1978–79 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1978–79 SK Rapid Wien season was the 81st season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1978-79 season
Coach	Karl Schlechta
Stadium	Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	3rd
Cup	Semifinals
UEFA Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Vukan Perovic (11) All: Geza Gallos, Vukan Perovic (11)
Average home league attendance	6,600

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Peter Barthold	24	13		1				14
	Herbert Feurer	24	23		3		2		28
Defenders
	Reinhard Kienast	18	17+2	1	1+2		2		20+4	1	5
	Wolfgang Kienast	21	9+4		2		0+1		11+5		2
	Bernd Krauss	21	22+2	3	3	1	1		26+2	4	4
	Erich Lisak	21	5+1		0+2				5+3		1
	Egon Pajenk	27	27	1	2		2		31	1	6	1
	Peter Persidis	31	30+2		4		2		36+2		5
	Johann Pregesbauer	20	31+3		4		2		37+3		3
	Werner Walzer	30	21+4	1	3		1		25+4	1
	Günther Wessely	18	1+1						1+1		1
Midfielders
	Günther Happich	26	35	6	4		2		41	6	2
	Helmut Kirisits	24	29	6	3	2	1		33	8	8	1
	Heribert Weber	23	30	3	4	1	2		36	4	6
Forwards
	Wolfgang Augustin	20	1+3						1+3		2
	Lars Francker	26	12+9	3	2+1	1	2	1	16+10	5
	Geza Gallos	29	35+1	9	4	2	2		41+1	11	1
	Johann Gröss	18	13+4	2	1+1	2			14+5	4	1
	Johann Krejcirik	26	11+9	1	1		1+1	1	13+10	2	3
	Paul Pawlek	21	5+12	4	0+1		0+2		5+15	4	1
	Vukan Perovic	25	26+2	11	2				28+2	11	6

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Fixtures and results

[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	18.08.1978	H	Austria Wien	3-1	20,000	Happich  5' (pen.), Francker  15', Krauss  71'
2	25.08.1978	A	Austria Salzburg	0-1	15,000	Pajenk  75'
3	02.09.1978	H	Vienna	2-1	7,800	Gallos  12', Happich  28'
4	09.09.1978	A	GAK	1-1	8,000	Kirisits  7'
5	15.09.1978	H	Wacker Innsbruck	2-0	9,000	Krejcirik  65', Happich  67' (pen.)
6	22.09.1978	H	VÖEST Linz	0-1	6,000
7	29.09.1978	A	Admira	1-0	7,000	Kirisits  76'
8	06.10.1978	H	Wiener SC	1-0	9,700	Pajenk  64'
9	13.10.1978	A	Sturm Graz	0-0	8,500
10	22.10.1978	A	Austria Wien	1-5	22,000	Kirisits  74'
11	28.10.1978	H	Austria Salzburg	4-0	6,000	Kirisits  41', Pawlek P.  51'  76', Krauss  58'
12	04.11.1978	A	Vienna	2-3	7,000	Krauss  33', Gallos  77'
13	11.11.1978	H	GAK	3-1	5,700	Perovic  5'  12', Francker  47'
14	18.11.1978	A	Wacker Innsbruck	2-0	6,000	Francker  44', Weber H.  82'
15	25.11.1978	A	VÖEST Linz	0-0	4,500
16	02.12.1978	H	Admira	1-1	2,500	Happich  86' (pen.)
17	08.12.1978	A	Wiener SC	3-3	6,000	Perovic  6'  61', Gallos  47'
18	16.12.1978	H	Sturm Graz	3-0	3,000	Happich  15' (pen.), Schilcher  32' (o.g.), Gallos  39'
19	24.02.1979	H	Austria Wien	1-2	13,000	Happich  70' (pen.)
20	03.03.1979	A	Austria Salzburg	2-2	8,000	Gröss  36', Gallos  86'
21	10.03.1979	H	Vienna	0-0	5,200
22	17.03.1979	A	GAK	2-2	6,000	Gallos  16'  61'
23	24.03.1979	H	Wacker Innsbruck	3-0	6,000	Kienast Rei.  37', Kirisits  58', Weber H.  88'
24	31.03.1979	H	VÖEST Linz	1-1	5,500	Weber H.  22'
25	08.04.1979	A	Admira	2-1	6,000	Kirisits  64', Perovic  69'
26	12.04.1979	H	Wiener SC	0-1	6,000
27	20.04.1979	A	Sturm Graz	0-0	7,000
28	28.04.1979	A	Austria Wien	1-4	6,000	Pawlek P.  67'
29	04.05.1979	H	Austria Salzburg	2-0	2,500	Perovic  11'  77'
30	12.05.1979	A	Vienna	1-1	10,000	Perovic  63'
31	18.05.1979	H	GAK	0-0	3,000
32	26.05.1979	A	Wacker Innsbruck	2-4	10,000	Perovic  48', Gallos  74' (pen.) Kirisits  33'
33	01.06.1979	A	VÖEST Linz	2-2	3,000	Walzer  36', Gallos  61'
34	08.06.1979	H	Admira	0-1	2,000
35	15.06.1979	A	Wiener SC	0-3	8,000
36	22.06.1979	H	Sturm Graz	4-0	5,000	Pawlek P.  58', Perovic  63'  90', Gröss  80'

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R2	12.08.1978	A	Simmering	2-2 (5-4 p)	5,000	Mühlhauser  60' (o.g.), Gallos  105'
R16	26.10.1978	A	FavAC	6-0	10,300	Weber H.  4', Francker  17', Kirisits  55'  75', Krauss  76', Gallos  90'
QF	06.03.1979	A	GAK	2-1	3,000	Gröss  12'  89'
SF	18.04.1979	H	Wacker Innsbruck	0-2	5,500

UEFA Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1-L1	13.09.1978	A	Hajduk Split	0-2	25,000
R1-L2	27.09.1978	H	Hajduk Split	2-1	25,000	Krejcirik  73', Francker  89'

References

1. "Saison 1978/79". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
2. "Spiele 1978/79". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 25 July 2016.