2018–19 HNK Rijeka season

The 2018–19 season was the 73rd season in HNK Rijeka's history. It was their 28th successive season in the Croatian First Football League, and 45th successive top tier season.

Rijeka

2018–19 season
Chairman	Damir Mišković
Manager	Matjaž Kek (until 6 Oct 2018) Igor Bišćan (from 9 Oct 2018)
Stadium	Rujevica
HT Prva liga	2nd
Croatian Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Jakov Puljić (16) All: Antonio Čolak (19)
Highest home attendance	7,122 v Hajduk Split (12 August 2018)
Lowest home attendance	2,846 v Rudeš (28 April 2019)
Average home league attendance	4,526[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
HT Prva liga	28 Jul 2018	25 May 2019	Matchday 1	Runners-up	36	19	10	7	70	36	+34	052.78
Croatian Cup	26 Sep 2018	22 May 2019	First round	Winners	5	5	0	0	18	4	+14	100.00
Europa League	9 Aug 2018	16 Aug 2018	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					43	24	11	8	89	42	+47	055.81

Last updated: 25 May 2019.

Classification

2018–19 Serbia First Football 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
36	19	10	7	70	36	+34	67	11	6	1	39	11	+28	8	4	6	31	25	+6

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
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	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D
Position	3	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

HT Prva liga

28 July 2018 1	Rijeka	2–0	Gorica	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pavičić  20' Pavelić  27' Héber  68' Grahovac  72'	Report	Maloča  43' Masłowski  45+1' Jovičić  61' Marina  79'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,211 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

3 August 2018 2	Rijeka	4–0	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acosty  4' Pavelić  43' Gorgon  64', 65' Héber  77'	Report	Postonjski  14' I. Čeliković  34' Prenga  40'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,650 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

12 August 2018 3	Rijeka	1–1	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zuta  23' Punčec  39' Puljić  62' Župarić  84'	Report	Fomitschow  45+1' Mikulić  78' Caktaš  87' (pen.)  90+5' Jairo  89'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 7,122 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

19 August 2018 4	Rudeš	1–2	Rijeka	Rijeka
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Petrović  23'	Report	Župarić  30' Čolak  37' Héber  59' Raspopović  88'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,475 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

26 August 2018 5	Rijeka	3–3	Istra 1961	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Héber  4', 30', 79' Čolak  43'	Report	Mierez  3', 17'  88' Rubić  41' Landeta  45+1' Grujević  46' Cardozo  59' Julio Rodríguez  72' Obeng  81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,517 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

2 September 2018 6	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović  32' Perić  61'	Report	Raspopović  11'  90'  38'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 5,752 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

16 September 2018 7	Rijeka	1–1	Osijek	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grahovac  21' Héber  57' Lončar  76' Pavičić  90+2'	Report	Bočkaj  51'  64'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,127 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

22 September 2018 8	Lokomotiva	2–0	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Datković  26' Radonjić 55' Kolinger  64' Kastrati  71'	Report	Punčec  53' Pavičić  59' Escoval  90+3'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 1,291 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

30 September 2018 9	Rijeka	0–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Raspopović  54' Čanađija  69'	Report	Međimorec  44' Jelić  80'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,320 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

6 October 2018 10	Gorica	2–1	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marina  29' Musa  32' Dvorneković  33' Zwoliński  54' Atiemwen  57'  80' Lovrić  85' Čagalj  86'	Report	Puljić  45+1' (pen.)  65' 86' Grahovac  79'	Stadium: Radnik Attendance: 2,659 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

19 October 2018 11	Inter Zaprešić	1–2	Rijeka	Zaprešić
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šimunec  32' Mamut  45+1' Solomon  84'	Report	Čolak  11', 63' Lončar  30'  36'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 634 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

28 October 2018 12	Hajduk Split	1–1	Rijeka	Split
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jurić  5' Said  28' (pen.)	Report	Čolak  13' Gorgon  50' (pen.) Čanađija  58' Župarić  90+2'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

5 November 2018 13	Rijeka	5–1	Rudeš	Rijeka
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gorgon  19' (pen.) Héber  45', 70' Čolak  55' Puljić  83'	Report	Filipović  18' Pantalon  28' Klepač  66'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Josip Lučić (Vinkovci)

11 November 2018 14	Istra 1961	1–2	Rijeka	Pula
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rodríguez  61' Cardozo  79' Perić-Komšić  88'	Report	Čolak  7' Kvržić  35' Zuta  85' Puljić  90+3'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 1,953 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Split)

