1998–99 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien
1998–99 season
President	Günter Kaltenbrunner
Coach	Heribert Weber
Stadium	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium,; Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd
ÖFB-Cup	Semifinals
UEFA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; René Wagner (10); All: ; René Wagner (15)
Highest home attendance	15,800
Lowest home attendance	4,000
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 SK Rapid Wien season is the 101st season in club history.

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Nat.	Name	Age	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Raimund Hedl	23			1				1
21		Ladislav Maier	32	36		4		4		44
Defenders
5		Peter Schöttel	31	35		3+1		4		42+1		8
8		Martin Braun	29	23+7	1	3+1		1+1		27+9	1	9	1
14		Michael Hatz	27	14+13		3	1	2+1		19+14	1	11	1
16		Krzysztof Ratajczyk	24	15	2	2	2	4		21	4	2
19		Thomas Zingler	27	19	2	3	2	4		26	4	6
Midfielders
3		Oliver Freund	28	33	2	4		3	1	40	3	11
10		Ivan Adzic	25	22	2	3	3			25	5	5
11		Christian Prosenik	30	33+1	6	4+1	1	4		41+2	7	10
12		Jürgen Saler	20	7+19	2	2+3		0+4		9+26	2	2
13		Rene Mitteregger	20	0+1						0+1
15		Arnold Wetl	28	19+2	2	2		3		24+2	2	3
20		Andreas Heraf	30	27+2	4	4	1	4	1	35+2	6	8
23		Gerd Wimmer	21	26+6	2	3+2	1	2+1		31+9	3	4
33		Charles Wittl	26	5+4		1+1				6+5
Forwards
7		Marcus Pürk	23	16+19	7	3+1	2	2+2		21+22	9	1
9		Marek Penksa	24	31+4	4	4+1	1	3		38+5	5	2
17		René Wagner	25	25+8	10	1+3	2	3+1	3	29+12	15	4	1
18		Angelo Vier	26	10+11	3	5	4	1		16+11	7	2
27		Florian Schwarz	21	0+2						0+2

Goal scorers

Rank	Name	Bundesliga	Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Rene Wagner	10	2	3	15
2	Marcus Pürk	7	2		9
3	Christian Prosenik	6	1		7
3	Angelo Vier	3	4		7
5	Andreas Heraf	4	1	1	6
6	Ivan Adzic	2	3		5
6	Marek Penksa	4	1		5
8	Krzysztof Ratajczyk	2	2		4
8	Thomas Zingler	2	2		4
10	Oliver Freund	2		1	3
10	Gerd Wimmer	2	1		3
12	Jürgen Saler	2			2
12	Arnold Wetl	2			2
14	Martin Braun	1			1
14	Michael Hatz		1		1
OG	Cheikh Sidy Ba (LASK)	1			1
Totals		50	20	5	75

