HNK Rijeka Reserves and Academy

Rijeka II

Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka II
Founded	4 June 2014 (2014-06-04)
Ground	Stadion Rujevica
Ground Capacity	5,786
Chairman	Damir Mišković
Manager	Ranko Buketa
League	Croatian Third Football League
2014–15	2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

HNK Rijeka Academy are the youth team of HNK Rijeka. There are a total of eleven age categories within the academy, the oldest being the Juniori (under-19) and youngest the Morčići (under-8). Rijeka's football academy was officially founded in 1972. Currently, there are approximately 400 youth in the academy.^[1]

HNK Rijeka II are the reserve team of HNK Rijeka. Rijeka II was formed in June 2014 and initially replaced the club's U-19 team. From the 2014–15 season, Rijeka II competes in Croatia’s reorganised Third Division. The reserve teams are unable to play in the same division as their senior teams. Therefore, Rijeka II is ineligible for promotion to the Prva HNL and may progress only up to Druga HNL as long as the senior team is in Prva HNL. Reserve team is also not permitted to enter the Croatian Cup. The reserve team is intended to be the final step between the Academy and the first team, and is made up of promising youngsters between the age of 18 and 21, with up to five players over the age of 21 eligible to play each week.^[2]

Reserves

Current squad (Rijeka II)

As of 11 February 2016.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ivan Nevistić 12 GK Ayotunde Ikuepamitan 22 GK Giuliano Popović 2 DF Fausto Budicin 3 DF Luka Cvetković 5 DF Antonio Lebar 6 DF Luka Čanković 14 DF Dino Šarković 15 DF Yusuf Musa 16 DF Ivan Lucić DF Jamilu Collins 7 MF Filip Frančišković

No. Position Player 8 MF Roko Nakić 10 MF Edin Fatić 17 MF Mihael Rebernik 18 MF Marko Šarić 23 MF Mateo Furijan 11 FW Mate Bajić 13 FW Matko Budan 14 FW Miroslav Iličić 19 FW Dario Vizinger 20 FW Duje Mrdeša 21 FW Danijel Šutić

Recent seasons

Key

League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position.

The Academy

Current staff

As of 3 January 2016.^[4]

• Head of Academy: Predrag Stilinović
• Academy Head of development analysis: Boris Milanović
• Academy Physiotherapist: Marin Polonijo
• Academy Doctor: Boban Dangubić
• Academy Sports Scientist: Mario Jovanović
• Academy Goalkeeping Coach (U14 & U15): Marijan Jantoljak
• Academy Goalkeeping Coach (U16, U17 & U18): Velimir Radman
• Rijeka II Manager: Ranko Buketa
• Rijeka II Assistant Manager: Igor Tkalčević
• Rijeka II Goalkeeping Coach: Giuseppe Benatelli
• Under 18 Manager: Dario Dabac
• Under 17 Manager: Dario Jagačić
• Under 16 Manager: Danko Matrljan
• Under 15 Manager: Danilo Butorović
• Under 14 Manager: Dragan Meić
• Under 13 Manager: Zdravko Šimić
• Under 12 Manager: Igor Tkalčević
• Under 11 Manager: Vanja Gregorović
• Under 10 Manager: Željko Damjanović
• Under 9 Manager: Amir Hadžibeganović
• Under 8 Manager: Kristijan Čaval
• Abuja Academy (Nigeria) Coaches: Božo Matijević, Renzo Gobbo & Renato Pilipović

Honours

• Croatian Championship U-19 (5): 1981, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2014 ^[5][6]
• Yugoslav Cup U-18 (1): 1982 ^[7]
• Croatian Cup U-19 (4): 1992, 1993, 1997, 2007
• Croatian Cup U-17 (1): 1994
• Kvarnerska Rivijera U-20 (Rijeka, Croatia) (18): 1957, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 ^[8]
• Bellinzona U-18 (Bellinzona, Switzerland) (3): 1955, 1956, 1965 ^[9]
• Torneo di Viareggio U-18 (Viareggio, Italy) Fourth place: 1970

References

External links

• Rijeka II
• Rijeka Academy
• Prva HNL (Academy)
• Treća HNL West