2020–21 SK Rapid Wien season

The 2020–21 SK Rapid Wien season was the 123rd season in club history.

Rapid Wien

2020–21 season
President	Michael Krammer
Head Coach	Dietmar Kühbauer
Stadium	Allianz Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd (championship round) 2nd (regular season)
Austrian Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage (3rd)
Top goalscorer	League: Ercan Kara (15) All: Ercan Kara (20)
Highest home attendance	10,000 vs. FC Admira Wacker Mödling, 11 September 2020[a]
Lowest home attendance	1,500 vs. SC Rheindorf Altach, 1 November 2020[a]
Average home league attendance	4,375[a]
Home colours Away colours European home colours
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Bundesliga

Main article: 2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	22	17	1	4	67	24	+43	52	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Rapid Wien	22	13	6	3	43	25	+18	45
3	LASK	22	13	3	6	42	21	+21	42
4	Sturm Graz	22	11	6	5	34	20	+14	39
5	Wolfsberger AC	22	10	3	9	40	39	+1	33

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.^[1]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	17	8	7	64	40	+24	59	10	3	3	32	14	+18	7	5	4	32	26	+6

Bundesliga fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date – KO	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Attendance	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table			Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD
1	11 September 2020 (2020-09-11) 18:30	Admira Wacker Mödling	H	4–1	10,000 [a]	Murg 8' Fountas 43' 73' Kitagawa 90+2'	Hausjell 80'	1st	3	+3	[2]
2	19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 17:00	Sturm Graz	A	1–1	2,812 [a]	Demir 68'	Stanković 52'	3rd	4	+3	[3]
3	26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 17:00	St. Pölten	A	2–1	1,563 [a]	Fountas 15' Kara 17' (pen.)	Hugi 6'	2nd	7	+4	[4]
4	4 October 2020 (2020-10-04) 17:00	LASK	H	3–0	3,000 [a]	Murg 7' Fountas 22' Kara 90+3'	Ramsebner  66'	2nd	10	+7	[5]
5	25 October 2020 (2020-10-25) 17:00	Wolfsberger AC	A	4–3	1,500 [a]	Schick 25' Kitagawa 35' Kara 76' 90+3' (pen.)	Baumgartner 47' 53' Dieng 67'	2nd	13	+8	[6]
6	1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) 14:30	Rheindorf Altach	H	3–1	1,500 [a]	Knasmüllner 22' Kitagawa 54' Ritzmaier 81'	Stefel 83'	2nd	16	+10	[7]
7	8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 17:00	Red Bull Salzburg	H	1–1	– [a]	Knasmüllner 85'	Koita 29'	2nd	17	+10	[8]
8	22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) 17:00	Ried	A	3–4	– [a]	Knasmüllner 14' 51' Reiner 65' (o.g.)	Grahovac 25' (o.g.) Gschweidl 40' Reiner 71' Grüll 87'	3rd	17	+9	[9]
9	29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) 17:00	Austria Wien	H	1–1	– [a]	Schick 8'	Wimmer 19'	3rd	18	+9	[10]
10	6 December 2020 (2020-12-06) 14:30	Hartberg	A	3–1	– [a]	Arase 2' 76' Kara 35'	Rotter 66'	3rd	21	+11	[11]
11	13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 14:30	WSG Tirol	H	0–3	– [a]	Stojković  49'	Schnegg 5' Petsos 29' Baden Frederiksen 90'	4th	21	+8	[12]
12	19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 17:00	Admira Wacker Mödling	A	1–0	– [a]	Kara 20'		4th	24	+9	[13]
13	22 January 2021 (2021-01-22) 19:00	Sturm Graz	H	4–1	– [a]	Kara 7' Schick 43' Knasmüllner 50' Demir 88'	Jantscher 31' Balaj  71'	2nd	27	+12	[14]
