1995–96 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka

1995–96 season
Chairman	Hrvoje Šarinić
Manager	Marijan Jantoljak, Ranko Buketa, Zoran Šestan, Josip Skoblar, Miroslav Blažević, Nenad Gračan
Prva HNL	9th
Croatian Cup	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: Senad Brkić (15) All: Senad Brkić (16)
Highest home attendance	6,000 vs Hajduk Split and Istra (17 February 1996 and 22 May 1996 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance	200 (2 times - Croatian Cup)
Average home league attendance	2,350[1]

The 1995–96 season was the 50th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 5th season in the Prva HNL and 22nd 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	14 August 1995	26 May 1996	Matchday 1	9th	36	11	8	17	46	56	−10	030.56
Croatian Cup	23 August 1995	20 March 1996	First round	Quarterfinal	6	3	1	2	10	10	+0	050.00
Total					42	14	9	19	56	66	−10	033.33

Prva HNL

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Inker Zaprešić	22	7	6	9	28	38	−10	27[a]	Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off
9	Šibenik	22	7	6	9	25	28	−3	27[a]
10	Marsonia	22	6	3	13	14	33	−19	21
11	Rijeka	22	4	5	13	25	42	−17	17[b]
12	Istra Pula	22	3	8	11	16	36	−20	17[b]

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

1. Head-to-head points: Cibalia 8 pts, Inker 5 pts, Šibenik 3 pts.
2. Head-to-head record: Rijeka–Istra Pula 4–0, Istra Pula–Rijeka 0–1.

Second stage (relegation play-off)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Šibenik	14	8	0	6	19	15	+4	28
2	Segesta	14	6	3	5	19	18	+1	28	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
3	Rijeka	14	7	3	4	21	14	+7	26
4	Mladost 127	14	7	3	4	22	14	+8	25
5	Istra Pula	14	7	2	5	17	17	0	24

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
36	11	8	17	46	56	−10	41	9	4	5	35	23	+12	2	4	12	11	33	−22

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	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L
Position	8	6	5	8	5	7	4	6	8	8	9	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	11	10	11	10	9	10	9	8	9	8	9

