2008–09 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2008–09 SK Rapid Wien season is 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'

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