24 November 2018 15	Rijeka	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zuta  35' Čolak  64' Acosty  90+1'	Report	Hajrović  29' Dilaver  45' Leovac  89' Stojanović  90+1'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,635 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

1 December 2018 16	Osijek	1–2	Rijeka	Osijek
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Šorša  8' Pušić  31' Kamenar  56' Ćavar  71'	Report	Čolak  43', 55' Mamić  90+5'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Attendance: 2,134 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

8 December 2018 17	Rijeka	3–0	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Héber  13', 77'  49' Kvržić  60' Punčec  62'	Report	Drožđek  30' Lecjaks  39' Kolinger  74'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,057 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

30 January 2019 18	Slaven Belupo	1–1	Rijeka	Koprivnica
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Goda  24' Bačelić-Grgić  85'	Report	Punčec  9' Acosty  48' Čolak  79'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 584 Referee: Domagoj Vučković (Zagreb)

3 February 2019 19	Rijeka	1–3	Gorica	Rijeka
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Acosty  6'  86'	Report	Suk  26' Zwoliński  30' (pen.) Miya  32' Čagalj  52' Mtchedlishvili  55' Dvorneković  57' Maloča  80'  87'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Dario Bel (Osijek)

10 February 2019 20	Inter Zaprešić	0–3	Rijeka	Zaprešić
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muhar  55' Brezovec  63'	Report	Mamić  26' Puljić  66', 74' Lončar  69'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 460 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

16 February 2019 21	Rijeka	0–0	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lončar  40'	Report	Ismajli  31' López  84' Barry  89' Tudor  89'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 6,527 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

22 February 2019 22	Rudeš	2–4	Rijeka	Zagreb
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vuco  15' (pen.) Smoljo  51' Juranović  81'	Report	Gorgon  41' (pen.)  60' Acosty  43' Murić  77' Puljić  78'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 279 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

1 March 2019 23	Rijeka	2–0	Istra 1961	Rijeka
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gorgon  43' Kvržić  61' Murić  90+2'	Report	Maicon  30' Pavic  75' Obeng  85'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,275 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

10 March 2019 24	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lešković  37' Gavranović  42' Perić  57' Moro  69'	Report	Puljić  6' Bušnja  8' Pavičić  21' Gorgon  44' Mamić  45' Kvržić  65'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 6,186 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

17 March 2019 25	Rijeka	3–1	Osijek	Rijeka
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Halilović  10' Lepinjica  28'  29' Acosty  65' Puljić  85'	Report	Grgić  8' Guti  33' Škorić  59' Pušić  65' Ejupi  82' Kleinheisler  90+4'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

29 March 2019 26	Lokomotiva	1–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Majstorović  49'	Report	Gorgon  20' Halilović  32' Puljić  72' Capan  74'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 830 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

2 April 2019 27	Rijeka	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Murić  21' Velkovski  23' Puljić  69'	Report	Međimorec  27' Šarlija  62' Puclin  77' Menalo  81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,851 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

6 April 2019 28	Gorica	1–0	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lovrić  21'  48' Čagalj  70' Oboabona  71' Marina  79'	Report	Escoval  27' Halilović  79'	Stadium: Radnik Attendance: 1,677 Referee: Ivan Vučković (Zagreb)

13 April 2019 29	Rijeka	7–0	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Halilović  27' Puljić 41'  41'  44' (pen.)  88', 90+1' Acosty  48' Pavičić  58'	Report	Čeliković  5'  40'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,227 Referee: Ivan Vučković (Zagreb)

20 April 2019 30	Hajduk Split	4–0	Rijeka	Split
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jurić  2' Barry  30' Caktaš  45', 50' Svatok  87'	Report	Halilović  77'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 14,752 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

28 April 2019 31	Rijeka	3–1	Rudeš	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mamić  9' Lončar  35' Puljić  39' Čolak  69' Lepinjica  76' Capan  90+2'	Report	Lisakovich  44'  52' Obanor  71' Mrkonjić  81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,846 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

4 May 2019 32	Istra 1961	0–7	Rijeka	Pula
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Franić  90+1'	Report	Pavičić  28', 49' Čolak  36', 62' Acosty  67' Puljić  69' H. Smolčić  77' Capan  90'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Split)

11 May 2019 33	Rijeka	0–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lepinjica  53' Kvržić  72'	Report	Rrahmani  38' Gojak  66' Lešković  80'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,543 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