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

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 1995–96 Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
1	13 Aug	H	Zagreb	1 – 2	3,500	Brkić	HRnogomet.com
2	20 Aug	A	Marsonia	1 – 0	3,000	Gračan	HRnogomet.com
3	27 Aug	H	Cibalia	4 – 4	1,000	Horvat, Brkić (2), Perković	HRnogomet.com
4	10 Sep	A	Varteks	1 – 2	3,000	Brkić	HRnogomet.com
5	13 Sep	H	Istra	4 – 0	1,000	Dželalija (2), Perković, Živković	HRnogomet.com
6	17 Sep	A	Croatia Zagreb	0 – 2	4,000		HRnogomet.com
7	20 Sep	H	Šibenik	3 – 1	1,000	Perković, Dželalija, Brkić	HRnogomet.com
8	24 Sep	H	Osijek	0 – 2	2,000		HRnogomet.com
9	1 Oct	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 1	4,000		HRnogomet.com
10	15 Oct	H	Inker Zaprešić	4 – 4	1,000	Milinović (2), Samardžić (2)	HRnogomet.com
11	22 Oct	A	Segesta	0 – 6	1,500		HRnogomet.com
12	29 Oct	A	Zagreb	0 – 3	1,000		HRnogomet.com
13	5 Nov	H	Marsonia	0 – 1	800		HRnogomet.com
14	11 Nov	A	Cibalia	1 – 1	500	Brkić	HRnogomet.com
15	19 Nov	H	Varteks	2 – 2	500	Dželalija, Smoje	HRnogomet.com
16	26 Nov	A	Istra	1 – 0	2,500	Brkić	HRnogomet.com
17	3 Dec	H	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 1	5,000	Perković	HRnogomet.com
18	10 Dec	A	Šibenik	1 – 2	1,500	Brkić	HRnogomet.com
19	17 Dec	A	Osijek	0 – 1	3,000		HRnogomet.com
20	17 Feb	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 3	6,000		HRnogomet.com
21	24 Feb	A	Inker Zaprešić	1 – 3	400	Dželalija	HRnogomet.com
22	3 Mar	H	Segesta	0 – 1	1,000		HRnogomet.com
23	10 Mar	A	Marsonia	0 – 1	3,000		HRnogomet.com
24	17 Mar	H	Inker Zaprešić	2 – 0	1,500	Hasančić, Brkić	HRnogomet.com
25	24 Mar	A	Cibalia	2 – 2	1,500	Brkić (2)	HRnogomet.com
26	31 Mar	A	Mladost 127	0 – 0	3,000		HRnogomet.com
27	6 Apr	H	Segesta	2 – 0	2,000	Tokić, Dželalija	HRnogomet.com
28	14 Apr	A	Istra	0 – 1	8,000		HRnogomet.com
29	21 Apr	H	Šibenik	2 – 0	4,000	Perković, Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
30	24 Apr	H	Marsonia	2 – 1	2,000	Milinović, Brkić	HRnogomet.com
31	27 Apr	A	Inker Zaprešić	0 – 2	1,000		HRnogomet.com
32	5 May	H	Cibalia	2 – 0	2,000	Hasančić, Perković	HRnogomet.com
33	12 May	H	Mladost 127	2 – 0	2,000	Perković, Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
34	19 May	A	Segesta	3 – 3	1,200	Brkić (2), Dželalija	HRnogomet.com
35	22 May	H	Istra	4 – 1	6,000	Perković (3), Brkić	HRnogomet.com
36	26 May	A	Šibenik	0 – 3	4,000		HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	23 Aug	A	Nehaj Senj	5 – 1	?	Pilipović, Tokić, Perković, Brkić, Dželalija	HRnogomet.com
R1	6 Sep	H	Nehaj Senj	3 – 1	400	Pilipović, Samardžić, Milinović	HRnogomet.com
R2	11 Oct	A	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	2,500	Dželalija	HRnogomet.com
R2	25 Oct	H	Slaven Belupo	1 – 0	200	Perković	HRnogomet.com
QF	6 Mar	A	Zagreb	0 – 5	1,000		HRnogomet.com
QF	20 Mar	H	Zagreb	0 – 2	200		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	17 (1)	0	5 (0)	0	22 (1)	0
Mladen Ivančić	19 (6)	0	3 (1)	0	22 (7)	0
Damir Milinović	31 (1)	3	5 (0)	1	36 (1)	4
Mario Tokić	34 (0)	1	5 (1)	1	39 (1)	2
Dario Smoje	21 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	23 (0)	1
Alen Horvat	16 (3)	1	4 (0)	0	20 (3)	1
Andrej Živković	24 (7)	1	3 (1)	0	27 (8)	1
Davor Dželalija	29 (2)	7	4 (0)	2	33 (2)	9
Borimir Perković	30 (0)	10	4 (1)	2	34 (1)	12
Senad Brkić	31 (0)	15	4 (0)	1	35 (0)	16
Admir Hasančić	17 (10)	4	0 (3)	0	17 (13)	4
Stjepan Ostojić	15 (6)	0	3 (0)	0	18 (6)	0
Igor Bernobić	10 (3)	0	2 (0)	0	12 (3)	0
Renato Pilipović	7 (7)	0	3 (2)	2	10 (9)	2
Dalibor Višković	12 (2)	0	2 (1)	0	14 (3)	0
Irenko Jurić	11 (3)	0	3 (0)	0	14 (3)	0
Zoran Slavica	13 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	13 (0)	0
Dean Mladenić	6 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	7 (1)	0
Nenad Gračan	9 (1)	1	3 (0)	0	12 (1)	1
Jasmin Samardžić	5 (8)	2	2 (3)	1	7 (11)	3
Robert Vladislavić	9 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	10 (0)	0
Mladen Romić	10 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	10 (0)	0
Almir Hodžić	1 (4)	0	2 (1)	0	3 (5)	0
Ekrem Bradarić	5 (2)	0	2 (1)	0	7 (3)	0
Damir Uremović	2 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (5)	0
Vlado Tomljenović	3 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (2)	0
Renato Marković	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0
Robert Rubčić	5 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	6 (0)	0
Roberto Paliska	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Dragan Skočić	2 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	3 (0)	0
Yves Belle-Belle	1 (5)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (6)	0
Boško Balaban	0 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (3)	0
Senad Rožajac	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0

See also

• 1995–96 Prva HNL
• 1995–96 Croatian Cup

References

1. "Gledatelji po klubovima 1995-1996". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

External links

• 1995–96 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
• 1995–96 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
• Prvenstvo 1995.-96. at nk-rijeka.hr