14	27 January 2021 (2021-01-27) 18:30	St. Pölten	H	2–1	– [a]	Knasmüllner 16' Kara 66'	Schmidt 14'	2nd	30	+13	[15]
15	31 January 2021 (2021-01-31) 17:00	LASK	A	2–1	– [a]	Grahovac 19' Knasmüllner 23'	Holland 21'	2nd	33	+14	[16]
16	9 February 2021 (2021-02-09) 20:30	Wolfsberger AC	H	1–0	– [a]	Kara 32'		2nd	36	+15	[17]
17	13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 17:00	Rheindorf Altach	A	0–0	– [a]		Schreiner   23'	2nd	37	+15	[18]
18	21 February 2021 (2021-02-21) 17:00	Red Bull Salzburg	A	2–4	– [a]	Schuster 90+1' Kara 90+4'	Daka 30' 64' 70' Adeyemi 90+2'	2nd	37	+13	[19]
19	27 January 2021 (2021-01-27) 17:00	Ried	H	1–0	– [a]	Demir 90'	Boateng   62'	2nd	40	+14	[20]
20	7 March 2021 (2021-03-07) 17:00	Austria Wien	A	0–0	– [a]			2nd	41	+14	[21]
21	14 March 2021 (2021-03-14) 17:00	Hartberg	H	4–0	– [a]	Kara 34' 49' Knasmüllner 69' Alar 88'		2nd	44	+18	[22]
22	21 March 2021 (2021-03-21) 17:00	WSG Tirol	A	1–1	– [a]	Arase 74' Kara	Anselm 84'	2nd	45[b]	+18	[23]
Championship round
23	4 April 2021 (2021-04-04) 14:30	Wolfsberger AC	A	8–1	– [a]	Fountas 22' 58' 61' Kara 32' Ullmann 57' Scherzer 70' (o.g.) 84' (o.g.) Demir 78'	Lochoshvili  29' Röcher 39'	2nd	25	+25	[24]
24	11 April 2021 (2021-04-11) 17:00	Red Bull Salzburg	H	0–3	– [a]	Hofmann  46'	Ramalho 36' Adeyemi 90+3' 90+5'	2nd	25	+22	[25]
25	18 April 2021 (2021-04-18) 17:00	Sturm Graz	H	0–0	– [a]		Yeboah  39'	2nd	26	+22	[26]
26	21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 20:30	LASK	A	1–1	– [a]	Knasmüllner 71'	Goiginger 63'	2nd	27	+22	[27]
27	25 April 2021 (2021-04-25) 14:30	WSG Tirol	H	4–0	– [a]	Behounek 21' (o.g.) Demir 81' 84' Kara 86'		2nd	30	+26	[28]
28	28 April 2021 (2021-04-28) 18:30	WSG Tirol	A	3–2	– [a]	Knasmüllner 5' Arase 55' Fountas 76'	Barać 51' (o.g.) Anselm 72'	2nd	33	+27	[29]
29	9 May 2021 (2021-05-09) 17:00	Wolfsberger AC	H	1–2	– [a]	Ritzmaier 57' Barać  77'	Liendl 68' (pen.) Dieng 90+1'	2nd	33	+26	[30]
30	12 May 2021 (2021-05-12) 20:30	Red Bull Salzburg	A	0–2	– [a]	Hofmann   86'	Daka 33' 56'	2nd	33	+24	[31]
31	16 May 2021 (2021-05-16) 17:00	Sturm Graz	A	1–4	– [a]	Kara 20'	Kiteishvili 60' Yeboah 72' Kuen 79' Ljubic 90+2'	2nd	33	+21	[32]
32	22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) 17:00	LASK	H	3–0	3,000 [a]	Fountas 47' Knasmüllner 73' 90+5'		2nd	36	+24	[33]

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup fixtures and results

  Win   Loss   Postponed

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Attendance	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent
1st	30 August 2020 (2020-08-30) 17:30	TSV St. Johann im Pongau	H	5–0	1,250 [a]	Fountas 12' 48' 50' Kara 22' Demir 89'		[34]
2nd	17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 17:00	SC Wiener Neustadt	A	5–1	1,250 [a]	Knasmüllner 17' Ritzmaier 32' 70' Kara 45+1' Arase 77'	Weidinger 22'	[35]
3rd	16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 20:30	RB Salzburg	A	2–6	– [a]	Fountas 45+1' (pen.) Ullmann 78' Hofmann   82'	Szoboszlai 16' Berisha 19' Koïta 23' Daka 74' Camara 83' (pen.) Kristensen 87'	[36]

Champions League

Champions League review

Rapid entered the Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round.