15 May 2019 34	Osijek	2–1	Rijeka	Osijek
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marić  24', 48' Špoljarić  39' Guti  66' Pilj  68'	Report	Halilović  4' Čolak  11'  45' Pavičić  26'  39' Lepinjica  70' Mamić  80' Escoval  90'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

18 May 2019 35	Rijeka	1–0	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Murić  36' Puljić  54' Capan  80'	Report	Hujber  23' Ivanušec  58' Majstorović  59' Đurasek  62'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,068 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

25 May 2019 36	Slaven Belupo	1–1	Rijeka	Koprivnica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Plantak  57' Martinaga  62' Mladen  79'	Report	Acosty  64'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 872 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

Source: Croatian Football Federation[2]

Croatian Cup

26 September 2018 R1	Križevci	0–9	Rijeka	Križevci
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stubičan  12' Bastašić  68'	Report	Čolak  18', 29', 75', 80', 87' Bušnja  35' Pavičić  40' Čanađija  43', 89' Escoval  63'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ante Čuljak (Zagreb)

31 October 2018 R2	Varaždin	1–2	Rijeka	Varaždin
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benko  27'	Report	Puljić  4'  36' Acosty  75' Héber  81' Lončar  90+1' Čolak  90+3'	Stadium: Varteks Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Ivan Vučković (Zagreb)

4 December 2018 QF	Lokomotiva	1–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Radonjić  19' Uzuni  44' Drožđek  72' Mlinar  90+3'	Report	Punčec  44' Župarić  49' Héber  54' Gorgon  65'  80'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 650 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

24 April 2019 SF	Inter Zaprešić	1–2	Rijeka	Zaprešić
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Buljat  15' Tatomirović  60' Brezovec  90+1'	Report	Murić  30' Halilović  70' Lončar  86' Lepinjica  90'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 2,463 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

22 May 2019 Final	Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	Rijeka	Pula
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Théophile-Catherine  53' Oršić  64' Olmo 74' Gavranović  86'	Report	Čolak  13'  27' Capan  23' Halilović  39' Kvržić  85'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 6,742 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Source: Croatian Football Federation[2]

UEFA Europa League

9 August 2018 QR3	Sarpsborg 08	1–1	Rijeka	Sarpsborg, Norway
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thomassen  59' Tamm  70' Zachariassen  72' Askar  74'	Report	Héber  60' Gorgon  83' Čanađija  89'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 5,944 Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

16 August 2018 QR3	Rijeka	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Sarpsborg 08	Rijeka, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zuta  75'	Report	Halvorsen  69' Mortensen  83' Muhammed  88' Heintz  90+5'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,351 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Source: uefa.com

Pre-season

22 June 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	2–1	Balzan	Rijeka, Croatia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Puljić  4' Acosty  88'	Report	Lepović  54'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: 300 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

27 June 2018 Friendly	Kraljevica	0–11	Rijeka	Kraljevica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Dangubić  10', 25' Mamić  15', 21' Črnic  40', 45' Lončar  46' Čolak  50', 57', 82' Héber  59'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Milan Ružić-Minta Attendance: 700 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

29 June 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	10–0	Vukovar 1991	Rijeka
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acosty  5' Héber  12' Čolak  14', 20', 42' Puljić  31' Grahovac  50' Bojinov  58' Dangubić  69', 86'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: 300 Referee: Milan Kukuljan (Rijeka)

5 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	5–0	Žilina	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lončar  15' Pavičić  31' Gorgon  33' Héber  37' Puljić  73'	Report		Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Andrej Žnjidaršič (Kranj)

10 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	3–1	Spartak Moscow	Villach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gigot  36' (o.g.) Čolak  68', 73'	Report	Timofeyev  86'	Stadium: Landskron Attendance: 100 Referee: Günter Messner (Austria)

13 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	2–0	Luton Town	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čolak  22' Gorgon  32'	Report		Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: David Šmajc

17 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	7–0	Tabor Sežana	Rijeka, Croatia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kvržić  12' Gorgon  19' Héber  33' Acosty  47' Salkić  54' (o.g.) Čanađija  87' Puljić  90'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,311 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

20 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	9–1	Zadar	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pavičić  4', 11', 44' Héber  27', 32' Acosty  46', 51' Gorgon  69' (pen.) Puljić  75'	Report	Torbarina  55'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

On-season

22 August 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	6–1	Brinje-Grosuplje	Rijeka, Croatia
	Čolak  26', 41' Mitrović  31' Escoval  36' Bušnja  48' Smolčić  66'	Report	Potočar  23'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors

