1982–83 NK Rijeka season

The 1982–83 season was the 37th season in Rijeka’s history and their 21st season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 12th place finish in the 1981–82 season meant it was their ninth successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Rijeka

1982–83 season
Chairman	Davor Sušanj
Manager	Marijan Brnčić, Josip Skoblar
First League	15th
Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	League: Damir Desnica (11) All: Damir Desnica (13)
Highest home attendance	12,000 (4 times - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 vs Željezničar (20 November 1982 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	5,059

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	15 August 1982	26 June 1983	Matchday 1	15th	34	10	10	14	51	52	−1	029.41
Yugoslav Cup	26 October 1982	27 April 1983	First round	Semifinal	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	075.00
Total					38	13	10	15	60	56	+4	034.21

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Velež	34	11	9	14	54	57	−3	31
14	Budućnost	34	11	9	14	39	52	−13	31
15	Rijeka	34	10	10	14	51	52	−1	30
16	Osijek	34	11	7	16	48	51	−3	29
17	OFK Belgrade (R)	34	9	10	15	38	45	−7	28	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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
34	10	10	14	51	52	−1	40	9	6	2	33	18	+15	1	4	12	18	34	−16

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	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D
Position	1	2	4	4	8	5	6	6	11	14	10	9	12	14	15	14	15	12	15	16	16	14	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15

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

Matches

First League

Main article: 1982–83 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
1	15 Aug	A	Budućnost	5 – 1	4,000	Tomić (2), Desnica (2), Malbaša
2	22 Aug	H	Red Star	1 – 0	12,000	Desnica
3	29 Aug	A	Partizan	0 – 2	12,000
4	1 Sep	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	12,000	Tomić
5	5 Sep	A	Velež	1 – 3	3,000	Lukić
6	12 Sep	H	Osijek	5 – 2	4,000	Lukić, Gračan, Malbaša, Desnica, Fegic
7	19 Sep	A	Sarajevo	1 – 2	8,000	Malbaša
8	26 Sep	A	Sloboda	1 – 1	4,000	Fegic
9	3 Oct	H	Vardar	1 – 2	3,000	Ćelović
10	7 Oct	A	Vojvodina	2 – 4	3,000	Desnica, Malbaša
11	17 Oct	H	Galenika	3 – 2	2,000	Tomić (2), Gračan
12	24 Oct	A	OFK Beograd	2 – 2	1,028	Desnica, Tomić
13	31 Oct	H	Radnički Niš	1 – 1	2,000	Fegic
14	7 Nov	A	Dinamo Vinkovci	1 – 3	2,000	Lukić
15	20 Nov	H	Željezničar	0 – 1	1,500
16	28 Nov	A	Olimpija	1 – 1	1,000	Radin
17	5 Dec	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	12,000	o.g.
18	6 Mar	H	Budućnost	2 – 0	4,000	Lukić, Desnica
19	13 Mar	A	Red Star	1 – 2	15,000	Desnica
20	20 Mar	H	Partizan	2 – 2	12,000	Gračan, Matrljan
21	27 Mar	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 1	8,000
22	3 Apr	H	Velež	2 – 1	3,000	Ružić, Kustudić
23	10 Apr	A	Osijek	0 – 2	5,000
24	13 Apr	H	Sarajevo	3 – 0	3,000	Milenković, Ćelović, Ružić
25	16 Apr	H	Sloboda	1 – 1	2,000	Matrljan
26	1 May	A	Vardar	0 – 1	5,000
27	8 May	H	Vojvodina	0 – 0	3,000
28	15 May	A	Galenika	1 – 3	1,500	Desnica
29	22 May	H	OFK Beograd	2 – 0	4,500	Gračan, Ružić
30	29 May	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 2	7,000	Malbaša
31	4 Jun	H	Dinamo Vinkovci	6 – 3	3,000	Matrljan (2), Gračan, Malbaša, Škerjanc, o.g.
32	12 Jun	A	Željezničar	0 – 3	1,500
33	19 Jun	H	Olimpija	2 – 1	3,000	Desnica, Ružić
34	26 Jun	A	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	15,000	Desnica

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1982–83 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	26 Oct	A	Viko-Omladinac	4 – 0	Gračan, Desnica, Matrljan, Juričić
R2	10 Nov	A	Red Star	3 – 1	Lukić, Desnica, Gračan
QF	23 Mar	H	Vojvodina	1 – 0	o.g.
SF	27 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 3	Lukić

Source: rsssf.com

Squad statistics

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
Mauro Ravnić	16 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	18 (0)	0
Nikica Milenković	32 (0)	1	4 (0)	0	36 (0)	1
Zvjezdan Radin	32 (0)	1	3 (0)	0	35 (0)	1
Nikola Marjanović	32 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	36 (0)	0
Feriz Ćelović	8 (14)	2	1 (1)	0	9 (15)	2
Srećko Juričić	32 (0)	0	4 (0)	1	36 (0)	1
Damir Desnica	32 (1)	11	3 (1)	2	35 (2)	13
Nenad Gračan	31 (0)	5	4 (0)	2	35 (0)	7
Adriano Fegic	15 (0)	3	2 (0)	0	17 (0)	3
Milan Ružić	17 (1)	4	2 (0)	0	19 (1)	4
Edmond Tomić	9 (3)	6	0 (0)	0	9 (3)	6
Duško Lukić	25 (3)	4	2 (0)	2	27 (3)	6
Danko Peranić	7 (1)	0	3 (0)	0	10 (1)	0
Danko Matrljan	11 (9)	4	2 (1)	1	13 (10)	5
Nebojša Malbaša	30 (1)	6	3 (1)	0	33 (2)	6
Zoran Šestan	13 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	13 (4)	0
Jovan Savić	8 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	9 (0)	0
Neshat Zhavelli	10 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	11 (0)	0
Mladen Stipančić	1 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (2)	0
Boris Tičić	5 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (2)	0
Robert Rubčić	0 (8)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (8)	0
Miodrag Kustudić	1 (2)	1	1 (0)	0	2 (2)	1
Rade Ljepojević	3 (3)	0	1 (0)	0	4 (3)	0
Zoran Mršić	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Milan Bačvarević	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
Mladen Mladenović	0 (7)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (7)	0
Zoran Škerjanc	3 (3)	1	0 (0)	0	3 (3)	1

See also

• 1982–83 Yugoslav First League
• 1982–83 Yugoslav Cup

References

• Almanah Jugoslavenskog Fudbala 1978–86 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.
• Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

• 1982–83 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1982.-83. at nk-rijeka.hr