List of HNK Rijeka seasons

This is a list of all seasons played by HNK Rijeka in national and European football, from 1946 to the most recent completed season.

This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season (note that only goals scored in league matches are taken into account). Players in bold were also top league scorers that season.

The table below the list of seasons is a summary of the club's totals in all official competitions, including the Yugoslav and Croatian league and cup and various European competitions.

The main source of data is a recent book by Marinko Lazzarich that documents the history of HNK Rijeka.[1]

Key

League
  • P = Games played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • GF = Goals for
  • GA = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position
  • ↑ = Promoted
  • ↓ = Relegated
  • N/A = Not available or applicable
Champions Runners-up Third place
Cup/Europe
  • PR = Preliminary round
  • PO = Play-off round
  • QR = Qualifying round
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • GS = Group stage
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • RU = Runners-up
  • W = Winners

SFR Yugoslavia (1946–1991)

Season League Cup European competitions Top goalscorer[2]
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player Goals
1946–47 1. Div[3] 26 7 7 12 27 42 21 9th↓[4] N/A Alcide Flaibani 4
1947–48 2. Div 20 4 2 14 27 54 10 10th↓ R3 Đura Horvatinović 7
1948–49 3. Div 18 8 1 9 32 33 17 6th↑ R3 Đura Horvatinović 8
1950 2. Div 20 8 5 7 39 31 21 7th R2 Stojan Osojnak 15
1951 2. Div 30 13 4 13 68 57 30 10th R2 Stojan Osojnak 21
1952 2. Div 18 15 1 2 70 11 31 1st[5] N/A Zvonko Canjuga 15
1952–53 2. Div 18 8 4 6 30 28 20 5th↓ QF Milorad Drakulić 6
1953–54 3. Div 20 9 2 9 39 29 20 6th N/A Vinizio Zidarić 11
1954–55 3. Div 22 11 5 6 29 19 27 2nd↑ R2 Bruno Veselica 8
1955–56 2. Div 22 10 2 10 37 35 22 6th N/A Bruno Veselica 14
1956–57 2. Div 22 13 3 6 57 34 29 3rd N/A Bruno Veselica 16
1957–58 2. Div 26 20 2 4 74 18 42 1st↑[6] N/A Velimir Naumović 17
1958–59 1. Div 22 8 4 10 29 44 20 8th SF Ivan Medle 10
1959–60 1. Div 22 7 4 11 30 52 18 8th R1 Vladimir Lukarić 8
1960–61 1. Div 22 10 2 10 32 36 22 7th R1 Bruno Veselica 10
1961–62 1. Div 22 5 12 5 17 21 22 8th R2 Vincenzo Zadel 4
1962–63 1. Div 26 10 3 13 28 41 23 10th R1 Intertoto Cup QF Vincenzo Zadel 11
1963–64 1. Div 26 7 10 9 37 42 24 9th R2 Bruno Veselica 12
1964–65 1. Div 28 14 6 8 47 30 34 4th R2 Tonči Gulin 16
1965–66 1. Div 30 14 5 11 46 40 33 4th QF Intertoto Cup GS Nedeljko Vukoje 11
1966–67 1. Div 30 9 9 12 37 39 27 11th R2 Boško Bursać 10
1967–68 1. Div 30 8 7 15 37 48 23 16th[7] R2 Boško Bursać 11
1968–69 1. Div 34 9 5 20 31 52 23 17th↓ QF Boško Bursać 10
1969–70 2. Div 30 24 5 1 74 11 53 1st[8] N/A Boško Bursać 17
1970–71 2. Div 30 22 4 4 68 16 48 1st[9] QF Boško Bursać 21
1971–72 2. Div 34 20 8 6 55 21 48 1st[10] R2 Josip Mohorović 11
1972–73 2. Div 34 21 4 9 54 31 46 4th N/A Željko Mijač 8
1973–74 2. Div 34 18 11 5 44 21 47 1st↑ N/A Sergio Machin 7
1974–75 1. Div 34 9 12 13 33 43 30 14th N/A Mitropa Cup GS Josip Mohorović
Josip Skoblar		 6
1975–76 1. Div 34 9 13 12 35 37 31 11th R1 Damir Desnica
Josip Skoblar		 5
1976–77 1. Div 34 13 10 11 43 29 36 5th R2 Miodrag Kustudić 17
1977–78 1. Div 34 12 13 9 47 42 37 5th W Intertoto Cup GS Miodrag Kustudić 17
1978–79 1. Div 34 10 11 13 35 34 31 10th W UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R2 Damir Desnica 7
1979–80 1. Div 34 12 9 13 34 47 33 10th R1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QF Milan Radović 10
1980–81 1. Div 34 12 10 12 50 47 34 7th R1 Milan Radović 26
1981–82 1. Div 34 11 10 13 39 54 32 12th R2 Edmond Tomić 10
1982–83 1. Div 34 10 10 14 51 52 30 15th SF Damir Desnica 11
1983–84 1. Div 34 16 10 8 53 37 42 4th QF Damir Desnica 11
1984–85 1. Div 34 12 10 12 49 48 34 8th R2 UEFA Cup R2 Adriano Fegic 11
1985–86 1. Div 34 12 13 9 42 31 37 5th R2 Mitropa Cup 3rd Nebojša Malbaša 12
1986–87 1. Div 34 14 10 10 44 42 38 4th RU UEFA Cup R1 Janko Janković 19
1987–88 1. Div 34 9 14 11 33 39 32 8th R1 Janko Janković
Zoran Škerjanc		 9
1988–89 1. Div 34 14 7(0)[11] 13 35 34 28 10th R1 Mladen Mladenović 13
1989–90 1. Div 34 14 6(5)[12] 14 29 35 33 6th R2 Zoran Vujčić 9
1990–91 1. Div 36 13 10(3)[13] 13 33 25 29 15th QF Fabijan Komljenović 9

