2012–13 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka

2012–13 season

Chairman

Damir Mišković

Manager

Elvis Scoria, Matjaž Kek

Stadium

Stadion Kantrida

Prva HNL

3rd

Croatian Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Leon Benko (18)
All: Leon Benko (18)

Highest home attendance

9,000 vs

Dinamo Zagreb (5 May 2013 - Prva HNL)

Lowest home attendance

1,000 vs

Cibalia (23 February 2013 - Prva HNL)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2012–13 season was the 67th season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It was their 22nd successive season in the Prva HNL, and 39th 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	20 July 2012	26 May 2013	Matchday 1	3rd	7001330000000000000♠33	7001150000000000000♠15	7000800000000000000♠8	7001100000000000000♠10	7001460000000000000♠46	7001420000000000000♠42	+4	7001454500000000000♠45.45
Croatian Cup	26 September 2012	26 September 2012	First round	First round	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	-1	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Total					7001340000000000000♠34	7001150000000000000♠15	7000800000000000000♠8	7001110000000000000♠11	7001460000000000000♠46	7001430000000000000♠43	+3	7001441200000000000♠44.12

Prva HNL

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	33	24	5	4	68	20	+48	77	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Lokomotiva	33	16	9	8	54	38	+16	57	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ¹
3	Rijeka	33	15	8	10	46	42	+4	53
4	Hajduk Split	33	14	10	9	45	31	+14	52
5	RNK Split	33	15	7	11	49	37	+12	52
6	Istra 1961	33	11	11	11	35	32	+3	44
7	Osijek	33	9	12	12	25	33	−8	39
8	Slaven Belupo	33	10	9	14	35	50	−15	39
9	Zadar	33	9	9	15	39	61	−22	36
10	Inter Zaprešić (R)	33	8	11	14	36	41	−5	35	Relegation to 2013–14 Druga HNL
11	Cibalia (R)	33	9	5	19	29	44	−15	32
12	NK Zagreb (R)	33	7	6	20	28	60	−32	27

Updated to games played on 26 May 2013.
Source: Sportnet.hr UEFA.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
¹ Hajduk Split qualify for 2013–14 Europa League Second qualifying round as winners of 2012–13 Croatian Cup.
(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
33	15	8	10	46	42	+4	53	9	5	3	24	16	+8	6	3	7	22	26	−4

Last updated: 26 May 2013.
Source: Sportnet.hr

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W
Position	11	10	7	7	8	8	8	6	5	7	6	7	5	3	5	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	4	5	3	4	4	5	3

