2017–18 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka
2017–18 season
Chairman	Damir Mišković
Manager	Matjaž Kek
Stadium	Rujevica
HT Prva liga	2nd
Croatian Cup	Semi-final
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Héber (16); All: Héber (17)
Highest home attendance	8,118 v Red Bull Salzburg ; (2 August 2017)
Lowest home attendance	3,022 v Osijek ; (22 October 2017)
Average home league attendance	4,850[1]

The 2017–18 season was the 72nd season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It was their 27th successive season in the Croatian First Football League, and 44th successive top tier season.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
HT Prva liga	15 Jul 2017	19 May 2018	Matchday 1	Runners-up	36	22	4	10	75	32	+43	061.11
Croatian Cup	20 Sep 2017	4 Apr 2018	First round	Semi-final	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	075.00
UEFA Champions League	11 Jul 2017	22 Aug 2017	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	6	2	2	2	9	5	+4	033.33
UEFA Europa League	14 Sep 2017	7 Dec 2017	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	033.33
Total					52	29	7	16	103	54	+49	055.77

Last updated: 19 May 2018.

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	36	22	7	7	68	34	+34	73	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rijeka	36	22	4	10	75	32	+43	70	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Hajduk Split	36	19	9	8	70	38	+32	66	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Osijek	36	14	14	8	53	38	+15	56	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Lokomotiva	36	14	9	13	47	48	−1	51

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).[2]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Since the winners of the 2017–18 Croatian Football Cup, Dinamo Zagreb, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the runners-up, the spot awarded to the runners-up was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team.

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	22	4	10	75	32	+43	70	14	1	3	49	13	+36	8	3	7	26	19	+7

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

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	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W
Position	4	2	1	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	AEK	RJK	AW
1	Milan	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–0	3–2	5–1
2	AEK Athens	6	1	5	0	6	5	+1	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	2–2	2–2
3	Rijeka	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	7		2–0	1–2	—	1–4
4	Austria Wien	6	1	2	3	9	16	−7	5		1–5	0–0	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

HT Prva liga

15 July 2017 1	Rijeka	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gorgon 22' Bradarić 49' 56' Vešović 72'	Report	Ivanovski 49' Bouadla 70'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,004 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

22 July 2017 2	Rijeka	4–1	Rudeš	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maleš 13' Kvržić 25' Župarić 45' Vešović 64' Mesarić 79' (o.g.) Gavranović 88'	Report	Havojić 7' Borevković 10' Ivančić 44' Aralica 62' Lulić 80'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,533 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

29 July 2017 3	Rijeka	2–0	Istra 1961	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jelić 13' Vešović 56' Gorgon 65' Gojković 75' (o.g.)	Report	Prelčec 23'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,504 Referee: Ivan Vučković (Zagreb)

7 August 2017 4	Osijek	1–0	Rijeka	Osijek
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Barišić 18' (pen.) Škorić 30' Lukić 65' Grezda 81'	Report	Elez 17' Gavranović 30' Vešović 33' 35' Kvržić 48' Mišić 59' Maleš 71' 90+2'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Attendance: 5,155 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

11 August 2017 5	Rijeka	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gorgon 42' Župarić 50'	Report	Fernandes 11', 40' (pen.) Stojanović 21' Lecjaks 50' 58' Benković 69'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 7,258 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

19 August 2017 6	Rijeka	2–1	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martić 24' Đoković 49' Punčec 67' Bradarić 81' Matei 84' 90+4'	Report	Majer 16' Šunjić 31' Ivanušec 83' Kolar 90+2'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,622 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

26 August 2017 7	Inter Zaprešić	1–3	Rijeka	Zaprešić
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Puljić 54' Nekić 79'	Report	Héber 6', 34' Gavranović 56' Punčec 88'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 777 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

9 September 2017 8	Rijeka	7–0	Cibalia	Rijeka
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović 2' Gorgon 5', 42', 90+2' Héber 50' Bradarić 52' Zuta 60' Mišić 68'	Report	Rubić 39'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,944 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Split)

