2009–10 HNK Rijeka season

The 2009–10 season was the 64th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 19th season in the Prva HNL and 36th successive top tier season.

Rijeka

2009–10 season
Chairman	Ivan Turčić
Manager	Robert Rubčić, Zoran Vulić, Nenad Gračan
Stadium	Stadion Kantrida
Prva HNL	9th
Croatian Cup	Round 2
Europa League	Qualifying Round 3
Top goalscorer	League: Radomir Đalović (10) All: Radomir Đalović (11)
Highest home attendance	7,500 vs Metalist Kharkiv (30 July 2009 - Europa League)
Lowest home attendance	800 (2 times - Prva HNL)
Average home league attendance	2,087

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva HNL	27 July 2009	31 May 2010	Matchday 1	9th	30	10	10	10	49	44	+5	033.33
Croatian Cup	23 September 2009	27 October 2009	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
Europa League	16 July 2009	6 August 2009	QR2	QR3	4	1	0	3	4	5	−1	025.00
Total					36	12	10	14	55	53	+2	033.33

Prva HNL

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Slaven Belupo	30	11	10	9	44	45	−1	43
8	Lokomotiva	30	12	6	12	35	38	−3	42
9	Rijeka	30	10	10	10	49	44	+5	40
10	Varteks	30	9	9	12	36	43	−7	36
11	Istra 1961	30	9	8	13	31	40	−9	35

Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away 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
30	10	10	10	49	44	+5	40	8	5	2	37	18	+19	2	5	8	12	26	−14

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L
Position	2	3	2	6	4	6	5	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 2009–10 Croatian First Football League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
1	26 Jul	H	Lokomotiva	6 – 0	3,000	Ah. Sharbini (3), An. Sharbini (3)	HRnogomet.com
2	2 Aug	A	Varteks	1 – 1	2,000	Turkalj	HRnogomet.com
3	9 Aug	H	Zagreb	3 – 1	2,000	Budicin, Gerc, Fernández	HRnogomet.com
4	15 Aug	A	Cibalia	0 – 1	3,500		HRnogomet.com
5	23 Aug	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 0	7,000	Fernández (2)	HRnogomet.com
6	29 Aug	A	Šibenik	0 – 1	2,000		HRnogomet.com
7	12 Sep	H	Karlovac	1 – 1	2,000	Tadejević	HRnogomet.com
8	20 Sep	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 6	1,500		HRnogomet.com
9	26 Sep	H	Međimurje	4 – 0	1,000	Matko (2), Fernández (2)	HRnogomet.com
10	3 Oct	AR	Croatia Sesvete	2 – 1	74	Turkalj, Fernández	HRnogomet.com
11	17 Oct	H	Osijek	1 – 1	1,000	Čulina	HRnogomet.com
12	24 Oct	A	Zadar	1 – 1	1,200	Đalović	HRnogomet.com
13	31 Oct	H	Slaven Belupo	2 – 3	800	Pamić, o.g.	HRnogomet.com
14	7 Nov	A	Inter Zaprešić	0 – 3	300		HRnogomet.com
15	21 Nov	H	Istra 1961	2 – 0	1,500	Štrok, Križman	HRnogomet.com
16	28 Nov	A	Lokomotiva	0 – 3	300		HRnogomet.com
17	5 Dec	H	Varteks	3 – 3	800	Đalović (2), Križman	HRnogomet.com
18	26 Feb	A	Zagreb	1 – 1	800	Đalović	HRnogomet.com
19	6 Mar	H	Cibalia	1 – 1	2,500	Križman	HRnogomet.com
20	13 Mar	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	10,000	Kreilach	HRnogomet.com
21	20 Mar	H	Šibenik	0 – 1	1,500		HRnogomet.com
22	27 Mar	A	Karlovac	0 – 2	1,000		HRnogomet.com
23	3 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 2	5,000	Štrok, Pamić	HRnogomet.com
24	10 Apr	A	Međimurje	5 – 1	500	Gerc (3), Kreilach, Đalović	HRnogomet.com
25	14 Apr	H	Croatia Sesvete	4 – 2	1,000	Đalović (2), Štrok (2)	HRnogomet.com
26	17 Apr	A	Osijek	0 – 1	1,500		HRnogomet.com
27	24 Apr	H	Zadar	3 – 2	1,000	Đalović, Budicin, Pamić	HRnogomet.com
28	1 May	A	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	1,200	Križman	HRnogomet.com
29	8 May	H	Inter Zaprešić	3 – 1	1,200	Đalović (2), Gerc	HRnogomet.com
30	13 May	A	Istra 1961	0 – 2	2,500		HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	23 Sep	AR	MV Croatia	2 – 0	1,500	Đalović, Matko	HRnogomet.com
R2	27 Oct	A	Šibenik	0 – 4	1,500		HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Europa League

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
QR2	16 Jul	A	Differdange	0 – 1	800		HRnogomet.com
QR2	23 Jul	H	Differdange	3 – 0	4,000	Cerić, An. Sharbini, Ah. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
QR3	30 Jul	H	Metalist Kharkiv	1 – 2	7,500	Ah. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
QR3	6 Aug	A	Metalist Kharkiv	0 – 2	15,000		HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.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	Apps	Goals
	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Ivan Mance	18 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	22 (0)	0
Velimir Radman	12 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	14 (0)	0
Alen Pamić	26 (0)	3	2 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	31 (0)	3
Igor Čagalj	26 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	32 (0)	0
Fausto Budicin	26 (1)	2	2 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	32 (1)	2
Davor Landeka	25 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	30 (0)	0
Hrvoje Štrok	25 (4)	4	1 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	30 (4)	4
Sandi Križman	15 (2)	4	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	17 (2)	4
Ramón Ignacio Fernández	18 (9)	6	2 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	23 (9)	6
Radomir Đalović	20 (1)	10	1 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	21 (2)	11
Matija Matko	11 (4)	2	1 (0)	1	1 (1)	0	13 (5)	3
Damir Kreilach	16 (9)	2	0 (2)	0	1 (2)	0	17 (13)	2
Vedran Turkalj	14 (2)	2	1 (0)	0	1 (1)	0	16 (3)	2
Vlade Lazarevski	9 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (0)	0
Denis Ljubović	12 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	12 (3)	0
Mario Tadejević	12 (5)	1	2 (0)	0	2 (1)	0	16 (6)	1
Vedran Gerc	8 (6)	5	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	10 (6)	5
Kenan Čejvanović	9 (5)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (1)	0	11 (6)	0
Tarik Cerić	7 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	3 (0)	1	11 (1)	1
Mikael Yourassowsky	7 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (0)	0
Johann Smith	0 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (3)	0	1 (8)	0
Nastja Čeh	3 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (5)	0
Anas Sharbini	1 (0)	3	0 (0)	0	3 (0)	1	4 (0)	4
Ahmad Sharbini	1 (0)	3	0 (0)	0	3 (0)	2	4 (0)	5
Valentino Stepčić	5 (4)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	5 (5)	0
Mislav Karoglan	2 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (4)	0
Jonatan Germano	0 (4)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (4)	0
Antonini Čulina	2 (3)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (3)	1
Marin Datković	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0
Ivan Bijelić	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (3)	0
Dino Raspor	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
Matej Šućurović	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0

See also

• 2009–10 Prva HNL
• 2009–10 Croatian Cup
• 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

External sources

• 2009–10 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
• 2009–10 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
• Prvenstvo 2009.-2010. at nk-rijeka.hr