1978–79 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka
1978–79 season
Chairman	Zvonko Poščić
Manager	Dragutin Spasojević
First League	10th
Cup	Winners
Cup Winners’ Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Damir Desnica (7) All: Nikica Cukrov (9)
Highest home attendance	20,000 vs Partizan (16 May 1979 - Yugoslav Cup)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Željezničar (17 June 1979 - Yugoslav First League)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season was the 32nd season in Rijeka’s history and their 17th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1977–78 season meant it was their 5th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	12 August 1978	17 June 1979	Matchday 1	10th	7001340000000000000♠34	7001100000000000000♠10	7001110000000000000♠11	7001130000000000000♠13	7001350000000000000♠35	7001340000000000000♠34	+1	7001294100000000000♠29.41
Yugoslav Cup	30 August 1978	24 May 1979	First round	Winner	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000700000000000000♠7	7000100000000000000♠1	+6	7001666700000000000♠66.67
European Cup Winners' Cup	13 September 1978	25 October 1978	First round	Second round	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	-1	7001250000000000000♠25.00
Total					7001440000000000000♠44	7001150000000000000♠15	7001150000000000000♠15	7001140000000000000♠14	7001450000000000000♠45	7001390000000000000♠39	+6	7001340900000000000♠34.09

Yugoslav First League

Classification


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hajduk Split (C)	34	20	10	4	62	28	+34	50	1979–80 European Cup
2	Dinamo Zagreb	34	21	8	5	67	38	+29	50	1979–80 UEFA Cup
3	Red Star	34	16	9	9	51	33	+18	41	1979–80 UEFA Cup
4	Sarajevo	34	17	5	12	56	53	+3	39
5	Velež	34	15	8	11	50	41	+9	38
6	Budućnost	34	15	8	11	33	36	−3	38
7	Radnički Niš	34	11	13	10	38	34	+4	35
8	Sloboda Tuzla	34	11	10	13	34	34	0	32
9	Željezničar	34	14	4	16	45	52	−7	32
10	Rijeka	34	10	11	13	35	34	+1	31	01979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup0
11	Borac Banja Luka	34	11	9	14	45	56	−11	31
12	Vojvodina	34	11	7	16	35	38	−3	29
13	Osijek	34	8	13	13	32	39	−7	29
14	Napredak Kruševac	34	9	11	14	43	51	−8	29
15	Partizan	34	9	11	14	39	47	−8	29
16	Olimpija	34	11	7	16	34	53	−19	29
17	NK Zagreb (R)	34	8	12	14	32	39	−7	28	01979–80 Yugoslav Second League0
18	OFK Belgrade (R)	34	5	12	17	30	55	−25	22	01979–80 Yugoslav Second League0

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	11	13	35	34	+1	41	9	7	1	25	10	+15	1	4	12	10	24	−14

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W
Position	5	4	3	2	3	8	9	4	4	3	6	3	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	10

Last updated: 2 February 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

First League

Main article: 1978–79 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
1	12 Aug	H	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 1	8,000	Radin, Desnica
2	20 Aug	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 1	15,000	Desnica
3	23 Aug	H	Borac Banja Luka	2 – 0	7,000	Ružić, Hrstić
4	27 Aug	A	Osijek	0 – 0	12,000
5	3 Sep	H	Velež	0 – 0	10,000
6	10 Sep	A	Vojvodina	0 – 2	10,000
7	17 Sep	H	OFK Beograd	0 – 0	5,000
8	24 Sep	H	Sarajevo	5 – 2	7,000	Desnica (2), Fegic, Šestan, Cukrov
9	8 Oct	A	Zagreb	2 – 0	5,000	Hrstić, Bursać
10	14 Oct	H	Sloboda	0 – 0	5,000
11	28 Oct	A	Partizan	0 – 1	15,000
12	5 Nov	H	Red Star	1 – 0	15,000	Juričić
13	12 Nov	A	Budućnost	0 – 1	10,000
14	19 Nov	H	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 1	3,000	Jerolimov
15	26 Nov	A	Olimpija	0 – 1	3,000
16	29 Nov	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 2	8,000	Fegic, Mijač
17	3 Dec	A	Željezničar	0 – 1	5,000
18	4 Mar	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	40,000
19	11 Mar	H	Radnički Niš	0 – 0	6,000
20	18 Mar	A	Borac Banja Luka	2 – 2	4,000	Tomić, Šestan
21	25 Mar	H	Osijek	3 – 3	8,000	Radin, Cukrov, Ružić
22	8 Apr	A	Velež	1 – 3	6,000	Desnica
23	15 Apr	H	Vojvodina	3 – 0	5,000	Jerolimov, Bursać, Desnica
24	22 Apr	A	OFK Beograd	0 – 2	4,000
25	29 Apr	A	Sarajevo	2 – 3	8,000	Tomić, Cukrov
26	6 May	H	Zagreb	2 – 0	6,000	Ružić, Desnica
27	9 May	A	Sloboda	0 – 1	4,000
28	13 May	H	Partizan	2 – 0	8,000	Tomić, Cukrov
29	20 May	A	Red Star	0 – 0	15,000
30	27 May	H	Budućnost	1 – 0	8,000	Radin
31	31 May	A	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 3	8,000	Cukrov
32	3 Jun	H	Olimpija	0 – 1	4,000
33	10 Jun	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 2	12,000	Machin
34	17 Jun	H	Željezničar	1 – 0	2,000	Hrstić

