1957–58 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1957–58 season
Coach	Max Merkel
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Staatsliga A	2nd
European Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Dienst (30) All: Robert Dienst (32)
Average home league attendance	11,300

The 1957–58 SK Rapid Wien season was the 60th season in club history.

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		European Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Herbert Gartner	24	7		2		9
	Walter Zeman	30	19		1		20
Defenders
	Franz Golobic	35	16		1		17
	Paul Halla	26	26	5	3		29	5
	Ernst Happel	31	26	7	2	1	28	8
	Lambert Lenzinger	21	3		3		6
	Wilhelm Zaglitsch	20	8				8
Midfielders
	Lothar Bilek	24	8		3		11
	Karl Giesser	28	19	1	1		20	1
	Gerhard Hanappi	28	26	4	2	1	28	5
Forwards
	Josef Bertalan	22	25	11	3	2	28	13
	Robert Dienst	29	24	30	3	2	27	32
	Helmut Geyer	18	6	1			6	1
	Josef Höltl	20	19	1	2		21	1
	Alfred Körner	31	23	10	3	1	26	11
	Robert Körner	32			1		1
	Bruno Mehsarosch	23	4	3			4	3
	Karl Osicka	18	3				3
	Johann Riegler	27	23	18	3	1	26	19
	Herbert Schaffranek	19	1				1

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	24.08.1957	H	Vienna	4-1	25,000	Dienst 30' 47', Halla 72', Riegler 80'
2	28.08.1957	A	Olympia Vienna	6-4	6,000	Dienst 6' 46' 85', Körner A. 30', Riegler 36' 40'
3	31.08.1957	H	Kapfenberg	8-2	7,000	Halla 14' 67', Riegler 19', Dienst 21' 49' 55' 64' (pen.) 72'
4	04.09.1957	A	Wacker Wien	1-2	20,000	Körner A. 25'
5	08.09.1957	H	FC Wien	5-1	5,000	Riegler 15' 55' 64', Dienst 75' (pen.) 86'
6	23.10.1957	A	Simmering	5-2	6,000	Dienst 6' 16' 50' 75', Bertalan 60'
7	19.10.1957	H	Wiener AC	3-1	7,000	Hanappi 8', Happel 14' (pen.), Bertalan 48'
8	27.10.1957	A	Admira	1-3	9,000	Dienst 40'
9	03.11.1957	H	GAK	1-4	6,000	Körner A. 12'
10	10.11.1957	H	Austria Wien	4-0	30,000	Happel 3' (pen.), Bertalan 5' 75', Geyer
11	17.11.1957	A	Sturm Graz	2-1	3,000	Mehsarosch 25' 84'
12	24.11.1957	H	Kremser SC	2-0	6,000	Bertalan 44', Happel 65' (pen.)
13	30.11.1957	A	Wiener SC	4-2	13,000	Bertalan 30' 72', Dienst 53', Körner A. 65'
14	07.12.1957	A	Vienna	2-1	9,000	Riegler 2', Happel 59' (pen.)
15	23.02.1958	H	Olympia Vienna	2-1	10,000	Höltl 34', Bertalan 42'
16	23.03.1958	A	Kapfenberg	1-0	6,000	Mehsarosch 51'
17	08.03.1958	H	Wacker Wien	5-5	10,000	Riegler 7' 9' 28' 70' 88'
18	07.05.1958	A	FC Wien	5-0	15,000	Unknown 50' (o.g.), Dienst 55' 60' 73', Hanappi 70'
19	29.03.1958	H	Simmering	5-2	8,000	Körner A. 5' (pen.), Dienst 7' 80' (pen.), Riegler 19', Giesser 55'
20	12.04.1958	A	Wiener AC	3-0	6,000	Happel 28', Bertalan 72', Riegler 83'
21	16.04.1958	H	Admira	7-2	12,000	Dienst 13' 75', Happel 29', Unknown (o.g.), Riegler 63', Körner A. 67' 80'
22	20.04.1958	A	GAK	3-2	10,000	Hanappi 25' 63', Körner A. 65'
23	27.04.1958	A	Austria Wien	1-1	5,500	Körner A. 5'
24	30.04.1958	H	Sturm Graz	10-0	9,000	Riegler 4' 58', Bertalan 13' 86', Dienst 20' 37' 65' 71', Halla 76' 87'
25	04.05.1958	A	Kremser SC	1-0	8,000	Dienst 25'
26	10.05.1958	H	Wiener SC	2-2	12,000	Happel 17', Körner A. 80'

European Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
QR	02.10.1957	A	Milan	1-4	50,000	Dienst 58'
QR-L1	09.10.1957	H	Milan	5-2	25,000	Körner A. 1', Dienst 31', Bertalan 58', Riegler 72', Hanappi 80'
QR-L2	30.10.1957	N	Milan	2-4	24,000	Happel 37', Bertalan 73'