1981–82 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka

1981–82 season
Chairman	Davor Sušanj
Manager	Marijan Brnčić
First League	12th
Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Edmond Tomić (10) All: Edmond Tomić (11)
Highest home attendance	15,000 vs Dinamo Zagreb (27 September 1981 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Teteks (1 May 1982 - Yugoslav First League)

The 1981–82 season was the 35th season in Rijeka’s history and their 20th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 7th place finish in the 1980–81 season meant it was their 8th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	26 July 1981	1 May 1982	Matchday 1	12th	34	11	10	13	39	54	−15	032.35
Yugoslav Cup	7 October 1981	7 November 1981	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
Total					36	12	10	14	41	58	−17	033.33

Yugoslav First League

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	11	10	13	39	54	−15	43	9	7	1	28	16	+12	2	3	12	11	38	−27

Matches

First League

Main article: 1981–82 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
1	26 Jul	H	Sarajevo	2 – 1	3,000	Tomić, Hrstić
2	1 Aug	A	Zagreb	1 – 1	3,000	Marjanović
3	9 Aug	H	Vojvodina	1 – 1	4,000	Tomić
4	16 Aug	A	Partizan	0 – 1	10,000
5	23 Aug	H	Radnički Niš	5 – 4	3,000	Desnica, Tomić (2), Fegic, Janjanin
6	29 Aug	H	Osijek	3 – 1	3,000	Desnica, Tomić (2)
7	12 Sep	A	Olimpija	0 – 3	1,500
8	20 Sep	H	Vardar	1 – 0	3,000	Bursać
9	23 Sep	A	Željezničar	2 – 1	5,000	Tomić (2)
10	27 Sep	H	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 2	15,000	Jerolimov, Bursać
11	4 Oct	A	Velež	1 – 4	3,000	Desnica
12	11 Oct	H	Budućnost	0 – 0	3,000
13	24 Oct	A	OFK Beograd	1 – 0	800	Fegic
14	28 Oct	H	Red Star	0 – 0	9,000
15	31 Oct	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 2	8,000
16	8 Nov	H	Sloboda	0 – 1	2,000
17	15 Nov	A	Teteks	1 – 2	2,000	Tomić
18	14 Feb	A	Sarajevo	1 – 6	10,000	Petrović
19	21 Feb	H	Zagreb	2 – 0	2,000	Bursać, Fegic
20	28 Feb	A	Vojvodina	1 – 1	7,000	Malbaša
21	7 Mar	H	Partizan	1 – 0	8,000	Fegic
22	10 Mar	A	Radnički Niš	0 – 1	8,000
23	14 Mar	A	Osijek	0 – 4	3,000
24	21 Mar	H	Olimpija	0 – 0	1,500
25	24 Mar	A	Vardar	0 – 2	5,000
26	28 Mar	H	Željezničar	3 – 1	2,000	Jerolimov, Fegic
27	31 Mar	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 2	30,000
28	3 Apr	H	Velež	3 – 2	2,000	Fegic, Tomić, Desnica
29	11 Apr	A	Budućnost	2 – 2	4,000	Gračan, Malbaša
30	14 Apr	H	OFK Beograd	2 – 0	1,500	Gračan, Desnica
31	17 Apr	A	Red Star	1 – 4	6,000	Desnica
32	25 Apr	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	14,000	Gračan
33	28 Apr	A	Sloboda	0 – 2	500
34	1 May	H	Teteks	2 – 2	1,000	o.g., Gračan

Sources:
Almanah Jugoslavenskog Fudbala 1978–86 (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |month=, and |coauthors= (help)

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1981–82 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	7 Oct	H	Priština	2 – 0	Belić, Tomić
R2	7 Nov	A	Olimpija	0 – 4

Sources:
Almanah Jugoslavenskog Fudbala 1978–86 (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |month=, and |coauthors= (help)

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
	League		Cup		Total
Neshat Zhavelli	25 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	27 (0)	0
Sergio Machin	12 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	12 (0)	0
Zvjezdan Radin	17 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	19 (0)	0
Nikola Marjanović	30 (1)	1	2 (0)	0	32 (1)	1
Miloš Hrstić	31 (0)	1	1 (0)	0	32 (0)	1
Milan Ružić	16 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	18 (0)	0
Damir Desnica	31 (1)	6	2 (0)	0	33 (1)	6
Željko Janjanin	9 (7)	1	1 (0)	0	10 (7)	1
Ive Jerolimov	31 (0)	2	1 (0)	0	32 (0)	2
Miroslav Šugar	31 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	33 (0)	0
Adriano Fegić	28 (4)	7	2 (0)	0	30 (4)	7
Edmond Tomić	24 (4)	10	2 (0)	1	26 (4)	11
Dragoljub Bursać	7 (5)	3	0 (0)	0	7 (5)	3
Milenko Lazović	12 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	12 (1)	0
Danko Peranić	12 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	13 (1)	0
Nenad Gračan	11 (1)	4	0 (0)	0	11 (1)	4
Nebojša Petrović	13 (3)	1	0 (1)	0	13 (4)	1
Zoran Šestan	1 (6)	0	1 (1)	0	2 (7)	0
Mladen Stipančić	3 (6)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (6)	0
Željko Nikolić	2 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (2)	0
Nebojša Malbaša	14 (1)	2	0 (0)	0	14 (1)	2
Željko Belić	5 (7)	0	1 (1)	1	6 (8)	1
Miroslav Jelić	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (3)	0
Rade Ljepojević	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Branislav Petković	1 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (5)	0
Milan Bačvarević	1 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (4)	0
Mladen Mladenović	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0
Vladimir Ćutuk	9 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (2)	0

Sources:
Almanah Jugoslavenskog Fudbala 1978–86 (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |month=, and |coauthors= (help)

See also

• 1981–82 Yugoslav First League
• 1981–82 Yugoslav Cup

External sources

• 1981–82 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1981.-82. at nk-rijeka.hr