17 September 2017 9	Hajduk Split	0–2	Rijeka	Split
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Said 86'	Report	Župarić 16' Héber 24', 58' Elez 88'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 18,108 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

23 September 2017 10	Slaven Belupo	1–1	Rijeka	Koprivnica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vrljičak 63' Međimorec 78' Kendeš 90'	Report	Héber 59'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 891 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

1 October 2017 11	Rudeš	1–5	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Budimir 29' Barbarić 77'	Report	Mišić 8' 42' Héber 44' 54', 60' Gavranović 48' 50', 89' Puljić 49'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 751 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

14 October 2017 12	Istra 1961	1–0	Rijeka	Pula
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Puclin 17' Vojnović 22' Kitanovski 75' Ivušić 82' 90+5' Ofosu 90+2'	Report	Matei 68' Elez 69' Zuta 90+2'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

22 October 2017 13	Rijeka	1–2	Osijek	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maleš 33' Mišić 44' Vešović 45+2' Gavranović 55' Kvržić 89'	Report	Bočkaj 17' 79' Grezda 33' 62' Mudražija 47' Ejupi 89' Šimunec 90+1'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Split) Marko Matoc (Zaprešić) (from 25')

28 October 2017 14	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moro 29' Soudani 49', 89'	Report	Acosty 9' Pavičić 27' Maleš 45' Kvržić 69' Bradarić 82'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 8,556 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

5 November 2017 15	Lokomotiva	1–0	Rijeka	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capan 16' Musa 45' Krstanović 65' Kolinger 69' Oluić 72' Šunjić 83'	Report	Župarić 42' Gorgon 83'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 980 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

18 November 2017 16	Rijeka	0–0	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vešović 90' Pavičić 90+3'	Report	Andrić 24' Šarić 90' Mamić 90+2' Mazalović 90+3'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,892 Referee: Marin Vidulin (Kanfanar)

26 November 2017 17	Cibalia	1–2	Rijeka	Vinkovci
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pervan 32' Muženjak 37' Rubić 43'	Report	Gorgon 18' Gavranović 23'	Stadium: HNK Cibalia Attendance: 410 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

2 December 2017 18	Rijeka	1–2	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bradarić 11' Pavičić 37' Zuta 65' Gavranović 68' Gorgon 74'	Report	Bašić 3' 8' Erceg 43' 51' Gentsoglou 68' Barry 70' Ismajli 71' Letica 90+4'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 6,349 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

10 December 2017 19	Rijeka	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Punčec 11' 89' Črnic 87'	Report	Bouadla 26' Arap 54' Vidović 85'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

17 December 2017 20	Rijeka	3–0	Rudeš	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Acosty 6' Mišić 46' Vešović 63' Puljić 90+2'	Report	Muić 14' Antonio Cristian 39' Fazli 56'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,440 Referee: Dario Kulušić (Šibenik)

10 February 2018 21	Rijeka	4–0	Istra 1961	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Puljić 33' Čolak 49' Črnic 57' Bradarić 59' Zuta 89'	Report	Ottochian 21' Jakić 54' Vojnović 70'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,151 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

17 February 2018 22	Osijek	2–1	Rijeka	Osijek
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Grgić 49' Hajradinović 56' (pen.) Boban 73'	Report	Župarić 6' Pavičić 87'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Attendance: 3,125 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

4 March 2018 24	Rijeka	3–1	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Héber 23' Leovac 33' Punčec 54' Čolak 76' Kvržić 90+1'	Report	Šunjić 25' Majstorović 40' Havojić 74' Krstanović 74'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,254 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Split)

7 March 2018 23	Rijeka	4–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kvržić 11' Héber 19', 60' 42' Punčec 33' Pavičić 48' Leovac 65' Zuta 71' Župarić 74' Puljić 87'	Report	Lešković 2' 27' Gavranović 16' 20' Ademi 63' Sosa 66'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,572 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