Croatia (1992–present)

Season League Cup European competitions Top goalscorer[14] Home league attendance[15]
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player Goals Total Average
1992 1. HNL 22 10 5 7 26 22 25  6th  SF Zoran Škerjanc
Dean Ljubančić		 6 18,300 1,664
1992–93 1. HNL 30 14 11 5 41 24 39 4th R2 Zoran Ban
Elvis Scoria		 8 33,300 2,220
1993–94 1. HNL 34 11 17 6 40 27 39 6th RU Mladen Mladenović 20 26,300 1,547
1994–95 1. HNL 30 8 10 12 22 32 34 11th QF Davor Dželalija 7 21,800 1,453
1995–96 1. HNL 36 11 8 17 46 56 41 9th QF Senad Brkić 15 42,300 2,350
1996–97 1. HNL 30 13 7 10 44 32 46 4th R2 Admir Hasančić 10 50,000 3,333
1997–98 1. HNL 32 9 14 9 36 37 41 7th R2 Admir Hasančić 11 41,900 2,619
1998–99 1. HNL 32 22 4 6 53 33 70 2nd R2 Igor Musa
Barnabás Sztipánovics		 14 128,000 8,533
1999–2000 1. HNL 33 14 7 12 54 39 49 4th QF UEFA Champions League QR2 Boško Balaban 16 51,700 3,041
2000–01 1. HNL 32 9 6 17 30 44 33 10th R1 UEFA Cup R1 Ante Milicic 10 30,400 1,900
2001–02 1. HNL 30 15 6 9 46 37 51 5th QF Natko Rački 13 39,300 2,620
2002–03 1. HNL 32 9 6 17 40 41 33 9th R1 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Sandro Klić 12 44,200 2,763
2003–04 1. HNL 32 11 9 12 36 41 42 3rd SF Sandro Klić 11 45,000 2,813
2004–05 1. HNL 32 11 14 7 52 40 47 4th W UEFA Cup QR2 Tomislav Erceg 17 61,000 3,813
2005–06 1. HNL 32 20 5 7 61 36 65 2nd W UEFA Cup QR2 Davor Vugrinec 15 68,000 4,250
2006–07 1. HNL 33 12 6 15 51 53 42 7th SF UEFA Cup QR1 Ahmad Sharbini 21 32,300 2,019
2007–08 1. HNL 33 14 11 8 53 41 53 4th R2 Radomir Đalović 18 52,800 3,106
2008–09 1. HNL 33 17 5 11 50 44 56 3rd QF UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Anas Sharbini 14 41,300 2,429
2009–10 1. HNL 30 10 10 10 49 44 40 9th R2 UEFA Europa League QR3 Radomir Đalović 10 31,300 2,087
2010–11 1. HNL 30 9 12 9 29 35 39 9th QF Hrvoje Štrok 6 36,200 2,413
2011–12 1. HNL 30 9 11 10 29 29 38 12th QF Damir Kreilach 9 34,300 2,450
2012–13 1. HNL 33 15 8 10 46 42 53 3rd R1 Leon Benko 18 69,500 4,088
2013–14 1. HNL 36 21 10 5 72 35 73 2nd W UEFA Europa League GS Leon Benko
Andrej Kramarić		 16 99,000 5,500
2014–15 1. HNL 31 19 8 4 65 24 65 2nd SF UEFA Europa League GS Andrej Kramarić 21 84,900 5,306

Totals

Official games only. Updated to games played 29 April 2015.

