1988–89 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka
1988–89 season
Chairman	Dragan Krčelić
Manager	Mladen Vranković
First League	10th
Cup	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Mladen Mladenović (13) All: Mladen Mladenović (13)
Highest home attendance	9,570 vs Hajduk Split (4 December 1988 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	1,063 vs Napredak Kruševac (18 December 1988 - Yugoslav First League)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 season was the 42nd season in Rijeka’s history and their 27th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 8th place finish in the 1987–88 season meant it was their 15th 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	7 August 1988	4 June 1989	Matchday 1	10th	7001340000000000000♠34	7001140000000000000♠14	7000700000000000000♠7	7001130000000000000♠13	7001350000000000000♠35	7001340000000000000♠34	+1	7001411800000000000♠41.18
Yugoslav Cup	10 August 1988	10 August 1988	First round	First round	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	-2	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Total					7001350000000000000♠35	7001140000000000000♠14	7000700000000000000♠7	7001140000000000000♠14	7001360000000000000♠36	7001370000000000000♠37	-1	7001400000000000000♠40.00

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vojvodina (C)	34	18	5	1	10	50	38	+12	41	1989–90 European Cup
2	Red Star	34	18	2	5	9	55	30	+25	38	1989–90 UEFA Cup
3	Hajduk Split	34	15	6	4	9	50	29	+21	36
4	Rad	34	13	9	2	10	46	38	+8	35	1989–90 UEFA Cup ¹
5	Dinamo Zagreb	34	16	2	7	9	42	29	+13	34	1989–90 UEFA Cup ¹
6	Partizan	34	15	3	4	12	52	37	+15	33	01989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup0
7	Radnički Niš	34	14	3	4	13	42	35	+7	31
8	Osijek	34	13	5	2	14	49	50	−1	31
9	Vardar	34	13	3	4	14	46	51	−5	29
10	Rijeka	34	14	0	7	13	35	34	+1	28
11	Velež	34	13	2	2	17	42	43	−1	28
12	Sloboda Tuzla	34	11	6	6	11	35	42	−7	28
13	Sarajevo	34	11	6	4	13	35	42	−7	28
14	Budućnost	34	12	4	3	15	32	43	−11	28
15	Spartak Subotica	34	11	4	3	16	30	39	−9	26
16	Željezničar	34	12	1	3	18	34	49	−15	24
17	Napredak Kruševac (R)	34	11	1	4	18	42	59	−17	24	01989–90 Yugoslav Second League0
18	Čelik (R)	34	9	5	2	18	31	60	−29	017²	01989–90 Yugoslav Second League0

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
If a match ended in a draw, penalties were taken, and only the winner of the penalty shoot-out was rewarded with a point
¹ Hajduk Split were banned from European competitions for 2 years after crowd trouble during the 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup game against Marseille
² Čelik were deducted 6 points
(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	14	7	13	35	34	+1	49	9	5	3	22	9	+13	5	2	10	13	25	−12

