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 Dinamo and Hajduk (3 Sep and 20 Sep 2003 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance	500 vs Zagreb (29 October 2003 - Croatian Cup)
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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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva HNL	24 July 2003	15 May 2004	Matchday 1	3rd	7001320000000000000♠32	7001110000000000000♠11	7000900000000000000♠9	7001120000000000000♠12	7001360000000000000♠36	7001410000000000000♠41	-5	7001343800000000000♠34.38
Croatian Cup	17 September 2003	14 April 2004	First round	Semifinal	7000600000000000000♠6	7000500000000000000♠5	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7001180000000000000♠18	7000700000000000000♠7	+11	7001833300000000000♠83.33
Total					7001380000000000000♠38	7001160000000000000♠16	7000900000000000000♠9	7001130000000000000♠13	7001540000000000000♠54	7001480000000000000♠48	+6	7001421100000000000♠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	0 Championship group0
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	40	−4	29		OSI 3–1 VAR VAR 1–1 OSI
5	Varteks	22	7	8	7	21	25	−4	29		OSI 3–1 VAR VAR 1–1 OSI
6	Zadar	22	7	7	8	37	44	−7	28		ZAD 2–1 KAM KAM 2–2 ZAD

7	Kamen Ingrad	22	8	4	10	32	27	+5	28	0 Relegation group0
8	Inter Zaprešić	22	6	9	7	22	23	−1	27
9	Slaven Belupo	22	6	8	8	22	27	−5	26
10	Cibalia	22	5	5	12	25	35	−10	20
11	NK Zagreb	22	3	10	9	21	32	−11	19
12	Marsonia	22	4	5	13	25	48	−23	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	41	−5	42	2004–05 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
4	Osijek	32	11	6	15	50	57	−7	39
5	Varteks	32	9	11	12	33	42	−9	38
6	Zadar	32	7	11	14	46	71	−25	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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	11	9	12	36	41	−5	42	8	2	6	20	13	+7	3	7	6	16	28	−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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
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 Jul	H	Cibalia	0 – 1	2,700		HRnogomet.com
2	2 Aug	A	Varteks	1 – 1	3,000	Klić	HRnogomet.com
4	16 Aug	A	Marsonia	1 – 1	3,000	Samardžić	HRnogomet.com
5	24 Aug	H	Zadar	4 – 2	3,000	Klić (2), Samardžić, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
6	30 Aug	H	Osijek	2 – 0	3,000	Duro, Klić	HRnogomet.com
3	3 Sep	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 0	7,000		HRnogomet.com
7	13 Sep	A	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	1,500	Samardžić	HRnogomet.com
8	20 Sep	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 2	7,000	Klić	HRnogomet.com
9	27 Sep	A	Zagreb	1 – 1	1,000	Klić	HRnogomet.com
10	4 Oct	H	Kamen Ingrad	1 – 2	1,500	Tiganj	HRnogomet.com
11	18 Oct	A	Inker Zaprešić	1 – 1	1,500	Vušković	HRnogomet.com
12	25 Oct	A	Cibalia	1 – 0	600	Milas	HRnogomet.com
13	2 Nov	H	Varteks	0 – 0	2,000		HRnogomet.com
14	9 Nov	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 2	2,000		HRnogomet.com
15	22 Nov	H	Marsonia	3 – 1	1,000	Butić, Klić, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
16	29 Nov	A	Zadar	2 – 3	1,200	Klić, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
17	6 Dec	A	Osijek	3 – 2	2,000	Butić, Čaval, Ah. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
18	21 Feb	H	Slaven Belupo	2 – 0	800	Milinović, Čaval	HRnogomet.com
19	28 Feb	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 4	4,500		HRnogomet.com
20	6 Mar	H	Zagreb	1 – 0	1,500	Vidović	HRnogomet.com
21	13 Mar	A	Kamen Ingrad	1 – 0	2,500	Ah. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
22	20 Mar	H	Inker Zaprešić	0 – 1	2,000		HRnogomet.com
