1989–90 NK Rijeka season

The 1989–90 season was the 44th season in Rijeka's history and their 28th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 10th place finish in the 1988–89 season meant it was their 16th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Rijeka

1989–90 season
Chairman	Želimir Gruičić
Manager	Vladimir Lukarić
First League	6th
Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Zoran Vujčić (9) All: Zoran Vujčić (9)
Highest home attendance	7,038 vs Dinamo Zagreb (15 April 1990 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	685 vs Osijek (16 May 1990 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	2,555

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	30 July 1989	16 May 1990	Matchday 1	6th	34	14	6	14	29	35	−6	041.18
Yugoslav Cup	2 August 1989	16 August 1989	First round	Second round	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	066.67
Total					37	16	6	15	33	40	−7	043.24

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Partizan	34	18	1	3	12	51	42	+9	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Rad	34	16	4	2	12	41	31	+10	36
6	Rijeka	34	14	5	1	14	29	35	−6	33
7	Željezničar	34	14	4	2	14	37	40	−3	32
8	Olimpija	34	14	2	4	14	49	40	+9	30	Qualification for Intertoto Cup

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

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	14	6	14	29	35	−6	48	11	3	3	20	7	+13	3	3	11	9	28	−19

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	8	3	1	4	2	2	2	6	7	12	13	12	13	11	11	6	4	4	6	8	5	7	10	7	10	8	11	9	8	7	8	6	7	6

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

Matches

First League

Main article: 1989–90 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance1	Rijeka Scorers
1	30 Jul	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 0	6,277	Paliska
2	6 Aug	A	Partizan	1 – 0	8,075	Vujčić
3	13 Aug	H	Radnički Niš	2 – 0	2,624	Vujčić (2)
4	20 Aug	A	Borac Banja Luka	1 – 2	7,851	Rubčić
5	27 Aug	H	Velež	1 – 0	2,357	o.g.
6	10 Sep	H	Budućnost	0 – 0 (5–4 p)	2,590
7	17 Sep	A	Sarajevo	0 – 2	1,311
8	23 Sep	H	Rad	0 – 1	1,766
9	1 Oct	A	Olimpija	0 – 2	5,860
10	7 Oct	H	Red Star	1 – 4	5,356	Romić
11	15 Oct	A	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1 (3–4 p)	8,123	Stipić
12	22 Oct	H	Spartak Subotica	3 – 0	1,340	Vujčić (2, 2p), Scoria
13	5 Nov	A	Sloboda	0 – 1	779
14	12 Nov	H	Vojvodina	2 – 0	1,382	Vujčić (2, 1p)
15	19 Nov	A	Vardar	0 – 0 (5–4 p)	2,144
16	26 Nov	H	Željezničar	1 – 0	1,189	Vulić
17	3 Dec	A	Osijek	1 – 0	528	Vulić
18	10 Dec	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 1 (6–5 p)	3,321	Vešović
19	17 Dec	H	Partizan	0 – 1	3,226
20	18 Feb	A	Radnički Niš	0 – 3	2,440
21	25 Feb	H	Borac Banja Luka	1 – 0	1,239	Beširević
22	4 Mar	A	Velež	2 – 3	2,467	Komljenović (2)
23	11 Mar	A	Budućnost	0 – 1	1,535
24	18 Mar	H	Sarajevo	1 – 0	2,563	Kurtović
25	24 Mar	A	Rad	0 – 4	359
26	1 Apr	H	Olimpija	0 – 0 (3–2 p)	1,485
27	8 Apr	A	Red Star	0 – 1	6,177
28	15 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1 (4–1 p)	7,038	Komljenović
29	22 Apr	A	Spartak Subotica	1 – 0	2,110	Pavličić
30	25 Apr	H	Sloboda	3 – 0	1,167	Komljenović, o.g., Vujčić
31	29 Apr	A	Vojvodina	0 – 2	832
32	6 May	H	Vardar	2 – 0	1,151	Beširević, Vujčić (p)
33	13 May	A	Željezničar	1 – 4	982	Vulić
34	16 May	H	Osijek	1 – 0	685	Beširević

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1989–90 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	2 Aug	A	Orijent	1 – 0	Beširević
R2	9 Aug	A	Vardar	0 – 3
R2	16 Aug	H	Vardar	3 – 2	Beširević, o.g., Rubčić

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
Tonči Gabrić	32 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	35 (0)	0
Mladen Romić	24 (2)	1	3 (0)	0	27 (2)	1
Branko Dragutinović	22 (1)	0	3 (0)	0	25 (1)	0
Saša Peršon	29 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	32 (0)	0
Roberto Paliska	23 (1)	1	2 (0)	0	25 (1)	1
Robert Rubčić	15 (1)	1	3 (0)	1	18 (1)	2
Dušan Kljajić	26 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	29 (0)	0
Fadil Muriqi	22 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	24 (0)	0
Zoran Vujčić	33 (0)	9	3 (0)	0	36 (0)	9
Kazimir Vulić	16 (6)	3	0 (0)	0	16 (6)	3
Rade Vešović	28 (1)	1	0 (2)	0	28 (3)	1
Suad Beširević	16 (2)	3	3 (0)	2	19 (2)	5
Matjaž Florijančič	12 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	15 (0)	0
Elvis Scoria	14 (11)	1	1 (2)	0	15 (13)	1
Miro Stipić	22 (5)	1	1 (1)	0	23 (6)	1
Fabijan Komljenović	14 (1)	4	0 (0)	0	14 (1)	4
Ivan Kurtović	9 (2)	1	0 (0)	0	9 (2)	1
Dubravko Pavličić	8 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	8 (1)	1
Valdi Šumberac	1 (7)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (7)	0
Predrag Valenčić	2 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (5)	0
Nedžad Kuruzović	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Xhevdet Muriqi	2 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0
Boris Ekmeščić	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
David Sabadin	0 (7)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (7)	0
Dragan Skočić	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Daniel Šarić	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Mladen Žganjer	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0

Notes

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

• 1989–90 Yugoslav First League
• 1989–90 Yugoslav Cup

References

• Almanah Yu Fudbal 1989–90 [Almanac of the Yugoslav Football 1989–90] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Tempo. 1990.
• Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External links

• 1989–90 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1989.-90. at nk-rijeka.hr