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W

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: 1988–89 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance¹	Rijeka Scorers
1	7 Aug	A	Osijek	3 – 1	1,377	Valenčić, Kljajić, Mladenović
2	14 Aug	H	Budućnost	0 – 1	2,522
3	21 Aug	A	Vardar	2 – 3	6,357	Ekmeščić, Mladenović
4	28 Aug	H	Rad	0 – 1	1,889
5	4 Sep	A	Red Star	1 – 5	12,336	Vujčić
6	10 Sep	H	Željezničar	3 – 0	1,585	Ljubančić, Ekmeščić, Vujčić
9	2 Oct	H	Spartak Subotica	0 – 0 (5–6 p)	1,245
10	9 Oct	A	Radnički Niš	0 – 1	2,684
8	16 Oct	A	Sloboda	0 – 0 (4–5 p)	755
11	23 Oct	H	Čelik	2 – 1	1,633	Mladenović, Florijančič
12	30 Oct	A	Vojvodina	0 – 0 (3–4 p)	1,079
7	2 Nov	A	Velež	3 – 0	1,677	Mladenović (3)
13	5 Nov	H	Partizan	1 – 1 (3–4 p)	4,401	Mladenović
14	27 Nov	A	Sarajevo	2 – 1	606	Valenčić, Mladenović
15	4 Dec	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 0 (1–3 p)	9,570
16	14 Dec	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 2	4,544
17	18 Dec	H	Napredak Kruševac	4 – 1	1,063	Valenčić (2), Ekmeščić, Mladenović
18	26 Feb	H	Osijek	2 – 0	1,755	Ekmeščić (2)
19	5 Mar	A	Budućnost	0 – 1	1,297
20	12 Mar	H	Vardar	3 – 0	1,871	Florijančič (2), Rubčić
21	18 Mar	A	Rad	0 – 4	520
22	26 Mar	H	Red Star	1 – 2	7,646	Mladenović
23	2 Apr	A	Željezničar	0 – 1	2,133
24	9 Apr	H	Velež	2 – 1	1,827	Ekmeščić, Paliska
25	16 Apr	H	Sloboda	1 – 0	2,238	Vujčić
26	19 Apr	A	Spartak Subotica	0 – 1	2,049
27	3 May	H	Radnički Niš	0 – 0 (4–5 p)	1,237
28	7 May	A	Čelik	1 – 0	3,288	Mladenović
29	14 May	H	Vojvodina	2 – 1	2,272	Rubčić (2)
30	21 May	A	Partizan	0 – 1	5,154
31	24 May	H	Sarajevo	0 – 0 (2–3 p)	1,462
32	28 May	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 4	3,699
33	31 May	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 0	3,466	Mladenović
34	4 Jun	A	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 0	764	Mladenović

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	10 Aug	A	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 3	Kljajić

Source: rsssf.com

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
Name	League		Cup		Total
Gabrić, TončiTonči Gabrić	25 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	25 (0)	0
Romić, MladenMladen Romić	30 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	31 (0)	0
Dragutinović, BrankoBranko Dragutinović	33 (0)	1	1 (0)	0	34 (0)	1
Peršon, SašaSaša Peršon	32 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	33 (0)	0
Paliska, RobertoRoberto Paliska	21 (2)	1	0 (1)	0	21 (3)	1
Rubčić, RobertRobert Rubčić	32 (0)	3	1 (0)	0	33 (0)	3
Kljajić, DušanDušan Kljajić	22 (3)	1	1 (0)	1	23 (3)	2
Mladenović, MladenMladen Mladenović	33 (0)	13	1 (0)	0	34 (0)	13
Ekmeščić, BorisBoris Ekmeščić	22 (7)	6	1 (0)	0	23 (7)	6
Vujčić, ZoranZoran Vujčić	28 (1)	3	1 (0)	0	29 (1)	3
Valenčić, PredragPredrag Valenčić	30 (0)	4	0 (0)	0	30 (0)	4
Florijančič, MatjažMatjaž Florijančič	25 (0)	3	1 (0)	0	26 (0)	3
Šumberac, ValdiValdi Šumberac	8 (13)	0	0 (0)	0	8 (13)	0
Jahić, EnverEnver Jahić	6 (3)	0	1 (0)	0	7 (3)	0
Kuruzović, NedžadNedžad Kuruzović	4 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (2)	0
Radoš, ZvonkoZvonko Radoš	5 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	6 (0)	0
Miloševič, VladoVlado Miloševič	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Ljubančić, DeanDean Ljubančić	4 (8)	1	0 (0)	0	4 (8)	1
Belajić, StojanStojan Belajić	3 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (2)	0
Galić, MarinMarin Galić	2 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (2)	0
Stipić, MiroMiro Stipić	7 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (5)	0
Sabadin, DavidDavid Sabadin	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Vasiljević, NevenkoNevenko Vasiljević	0 (4)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (4)	0
Klapan, IvicaIvica Klapan	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
Imširević, ElmirElmir Imširević	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0

Notes

1. Data for league attendance in most cases reflects the number of sold tickets and may not be indicative of the actual attendance.

References

Almanah Yu Fudbal 1988–89 [Almanac of the Yugoslav Football 1988–89] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Tempo. 1989.
Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

1988–89 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
Prvenstvo 1988.-89. at nk-rijeka.hr

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