1976–77 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1976–77 SK Rapid Wien season was the 79th season in club history.

Rapid Wien

1976–77 season
Coach	Anton Brzezanczyk
Stadium	Sportklub Stadium Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Bundesliga	2nd
Cup	Third round
Cup Winners' Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans Krankl (32) All: Hans Krankl (35)
Average home league attendance	6,100

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		CW Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Peter Barthold	22	8				1		9
	Herbert Feurer	22	28		2		1		31
Defenders
	Wolfgang Augustin	18	10		1				11		4
	Christian Kautzky	18	27+3		2		2		31+3		1
	Egon Pajenk	25	34	1	2		2		38	1	6	1
	Peter Persidis	29	35	2	1		2		38	2	5
	Rainer Schlagbauer	26	19+1	1	1		2		22+1	1	4
	Rainhard Zarbach	22	9+1				2		11+1		1
Midfielders
	Stefan Aichorn	22	1+2						1+2
	Wolfgang Kienast	19	3+2		1				4+2		1
	Helmut Kirisits	22	28+1	11	2		2		32+1	11	2
	Emil Krause	25	36	1	2		2		40	1	2
	Hermann Ollinger	21	8+1		1				9+1
	Johann Pregesbauer	18	18+5		2		2		22+5
	August Starek	31	2+1	1			0+1		2+2	1
	Werner Walzer	28	24		1	1			25	1	1
Forwards
	Rudolf Jellinek	23	1						1
	Hans Krankl	23	35	32	1	2	2	1	38	35	6
	Johann Krejcirik	24	23+12	11	1		0+2	1	24+14	12
	Paul Pawlek	19	16+8	8	0+1				16+9	8
	Heinz Weiss	16	1						1
	Kurt Widmann	23	30+5	3	2		2		34+5	3

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	03.08.1976	A	Admira	1-0	15,000	Krejcirik 44'
2	11.08.1976	H	Admira	2-0	5,500	Pawlek P. 65' 66'
3	14.08.1976	A	Austria Wien	2-3	13,500	Pawlek P. 84' 89'
4	20.08.1976	H	Austria Wien	0-1	14,000
5	28.08.1976	A	Austria Salzburg	2-4	7,000	Krankl 36', Starek 90'
6	01.09.1976	H	Austria Salzburg	2-1	4,500	Krankl 3', Schwarz 72' (o.g.)
7	03.09.1976	A	VÖEST Linz	2-2	3,000	Krankl 64', Kirisits 87'
8	11.09.1976	H	VÖEST Linz	0-0	4,200
9	05.10.1976	A	Vienna	3-0	6,000	Kirisits 38' 43', Krankl 67'
10	25.09.1976	H	Vienna	0-0	6,000
11	02.10.1976	H	LASK	4-2	3,000	Krankl 39' (pen.) 70', Persidis 54', Krejcirik 68'
12	09.10.1976	A	LASK	2-2	5,000	Krankl 59' 66'
13	16.10.1976	H	Sturm Graz	1-1	3,000	Widmann 83'
14	23.10.1976	A	Sturm Graz	2-1	5,500	Krankl 16', Kirisits 87'
15	30.10.1976	H	Wacker Innsbruck	0-1	5,000
16	06.11.1976	A	Wacker Innsbruck	1-1	9,000	Krejcirik 56'
17	13.11.1976	H	GAK	5-3	2,200	Krankl 8' 76' (pen.), Krejcirik 34' 79' 82'
18	20.11.1976	A	GAK	1-0	3,500	Krankl 68'
19	26.02.1977	H	Admira	3-1	6,500	Krankl 1', Kirisits 9', Krejcirik 88'
20	05.03.1977	A	Austria Wien	1-1	13,000	Krankl 60'
21	12.03.1977	H	Austria Salzburg	5-0	5,000	Krankl 13' 21' 76' 89' (pen.), Krejcirik 27'
22	19.03.1977	A	VÖEST Linz	2-1	4,500	Kirisits 29', Krankl 76'
23	23.03.1977	H	Vienna	1-1	9,000	Kirisits 68'
24	26.03.1977	H	LASK	3-0	5,000	Schlagbauer 66', Krankl 83', Krejcirik 89'
25	02.04.1977	A	Sturm Graz	0-0	8,000
26	06.04.1977	H	Wacker Innsbruck	1-1	12,000	Widmann 17'
27	22.04.1977	A	GAK	0-1	4,000
28	07.05.1977	A	Admira	2-2	4,000	Pawlek P. 45', Persidis 70'
29	10.05.1977	H	Austria Wien	1-0	14,000	Pawlek P. 84'
30	13.05.1977	A	Austria Salzburg	2-1	2,500	Krankl 18' (pen.), Krejcirik 87'
31	21.05.1977	H	VÖEST Linz	5-4	4,000	Krankl 9' 67', Krause 32', Kirisits 54' 90'
32	27.05.1977	A	Vienna	1-0	6,500	Widmann 1'
33	03.06.1977	A	LASK	1-2	5,500	Krankl 5'
34	10.06.1977	H	Sturm Graz	3-0	3,500	Pawlek P. 7', Krankl 26', Kirisits 70'
35	18.06.1977	A	Wacker Innsbruck	0-1	10,000
36	22.06.1977	H	GAK	11-1	3,000	Pawlek P. 5', Krankl 6' 24' 58' 59' 61' 76' 87', Kirisits 45', Pajenk 79', Krejcirik 85'

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R2	26.10.1976	A	Kremser SC	2-1	4,000	Krankl 24' 56' (pen.)
R3	03.05.1977	A	Wacker Innsbruck	1-3	8,000	Walzer 85' Pajenk  66'

Cup Winners' Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1-L1	15.09.1976	H	Atlético Madrid	1-2	50,000	Krankl 19'
R1-L2	29.09.1976	A	Atlético Madrid	1-1	45,000	Krejcirik 83'