title: 2021–22 SK Rapid Wien season
text: # 2021–22 SK Rapid Wien season
  
  The 2021–22 season was the 124th season in the existence of SK Rapid Wien and the club's 73rd consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rapid Wien participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and entered international football in the second qualifying round to the UEFA Champions League having finished 2nd in the previous Bundesliga season.
  
  ## Squad
  
  ### Squad statistics
  
  | No. | Nat. | Name | Age | League | League | Austrian Cup | Austrian Cup | UEFA Competitions | UEFA Competitions | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Discipline |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Nat. | Name | Age | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | |
  | Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||
  | 1 | | Richard Strebinger | 28 | 6 | | 1 | | 5 | | 12 | | 2 | | |
  | 21 | | Bernhard Unger | 22 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | | |
  | 25 | | Paul Gartler | 24 | 18+1 | | 3 | | 8 | | 29+1 | | 2 | | |
  | 45 | | Niklas Hedl | 20 | 10 | | | | 1 | | 11 | | | | 1 |
  | Defenders |||||||||||||||
  | 4 | | Emanuel Aiwu | 20 | 23+2 | 2 | 3 | | 8 | | 34+2 | 2 | 11 | | |
  | 6 | | Kevin Wimmer | 28 | 18+2 | 1 | 1 | | 4+5 | | 23+7 | 1 | 10 | | |
  | 17 | | Christopher Dibon | 30 | 2+1 | | | | 0+1 | | 2+2 | | | | |
  | 20 | | Maximilian Hofmann | 27 | 14 | | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 9 | | |
  | 22 | | Filip Stojković | 28 | 25 | 2 | 4 | | 9+1 | | 38+1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |
  | 23 | | Jonas Auer | 20 | 12+11 | 1 | 2+2 | | 2+5 | | 16+18 | 1 | 2 | | |
  | 26 | | Martin Moormann | 20 | 17+2 | | 1+1 | | 5 | | 23+3 | | 5 | | |
  | 30 | | Leo Greiml | 19 | 11 | | 1 | | 8 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 8 | | |
  | 31 | | Maximilian Ullmann | 25 | 14 | | 2+1 | 1 | 11 | | 27+1 | 1 | 5 | | |
  | 33 | | Marko Dijakovic | 19 | 0+2 | | | | 0+1 | | 0+3 | | | | |
  | 37 | | Lukas Sulzbacher | 21 | 0+1 | | 0+1 | | 0+2 | | 0+4 | | 1 | | |
  | 43 | | Leopold Querfeld | 17 | 2+3 | | | | 0+2 | | 2+5 | | | | |
  | 54 | | Pascal Fallmann | 17 | 1+2 | | | | | | 1+2 | | | | |
  | 55 | | Aristot Tambwe-Kasengele | 17 | 0+1 | | | | | | 0+1 | | | | |
  | Midfielders |||||||||||||||
  | 5 | | Robert Ljubičić | 21 | 26+1 | 3 | 2 | | 10+1 | 1 | 38+2 | 4 | 5 | | 1 |
  | 7 | | Philipp Schobesberger | 27 | 0+4 | | | | 0+1 | | 0+5 | | | | |
  | 8 | | Christoph Knasmüllner | 29 | 18+10 | 3 | 2+2 | 2 | 6+6 | 3 | 26+18 | 8 | 3 | | |
  | 10 | | Yusuf Demir | 18 | 6+5 | 1 | 0+1 | | 2 | | 8+6 | 1 | 2 | | |
  | 13 | | Thorsten Schick | 31 | 18+11 | | 3+1 | | 4+7 | | 25+19 | | 9 | | |
  | 14 | | Srđan Grahovac | 28 | 15+8 | 1 | 1+2 | 2 | 9+3 | | 25+13 | 3 | 7 | | |
  | 16 | | Dejan Petrovič | 23 | 17+4 | | 2+1 | | 5+5 | | 24+10 | | 1 | | |
  | 28 | | Moritz Oswald | 19 | 3+7 | | | | | | 3+7 | | | | |
  | 35 | | Benjamin Kanuric | 18 | 0+2 | | | | | | 0+2 | | | | |
  | 36 | | Kelvin Arase | 22 | 9+14 | 1 | 1+2 | | 11+1 | | 21+17 | 1 | 2 | | |
  | 42 | | Lion Schuster | 20 | 2+2 | | | | 1+4 | | 3+6 | | 2 | | |
  | 46 | | Denis Bosnjak | 24 | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | | 0+2 | | 1 | | |
  | 47 | | Dalibor Velimirovic | 20 | | | 0+1 | | | | 0+1 | | | 1 | |
  | Forwards |||||||||||||||
  | 9 | | Taxiarchis Fountas | 25 | 14+3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 9+2 | 3 | 26+5 | 11 | 3 | | |
  | 10 | | Thierno Ballo | 19 | 4+4 | | 1+1 | | 0+3 | | 5+8 | | 1 | | |
  | 18 | | Oliver Strunz | 21 | 0+4 | | 1+2 | | 0+3 | | 1+9 | | 1 | | |
  | 27 | | Marco Grüll | 23 | 31+2 | 9 | 3+1 | 2 | 12+2 | 5 | 46+5 | 16 | 12 | | |
  | 29 | | Ercan Kara | 25 | 16+1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11+1 | 3 | 30+2 | 14 | 1 | | |
  | 32 | | Koya Kitagawa | 24 | 1+12 | | 1+1 | | 2+7 | | 4+20 | | 2 | | |
  | 38 | | Ferdy Druijf | 23 | 9+1 | 5 | 0+1 | | 2 | 1 | 11+2 | 6 | 3 | | |
  | 41 | | Bernhard Zimmermann | 19 | 12+1 | 5 | | | | | 12+1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
  | 53 | | Dragoljub Savić | 20 | 0+5 | 1 | | | | | 0+5 | 1 | | | |
  | 57 | | Nicolas Binder | 19 | 0+7 | 1 | | | | | 0+7 | 1 | | | |
  