11 March 2018 25	Inter Zaprešić	0–3	Rijeka	Zaprešić
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Grgić 46' Čeliković 51'	Report	Pavičić 11' Héber 12' Bradarić 44' Acosty 65'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 586 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

18 March 2018 26	Rijeka	5–1	Cibalia	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Héber 33', 60', 69' Čolak 36' (pen.) Leovac 42' Puljić 79'	Report	Barišić 65' Galić 84'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,351 Referee: Ivan Vučković (Zagreb)

31 March 2018 27	Hajduk Split	1–1	Rijeka	Split
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ismajli 8' Said 45+1' Caktaš 62' (pen.) Kovačević 90+2'	Report	Raspopović 14' Čolak 30' 90+4' 52' Zuta 42' Župarić 45' Punčec 90+1'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 15,690 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

8 April 2018 28	Slaven Belupo	1–3	Rijeka	Koprivnica
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brezovec 28' Ivanovski 65' (pen.)	Report	Čolak 22' 38' Acosty 32' Puljić 78' Grahovac 83'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 915 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

13 April 2018 29	Rudeš	4–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Borevković 2' Kamenar 4' Pavic 27' 87' Segado 31' Galilea 37' Budimir 48', 66' (pen.) Fazli 85'	Report	Župarić 25' 66' Héber 34' Puljić 39' Pavičić 48' 60'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 327 Referee: Dario Bel (Osijek)

17 April 2018 30	Istra 1961	0–1	Rijeka	Pula
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kvržić 76'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

21 April 2018 31	Rijeka	1–0	Osijek	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Puljić 88'	Report	Lyopa 26' Marić 37' 74' Boban 90+2'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,101 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

28 April 2018 32	Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Acosty 39'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 5,017 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

4 May 2018 33	Lokomotiva	1–0	Rijeka	Zagreb
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Radonjić 13' Krstanović 25' Datković 29'	Report	Gorgon 30'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 986 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

8 May 2018 34	Rijeka	5–1	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gorgon 2' Acosty 39' Grahovac 52' Puljić 60' Zuta 73' Kvržić 79'	Report	Prenga 89'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,115 Referee: Ivan Vučković (Zagreb)

13 May 2018 35	Cibalia	0–0	Rijeka	Vinkovci
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Peričić 34' Tomašević 81' 88'	Report		Stadium: HNK Cibalia Attendance: 783 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

19 May 2018 36	Rijeka	3–1	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čolak 2' 46' Pavičić 36' Gorgon 65' Leovac 77' Puljić 90+5'	Report	López 6' 62' Said 50' 81' Ismajli 55'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 7,039 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

Source: Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Cup

20 September 2017 R1	Vrbovec	1–3	Rijeka	Vrbovec
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bradić 66' Ćosić 74' N. Jendriš 81' D. Colarić 86'	Report	Puljić 29' Jelić 43', 84' 74' Pavičić 50'	Stadium: Kraj Sajmišta Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

14 November 2017 R2	Gorica	0–3	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Masłowski 36' Marina 50'	Report	Pavičić 57' Gavranović 81' Kvržić 84'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 1,187 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

13 December 2017 QF	Inter Zaprešić	1–2	Rijeka	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Blažević 30' Mazalović 36' 90' Šarić 38'	Report	Puljić 31' Gavranović 39' Mišić 45+2' Maleš 53' Mavrias 78'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,287 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

4 April 2018 SF	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stojanović 15' Hajrović 24' Sosa 25' Gavranović 59' Soudani 80' Ćorić 82'	Report	Župarić 17' Bradarić 24' 47' Acosty 70'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 6,037 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Source: Croatian Football Federation

UEFA Champions League

11 July 2017 QR2	Rijeka	2–0	The New Saints	Rijeka, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mišić 4' Matei 68'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,833 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

18 July 2017 QR2	The New Saints	1–5 (1–7 agg.)	Rijeka	Oswestry, England
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cieślewicz 69' Routledge 74'	Report	Matei 41' Gavranović 54', 79' Gorgon 61' Ristovski 64'	Stadium: Park Hall Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