Last updated: 26 May 2013.
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	20 Jul	A	RNK Split	0 – 2	2,000		HRnogomet.com
2	27 Jul	H	Zadar	0 – 0	4,500		HRnogomet.com
3	3 Aug	A	Zagreb	1 – 0	1,000	Weitzer	HRnogomet.com
4	11 Aug	H	Lokomotiva	2 – 2	4,500	Weitzer, Benko	HRnogomet.com
5	18 Aug	A	Osijek	1 – 1	1,000	Mujanović	HRnogomet.com
6	24 Aug	A	Inter Zaprešić	0 – 2	1,500		HRnogomet.com
7	1 Sep	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 0	6,000	Kreilach	HRnogomet.com
8	16 Sep	A	Slaven Belupo	3 – 1	2,638	Cesarec, Benko, Močinić	HRnogomet.com
9	22 Sep	H	Dinamo Zagreb	3 – 0	8,000	Cesarec, Weitzer, Kreilach	HRnogomet.com
10	29 Sep	A	Cibalia	1 – 4	1,000	Brezovec	HRnogomet.com
11	6 Oct	H	Istra 1961	2 – 1	3,500	Cesarec, Datković	HRnogomet.com
12	20 Oct	H	RNK Split	2 – 3	4,500	Benko, Datković	HRnogomet.com
13	27 Oct	A	Zadar	4 – 2	1,000	Cesarec, Benko, Kreilach, Čulina	HRnogomet.com
14	3 Nov	H	Zagreb	1 – 0	3,000	Benko	HRnogomet.com
15	11 Nov	A	Lokomotiva	1 – 2	200	Neretljak	HRnogomet.com
16	18 Nov	H	Osijek	3 – 1	3,000	Brezovec, Cesarec (2)	HRnogomet.com
17	24 Nov	H	Inter Zaprešić	2 – 1	3,500	Benko (2)	HRnogomet.com
18	2 Dec	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	7,000	Benko	HRnogomet.com
19	8 Dec	H	Slaven Belupo	0 – 0	2,000		HRnogomet.com
20	17 Feb	A	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 4	4,000	Benko	HRnogomet.com
21	23 Feb	H	Cibalia	0 – 0	1,000		HRnogomet.com
22	3 Mar	A	Istra 1961	1 – 1	5,000	Kreilach	HRnogomet.com
23	9 Mar	H	Inter Zaprešić	2 – 1	1,500	Kreilach, Cesarec	HRnogomet.com
24	16 Mar	A	Cibalia	1 – 0	1,500	Benko	HRnogomet.com
25	29 Mar	H	Slaven Belupo	2 – 1	2,500	Benko (2)	HRnogomet.com
26	6 Apr	H	Osijek	1 – 0	4,000	Benko	HRnogomet.com
27	12 Apr	A	RNK Split	1 – 3	1,500	Benko	HRnogomet.com
28	20 Apr	H	Lokomotiva	1 – 3	5,000	Benko	HRnogomet.com
29	28 Apr	A	Hajduk Split	2 – 1	10,000	Mujanović, Benko	HRnogomet.com
30	5 May	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 0	9,000		HRnogomet.com
31	10 May	A	Istra 1961	0 – 1	4,000		HRnogomet.com
32	18 May	H	Zadar	2 – 3	3,500	Mujanović, Jogan	HRnogomet.com
33	26 May	A	Zagreb	4 – 1	400	Benko (2), Jugović, Čulina	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	26 Sep	A	Nedelišće	0–1 aet	800		HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
23 Jun	N	Metalurgi	1–0	Kreilach
26 Jun	N	SV Heiligenkreuz	4–1	Gabrić, Cuculi, Mutombo, Čulina
1 Jul	H	Tom Tomsk	2–0	Benko (2)
4 Jul	N	Gorica	2–0	Čulina (2)
6 Jul	N	Sevastopol	1–1	Kreilach
9 Jul	A	Radomlje	5–0	Matovina, Mutombo, Benko (2), Čulina
11 Jul	N	Gaz Metan Severin	1–2	Benko
14 Jul	H	Šampion	5–1	Neretljak, Brezovec, Vranješ, Benko (2)

First part of the season

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
24 Jul	H	Opatija	5–0	Dangubić (2), Miloš, Weitzer, Benko
14 Aug	A	Crikvenica	6–0	Cesarec (3), Mujanović, Brezovec, Benko
5 Sep	A	Pomorac	3–1	Cesarec, Weitzer, Mujanović
8 Sep	A	Udinese	1–1	Benko
12 Sep	A	Grobničan	5–1	Gabrić, Mutombo, Čulina (2), Mujanović
13 Oct	A	Torino	2–2	Mujanović, Benko

Mid-season

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
16 Jan	A	Spezia	2–0	Mujanović (2)
20 Jan	N	Goslarer SC 08	1–2	Jogan
23 Jan	N	FC Zürich	0–0
26 Jan	N	Shandong Luneng	1–1	Benko
28 Jan	N	Krylia Sovetov	0–2
30 Jan	N	Metalurh Donetsk	1–3	Kreilach
31 Jan	N	Ried	0–1
6 Feb	H	Željezničar Sarajevo	1–1	Jogan
9 Feb	H	Orijent	3–0	Benko (2), Jogan

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 26 May 2013.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Cup	Total
1	Leon Benko	18	–	18
2	Danijel Cesarec	7	–	7
3	Damir Kreilach	5	–	5
4	Ivor Weitzer	3	–	3
4	Goran Mujanović	3	–	3
6	Niko Datković	2	–	2
	Josip Brezovec	2	–	2
	Antonini Čulina	2	–	2
9	Mato Neretljak	1	–	1
	Ivan Močinić	1	–	1
	Vedran Jugović	1	–	1
	Kris Jogan	1	–	1
	TOTALS	46	–	46