8 September 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	4–0	Maribor	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Puljić  11' (pen.) Gorgon  30' Čolak  40' Héber  54'	Report		Stadium: Kantrida Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Mid-season

12 January 2019 Friendly	Rijeka	0–3	Wolfsburg	Albufeira, Portugal
13:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)		Report	Mehmedi  43', 53', 58'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Attendance: 100 Referee: Pablo Santos (Portugal)

17 January 2019 Friendly	Rijeka	3–1	Servette	Albufeira, Portugal
19:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)	Héber  25' (pen.) Kvržić  74' Capan  80'	Report	Schalk  90'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Attendance: 75

20 January 2019 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Albufeira, Portugal
16:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)	Bušnja  86'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Attendance: 50

25 January 2019 Friendly	Rijeka	3–0	Krško	Rijeka, Croatia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lončar  20' Acosty  28', 55'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 500 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

Player seasonal records

Updated 25 May 2019. Competitive matches only.

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Antonio Čolak	12	–	7	19
2	Jakov Puljić	16	–	1	17
3	Héber Araujo dos Santos	9	–	1	10
	Alexander Gorgon	8	1	1	10
5	Maxwell Acosty	7	–	–	7
6	Domagoj Pavičić	4	–	1	5
7	Robert Murić	3	–	1	4
8	Tibor Halilović	2	–	1	3
	Zoran Kvržić	2	–	1	3
	Stjepan Lončar	2	–	1	3
11	Dario Čanađija	–	–	2	2
12	Luka Capan	1	–	–	1
	Ivan Lepinjica	1	–	–	1
	Mario Pavelić	1	–	–	1
	Momčilo Raspopović	1	–	–	1
	Dario Župarić	1	–	–	1
	Denis Bušnja	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		70	1	18	89

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Simon Sluga	13	–	–	13
2	Andrej Prskalo	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		13	0	1	14

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Player	1. HNL			Europe			Croatian Cup			Total
3	DF	Petar Mamić	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	DF	Roberto Punčec	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	MF	Ivan Lepinjica	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF	Zoran Kvržić	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	MF	Tibor Halilović	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
9	FW	Héber Araujo dos Santos	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
14	MF	Maxwell Acosty	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
18	FW	Robert Murić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	DF	Mario Pavelić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
21	FW	Jakov Puljić	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
22	MF	Denis Bušnja	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
26	DF	João Escoval	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
29	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
31	MF	Luka Capan	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
33	DF	Darko Velkovski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
36	DF	Hrvoje Smolčić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
44	MF	Stjepan Lončar	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
TOTALS			61	3	1	3	0	0	12	0	0	76	3	1

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			Total		1. HNL[n 1]		Europa League[n 1]		Croatian Cup[n 1]
2	DF	Filip Braut	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	Petar Mamić	20	0	15+3	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	Roberto Punčec	28	0	21+1	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	20	2	12+4	0	2+0	0	1+1	2
6	MF	Ivan Lepinjica	14	1	10+2	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	Zoran Kvržić	36	3	23+6	2	0+2	0	5+0	1
8	MF	Tibor Halilović	20	3	13+5	2	0+0	0	2+0	1
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	17	0	13+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW	Héber Araujo dos Santos	19	10	13+2	9	2+0	0	2+0	1
11	FW	Matej Vuk	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	Simon Sluga	41	0	35+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	36	1	29+1	1	2+0	0	4+0	0
14	MF	Maxwell Acosty	34	7	18+11	7	2+0	0	2+1	0
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	15	0	8+4	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	Adrian Liber	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	31	19	16+8	12	0+2	0	3+2	7
18	FW	Robert Murić	17	4	12+4	3	0+0	0	1+0	1
19	DF	Mario Pavelić	11	1	9+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	31	10	23+3	8	2+0	1	1+2	1
21	FW	Jakov Puljić	34	17	19+10	16	0+1	0	2+2	1
22	MF	Denis Bušnja	14	1	3+9	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
23	FW	Josip Mitrović	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	39	5	29+3	4	2+0	0	4+1	1
26	DF	João Escoval	26	0	20+3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
27	DF	Ivan Tomečak	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
28	DF	Ivan Smolčić	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	14	1	11+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
31	MF	Luka Capan	20	1	6+10	1	0+1	0	3+0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
33	DF	Darko Velkovski	7	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
36	DF	Hrvoje Smolčić	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	MF	Stjepan Lončar	31	3	24+3	2	0+0	0	2+2	1
77	FW	Milan Ristovski	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Competition	Player	Games Missed	Reason
2 Sep 2018	1. HNL	Momčilo Raspopović	1
22 Sep 2018	1. HNL	Roberto Punčec
6 Oct 2018	1. HNL	Srđan Grahovac
19 Oct 2018	1. HNL	Stjepan Lončar
24 Nov 2018	1. HNL	Leonard Zuta
8 Dec 2018	1. HNL	Héber
30 Jan 2019	1. HNL	Roberto Punčec
	1. HNL	Antonio Čolak
10 Mar 2019	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić
	1. HNL	Petar Mamić
17 Mar 2019	1. HNL	Maxwell Acosty
	1. HNL	Ivan Lepinjica
20 Apr 2019	1. HNL	Tibor Halilović
11 May 2019	1. HNL	Zoran Kvržić
15 May 2019	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić
	1. HNL	Ivan Lepinjica
	1. HNL	João Escoval
18 May 2019	1. HNL	Jakov Puljić
	1. HNL	Luka Capan

