
21	03.12.1997	A	Admira	1-0	3,500	Prosenik C. 78'
22	01.03.1998	H	Austria Salzburg	0-1	12,000
23	06.03.1998	A	Austria Wien	1-1	14,000	Wagner M. 63' Ipoua  44'
24	10.03.1998	H	Sturm Graz	1-3	5,000	Wagner R. 77' Wagner M.  58'
25	14.03.1998	A	Lustenau	1-1	9,500	Wimmer 1'
26	21.03.1998	H	FC Tirol	0-0	5,000
27	29.03.1998	A	LASK	0-5	18,000	Ratajczyk  70' , Koch A.  75'
28	04.04.1998	H	LASK	2-1	7,000	Penksa 77', Pürk 90'
29	11.04.1998	H	Ried	1-0	6,000	Ratajczyk 7'
30	18.04.1998	A	GAK	1-0	9,100	Heraf 69'
31	25.04.1998	H	Admira	2-0	8,000	Wagner M. 38', Wetl 61'
32	29.04.1998	A	Austria Salzburg	0-1	11,000
33	02.05.1998	H	Austria Wien	0-0	10,000
34	08.05.1998	A	Sturm Graz	1-0	14,000	Milanic 32' (o.g.)
35	12.05.1998	H	Lustenau	4-1	8,000	Penksa 4' 25' 56', Pürk 85'
36	16.05.1998	A	FC Tirol	2-0	4,000	Pürk 51' 83'

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sturm Graz (C)	36	24	9	3	80	28	+52	81	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rapid Wien	36	18	8	10	42	36	+6	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Grazer AK	36	18	7	11	53	33	+20	61
4	Austria Salzburg	36	16	8	12	48	33	+15	56	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	LASK Linz	36	17	4	15	67	58	+9	55

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

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R3	27.09.1997	A	Prater SV	3-1	2,500	Stumpf 22' 23' 77'
R16	01.11.1997	H	Austria Wien	1-0	12,500	Braun 83'
QF	08.04.1998	H	Admira	1-2	6,000	Pürk 70'

UEFA Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
Q2-L1	12.08.1997	H	Boby Brno	6-1	14,000	Ipoua 36' 62', Stöger 45' 86', Prosenik C. 78', Stumpf 80'
Q2-L2	26.08.1997	A	Boby Brno	0-2	3,000
R1-L1	16.09.1997	H	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1-0	10,000	Freund 37'
R1-L2	30.09.1997	A	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1-1	6,000	Penksa 70' Ipoua  62'
R2-L1	22.10.1997	H	1860 Munich	3-0	26,500	Stöger 45' (pen.), Schöttel 64', Penksa 81' Schöttel  83'
R2-L2	04.11.1997	A	1860 Munich	1-2	25,000	Zingler 70' Hiden Mart.  22', Pürk  61'
R3-L1	25.11.1997	H	Lazio	0-2	34,000	Freund  57'
R3-L2	09.12.1997	A	Lazio	0-1	10,000