2007–08 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2007–08 SK Rapid Wien season is the 110th season in club history.

Rapid Wien

2007–08 season
President	Rudolf Edlinger
Coach	Peter Pacult
Stadium	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	Champion (32nd title)
UI Cup	3rd round
UEFA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Steffen Hofmann (10) Erwin Hoffer (10) All: Steffen Hofmann (18)
Highest home attendance	18,400
Lowest home attendance	11,800

Squad statistics

[1]

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		UEFA Competitions		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Raimund Hedl	32	0+1				0+1
24		Helge Payer	27	36		8		44
Defenders
2		Mario Tokic	31	21+1	1	5		26+1	1	4
3		Jürgen Patocka	29	35	2	7		42	2	8
4		Martin Hiden	34	11+6	2	6		17+6	2	2
6		Christian Thonhofer	22	24+2		4+1		28+3		8	1
13		Markus Katzer	27	15+2	3	3+1		18+3	3	7
16		Mario Sara	25	3+1		3+1		6+2		1
18		Hannes Eder	23	11+3	2	0+4		11+7	2	1	1
23		Andreas Dober	21	23+1	4	4+1		27+2	4	6
32		Stephan Palla	18	0+1				0+1
Midfielders
7		Stefan Kulovits	24	14+9	1	1+2		15+11	1	5	1
8		Markus Heikkinen	28	28	1	8		36	1	5
11		Steffen Hofmann	26	36	10	8	8	44	18	3
14		Ümit Korkmaz	21	22+9	2	4+2		26+11	2	2
17		Veli Kavlak	18	20+7	2	3+1	1	23+8	3	5
22		Georg Harding	25	3+7		0+2		3+9		4
27		Branko Boskovic	27	28+6	8	8		36+6	8	7
Forwards
9		Stefan Maierhofer	24	6+5	7			6+5	7	5
10		Mario Bazina	31	30+4	9	8	3	38+4	12	1
20		Fabiano de Lima Campos Maria	21	3+14		1+2	1	4+16	1	2
21		Erwin Hoffer	20	16+13	10	0+2		16+15	10	2
Players who left after the start of the season
9		Mate Bilic	26	11+8	5	7+1	2	18+9	7	6

Goal scorers

Rank	Name	Bundesliga	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Steffen Hofmann	10	8	18
2	Mario Bazina	9	3	12
3	Erwin Hoffer	10		10
4	Branko Boskovic	8		8
5	Mate Bilic	5	2	7
	Stefan Maierhofer	7		7
7	Andreas Dober	4		4
8	Markus Katzer	3		3
	Veli Kavlak	2	1	3
10	Hannes Eder	2		2
	Martin Hiden	2		2
	Ümit Korkmaz	2		2
	Jürgen Patocka	2		2
14	Fabiano		1	1
	Markus Heikkinen	1		1
	Stefan Kulovits	1		1
	Mario Tokic	1		1
Totals		69	15	84

