2008–09 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien
2008–09 season
PresidentRudolf Edlinger
CoachPeter Pacult
StadiumGerhard Hanappi Stadium,
Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga2nd
ÖFB-Cup3rd round
Champions League2nd qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Erwin Hoffer (27)

All:
Erwin Hoffer (29)
Highest home attendance18,000
Lowest home attendance16,200

The 2008–09 SK Rapid Wien season was the 111th season in club history.

Squad statistics

[1]

No. Nat. Name Age League Cup Champions League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Raimund Hedl 33 7+1 2 9+1
24 Helge Payer 28 13 13
25 Georg Koch 36 7 2 9 2
30 Andreas Lukse 20 9 1 10
Defenders
2 Mario Tokic 32 21 2 2 25 5
3 Jürgen Patocka 30 30+2 1 2 2 34+2 1 12
6 Christian Thonhofer 23 12+5 0+1 12+6 1 1
14 Markus Katzer 28 17+2 1 3 2 22+2 1 7
18 Hannes Eder 24 20+3 2 1 21+3 2 4
23 Andreas Dober 22 31+2 1 3 1 2 36+2 2 9
31 Tanju Kayhan 18 1+2 1+2
32 Stephan Palla 19 2 2 1
33 Marcel Ketelaer 30 7+5 0+1 0+1 7+7 1
Midfielders
7 Stefan Kulovits 25 13+4 2+1 1 16+5 3 1
8 Markus Heikkinen 29 32 2 2 36 9
11 Steffen Hofmann 27 33+1 12 3 1 2 38+1 13 5
15 Boris Prokopic 20 1+1 1+1
17 Veli Kavlak 19 20+9 4 3 1 2 25+9 5 6
19 Christopher Drazan 17 5+14 0+1 5+15 4 1
22 Georg Harding 26 1+7 0+1 1+8 1
27 Branko Boskovic 28 28+1 6 3 4 1 32+1 10 8
28 Christopher Trimmel 21 1+4 1+4
35 Yasin Pehlivan 19 14 2 14 2 4
Forwards
9 Stefan Maierhofer 25 33+2 23 3 2 2 2 38+2 27 9
16 Nikica Jelavic 22 9+25 7 1+2 1 0+2 10+29 8
20 René Gartler 22 1+2 1+2
21 Erwin Hoffer 21 28+6 27 1+2 1 2 1 31+8 29 4
Players who left after the start of the season
4 Martin Hiden 35 0+4 1+1 1+5 1

Goal scorers

Rank Name Bundesliga Cup Champions League Total
1 Erwin Hoffer 27 1 1 29
2 Stefan Maierhofer 23 2 2 27
3 Steffen Hofmann 12 1 13
4 Branko Boskovic 6 4 10
5 Nikica Jelavic 7 1 8
6 Veli Kavlak 4 1 5
7 Andreas Dober 1 1 2
Hannes Eder 2 2
Yasin Pehlivan 2 2
10 Markus Katzer 1 1
Jürgen Patocka 1 1
OG Michael Baur (LASK) 1 1
Thomas Burgstaller (Ried) 1 1
Oliver Pusztai (Kärnten) 1 1
Totals 89 11 3 103

