List of HNK Rijeka seasons

This is a list of all seasons played by HNK Rijeka in domestic 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 tables below provide a summary of the club's performance by season in all official competitions, including domestic leagues, cups and European club competitions.

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

Key

SFR Yugoslavia (1946–1991)
Season League Cup European competitions Top goalscorer(s)[2]
Div. P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1946–47 1. Div[3] 26 7 7 12 27 42 21 9th↓[4] — 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 21
1951 2. Div 30 13 4 13 68 57 30 10th R2 Stojan Osojnak 19
1952 2. Div 18 15 1 2 70 11 31 1st[5] — 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 — 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 — Bruno Veselica 14
1956–57 2. Div 22 13 3 6 57 34 29 3rd — Bruno Veselica 16
1957–58 2. Div 26 20 2 4 74 18 42 1st↑[6] — Velimir Naumović 17
1958–59 1. Div 22 8 4 10 29 44 20 8th SF Ivan Medle, Velimir Naumović 9
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 9
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 10
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] — 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 — Željko Mijač 8
1973–74 2. Div 34 18 11 5 44 21 47 1st↑ — Sergio Machin 7
1974–75 1. Div 34 9 12 13 33 43 30 14th — 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
Balkans Cup W
1979–80 1. Div 34 12 9 13 34 47 33 10th R1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QF Milan Radović 10
Balkans Cup RU
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

Source: Yugoslav Football Statistics

Croatia (1992–present)
Season League Cup UEFA competitions Top goalscorer(s)[14] Home attendance
(1. HNL only)[15]
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) 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 14 136,000 8,500
1999–00 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 36 22 9 5 76 29 75 2nd SF UEFA Europa League GS Andrej Kramarić 21 94,400 5,244
2015–16 1. HNL 36 21 14 1 56 20 77 2nd SF UEFA Europa League QR2 Roman Bezjak 13 75,885 4,216
2016–17 1. HNL 36 27 7 2 71 23 88 1st W UEFA Europa League QR3 Franko Andrijašević 16 85,628 4,757
2017–18 1. HNL 36 22 4 10 75 32 70 2nd SF UEFA Champions League PO Héber Araujo dos Santos 16 87,301 4,850
UEFA Europa League GS
2018–19 1. HNL 36 19 10 7 70 36 67 2nd W UEFA Europa League QR3 Jakov Puljić 16 81,463 4,526
2019–20 1. HNL 36 19 7 10 58 42 64 3rd W UEFA Europa League PO Antonio Čolak 20 73,598 4,329
2020–21 1. HNL 36 18 7 11 51 46 61 3rd SF UEFA Europa League GS Franko Andrijašević 13 0 0
2021–22 1. HNL 36 20 5 11 71 51 65 4th RU UEFA Conference League PO Josip Drmić 21 64,576 3,798
2022–23 1. HNL 36 14 7 15 44 44 49 4th R2 UEFA Conference League QR2 Matija Frigan 14 88,046 4,891

Source: Croatian Football Statistics

Honours

References
  1. Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.
  2. League goals only.
  3. Kvarner 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 lost to Lokomotiva Zagreb in the relegation playoff (2–3 in Rijeka and 0–1 in Zagreb).
  5. Kvarner failed to gain promotion to the First Division. In the first round of qualification play-off, Rijeka defeated Slavija Karlovac 3–2 (away) and 10–0 (home). In the second round, it defeated Metalac Zagreb 2–1 away and 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 Subotica (3–0) and Napredak Kruševac (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 the return leg 4–0 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 shoot-out).
  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 shoot-out).
  10. Rijeka lost to Crvenka in the qualifiers for the First Division (0–3 in Crvenka and 1–0 in Rijeka).
  11. For three consecutive seasons (from 1988–89 to 1990–91), if a league fixture ended in a draw, penalty shoot-outs were used to determine which side will be awarded one point (the losing side did not get a point). In 1988–89, Rijeka did not win any of the 7 penalty shoot-outs after a draw.
  12. Rijeka won 5 out of 6 penalty shoot-outs after a draw.
  13. Rijeka won 3 out of 10 penalty shoot-outs after a draw.
  14. League goals only.
  15. Statistike hrvatskog nogometa
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