  ### Goal scorers
  
  | Name | Bundesliga | Cup | International | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Marco Grüll | 9 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
  | Ercan Kara | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
  | Taxiarchis Fountas | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
  | Christoph Knasmüllner | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
  | Ferdy Druijf | 5 | | 1 | 6 |
  | Bernhard Zimmermann | 5 | | | 5 |
  | Robert Ljubičić | 3 | | 1 | 4 |
  | Srđan Grahovac | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
  | Emanuel Aiwu | 2 | | | 2 |
  | Maximilian Hofmann | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Filip Stojković | 2 | | | 2 |
  | Kelvin Arase | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Jonas Auer | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Nicolas Binder | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Yusuf Demir | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Leo Greiml | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Dragoljub Savić | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Maximilian Ullmann | | 1 | | 1 |
  | Kevin Wimmer | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Own goals |||||
  | Günther Arnberger (Wiener Viktoria) | | 1 | | 1 |
  | Totals | 52 | 12 | 18 | 82 |
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  | Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Cup | Cup | International | International | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Marco Grüll | 8 | | | 1 | | 3 | | 12 | | |
  | Filip Stojković | 7 | | | | | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
  | Emanuel Aiwu | 8 | | | 1 | | 2 | | 11 | | |
  | Kevin Wimmer | 6 | | | | | 4 | | 10 | | |
  | Maximilian Hofmann | 6 | | | | | 3 | | 9 | | |
  | Thorsten Schick | 7 | | | | | 2 | | 9 | | |
  | Leo Greiml | 3 | | | | | 5 | | 8 | | |
  | Srđan Grahovac | 3 | | | | | 4 | | 7 | | |
  | Robert Ljubičić | 4 | | 1 | | | 1 | | 5 | | 1 |
  | Martin Moormann | 4 | | | | | 1 | | 5 | | |
  | Maximilian Ullmann | 1 | | | 1 | | 3 | | 5 | | |
  | Bernhard Zimmermann | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 1 | |
  | Ferdy Druijf | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | | 3 | | |
  | Taxiarchis Fountas | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
  | Christoph Knasmüllner | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
  | Kelvin Arase | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
  | Jonas Auer | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
  | Yusuf Demir | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
  | Paul Gartler | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | |
  | Koya Kitagawa | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | |
  | Lion Schuster | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
  | Richard Strebinger | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | |
  | Niklas Hedl | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
  | Dalibor Velimirovic | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
  | Thierno Ballo | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
  | Denis Bosnjak | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
  | Ercan Kara | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
  | Dejan Petrovič | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
  | Oliver Strunz | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
  | Lukas Sulzbacher | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
  | Totals | 73 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 122 | 3 | 2 |
  
