1988–89 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka
1988–89 season
Chairman	Dragan Krčelić
Manager	Mladen Vranković
First League	10th
Cup	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Mladen Mladenović (13); All: Mladen Mladenović (13)
Highest home attendance	9,570 vs Hajduk Split ; (4 December 1988 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	1,063 vs Napredak Kruševac ; (18 December 1988 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	2,805

The 1988–89 season was the 43rd season in Rijeka's history and their 27th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 8th place finish in the 1987–88 season meant it was their 15th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

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 %
Yugoslav First League	7 August 1988	4 June 1989	Matchday 1	10th	34	14	7	13	35	34	+1	041.18
Yugoslav Cup	10 August 1988	10 August 1988	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					35	14	7	14	36	37	−1	040.00

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Osijek	34	13	5	2	14	49	50	−1	31
9	Vardar	34	13	3	4	14	46	51	−5	29
10	Rijeka	34	14	0	7	13	35	34	+1	28
11	Velež	34	13	2	2	17	42	43	−1	28
12	Sloboda Tuzla	34	11	6	6	11	35	42	−7	28

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	14	7	13	35	34	+1	49	9	5	3	22	9	+13	5	2	10	13	25	−12

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W
Position	2	6	12	15	15	15	9	10	15	16	13	14	15	14	14	16	13	11	12	11	12	14	14	13	11	13	15	11	11	11	13	15	12	10

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

Matches

First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance¹	Rijeka Scorers
1	7 Aug	A	Osijek	3 – 1	1,377	Valenčić, Kljajić, Mladenović
2	14 Aug	H	Budućnost	0 – 1	2,522
3	21 Aug	A	Vardar	2 – 3	6,357	Ekmeščić, Mladenović
4	28 Aug	H	Rad	0 – 1	1,889
5	4 Sep	A	Red Star	1 – 5	12,336	Vujčić
6	10 Sep	H	Željezničar	3 – 0	1,585	Ljubančić, Ekmeščić, Vujčić
9	2 Oct	H	Spartak Subotica	0 – 0 (5–6 p)	1,245
10	9 Oct	A	Radnički Niš	0 – 1	2,684
8	16 Oct	A	Sloboda	0 – 0 (4–5 p)	755
11	23 Oct	H	Čelik	2 – 1	1,633	Mladenović, Florijančič
12	30 Oct	A	Vojvodina	0 – 0 (3–4 p)	1,079
7	2 Nov	A	Velež	3 – 0	1,677	Mladenović (3, 1p)
13	5 Nov	H	Partizan	1 – 1 (3–4 p)	4,401	Mladenović
14	27 Nov	A	Sarajevo	2 – 1	606	Valenčić, Mladenović
15	4 Dec	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 0 (1–3 p)	9,570
16	14 Dec	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 2	4,544
17	18 Dec	H	Napredak Kruševac	4 – 1	1,063	Valenčić (2), Ekmeščić, Mladenović
18	26 Feb	H	Osijek	2 – 0	1,755	Ekmeščić (2)
19	5 Mar	A	Budućnost	0 – 1	1,297
20	12 Mar	H	Vardar	3 – 0	1,871	Florijančič (2), Rubčić
21	18 Mar	A	Rad	0 – 4	520
22	26 Mar	H	Red Star	1 – 2	7,646	Mladenović
23	2 Apr	A	Željezničar	0 – 1	2,133
24	9 Apr	H	Velež	2 – 1	1,827	Ekmeščić, Paliska
25	16 Apr	H	Sloboda	1 – 0	2,238	Vujčić
26	19 Apr	A	Spartak Subotica	0 – 1	2,049
27	3 May	H	Radnički Niš	0 – 0 (4–5 p)	1,237
28	7 May	A	Čelik	1 – 0	3,288	Mladenović
29	14 May	H	Vojvodina	2 – 1	2,272	Rubčić (2)
30	21 May	A	Partizan	0 – 1	5,154
31	24 May	H	Sarajevo	0 – 0 (2–3 p)	1,462
32	28 May	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 4	3,699
33	31 May	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 0	3,466	Mladenović (p)
34	4 Jun	A	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 0	764	Mladenović

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	10 Aug	A	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 3	Kljajić

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
Name	League		Cup		Total
Tonči Gabrić	25 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	25 (0)	0
Mladen Romić	30 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	31 (0)	0
Branko Dragutinović	33 (0)	1	1 (0)	0	34 (0)	1
Saša Peršon	32 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	33 (0)	0
Roberto Paliska	21 (2)	1	0 (1)	0	21 (3)	1
Robert Rubčić	32 (0)	3	1 (0)	0	33 (0)	3
Dušan Kljajić	22 (3)	1	1 (0)	1	23 (3)	2
Mladen Mladenović	33 (0)	13	1 (0)	0	34 (0)	13
Boris Ekmeščić	22 (7)	6	1 (0)	0	23 (7)	6
Zoran Vujčić	28 (1)	3	1 (0)	0	29 (1)	3
Predrag Valenčić	30 (0)	4	0 (0)	0	30 (0)	4
Matjaž Florijančič	25 (0)	3	1 (0)	0	26 (0)	3
Valdi Šumberac	8 (13)	0	0 (0)	0	8 (13)	0
Enver Jahić	6 (3)	0	1 (0)	0	7 (3)	0
Nedžad Kuruzović	4 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (2)	0
Zvonko Radoš	5 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	6 (0)	0
Vlado Miloševič	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Dean Ljubančić	4 (8)	1	0 (0)	0	4 (8)	1
Stojan Belajić	3 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (2)	0
Marin Galić	2 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (2)	0
Miro Stipić	7 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (5)	0
David Sabadin	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Nevenko Vasiljević	0 (4)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (4)	0
Ivica Klapan	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
Elmir Imširević	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0

Notes

1. Data for league attendance in most cases reflects the number of sold tickets and may not be indicative of the actual attendance.

References

Almanah Yu Fudbal 1988–89 [Almanac of the Yugoslav Football 1988–89] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Tempo. 1989.
Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External links

1988–89 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
Prvenstvo 1988.-89. at nk-rijeka.hr

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.