Qualifying rounds

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Attendance	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent
Second qualifying round	26 August 2020	Lokomotiva	A	1–0	– [a]	Kara 32'		[37]
Third qualifying round	15 September 2020	Gent	A	1–2	– [a]	Demir 90+2'	Dorsch 36' Yaremchuk 59' (pen.)	[38]

Europa League

Europa League review

Rapid entered the Europa League group stage after being eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League.

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage

Table

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	MOL	RW	DUN
1	Arsenal	6	6	0	0	20	5	+15	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–1	4–1	3–0
2	Molde	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	10			0–3	—	1–0	3–1
3	Rapid Wien	6	2	1	3	11	13	−2	7			1–2	2–2	—	4–3
4	Dundalk	6	0	0	6	8	19	−11	0			2–4	1–2	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Fixtures and results

MD	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Attendance	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table		Ref.
						Rapid Wien	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	22 October 2020 18:55	Arsenal	H	1–2	3,000 [a]	Fountas 51'	Luiz 70' Aubameyang 74'	4th	0	[39]
2	29 October 2020 21:00	Molde	A	0–1	600 [a]		Omoijuanfo 65'	3rd	0	[40]
3	5 November 2020 18:55	Dundalk	H	4–3	– [a]	Ljubicic 22' Arase 79' Hofmann 87' Demir 90+1'	Hoban 7' McMillan 82' (pen.) 90+6' (pen.)	3rd	3	[41]
4	26 November 2020 21:00	Dundalk	A	3–1	– [a]	Knasmüllner 11' Kara 37' 58'	Oduwa Shields 63' (pen.)	3rd	6	[42]
5	3 December 2020 21:00	Arsenal	A	1–4	2,000 [a]	Kitagawa 47'	Lacazette 10' Marí 18' Nketiah 44' Smith Rowe 66'	3rd	6	[43]
6	10 December 2020 18:55	Molde	H	2–2	– [a]	Ritzmaier 43' Ibrahimoglu 90'	Eikrem 12' 46'	3rd	7	[44]

Pre-season and friendlies

^[45]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Attendance
				Rapid Wien	Opponent
1 August 2020	ASV Draßburg	A	4–1	Kara 39' 41' Knasmüllner 45' Kitagawa 87'	Markić 31' (pen.)	200
12 August 2020	SFC Opava	N	5–3	Greiml 55' Kitagawa 59' Kara 69', 85' Knasmüllner 89'	Řezníček 7' Texl 37' Mondek 52'	–
15 August 2020	FC Slovan Liberec	H	3–0	Kara 8' Greiml 19' Fountas 58'		–
19 August 2020	FC Juniors OÖ	H	7–0			–
4 September 2020	Grazer AK	H	1–0	Murg 30'		–
9 January 2021	SV Lafnitz	H	2–1	Demir 38' Sulzbacher 45'	Gremsl 19'	–
15 January 2021	Admira Wacker	H	3–1	Fountas  15' [c] Kara 30' Hofmann 39' Ljubicic 55'	Kerschbaum 27'	–

Team record

Competition	Record
	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	32	17	8	7	64	40	+24	053.13
ÖFB Cup	3	2	0	1	12	7	+5	066.67
Champions League	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Europa League	6	2	1	3	11	13	−2	033.33
Total	43	22	9	12	89	62	+27	051.16