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall	1. HNL	Croatian Cup	Europa League
Most appearances	Sluga (41)	Sluga (35)	Čolak, Kvržić & Pavičić (5)	13 players (2)
Most starts	Sluga (41)	Sluga (35)	Kvržić (5)	11 players (2)
Most substitute appearances	Puljić (13)	Acosty (11)	Čolak, Gorgon, Lončar & Puljić (2)	Čolak & Kvržić (2)
Most minutes played	Sluga (3,690)	Sluga (3,150)	Kvržić (450)	8 players (180)
Top goalscorer	Čolak (19)	Puljić (16)	Čolak (7)	Gorgon (1)
Most assists	Kvržić (15)	Kvržić (11)	Kvržić (4)	Acosty (1)
Most yellow cards	7 players (5)	Mamić & Pavičić (5)	12 players (1)	Čanađija, Héber & Zuta (1)
Most red cards	Lončar, Pavičić, Punčec & Raspopović (1)	Lončar, Pavičić, Punčec & Raspopović (1)	(0)	(0)
Last updated: 25 May 2019.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Type	Fee	Ref.
14 Jun 2018	DM	Bernardo Matić	Široki Brijeg	End of loan	N/A
14 Jun 2018	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Varaždin	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Varaždin	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Krško	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	Varaždin	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	CM	Dominik Križanović	Cibalia	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Omonia	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	AM	Matej Šantek	Gorica	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Rudeš	End of loan	N/A	[3]
29 Jun 2018	SS	Jakov Puljić	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer (buying obligation)	Undisclosed	[4]
30 Jun 2018	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Hapoel Ashkelon	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2018	CM	Dario Čanađija	Olimpija Ljubljana	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2018	LB	Jason Davidson	Olimpija Ljubljana	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2018	CM	Tomislav Gomelt	Lorca	End of loan	N/A
5 Jul 2018	LB	Petar Mamić	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer	Undisclosed	[5]
10 Jul 2018	RW	Milan Ristovski	Rabotnichki	Transfer (buying option)	Undisclosed
13 Jul 2018	CM	Stjepan Lončar	Široki Brijeg	Transfer	Undisclosed	[6]
13 Jul 2018	RB	Momčilo Raspopović	Budućnost	Transfer (buying option)	Undisclosed	[7]
13 Jul 2018	CB	Darko Velkovski	Vardar	Transfer	Free	[8]
13 Jul 2018	RB	Mario Pavelić	Rapid Wien	Transfer	Free	[9]
13 Jul 2018	CB	Dario Župarić	Pescara	Transfer (buying option)	€800,000	[10]
13 Jul 2018	RW	Maxwell Acosty	Crotone	Transfer (buying obligation)	Undisclosed	[4]
30 Dec 2018	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Varaždin	End of loan	N/A
31 Dec 2018	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Dugopolje	End of loan	N/A
25 Jan 2019	LW	Matej Vuk	Inter Zaprešić	End of loan	N/A	[11]
28 Jan 2019	CM	Tibor Halilović	Wisła Kraków	Transfer	Free	[12]
28 Jan 2019	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Mura	End of loan	N/A
5 Feb 2019	RW	Robert Murić	Braga	Transfer	Free	[13]
8 Feb 2019	RB	Ivan Tomečak	Club Brugge	Transfer	Free	[14]
12 Feb 2019	RW	Milan Ristovski	Krško	End of loan	N/A	[15]
15 Feb 2019	CM	Ivan Lepinjica	Zadar	End of loan	N/A