Fixtures and results

[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Rd Date Venue Opponent Res. Att. Goals and discipline
1 08.07.2008 A Sturm Graz 1–3 15,322 Dober 50'
2 12.07.2008 H RB Salzburg 2–2 17,000 Hofmann S. 17' (pen.), Maierhofer 31'
3 19.07.2008 H Austria Kärnten 1–0 15,400 Hoffer 90+4'
4 26.07.2008 A Mattersburg 1–0 11,200 Maierhofer 4'
5 02.08.2008 H Kapfenberg 3–1 16,400 Hofmann S. 15', Kavlak 69', Maierhofer 71'
6 09.08.2008 A Altach 7–2 7,500 Hoffer 8' 20' 30' 31', Maierhofer 36' 63', Hofmann S. 45'
7 24.08.2008 H Austria Wien 3–0 18,000 Boskovic 6' 57', Hofmann S. 81'
8 30.08.2008 A LASK 5–2 13,100 Hoffer 25' 50', Maierhofer 42', Baur 48' (o.g.), Katzer 80'
9 19.09.2008 H Ried 1–1 17,500 Burgstaller 77' (o.g.)
10 23.09.2008 A Ried 0–1 6,200
11 28.09.2008 H Sturm Graz 2–1 17,500 Hofmann S. 37' (pen.), Maierhofer 81'
12 05.10.2008 A RB Salzburg 0–1 23,800
13 04.11.2008 A Austria Kärnten 3–3 14,300 Jelavic 32', Maierhofer 40', Hofmann S. 68'
14 25.10.2008 H Mattersburg 1–0 17,500 Maierhofer 59'
15 31.10.2008 A Kapfenberg 2–0 9,113 Maierhofer 49', Kavlak 90+4'
16 08.11.2008 H Altach 5–1 16,900 Jelavic 8' 15' 66', Maierhofer 54' 82'
17 11.11.2008 A Austria Wien 0–2 12,200
18 15.11.2008 H LASK 5–0 17,000 Hofmann S. 37' (pen.), Maierhofer 54' 58' 75', Hoffer 90+7'
19 23.11.2008 A Sturm Graz 2–2 15,327 Hoffer 76' 88'
20 29.11.2008 H Altach 8–1 15,000 Maierhofer 11' 25' 55', Hoffer 32' 49' 87', Jelavic 85' 89'
21 07.12.2008 A Austria Wien 2–2 12,300 Hofmann S. 40', Hoffer 52'
22 14.12.2008 H LASK 1–1 16,800 Maierhofer 52'
23 22.02.2009 A RB Salzburg 1–2 17,800 Boskovic 34'
24 28.02.2009 H Ried 1–0 16,200 Hofmann S. 5'
Thonhofer  81' , Drazan  89' 
25 08.03.2009 A Mattersburg 3–0 8,600 Boskovic 21' 42', Hoffer 52'
26 14.03.2009 H Kapfenberg 6–0 16,500 Maierhofer 11', Pehlivan 18', Hoffer 35' 63', Eder H. 84', Kavlak 89'
27 21.03.2009 A Austria Kärnten 3–1 16,700 Hoffer 14' 45', Maierhofer 53'
28 05.04.2009 H Austria Kärnten 4–2 17,500 Hofmann S. 11' 19' (pen.), Kavlak 25', Pusztai 70' (o.g.)
29 12.04.2009 H Sturm Graz 0–1 17,500
30 18.04.2009 A Altach 1–1 8,100 Maierhofer 36'
31 26.04.2009 H Austria Wien 3–2 17,500 Hoffer 36', Hofmann S. 53' (pen.), Patocka 62'
32 02.05.2009 A LASK 2–0 15,000 Hoffer 13', Boskovic 50'
33 10.05.2009 H RB Salzburg 4–2 17,800 Maierhofer 22', Hoffer 53' 62' 75'
34 17.05.2009 A Ried 0–3 7,600 Kulovits  56' 
35 21.05.2009 H Mattersburg 2–3 17,000 Jelavic 50', Eder H. 77'
36 31.05.2009 A Kapfenberg 4–0 7,300 Hoffer 2' 54' 62', Pehlivan 66'

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 36 23 5 8 86 50 +36 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Rapid Wien 36 21 7 8 89 43 +46 70 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Austria Wien 36 17 11 8 59 46 +13 62 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4 Sturm Graz 36 17 9 10 68 45 +23 60 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5 Ried 36 17 9 10 58 38 +20 60
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Austria Vienna won the 2008–09 Austrian Cup and therefore qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Cup

Rd Date Venue Opponent Res. Att. Goals and discipline
R1 15.08.2008 A Austria Klagenfurt 5–0 1,000 Boskovic 43' 59' 90', Kavlak 55', Jelavic 69'
R2 13.09.2008 A Leoben 4–1 (a.e.t.) 4,500 Boskovic 48', Maierhofer 95' 105', Hoffer 100'
R16 28.10.2008 A Ried 2–3 3,000 Hofmann S. 34', Dober 54'

Champions League qualification

Rd Date Venue Opponent Res. Att. Goals and discipline
Q2-L1 30.07.2008 A Anorthosis 0–3 9,300
Q2-L2 06.08.2008 H Anorthosis 3–1 17,000 Hoffer 22', Maierhofer 63' 67'

References

  1. ^ "Saison 2008/09". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Spiele 2008/09". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 6 August 2016.