2020–21 HNK Rijeka season

HNK Rijeka
2020–21 season
Chairman	Damir Mišković
Manager	Simon Rožman
Stadium	Rujevica
HT Prva liga	Preseason
Croatian Cup	Preseason
Croatian Supercup	Final
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 HNK Rijeka season is the club's 75th season in existence and the 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rijeka will participate in this season's edition of the Croatian Football Cup. The season covers the period from 2 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First team squad

As of 11 August 2020

No	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Contract		Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Appearances / Goals
No	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Since	Until	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	League	Total
Goalkeepers
1	David Nwolokor		GK	Jul 2014	Jun 2022	(1996-01-10) January 10, 1996 (age 28)	Youth system	0 / 0	0 / 0
25	Ivor Pandur		GK	Jun 2018	Jun 2023	(2000-03-25) March 25, 2000 (age 24)	Youth system	18 / −19	22 / −21
32	Andrej Prskalo		GK	Jan 2014	Jun 2022	(1987-05-01) May 1, 1987 (age 37)	Istra 1961	76 / −61	99 / −79
Defenders
2	Filip Braut		LB / RB	May 2019	Jun 2024	(2002-06-05) June 5, 2002 (age 22)	Youth system	10 / 0	11 / 0
3	Niko Galešić		CB	Apr 2020	Jun 2024	(2001-03-26) March 26, 2001 (age 23)	Youth system	1 / 0	1 / 0
4	Nino Galović		CB	Jan 2020	Jun 2021	(1992-07-06) July 6, 1992 (age 32)	Sagan Tosu	10 / 2	12 / 2
14	Darko Velkovski		CB	May 2018	Jun 2021	(1995-06-21) June 21, 1995 (age 29)	Vardar	24 / 0	29 / 0
24	Daniel Štefulj		LB	Jun 2018	Jun 2024	(1999-11-08) November 8, 1999 (age 24)	NK Zagreb	9 / 0	12 / 0
26	João Escoval		CB	Jan 2018	Jun 2022	(1997-05-08) May 8, 1997 (age 27)	Istra 1961	57 / 1	64 / 1
27	Ivan Tomečak		RB / LB	Feb 2019	Jun 2021	(1989-12-07) December 7, 1989 (age 34)	Club Brugge	90 / 8	127 / 10
29	Momčilo Raspopović		RB	Jan 2018	Jun 2022	(1994-03-18) March 18, 1994 (age 30)	Budućnost	39 / 2	48 / 2
36	Hrvoje Smolčić		CB / LB	Oct 2018	Jun 2023	(2000-08-17) August 17, 2000 (age 24)	Youth system	30 / 0	33 / 1
40	Jasmin Čeliković		CB	Jun 2017	Jun 2021	(1999-01-07) January 7, 1999 (age 25)	NK Zagreb	4 / 0	4 / 0
	Ennio Travaglia		LB	Aug 2020	Jun 2023	(1997-04-04) April 4, 1997 (age 27)	Orijent 1919	0 / 0	0 / 0
Midfielders
6	Ivan Lepinjica		DM	Jun 2018	Jun 2024	(1999-07-09) July 9, 1999 (age 25)	Youth system	39 / 2	51 / 2
8	Tibor Halilović		CM / AM	Jan 2019	Jun 2021	(1995-03-18) March 18, 1995 (age 29)	Wisła Kraków	46 / 4	57 / 7
10	Domagoj Pavičić		CM / AM	Aug 2017	Jun 2022	(1994-03-09) March 9, 1994 (age 30)	Dinamo Zagreb	82 / 9	100 / 13
19	Franko Andrijašević (c)		AM	Sep 2019	Aug 2020	(1991-06-22) June 22, 1991 (age 33)	Gent (loan)	54 / 21	61 / 23
30	Dani Iglesias		AM	Jul 2019	Jun 2022	(1995-07-17) July 17, 1995 (age 29)	Deportivo Alavés	9 / 0	14 / 0
31	Luka Capan		DM / CB / RB	Jan 2018	Jun 2021	(1995-04-06) April 6, 1995 (age 29)	Lokomotiva	47 / 1	60 / 1
44	Stjepan Lončar		CM	Jun 2018	Jun 2021	(1996-11-10) November 10, 1996 (age 27)	Široki Brijeg	58 / 6	71 / 9
Wingers and Forwards
11	Sterling Yateke		CF	Feb 2020	Aug 2020	(1999-09-15) September 15, 1999 (age 25)	Austria Wien (loan)	10 / 1	11 / 2
17	Antonio Čolak		CF	Jan 2018	Jun 2022	(1993-09-17) September 17, 1993 (age 31)	1899 Hoffenheim	72 / 38	88 / 51
18	Robert Murić		RW / LW	Feb 2019	Jun 2021	(1996-03-12) March 12, 1996 (age 28)	Braga	40 / 9	48 / 14
77	Milan Ristovski		CF / RW	Jul 2018	Jun 2021	(1998-04-08) April 8, 1998 (age 26)	Rabotnički	4 / 0	4 / 0
	Matej Vuk		LW	Jun 2018	Jun 2023	(2000-06-10) June 10, 2000 (age 24)	Youth system	4 / 0	6 / 1
Manager
—	Simon Rožman		—	Sep 2019	Jun 2022	(1983-04-06) April 6, 1983 (age 41)	Domžale	28 / –	33 / –

