2003–04 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka
2003–04 season
Chairman Robert Ježić
Manager Ivan Katalinić
Prva HNL 3rd
Croatian Cup Semifinal
Top goalscorer League: Sandro Klić (11)
All: Sandro Klić (13)
Highest home attendance 7,000 vs Croatia Dinamo and Hajduk (3 Sep and 20 Sep 2003 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance 500 vs Croatia Zagreb (29 October 2003 - Croatian Cup)

The 2003–04 season was the 57th season in Rijeka’s history. It was their 13th season in the Prva HNL and 30th successive top tier season.

Competitions

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Prva HNL 24 July 2003 15 May 2004 Matchday 1 3rd 32 11 9 12 36 41 -5 34.38
Croatian Cup 17 September 2003 14 April 2004 First round Semifinal 6 5 0 1 18 7 +11 83.33
Total 38 16 9 13 54 48 +6 42.11

Prva HNL

First stage

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Hajduk Split 22 18 1 3 46 18+28 55 Championship group
2 Dinamo Zagreb 22 15 5 2 47 16+31 50
3 Rijeka 22 8 7 7 26 25+1 31
4 Osijek 22 8 5 9 36 404 29 OSI 3–1 VAR
VAR 1–1 OSI
5 Varteks 22 7 8 7 21 254 29
6 Zadar 22 7 7 8 37 447 28 ZAD 2–1 KAM
KAM 2–2 ZAD
7 Kamen Ingrad 22 8 4 10 32 27+5 28 Relegation group
8 Inter Zaprešić 22 6 9 7 22 231 27
9 Slaven Belupo 22 6 8 8 22 275 26
10 Cibalia 22 5 5 12 25 3510 20
11 NK Zagreb 22 3 10 9 21 3211 19
12 Marsonia 22 4 5 13 25 4823 17

Updated to games played on 20 March 2004.
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage (championship play-off)

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hajduk Split (C) 32 25 3 4 63 24+39 78 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Zagreb 32 23 7 2 77 25+52 76 2004–05 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
3 Rijeka 32 11 9 12 36 415 42
4 Osijek 32 11 6 15 50 577 39
5 Varteks 32 9 11 12 33 429 38
6 Zadar 32 7 11 14 46 7125 32

Updated to games played on 15 May 2004.
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
32 11 9 12 36 41 −5 42 8 2 6 20 13 +7 3 7 6 16 28 −12

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Result L D D D W W D L D L D W D L W L W W L W W L W D L L W L W L L D
Position 9 8 9 11 7 3 4 6 6 9 6 5 5 6 5 7 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3

