The 2008–09 SK Rapid Wien season is the 111th season in club history.

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Champions League		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		Raimund Hedl	33	7+1		2				9+1
24		Helge Payer	28	13						13
25		Georg Koch	36	7				2		9		2
30		Andreas Lukse	20	9		1				10
Defenders
2		Mario Tokic	32	21		2		2		25		5
3		Jürgen Patocka	30	30+2	1	2		2		34+2	1	12
6		Christian Thonhofer	23	12+5				0+1		12+6		1	1
14		Markus Katzer	28	17+2	1	3		2		22+2	1	7
18		Hannes Eder	24	20+3	2	1				21+3	2	4
23		Andreas Dober	22	31+2	1	3	1	2		36+2	2	9
31		Tanju Kayhan	18	1+2						1+2
32		Stephan Palla	19	2						2		1
33		Marcel Ketelaer	30	7+5		0+1		0+1		7+7		1
Midfielders
7		Stefan Kulovits	25	13+4		2+1		1		16+5		3	1
8		Markus Heikkinen	29	32		2		2		36		9
11		Steffen Hofmann	27	33+1	12	3	1	2		38+1	13	5
15		Boris Prokopic	20	1+1						1+1
17		Veli Kavlak	19	20+9	4	3	1	2		25+9	5	6
19		Christopher Drazan	17	5+14				0+1		5+15		4	1
22		Georg Harding	26	1+7		0+1				1+8		1
27		Branko Boskovic	28	28+1	6	3	4	1		32+1	10	8
28		Christopher Trimmel	21	1+4						1+4
35		Yasin Pehlivan	19	14	2					14	2	4
Forwards
9		Stefan Maierhofer	25	33+2	23	3	2	2	2	38+2	27	9
16		Nikica Jelavic	22	9+25	7	1+2	1	0+2		10+29	8
20		René Gartler	22	1+2						1+2
21		Erwin Hoffer	21	28+6	27	1+2	1	2	1	31+8	29	4
Players who left after the start of the season
4		Martin Hiden	35	0+4		1+1				1+5		1

Goal scorers

Rank	Name	Bundesliga	Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Erwin Hoffer	27	1	1	29
2	Stefan Maierhofer	23	2	2	27
3	Steffen Hofmann	12	1		13
4	Branko Boskovic	6	4		10
5	Nikica Jelavic	7	1		8
6	Veli Kavlak	4	1		5
7	Andreas Dober	1	1		2
	Hannes Eder	2			2
	Yasin Pehlivan	2			2
10	Markus Katzer	1			1
	Jürgen Patocka	1			1
OG	Michael Baur (LASK)	1			1
	Thomas Burgstaller (Ried)	1			1
	Oliver Pusztai (Kärnten)	1			1
Totals		89	11	3	103

