1998–99 SK Rapid Wien season
# 1998–99 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1998–99 SK Rapid Wien season is the 101st season in club history.

## Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Raimund Hedl | 23 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 21 | | Ladislav Maier | 32 | 36 | | 4 | | 4 | | 44 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | | Peter Schöttel | 31 | 35 | | 3+1 | | 4 | | 42+1 | | 8 | |
| 8 | | Martin Braun | 29 | 23+7 | 1 | 3+1 | | 1+1 | | 27+9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 14 | | Michael Hatz | 27 | 14+13 | | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | | 19+14 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | | Krzysztof Ratajczyk | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 21 | 4 | 2 | |
| 19 | | Thomas Zingler | 27 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | | 26 | 4 | 6 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | | Oliver Freund | 28 | 33 | 2 | 4 | | 3 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 11 | |
| 10 | | Ivan Adzic | 25 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | 25 | 5 | 5 | |
| 11 | | Christian Prosenik | 30 | 33+1 | 6 | 4+1 | 1 | 4 | | 41+2 | 7 | 10 | |
| 12 | | Jürgen Saler | 20 | 7+19 | 2 | 2+3 | | 0+4 | | 9+26 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 | | Rene Mitteregger | 20 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | |
| 15 | | Arnold Wetl | 28 | 19+2 | 2 | 2 | | 3 | | 24+2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 20 | | Andreas Heraf | 30 | 27+2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 35+2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 23 | | Gerd Wimmer | 21 | 26+6 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 2+1 | | 31+9 | 3 | 4 | |
| 33 | | Charles Wittl | 26 | 5+4 | | 1+1 | | | | 6+5 | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | | Marcus Pürk | 23 | 16+19 | 7 | 3+1 | 2 | 2+2 | | 21+22 | 9 | 1 | |
| 9 | | Marek Penksa | 24 | 31+4 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 3 | | 38+5 | 5 | 2 | |
| 17 | | René Wagner | 25 | 25+8 | 10 | 1+3 | 2 | 3+1 | 3 | 29+12 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | | Angelo Vier | 26 | 10+11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | | 16+11 | 7 | 2 | |
| 27 | | Florian Schwarz | 21 | 0+2 | | | | | | 0+2 | | | |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rene Wagner | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Marcus Pürk | 7 | 2 | | 9 |
| 3 | Christian Prosenik | 6 | 1 | | 7 |
| 3 | Angelo Vier | 3 | 4 | | 7 |
| 5 | Andreas Heraf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Ivan Adzic | 2 | 3 | | 5 |
| 6 | Marek Penksa | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
| 8 | Krzysztof Ratajczyk | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| 8 | Thomas Zingler | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| 10 | Oliver Freund | 2 | | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Gerd Wimmer | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
| 12 | Jürgen Saler | 2 | | | 2 |
| 12 | Arnold Wetl | 2 | | | 2 |
| 14 | Martin Braun | 1 | | | 1 |
| 14 | Michael Hatz | | 1 | | 1 |
| OG | Cheikh Sidy Ba (LASK) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 50 | 20 | 5 | 75 |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 03.11.1998 | H | Austria Salzburg | 1-0 | 7,000 | Prosenik C. 45' (pen.) |
| 2 | 02.08.1998 | A | GAK | 1-1 | 6,500 | Zingler 54' |
| 3 | 05.08.1998 | A | Steyr | 2-1 | 7,000 | Wetl 39', Penksa 58' |
| 4 | 08.08.1998 | H | LASK | 5-0 | 7,500 | Prosenik C. 27' (pen.), Ratajczyk 63', Penksa 71', Pürk 83', Wagner R. 87' |
| 5 | 14.08.1998 | A | FC Tirol | 3-1 | 7,000 | Heraf 21' 90+2', Pürk 67' |
| 6 | 30.08.1998 | H | Sturm Graz | 2-0 | 15,800 | Prosenik C. 59' (pen.), Saler 90+3' |
| 7 | 08.09.1998 | A | Austria Wien | 1-0 | 18,000 | Wagner R. 63' |
| 8 | 20.09.1998 | H | Ried | 1-1 | 6,400 | Heraf 16' |
| 9 | 23.09.1998 | A | Lustenau | 0-2 | 8,800 | |
| 10 | 26.09.1998 | H | Lustenau | 1-0 | 5,200 | Wagner R. 9' |
| 11 | 02.10.1998 | A | Austria Salzburg | 1-1 | 11,000 | Wagner R. 13' Wagner R. 74' |
| 12 | 17.10.1998 | H | GAK | 0-2 | 10,000 | |
| 13 | 24.10.1998 | H | Steyr | 5-1 | 7,000 | Prosenik C. 23' 47' (pen.), Heraf 37', Adzic 44', Vier 68' |
| 14 | 27.10.1998 | A | LASK | 0-0 | 9,000 | |
| 15 | 06.11.1998 | H | FC Tirol | 1-0 | 6,000 | Zingler 45' |
| 16 | 11.11.1998 | A | Sturm Graz | 1-2 | 11,500 | Wagner R. 57' |
| 17 | 15.11.1998 | H | Austria Wien | 3-1 | 11,300 | Wagner R. 42', Prosenik C. 64' (pen.), Penksa 77' |
| 18 | 21.11.1998 | A | Ried | 1-0 | 6,000 | Wagner R. 65' |
| 19 | 29.11.1998 | A | LASK | 3-1 | 6,000 | Ba 22' (o.g.), Wagner R. 41', Freund 55' |
| 20 | 06.12.1998 | H | GAK | 1-0 | 5,400 | Pürk 78' |
| 21 | 06.03.1999 | A | FC Tirol | 0-0 | 5,000 | |
| 22 | 13.03.1999 | H | Lustenau | 2-1 | 6,000 | Ratajczyk 50', Pürk 64' |
| 23 | 16.03.1999 | A | Austria Wien | 1-1 | 11,500 | Wagner R. 16' |
| 24 | 21.03.1999 | H | Sturm Graz | 2-0 | 12,000 | Wetl 31', Pürk 61' |
| 25 | 31.03.1999 | A | Ried | 0-0 | 5,000 | |
| 26 | 03.04.1999 | H | Austria Salzburg | 1-1 | 8,000 | Penksa 74' |
| 27 | 10.04.1999 | A | Steyr | 3-3 | 5,000 | Braun 7', Vier 9', Wimmer 26' |
| 28 | 14.04.1999 | H | Steyr | 2-1 | 4,000 | Pürk 50', Vier 59' |
| 29 | 17.04.1999 | H | LASK | 2-0 | 5,000 | Pürk 22', Wagner R. 80' |
| 30 | 24.04.1999 | A | GAK | 1-0 | 8,480 | Adzic 8' Hatz 41' |
| 31 | 01.05.1999 | H | FC Tirol | 1-1 | 10,000 | Freund 18' |
| 32 | 08.05.1999 | A | Lustenau | 0-2 | 7,000 | |
| 33 | 11.05.1999 | H | Austria Wien | 0-0 | 14,200 | |
| 34 | 15.05.1999 | A | Sturm Graz | 1-1 | 15,400 | Wimmer 12' |
| 35 | 22.05.1999 | H | Ried | 1-0 | 10,700 | Saler 87' |
| 36 | 29.05.1999 | A | Austria Salzburg | 0-0 | 15,000 | |