  ### Transfers
  
  **In**
  
  | Pos. | Name | Age | Moved from | Type | Transfer Window |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | FW | Marco Grüll | 22 | SV Ried | Free transfer | Summer |
  | MF | Robert Ljubicic | 21 | SKN St. Pölten | Free Transfer | Summer |
  | DF | Kevin Wimmer | 28 | Stoke City F.C. | Free transfer | Summer |
  | DF | Jonas Auer | 20 | FK Mladá Boleslav | Transfer | Summer |
  | DF | Emanuel Aiwu | 20 | FC Admira Wacker Mödling | Transfer | Summer |
  | FW | Thierno Ballo | 19 | Chelsea F.C. | Loan | Summer |
  | FW | Yusuf Demir | 18 | FC Barcelona | Loan return | Winter |
  | FW | Ferdy Druijf | 23 | AZ Alkmaar | Loan | Winter |
  
  **Out**
  
  | Pos. | Name | Age | Moved to | Type | Transfer Window |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | MF | Tamás Szántó | 25 | | End of career | Summer |
  | MF | Dejan Ljubicic | 23 | 1. FC Köln | Free transfer | Summer |
  | DF | Mario Sonnleitner | 34 | TSV Hartberg | Free transfer | Summer |
  | DF | Mateo Barać | 26 | PFC Sochi | Free transfer | Summer |
  | MF | Marcel Ritzmaier | 28 | Barnsley F.C. | Loan return | Summer |
  | FW | Deni Alar | 31 | SKN St. Pölten | Free transfer | Summer |
  | FW | Yusuf Demir | 18 | FC Barcelona | Loan | Summer |
  | DF | Maximilian Ullmann | 25 | Venezia F.C. | Transfer | Winter |
  | FW | Ercan Kara | 26 | Orlando City SC | Transfer | Winter |
  | FW | Thierno Ballo | 20 | Chelsea F.C. | Loan return | Winter |
  | GK | Richard Strebinger | 29 | Legia Warsaw | Transfer | Winter |
  | FW | Taxiarchis Fountas | 26 | D.C. United | Transfer | Winter |
  | DF | Filip Stojković | 29 | Free agent | Contract termination | during season |
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall record
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 24 July 2021 | 29 May 2022 | | 5th | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 035.29 |
  | Austrian Cup | 16 July 2021 | 5 February 2022 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 075.00 |
  | Champions League | 20 July 2021 | 28 July 2021 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
  | Europa League | 5 August 2021 | 9 December 2021 | Third qualifying round | Group stage | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 050.00 |
  | Conference League | 17 February 2022 | 24 February 2022 | Knockout round play-offs | Knockout round play-offs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 82 | 67 | +15 | 042.31 |
  
  Last updated: 29 May 2022 Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Austrian Football Bundesliga
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 29 May 2022. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
  
  **Results by round**
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | L |
  | Position | 12 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
  
  **Regular season**
  
  The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.
  
  **Regular season**
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 4 | Austria Wien | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 5 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 7 | Ried | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
  
  **Championship round**
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBS | STU | AWI | WOL | RWI | KLA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 37 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
  | 3 | Austria Wien | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 29 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round | 1–2 | 4–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
  | 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 28 | Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
  | 5 | Rapid Wien (O) | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 25 | Qualification to Europa Conference League play-offs | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 |
  | 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 21 | | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — |
  
  Points were halved after the regular season.
  
  ### UEFA Champions League
  
  **Second qualifying round**
  
  The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.
  
  ### UEFA Europa League
  
  **Group stage**
  
  The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
  
  **Group stage**
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WHU | DZA | RWI | GNK |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | West Ham United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
  | 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
  | 3 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 |
  | 4 | Genk | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
  