Competition Seasons P W D L GF GA Years contested
Yugoslav First League 29 898 310 252 336 1083 1163 1946–47, 1958–69, 1974–91
Yugoslav First League qualifiers 8 22 8 6 8 40 28 1946, 1947, 1952, 1958, 1968, 1970–72
Yugoslav second tier 13 338 196 55 87 697 368 1947–48, 1950–53, 1955–58, 1969–74
Yugoslav third tier 3 60 28 8 24 100 81 1948–49, 1953–55
Prva HNL 24 758 313 210 235 1071 888 1992–2015
Total (top tier) 53 1656 623 462 571 2154 2051 1946–47, 1958–69, 1974–2015
Total (League) 69 2076 855 531 690 2991 2528
Yugoslav Cup 37 83 37 15 31 119 122 1947–52, 1954, 1958–69, 1970–73, 1975–91
Croatian Cup 24 105 59 18 28 203 116 1992–2015
Croatian Supercup 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 2005, 2006, 2014
Total (Cup) 61 191 97 33 61 325 244
UEFA Champions League 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 1999–2000
UEFA Cup
UEFA Europa League		 9 44 19 10 15 67 50 1984–85, 1986–87, 2000–01, 2004–07, 2009–10, 2013–15
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2 10 3 3 4 8 9 1978–80
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 4 1 1 2 3 5 2002, 2008
Total (UEFA competitions) 14 60 23 14 23 79 70
Intertoto Cup 3 20 7 5 8 34 36 1962–63, 1965–66, 1977–78
Mitropa Cup 2 6 2 1 3 8 10 1974–75, 1985–86
Balkans Cup 2 12 7 1 4 24 12 1978–80
Total (Europe) 19 98 39 21 38 145 128
Total (Official Games) 69 2365 991 585 789 3461 2900

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.
  2. ↑ Only league goals taken into account.
  3. ↑ Kvarner Rijeka qualified for the inaugural season of the Yugoslav First League beating Unione Sportiva Operaia (Pula). US Operaia won the first leg in Rijeka 2-1, but Kvarner won the return leg 4-1 and qualified.
  4. ↑ Kvarner Rijeka lost to Lokomotiva Zagreb in the relegation playoff (2-3 in Rijeka, and 0-1 in Zagreb).
  5. ↑ Rijeka failed to gain promotion to the First Division. In the qualification play-off, Rijeka defeated Slavija Karlovac 3-2 (away) and 10-0 (home); defeated Metalac Zagreb 2-1 away, but lost 2-0 at home; and lost to Proleter Osijek both home (0-1) and away (0-3).
  6. ↑ Rijeka qualified for the First Division by beating Spartak (3-0) and Napredak (6-2) at home. Both away games ended in 0-0 draws.
  7. ↑ Rijeka remained in the First Division by beating Sloboda Tuzla. Rijeka lost 3-0 in Tuzla, but won 4-0 in the return leg in Rijeka to remain in the First Division.
  8. ↑ Rijeka lost to Crvenka in the qualifiers for the First Division (0-0 in Rijeka, and 2-2 in Crvenka, with Crvenka winning 6-5 after penalty shootout).
  9. ↑ Rijeka lost to Osijek in the qualifiers for the First Division (1-1 in Osijek, and 1-1 in Rijeka, with Osijek winning 6-5 after penalty shootout).
  10. ↑ Rijeka lost to Crvenka in the qualifiers for the First Division (0-3 in Crvenka, and 1-0 in Rijeka).
  11. ↑ Rijeka did not win any of the 7 penalty shootouts after a draw.
  12. ↑ Rijeka won 5 out of 6 penalty shootouts after a draw.
  13. ↑ Rijeka won 3 out of 10 penalty shootouts after a draw.
  14. ↑ Only league goals taken into account.
  15. ↑ Statistike hrvatskog nogometa