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

Matches

Prva HNL

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Attendance Rijeka Scorers Report
1 24 JulHCibalia0 – 12,700 HRnogomet.com
2 2 AugAVarteks 1 – 13,000 Klić HRnogomet.com
4 16 AugAMarsonia 1 – 13,000 Samardžić HRnogomet.com
5 24 AugHZadar 4 – 23,000 Klić (2), Samardžić, Vidović HRnogomet.com
6 30 AugHOsijek 2 – 03,000 Duro, Klić HRnogomet.com
3 3 SepHDinamo Zagreb0 – 07,000 HRnogomet.com
7 13 SepASlaven Belupo 1 – 11,500 Samardžić HRnogomet.com
8 20 SepHHajduk Split 1 – 27,000 Klić HRnogomet.com
9 27 SepAZagreb 1 – 11,000 Klić HRnogomet.com
10 4 OctHKamen Ingrad 1 – 21,500 Tiganj HRnogomet.com
11 18 OctAInker Zaprešić 1 – 11,500 Vušković HRnogomet.com
12 25 OctACibalia 1 – 0600 Milas HRnogomet.com
13 2 NovHVarteks 0 – 0 2,000 HRnogomet.com
14 9 NovADinamo Zagreb 0 – 22,000 HRnogomet.com
15 22 NovHMarsonia 3 – 1 1,000 Butić, Klić, Vidović HRnogomet.com
16 29 NovAZadar 2 – 31,200 Klić, Vidović HRnogomet.com
17 6 DecAOsijek 3 – 22,000 Butić, Čaval, Ah. Sharbini HRnogomet.com
18 21 FebHSlaven Belupo 2 – 0800 Milinović, Čaval HRnogomet.com
19 28 FebAHajduk Split 0 – 44,500 HRnogomet.com
20 6 MarHZagreb 1 – 01,500 Vidović HRnogomet.com
21 13 MarAKamen Ingrad1 – 02,500 Ah. Sharbini HRnogomet.com
22 20 MarHInker Zaprešić 0 – 12,000 HRnogomet.com
23 27 MarHOsijek 2 – 12,000 Ah. Sharbini, Vidović HRnogomet.com
24 3 AprAVarteks 1 – 12,500 Linić HRnogomet.com
25 10 AprHHajduk Split 0 – 15,000 HRnogomet.com
26 17 AprADinamo Zagreb 0 – 51,500 HRnogomet.com
27 21 AprHZadar 3 – 11,000 Klić, Samardžić, Tadić HRnogomet.com
28 24 AprAOsijek 1 – 22,000 Samardžić HRnogomet.com
29 1 MayHVarteks 1 – 0 1,000 Vidović HRnogomet.com
30 8 MayAHajduk Split 0 – 24,000 HRnogomet.com
31 12 MayHDinamo Zagreb0 – 14,500 HRnogomet.com
32 15 MayAZadar 2 – 2500 Klić (2) HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Attendance Rijeka Scorers Report
R1 17 SepANehaj Senj7 – 1? Ah. Sharbini (2), Klić (2), Shkëmbi, Tiganj, Vidović HRnogomet.com
R2 29 OctHZagreb3 – 0500 Shkëmbi, Vidović, Ah. Sharbini HRnogomet.com
QF 16 MarAKamen Ingrad3 – 2500 Samardžić, Čaval, Novaković HRnogomet.com
QF 24 MarAKamen Ingrad2 – 0600 Samardžić (2) HRnogomet.com
SF 7 AprADinamo Zagreb 2 – 41,000Linić, Vidović HRnogomet.com
SF 14 AprHDinamo Zagreb 1 – 06,000Bulat HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.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
League Cup Total
Croatia Kalinić, MatkoMatko Kalinić 23 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 28 (0) 0
Croatia Milinović, DamirDamir Milinović 29 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 34 (0) 1
Croatia Bulat, JosipJosip Bulat 20 (2) 0 5 (1) 1 25 (3) 1
Croatia Vušković, DanijelDanijel Vušković 20 (1) 1 3 (0) 0 23 (1) 1
Croatia Šarić, DanielDaniel Šarić 23 (1) 0 5 (1) 0 28 (2) 0
Croatia Linić, SinišaSiniša Linić 13 (15) 1 3 (1) 1 16 (16) 2
Croatia Samardžić, JasminJasmin Samardžić 20 (7) 5 4 (0) 3 24 (7) 8
Croatia Čaval, KristijanKristijan Čaval 24 (0) 2 4 (0) 1 28 (0) 3
Albania Shkëmbi, BlediBledi Shkëmbi 15 (0) 0 1 (1) 2 16 (1) 2
Croatia Milas, IvanIvan Milas 21 (4) 1 3 (0) 0 24 (4) 1
Croatia Klić, SandroSandro Klić 18 (7) 11 1 (1) 2 19 (8) 13
Croatia Tadić, DraganDragan Tadić 7 (10) 1 1 (1) 0 8 (11) 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mujdža, JasminJasmin Mujdža 18 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 24 (0) 0
Croatia Knežević, DarioDario Knežević 21 (1) 0 6 (0) 0 27 (1) 0
Croatia Butić, JosipJosip Butić 23 (5) 2 2 (0) 0 25 (5) 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vidović, RajkoRajko Vidović 14 (9) 6 5 (1) 3 19 (10) 9
Croatia Sharbini, AhmadAhmad Sharbini 9 (9) 3 2 (3) 3 11 (12) 6
Republic of Macedonia Batkoski, NaumNaum Batkoski 9 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 9 (3) 0
Croatia Bulat, TihomirTihomir Bulat 9 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 9 (1) 0
Croatia Novaković, IgorIgor Novaković 1 (7) 0 0 (3) 1 1 (10) 1
Slovenia Tiganj, SenadSenad Tiganj 3 (4) 1 1 (1) 1 4 (5) 2
Croatia Karabatić, JuricaJurica Karabatić 5 (2) 0 2 (2) 0 7 (4) 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Duro, IbrahimIbrahim Duro 4 (1) 1 0 (0) 0 4 (1) 1
Croatia Modrić, JosipJosip Modrić 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0
Argentina Šarić, MartinMartin Šarić 2 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 2 (3) 0
Croatia Bisaku, LeonardLeonard Bisaku 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0

See also

External sources