2017–18 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2017–18 SK Rapid Wien season was the 120th season in club history.

Rapid Wien

2017–18 season
President	Michael Krammer
Head Coach	Goran Djuricin
Stadium	Allianz Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	3rd
Austrian Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	League: Stefan Schwab (12) All: Giorgi Kvilitaia (13) Stefan Schwab (13)
Highest home attendance	26,000 vs. Austria Wien, 6 August 2017
Lowest home attendance	9,200 vs. SKN St. Pölten, 7 April 2018
Average home league attendance	19,100
Home colours Away colours

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
1 July 2017	Celtic	N	1-1	Joelinton 45. (pen.); Dembélé 72. (pen.)	3,000
5 July 2017	Apollon Limassol	N	2-1	Joelinton 40. (pen.), Sobczyk 60.; Maglica 85.	750
9 July 2017	AS Monaco	H	2-2	Schwab 54., Thurnwald 71.; Lopes 15., Carrillo 52.	9,800
13 January 2018	FC Fastav Zlín	H	1-1	Mujakic 75.; Mehanović 28. (pen.)	250
18 January 2018	Beijing Renhe	N	4-2	Kvilitaia 14., Murg 41., Schobesberger 44., Joelinton 47.; Wang G. 27', 45+1'
22 January 2018	CFR Cluj	N	1-3	Hofmann M. 68.; Mailat 3., Deac 78. (pen.), Costache 88.
28 January 2018	1. FC Slovácko	H	1-1	Schwab 68.; Petr 29.
23 March 2018	SC Wiener Neustadt	A	0-1	Prada 22.	400

Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date – KO	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table			Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD
1	22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 16:00	H	Mattersburg	2-2	17,800	Joelinton  23' Auer  25' Wöber  57'	Prevljak  74' Maierhofer  79'	5th	1	+0	[1]
2	29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) 18:30	A	St. Pölten	4-1	6,139	Murg  37' Kuen  42' Petrovic  81' (o.g.) Keles  90+1'	Schütz  69'	2nd	4	+3	[2]
3	6 August 2017 (2017-08-06) 16:30	H	Austria	2-2	26,000	Schaub  39'  55' Schrammel  84'	Prokop  72' Holzhauser  85' (pen.)	4th	5	+3	[3]
4	13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) 16:30	A	Admira	1-3	4,700	Joelinton  78' Murg  90+2'	Jakoliš  1' Starkl  63'  65'	5th	5	+1	[4]
5	19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 16:00	H	Sturm	1-2	20,200	Auer  60'	Alar  17' Röcher  53'	7th	5	+0	[5]
6	26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 18:30	H	LASK	1-0	19,400	Murg  22'		6th	8	+1	[6]
7	10 September 2017 (2017-09-10)	A	Salzburg	2-2	12,250	Pavelić  16' Ljubicic  60' Schobesberger  79'	Schwab  75' (o.g.) Dabour  90+2'	7th	9	+1	[7]
8	16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 16:00	A	Altach	2-2	5,500	Schwab  46' Galvão  90+3'	Honsak  59' Tekpetey  66'	8th	10	+1	[8]
9	23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 16:00	H	Wolfsberg	4-2	20,600	Schwab  37'  45' Murg  53' Schobesberger  69'	Gschweidl  19' Orgill  88'	4th	13	+3	[9]
10	30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 18:30	A	Mattersburg	1-0	7,000	Schwab  29'		4th	16	+4	[10]
11	14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 18:30	H	St. Pölten	1-0	24,200	Joelinton  41' Murg		3rd	19	+5	[11]
12	22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 16:30	A	Austria	1-0	14,200	Schobesberger  55' Galvão  80'		3rd	22	+6	[12]
13	28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 16:00	H	Admira	1-0	16,800	Schaub  26'		3rd	25	+7	[13]
14	4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 16:00	A	Sturm	0-0	15,600			3rd	26	+7	[14]
15	18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 16:00	A	LASK	2-1	5,600	Murg  25' Schwab  37'	Berisha  68'	3rd	29	+8	[15]
16	26 November 2017 (2017-11-26) 16:30	H	Salzburg	2-3	25,300	Ljubicic  28' Kvilitaia  76'	Hwang  45+2' Ulmer  46' Yabo  50'	3rd	29	+7	[16]
17	29 November 2017 (2017-11-29) 20:30	H	Altach	1-2	13,400	Schaub  72' Petsos  76' Bolingoli  90'	Aigner  77' (pen.)  90+1' (pen.)	3rd	29	+6	[17]
18	2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 20:30	A	Wolfsberg	0-0	3,000			3rd	30	+6	[18]
19	9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 16:00	H	Mattersburg	2-2	14,400	Joelinton  71' Prosenik  87'	Okugawa  58' Perlak  61'	3rd	31	+6	[19]
20	16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 18:30	A	St. Pölten	5-0	3,669	Joelinton  32'  85' Schwab  35' (pen.)  90' Berisha  54'	Rasner  81'	3rd	34	+11	[20]
21	4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 16:30	H	Austria	1-1	25,600	Ljubicic  64'	Monschein  62'	3rd	35	+11	[21]
22	11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 16:30	A	Admira	1-2	3,200	Schobesberger  86'	Hausjell  69' Pavelic  90+2' (o.g.)	3rd	35	+10	[22]
23	17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 16:00	H	Sturm	1-1	20,200	Bolingoli  88'	Röcher  20'	4th	36	+10	[23]
24	24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 18:30	H	LASK	2-0	14,800	Kvilitaia  45'  69'		4th	39	+12	[24]
25	4 March 2018 (2018-03-04) 16:30	A	Salzburg	0-1	11,981		Berisha  73'	4th	39	+11	[25]
26	10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 16:00	A	Altach	0-0	5,193			3rd	40	+11	[26]
27	17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 16:00	H	Wolfsberg	5-1	12,700	Kvilitaia  8' (pen.)  49'  89' Berisha  25'  29'	Kvilitaia  79' (o.g.)	3rd	43	+15	[27]
28	1 April 2018 (2018-04-01) 16:30	A	Mattersburg	4-2	7,100	Schaub  17' Murg  21'  37' Schwab  28'	Pink  45' Okugawa  85'	3rd	46	+17	[28]
29	7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 18:30	H	St. Pölten	2-1	9,200	Kvilitaia  6' (pen.) Schwab  67' (pen.)	Vucenovic  75'	3rd	49	+18	[29]
30	15 April 2018 (2018-04-15) 16:30	A	Austria	4-0	11,267	Schwab  8' Murg  42' Schobesberger  51' Kvilitaia  73'		3rd	52	+22	[30]
31	22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 16:30	H	Admira	4-1	18,600	Murg  39'  45+1' Thurnwald  62' Schwab  79'	Hausjell  81'	3rd	55	+25	[31]
32	29 April 2018 (2018-04-29) 16:30	A	Sturm	2-4	14,573	Kvliltaia  40' Murg  75'	Eze  3'  27' Žulj  62' Jeggo  72'	4th	55	+23	[32]
33	5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 16:00	A	LASK	2-0	6,000	Kvilitaia  41' Kuen  90+3'	Ramsebner  90+1'	3rd	58	+25	[33]
34	13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) 16:30	H	Salzburg	1-4	22,300	Berisha  75'	Farkas  4' Dabour  13'  82' Gulbrandsen  26'	3rd	58	+22	[34]
35	20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) 16:30	H	Altach	4-1	21,600	Joelinton  6'  14' Schwab  59' S. Hofmann  73'	Grbic  45'	3rd	61	+25	[35]
36	27 May 2018 (2018-05-27) 17:30	A	Wolfsberg	0-0	4,639			3rd	62	+25	[36]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	36	25	8	3	81	29	+52	83	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Sturm Graz	36	22	4	10	68	45	+23	70	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Rapid Wien	36	17	11	8	68	43	+25	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	LASK	36	17	6	13	49	41	+8	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Admira Wacker Mödling	36	15	6	15	59	66	−7	51

