2005–06 SK Rapid Wien season
# 2005–06 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2005–06 SK Rapid Wien season is the 108th season in club history.

## Squad statistics

| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Cup | Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Raimund Hedl | 30 | 4 | | | | 2 | | 6 | | | |
| 24 | | Helge Payer | 25 | 32 | | 2 | | 8 | | 42 | | 2 | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | | Marcin Adamski | 29 | 18+3 | | 1 | | 8 | | 27+3 | | 5 | |
| 3 | | Vladimír Labant | 31 | 7+1 | | | | | | 7+1 | | 1 | |
| 4 | | Martin Hiden | 32 | 19 | | 1 | | 3+1 | | 23+1 | | 3 | |
| 12 | | György Garics | 21 | 18+10 | | 2 | | 1+2 | | 21+12 | | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | | Markus Katzer | 25 | 12+1 | | 1 | | 2 | | 15+1 | | 1 | |
| 14 | | Thomas Burgstaller | 25 | 4+1 | | 1 | | | | 5+1 | | 1 | |
| 18 | | Markus Hiden | 27 | 4+1 | | 1+1 | | | | 5+2 | | 1 | |
| 22 | | Radek Bejbl | 32 | 29+3 | 2 | 0+1 | | 8 | | 37+4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 | | Andreas Dober | 19 | 18+5 | 1 | | | 7+1 | | 25+6 | 1 | 12 | |
| 26 | | Jozef Valachovic | 29 | 29+1 | 5 | 2 | | 8+1 | 2 | 39+2 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | | Cemil Tosun | 18 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | | György Korsós | 28 | 21+5 | | | | 10 | | 31+5 | | 2 | |
| 7 | | Peter Hlinka | 26 | 23+5 | 3 | 2 | | 10 | | 35+5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 8 | | Mario Bazina | 29 | 9+1 | 1 | 2 | | | | 11+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | | Stefan Kulovits | 22 | 8+2 | | 1 | | | | 9+2 | | 2 | |
| 16 | | Sebastián Martínez | 27 | 23+9 | 3 | 1+1 | | 2+8 | | 26+18 | 3 | 10 | |
| 17 | | Veli Kavlak | 16 | 9+5 | 2 | 2 | | 0+1 | | 11+6 | 2 | 4 | |
| 19 | | Matthias Dollinger | 25 | 4+10 | | | | 2+4 | 1 | 6+14 | 1 | 4 | |
| 27 | | Helmut Prenner | 26 | 0+2 | | | | 1 | | 1+2 | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Axel Lawarée | 31 | 14+12 | 4 | | | 5+2 | 4 | 19+14 | 8 | 2 | |
| 10 | | Muhammet Akagündüz | 27 | 25+9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6+3 | 2 | 33+12 | 12 | 3 | |
| 20 | | Roman Kienast | 21 | 1+9 | 1 | | | 1+2 | 1 | 2+11 | 2 | | |
| 25 | | Marek Kincl | 32 | 28+7 | 11 | 1+1 | | 8+1 | 2 | 37+9 | 13 | 8 | |
| Players who left after the start of the season ||||||||||||||
| 8 | | Andreas Ivanschitz | 21 | 18 | 5 | | | 8 | | 26 | 5 | 2 | |
| 11 | | Steffen Hofmann | 24 | 19+1 | 3 | | | 9 | 2 | 28+1 | 5 | 1 | |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | Cup | Champions League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marek Kincl | 11 | | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Muhammet Akagündüz | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Axel Lawaree | 4 | | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Jozef Valachovic | 5 | | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Steffen Hofmann | 3 | | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Andreas Ivanschitz | 5 | | | 5 |
| 7 | Peter Hlinka | 3 | | | 3 |
| 7 | Sebastian Martinez | 3 | | | 3 |
| 9 | Radek Bejbl | 2 | | | 2 |
| 9 | Veli Kavlak | 2 | | | 2 |
| 9 | Roman Kienast | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Mario Bazina | 1 | | | 1 |
| 12 | Andreas Dober | 1 | | | 1 |
| 12 | Matthias Dollinger | | | 1 | 1 |
| OG | Markus Berger (Ried) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 51 | 1 | 14 | 66 |

## Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 13.07.2005 | H | Sturm Graz | 2-3 | 16,200 | Kincl 57' 87' |
| 2 | 19.07.2005 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 3-0 | 9,100 | Kincl 35', Akagündüz 42', Ivanschitz 51' |
| 3 | 23.07.2005 | H | Pasching | 2-0 | 10,400 | Valachovic 79', Lawarée 89' |
| 4 | 30.07.2005 | A | RB Salzburg | 2-0 | 18,000 | Kincl 63', Ivanschitz 80' |
| 5 | 06.08.2005 | H | Austria Wien | 3-1 | 17,500 | Hlinka 32', Valachovic 72' (pen.), Hofmann S. 89' |
| 6 | 14.08.2005 | A | GAK | 1-1 | 10,000 | Kincl 17' |
| 7 | 20.08.2005 | H | Mattersburg | 1-2 | 13,200 | Hlinka 63' |
| 8 | 27.08.2005 | A | Ried | 2-2 | 7,600 | Lawarée 54', Kincl 65' |
| 9 | 10.09.2005 | A | Admira | 1-1 | 8,200 | Kienast R. 90+1' |
| 10 | 17.09.2005 | H | Admira | 0-1 | 9,400 | |
| 11 | 20.09.2005 | A | Sturm Graz | 2-2 | 7,628 | Bejbl 27', Valachovic 42' |
| 12 | 24.09.2005 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 2-0 | 10,200 | Hlinka 58', Akagündüz 71' |
| 13 | 01.10.2005 | A | Pasching | 0-2 | 7,500 | |
| 14 | 15.10.2005 | H | RB Salzburg | 2-3 | 15,800 | Hofmann S. 15', Kincl 73' |
| 15 | 22.10.2005 | A | Austria Wien | 2-0 | 11,800 | Lawarée 29', Kincl 69' |
| 16 | 25.10.2005 | H | GAK | 3-2 | 12,600 | Ivanschitz 43' 90', Martínez 61' |
| 17 | 29.10.2005 | A | Mattersburg | 0-0 | 15,800 | |
| 18 | 05.11.2005 | H | Ried | 2-2 | 10,700 | Bejbl 25', Akagündüz 36' |
| 19 | 19.11.2005 | H | Sturm Graz | 3-1 | 11,800 | Akagündüz 11', Kincl 30', Martínez 61' |
| 20 | 26.11.2005 | A | Wacker Innsbruck | 0-0 | 5,100 | |
| 21 | 03.12.2005 | H | Pasching | 3-1 | 9,700 | Hofmann S. 23', Ivanschitz 45' (pen.), Akagündüz 74' |
| 22 | 10.12.2005 | A | RB Salzburg | 0-2 | 16,800 | Valachovic 85' |
| 23 | 18.02.2006 | H | Mattersburg | 2-0 | 9,400 | Akagündüz 53', Bazina 90+2' Bazina 90+2' |
| 24 | 25.02.2006 | A | GAK | 1-3 | 6,012 | Kincl 43' |
| 25 | 05.03.2006 | H | Austria Wien | 0-3 | 19,200 | |
| 26 | 12.03.2006 | A | Ried | 0-0 | 7,200 | |
| 27 | 29.03.2006 | H | Admira | 0-1 | 7,800 | Bejbl 70' |
| 28 | 25.03.2006 | A | Admira | 1-2 | 4,500 | Akagündüz 90+4' |
| 29 | 01.04.2006 | A | Sturm Graz | 0-0 | 8,902 | |
| 30 | 08.04.2006 | H | Wacker Innsbruck | 2-1 | 10,400 | Akagündüz 17', Valachovic 37' |
| 31 | 11.04.2006 | A | Pasching | 0-1 | 6,600 | |
| 32 | 15.04.2006 | H | RB Salzburg | 0-1 | 16,500 | |
| 33 | 23.04.2006 | A | Austria Wien | 1-3 | 18,400 | Martínez 7' |
| 34 | 29.04.2006 | H | GAK | 2-0 | 9,800 | Valachovic 57', Lawarée 60' |
| 35 | 06.05.2006 | A | Mattersburg | 0-0 | 13,300 | |
| 36 | 13.05.2006 | H | Ried | 6-0 | 12,600 | Kavlak 25' 35', Berger 41' (o.g.), Akagündüz 43', Kincl 67', Dober 90' |

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Pasching | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Ried | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 52 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 49 | |
| 6 | Grazer AK | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 45 | |
| 7 | Mattersburg | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |

* ↑ Champions League-bound Austria Wien won the 2005–06 Austrian Cup, so cup runners-up Mattersburg will enter the second qualifying round of UEFA Cup.

### Cup

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R16 | 08.03.2006 | A | Lustenau | 1-1 (3-1 p) | 3,500 | Akagündüz 26' |
| QF | 04.04.2006 | A | Mattersburg | 0-1 | 12,000 | Garics 72' |

### Champions League

**Qualification rounds**

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q2-L1 | 27.07.2005 | A | Dudelange | 6-1 | 1,557 | Lawarée 2' 64', Akagündüz 3' 16', Hofmann S. 5', Kienast R. 84' |
| Q2-L2 | 03.08.2005 | H | Dudelange | 3-2 | 8,900 | Lawarée 47' 81', Dollinger 86' |
| Q3-L1 | 10.08.2005 | H | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1-1 | 17,455 | Valachovic 74' (pen.) |
| Q3-L2 | 23.08.2005 | A | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1-0 | 26,000 | Valachovic 84' |

**Group stage**

| Rd | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goals and discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G1 | 14.09.2005 | H | Bayern | 0-1 | 47,800 | |
| G2 | 27.09.2005 | A | Juventus | 0-3 | 11,156 | |
| G3 | 18.10.2005 | H | Club Brugge | 0-1 | 46,000 | |
| G4 | 02.11.2005 | A | Club Brugge | 2-3 | 27,800 | Kincl 1', Hofmann S. 81' |
| G5 | 22.11.2005 | A | Bayern | 0-4 | 66,000 | |
| G6 | 07.12.2005 | H | Juventus | 1-3 | 46,000 | Kincl 52' |
