1956–57 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1956-57 season
Coach	Max Merkel
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Staatsliga A	Champions (21st title)
European Cup	Round of 16
Mitropa Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Dienst (32) All: Robert Dienst (33)
Average home league attendance	11,400

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League		European Cup		Mitropa Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Herbert Gartner	23	9		1		5		15
	Walter Zeman	29	17		2				19
Defenders
	Franz Golobic	34	26	2	3		5		34	2
	Ernst Happel	30	18	3	3	3	5	1	26	7
	Wilhelm Zaglitsch	19	11						11
Midfielders
	Lothar Bilek	23	11		1		5		17
	Karl Giesser	27	15	1	2	1	1		18	2
	Gerhard Hanappi	27	25	5	2		5		32	5
	Lambert Lenzinger	20	13				1		14
Forwards
	Josef Bertalan	21	8	2	1		2		11	2
	Robert Dienst	28	21	32	3	1	5	1	29	34
	Paul Halla	25	26	10	3		5	1	34	11
	Josef Höltl	19	24		2		4		30
	Alfred Körner	30	20	10	3		5	2	28	12
	Robert Körner	31	6		3		3	1	12	1
	Bruno Mehsarosch	22	9	7	1				10	7
	Johann Riegler	26	20	25	3		4	5	27	30
	Herbert Schaffranek	18	7	3					7	3

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	25.08.1956	H	Simmering	1-1	10,000	Körner A. 35'
2	01.09.1956	A	Admira	2-1	8,000	Dienst 35' 84'
3	05.09.1956	H	Wiener AC	7-4	5,000	Mehsarosch , Körner A. , Hanappi , Dienst
4	09.09.1956	A	Kapfenberg	3-4	6,500	Körner A. 10', Halla 45', Dienst 74'
5	15.09.1956	H	Austria Salzburg	6-1	10,000	Körner A. 10', Dienst 12' 50' 70', Hanappi 71' (pen.), Mehsarosch 75'
6	23.09.1956	A	Vienna	1-4	33,000	Dienst 29'
7	07.10.1956	H	Austria Wien	4-1	30,000	Halla 56' 60', Mehsarosch 62', Golobic 63'
8	21.10.1956	A	Kremser SC	2-0	10,000	Hanappi 4', Happel 53' (pen.)
9	27.10.1956	H	GAK	1-1	9,000	Dienst 31'
10	04.11.1956	H	Stadlau	4-2	6,500	Körner A. 24' 64', Riegler 29', Halla 75'
11	10.11.1956	A	Sturm Graz	0-1	5,000
12	18.11.1956	H	Wiener SC	3-1	8,500	Giesser 14', Riegler 46', Dienst 64'
13	25.11.1956	A	Wacker Wien	0-1	11,000
14	02.12.1956	A	Simmering	2-1	6,000	Golobic 44', Happel 60'
15	16.03.1957	H	Admira	6-2	7,000	Dienst 16' 51' 72', Bertalan 35', Riegler 52' 63'
16	24.03.1957	A	Wiener AC	4-1	12,000	Riegler 29', Halla 60', Dienst 75' 82'
17	30.03.1957	H	Kapfenberg	8-1	5,000	Riegler 9' 40' 75', Dienst 17' 31', Mehsarosch 62' 86', Schaffranek 74'
18	07.04.1957	A	Austria Salzburg	5-4	7,000	Riegler 8' 15' 53' 76', Halla 57'
19	28.04.1957	H	Vienna	3-2	35,000	Halla 5' 60', Riegler 39'
20	12.05.1957	A	Austria Wien	3-2	25,000	Riegler 39', Halla 41', Mehsarosch 60'
21	18.05.1957	H	Kremser SC	12-1	6,000	Dienst 6' 12' 24' 56', Riegler 13' 30' 74' 75' 80', Körner A. 17', Hanappi 19', Schaffranek 66'
22	30.05.1957	A	GAK	5-1	8,000	Riegler , Körner A. , Dienst
23	02.06.1957	A	Stadlau	9-1	8,000	Riegler 16' 43' 65', Halla 28', Körner A. 35', Dienst 40' 46' (pen.) 73', Hanappi 75'
24	08.06.1957	H	Sturm Graz	5-1	8,000	Happel 10' (pen.), Dienst 32' 65' 84', Schaffranek 82'
25	15.06.1957	A	Wiener SC	2-0	15,000	Riegler 32', Bertalan 89'
26	19.06.1957	H	Wacker Wien	2-4	8,000	Riegler , Dienst (pen.)

European Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
R1-L1	01.11.1956	A	Real Madrid	2-4	125,000	Dienst 58', Giesser 88'
R1-L2	14.11.1956	H	Real Madrid	3-1	53,000	Happel 19' 38' (pen.) 41'
R1-PO	12.12.1956	A	Real Madrid	0-2	100,000

Mitropa Cup

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
QF-L1	30.06.1957	H	MTK Budapest	1-1	35,000	Halla
QF-L2	06.07.1957	A	MTK Budapest	3-3	50,000	Körner A. , Dienst , Unknown (o.g.)
QF-PO	11.07.1957	H	MTK Budapest	4-1	25,000	Körner A. , Körner R. , Riegler
SF-L1	14.07.1957	H	Vojvodina	3-0	27,000	Riegler 25' 34', Happel 75'
SF-L2	21.07.1957	A	Vojvodina	1-4	25,000	Riegler 29'