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Number	Position	Name	1. HNL^{[n 1]}		Croatian Cup^{[n 1]}		Total
Number	Position	Name
1	GK	Ivan Mance	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Kristijan Čaval	3	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	Matija Škarabot	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	Dario Knežević	3	1	0	0	3	1
6	DF	Niko Datković	6	0	0	0	6	0
7	DF	Mato Miloš	2	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	Goran Mujanović	7	1	0	0	7	1
9	FW	Danijel Cesarec	4	0	1	0	5	0
11	MF	Mehmed Alispahić	2	0	0	0	2	0
12	GK	Robert Lisjak	2	0	0	0	2	0
13	MF	Ivor Weitzer	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF	Antonini Čulina	2	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF	Ivan Močinić	2	0	2	1	4	1
17	MF	Damir Kreilach	4	0	0	0	4	0
19	FW	Leon Benko	6	0	0	0	6	0
23	DF	Mato Neretljak	3	0	0	0	3	0
28	DF	Luka Marić	1	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF	Josip Brezovec	9	0	0	0	9	0
90	FW	Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo	5	0	0	0	5	0
		TOTALS	66	2	3	1	69	3

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Number	Position	Player	Total		1. HNL^{[n 2]}		Croatian Cup^{[n 2]}
1	GK	Mance, IvanIvan Mance	15	0	7001150000000000000♠15+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
3	DF	Čaval, KristijanKristijan Čaval	18	0	7001140000000000000♠14+4	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
4	DF	Škarabot, MatijaMatija Škarabot	13	0	7001130000000000000♠13+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
5	DF	Knežević, DarioDario Knežević	32	0	7001310000000000000♠31+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
6	DF	Datković, NikoNiko Datković	18	2	7001150000000000000♠15+2	2	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
7	DF	Miloš, MatoMato Miloš	7	0	7000200000000000000♠2+5	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
8	FW	Mujanović, GoranGoran Mujanović	30	3	7001220000000000000♠22+7	3	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
9	FW	Cesarec, DanijelDanijel Cesarec	23	7	7001200000000000000♠20+2	7	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
10	MF	Čulina, AntoniniAntonini Čulina	27	2	7001130000000000000♠13+13	2	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
11	MF	Vranješ, JuricaJurica Vranješ	6	0	7000200000000000000♠2+4	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
11	MF	Alispahić, MehmedMehmed Alispahić	14	0	7001130000000000000♠13+1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
12	GK	Lisjak, RobertRobert Lisjak	19	0	7001170000000000000♠17+1	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
13	MF	Weitzer, IvorIvor Weitzer	22	3	7000800000000000000♠8+13	3	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
16	MF	Močinić, IvanIvan Močinić	20	1	7000900000000000000♠9+10	1	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0
17	MF	Kreilach, DamirDamir Kreilach	31	5	7001300000000000000♠30+0	5	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
19	FW	Benko, LeonLeon Benko	31	18	7001300000000000000♠30+0	18	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0
22	MF	Mierzejewski, ŁukaszŁukasz Mierzejewski	17	0	7001140000000000000♠14+3	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
23	DF	Neretljak, MatoMato Neretljak	25	1	7001230000000000000♠23+2	1	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
28	DF	Marić, LukaLuka Marić	21	0	7001160000000000000♠16+4	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
30	MF	Brezovec, JosipJosip Brezovec	31	2	7001300000000000000♠30+0	2	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
32	GK	Vargić, IvanIvan Vargić	1	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
77	MF	Gabrić, DragoDrago Gabrić	12	0	7000600000000000000♠6+6	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
88	DF	Vannucci, DiegoDiego Vannucci	1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
88	FW	Jogan, KrisKris Jogan	5	1	7000100000000000000♠1+4	1	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
89	MF	Jugović, VedranVedran Jugović	12	1	7001110000000000000♠11+1	1	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
90	FW	Mbuyi-Mutombo, AndréaAndréa Mbuyi-Mutombo	21	0	7000700000000000000♠7+13	0	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0

Note: Players listed in italics have left the club, have retired or have been loaned out since the start of the season.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Two yellow cards resulting in a red are counted as a total of three cards - i.e. two yellow and one red card.
↑ 2.0 2.1 First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

References

HNK Rijeka seasons

Yugoslav League (1946–1991)	1946–47 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91

Croatian League (1992–present)	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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Ground	Kantrida (1946–present) Rujevica (2015–16)

Derbies	Adriatic derby Dinamo–Rijeka derby Rijeka–Pula derby Rijeka city derby

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2012–13 in Croatian football

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Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL

Domestic cups	Croatian Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group A) Igor Štimac

Club seasons

Prva HNL	Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo RNK Split Zadar NK Zagreb