1990–91 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka
1990–91 season
ChairmanŽelimir Gruičić, Darko Čargonja
ManagerVladimir Lukarić, Nikola Filipović, Mladen Vranković, Željko Mudrovičić
First League15th
CupQuarterfinal
Top goalscorerLeague: Fabijan Komljenović (9)
All: Fabijan Komljenović (12)
Highest home attendance4,245 vs Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
(16 June 1991 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance285 vs Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Osijek
(10 March 1991 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance1,484

The 1990–91 season was the 45th season in Rijeka's history and their 29th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 6th place finish in the 1989–90 season meant it was their 17th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League. This was also the last season in which Croatian clubs participated in the Yugoslav league.

Competitions

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Yugoslav First League 5 August 1990 16 June 1991 Matchday 1 15th 36 13 10 13 33 25 +8 036.11
Yugoslav Cup 8 August 1990 21 November 1990 First round Quarterfinal 5 1 2 2 5 5 +0 020.00
Total 41 14 12 15 38 30 +8 034.15

Yugoslav First League

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Classification

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Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
13 Zemun 36 12 6 4 14 40 53 −13 30
14 Olimpija[a] 36 14 2 1 19 41 59 −18 30
15 Rijeka[a] 36 13 3 7 13 33 25 +8 29
16 Željezničar 36 11 7 6 12 35 41 −6 29
17 Budućnost 36 13 2 4 17 43 48 −5 28
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b After the season, Croatian and Slovenian clubs left the Yugoslav federation and formed their own leagues. Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Osijek and Rijeka joined 1992 Prva HNL, while Olimpija joined 1991–92 Slovenian PrvaLiga.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 13 10 13 33 25  +8 49 10 6 2 23 3  +20 3 4 11 10 22  −12

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultLDLWDWLDWWLDLWLWDWDLWLDWLLDLWLWLWDDW
Position1414181212101112979111211141113791311131511141515161415151616161715
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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First League

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Round Date Venue Opponent Score Attendance1 Rijeka Scorers
1 5 Aug H Zemun 0 – 1 1,346
2 19 Aug H Dinamo Zagreb 0 – 0 (3–1 p) 3,301
3 26 Aug A Osijek 0 – 2 668
4 2 Sep H Sarajevo 2 – 0 1,089 Komljenović, Punišić
5 16 Sep A Hajduk Split 1 – 1 (6–5 p) 6,544 Komljenović
6 23 Sep H Spartak Subotica 3 – 0 1,030 Komljenović, Punišić, Belajić
7 26 Sep A Sloboda 0 – 1 544
8 29 Sep H Red Star 0 – 0 (1–3 p) 3,855
9 6 Oct A Rad 1 – 0 168 Punišić
10 14 Oct H Proleter Zrenjanin 3 – 0 580 Stipić, Skočić, Ekmeščić
11 21 Oct A Radnički Niš 0 – 1 758
12 4 Nov H Željezničar 1 – 1 (1–4 p) 760 Komljenović
13 18 Nov A Olimpija 1 – 2 1,929 Komljenović
14 25 Nov H Budućnost 1 – 0 660 Kurtović
15 2 Dec A Velež 0 – 1 1,175
16 5 Dec H Vojvodina 3 – 0 1,000 Vulić (2), Stipić
17 9 Dec H Borac Banja Luka 0 – 0 (9–10 p) 870
18 16 Dec A Partizan 2 – 1 2,295 Rubčić, Komljenović
19 16 Feb A Zemun 0 – 0 (1–3 p) 503
20 3 Mar A Dinamo Zagreb 1 – 3 7,837 Punišić
21 10 Mar H Osijek 2 – 0 285 Punišić (p), Nestorović
22 17 Mar A Sarajevo 0 – 1 892
23 23 Mar H Hajduk Split 0 – 0 (1–3 p) 3,847
24 31 Mar A Spartak Subotica 1 – 0 580 Stipić
25 7 Apr H Sloboda 0 – 1 720
26 14 Apr A Red Star 1 – 2 9,126 Nestorović
27 21 Apr H Rad 0 – 0 (6–5 p) 688
28 27 Apr A Proleter Zrenjanin 1 – 2 732 Komljenović
29 5 May H Radnički Niš 3 – 0 680 Punišić, Florijančič, Komljenović
30 11 May A Željezničar 0 – 2 1,500
31 19 May H Olimpija 1 – 0 881 Florijančič
32 26 May A Budućnost 0 – 2 319
33 2 Jun H Velež 1 – 0 867 Komljenović
34 5 Jun A Vojvodina 1 – 1 (2–4 p) 1,000 Skočić
35 9 Jun A Borac Banja Luka 0 – 0 (3–4 p) 2,307
36 16 Jun H Partizan 3 – 0 4,245 Florijančič (2), Paliska

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

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Round Date Venue Opponent Score Rijeka Scorers
R1 8 Aug A Zadar 0 – 0 (4–2 p)
R2 15 Aug A Sloboda 0 – 2
R2 23 Aug H Sloboda 4 – 1 Komljenović (2), Vulić, Romić
QF 10 Oct H Hajduk Split 0 – 1
QF 21 Nov AR Hajduk Split 1 – 1 Komljenović

Source: rsssf.com

Squad statistics

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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
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tonči Gabrić 35 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 38 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Dragutinović 33 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 38 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Kljajić 35 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 40 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miro Stipić 29 (0) 3 5 (0) 0 34 (0) 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Fabijan Komljenović 35 (0) 9 5 (0) 3 40 (0) 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Punišić 31 (0) 6 5 (0) 0 36 (0) 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Kurtović 23 (1) 1 3 (1) 0 26 (2) 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dubravko Pavličić 26 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 31 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stojan Belajić 28 (1) 1 2 (1) 0 30 (2) 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Nestorović 17 (7) 2 2 (2) 0 19 (9) 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kazimir Vulić 28 (1) 2 3 (0) 1 31 (1) 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matjaž Florijančič 18 (0) 4 0 (0) 0 18 (0) 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Skočić 12 (7) 2 2 (2) 0 14 (9) 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mladen Romić 12 (0) 0 4 (0) 1 16 (0) 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Rubčić 9 (1) 1 1 (0) 0 10 (1) 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rade Vešović 6 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 8 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Roberto Paliska 7 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Fadil Muriqi 3 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (2) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Valdi Šumberac 2 (10) 0 0 (1) 0 2 (11) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boris Ekmeščić 1 (6) 1 1 (1) 0 2 (7) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dean Ljubančić 3 (11) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (11) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Bogdanović 1 (7) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (7) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Daniel Šarić 1 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (3) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mladen Žganjer 1 (1) 0 2 (0) 0 3 (1) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Ban 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0

Notes

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1. Data for league attendance in most cases reflects the number of sold tickets and may not be indicative of the actual attendance.

See also

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References

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  • Almanah Yu Fudbal 1990–91 [Almanac of the Yugoslav Football 1990–91] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Tempo. 1991.
  • Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.
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