Fixtures and results

^[2]   Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	08.07.2008	A	Sturm Graz	1-3	15,322	Dober 50'
2	12.07.2008	H	RB Salzburg	2-2	17,000	Hofmann S. 17' (pen.), Maierhofer 31'
3	19.07.2008	H	Austria Kärnten	1-0	15,400	Hoffer 90+4'
4	26.07.2008	A	Mattersburg	1-0	11,200	Maierhofer 4'
5	02.08.2008	H	Kapfenberg	3-1	16,400	Hofmann S. 15', Kavlak 69', Maierhofer 71'
6	09.08.2008	A	Altach	7-2	7,500	Hoffer 8' 20' 30' 31', Maierhofer 36' 63', Hofmann S. 45'
7	24.08.2008	H	Austria Wien	3-0	18,000	Boskovic 6' 57', Hofmann S. 81'
8	30.08.2008	A	LASK	5-2	13,100	Hoffer 25' 50', Maierhofer 42', Baur 48' (o.g.), Katzer 80'
9	19.09.2008	H	Ried	1-1	17,500	Burgstaller 77' (o.g.)
10	23.09.2008	A	Ried	0-1	6,200
11	28.09.2008	H	Sturm Graz	2-1	17,500	Hofmann S. 37' (pen.), Maierhofer 81'
12	05.10.2008	A	RB Salzburg	0-1	23,800
13	04.11.2008	A	Austria Kärnten	3-3	14,300	Jelavic 32', Maierhofer 40', Hofmann S. 68'
14	25.10.2008	H	Mattersburg	1-0	17,500	Maierhofer 59'
15	31.10.2008	A	Kapfenberg	2-0	9,113	Maierhofer 49', Kavlak 90+4'
16	08.11.2008	H	Altach	5-1	16,900	Jelavic 8' 15' 66', Maierhofer 54' 82'
17	11.11.2008	A	Austria Wien	0-2	12,200
18	15.11.2008	H	LASK	5-0	17,000	Hofmann S. 37' (pen.), Maierhofer 54' 58' 75', Hoffer 90+7'
19	23.11.2008	A	Sturm Graz	2-2	15,327	Hoffer 76' 88'
20	29.11.2008	H	Altach	8-1	15,000	Maierhofer 11' 25' 55', Hoffer 32' 49' 87', Jelavic 85' 89'
21	07.12.2008	A	Austria Wien	2-2	12,300	Hofmann S. 40', Hoffer 52'
22	14.12.2008	H	LASK	1-1	16,800	Maierhofer 52'
23	22.02.2009	A	RB Salzburg	1-2	17,800	Boskovic 34'
24	28.02.2009	H	Ried	1-0	16,200	Hofmann S. 5' Thonhofer  81' , Drazan  89'
25	08.03.2009	A	Mattersburg	3-0	8,600	Boskovic 21' 42', Hoffer 52'
26	14.03.2009	H	Kapfenberg	6-0	16,500	Maierhofer 11', Pehlivan 18', Hoffer 35' 63', Eder H. 84', Kavlak 89'
27	21.03.2009	A	Austria Kärnten	3-1	16,700	Hoffer 14' 45', Maierhofer 53'
28	05.04.2009	H	Austria Kärnten	4-2	17,500	Hofmann S. 11' 19' (pen.), Kavlak 25', Pusztai 70' (o.g.)
29	12.04.2009	H	Sturm Graz	0-1	17,500
30	18.04.2009	A	Altach	1-1	8,100	Maierhofer 36'
31	26.04.2009	H	Austria Wien	3-2	17,500	Hoffer 36', Hofmann S. 53' (pen.), Patocka 62'
32	02.05.2009	A	LASK	2-0	15,000	Hoffer 13', Boskovic 50'
33	10.05.2009	H	RB Salzburg	4-2	17,800	Maierhofer 22', Hoffer 53' 62' 75'
34	17.05.2009	A	Ried	0-3	7,600	Kulovits  56'
35	21.05.2009	H	Mattersburg	2-3	17,000	Jelavic 50', Eder H. 77'
36	31.05.2009	A	Kapfenberg	4-0	7,300	Hoffer 2' 54' 62', Pehlivan 66'

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	36	23	5	8	86	50	+36	74	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rapid Wien	36	21	7	8	89	43	+46	70	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3	Austria Wien	36	17	11	8	59	46	+13	62	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Sturm Graz	36	17	9	10	68	45	+23	60	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5	Ried	36	17	9	10	58	38	+20	60

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ↑ Austria Vienna won the 2008–09 Austrian Cup and therefore qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	15.08.2008	A	Austria Klagenfurt	5-0	1,000	Boskovic 43' 59' 90', Kavlak 55', Jelavic 69'
R2	13.09.2008	A	Leoben	4-1 (a.e.t.)	4,500	Boskovic 48', Maierhofer 95' 105', Hoffer 100'
R16	28.10.2008	A	Ried	2-3	3,000	Hofmann S. 34', Dober 54'

Champions League qualification

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
Q2-L1	30.07.2008	A	Anorthosis	0-3	9,300
Q2-L2	06.08.2008	H	Anorthosis	3-1	17,000	Hoffer 22', Maierhofer 63' 67'

References