2002–03 SK Rapid Wien season
# 2002–03 SK Rapid Wien season

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

## Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | 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 |
| 2 | Andreas Ivanschitz | 5 | | 5 |
| 2 | Thomas Sobotzik | 5 | | 5 |
| 2 | Rene Wagner | 5 | | 5 |
| 6 | Andreas Herzog | 3 | | 3 |
| 7 | Marcin Adamski | 1 | | 1 |
| 7 | Ferdinand Feldhofer | | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Markus Hiden | 1 | | 1 |
| 7 | Adel Jadoua | 1 | | 1 |
| 7 | Stefan Kulovits | 1 | | 1 |
| 7 | Mario Prisc | 1 | | 1 |
| 7 | Günter Schießwald | 1 | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 40 | 1 | 41 |

## Fixtures and results

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 | Teamvte | 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 | |

### 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 | |