26 July 2017 QR3	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	Rijeka	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hwang 42' 49' Ulmer 82'	Report	Gavranović 30' Vešović 45' Župarić 79'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 12,714 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

2 August 2017 QR3	Rijeka	0–0 (1–1 agg.)	Red Bull Salzburg	Rijeka, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maleš 62' Mišić 70' Bradarić 84'	Report	Ćaleta-Car 7' Yabo 45+2' Samassékou 51' Paulo Miranda 90+5'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 8,118 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

16 August 2017 Play-off	Olympiacos	2–1	Rijeka	Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gillet 37' Odjidja-Ofoe 64' 66' Romao 90+3'	Report	Elez 19' Héber 42' 81' Zuta 49' 83' Maleš 52'	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: 21,352 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

22 August 2017 Play-off	Rijeka	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Olympiacos	Rijeka, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martić 38' Mišić 68'	Report	Romao 9' Marin 25' Kapino 59' Sebá 86' Carcela 89'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 8,105 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Source: uefa.com

UEFA Europa League

14 September 2017 GS	Rijeka	1–2	AEK Athens	Rijeka, Croatia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Elez 29' Mišić 39' Bradarić 42'	Report	Mantalos 16' Christodoulopoulos 62' Hélder Lopes 64' Simões 71' Araujo 87'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,932 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

28 September 2017 GS	Milan	3–2	Rijeka	Milan, Italy
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	André Silva 14' Musacchio 53' Cutrone 90+4'	Report	Bradarić 43' Elez 82' 90' (pen.) Acosty 84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 23,917 Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)

19 October 2017 GS	Austria Wien	1–3	Rijeka	Vienna, Austria
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Monschein 23' Salamon 61' Klein 71' Friesenbichler 90'	Report	Gavranović 21', 31' 50' Elez 62' Sluga 90' Kvržić 90+2'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 20,690 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

2 November 2017 GS	Rijeka	1–4	Austria Wien	Rijeka, Croatia
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Héber 28' Pavičić 61' Mišić 72' Vešović 90+3'	Report	Friesenbichler 9' Holzhauser 30' Prokop 41', 62' Pires 43' Serbest 73' Monschein 83'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 7,912 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

23 November 2017 GS	AEK Athens	2–2	Rijeka	Marousi, Greece
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hélder Lopes 40' Araujo 45+2' Christodoulopoulos 55'	Report	Gorgon 8', 26' 18' Maleš 23' Acosty 66' Gavranović 80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,100 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

7 December 2017 GS	Rijeka	2–0	Milan	Rijeka, Croatia
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Puljić 7' Maleš 43' Gavranović 47'	Report	André Silva 32' Antonelli 66' Locatelli 78'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 8,021 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Source: uefa.com

Pre-season

21 June 2017 Friendly	Rijeka	2–0	Rabotnički	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matei 59' Héber 61'	Report		Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič (Kranj)

24 June 2017 Friendly	Triglav Kranj	1–1	Rijeka	Kranj, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bojić 64'	Report	Héber 13'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Attendance: 800 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič (Kranj)

27 June 2017 Friendly	Rijeka	3–1	Astra Giurgiu	Kranj, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović 8' Matei 23', 43'	Report	Biceanu 90'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: David Šmajc (Kranj)

30 June 2017 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Villach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Župarić 31'	Report		Stadium: Landskron Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Christian Maier (Villach)

5 July 2017 Friendly	Rijeka	5–1	Celje	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović 7' Héber 27' Gorgon 35' Punčec 86' Džinić 90' (o.g.)	Report	Lupeta 37'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,268 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

On-season (2017)

1 September 2017 Friendly	Rijeka	9–0	Brinje-Grosuplje	Rijeka, Croatia
	Jelić 39', 50' Acosty 47' Héber 65', 68' Mišić 78' Gorgon 83', 88' Pavičić 90'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors

5 September 2017 Friendly	Rijeka	21–0	Borac Bakar	Rijeka
	Acosty 6', 8', 18', 27', 45' Puljić 32', 35', 44', 58' Gavranović 52', 60', 69', 71', 77', 87', 90' Kvržić 61', 65', 68' Matei 63' Gomelt 83'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

6 October 2017 Friendly	Rijeka	2–0	Ankaran	Umag, Croatia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jelić 34' Héber 80'	Report		Stadium: SC Istraturist Referee: Saša Kapular (Brtonigla)

10 October 2017 Friendly	Orijent 1919	0–2	Rijeka	Rijeka
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Jelić 33' Črnic 59'	Stadium: Krimeja Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marko Cvijović (Rijeka)

Mid-season

17 January 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	10–0	Brinje-Grosuplje	Rijeka, Croatia
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jelić 1', 8', 44' Dangubić 17', 41' Héber 25' Župarić 34' Puljić 52', 65' Ristovski 82'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Marko Cvijović (Rijeka)

20 January 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	0–0	Gorica	Rijeka, Croatia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,014 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

25 January 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Ferencváros	Albufeira, Portugal
16:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)	Héber 78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Referee: Nuno Almeida (Portugal)

29 January 2018 Atlantic Cup	Rijeka	1–2	Aarhus	Algarve, Portugal
15:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)	Ristovski 73'	Report	Sana 45' (pen.) Pedersen 55'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 100 Referee: Bruno Rebocho (Portugal)

30 January 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	0–2	Waldhof Mannheim	Albufeira, Portugal
11:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)		Report	Korte 43', 51'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Attendance: 100 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Portugal)

2 February 2018 Atlantic Cup	Rijeka	1–1	Norrköping	Parchal, Portugal
15:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)	Fjóluson 68' (o.g.)	Report	Jakobsen 3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal da Bela Vista Attendance: 150 Referee: João Malheiro Pinto (Portugal)

6 February 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	2–0	Krško	Rijeka, Croatia
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pavičić 58' Črnic 65'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 300 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

On-season (2018)

14 March 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	7–0	Otočac	Rijeka
	Črnic 7' Gorgon 19' Kvržić 21', 69' Dangubić 31', 67' Acosty 46'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Marko Cvijović (Rijeka)

27 March 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	7–0	Vinodol	Rijeka
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acosty 5' Dangubić 36', 45' Črnic 43' Bojinov 53' (pen.) Vuk 58', 63'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: 100 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

24 April 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	11–0	Žiri	Rijeka, Croatia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Črnic 4', 45' Bojinov 16', 30', 65', 83' Kvržić 23' Čolak 46', 80' Escoval 70' Kuqi 87'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: 100 Referee: Zvonko Radić (Kastav)

Player seasonal records

Updated 19 May 2018. Competitive matches only.

Goals

Rank	Name	1. HNL	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Héber	16	1	–	17
2	Mario Gavranović	7	6	2	15
3	Jakov Puljić	8	1	2	11
4	Alexander Gorgon	7	3	–	10
5	Maxwell Acosty	6	1	–	7
5	Domagoj Pavičić	5	1	1	7
7	Antonio Čolak	6	–	–	6
7	Zoran Kvržić	4	1	1	6
9	Filip Bradarić	3	–	–	3
	Josip Mišić	2	1	–	3
	Florentin Matei	1	2	–	3
12	Matic Črnic	2	–	–	2
	Marko Vešović	2	–	–	2
	Leonard Zuta	2	–	–	2
	Josip Elez	–	2	–	2
	Matej Jelić	–	–	2	2
17	Roberto Punčec	1	–	–	1
	Dario Župarić	1	–	–	1
	Stefan Ristovski	–	1	–	1
Own goals		2	–	–	2
TOTALS		75	20	8	103

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	1. HNL	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Simon Sluga	10	3	–	13
2	Andrej Prskalo	3	–	1	4
TOTALS		13	3	1	17

