1978–79 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka
1978–79 season
Chairman	Zvonko Poščić
Manager	Dragutin Spasojević
First League	10th
Cup	Winners
Cup Winners’ Cup	Round 2
Balkans Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Damir Desnica (7); All: Nikica Cukrov (9)
Highest home attendance	20,000 vs Partizan ; (16 May 1979 - Yugoslav Cup)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Željezničar ; (17 June 1979 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	6,765

The 1978–79 season was the 33rd season in Rijeka’s history and their 17th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1977–78 season meant it was their fifth 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	12 August 1978	17 June 1979	Matchday 1	10th	7001340000000000000♠34	7001100000000000000♠10	7001110000000000000♠11	7001130000000000000♠13	7001350000000000000♠35	7001340000000000000♠34	+1	07001294100000000000♠29.41
Yugoslav Cup	30 August 1978	24 May 1979	First round	Winner	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000700000000000000♠7	7000100000000000000♠1	+6	07001666700000000000♠66.67
European Cup Winners' Cup	13 September 1978	25 October 1978	First round	Second round	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	−1	07001250000000000000♠25.00
Total					7001440000000000000♠44	7001150000000000000♠15	7001150000000000000♠15	7001140000000000000♠14	7001450000000000000♠45	7001390000000000000♠39	+6	07001340900000000000♠34.09

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Sloboda Tuzla	34	11	10	13	34	34	0	32
9	Željezničar	34	14	4	16	45	52	−7	32
10	Rijeka	34	10	11	13	35	34	+1	31	1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup
11	Borac Banja Luka	34	11	9	14	45	56	−11	31
12	Vojvodina	34	11	7	16	35	38	−3	29

Source: rsssf.com
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	10	11	13	35	34	+1	41	9	7	1	25	10	+15	1	4	12	10	24	−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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W
Position	5	4	3	2	3	8	9	4	4	3	6	3	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	10

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

Matches

First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
1	12 Aug	H	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 1	8,000	Radin, Desnica
2	20 Aug	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 1	15,000	Desnica
3	23 Aug	H	Borac Banja Luka	2 – 0	7,000	Ružić, Hrstić
4	27 Aug	A	Osijek	0 – 0	12,000
5	3 Sep	H	Velež	0 – 0	10,000
6	10 Sep	A	Vojvodina	0 – 2	10,000
7	17 Sep	H	OFK Beograd	0 – 0	5,000
8	24 Sep	H	Sarajevo	5 – 2	7,000	Desnica (2, 1p), Fegic, Šestan, Cukrov
9	8 Oct	A	Zagreb	2 – 0	5,000	Hrstić, Bursać
10	14 Oct	H	Sloboda	0 – 0	5,000
11	28 Oct	A	Partizan	0 – 1	15,000
12	5 Nov	H	Red Star	1 – 0	15,000	Juričić
13	12 Nov	A	Budućnost	0 – 1	10,000
14	19 Nov	H	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 1	3,000	Jerolimov
15	26 Nov	A	Olimpija	0 – 1	3,000
16	29 Nov	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 2	8,000	Fegic, Mijač
17	3 Dec	A	Željezničar	0 – 1	5,000
18	4 Mar	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	40,000
19	11 Mar	H	Radnički Niš	0 – 0	6,000
20	18 Mar	A	Borac Banja Luka	2 – 2	4,000	Tomić, Šestan
21	25 Mar	H	Osijek	3 – 3	8,000	Radin (p), Cukrov, Ružić
22	8 Apr	A	Velež	1 – 3	6,000	Desnica
23	15 Apr	H	Vojvodina	3 – 0	5,000	Jerolimov, Bursać, Desnica
24	22 Apr	A	OFK Beograd	0 – 2	4,000
25	29 Apr	A	Sarajevo	2 – 3	8,000	Tomić, Cukrov
26	6 May	H	Zagreb	2 – 0	6,000	Ružić, Desnica (p)
27	9 May	A	Sloboda	0 – 1	4,000
28	13 May	H	Partizan	2 – 0	8,000	Tomić, Cukrov
29	20 May	A	Red Star	0 – 0	15,000
30	27 May	H	Budućnost	1 – 0	8,000	Radin
31	31 May	A	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 3	8,000	Cukrov
32	3 Jun	H	Olimpija	0 – 1	4,000
33	10 Jun	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 2	12,000	Machin
34	17 Jun	H	Željezničar	1 – 0	2,000	Hrstić

