1979–80 NK Rijeka season

The 1979–80 season was the 34th season in Rijeka’s history and their 18th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 10th place finish in the 1978–79 season meant it was their sixth successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Rijeka
1979–80 season
ChairmanZvonko Poščić, Nikola Jurčević
ManagerMiroslav Blažević
First League10th
CupRound 1
Cup Winners’ CupQuarterfinal
Balkans CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Milan Radović (10)
All: Milan Radović (12)
Highest home attendance22,000 vs Italy Juventus
(5 March 1980 - European Cup Winners' Cup)
Lowest home attendance2,000 (4 times - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance5,353

Competitions edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Yugoslav First League 15 July 1979 29 June 1980 Matchday 1 10th 34 12 9 13 34 47 −13 035.29
Yugoslav Cup 19 October 1979 19 October 1979 First round First round 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
European Cup Winners' Cup 19 September 1979 19 March 1980 First round Quarterfinal 6 2 2 2 5 5 +0 033.33
Total 41 14 12 15 40 53 −13 034.15

Yugoslav First League edit

Classification edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Velež 34 13 8 13 44 39 +5 34 Qualification for Balkans Cup
9 Željezničar 34 9 15 10 41 47 −6 33
10 Rijeka 34 12 9 13 34 47 −13 33
11 Budućnost 34 10 12 12 34 34 0 32
12 Dinamo Zagreb 34 9 14 11 43 44 −1 32 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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
34 12 9 13 34 47  −13 45 9 8 0 23 7  +16 3 1 13 11 40  −29

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHA
ResultLWLWDLDWDLWLDLWLDWLWWLDLWWLWDDDLWL
Position17121410111314111111111112131214131113121011101412810799913910
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

First League edit

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Attendance Rijeka Scorers
1 15 Jul A Vardar 1 – 3 20,000 Cukrov
2 22 Jul H Čelik 1 – 0 3,500 Jerolimov
3 29 Jul A Napredak Kruševac 1 – 5 20,000 Radović
4 1 Aug A Budućnost 2 – 1 5,000 Radović (2)
5 4 Aug H Sarajevo 1 – 1 2,000 Ružić
6 12 Aug A Partizan 0 – 2 25,000
7 19 Aug H Osijek 0 – 0 5,000
8 26 Aug A Sloboda 1 – 0 5,000 Desnica
9 2 Sep H Borac Banja Luka 0 – 0 8,000
10 6 Sep A Velež 1 – 3 5,000 Tomić
11 9 Sep H Olimpija 2 – 0 5,000 Radović, Nikolić
12 7 Oct A Vojvodina 1 – 3 2,000 Bursać
13 14 Oct H Željezničar 2 – 2 6,000 Tomić (2)
14 20 Oct A Red Star 0 – 3 17,000
15 3 Nov H Hajduk Split 2 – 0 15,000 Radović (2)
16 17 Nov A Dinamo Zagreb 1 – 5 5,000 Radović
17 25 Nov H Radnički Niš 0 – 0 5,000
18 1 Mar H Vardar 4 – 0 2,000 Hrstić, Tomić, Radović, Bačvarević
19 9 Mar A Čelik 0 – 1 5,000
20 12 Mar H Napredak Kruševac 2 – 1 3,000 Radović, Mijač
21 15 Mar H Budućnost 2 – 0 2,000 Mijač, Fegic
22 6 Apr A Sarajevo 0 – 2 9,000
23 13 Apr H Partizan 0 – 0 8,000
24 20 Apr A Osijek 0 – 2 2,000
25 4 May H Sloboda 1 – 0 2,000 Tomić
26 11 May H Velež 1 – 0 3,000 Tomić
27 18 May A Borac Banja Luka 0 – 3 4,000
28 25 May A Olimpija 1 – 0 5,000 Tomić
29 1 Jun H Vojvodina 1 – 1 3,000 Ružić
30 5 Jun A Željezničar 1 – 1 15,000 Tomić
31 8 Jun H Red Star 2 – 2 10,000 Ružić, Bursać
32 15 Jun A Hajduk Split 1 – 4 8,000 Ružić
33 22 Jun H Dinamo Zagreb 2 – 0 8,000 Radović, Ružić
34 29 Jun A Radnički Niš 0 – 2 6,000

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup edit

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Rijeka Scorers
R1 17 Oct A Sarajevo 1 – 1 (2–4 p) Tomić

Source: rsssf.com

Cup Winners' Cup edit

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Attendance Rijeka Scorers
R1 19 Sep A Beerschot   0 – 0 14,000
R1 3 Oct H Beerschot   2 – 1 12,000 Radović (2)
R2 24 Oct A Lokomotíva Košice   0 – 2 5,000
R2 7 Nov H Lokomotíva Košice   3 – 0 18,000 Desnica (3)
QF 5 Mar H Juventus   0 – 0 22,000
QF 19 Mar A Juventus   0 – 2 55,000

Source: worldfootball.net

Squad statistics edit

Competitive matches only.

Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League Cup Europe Total
  Radojko Avramović 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1 0
  Sergio Machin 27+1 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 34 0
  Nikica Cukrov 16+0 1 1+0 0 4+0 0 21 1
  Savo Filipović 8+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 9 0
  Zvjezdan Radin 16+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 22 0
  Miloš Hrstić 24+0 1 1+0 0 6+0 0 31 1
  Milan Ružić 26+0 5 0+0 0 6+0 0 32 5
  Srećko Juričić 32+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0 39 0
  Milan Radović 29+0 10 1+0 0 6+0 2 36 12
  Damir Desnica 13+0 1 1+0 0 4+0 3 18 4
  Dragoljub Bursać 5+5 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 11 2
  Nikica Milenković 15+3 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 24 0
  Duško Lukić 16+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 18 0
  Željko Mijač 16+5 2 0+1 0 2+0 0 24 2
  Ive Jerolimov 19+5 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 26 1
  Miroslav Šugar 17+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 19 0
  Adriano Fegic 8+3 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 12 1
  Edmond Tomić 18+8 8 1+0 1 3+2 0 32 9
  Milan Bačvarević 13+2 1 1+0 0 3+1 0 20 1
  Mauro Ravnić 30+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0 37 0
  Željko Maretić 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 8 0
  Danko Peranić 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1 0
  Željko Nikolić 8+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 11 1
  Nebojša Petrović 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 6 0
  Nenad Gračan 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3 0
  Milivoj Pršo 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2 0
  Neshat Zhavelli 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3 0
  Rade Ljepojević 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1 0
  Mladen Stipančić 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1 0

See also edit

References edit

  • 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 edit