Fixtures and results

^[2] Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	03.11.1998	H	Austria Salzburg	1-0	7,000	Prosenik C. 45' (pen.)
2	02.08.1998	A	GAK	1-1	6,500	Zingler 54'
3	05.08.1998	A	Steyr	2-1	7,000	Wetl 39', Penksa 58'
4	08.08.1998	H	LASK	5-0	7,500	Prosenik C. 27' (pen.), Ratajczyk 63', Penksa 71', Pürk 83', Wagner R. 87'
5	14.08.1998	A	FC Tirol	3-1	7,000	Heraf 21' 90+2', Pürk 67'
6	30.08.1998	H	Sturm Graz	2-0	15,800	Prosenik C. 59' (pen.), Saler 90+3'
7	08.09.1998	A	Austria Wien	1-0	18,000	Wagner R. 63'
8	20.09.1998	H	Ried	1-1	6,400	Heraf 16'
9	23.09.1998	A	Lustenau	0-2	8,800
10	26.09.1998	H	Lustenau	1-0	5,200	Wagner R. 9'
11	02.10.1998	A	Austria Salzburg	1-1	11,000	Wagner R. 13' Wagner R. 74'
12	17.10.1998	H	GAK	0-2	10,000
13	24.10.1998	H	Steyr	5-1	7,000	Prosenik C. 23' 47' (pen.), Heraf 37', Adzic 44', Vier 68'
14	27.10.1998	A	LASK	0-0	9,000
15	06.11.1998	H	FC Tirol	1-0	6,000	Zingler 45'
16	11.11.1998	A	Sturm Graz	1-2	11,500	Wagner R. 57'
17	15.11.1998	H	Austria Wien	3-1	11,300	Wagner R. 42', Prosenik C. 64' (pen.), Penksa 77'
18	21.11.1998	A	Ried	1-0	6,000	Wagner R. 65'
19	29.11.1998	A	LASK	3-1	6,000	Ba 22' (o.g.), Wagner R. 41', Freund 55'
20	06.12.1998	H	GAK	1-0	5,400	Pürk 78'
21	06.03.1999	A	FC Tirol	0-0	5,000
22	13.03.1999	H	Lustenau	2-1	6,000	Ratajczyk 50', Pürk 64'
23	16.03.1999	A	Austria Wien	1-1	11,500	Wagner R. 16'
24	21.03.1999	H	Sturm Graz	2-0	12,000	Wetl 31', Pürk 61'
25	31.03.1999	A	Ried	0-0	5,000
26	03.04.1999	H	Austria Salzburg	1-1	8,000	Penksa 74'
27	10.04.1999	A	Steyr	3-3	5,000	Braun 7', Vier 9', Wimmer 26'
28	14.04.1999	H	Steyr	2-1	4,000	Pürk 50', Vier 59'
29	17.04.1999	H	LASK	2-0	5,000	Pürk 22', Wagner R. 80'
30	24.04.1999	A	GAK	1-0	8,480	Adzic 8' Hatz 41'
31	01.05.1999	H	FC Tirol	1-1	10,000	Freund 18'
32	08.05.1999	A	Lustenau	0-2	7,000
33	11.05.1999	H	Austria Wien	0-0	14,200
34	15.05.1999	A	Sturm Graz	1-1	15,400	Wimmer 12'
35	22.05.1999	H	Ried	1-0	10,700	Saler 87'
36	29.05.1999	A	Austria Salzburg	0-0	15,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sturm Graz (C)	36	23	4	9	72	32	+40	73	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rapid Wien	36	19	13	4	50	25	+25	70	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Grazer AK	36	20	5	11	46	29	+17	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Austria Salzburg	36	15	12	9	55	40	+15	57
5	LASK Linz	36	17	6	13	53	44	+9	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

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

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	22.08.1998	A	Oberndorf	8-0	3,500	Hatz 26', Vier 27' 75', Zingler 35' 38', Pürk 66' 69', Penksa 90'
R2	12.09.1998	A	Mattersburg	5-3	8,200	Vier 8', Prosenik C. 25' (pen.), Heraf 45', Ratajczyk 73' 90'
R16	31.10.1998	H	Wörgl	3-0	3,500	Wagner R. 15', Adzic 26' (pen.), Wimmer 71'
QF	06.04.1999	H	Austria Salzburg	4-1	8,500	Vier 1', Adzic 14' 63', Wagner R. 78'
SF	05.05.1999	H	LASK	0-2	6,000

UEFA Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
Q2-L1	11.08.1998	A	Omonia Nicosia	1-3	12,000	Wagner R. 23' Braun 37'
Q2-L2	25.08.1998	H	Omonia Nicosia	2-0	14,500	Heraf 9', Wagner R. 70'
R1-L1	15.09.1998	A	Girondins Bordeaux	1-1	15,000	Freund 65'
R1-L2	29.09.1998	H	Girondins Bordeaux	1-2	24,500	Wagner R. 42'