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Player	1. HNL			Europe			Cup			Total
Number	Position	Player
4	DF	Roberto Punčec	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
7	MF	Zoran Kvržić	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
9	FW	Héber	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	GK	Simon Sluga	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	1
14	MF	Maxwell Acosty	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
18	DF	Josip Elez	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
21	FW	Jakov Puljić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF	Damjan Đoković	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
26	DF	Marin Leovac	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
26	MF	Mate Maleš	3	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
27	MF	Josip Mišić	4	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	1
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	0
29	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
35	DF	Charalampos Mavrias	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
90	FW	Matej Jelić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
TOTALS			65	5	1	24	1	1	7	1	0	96	7	2

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Number	Position	Player	Total		1. HNL[n 1]		Europe[n 1]		Croatian Cup[n 1]
3	DF	Jason Davidson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	Roberto Punčec	33	1	26+1	1	1+2	0	3+0	0
6	DF	João Escoval	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	7	1	3+0	0	4+0	1	0+0	0
7	MF	Zoran Kvržić	43	6	17+13	4	5+4	1	2+2	1
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	49	2	34+1	2	9+1	0	4+0	0
9	FW	Héber	33	17	18+5	16	8+1	1	1+0	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	14	3	5+3	1	1+4	2	1+0	0
10	FW	Valeri Bojinov	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
11	MF	Matic Črnic	26	2	4+13	2	0+6	0	3+0	0
12	GK	Simon Sluga	39	0	27+0	0	9+0	0	3+0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	46	1	31+0	1	12+0	0	3+0	0
14	MF	Maxwell Acosty	31	7	17+5	6	4+2	1	1+2	0
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	15	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	16	6	14+2	6	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	29	15	14+3	7	9+1	6	1+1	2
18	MF	Josip Elez	26	2	11+2	0	11+0	2	1+1	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	35	10	18+5	7	10+0	3	1+1	0
21	FW	Jakov Puljić	32	11	9+16	8	2+2	1	3+0	2
21	FW	Goodness Ajayi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	Damjan Đoković	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
24	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	34	7	20+6	5	4+1	1	3+0	1
26	DF	Marin Leovac	10	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	MF	Mate Maleš	28	0	11+4	0	6+4	0	2+1	0
27	MF	Josip Mišić	32	3	17+2	2	10+0	1	3+0	0
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	42	3	27+2	3	11+0	0	1+1	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	29	2	14+2	2	12+0	0	1+0	0
29	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	Luka Capan	11	0	4+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	14	0	9+0	0	3+1	0	1+0	0
35	DF	Charalampos Mavrias	10	0	4+2	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	7	0	2+3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
77	MF	Milan Ristovski	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
90	FW	Matej Jelić	12	2	3+4	0	0+3	0	1+1	2
99	MF	Jasmin Čeliković	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Competition	Player	Games Missed
15 Jul 2017	1. HNL	Filip Bradarić	1
7 Aug 2017	1. HNL	Marko Vešović
7 Aug 2017	1. HNL	Mate Maleš
16 Aug 2017	UCL	Leonard Zuta
14 Oct 2017	1. HNL	Josip Elez
22 Oct 2017	1. HNL	Josip Mišić
22 Oct 2017	1. HNL	Marko Vešović
28 Oct 2017	1. HNL	Mate Maleš
28 Oct 2017	1. HNL	Zoran Kvržić
2 Nov 2017	UEL	Josip Mišić	3
5 Nov 2017	1. HNL	Dario Župarić	1
2 Dec 2017	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić
	1. HNL	Leonard Zuta
	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon
10 Dec 2017	1. HNL	Roberto Punčec
17 Feb 2018	1. HNL	Dario Župarić
11 Mar 2018	1. HNL	Filip Bradarić
18 Mar 2018	1. HNL	Marin Leovac
31 Mar 2018	1. HNL	Roberto Punčec
31 Mar 2018	1. HNL	Antonio Čolak
4 Apr 2018	Cup	Filip Bradarić	3
13 Apr 2018	1. HNL	Dario Župarić	1

