1928–29 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1928–29 season
Coach	Eduard Bauer
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
First class	Champions (9th title)
Austrian Cup	Runner-up
Mitropa Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Franz Weselik (13) All: Franz Weselik (34)
Highest home attendance	38,000
Lowest home attendance	3,000
Average home league attendance	10,300

The 1928–29 SK Rapid Wien season was the 31st season in club history.

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	League		Cup		Mitropa Cup		Total		Discipline
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Walter Feigl	3						3
	Franz Griftner	15		6		6		27
	Franz Hribar	4				2		6
Defenders
	Leopold Czejka	14		5				19
	Franz Kral	5		1		1		7
	Roman Schramseis	22		6	1	8		36	1	1
	Anton Witschel	3				7	1	10	1
Midfielders
	Josef Frühwirth	9				8		17
	Johann Luef	19		5		3		27
	Josef Madlmayer	19		5		8		32
	Josef Smistik	17	5	6	1	7	1	30	7
	Karl Valchar	1						1
Forwards
	Mika Babić	2		1				3
	Wilhelm Cernic	1	2			1		2	2
	Johann Hoffmann	9	2	5	5	2		16	7
	Johann Horvath	20	7	6	2	8	6	34	15
	Hans Kaburek	3	2					3	2
	Matthias Kaburek	7	3	3	3			10	6
	Willibald Kirbes	17	7	5	4	8	2	30	13
	Richard Kuthan	5	4			3	1	8	5
	Johann Schneider	4	2					4	2
	Franz Smistik	1						1
	Franz Weselik	20	13	6	14	8	7	34	34
	Ferdinand Wesely	22	10	6	6	8	5	36	21

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	01.11.1928	A	Slovan Wien	3-2	7,500	Weselik 76', Horvath 81', Kuthan 85'
2	13.01.1929	H	Hertha Wien	2-1	8,000	Kirbes W. 13', Hoffmann J. 85'
3	02.12.1928	A	Wiener SC	0-1	15,000
4	25.11.1928	H	Austria Wien	2-2	15,000	Horvath 59', Wesely 80'
5	30.09.1928	A	Admira	2-3	22,000	Weselik 53', Smistik J. 81'
6	14.10.1928	H	FAC	5-1	7,000	Weselik 3' 71', Kuthan 11' 48', Horvath 18'
7	21.10.1928	H	Brigittenauer AC	5-2	7,000	Hoffmann J. 32', Horvath 42', Weselik 53' 72', Wesely 75'
8	15.11.1928	A	Nicholson	2-3	6,000	Kuthan 23', Wesely 70'
9	17.04.1929	H	Wacker Wien	1-0	9,000	Kaburek H. 65'
10	18.11.1928	H	Vienna	3-1	8,000	Schneider 15' 23', Wesely 73'
11	18.06.1929	A	Wiener AC	2-2	7,000	Cernic W. 19' 31'
12	09.06.1929	H	Slovan Wien	5-2	6,000	Kirbes W. 4', Kaburek M. 15', Horvath 79' 87', Weselik 89'
13	30.04.1929	H	Nicholson	3-1	7,000	Weselik 28', Smistik J. 34', Wesely 58' (pen.)
14	05.06.1929	A	Austria Wien	3-1	11,000	Wesely 34' 51', Kirbes W. 80'
15	03.03.1929	H	Wiener AC	3-3	8,500	Kirbes W. 28', Smistik J. 55', Weselik 73'
16	10.03.1929	H	Wiener SC	3-1	18,000	Horvath 19', Wesely 23' 71' (pen.)
17	31.03.1929	A	Vienna	1-0	25,000	Weselik 45'
18	23.05.1929	A	Hertha Wien	2-0	7,000	Smistik J. 42', Kaburek M. 59'
19	28.04.1929	H	Admira	3-0	20,000	Kirbes W. 28', Wesely 43' (pen.), Kaburek H. 47'
20	19.05.1929	A	FAC	2-1	15,000	Kaburek M. 54', Weselik 80'
21	26.05.1929	A	Brigittenauer AC	1-2	5,000	Smistik J. 14'
22	02.06.1929	A	Wacker Wien	4-2	11,000	Weselik 18' 40', Kirbes W. 41' 51'

Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1	20.01.1929	H	Libertas	14-0	4,000	Weselik 2' 36' 38' 40' 70', Hoffmann J. 4' 17', Horvath 7' 45', Wesely 9' 55' , Tauer 10' (o.g.), Schramseis 83' (pen.)
R16	03.02.1929	H	FAC	7-0	3,000	Weselik 5' 87', Hoffmann J. 30' 42' 64', Kirbes W. 63', Wesely 70'
QF	24.03.1929	H	Admira	4-3 (a.e.t.)	22,000	Weselik 15' 86' 116', Kirbes W. 40'
SF	21.04.1929	A	Wiener AC	4-4 (a.e.t.)	29,000	Weselik 46' 52' 52', Wesely 116' (pen.)
SF-PO	11.05.1929	H	Wiener AC	6-3	14,000	Kirbes W. 1', Weselik 33', Kaburek M. 53' 78', Wesely 67', Smistik J. 71'
F	30.05.1929	N	Vienna	2-3	35,000	Kaburek M. 44', Kirbes W. 70'

Mitropa Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
QF-L1	19.08.1928	H	MTK Budapest	6-4	23,000	Kuthan 18', Weselik 32', Horvath 57' 73', Wesely 68' 78'
QF-L2	26.08.1928	A	MTK Budapest	1-3	20,000	Smistik J. 72'
QF-PO	01.09.1928	H	MTK Budapest	1-0 (a.e.t.)	38,000	Witschel 99'
SF-L1	08.09.1928	A	Viktoria Žižkov	3-4	16,000	Weselik 12' 27' 37' Schramseis  43'
SF-L2	16.09.1928	H	Viktoria Žižkov	3-2	26,000	Wesely 1', Weselik 15', Horvath 47'
SF-PO	03.10.1928	H	Viktoria Žižkov	3-1	15,000	Horvath 8' 14' (pen.), Weselik 32'
F-L1	28.10.1928	A	Ferencváros	1-7	20,000	Horvath 85'
F-L2	11.11.1928	H	Ferencváros	5-3	20,000	Kirbes W. 5' 22', Wesely 37' 53', Weselik 50'