HNK Rijeka in European football

HNK Rijeka in European football

Club	HNK Rijeka
First entry	1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
Last entry	2015–16 UEFA Europa League

HNK Rijeka played their first official match in competitive European football on 13 September 1978. On two occasions Rijeka have played against the club who would go on to win the competition, Real Madrid in the 1984–85 UEFA Cup and Sevilla in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Rijeka's best showing in European competition was in the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup, where they reached the quarter–finals and lost 2–0 on aggregate to Italian giants Juventus. Among other notable European successes, Rijeka qualified for the Group Stage of the UEFA Europa League in two consecutive seasons, in 2013–14 and 2014–15, keeping an undefeated run for 12 home games, until a 0–3 loss to Aberdeen. In the 2014–15 season, Rijeka became the first club from former Yugoslavia to record eight wins in Europe in a single season.

Zoran Kvržić holds the record for playing in the most European matches for Rijeka with 24 appearances and Andrej Kramarić is the club's top scorer with eight goals. In total, Rijeka have appeared in 15 European competitions, with 11 appearances since 1999.

Matches in Europe

Summary by competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
UEFA Champions League	2	0	0	2	1	6	1999–2000
UEFA Cup UEFA Europa League	46	19	11	16	69	55	2015–16
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	10	3	3	4	8	9	1979–80
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	1	1	2	3	5	2008
Total	62	23	15	24	81	75

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 23 July 2015.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

Summary by ground

Ground	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Home	31	18	8	5	55	28	+27
Away	31	5	7	19	26	47	−21
Total	62	23	15	24	81	75	+6

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 23 July 2015.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against.

Matches by season

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1978–79	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Wrexham	3–0	0–2	3–2
		Second round	Beveren	0–0	0–2	0–2
1979–80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Germinal Beerschot	2–1	0–0	2–1
		Second round	Lokomotiva Košice	3–0	0–2	3–2
		Quarter Final	Juventus	0–0	0–2	0–2
1984–85	UEFA Cup	First round	Valladolid	4–1	0–1	4–2
		Second round	Real Madrid	3–1	0–3	3–4
1986–87	UEFA Cup	First round	Standard Liège	0–1	1–1	1–2
1999–2000	UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round	Partizan	0–3	1–3	1–6
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Valletta	3–2	5–4 (aet)	8–6
		First round	Celta Vigo	0–1 (aet)	0–0	0–1
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	St Patrick's Athletic	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)
2004–05	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Gençlerbirliği	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2005–06	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Litex Lovech	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2006–07	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Omonia	2–2	1–2	3–4
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Renova	0–0	0–2	0–2
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Differdange	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Third qualifying round	Metalist Kharkiv	1–2	0–2	1–4
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Prestatyn Town	5–0	3–0	8–0
		Third qualyfing round	Žilina	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Play-off	Stuttgart	2–1	2–2	4–3
		Group I	Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	0–4	4th
			Real Betis	1–1	0–0
			Lyon	1–1	0–1
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Ferencváros	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Third qualifying round	Víkingur	4–0	5–1	9–1
		Play-off	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	3–0	4–0
		Group G	Standard Liège	2–0	0–2	3rd
			Sevilla	2–2	0–1
			Feyenoord	3–1	0–2
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Aberdeen	0–3	2–2	2–5
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	TBD	TBD	–	–	–

Last updated on 1 May 2015.

Records and Statistics

Record wins and defeats

• Home win: 5–0 v. Prestatyn Town, 2013–14, 18 July 2013.
• Away win: 5–1 v. Víkingur, 2014–15, 31 July 2014.
• Home defeat: 0–3 v. Partizan, 1999–2000, 4 August 1999; v. Aberdeen, 2015–16, 16 July 2015.
• Away defeat: 0–4 v. Vitória, 2013–14, 19 September 2013.

Record by country of opposition

Updated as of 23 July 2015.

Country	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Win%
Belgium	8	2	3	3	5	7	−2	25.00
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	50.00
Cyprus	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	00.00
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	100.000
France	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	00.00
Germany	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	50.00
Hungary	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.000
Ireland	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	50.00
Italy	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	00.00
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	50.00
Macedonia	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	00.00
Malta	2	2	0	0	8	6	+2	100.000
Moldova	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.000
Netherlands	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	50.00
Portugal	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	00.00
Scotland	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	00.00
Serbia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	00.00
Slovakia	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	50.00
Spain	10	2	4	4	10	11	−1	20.00
Turkey	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	50.00
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	00.00
Wales	4	3	0	1	11	2	+9	75.00

Player records

• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions:
  • 24 appearances: Zoran Kvržić ^[1]
• Top scorer in UEFA club competitions:
  • 8 goals: Andrej Kramarić ^[2]
• Most goals in a single match:
  • 3 goals: Damir Desnica (7 November 1979 v Lokomotíva Košice); Leon Benko (18 July 2013 v Prestatyn Town); Adis Jahović (7 August 2014 v Víkingur); Andrej Kramarić (23 October 2014 v Feyenoord).

UEFA coefficient history (2013–)

In European football, UEFA coefficients are used to rank and seed teams in club competitions. The coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe.^[3]

Years	Season	Rank	Movement	Coefficient	Change
2009–2013	2013–14	241	–12	4.916	+0.142
2010–2014	2014–15	178	+63	8.925	+4.009
2011–2015	2015–16	131	+47	13.700	+4.775
2012–2016	2016–17	127	+4	14.275	+0.575

References

1. "Rijeka profile". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
2. "Rijeka profile". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
3. See column Team Ranking in "UEFA European Cup Coefficients Database". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

External links

• European Profile – UEFA.com