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall	1. HNL	Europe	Croatian Cup
Most appearances	Zuta (49)	Zuta (35)	Vešović & Župarić (12)	Kvržić & Zuta (4)
Most starts	Zuta (47)	Zuta (34)	Vešović & Župarić (12)	Zuta (4)
Most substitute appearances	Črnic & Kvržić (19)	Puljić (16)	Črnic (6)	Acosty & Kvržić (2)
Most minutes played	Zuta (4,219)	Zuta (3,066)	Župarić (1,080)	Zuta (360)
Top goalscorer	Héber (17)	Héber (16)	Gavranović (6)	Gavranović, Jelić & Puljić (2)
Most assists	Pavičić (12)	Pavičić (10)	Bradarić & Ristovski (3)	Gavranović (2)
Most yellow cards	Bradarić & Maleš (10)	Župarić (7)	Maleš (4)	Bradarić (2)
Most red cards	Bradarić & Župarić (2)	Župarić (2)	Mišić & Zuta (1)	Bradarić (1)
Last updated: 19 May 2018.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Type	Fee
14 Jun 2017	RB	Mihael Rebernik	Aluminij	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2017	LB	Jamilu Collins	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2017	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2017	GK	Ayotunde Ikuepamitan	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2017	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Sheriff Tiraspol	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2017	GK	David Nwolokor	Vitez	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2017	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Istra 1961	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2017	CF	Dario Vizinger	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Return from loan	N/A
23 Jun 2017	CF	Héber Araujo dos Santos	Slaven Belupo	Transfer	€300,000
29 Jun 2017	CF	Filip Dangubić	Krško	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2017	RW	Marin Tomasov	Al-Nassr	Return from loan	N/A
1 Jul 2017	CB	Josip Elez	Lazio	Transfer (buying option)	€450,000
4 Jul 2017	CM	Damjan Đoković	Spezia	Transfer	Free
4 Jul 2017	CM	Tomislav Gomelt	Bari	Transfer	€50,000
4 Jul 2017	CB	Roberto Punčec	Union Berlin	Transfer	Free
4 Jul 2017	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	Transfer	Free
4 Jul 2017	RW	Marko Vešović	Spezia	Transfer	Free
19 Jul 2017	AM	Milan Ristovski	Rabotnički	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
24 Jul 2017	CF	Matej Jelić	Rapid Wien	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
31 Aug 2017	RB	Charalampos Mavrias	Karlsruhe	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2017	RW	Maxwell Acosty	Crotone	Loan (until 30/6/2018; buying obligation)	N/A
31 Aug 2017	LB	Jason Davidson	Huddersfield Town	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2017	SS	Jakov Puljić	Inter Zaprešić	Loan (until 14/6/2018; buying obligation)	N/A
31 Aug 2017	CM	Domagoj Pavičić	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan (until 18/1/2018; option to buy)	N/A

19 Jan 2018	DM	Luka Capan	Lokomotiva	Transfer	€100,000
19 Jan 2018	CB	João Escoval	Istra 1961	Transfer	Free
19 Jan 2018	CM	Domagoj Pavičić	Dinamo Zagreb	Player exchange for Gavranović	N/A
23 Jan 2018	RB	Momčilo Raspopović	Budućnost Podgorica	Loan (until 15/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
30 Jan 2018	CF	Antonio Čolak	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan (until 30/6/2019; option to buy)	N/A
2 Feb 2018	CF	Filip Dangubić	Celje	Return from loan	N/A
12 Feb 2018	CF	Valeri Bojinov	Free agent	Transfer	N/A
12 Feb 2018	CM	Dominik Križanović	Cibalia	Transfer	€70,000
12 Feb 2018	LB	Marin Leovac	PAOK	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
13 Feb 2018	DM	Srđan Grahovac	Astana	Loan (until 31/12/2018; option to buy)	N/A

