1972–73 SK Rapid Wien season

The 1972–73 SK Rapid Wien season was the 75th season in club history.

Squad

Squad and statistics

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Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		Cup		CW Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Adolf Antrich	31	15		4		2		21
	Erwin Fuchsbichler	20	15		4		2		21
Defenders
	Erich Fak	27	30	2	8		4		42	2
	Roman Groll	22	3+6		1+1		0+1		4+8
	Egon Pajenk	21	27+1		6+1		4		37+2
	Günter Scheffl	28	21+2		6+1		2		29+3
	Ewald Ullmann	29	12		1		4		17
	Peter Werner	26	27+1		7	1	3		37+1	1
Midfielders
	Jürgen Ey	25	3+2		1		2+1		6+3
	Geza Gallos	23	28+1	11	8	7	4	2	40+1	20
	Norbert Hof	28	27	3	8	1	4	1	39	5
	Karl Müller	19	2+5				0+4		2+9
	Karl Ritter	25	13+2	5	5+1				18+3	5
	Kurt Scherr	26	0+2						0+2
	Werner Walzer	24	30	2	8		4		42	2
Forwards
	Herbert Gronen	28	15	1	6	1			21	2
	Stanislaus Kastner	24	10+7	1	0+2		1+1		11+10	1
	Clemens Kos	19	0+1						0+1
	Hans Krankl	19	28+2	14	7+1	6	4	1	39+3	21
	Bernd Lorenz	24	24	10	8	9	4		36	19

Fixtures and results

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League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	12.08.1972	A	Austria Klagenfurt	3-2	9,000	Fak 20', Gallos 35' 81'
2	18.08.1972	H	Austria Wien	1-0	25,000	Lorenz 8'
3	23.08.1972	A	VÖEST Linz	1-1	22,000	Gallos 89'
4	16.09.1972	H	Wiener SC	6-0	5,000	Gallos 5' 85', Krankl 16' 54', Lorenz 46', Fak 88'
5	20.09.1972	A	Admira Wr. Neustadt	2-1	5,500	Krankl 22' 55'
6	23.09.1972	H	Leoben	1-0	6,500	Kastner 15'
7	30.09.1972	A	GAK	1-1	10,000	Gallos 46'
8	04.10.1972	H	Vienna	1-1	4,000	Lorenz 75'
9	18.10.1972	A	Wacker Innsbruck	0-1	16,000
10	21.10.1972	A	Eisenstadt	1-1	10,000	Gallos 69'
11	28.10.1972	H	LASK	1-2	7,500	Lorenz 65' (pen.)
12	04.11.1972	A	Austria Salzburg	0-2	12,000
13	11.11.1972	H	Admira	1-0	8,000	Gallos 55'
14	19.11.1972	A	Sturm Graz	3-1	7,000	Krankl 1', Walzer 45', Lorenz 46'
15	02.12.1972	H	SW Bregenz	2-0	3,500	Grloci 45' (o.g.), Krankl 78'
16	17.03.1973	H	Austria Klagenfurt	5-2	7,000	Lorenz 16', Krankl 17', Gallos 30' 32' (pen.), Hof 81'
17	24.03.1973	A	Austria Wien	2-2	22,000	Krankl 41', Gallos 65'
18	31.03.1973	H	VÖEST Linz	2-0	8,000	Walzer 27', Krankl 89'
19	07.04.1973	A	Wiener SC	3-2	11,000	Lorenz 29' 72', Ritter 59'
20	25.04.1973	H	Admira Wr. Neustadt	2-1	3,000	Lorenz 68', Gronen 73'
21	02.05.1973	A	Leoben	2-1	6,000	Hof 31', Krankl 76'
22	05.05.1973	H	GAK	0-1	6,000
23	12.05.1973	A	Vienna	0-0	7,000
24	15.05.1973	H	Wacker Innsbruck	2-2	23,000	Lorenz 50', Ritter 77'
25	07.07.1973	H	Eisenstadt	1-1	7,500	Krankl 62'
26	06.06.1973	A	LASK	2-3	14,000	Ritter 21', Krankl 44'
27	09.06.1973	H	Austria Salzburg	2-0	3,500	Ritter 15' 34'
28	16.06.1973	A	Admira	2-1	1,000	Krankl 43', Hof 65'
29	23.06.1973	H	Sturm Graz	1-0	3,500	Krankl 35'
30	30.06.1973	A	SW Bregenz	0-2	10,000

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	26.08.1972	A	Radenthein	4-3	2,500	Gallos 39' 62', Lorenz 57' 74'
R16	08.12.1972	A	Austria Salzburg	3-2	6,500	Gallos 39', Hof 43', Lorenz 83'
QF-L1	10.03.1973	H	Vienna	5-2	3,000	Werner P. 1', Lorenz 11' 88', Krankl 69' 81'
QF-L2	13.03.1973	A	Vienna	3-0	3,000	Lorenz 21' 24' (pen.), Gallos 40'
SF-L1	18.04.1973	A	Wiener SC	2-2	6,000	Krankl 12' 55'
SF-L2	09.05.1973	H	Wiener SC	6-3	5,500	Krankl 10' 75', Lorenz 20' 42', Gallos 51' (pen.) 75'
F-L1	27.05.1973	A	Wacker Innsbruck	0-1	17,000
F-L2	02.06.1973	H	Wacker Innsbruck	2-1	22,000	Gronen 18', Gallos 90' (pen.)

Cup Winners' Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1-L1	13.09.1972	H	PAOK	0-0	10,000
R1-L2	27.09.1972	A	PAOK	2-2	45,000	Gallos 23', Krankl 43'
R2-L1	25.10.1972	H	Rapid Bucuresti	1-1	7,500	Gallos 10'
R2-L2	08.11.1972	A	Rapid Bucuresti	1-3	20,000	Hof 50'

References