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sturm Graz (C) | 36 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Grazer AK | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Austria Salzburg | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 57 | |
| 5 | LASK Linz | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 22.08.1998 | A | Oberndorf | 8-0 | 3,500 | Hatz 26', Vier 27' 75', Zingler 35' 38', Pürk 66' 69', Penksa 90' |
| R2 | 12.09.1998 | A | Mattersburg | 5-3 | 8,200 | Vier 8', Prosenik C. 25' (pen.), Heraf 45', Ratajczyk 73' 90' |
| R16 | 31.10.1998 | H | Wörgl | 3-0 | 3,500 | Wagner R. 15', Adzic 26' (pen.), Wimmer 71' |
| QF | 06.04.1999 | H | Austria Salzburg | 4-1 | 8,500 | Vier 1', Adzic 14' 63', Wagner R. 78' |
| SF | 05.05.1999 | H | LASK | 0-2 | 6,000 | |

### UEFA Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q2-L1 | 11.08.1998 | A | Omonia Nicosia | 1-3 | 12,000 | Wagner R. 23' Braun 37' |
| Q2-L2 | 25.08.1998 | H | Omonia Nicosia | 2-0 | 14,500 | Heraf 9', Wagner R. 70' |
| R1-L1 | 15.09.1998 | A | Girondins Bordeaux | 1-1 | 15,000 | Freund 65' |
| R1-L2 | 29.09.1998 | H | Girondins Bordeaux | 1-2 | 24,500 | Wagner R. 42' |
