1998–99 HNK Rijeka season

The 1998–99 season was the 53rd season in Rijeka's history. It was their 8th season in the Prva HNL and 25th successive top tier season.

Rijeka
1998–99 season
ChairmanProf. Žarko Tomljanović
ManagerNenad Gračan
Prva HNL2nd
Croatian CupRound 2
Top goalscorerLeague: Igor Musa, Barnabás Sztipánovics (14)
All: Igor Musa (15)
Highest home attendance22,000 vs Croatia Osijek (26 May 1999 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance1,500 vs Croatia Mladost 127 (31 October 1998 - Prva HNL)
Average home league attendance8,500[1]

Competitions edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Prva HNL 9 August 1998 26 May 1999 Matchday 1 2nd 32 22 4 6 53 33 +20 068.75
Croatian Cup 9 September 1998 23 September 1998 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Total 34 23 4 7 55 35 +20 067.65

Prva HNL edit

First stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Croatia Zagreb 22 17 2 3 44 14 +30 53 Qualification to championship group
2 Rijeka 22 17 1 4 35 18 +17 52
3 Hajduk Split 22 12 6 4 38 17 +21 42
4 Osijek 22 11 3 8 37 23 +14 36
5 Varteks 22 9 3 10 40 36 +4 30
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored

Second stage (championship play-off) edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Croatia Zagreb (C) 10 5 3 2 11 6 +5 45 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rijeka 10 5 3 2 18 15 +3 44 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Hajduk Split 10 5 3 2 24 15 +9 39 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Osijek 10 3 3 4 14 16 −2 30 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 10 3 1 6 15 21 −6 23 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 Varteks 10 2 1 7 10 19 −9 22
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 22 4 6 53 33  +20 70 12 3 1 31 13  +18 10 1 5 22 20  +2

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAH
ResultWDWLWLWWWLWWWWWWWWWLWWWWWDLDLWWD
Position34343543333322222212222111113112
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

Prva HNL edit

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Attendance Rijeka Scorers Report
1 9 Aug A Cibalia 2 – 1 3,000 Musa (2) HRnogomet.com
2 16 Aug H Slaven Belupo 1 – 1 3,000 Musa HRnogomet.com
3 23 Aug A Varteks 1 – 0 5,000 Budan HRnogomet.com
4 30 Aug A Osijek 0 – 1 2,500 HRnogomet.com
5 13 Sep H Zagreb 1 – 0 4,000 Čačić HRnogomet.com
6 20 Sep A Hajduk Split 1 – 3 6,000 Musa HRnogomet.com
7 27 Sep H Šibenik 3 – 1 2,000 Musa, Mijatović, Ivančić HRnogomet.com
8 4 Oct A Zadarkomerc 1 – 0 2,000 Sztipánovics HRnogomet.com
10 24 Oct AR Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0 – 1 1,000 HRnogomet.com
11 31 Oct H Mladost 127 1 – 0 1,500 Musa HRnogomet.com
12 7 Nov H Cibalia 2 – 0 2,000 Sztipánovics, Musa HRnogomet.com
9 11 Nov H Croatia Zagreb 1 – 0 10,000 Ivančić HRnogomet.com
13 15 Nov A Slaven Belupo 3 – 1 1,000 Musa, Čačić, Sztipánovics HRnogomet.com
14 22 Nov H Varteks 3 – 2 2,500 Sztipánovics (2), Musa HRnogomet.com
15 29 Nov H Osijek 1 – 0 6,000 Balaban HRnogomet.com
17 13 Dec H Hajduk Split 2 – 1 15,000 Hasančić (2) HRnogomet.com
16 17 Feb A Zagreb 2 – 1 2,500 Sztipánovics (2) HRnogomet.com
18 21 Feb A Šibenik 1 – 0 3,000 Milinović HRnogomet.com
19 28 Feb H Zadarkomerc 4 – 1 10,000 Agić, Hasančić, Musa, Sztipánovics HRnogomet.com
20 7 Mar A Croatia Zagreb 0 – 3 20,000 HRnogomet.com
21 14 Mar H Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3 – 0 8,000 Musa, Hasančić, Sztipánovics HRnogomet.com
22 21 Mar A Mladost 127 2 – 1 3,500 Hasančić, Musa HRnogomet.com
23 17 Apr H Varteks 2 – 1 5,000 Pilipović (2) HRnogomet.com
24 21 Apr A Croatia Zagreb 1 – 0 3,000 Balaban HRnogomet.com
25 25 Apr H Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3 – 0 10,000 Sztipánovics (2), Musa HRnogomet.com
26 2 May H Hajduk Split 3 – 3 20,000 Hasančić, Balaban, Sztipánovics HRnogomet.com
27 9 May A Osijek 2 – 5 2,500 Hasančić, Balaban HRnogomet.com
28 12 May A Varteks 1 – 1 4,000 Hasančić HRnogomet.com
29 16 May H Croatia Zagreb 0 – 2 15,000 HRnogomet.com
30 19 May AR Hrvatski Dragovoljac 2 – 1 1,500 Sztipánovics, Čačić HRnogomet.com
31 23 May A Hajduk Split 3 – 1 40,000 Čačić, Hasančić, Sztipánovics HRnogomet.com
32 26 May H Osijek 1 – 1 22,000 Musa HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup edit

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Attendance Rijeka Scorers Report
R1 9 Sep A Halubjan 2 – 1 1,000 Musa, Budan HRnogomet.com
R2 23 Sep A Cibalia 0 – 1 500 HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Squad statistics edit

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
  Đoni Tafra 32 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 34 (0) 0
  Mladen Ivančić 28 (0) 2 2 (0) 0 30 (0) 2
  Damir Milinović 30 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 31 (0) 1
  Andre Mijatović 28 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 30 (0) 1
  Dalibor Višković 28 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 29 (1) 0
  Jasmin Agić 19 (5) 1 1 (1) 0 20 (6) 1
  Božidar Čačić 22 (0) 4 1 (0) 0 23 (0) 4
  Renato Pilipović 27 (1) 2 2 (0) 0 29 (1) 2
  Goran Brajković 16 (9) 0 2 (0) 0 18 (9) 0
  Admir Hasančić 23 (4) 9 0 (0) 0 23 (4) 9
  Igor Musa 30 (0) 14 2 (0) 1 32 (0) 15
  Barnabás Sztipánovics 24 (2) 14 0 (0) 0 24 (2) 14
  Mauro Tomišić 15 (5) 0 1 (0) 0 15 (5) 0
  Boško Balaban 7 (16) 4 0 (2) 0 7 (18) 4
  Igor Budan 16 (7) 1 2 (0) 1 18 (7) 2
  Ilija Kljajić 2 (5) 0 2 (0) 0 4 (5) 0
  Kristijan Čaval 4 (2) 0 1 (0) 0 5 (2) 0
  Dražen Bošković 1 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0
  Slađanko Marić 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (3) 0
  Mićo Peranović 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0
  Zdravko Šimić 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0
  Yoshika Matsubara 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Gledatelji po klubovima 1998-1999". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

External links edit