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
R1	30 Aug	H	Borac Čačak	3 – 0	?	Cukrov (2), Mijač
R2	8 Nov	H	Istra	0 – 0 (4–3 p)	?
QF	25 Feb	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 0	?	Tomić
SF	4 Apr	A	Red Star	1 – 0	10,000	Ružić
F	16 May	H	Partizan	2 – 1	20,000	Cukrov, Bursać
F	24 May	A	Partizan	0 – 0	55,000

Source: rsssf.com

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
R1	13 Sep	H	Wrexham	3 – 0	9,000	Tomić, Durkalić, Cukrov
R1	27 Sep	A	Wrexham	0 – 2	10,469
R2	18 Oct	H	Beveren	0 – 0	8,000
R2	1 Nov	A	Beveren	0 – 2	15,000

Source: worldfootball.net

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.
Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Name	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Avramović, RadojkoRadojko Avramović	32 (0)	0	6 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	42 (0)	0
Machin, SergioSergio Machin	34 (0)	1	4 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	40 (0)	1
Cukrov, NikicaNikica Cukrov	28 (0)	5	6 (0)	3	4 (0)	1	38 (0)	9
Filipović, SavoSavo Filipović	6 (4)	0	2 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	8 (5)	0
Radin, ZvjezdanZvjezdan Radin	30 (0)	3	6 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	40 (0)	3
Hrstić, MilošMiloš Hrstić	31 (0)	3	5 (1)	0	4 (0)	0	40 (1)	3
Ružić, MilanMilan Ružić	32 (0)	3	5 (0)	1	4 (0)	0	41 (0)	4
Juričić, SrećkoSrećko Juričić	28 (1)	1	6 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	38 (1)	1
Radović, MilanMilan Radović	5 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (0)	0
Desnica, DamirDamir Desnica	28 (1)	7	3 (1)	0	4 (0)	0	35 (2)	7
Bursać, DragoljubDragoljub Bursać	21 (8)	2	5 (0)	1	2 (2)	0	28 (10)	3
Durkalić, SalihSalih Durkalić	9 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	2 (0)	1	12 (0)	1
Car, IvicaIvica Car	3 (3)	0	2 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	5 (4)	0
Mijač, ŽeljkoŽeljko Mijač	6 (1)	1	2 (0)	1	1 (0)	0	9 (1)	2
Jerolimov, IveIve Jerolimov	18 (1)	2	1 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	20 (4)	2
Šugar, MiroslavMiroslav Šugar	4 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (0)	0
Šestan, ZoranZoran Šestan	3 (10)	2	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (10)	2
Fegic, AdrianoAdriano Fegic	20 (6)	2	2 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	25 (6)	2
Tomić, EdmondEdmond Tomić	19 (12)	3	5 (1)	1	3 (0)	1	27 (13)	5
Bačvarević, MilanMilan Bačvarević	7 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (4)	0
Ravnić, MauroMauro Ravnić	2 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (1)	0
Belić, ŽeljkoŽeljko Belić	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (3)	0
Peranić, DankoDanko Peranić	7 (2)	0	2 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (4)	0
Uljan, MiroslavMiroslav Uljan	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (2)	0
Jasprica, EdinEdin Jasprica	2 (2)	0	2 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (2)	0

References

Almanah Jugoslavenskog Fudbala 1978–86 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.
Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

1978–79 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
Prvenstvo 1978.-79. at nk-rijeka.hr

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