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Sturm Graz qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Austrian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	17	11	8	68	43	+25	62	9	5	4	37	25	+12	8	6	4	31	18	+13

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

  Win   Loss   Postponed

Round	Date	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent
1st	16 July 2017 16:00	A	SC Schwaz	2-0	1,600	Auer  7' Schwab  75'		[37]
2nd	20 September 2017 20:30	A	Elektra Wien	4-0	4,000	Kvilitaia  19'  72'  Schaub  51'  76' (pen.) Soura  84' (o.g.)		[38]
R16	25 October 2017 20:30	A	Austria Wien	2-1	14,600	Murg  41' Schobesberger  78'	Alhassan  51'	[39]
QF	28 February 2018 20:30	H	SV Ried	2-1	7,200	Joelinton  75' (pen.) Kvilitaia  77'	Wießmeier  45+1' (pen.)	[40]
SF	18 April 2018 20:30	A	Sturm Graz	2-3 (a.e.t.)	15,750	Schaub  58' Kvilitaia  84' Hofmann M.  120+2'	Edomwonyi  24'  62' Eze  102'	[41]

Team record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	22 July	27 May	36	17	11	8	68	43	+25	047.22
ÖFB Cup	16 July	18 April	5	4	0	1	12	5	+7	080.00
Total			41	21	11	9	80	48	+32	051.22

