The 1996–97 SK Rapid Wien season was the 99th season in club history.

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Supercup		Champions League		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Michael Konsel	34	35		1		1		8		45		1	1
21		Raimund Hedl	21	1								1
Defenders
2		Patrick Jovanovic	22	20+5		1				0+4		21+9		3
4		Trifon Ivanov	30	23				1		8	2	32	2	5	2
5		Peter Schöttel	29	32		0+1				7		39+1		9	1
15		Andrzej Lesiak	30	27+4	4	1		1		6	1	35+4	5	6
19		Thomas Zingler	25	12+2	2	1		1		7		21+2	2	5	1
		Friedrich Breitenfelder	16	0+1								0+1
Midfielders
3		Peter Guggi	28	15+11		1		1		1+2	1	18+13	1	4
6		Peter Stöger	30	32+2	9	1		1		6+1		40+3	9	7
8		Zoran Barisic	26	1+5		1		1		1+1		4+6
10		Dietmar Kühbauer	25	31	11	1		1		8	1	41	12	9	1
11		Christian Prosenik	28	33+2	2					8		41+2	2	2
12		Oliver Lederer	18	1+3								1+3
14		Roman Pivarník	29	6+4		1		1		0+2		8+6		1
16		Krzysztof Ratajczyk	22	24+5	1			1		5+1		30+6	1	3
20		Andreas Heraf	28	31	4	0+1		0+1		7		38+2	4	12
Forwards
7		Christian Stumpf	29	16+8	6	1	1	0+1		5+3	2	22+12	9	4
9		Marek Penksa	22	12+15	4	1		1		3+2		17+17	4	2
17		René Wagner	23	28+1	21	0+1				5		33+2	21	9	2
18		Sergei Mandreko	24	12+7	4					3+2		15+9	4	5	1
24		Samuel Ipoua	23	4+3								4+3			1
		Martin Pfeifer	16	0+1								0+1

^[1]

Fixtures and results

^[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	24.07.1996	A	GAK	1-1	8,500	Penksa 6'
2	18.09.1996	H	LASK	3-1	7,500	Kühbauer 10', Heraf 12', Wagner R. 47'
3	03.08.1996	A	FC Tirol	1-1	1,000	Mandreko 70'
4	11.08.1996	H	Austria Wien	1-1	15,000	Zingler 8' Zingler  59'
5	17.08.1996	A	Sturm Graz	0-0	10,000
6	24.08.1996	H	VÖEST Linz	0-0	6,500	Ivanov  35'
7	04.09.1996	A	Ried	3-3	6,000	Heraf 37', Wagner R. 48', Penksa 89'
8	07.09.1996	H	Austria Salzburg	2-0	8,000	Kühbauer 15', Wagner R. 84'
9	14.09.1996	H	Admira	4-1	5,500	Lesiak 6' 51', Stöger 34' 68'
10	21.09.1996	A	Admira	2-0	6,000	Wagner R. 29' 67'
11	02.10.1996	H	GAK	4-0	5,000	Stumpf 24' 60', Wagner R. 40', Stöger 85'
12	12.10.1996	A	LASK	0-3	12,000	Schöttel  47'
13	19.10.1996	H	FC Tirol	4-2	11,000	Lesiak 34', Stumpf 45', Kühbauer 66' (pen.) 82' (pen.)
14	23.10.1996	A	Austria Wien	2-0	18,000	Heraf 50', Prosenik C. 90' Wagner R.  40'
15	26.10.1996	H	Sturm Graz	3-1	15,500	Kühbauer 1', Zingler 35', Penksa 88'
16	05.11.1996	A	VÖEST Linz	1-0	3,500	Kühbauer 16'
17	16.11.1996	H	Ried	6-0	7,500	Stöger 1', Wagner R. 3' 83', Lesiak 27', Heraf 31', Kühbauer 85'
18	24.11.1996	A	Austria Salzburg	1-1	12,000	Wagner R. 1'
19	02.03.1997	A	FC Tirol	4-2	10,000	Wagner R. 17', Kühbauer 45' (pen.) 66' (pen.), Prosenik C. 88'
20	09.03.1997	H	Austria Wien	3-0	15,000	Stöger 58', Wagner R. 86' 87'
21	12.03.1997	A	GAK	0-1	5,500
22	15.03.1997	H	LASK	0-0	8,000
23	22.03.1997	A	Ried	0-3	7,500	Konsel  73'
24	25.03.1997	H	Austria Salzburg	2-0	14,500	Wagner R. 73' 88'
25	05.04.1997	H	Sturm Graz	0-2	10,000
26	12.04.1997	A	Admira	2-1	8,500	Kühbauer 29', Stöger 48'
27	16.04.1997	H	VÖEST Linz	4-2	5,000	Wagner R. 32' 79' 89', Stöger 52'
28	19.04.1997	A	VÖEST Linz	1-1	4,000	Wagner R. 33'
29	26.04.1997	H	FC Tirol	3-0	9,000	Mandreko 30' 83', Wagner R. 54'
30	04.05.1997	A	Austria Wien	0-0	20,000	Ipoua  87'
31	11.05.1997	H	GAK	2-1	8,000	Stöger 51', Ratajczyk 67'
32	17.05.1997	A	LASK	1-1	7,500	Mandreko 39'
33	20.05.1997	H	Ried	2-2	6,000	Wagner R. 36' 37' Mandreko  18', Kühbauer  18'
34	24.05.1997	A	Austria Salzburg	0-2	15,000	Wagner R.  85' , Ivanov  88'
35	31.05.1997	A	Sturm Graz	0-3	10,000
36	03.06.1997	H	Admira	7-0	6,000	Stumpf 4' 16' 50', Penksa 19', Kühbauer 32', Stöger 34', Wimmer 71' (o.g.)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Austria Salzburg (C)	36	19	12	5	54	25	+29	69	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rapid Wien	36	18	12	6	69	36	+33	66	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Sturm Graz	36	14	13	9	50	31	+19	55	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Tirol Innsbruck	36	16	7	13	49	40	+9	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Grazer AK	36	11	14	11	39	42	−3	47	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
(C) Champions

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R3	28.09.1996	A	Kottingbrunn	1-2	4,300	Stumpf 18'

Champions League

Qualification round

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
QR	07.08.1996	H	Dynamo Kyiv	2-0	29,500	Stumpf 8', Guggi 90'
QR-L1	21.08.1996	A	Dynamo Kyiv	4-2	70,000	Ivanov 20' 40', Kühbauer 29', Golowko 62' (o.g.)

Group stage

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
G1	11.09.1996	H	Fenerbahçe	1-1	41,500	Stumpf 70'
G2	25.09.1996	A	Manchester United	0-2	50,000
G3	16.10.1996	H	Juventus	1-1	46,500	Lesiak 20'
G4	30.10.1996	A	Juventus	0-5	27,000
G5	28.11.1996	A	Fenerbahçe	0-1	30,000
G6	04.12.1996	H	Manchester United	0-2	45,000

References