23	27 Mar	H	Osijek	2 – 1	2,000	Ah. Sharbini, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
24	3 Apr	A	Varteks	1 – 1	2,500	Linić	HRnogomet.com
25	10 Apr	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 1	5,000		HRnogomet.com
26	17 Apr	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 5	1,500		HRnogomet.com
27	21 Apr	H	Zadar	3 – 1	1,000	Klić, Samardžić, Tadić	HRnogomet.com
28	24 Apr	A	Osijek	1 – 2	2,000	Samardžić	HRnogomet.com
29	1 May	H	Varteks	1 – 0	1,000	Vidović	HRnogomet.com
30	8 May	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 2	4,000		HRnogomet.com
31	12 May	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	4,500		HRnogomet.com
32	15 May	A	Zadar	2 – 2	500	Klić (2)	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	17 Sep	A	Nehaj Senj	7 – 1	?	Ah. Sharbini (2), Klić (2), Shkëmbi, Tiganj, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
R2	29 Oct	H	Zagreb	3 – 0	500	Shkëmbi, Vidović, Ah. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
QF	16 Mar	A	Kamen Ingrad	3 – 2	500	Samardžić, Čaval, Novaković	HRnogomet.com
QF	24 Mar	A	Kamen Ingrad	2 – 0	600	Samardžić (2)	HRnogomet.com
SF	7 Apr	A	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 4	1,000	Linić, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
SF	14 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 0	6,000	Bulat	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
Name	League		Cup		Total
Kalinić, MatkoMatko Kalinić	23 (0)	0	5 (0)	0	28 (0)	0
Milinović, DamirDamir Milinović	29 (0)	1	5 (0)	0	34 (0)	1
Bulat, JosipJosip Bulat	20 (2)	0	5 (1)	1	25 (3)	1
Vušković, DanijelDanijel Vušković	20 (1)	1	3 (0)	0	23 (1)	1
Šarić, DanielDaniel Šarić	23 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	28 (2)	0
Linić, SinišaSiniša Linić	13 (15)	1	3 (1)	1	16 (16)	2
Samardžić, JasminJasmin Samardžić	20 (7)	5	4 (0)	3	24 (7)	8
Čaval, KristijanKristijan Čaval	24 (0)	2	4 (0)	1	28 (0)	3
Shkëmbi, BlediBledi Shkëmbi	15 (0)	0	1 (1)	2	16 (1)	2
Milas, IvanIvan Milas	21 (4)	1	3 (0)	0	24 (4)	1
Klić, SandroSandro Klić	18 (7)	11	1 (1)	2	19 (8)	13
Tadić, DraganDragan Tadić	7 (10)	1	1 (1)	0	8 (11)	1
Mujdža, JasminJasmin Mujdža	18 (0)	0	6 (0)	0	24 (0)	0
Knežević, DarioDario Knežević	21 (1)	0	6 (0)	0	27 (1)	0
Butić, JosipJosip Butić	23 (5)	2	2 (0)	0	25 (5)	2
Vidović, RajkoRajko Vidović	14 (9)	6	5 (1)	3	19 (10)	9
Sharbini, AhmadAhmad Sharbini	9 (9)	3	2 (3)	3	11 (12)	6
Batkoski, NaumNaum Batkoski	9 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (3)	0
Bulat, TihomirTihomir Bulat	9 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	9 (1)	0
Novaković, IgorIgor Novaković	1 (7)	0	0 (3)	1	1 (10)	1
Tiganj, SenadSenad Tiganj	3 (4)	1	1 (1)	1	4 (5)	2
Karabatić, JuricaJurica Karabatić	5 (2)	0	2 (2)	0	7 (4)	0
Duro, IbrahimIbrahim Duro	4 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	4 (1)	1
Modrić, JosipJosip Modrić	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0
Šarić, MartinMartin Šarić	2 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (3)	0
Bisaku, LeonardLeonard Bisaku	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0

External sources

2003–04 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
2003–04 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
Prvenstvo 2003.-2004. at nk-rijeka.hr

HNK Rijeka seasons

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2003–04 HNK Rijeka season

Competitions

Prva HNL

First stage

Second stage (championship play-off)

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Prva HNL

Croatian Cup

Squad statistics

See also

External sources