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Type	Fee
15 Jun 2017	CB	Ante Kulušić	Sheriff Tiraspol	End of contract	Free
15 Jun 2017	RB	Mihael Rebernik	Slaven Belupo	End of contract	Free
26 Jun 2017	AM	Franko Andrijašević	Gent	Transfer	€4.3 million
30 Jun 2017	CF	Roman Bezjak	Darmstadt 98	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2017	LB	Jamilu Collins	Paderborn 07	End of contract	Free
30 Jun 2017	CB	Josip Elez	Lazio	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2017	AM	Milan Ristovski	Rabotnički	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2017	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2017	RW	Marko Vešović	Spezia	End of loan	N/A
6 Jul 2017	CF	Dario Vizinger	Rudar Velenje	Loan (until 15/6/2018)	N/A
7 Jul 2017	CF	Tomislav Turčin	Rudeš	Loan (until 15/6/2018)	N/A
11 Jul 2017	CF	Filip Dangubić	Celje	Loan (until 15/6/2018)	N/A
11 Jul 2017	DM	Bernardo Matić	Široki Brijeg	Loan (until 14/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
14 Jul 2017	CM	Dario Čanađija	Olimpija Ljubljana	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
17 Jul 2017	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Krško	Loan (until 15/6/2018)	N/A
31 Jul 2017	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Varaždin	Loan (until 15/6/2018)	N/A
31 Jul 2017	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	Varaždin	Loan (until 15/6/2018)	N/A
7 Aug 2017	RW	Marin Tomasov	Astana	Loan (until 14/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
9 Aug 2017	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Sporting	Loan (until 29/6/2018; buying obligation)	€2.5 million
14 Aug 2017	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Varaždin	Loan (until 14/6/2018)	N/A
17 Aug 2017	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Partizan	Loan (until 15/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
21 Aug 2017	CB	Aleksandar Šofranac	Cercle Brugge	Released (mutual consent)	Free
31 Aug 2017	RB	Ivan Martić	U Craiova	Released (mutual consent)	Free
4 Sep 2017	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Hapoel Ashkelon	Loan (until 30/6/2018)	N/A
4 Sep 2017	CM	Damjan Đoković	Cluj	Released (mutual consent)	Free

10 Jan 2018	CB	Josip Elez	Hannover 96	Loan (until 30/6/2018; buying obligation)	€500,000
10 Jan 2018	RB	Marko Vešović	Legia Warsaw	Transfer	€450,000
11 Jan 2018	CM	Josip Mišić	Sporting	Transfer	€2.75 million
29 Jan 2018	CF	Mario Gavranović	Dinamo Zagreb	Player exchange for Pavičić	N/A
31 Jan 2018	LW	Florentin Matei	Astra Giurgiu	Loan (until 15/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
31 Jan 2018	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Omonia	Loan (until 15/6/2018)	N/A
1 Feb 2018	CM	Tomislav Gomelt	Lorca	Loan (until 30/6/2018)	N/A
1 Feb 2018	AM	Matej Šantek	Gorica	Loan (until 15/6/2018)	N/A
2 Feb 2018	CF	Dario Vizinger	Celje	Transfer	Free
12 Feb 2018	LB	Jason Davidson	Olimpija Ljubljana	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)	N/A
12 Feb 2018	CM	Dominik Križanović	Cibalia	Loan (until 15/6/2018)	N/A
26 Feb 2018	DM	Mate Maleš	Dalian Yifang	Transfer	€450,000

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €970,000
Income: €10,950,000
Expenditure: €9,980,000

Notes

First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

References

"Gledatelji po klubovima 2017-2018". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
"Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2017/2018" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 5 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

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[table_note_res_EL3Q0.86242808208914-2] Since the winners of the 2017–18 Croatian Football Cup, Dinamo Zagreb, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the runners-up, the spot awarded to the runners-up was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team.

[note2-4] First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

[1] "Gledatelji po klubovima 2017-2018". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

[3] "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2017/2018" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 5 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2017.