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
R1	11 Oct	H	Borac Čačak	3 – 0	3,000	Cukrov (2), Mijač
R2	8 Nov	H	Istra	0 – 0 (4–3 p)	2,000
QF	25 Feb	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 0	?	Tomić
SF	4 Apr	A	Red Star	1 – 0	10,000	Ružić
F	16 May	H	Partizan	2 – 1	20,000	Cukrov, Bursać
F	24 May	A	Partizan	0 – 0	55,000

Source: rsssf.com

Cup Winners' Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
R1	13 Sep	H	Wrexham	3 – 0	9,000	Tomić, Durkalić, Cukrov
R1	27 Sep	A	Wrexham	0 – 2	10,469
R2	18 Oct	H	Beveren	0 – 0	8,000
R2	1 Nov	A	Beveren	0 – 2	15,000

Source: worldfootball.net

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Name	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Radojko Avramović	7001320000000000000♠32+0	0	7000600000000000000♠6+0	0	7000400000000000000♠4+0	0	42	0
Sergio Machin	7001340000000000000♠34+0	1	7000400000000000000♠4+0	0	7000400000000000000♠4+0	0	40	1
Nikica Cukrov	7001280000000000000♠28+0	5	7000600000000000000♠6+0	3	7000400000000000000♠4+0	1	38	9
Savo Filipović	7000600000000000000♠6+4	0	7000200000000000000♠2+1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	13	0
Zvjezdan Radin	7001300000000000000♠30+0	3	7000600000000000000♠6+0	0	7000400000000000000♠4+0	0	40	3
Miloš Hrstić	7001310000000000000♠31+0	3	7000500000000000000♠5+1	0	7000400000000000000♠4+0	0	41	3
Milan Ružić	7001320000000000000♠32+0	3	7000500000000000000♠5+0	1	7000400000000000000♠4+0	0	41	4
Srećko Juričić	7001280000000000000♠28+1	1	7000600000000000000♠6+0	0	7000400000000000000♠4+0	0	39	1
Milan Radović	7000500000000000000♠5+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5	0
Damir Desnica	7001280000000000000♠28+1	7	7000300000000000000♠3+1	0	7000400000000000000♠4+0	0	37	7
Dragoljub Bursać	7001210000000000000♠21+8	2	7000500000000000000♠5+0	1	7000200000000000000♠2+2	0	38	3
Salih Durkalić	7000900000000000000♠9+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	1	12	1
Ivica Car	7000300000000000000♠3+3	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0	9	0
Željko Mijač	7000600000000000000♠6+1	1	7000200000000000000♠2+0	1	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0	10	2
Ive Jerolimov	7001180000000000000♠18+1	2	7000100000000000000♠1+2	0	7000100000000000000♠1+1	0	24	2
Miroslav Šugar	7000400000000000000♠4+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	4	0
Zoran Šestan	7000300000000000000♠3+10	2	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	13	2
Adriano Fegic	7001200000000000000♠20+6	2	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	7000300000000000000♠3+0	0	31	2
Edmond Tomić	7001190000000000000♠19+12	3	7000500000000000000♠5+1	1	7000300000000000000♠3+0	1	40	5
Milan Bačvarević	7000700000000000000♠7+3	0	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	11	0
Mauro Ravnić	7000200000000000000♠2+1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	3	0
Željko Belić	5000000000000000000♠0+3	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	3	0
Danko Peranić	7000700000000000000♠7+2	0	7000200000000000000♠2+2	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	13	0
Miroslav Uljan	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0	7000100000000000000♠1+1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	3	0
Edin Jasprica	7000200000000000000♠2+2	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	6	0

References

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

1978–79 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
Prvenstvo 1978.-79. 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.

HNK Rijeka seasons
Yugoslav First League (1946–1991)	1946–47 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Croatian First League (1992–present)	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19

HNK Rijeka
Presidents Managers Academy Honours Records and statistics Current season
History	History List of seasons Record by opponent Record by competition European record
Grounds	Campo Cellini (1946–1955) Kantrida (1946; 1952–2015) Rujevica (2015–present)
Players	List of notable players List of foreign players
Rivalries	Adriatic derby Dinamo–Rijeka derby Rijeka–Pula derby Rijeka city derby
Related articles	Armada Rijeka Kvarnerska Rivijera
Related clubs	ŽNK Rijeka (women) US Fiumana (1926–1945)
Categories	Players Managers Chairmen and investors Non-playing staff Matches Seasons All articles
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube