That was 2021 for the Green & Whites!
In total, our first team played 53 competitive games in the calendar year 2021; that’s 16 more than the previous year. None of our players managed an appearance in every single game, but 2020’s “Marathon Man” Maximilian Ullmann (who made 47 appearances in 2021) was knocked off the top spot by Ercan Kara, who only missed out on one of Rapid’s matches. Kara’s 23 goals also made him the top scorer of 2021 for Rapid, followed by Taxiarchis Fountas (16), Christoph Knasmüllner (14) and the summer transfer Marco Grüll who hit the ground running with 11 goals. Thorsten Schick provided the most assists for the year, as 13 of his passes led directly to Rapid finding the back of the net!
For the first time since 2018 there was a change of head coach in 2021. Didi Kühbauer took charge of the first 47 games of the year, before Steffen Hofmann and Thomas Hickersberger took over on an interim basis for 3 matches, and then the new manager Ferdinand Feldhofer navigated the final 3 games of 2021 unbeaten with 2 wins and a draw.
2021 totals:
Bundesliga: 38 games / 16 wins / 11 draws / 11 defeats (Goals: scored 65 / conceded 50)
Cup: 3 games / 3 wins (Goals: scored 11 / conceded 1)
Europe: 12 games / 6 wins / 6 defeats (Goals: scored 16 / conceded 16)
2021 overall:
Competitive games: 53 / 25 wins / 11 draws / 17 defeats (Goals: scored 92 / conceded 67)
Jahresrückblick 2021 - zusammengestellt von unserem TV-Partner ORF
Hier die Übersicht der Einsätze und Tore in Pflichtspielen für den SK Rapid von Jänner bis Dezember 2021:
52 Spiele - 4.118 Minuten (23 Tore/8 Assists): Ercan KARA
47 Spiele - 4.031 Minuten (2/4): Maximilian ULLMANN
46 Spiele - 3.910 Minuten (1/6): Filip STOJKOVIC
46 Spiele - 3.072 Minuten (16/9): Taxiarchis FOUNTAS
50 Spiele - 3.057 Minuten (1/13): Thorsten SCHICK
41 Spiele - 3.009 Minuten (0/0): Dejan PETROVIC
32 Spiele - 2.852 Minuten (0/0): Richard STREBINGER
33 Spiele - 2.771 Minuten (2/0): Maximilian HOFMANN
34 Spiele - 2.703 Minuten (1/1): Leo GREIML
50 Spiele - 2.537 Minuten (14/6): Christoph KNASMÜLLNER
33 Spiele - 2.502 Minuten (11/7): Marco GRÜLL
44 Spiele - 2.281 Minuten (4/3): Srdjan GRAHOVAC
44 Spiele - 1.990 Minuten (2/6): Kelvin ARASE
22 Spiele - 1.948 Minuten (0/0): Paul GARTLER
22 Spiele - 1.726 Minuten (2/5): Robert LJUBICIC
19 Spiele - 1.505 Minuten (1/0): Emanuel AIWU
17 Spiele - 1.469 Minuten (0/2): Mateo BARAC (ab 07/2021 FK Sotschi)
17 Spiele - 1.388 Minuten (0/2): Dejan LJUBICIC (ab 07/2021 1. FC Köln)
17 Spiele - 960 Minuten (1/3): Marcel RITZMAIER (ab 08/2021 FC Sandhausen)
14 Spiele - 861 Minuten (0/0): Kevin WIMMER
15 Spiele - 739 Minuten (1/0): Lion SCHUSTER
19 Spiele - 649 Minuten (0/2): Jonas AUER
9 Spiele - 591 Minuten (0/0): Martin MOORMANN
13 Spiele - 585 Minuten (0/1): Thierno BALLO
25 Spiele - 569 Minuten (0/0): Koya KITAGAWA
15 Spiele - 490 Minuten (5/1): Yusuf DEMIR (ab 07/2021 FC Barcelona)
7 Spiele - 108 Minuten (0/0): Oliver STRUNZ
1 Spiel - 70 Minuten (0/0): Leopold QUERFELD
5 Spiele - 68 Minuten (0/0): Lukas SULZBACHER
2 Spiele - 34 Minuten (0/0): Mario SONNLEITNER (ab 07/2021 TSV Hartberg)
1 Spiel - 31 Minuten (0/0): Christopher DIBON
2 Spiele - 30 Minuten (0/0): Moritz OSWALD
2 Spiele - 27 Minuten (1/0): Deni ALAR (ab 07/2021 SKN St. Pölten)
1 Spiel - 17 Minuten (0/0): Benjamin KANURIC
1 Spiel - 10 Minuten (0/0): Denis BOSNJAK
3 Spiele - 6 Minuten (0/0): Marko DIJAKOVIC