2002–03 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2002–03 SK Rapid Wien season is the 105th season in club history.

Rapid Wien

2002–03 season
President	Rudolf Edlinger
Coach	Josef Hickersberger
Stadium	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	4th
ÖFB-Cup	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Roman Wallner (11) All: Roman Wallner (11)
Highest home attendance	18,500
Lowest home attendance	3,500

Squad statistics

[1]

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Ladislav Maier	36	18				18		2
24		Helge Payer	22	18		2		20
Defenders
2		Marcin Adamski	26	28+1	1	2		30+1	1	6	1
3		Saoud Fath	21	5				5		1
4		Günter Schießwald	28	8+8	1			8+8	1	3
12		György Garics	18	1+1				1+1
13		Ante Jazic	26	32+1		2		34+1		4	1
14		Ivan Knez	27	35		2		37		3
16		Jacob Laursen	30	8				8		1
18		Markus Hiden	24	26+4	1	1+1		27+5	1
21		Ferdinand Feldhofer	22	14+3		1	1	15+3	1	5
Midfielders
6		Jürgen Saler	24	8+5		2		10+5		2
7		Andreas Herzog	33	25+4	3	1		26+4	3	8	1
8		Andreas Ivanschitz	18	25+11	5	2		27+11	5	3
11		Steffen Hofmann	21	24+6	5	0+1		24+7	5	4
16		Ümit Erbay	21			0+1		0+1
19		Florian Sturm	20	4+16				4+16
23		Mario Prisc	28	31+3	1	1+1		32+4	1	2
25		Stefan Kulovits	19	13+5	1	2		15+5	1
27		Thomas Sobotzik	27	16+13	5	0+1		16+14	5	6
Forwards
9		Jovica Vico	24	1+5				1+5
10		Roman Wallner	20	31+1	11	2		33+1	11	7
15		Adel Jadua	21	0+3	1	0+1		0+4	1	1
17		René Wagner	29	20+9	5	2		22+9	5	6	1
26		Roman Kienast	18	5+6				5+6		2

Goal scorers

Rank	Name	Bundesliga	Cup	Total
1	Roman Wallner	11		11
2	Steffen Hofmann	5		5
	Andreas Ivanschitz	5		5
	Thomas Sobotzik	5		5
	Rene Wagner	5		5
6	Andreas Herzog	3		3
7	Marcin Adamski	1		1
	Ferdinand Feldhofer		1	1
	Markus Hiden	1		1
	Adel Jadoua	1		1
	Stefan Kulovits	1		1
	Mario Prisc	1		1
	Günter Schießwald	1		1
Totals		40	1	41

Fixtures and results

[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	10.07.2002	A	Sturm Graz	4-0	7,400	Sobotzik  22', Ivanschitz  72'  78', Schießwald  87'
2	17.07.2002	H	Admira	1-2	9,200	Sobotzik  67'
3	23.07.2002	A	SW Bregenz	1-0	8,500	Wallner  76'
4	31.07.2002	H	Pasching	1-0	10,700	Sobotzik  1'
5	07.08.2002	A	Austria Wien	1-1	11,500	Wallner  85'
6	17.08.2002	H	GAK	1-1	8,100	Wallner  66'
7	24.08.2002	A	Austria Klagenfurt	3-0	8,000	Herzog  48', Wallner  76', Ivanschitz  85'
8	31.08.2002	H	Austria Salzburg	2-2	8,600	Wallner  44'  45'
9	11.09.2002	H	Ried	0-0	6,300	Adamski  90+2'
10	15.09.2002	A	Ried	1-3	4,500	Wallner  85'
11	22.09.2002	H	Sturm Graz	1-2	7,600	Wallner  60'
12	28.09.2002	A	Admira	0-0	2,500
13	05.10.2002	H	SW Bregenz	2-1	5,000	Jadua  86', Sobotzik  90'
14	19.10.2002	A	Pasching	0-2	6,000
15	27.10.2002	H	Austria Wien	1-2	18,500	Hofmann S.  88'
16	02.11.2002	A	GAK	0-2	7,800
17	06.11.2002	H	Austria Klagenfurt	2-0	5,800	Wallner  39', Herzog  52'
18	09.11.2002	A	Austria Salzburg	1-3	6,000	Adamski  48'
19	16.11.2002	H	Pasching	2-1	7,200	Herzog  63', Hiden Mark.  64' Herzog  86'
20	23.11.2002	A	GAK	0-0	8,650
21	30.11.2002	A	SW Bregenz	6-3	5,000	Hofmann S.  4'  70', Wagner R.  25'  61'  66', Kulovits  90+2'
22	18.02.2003	H	Admira	0-0	4,800	Jazic  86' , Wagner R.  90'
23	01.03.2003	A	Ried	0-0	5,000
24	09.03.2003	H	Austria Wien	1-1	15,800	Ivanschitz  10'
25	15.03.2003	A	Austria Klagenfurt	0-1	5,000
26	23.03.2003	H	Sturm Graz	1-0	6,800	Hofmann S.  2'
27	05.04.2003	A	Austria Salzburg	0-2	12,000
28	12.04.2003	H	Austria Salzburg	0-2	6,400
29	16.04.2003	A	Pasching	0-3	5,000
30	23.04.2003	H	GAK	0-0	4,400
31	26.04.2003	H	SW Bregenz	1-1	4,000	Hofmann S.  43'
32	03.05.2003	A	Admira	1-0	3,500	Wallner  10'
33	10.05.2003	H	Ried	3-2	3,500	Wagner R.  6', Wallner  45', Ivanschitz  51'
34	17.05.2003	A	Austria Wien	0-0	10,780
35	24.05.2003	H	Austria Klagenfurt	2-1	4,800	Prisc  34', Sobotzik  87' (pen.)
36	29.05.2003	A	Sturm Graz	1-0	5,700	Wagner R.  62'

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Grazer AK	36	15	12	9	56	39	+17	57	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Austria Salzburg	36	15	11	10	51	46	+5	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Rapid Wien	36	13	12	11	40	38	+2	51
5	Pasching	36	13	10	13	41	37	+4	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Sturm Graz	36	14	5	17	50	62	−12	47

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

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	27.08.2002	A	Schwanenstadt	1-0	6,000	Feldhofer  76'
R2	25.09.2002	A	Bad Bleiberg	0-2	3,000

References

1. "Saison 2002/03". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
2. "Spiele 2002/03". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 6 August 2016.