Squad

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Austrian Cup		UEFA Competitions		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Richard Strebinger	27	25		2		4		31		1
21		Bernhard Unger	21
25		Paul Gartler	23	7		1		4		12
Defenders
4		Mateo Barać	25	25+2		1+1		5+1		31+4		5		1
6		Mario Sonnleitner	33	1+5		1+2		1+1		3+8		2
17		Christopher Dibon	29
20		Maximilian Hofmann	26	22		3		7	1	32	1	10	2	1
22		Filip Stojković	27	27+2		2		7		36+2		10		1
30		Leo Greiml	18	15+6		2		4		21+6		9
31		Maximilian Ullmann	24	32	1	3	1	8		43	2	4
37		Lukas Sulzbacher	20	0+1				0+1		0+2
Midfielders
8		Marcel Ritzmaier	27	18+6	2	2	2	4	1	24+6	5	2
10		Thomas Murg	25	4	2	1		2		7	2	1
13		Thorsten Schick	30	24+5	3	2+1		4+3		30+9	3	4
14		Srđan Grahovac	27	11+15	1	1+1		4+3		16+19	1	4
16		Dejan Petrovič	22	24		2+1		3		29+1		6
18		Tamás Szántó	24
28		Christoph Knasmüllner	28	16+11	12	2+1	1	3+3	1	21+15	14	2
36		Kelvin Arase	21	13+11	4	1+1	1	6+2	1	20+14	6	2
39		Dejan Ljubicic	22	23+1		2		5	1	30+1	1	2
40		Melih Ibrahimoglu	19	1+1		0+1		1+2	1	2+4	1	1
42		Lion Schuster	19	5+5	1	0+1		1+1		6+7	1	2
43		Dragoljub Savić	19	0+1						0+1
48		Yusuf Demir	17	6+19	6	0+2	1	1+4	2	7+25	9	1
Forwards
7		Philipp Schobesberger	26
9		Taxiarchis Fountas	24	20+4	9	2	4	4+1	1	26+5	14	6
19		Deni Alar	30	0+4	1			1		1+4	1
29		Ercan Kara	24	28+4	15	3	2	7+1	3	38+5	20	5
32		Koya Kitagawa	23	5+13	3	0+3		2+5	1	7+21	4	1

Goal scorers

Name	Bundesliga	Cup	International	Total
Ercan Kara	15	2	3	20
Taxiarchis Fountas	9	4	1	14
Christoph Knasmüllner	12	1	1	14
Yusuf Demir	6	1	2	9
Kelvin Arase	4	1	1	6
Marcel Ritzmaier	2	2	1	5
Koya Kitagawa	3		1	4
Thorsten Schick	3			3
Thomas Murg	2			2
Maximilian Ullmann	1	1		2
Deni Alar	1			1
Srđan Grahovac	1			1
Maximilian Hofmann			1	1
Melih Ibrahimoglu			1	1
Dejan Ljubicic			1	1
Lion Schuster	1			1
Own goals
Jonathan Scherzer (Wolfsberger AC)	2
Raffael Behounek (WSG Swarovski Tirol)	1
Constantin Reiner (SV Ried)	1
Totals	64	12	13	89

Disciplinary record

Name	Bundesliga			Cup			International			Total
Maximilian Hofmann	7	1	1		1		3			10	2	1
Filip Stojković	7		1				3			10		1
Leo Greiml	7						2			9
Mateo Barać	4		1				1			5		1
Taxiarchis Fountas	4						2			6
Dejan Petrovič	6									6
Ercan Kara	3			1			1			5
Srđan Grahovac	2						2			4
Thorsten Schick	3						1			4
Maximilian Ullmann	3						1			4
Kelvin Arase	1						1			2
Christoph Knasmüllner	1			1						2
Dejan Ljubicic	1						1			2
Marcel Ritzmaier	1						1			2
Lion Schuster	2									2
Mario Sonnleitner							2			2
Yusuf Demir							1			1
Melih Ibrahimoglu	1									1
Koya Kitagawa	1									1
Thomas Murg	1									1
Richard Strebinger	1									1
Totals	56	1	3	2	1		22			80	2	3

Transfers

In

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moved from	Type	Transfer Window	Ref.
FW		Deni Alar	30	PFC Levski Sofia	Loan return	Summer
FW		Andrija Pavlović	26	APOEL FC	Loan return	Summer
GK		Bernhard Unger	21	SV Mattersburg	Free transfer	Summer
MF		Marcel Ritzmaier	27	Barnsley F.C.	Loan	Summer

Out

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moved to	Type	Transfer Window	Ref.
DF		Stephan Auer	29	Admira Wacker	Free agent	Summer
MF		Stefan Schwab	29	PAOK FC	Free agent	Summer
GK		Tobias Knoflach	26	unknown	Free agent	Summer
FW		Andrija Pavlović	26	Brøndby IF	Transfer	Summer
MF		Thomas Murg	25	PAOK FC	Transfer	Summer
MF		Melih Ibrahimoglu	20	Heracles Almelo	Transfer	Winter

Notes

1. Due to COVID-19 no or a limited number of spectators were allowed. Games without spectators are excluded from calculatind average attendance.
2. Points were halved after regular season.
3. Fountas was sent off for spitting at an opponent and suspended for four competitive games