Squad

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Austrian Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Richard Strebinger	24	35		3		38		1
21		Tobias Knoflach	23	1		2		3		1
Defenders
3		Lucas Galvão	26	25+1	1	2		27+1	1	4		1
5		Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo	22	26+2	1	3		29+2	1	1		1
6		Mario Sonnleitner	30	17+3		2+3		19+6		5
17		Christopher Dibon	26
20		Maximilian Hofmann	23	22+1		4		26+1		10	1
22		Mario Pavelić	23	10+2		1		11+2		2		1
24		Stephan Auer	26	28+4	2	4	1	32+4	3	8
31		Mert Müldür	18	2				2
38		Manuel Thurnwald	18	8+2	1	1+1		9+3	1	2
Midfielders
7		Philipp Schobesberger	23	19+11	5	3	1	22+11	6	3
8		Stefan Schwab	26	30+1	12	3	1	33+1	13	6
10		Louis Schaub	22	24+6	5	2+2	3	26+8	8	2
11		Steffen Hofmann	36	2+9	1	1+1		3+10	1
18		Tamás Szántó	21	1+5		1+1		2+6
19		Thomas Murg	22	32+1	10	4+1	1	36+2	11	4		1
25		Aleksandar Kostić	21	0+1		1		1+1
26		Ivan Močinić	24
27		Andreas Kuen	22	4+3	2	0+1		4+4	2	1
36		Kelvin Arase	18	0+1		1		1+1
39		Dejan Ljubicic	19	27+1	3	3+1		30+2	3	7
46		Armin Mujakic	22	0+4		0+2		0+6		1
55		Thanos Petsos	26	12+6		3		15+6		4		1
Forwards
9		Veton Berisha	23	20+7	4	2		22+7	4	2
13		Giorgi Kvilitaia	23	18+11	10	2+1	3	20+12	13	5	1
34		Joelinton	20	19+8	7	3+1	1	22+9	8	6		1
Players who left after the start of the season
4		Thomas Schrammel	29	5		2		7		1		1
14		Maximilian Wöber	19	5	1	1		6	1
33		Philipp Prosenik	24	1+4	1	0+1		1+5	1
42		Eren Keles	23	3+5	1	1		4+5	1	1
43		Alex Sobczyk	20	0+1				0+1

Goal scorers

Name	Bundesliga	Cup	Total
Giorgi Kvilitaia	10	3	13
Stefan Schwab	12	1	13
Thomas Murg	10	1	11
Joelinton	7	1	8
Louis Schaub	5	3	8
Philipp Schobesberger	5	1	6
Veton Berisha	4		4
Stephan Auer	2	1	3
Dejan Ljubicic	3		3
Andreas Kuen	2		2
Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo	1		1
Lucas Galvão	1		1
Steffen Hofmann	1		1
Eren Keles	1		1
Philipp Prosenik	1		1
Manuel Thurnwald	1		1
Maximilian Wöber	1		1
Own goals
Daniel Petrovic (St. Pölten)	1		1
Yannick Soura (Elektra)		1	1
Totals	68	12	80

Disciplinary record

Name	Bundesliga			Cup			Total
Maximilian Hofmann	9			1	1		10	1
Stephan Auer	7			1			8
Joelinton	6		1				6		1
Dejan Ljubicic	7						7
Giorgi Kvilitaia	5				1		5	1
Stefan Schwab	4			2			6
Lucas Galvão	4		1				4		1
Thomas Murg	4		1				4		1
Thanos Petsos	3		1	1			4		1
Mario Sonnleitner	4			1			5
Mario Pavelić	2		1				2		1
Philipp Schobesberger	3						3
Boli Bolingoli	1		1				1		1
Thomas Schrammel	1		1				1		1
Veton Berisha	2						2
Louis Schaub	2						2
Manuel Thurnwald	1			1			2
Eren Keles	1						1
Tobias Knoflach	1						1
Andreas Kuen	1						1
Armin Mujakic	1						1
Richard Strebinger	1						1
Totals	70		7	7	2		77	2	7

Transfers

In

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moved from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Ref.
FW		Philipp Prosenik	24	Wolfsberger AC	Loan return	Summer	2018
DF		Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo	22	Club Brugge KV	Transfer	Summer	2020	[42]
DF		Lucas Galvão	26	SCR Altach	Transfer	Summer	2020	[43]
MF		Thanos Petsos	26	Werder Bremen	Loan	Summer	2018	[44]
FW		Veton Berisha	23	Greuther Fürth	Transfer	Summer	2020	[45]

Out

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moved to	Type	Transfer Window	Ref.
FW		Tomi Correa	32	Atlético Victoria	End of Contract	Summer
GK		Ján Novota	33	Debreceni VSC	Free transfer	Summer	[46]
MF		Arnór Ingvi Traustason	24	AEK Athens	Loan	Summer	[47]
DF		Christoph Schößwendter	28	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	[48]
FW		Matej Jelić	26	HNK Rijeka	Loan	Summer	[49]
DF		Maximilian Wöber	19	AFC Ajax	Transfer	Summer	[50]
FW		Alex Sobczyk	20	SKN St. Pölten	Loan	Summer	[51]
MF		Philipp Malicsek	20	SKN St. Pölten	Loan	Winter
FW		Philipp Prosenik	24	SV Ried	Free Transfer	Winter
DF		Thomas Schrammel	30	Sturm Graz	Transfer	Winter	[52]
MF		Eren Keles	23	SKN St. Pölten	Transfer	Winter

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