1961–62 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1961–62 season
Coach	Robert Körner
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Staatsliga A	5th
Cup	Quarterfinals
Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Max Schmid (16) All: Max Schmid (20)
Average home league attendance	14,800

The 1961–62 SK Rapid Wien season was the 64th season in club history.

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		CW Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Josef Eder	23	12		2				14
	Ludwig Huyer	20	14		1		4		19
Defenders
	Walter Glechner	22	22	4	2		3		27	4
	Paul Halla	30	23	1	2	1	4		29	2
	Josef Höltl	24	25		3		4		32
	Alfred Schrottenbaum	23	8						8
	Johann Steup	26					1		1
	Wilhelm Zaglitsch	24	5		2		1		8
Midfielders
	Karl Giesser	32	26		3		4		33
	Gerhard Hanappi	32	24	1	3		4		31	1
Forwards
	Josef Bertalan	26	16	1	3	1	1		20	2
	Robert Dienst	33	2				1		3
	Rudolf Flögel	21	26	12	3	3	4	1	33	16
	Branko Milanović	23	7	1			3	1	10	2
	Anton Polster	25	2						2
	Peter Reiter	24	18	8	2	1			20	9
	Max Schmid	25	22	16	2	1	4	4	28	21
	Walter Seitl	20	7	2			2	1	9	3
	Walter Skocik	20	17	7	3		3	1	23	8
	Hans-Georg Tutschek	19	3		1				4
	Franz Wolny	21	7	2	1	1	1		9	3

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	25.08.1961	A	Vienna	4-2	30,000	Seitl 6' 28', Flögel 48' 89'
2	02.09.1961	H	Austria Wien	1-2	64,000	Flögel 7'
3	16.09.1961	A	GAK	2-1	11,000	Wolny 51' 57'
4	23.09.1961	H	SV Linz	1-2	8,000	Flögel 49'
5	01.10.1961	A	Admira	4-0	12,000	Koschier 5' (o.g.), Flögel 7', Schmid 12' 37'
6	15.10.1961	H	SAK 1914	2-0	9,000	Milanovic 41', Flögel 48'
7	22.10.1961	A	Kapfenberg	1-1	6,000	Flögel 52'
8	29.10.1961	A	LASK	0-2	20,000
9	16.12.1961	H	Schwechat	2-1	1,000	Flögel 7', Bertalan 56'
10	11.11.1961	A	Wiener AC	1-1	9,000	Reiter P. 81'
11	26.11.1961	H	Wiener Neustadt	1-1	4,000	Reiter P. 1'
12	03.12.1961	A	Simmering	2-0	10,000	Reiter P. 15' 82'
13	09.12.1961	H	Wiener SC	4-1	6,000	Schmid 7' 59' 84', Flögel 70'
14	03.03.1962	H	Vienna	1-1	11,000	Hanappi 62'
15	10.03.1962	A	Austria Wien	0-2	45,000
16	17.03.1962	H	GAK	0-1	4,000
17	24.03.1962	A	SV Linz	1-2	12,000	Flögel 47'
18	31.03.1962	H	Admira	0-1	10,000
19	15.04.1962	A	SAK 1914	1-1	5,000	Glechner 67' (pen.)
20	29.04.1962	H	Kapfenberg	5-0	5,500	Schmid 46' 89', Flögel 55', Glechner 88', Halla 90'
21	12.05.1962	H	LASK	3-3	55,000	Schmid 3' 38' 73'
22	20.05.1962	A	Schwechat	3-2	4,000	Schmid 40', Skocik 53' 70'
23	26.05.1962	H	Wiener AC	3-2	8,000	Reiter P. 6' 18', Schmid 85' (pen.)
24	02.06.1962	A	Wiener Neustadt	7-1	3,000	Glechner 7' 37', Skocik 12' 73' 84', Frankolin 19' (o.g.), Schmid 89'
25	09.06.1962	H	Simmering	7-0	7,000	Schmid 28' (pen.), Reiter P. 37' 56', Skocik 44' 69', Flögel 45', Löffelmann 51' (o.g.)
26	16.06.1962	A	Wiener SC	2-2	8,000	Schmid 5' 70'

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	26.12.1961	A	SV Linz	5-4	1,000	Bertalan 12', Flögel 47', Halla 67', Schmid 71', Reiter P. 83'
R16	11.04.1962	H	Sturm Graz	2-1	8,000	Wolny 9', Flögel 52'
QF	25.04.1962	A	GAK	1-3	5,000	Flögel 14'

Cup Winners' Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
QR	13.09.1961	H	Spartak Varna	0-0	25,000
QR-L1	27.09.1961	A	Spartak Varna	5-2	20,000	Schmid 8' 85', Skocik 31', Flögel 46', Milanovic 55'
R1-L1	25.10.1961	A	Fiorentina	1-3	15,000	Seitl 82'
R1-L2	22.11.1961	H	Fiorentina	2-6	17,000	Schmid 88' 89'