1996–97 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka

1996–97 season
Chairman	Franjo Šoda
Manager	Branko Ivanković
Prva HNL	4th
Croatian Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Admir Hasančić (10) All: Admir Hasančić (11)
Highest home attendance	7,000 vs Hajduk Split (26 April 1997 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 (2 times - Prva HNL)
Average home league attendance	3,333

The 1996–97 season was the 51st season in Rijeka's history. It was their 6th season in the Prva HNL and 23rd successive top tier season.

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva HNL	18 August 1996	1 June 1997	Matchday 1	4th	30	13	7	10	44	32	+12	043.33
Croatian Cup	14 August 1996	4 September 1996	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Total					32	14	7	11	49	34	+15	043.75

Prva HNL

Main article: 1996–97 Croatian First Football League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Hajduk Split	30	18	6	6	53	22	+31	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	30	13	10	7	51	37	+14	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
4	Rijeka	30	13	7	10	44	32	+12	46
5	NK Zagreb	30	13	6	11	43	39	+4	45	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
6	Varteks	30	12	6	12	34	35	−1	42

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored

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
30	13	7	10	44	32	+12	46	9	4	2	31	11	+20	4	3	8	13	21	−8

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	W
Position	3	5	8	9	6	8	9	11	12	13	10	8	10	7	10	8	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	4

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

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 1996–97 Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
1	18 Aug	H	Istra	2 – 0	4,000	Perković, Samardžić	HRnogomet.com
2	25 Aug	A	Orijent	2 – 2	6,000	Ostojić, o.g.	HRnogomet.com
3	1 Sep	H	Šibenik	0 – 0	3,500		HRnogomet.com
4	8 Sep	A	Osijek	0 – 4	1,500		HRnogomet.com
5	15 Sep	H	Varteks	1 – 0	2,500	Balaban	HRnogomet.com
6	22 Sep	A	Marsonia	0 – 1	1,700		HRnogomet.com
7	29 Sep	H	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 2	6,000	Brkić	HRnogomet.com
8	13 Oct	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 1	8,000		HRnogomet.com
9	20 Oct	H	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	2 – 2	2,000	Brkić, Milinović	HRnogomet.com
10	27 Oct	H	Mladost 127	0 – 0	2,000		HRnogomet.com
11	3 Nov	A	Cibalia	4 – 1	1,500	Hasančić (2), Brkić, Perković	HRnogomet.com
12	17 Nov	H	Segesta	2 – 0	2,500	Ivančić, Brkić	HRnogomet.com
13	24 Nov	A	Zadarkomerc	0 – 2	1,000		HRnogomet.com
14	1 Dec	H	Inker Zaprešić	4 – 0	1,000	Hasančić, Tokić, Jedvaj, Perković	HRnogomet.com
15	8 Dec	A	Zagreb	0 – 3	400		HRnogomet.com
16	2 Mar	A	Istra	2 – 0	3,500	o.g., Brkić	HRnogomet.com
17	9 Mar	H	Orijent	4 – 0	6,000	Brkić (2), Anić, Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
18	16 Mar	A	Šibenik	1 – 0	2,000	Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
19	23 Mar	H	Osijek	2 – 0	3,500	Brkić, Seferović	HRnogomet.com
20	5 Apr	A	Varteks	0 – 0	3,000		HRnogomet.com
21	12 Apr	H	Marsonia	5 – 3	3,000	Seferović, Hasančić (2), o.g., Brkić	HRnogomet.com
22	20 Apr	A	Croatia Zagreb	0 – 3	2,000		HRnogomet.com
23	26 Apr	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 3	7,000	Tokić	HRnogomet.com
24	3 May	AR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	2 – 3	700	Tokić, Ivančić	HRnogomet.com
25	7 May	A	Mladost 127	0 – 0	2,500		HRnogomet.com
26	11 May	H	Cibalia	3 – 0	3,000	Perković, Hasančić, Milinović	HRnogomet.com
27	18 May	A	Segesta	0 – 1	1,000		HRnogomet.com
28	21 May	H	Zadarkomerc	1 – 1	1,000	Cimirotič	HRnogomet.com
29	25 May	A	Inker Zaprešić	2 – 0	300	Anić, Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
30	1 Jun	H	Zagreb	3 – 0	3,000	Hasančić, Perković, Cimirotič	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	14 Aug	A	Varaždin	5 – 1	Marković, Milinović, Hasančić, Perković, Ivančić	HRnogomet.com
R2	4 Sep	AR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0 – 1 (aet)		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
	League		Cup		Total
Mladen Žganjer	14 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	16 (0)	0
Đoni Tafra	16 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	16 (0)	0
Mladen Ivančić	20 (4)	2	1 (1)	1	21 (5)	3
Damir Milinović	26 (0)	2	2 (0)	1	28 (0)	3
Mario Tokić	25 (2)	3	2 (0)	0	27 (2)	3
Mladen Romić	25 (1)	0	2 (0)	0	27 (1)	0
Dario Smoje	12 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	12 (2)	0
Borimir Perković	21 (2)	5	2 (0)	1	23 (2)	6
Senad Brkić	17 (0)	9	0 (0)	0	17 (0)	9
Admir Hasančić	21 (1)	10	1 (0)	1	22 (1)	11
Stjepan Ostojić	15 (8)	1	2 (0)	0	17 (8)	1
Dalibor Višković	21 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	22 (3)	0
Zdenko Jedvaj	16 (1)	1	1 (0)	0	17 (1)	1
Jasmin Agić	10 (10)	0	0 (0)	0	10 (10)	0
Boško Anić	14 (0)	2	0 (0)	0	14 (0)	2
Sead Seferović	10 (6)	2	0 (0)	0	10 (6)	2
Boško Balaban	11 (8)	1	0 (1)	0	11 (9)	1
Branko Panić	6 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	6 (5)	0
Sebastjan Cimirotič	8 (2)	2	0 (0)	0	8 (2)	2
Renato Pilipović	0 (7)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (7)	0
Davor Dželalija	6 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	6 (0)	0
Jasmin Samardžić	0 (6)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (7)	1
Alen Horvat	2 (1)	0	2 (0)	0	4 (1)	0
Elvis Brajković	5 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (0)	0
Igor Benedejčič	5 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (0)	0
Renato Marković	2 (7)	0	2 (0)	1	4 (7)	1
Igor Bernobić	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (3)	0
Nenad Zorić	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	2 (0)	0
Andrej Živković	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0

See also

• 1996–97 Prva HNL
• 1996–97 Croatian Cup

External sources

• 1996–97 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
• 1996–97 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
• Prvenstvo 1996.-97. at nk-rijeka.hr