1977–78 NK Rijeka season

The 1977–78 season was the 32nd season in Rijeka’s history and their 16th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1976–77 season meant it was their fourth successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Rijeka

1977–78 season
Chairman	Ljubo Španjol, Zvonko Poščić
Manager	Dragutin Spasojević
First League	5th
Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Miodrag Kustudić (17) All: Miodrag Kustudić (20)
Highest home attendance	13,000 vs Hajduk Split (16 October 1977 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Čelik (9 October 1977 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	5,676

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	14 August 1977	28 May 1978	Matchday 1	5th	34	12	13	9	47	42	+5	035.29
Yugoslav Cup	7 September 1977	24 May 1978	First round	Winner	5	5	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Total					39	17	13	9	54	43	+11	043.59

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Hajduk Split	34	14	11	9	49	37	+12	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Dinamo Zagreb	34	12	13	9	54	49	+5	37
5	Rijeka	34	12	13	9	47	42	+5	37	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Sloboda Tuzla	34	15	5	14	47	46	+1	35
7	Velež	34	13	9	12	42	43	−1	35

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of 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
34	12	13	9	47	42	+5	49	10	5	2	31	14	+17	2	8	7	16	28	−12

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W
Position	13	15	10	14	11	14	13	11	12	9	10	7	8	7	8	7	7	5	6	7	7	8	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5

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

Matches

First League

Main article: 1977–78 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
1	14 Aug	H	Osijek	1 – 2	10,000	Durkalić
2	21 Aug	A	Sarajevo	0 – 0	8,000
3	28 Aug	H	Olimpija	1 – 0	5,000	Kustudić
4	31 Aug	A	Zagreb	1 – 2	6,500	Šaran
5	4 Sep	H	Partizan	1 – 1	10,000	Desnica
7	18 Sep	H	Radnički Niš	1 – 0	3,000	Kustudić
8	22 Sep	H	Sloboda	0 – 0	3,000
9	25 Sep	A	Velež	1 – 4	3,000	o.g.
10	9 Oct	H	Čelik	2 – 1	2,000	Radović, Kustudić
11	12 Oct	A	Budućnost	1 – 1	12,000	Cukrov
12	16 Oct	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 0	13,000	Kustudić, Hrstić
13	23 Oct	A	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 2	15,000	Desnica, Mijač
14	30 Oct	H	OFK Beograd	3 – 1	4,000	Radović, Desnica, Kustudić
15	5 Nov	A	Red Star	0 – 4	5,000
16	20 Nov	H	Trepča	3 – 0	3,000	Kustudić (2), Desnica
17	4 Dec	A	Vojvodina	0 – 0	2,000
18	11 Dec	A	Osijek	1 – 1	4,000	Radović
19	5 Mar	H	Sarajevo	2 – 2	9,000	Kustudić (2)
20	12 Mar	A	Olimpija	0 – 1	5,000
21	19 Mar	H	Zagreb	3 – 3	3,500	Durkalić, Kustudić (2)
22	25 Mar	A	Partizan	1 – 3	15,000	Radović
23	2 Apr	H	Borac Banja Luka	2 – 0	5,000	Kustudić (2)
24	9 Apr	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 0	3,000	Radović
25	12 Apr	A	Sloboda	0 – 2	4,000
26	16 Apr	H	Velež	2 – 0	4,000	Kustudić, Radović
6	19 Apr	A	Borac Banja Luka	0 – 0	6,000
27	23 Apr	A	Čelik	2 – 2	7,000	Radović, Durkalić
28	26 Apr	H	Budućnost	1 – 1	2,500	Radović
29	30 Apr	A	Hajduk Split	2 – 2	7,000	Radin, Radović
30	6 May	H	Dinamo Zagreb	4 – 0	4,500	Durkalić (2), Kustudić (2)
31	11 May	A	OFK Beograd	2 – 3	3,000	Durkalić, Radović
32	14 May	H	Red Star	0 – 1	10,000
33	20 May	A	Trepča	2 – 1	3,000	Fegic, Radović
34	28 May	H	Vojvodina	3 – 2	5,000	Radović, Kustudić, Durkalić

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	7 Sep	H	Partizan	1 – 0	Kustudić
R2	26 Oct	A	Dinamo Vinkovci	1 – 0	Radović
QF	26 Feb	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 0	Kustudić (p)
SF	29 Mar	H	Velež	3 – 1	Kustudić, