1997–98 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka 1997–98 football season

Rijeka
1997–98 season
Chairman	Prof. Žarko Tomljanović
Manager	Branko Ivanković, Nenad Gračan
Prva HNL	7th
Croatian Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Admir Hasančić (11) All: Admir Hasančić (11)
Highest home attendance	7,500 vs Croatia Zagreb (21 September 1997 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 (2 times - Prva HNL)
Average home league attendance	2,619^[1]
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 season was the 52nd season in Rijeka's history. It was their 7th season in the Prva HNL and 24th successive top tier season.

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva HNL	3 August 1997	10 May 1998	Matchday 1	7th	32	9	14	9	36	37	−1	028.13
Croatian Cup	6 August 1997	1 October 1997	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					34	10	14	10	39	39	+0	029.41

Prva HNL

Classification

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Osijek	22	9	5	8	29	26	+3	32	Qualification to championship group
6	Zadarkomerc	22	8	4	10	25	24	+1	28	Qualification to championship group
7	Rijeka	22	5	11	6	20	24	−4	26	Qualification to relegation group
8	Varteks	22	6	6	10	24	32	−8	24
9	Slaven Belupo	22	6	5	11	20	43	−23	23^[a]

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
Notes:

^ Head-to-head record: Slaven Belupo–Mladost 127 2–0, Mladost 127–Slaven Belupo 2–1.

Second stage (relegation play-off)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Rijeka	10	4	3	3	16	13	+3	28
8	Šibenik	10	5	3	2	16	8	+8	27
9	Slaven Belupo	10	5	0	5	11	13	−2	27
10	Varteks	10	4	2	4	10	12	−2	26	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	Mladost 127 (O)	10	4	1	5	13	11	+2	25	Qualification to relegation play-off
12	Samobor (R)	10	3	1	6	11	20	−9	21	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League

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
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
32	9	14	9	36	37	−1	41	8	8	0	26	12	+14	1	6	9	10	25	−15

Results by round

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

Matches

Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
1	3 Aug	H	Slaven Belupo	1 – 0	3,000	Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
2	10 Aug	A	Zagreb	2 – 2	2,500	Brkić, Mladenović	HRnogomet.com
3	17 Aug	H	Mladost 127	2 – 0	2,500	Cimirotič, Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
4	24 Aug	A	Varteks	1 – 1	3,000	Mladenović	HRnogomet.com
5	31 Aug	H	Osijek	1 – 1	5,000	o.g.	HRnogomet.com
6	12 Sep	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 2	5,000	Cimirotič	HRnogomet.com
7	21 Sep	H	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 1	7,500	Pilipović	HRnogomet.com
8	28 Sep	A	Samobor	0 – 2	1,000		HRnogomet.com
9	5 Oct	H	Šibenik	3 – 1	1,500	Benedejčič, Balaban, Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
10	19 Oct	H	Zadarkomerc	1 – 1	2,000	Peršon	HRnogomet.com
11	26 Oct	AR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0 – 3	300		HRnogomet.com
12	2 Nov	A	Slaven Belupo	0 – 0	3,000		HRnogomet.com
13	9 Nov	H	Zagreb	2 – 1	1,500	Brkić (2)	HRnogomet.com
14	19 Nov	A	Mladost 127	1 – 1	1,500	Ivančić	HRnogomet.com
15	23 Nov	H	Varteks	1 – 1	2,000	Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
16	29 Nov	A	Osijek	0 – 2	1,500		HRnogomet.com
17	7 Dec	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	7,000	Benedejčič	HRnogomet.com
18	22 Feb	A	Croatia Zagreb	0 – 2	4,000		HRnogomet.com
19	1 Mar	H	Samobor	0 – 0	2,000		HRnogomet.com
20	8 Mar	A	Šibenik	1 – 1	2,000	Milinović	HRnogomet.com
21	11 Mar	A	Zadarkomerc	0 – 1	5,500		HRnogomet.com
22	15 Mar	H	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1 – 0	2,000	Brkić	HRnogomet.com
23	22 Mar	H	Šibenik	0 – 0	1,000		HRnogomet.com
24	29 Mar	H	Varteks	4 – 1	1,200	Ivančić, Hasančić (2), Milinović	HRnogomet.com
25	5 Apr	A	Slaven Belupo	0 – 1	3,000		HRnogomet.com
26	8 Apr	H	Mladost 127	3 – 2	1,200	Hasančić (2), Ivančić	HRnogomet.com
27	11 Apr	A	Samobor	1 – 3	700	Budan	HRnogomet.com
28	19 Apr	A	Šibenik	1 – 0	2,000	Seferović	HRnogomet.com
29	26 Apr	A	Varteks	1 – 1	3,000	Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
30	29 Apr	H	Slaven Belupo	4 – 1	1,000	Brkić, Hasančić (2), Budan	HRnogomet.com
31	3 May	A	Mladost 127	1 – 3	5,000	Šimić	HRnogomet.com
32	10 May	H	Samobor	1 – 1	1,500	Brkić	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	6 Aug	A	Olimpija Osijek	3 – 0	600	Brkić, Ivančić, Mladenović	HRnogomet.com
R2	1 Oct	H	Orijent	0 – 2	1,500		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
Name	League		Cup		Total
Đoni Tafra	26 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	27 (0)	0
Mladen Ivančić	30 (0)	3	2 (0)	1	32 (0)	4
Damir Milinović	14 (0)	2	0 (0)	0	14 (0)	2
Mario Tokić	25 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	26 (0)	0
Saša Peršon	18 (2)	1	1 (0)	0	19 (2)	1
Mladen Romić	16 (5)	0	1 (0)	0	17 (5)	0
Senad Brkić	22 (4)	6	0 (1)	1	22 (5)	7
Admir Hasančić	28 (0)	11	2 (0)	0	30 (0)	11
Jasmin Agić	22 (6)	0	1 (1)	0	23 (7)	0
Saša Paska	16 (2)	0	2 (0)	0	18 (2)	0
Igor Benedejčič	22 (4)	2	1 (0)	0	23 (4)	2
Renato Pilipović	18 (7)	1	0 (2)	0	18 (9)	1
Dalibor Višković	18 (3)	0	2 (0)	0	20 (3)	0
Sead Seferović	24 (2)	1	1 (0)	0	25 (2)	1
Boško Balaban	8 (18)	1	2 (0)	0	10 (18)	1
Sebastjan Cimirotič	8 (2)	2	2 (0)	0	10 (2)	2
Mladen Mladenović	9 (0)	2	2 (0)	1	11 (0)	3
Igor Budan	6 (4)	2	0 (0)	0	6 (4)	2
Željko Župetić	9 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (1)	0
Mladen Žganjer	6 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	7 (0)	0
Marko Grubišić	1 (9)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (9)	0
Vedran Madžar	4 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (2)	0
Slađanko Marić	0 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (5)	0
Branko Panić	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Zdravko Šimić	1 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	1
Redi Jupi	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (3)	0
Ljupko Kontešić	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (3)	0

References

^ "Gledatelji po klubovima 1997-1998". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

External sources

1997–98 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
1997–98 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
Prvenstvo 1997.-98. at nk-rijeka.hr

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v t e 1997–98 in Croatian football
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Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup (Group H) (Qualification: Group 1) Miroslav Blažević
Club seasons
Prva HNL	Croatia Zagreb Hajduk Split Hrvatski Dragovoljac Mladost 127 Osijek Rijeka Samobor Slaven Belupo Šibenik Varteks Zadarkomerc NK Zagreb
Summer 1997 transfers Winter 1997–98 transfers