Fixtures and results

[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	11.07.2007	H	Wacker Innsbruck	3-1	14,400	Patocka  31', Boskovic  87', Hofmann S.  90+4' Eder H.  67'
2	25.07.2007	A	Mattersburg	2-3	15,500	Bilic  4', Katzer  44'
3	01.08.2007	A	Altach	1-0	7,100	Bazina  61' (pen.)
4	08.08.2007	H	Austria Kärnten	4-0	14,200	Bazina  4', Katzer  32', Bilic  50', Boskovic  90+1'
5	05.08.2007	H	Austria Wien	0-0	15,600
6	12.08.2007	A	LASK	0-2	15,500
7	19.08.2007	H	RB Salzburg	1-0	17,500	Katzer  78'
8	25.08.2007	A	Ried	3-0	7,200	Boskovic  26', Hofmann S.  76', Bilic  90+4'
9	02.09.2007	A	Sturm Graz	0-1	12,280
10	15.09.2007	H	Sturm Graz	1-5	16,700	Bazina  72'
11	23.09.2007	A	Wacker Innsbruck	1-1	7,600	Hiden Mart.  77'
12	26.09.2007	H	Mattersburg	1-0	12,000	Bilic  2'
13	29.09.2007	H	Altach	0-2	11,800
14	07.10.2007	A	Austria Kärnten	2-1	20,800	Kavlak  61', Bazina  71'
15	21.10.2007	A	Austria Wien	2-2	10,800	Kulovits  8', Bilic  70'
16	26.10.2007	H	LASK	4-4	14,900	Hiden Mart.  38', Dober  57', Kavlak  69', Patocka  83'
17	30.10.2007	A	RB Salzburg	1-2	13,500	Boskovic  86'
18	03.11.2007	H	Ried	4-0	13,300	Bazina  28', Hofmann S.  67' (pen.), Dober  70', Hoffer  78'
19	10.11.2007	H	Mattersburg	3-1	13,100	Dober  29', Bazina  49', Hofmann S.  81' (pen.)
20	25.11.2007	A	Austria Wien	0-0	11,000
21	01.12.2007	H	RB Salzburg	1-3	14,900	Tokic  29'
22	08.12.2007	A	Wacker Innsbruck	1-1	11,000	Heikkinen  77'
23	16.12.2007	H	LASK	2-0	14,200	Bazina  66', Hofmann S.  90+4'
24	16.02.2008	A	Austria Kärnten	2-0	13,800	Hoffer  80'  84'
25	24.02.2008	A	Altach	1-2	8,000	Boskovic  69'
26	27.02.2008	H	Ried	4-0	13,600	Hoffer  4', Boskovic  58', Dober  63', Eder H.  75'
27	02.03.2008	A	Sturm Graz	2-0	15,322	Maierhofer  67', Bazina  86'
28	07.03.2008	H	Sturm Graz	2-1	17,500	Bazina  35', Hofmann S.  82' (pen.)
29	14.03.2008	A	Mattersburg	0-1	9,500	Thonhofer  72'
30	18.03.2008	H	Austria Wien	2-0	16,800	Maierhofer  66'  82'
31	23.03.2008	A	RB Salzburg	7-0	20,600	Hoffer  7'  30'  46', Maierhofer  9'  17', Korkmaz  12', Hofmann S.  90+1'
32	29.03.2008	H	Wacker Innsbruck	4-1	17,500	Maierhofer  20', Hofmann S.  43' (pen.), Eder H.  45', Boskovic  61'
33	06.04.2008	A	LASK	2-1	18,200	Hofmann S.  53' (pen.), Korkmaz  67'
34	11.04.2008	H	Austria Kärnten	2-1	17,500	Hofmann S.  27', Hoffer  86'
35	20.04.2008	H	Altach	3-0	18,400	Boskovic  7', Maierhofer  10', Hoffer  31'
36	26.04.2008	A	Ried	1-0	7,600	Hoffer  31'

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rapid Wien (C)	36	21	6	9	69	36	+33	69	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Red Bull Salzburg	36	18	9	9	63	42	+21	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Austria Wien	36	15	13	8	46	33	+13	58
4	Sturm Graz	36	15	11	10	60	41	+19	56	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Mattersburg	36	13	14	9	55	43	+12	53

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. According to the UEFA coefficients, only the 2nd place team would qualify for the UEFA Cup Qualification. This season, however, the UEFA Cup Qualification spot that would usually be awarded to the Austrian Cup winner will be given to the 3rd place team of the Bundesliga.

Intertoto Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R2-L1	07.07.2007	H	Slovan Bratislava	3-1	12,600	Hofmann S.  31'  53', Bazina  38'
R2-L2	14.07.2007	A	Slovan Bratislava	0-1	6,000	Kulovits  75'
R3-L1	21.07.2007	H	Rubin Kazan	3-1	10,200	Hofmann S.  70'  90+3', Bilic  80' (pen.)
R3-L2	29.07.2007	A	Rubin Kazan	0-0	15,000

UEFA Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
Q2-L1	16.08.2007	A	Dinamo Tbilisi	3-0	4,000	Fabiano  21', Hofmann S.  39', Bazina  54'
Q2-L2	30.08.2007	H	Dinamo Tbilisi	5-0	12,600	Bazina  30', Bilic  54', Hofmann S.  60'  76' (pen.), Kavlak  73'
R1-L1	20.09.2007	A	Anderlecht	1-1	15,500	Hofmann S.  82'
R1-L2	04.10.2007	H	Anderlecht	0-1	17,500

References

1. "Saison 2007/08". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
2. "Spiele 2007/08". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 6 August 2016.