1956–57 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1956-57 season
Coach	Max Merkel
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Staatsliga A	Champions (21st title)
European Cup	Round of 16
Mitropa Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Dienst (32) All: Robert Dienst (33)
Average home league attendance	11,400

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		European Cup		Mitropa Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Herbert Gartner	23	9		1		5		15
	Walter Zeman	29	17		2				19
Defenders
	Franz Golobic	34	26	2	3		5		34	2
	Ernst Happel	30	18	3	3	3	5	1	26	7
	Wilhelm Zaglitsch	19	11						11
Midfielders
	Lothar Bilek	23	11		1		5		17
	Karl Giesser	27	15	1	2	1	1		18	2
	Gerhard Hanappi	27	25	5	2		5		32	5
	Lambert Lenzinger	20	13				1		14
Forwards
	Josef Bertalan	21	8	2	1		2		11	2
	Robert Dienst	28	21	32	3	1	5	1	29	34
	Paul Halla	25	26	10	3		5	1	34	11
	Josef Höltl	19	24		2		4		30
	Alfred Körner	30	20	10	3		5	2	28	12
	Robert Körner	31	6		3		3	1	12	1
	Bruno Mehsarosch	22	9	7	1				10	7
	Johann Riegler	26	20	25	3		4	5	27	30
	Herbert Schaffranek	18	7	3					7	3

[1]

Fixtures and results

[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	25.08.1956	H	Simmering	1-1	10,000	Körner A.  35'
2	01.09.1956	A	Admira	2-1	8,000	Dienst  35'  84'
3	05.09.1956	H	Wiener AC	7-4	5,000	Mehsarosch , Körner A. , Hanappi , Dienst
4	09.09.1956	A	Kapfenberg	3-4	6,500	Körner A.  10', Halla  45', Dienst  74'
5	15.09.1956	H	Austria Salzburg	6-1	10,000	Körner A.  10', Dienst  12'  50'  70', Hanappi  71' (pen.), Mehsarosch  75'
6	23.09.1956	A	Vienna	1-4	33,000	Dienst  29'
7	07.10.1956	H	Austria Wien	4-1	30,000	Halla  56'  60', Mehsarosch  62', Golobic  63'
8	21.10.1956	A	Kremser SC	2-0	10,000	Hanappi  4', Happel  53' (pen.)
9	27.10.1956	H	GAK	1-1	9,000	Dienst  31'
10	04.11.1956	H	Stadlau	4-2	6,500	Körner A.  24'  64', Riegler  29', Halla  75'
11	10.11.1956	A	Sturm Graz	0-1	5,000
12	18.11.1956	H	Wiener SC	3-1	8,500	Giesser  14', Riegler  46', Dienst  64'
13	25.11.1956	A	Wacker Wien	0-1	11,000
14	02.12.1956	A	Simmering	2-1	6,000	Golobic  44', Happel  60'
15	16.03.1957	H	Admira	6-2	7,000	Dienst  16'  51'  72', Bertalan  35', Riegler  52'  63'
16	24.03.1957	A	Wiener AC	4-1	12,000	Riegler  29', Halla  60', Dienst  75'  82'
17	30.03.1957	H	Kapfenberg	8-1	5,000	Riegler  9'  40'  75', Dienst  17'  31', Mehsarosch  62'  86', Schaffranek  74'
18	07.04.1957	A	Austria Salzburg	5-4	7,000	Riegler  8'  15'  53'  76', Halla  57'
19	28.04.1957	H	Vienna	3-2	35,000	Halla  5'  60', Riegler  39'
20	12.05.1957	A	Austria Wien	3-2	25,000	Riegler  39', Halla  41', Mehsarosch  60'
21	18.05.1957	H	Kremser SC	12-1	6,000	Dienst  6'  12'  24'  56', Riegler  13'  30'  74'  75'  80', Körner A.  17', Hanappi  19', Schaffranek  66'
22	30.05.1957	A	GAK	5-1	8,000	Riegler , Körner A. , Dienst
23	02.06.1957	A	Stadlau	9-1	8,000	Riegler  16'  43'  65', Halla  28', Körner A.  35', Dienst  40'  46' (pen.)  73', Hanappi  75'
24	08.06.1957	H	Sturm Graz	5-1	8,000	Happel  10' (pen.), Dienst  32'  65'  84', Schaffranek  82'
25	15.06.1957	A	Wiener SC	2-0	15,000	Riegler  32', Bertalan  89'
26	19.06.1957	H	Wacker Wien	2-4	8,000	Riegler , Dienst  (pen.)

European Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1-L1	01.11.1956	A	Real Madrid	2-4	125,000	Dienst  58', Giesser  88'
R1-L2	14.11.1956	H	Real Madrid	3-1	53,000	Happel  19'  38' (pen.)  41'
R1-PO	12.12.1956	A	Real Madrid	0-2	100,000

Mitropa Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
QF-L1	30.06.1957	H	MTK Budapest	1-1	35,000	Halla
QF-L2	06.07.1957	A	MTK Budapest	3-3	50,000	Körner A. , Dienst , Unknown  (o.g.)
QF-PO	11.07.1957	H	MTK Budapest	4-1	25,000	Körner A. , Körner R. , Riegler
SF-L1	14.07.1957	H	Vojvodina	3-0	27,000	Riegler  25'  34', Happel  75'
SF-L2	21.07.1957	A	Vojvodina	1-4	25,000	Riegler  29'

References

1. "Saison 1956/57". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. "Spiele 1956/57". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 25 July 2016.