AUSTRIAN BUNDESLIGA · 2017/18 · ARCHIVE
Sportklub Rapid 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Philipp Schobesberger on £30,000 per week · see the current Sportklub Rapid wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £334k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £17m
SQUAD SIZE72
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £13k
Then and now
Sportklub Rapid pay £113,926 a week in 2026/27 — 66% lower than the £333,663 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 12 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philipp Schobesberger | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 23 | Winger, striker | Austria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ivan Mocinic | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Boli Bolingoli | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 21 | Left-back, left winger | Belgium | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mario Sonnleitner | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lucas Galvão (Lucas Galvão da Costa Souza) | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| Christopher Dibon | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 26 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Veton Berisha | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 23 | Left winger, striker | Norway | JUN 2020 | ||
| Stephan Auer | £19,000 | £988,000 | 26 | Defender, defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Stefan Schwab | £15,000 | £780,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Giorgi Kvilitaia | £15,000 | £780,000 | 23 | Striker | Georgia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Thomas Murg | £14,000 | £728,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Louis Schaub | £14,000 | £728,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mario Pavelic | £13,000 | £676,000 | 23 | Full-back, right midfielder | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Richard Strebinger | £12,000 | £624,000 | 24 | Goalkeeper | Austria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Thanos Petsos | £10,000 | £520,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Greece | JUN 2018 | ||
| Maximilian Hofmann | £9,000 | £468,000 | 23 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joelinton | £8,100 | £421,200 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tobias Knoflach | £7,000 | £364,000 | 23 | Goalkeeper | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Steffen Hofmann | £2,600 | £135,200 | 36 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Andreas Kuen | £2,500 | £130,000 | 22 | Wide midfielder | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Christoph Haas | £2,400 | £124,800 | 24 | Goalkeeper | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dejan Ljubicic | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Kelvin Arase | £2,000 | £104,000 | 18 | Winger, striker | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Manuel Thurnwald | £1,900 | £98,800 | 18 | Right-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Tamás Szántó | £1,600 | £83,200 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | Hungary | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lukas Heinicker | £520 | £27,040 | 20 | Winger, striker | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Elias Felber | £370 | £19,240 | 18 | Central midfielder | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Andreas Dober | £273 | £14,196 | 31 | Right-back | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Aleksandar Kostić | £270 | £14,040 | 21 | Right winger | Serbia | JUN 2018 | ||
| David Nader | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Julian Küssler | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Christian Ehrnhofer | £270 | £14,040 | 19 | Full-back | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Marko Božić | £270 | £14,040 | 19 | Striker | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Osarenren Okungbowa | £270 | £14,040 | 23 | Defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ceyhun Tüccar | £270 | £14,040 | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Paul Sahanek | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | Centre-back | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Armin Mujakic | £270 | £14,040 | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Patrick Obermüller | £260 | £13,520 | 18 | Left winger | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kenan Kirim | £260 | £13,520 | 18 | Left midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Julian Krenn | £240 | £12,480 | 17 | Left-back, central midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Petar Maric | £240 | £12,480 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Croatia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Eddi Jusic | £240 | £12,480 | 18 | Striker | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mert Müldür | £240 | £12,480 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Türkiye | JUN 2019 | ||
| Belmin Jenciragic | £240 | £12,480 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Stefan Pfeifer | £230 | £11,960 | 19 | Centre-back | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Valentin Schachl | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left winger | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Omar Kocar | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right winger | Slovenia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Neki Oda | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Defensive midfielder | FYR Macedonia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Dominik Jovanovic | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ognjen Sipka | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Vitus Voitl | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Can Kurt | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left-back, left midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Raphael Strasser | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Right winger | Austria | JUN 2021 | ||
| Paul Kunc | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left-back | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Oliver Wieneritsch | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mustafa Kocyigit | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Niklas Hedl | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Max Boonstoppel | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nicholas Wunsch | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger, striker | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Dalibor Velimirovic | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Paul Gobara | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Patrick Uhlig | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Right midfielder | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Muhammed Özturgut | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left winger | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Adrian Hajdari | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | FYR Macedonia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alper Cinar | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Right-back | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Oliver Strunz | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Daniel Markl | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Danijel Radosavljevic | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lukas Sulzbacher | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Right-back | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Melih İbrahimoğlu | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Lukas Fahrnberger | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Lion Schuster | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
47 Under £1k 2%
2 £1k-£2k 1%
5 £2k-£5k 4%
3 £5k-£10k 7%
11 £10k-£25k 53%
4 £25k-£100k 33%
Top 5 earners took 40% of the squad wage bill, across the 72 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sportklub Rapid wages, 2017/18
What was Sportklub Rapid's wage bill in 2017/18?
Sportklub Rapid paid £333,663 a week in 2017/18 - £17,350,476 across the year - spread over a squad of 72. We hold a wage for all 72 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sportklub Rapid player in 2017/18?
Philipp Schobesberger was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £30,000 a week, 2.3x the 22+ squad average of £12,923.
What was the average Sportklub Rapid salary in 2017/18?
The average Sportklub Rapid player aged 22 or over earned £12,923 a week in 2017/18, across the 22 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 72. The top five earners took 40% of the bill between them.
How do Sportklub Rapid's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Sportklub Rapid pay £113,926 a week in 2026/27, 66% lower than the £333,663 of 2017/18. The current squad is 29 players against 72 then.