1978–79 NK Rijeka season

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.

Rijeka
1978–79 season
ChairmanZvonko Poščić
ManagerDragutin Spasojević
First League10th
CupWinners
Cup Winners’ CupRound 2
Balkans CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Damir Desnica (7)
All: Nikica Cukrov (9)
Highest home attendance20,000 vs Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
(16 May 1979 - Yugoslav Cup)
Lowest home attendance2,000 vs Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar
(17 June 1979 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance6,765

Competitions

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Yugoslav First League 12 August 1978 17 June 1979 Matchday 1 10th 34 10 11 13 35 34 +1 029.41
Yugoslav Cup 30 August 1978 24 May 1979 First round Winner 6 4 2 0 7 1 +6 066.67
European Cup Winners' Cup 13 September 1978 25 October 1978 First round Second round 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 025.00
Total 44 15 15 14 45 39 +6 034.09

Yugoslav First League

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Classification

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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 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Borac Banja Luka 34 11 9 14 45 56 −11 31
12 Vojvodina 34 11 7 16 35 38 −3 29
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

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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

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDWDDLDWWDLWLDLDLLDDDLWLLWLWDWLLLW
Position543238944363778881010910101010119109999101110
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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First League

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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

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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

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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

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Competitive matches only.

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

See also

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References

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  • 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

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