1997–98 HNK Rijeka season

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	7001320000000000000♠32	7000900000000000000♠9	7001140000000000000♠14	7000900000000000000♠9	7001360000000000000♠36	7001370000000000000♠37	−1	7001281300000000000♠28.13
Croatian Cup	6 August 1997	1 October 1997	First round	Second round	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	+1	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Total					7001340000000000000♠34	7001100000000000000♠10	7001140000000000000♠14	7001100000000000000♠10	7001390000000000000♠39	7001390000000000000♠39	+0	7001294100000000000♠29.41

Prva HNL

First stage


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Croatia Zagreb !Croatia Zagreb	22	15	4	3	46	18	+28	49	0 Championship group0
2	Hajduk Split !Hajduk Split	22	13	4	5	36	20	+16	43
3	NK Zagreb !NK Zagreb	22	12	5	5	35	23	+12	41
4	Hrvatski Dragovoljac !Hrvatski Dragovoljac	22	10	6	6	31	18	+13	36
5	Osijek !Osijek	22	9	5	8	29	26	+3	32
6	Zadarkomerc !Zadarkomerc	22	8	4	10	25	24	+1	28

7	Rijeka !Rijeka	22	5	11	6	20	24	−4	26	0 Relegation group0
8	Varteks !Varteks	22	6	6	10	24	32	−8	24
9	Slaven Belupo !Slaven Belupo	22	6	5	11	20	43	−23	23		SLA 2–0 MLA MLA 2–1 SLA
10	Mladost 127 !Mladost 127	22	6	5	11	17	24	−7	23		SLA 2–0 MLA MLA 2–1 SLA
11	Samobor !Samobor	22	6	4	12	23	35	−12	22
12	Šibenik !Šibenik	22	4	5	13	19	38	−19	17

Updated to games played on 15 March 1998.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second stage (relegation play-off)


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Rijeka !Rijeka	10	4	3	3	16	13	+3	28
8	Šibenik !Šibenik	10	5	3	2	16	8	+8	27
9	Slaven Belupo !Slaven Belupo	10	5	0	5	11	13	−2	27
10	Varteks !Varteks	10	4	2	4	10	12	−2	26	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
11	Mladost 127 !Mladost 127 (O)	10	4	1	5	13	11	+2	25	0 Relegation play-off0
12	Samobor !Samobor (R)	10	3	1	6	11	20	−9	21	Relegation to 1998–99 Druga HNL

Updated to games played on 10 May 1998.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D
Position	5	4	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	9	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7

Last updated: 2 February 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 1997–98 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

Main article: 1997–98 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
Tafra, ÐoniÐoni Tafra	26 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	27 (0)	0
Ivančić, MladenMladen Ivančić	30 (0)	3	2 (0)	1	32 (0)	4
Milinović, DamirDamir Milinović	14 (0)	2	0 (0)	0	14 (0)	2
Tokić, MarioMario Tokić	25 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	26 (0)	0
Peršon, SašaSaša Peršon	18 (2)	1	1 (0)	0	19 (2)	1
Romić, MladenMladen Romić	16 (5)	0	1 (0)	0	17 (5)	0
Brkić, SenadSenad Brkić	22 (4)	6	0 (1)	1	22 (5)	7
Hasančić, AdmirAdmir Hasančić	28 (0)	11	2 (0)	0	30 (0)	11
Agić, JasminJasmin Agić	22 (6)	0	1 (1)	0	23 (7)	0
Paska, SašaSaša Paska	16 (2)	0	2 (0)	0	18 (2)	0
Benedejčič, IgorIgor Benedejčič	22 (4)	2	1 (0)	0	23 (4)	2
Pilipović, RenatoRenato Pilipović	18 (7)	1	0 (2)	0	18 (9)	1
Višković, DaliborDalibor Višković	18 (3)	0	2 (0)	0	20 (3)	0
Seferović, SeadSead Seferović	24 (2)	1	1 (0)	0	25 (2)	1
Balaban, BoškoBoško Balaban	8 (18)	1	2 (0)	0	10 (18)	1
Cimirotič, SebastjanSebastjan Cimirotič	8 (2)	2	2 (0)	0	10 (2)	2
Mladenović, MladenMladen Mladenović	9 (0)	2	2 (0)	1	11 (0)	3
Budan, IgorIgor Budan	6 (4)	2	0 (0)	0	6 (4)	2
Župetić, ŽeljkoŽeljko Župetić	9 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (1)	0
Žganjer, MladenMladen Žganjer	6 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	7 (0)	0
Grubišić, MarkoMarko Grubišić	1 (9)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (9)	0
Madžar, VedranVedran Madžar	4 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (2)	0
Marić, SlađankoSlađanko Marić	0 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (5)	0
Panić, BrankoBranko Panić	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Šimić, ZdravkoZdravko Šimić	1 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	1
Jupi, RediRedi Jupi	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (3)	0
Kontešić, LjupkoLjupko Kontešić	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (3)	0

External sources

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

HNK Rijeka seasons

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1997–98 HNK Rijeka season

Competitions

Prva HNL

First stage

Second stage (relegation play-off)

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Prva HNL

Croatian Cup

Squad statistics

See also

External sources