Source: First Team Squad and Statistics
Note: denotes that a player is unavailable due to injury; denotes that a player is ineligible for the next scheduled match due to suspension; INE denotes that a player is not registered for the next scheduled match.

Out on loan

As of 11 August 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	CRO	Ivan Nevistić (at TBC)
—	DF	CRO	Petar Mamić (at TBC)
—	DF	CRO	Ivan Smolčić (at Orijent 1919)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CRO	Denis Bušnja (at Sered')
—	MF	CRO	Adrian Liber (at Orijent 1919)
—	FW	CRO	Tomislav Turčin (at TBC)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
HT Prva liga	15 August 2020	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Croatian Cup	TBD 2020		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Super Cup	19 January 2021		Final	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Europa League	24 September 2020		Third qualifying round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: August 2020
Source: Competitions

HT Prva liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	36	26	7	3	84	28	+56	85	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Osijek	36	23	8	5	59	25	+34	77	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Rijeka	36	18	7	11	51	46	+5	61
4	Hajduk Split	36	18	6	12	48	37	+11	60
5	Gorica	36	17	8	11	60	47	+13	59

Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[1]
(C) Champions

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: August 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on August 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 August 2020 1	Rijeka	–	Šibenik	Rijeka
17:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

21 August 2020 2	Lokomotiva	–	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: Behind closed doors

29 August 2020 3	Rijeka	–	Istra 1961	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

12 September 2020 4	Osijek	–	Rijeka	Osijek
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Gradski Vrt

19 September 2020 5	Rijeka	–	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

26 September 2020 6	Dinamo Zagreb	–	Rijeka	Zagreb
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Maksimir

3 October 2020 7	Rijeka	–	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

17 October 2020 8	Rijeka	–	Varaždin	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

24 October 2020 9	Gorica	–	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Radnik

31 October 2020 10	Šibenik	–	Rijeka	Šibenik
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Šubićevac

7 November 2020 11	Rijeka	–	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

21 November 2020 12	Istra 1961	–	Rijeka	Pula
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Aldo Drosina

28 November 2020 13	Rijeka	–	Osijek	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

5 December 2020 14	Hajduk Split	–	Rijeka	Split
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Poljud

12 December 2020 15	Rijeka	–	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

19 December 2020 16	Slaven Belupo	–	Rijeka	Koprivnica
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Gradski

23 January 2021 17	Varaždin	–	Rijeka	Varaždin
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Anđelko Herjavec

30 January 2021 18	Rijeka	–	Gorica	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

3 February 2021 19	Rijeka	–	Šibenik	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

6 February 2021 20	Lokomotiva	–	Rijeka	Zagreb
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Kranjčevićeva

13 February 2021 21	Rijeka	–	Istra 1961	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

20 February 2021 22	Osijek	–	Rijeka	Osijek
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Gradski Vrt

27 February 2021 23	Rijeka	–	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

6 March 2021 24	Dinamo Zagreb	–	Rijeka	Zagreb
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Maksimir

13 March 2020 25	Rijeka	–	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

20 March 2021 26	Rijeka	–	Varaždin	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

3 April 2021 27	Gorica	–	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Radnik

7 April 2021 28	Šibenik	–	Rijeka	Šibenik
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Šubićevac

20 April 2021 29	Rijeka	–	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

17 April 2021 30	Istra 1961	–	Rijeka	Pula
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Aldo Drosina

21 April 2021 31	Rijeka	–	Osijek	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

24 April 2021 32	Hajduk Split	–	Rijeka	Split
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Poljud

1 May 2021 33	Rijeka	–	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

8 May 2021 34	Slaven Belupo	–	Rijeka	Koprivnica
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Gradski

12 May 2021 35	Varaždin	–	Rijeka	Varaždin
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Anđelko Herjavec

15 May 2021 36	Rijeka	–	Gorica	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Croatian Cup

TBC 2020 R1	TBC	–	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)

UEFA Europa League

24 September 2020 QR3	TBC	–	TBC
--:- CEST (UTC+02:00)

Croatian Super Cup

19 January 2021 Final	Dinamo Zagreb	–	Rijeka	Zagreb
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Maksimir

References

^ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2020/2021" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 12 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2020/2021" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 12 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

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