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Type	Fee	Ref.
15 Jun 2018	GK	Ayotunde Ikuepamitan	Primorac BnM	End of contract	Free
15 Jun 2018	DM	Bernardo Matić	Široki Brijeg	End of contract	Free	[16]
15 Jun 2018	AM	Anas Sharbini	Grobničan	End of contract	Free	[17]
28 Jun 2018	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Široki Brijeg	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[18]
30 Jun 2018	CF	Matej Jelić	Rapid Wien	End of loan	N/A	[19]
30 Jun 2018	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	TBC	End of contract	Free
30 Jun 2018	LB	Marin Leovac	PAOK	End of loan	N/A	[20]
30 Jun 2018	RB	Charalampos Mavrias	Hibernian	End of contract	Free	[21]
4 Jul 2018	RW	Marin Tomasov	Astana	Transfer (buying option)	€500,000	[22]
5 Jul 2018	LW	Matic Črnic	Olimpija Ljubljana	Transfer	€250,000	[23]
6 Jul 2018	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer	Undisclosed	[24]
6 Jul 2018	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer	Undisclosed	[24]
6 Jul 2018	DM	Jasmin Čeliković	Inter Zaprešić	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[24]
6 Jul 2018	LW	Matej Vuk	Inter Zaprešić	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[24]
10 Jul 2018	CF	Filip Dangubić	Spartak Trnava	Transfer	Undisclosed	[25]
10 Jul 2018	RW	Milan Ristovski	Krško	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[26]
10 Jul 2018	LB	Daniel Štefulj	Krško	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[26]
13 Jul 2018	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Mura	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[27]
13 Jul 2018	AM	Matej Šantek	Rudar Velenje	Transfer	Undisclosed	[28]
18 Jul 2018	LB	Jason Davidson	Perth Glory	Transfer	Free	[29]
19 Jul 2018	GK	David Samuel Nwolokor	Sereď	Loan (until 30/6/2019)	N/A	[30]
20 Jul 2018	CB	Josip Elez	Hannover 96	Transfer (buying obligation)	€2,500,000	[31]
23 Jul 2018	CM	Tomislav Gomelt	Dinamo București	Transfer	Free	[32]
3 Aug 2018	CF	Emanuel Črnko	Varaždin	Loan (until 14/6/2019)	N/A	[26]
3 Aug 2018	CB	Luka Mikulica	Opatija	Loan (until 14/6/2019)	N/A
6 Aug 2018	CM	Filip Bradarić	Cagliari	Transfer	€6,000,000	[33]
10 Aug 2018	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Dugopolje	Loan (until 31/12/2018)	N/A
16 Aug 2018	CM	Ivan Lepinjica	Zadar	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[26]
17 Aug 2018	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Varaždin	Loan (until 30/12/2018)	N/A	[26]
20 Aug 2018	CF	Valeri Bojinov	Botev Vratsa	Released (mutual consent)	Free	[34]
22 Aug 2018	AM	Florentin Matei	Al-Ittihad Kalba	Transfer	€430,000	[35]
31 Dec 2018	DM	Srđan Grahovac	Astana	End of loan	N/A	[36]
31 Dec 2018	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Niger Tornadoes	End of contract	Free
14 Jan 2019	LB	Leonard Zuta	Konyaspor	Transfer	€400,000	[37]
4 Feb 2019	CM	Dario Čanađija	Slaven Belupo	Released (mutual consent)	Free	[38]
15 Feb 2019	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Varaždin	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A
28 Mar 2019	CF	Héber	New York City FC	Transfer	€2,500,000	[39]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €800,000
Income: €12,580,000
Expenditure: €11,780,000

Contract extensions

Date	Pos.	Player	Until	Ref.
6 Jul 2018	GK	Simon Sluga	June 2021	[40]
6 Jul 2018	CF	Valeri Bojinov	December 2018	[41]
10 Jul 2018	GK	Ivan Nevistić	June 2021	[42]
10 Jul 2018	RW	Milan Ristovski	June 2021
13 Jul 2018	RW	Maxwell Acosty	June 2020
13 Jul 2018	RB	Momčilo Raspopović	June 2022
13 Jul 2018	CB	Dario Župarić	June 2020
12 Apr 2019	CB	João Escoval	June 2022

Notes

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

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