1985–86 NK Rijeka season

The 1985–86 season was the 40th season in Rijeka's history and their 24th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 8th place finish in the 1984–85 season meant it was their 12th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Rijeka

1985–86 season
Chairman	Stjepko Gugić, Dragan Krčelić
Manager	Josip Skoblar
First League	5th
Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Nebojša Malbaša (12) All: Nebojša Malbaša (14)
Highest home attendance	16,000 vs Hajduk Split (9 Mar 1986 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Budućnost and Dinamo Vinkovci (6 October 1985 and 2 March 1986 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	5,588

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	11 August 1985	14 June 1986	Matchday 1	5th	34	12	13	9	42	31	+11	035.29
Yugoslav Cup	30 October 1985	20 November 1985	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Total					36	13	13	10	46	33	+13	036.11

Yugoslav First League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Velež	34	13	11	10	64	50	+14	37	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Hajduk Split	34	15	7	12	55	44	+11	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Rijeka	34	12	13	9	42	31	+11	37
6	Dinamo Zagreb	34	11	14	9	53	43	+10	36
7	Željezničar	34	15	5	14	58	63	−5	35

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	12	13	9	42	31	+11	49	11	5	1	28	7	+21	1	8	8	14	24	−10

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D
Position	11	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	9	11	12	14	11	15	14	13	14	13	9	10	10	10	9	9	6	7	6	7	5	6	5	5	4	5

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

Matches

First League

Main article: 1985–86 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
1	11 Aug	A	Dinamo Vinkovci	1 – 2	3,000	Gračan
2	18 Aug	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 1	16,000
3	21 Aug	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 0	14,000
4	25 Aug	A	Željezničar	1 – 3	5,000	Gračan (p)
5	1 Sep	H	Sloboda	3 – 0	4,000	Gračan (2, 1p), Škerjanc
6	4 Sep	A	OFK Beograd	3 – 1	4,000	Matrljan (2), Janković
7	8 Sep	H	Red Star	1 – 1	15,000	Valenčić
8	15 Sep	A	Vardar	0 – 4	7,000
9	6 Oct	H	Budućnost	1 – 0	2,000	Valenčić
10	9 Oct	A	Sutjeska	0 – 1	3,000
11	13 Oct	H	Priština	0 – 1	4,000
12	20 Oct	A	Sarajevo	1 – 2	1,500	Janković (p)
13	27 Oct	H	Velež	3 – 3	3,000	Malbaša (3)
14	3 Nov	A	Osijek	0 – 0	2,000
15	24 Nov	H	Partizan	1 – 0	8,000	Janković
16	1 Dec	A	Vojvodina	0 – 0	4,000
17	8 Dec	H	Čelik	1 – 1	3,000	Janković (p)
18	2 Mar	H	Dinamo Vinkovci	2 – 0	2,000	Malbaša, Gračan
19	9 Mar	H	Hajduk Split	3 – 0	16,000	Janković, Malbaša (2)
20	16 Mar	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 0	15,000
21	23 Mar	H	Željezničar	0 – 0	5,000
22	30 Mar	A	Sloboda	2 – 2	3,000	Gračan, Matrljan
23	6 Apr	H	OFK Beograd	2 – 0	3,000	Matrljan, Malbaša
24	12 Apr	A	Red Star	1 – 1	6,000	Kotur
25	20 Apr	H	Vardar	2 – 0	4,000	Matrljan, Malbaša
26	27 Apr	A	Budućnost	1 – 2	7,000	Malbaša
27	4 May	H	Sutjeska	3 – 1	3,000	Janković (p), Malbaša, Mladenović
28	7 May	A	Priština	1 – 2	15,000	Matrljan
29	18 May	H	Sarajevo	2 – 0	3,000	Kotur, Malbaša
30	25 May	A	Velež	1 – 1	6,000	Janković (p)
31	28 May	H	Osijek	1 – 0	3,000	Malbaša
32	1 Jun	A	Partizan	1 – 1	10,000	Mladenović
33	8 Jun	H	Vojvodina	3 – 0	3,000	Gračan, Matrljan, Janković
34	14 Jun	A	Čelik	1 – 1	1,000	Janković (p)

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1985–86 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	30 Oct	H	Belasica	4 – 1	Janković (p), Matrljan, Malbaša (2)
R2	20 Nov	A	Budućnost	0 – 1

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	29 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	30 (0)	0
Nikica Milenković	33 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	35 (0)	0
Borče Sredojević	27 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	28 (0)	0
Boris Tičić	16 (10)	0	1 (0)	0	17 (10)	0
Igor Jelavić	23 (3)	0	1 (0)	0	24 (3)	0
Roberto Paliska	26 (2)	0	2 (0)	0	28 (2)	0
Vlado Kotur	26 (5)	2	2 (0)	0	28 (5)	2
Nenad Gračan	30 (0)	7	1 (1)	0	31 (1)	7
Davor Radmanović	3 (9)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (9)	0
Jovan Savić	5 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	6 (0)	0
Danko Matrljan	28 (4)	7	1 (0)	1	29 (4)	8
Nebojša Malbaša	31 (2)	12	2 (0)	2	33 (2)	14
Predrag Valenčić	20 (7)	2	2 (0)	0	22 (7)	2
Janko Janković	32 (0)	9	2 (0)	1	34 (0)	10
Rade Ljepojević	23 (4)	0	2 (0)	0	25 (4)	0
Mladen Mladenović	7 (4)	2	0 (0)	0	7 (4)	2
Zoran Škerjanc	10 (8)	1	1 (0)	0	11 (8)	1
Robert Rubčić	2 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	2 (4)	0
Željko Cupać	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0
Nevenko Vasiljević	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Danko Peranić	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
B Radojević	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Zoran Šestan	2 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (2)	0

See also

• 1985–86 Yugoslav First League
• 1985–86 Yugoslav Cup

References

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

External links

• 1985–86 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1985.-86. at nk-rijeka.hr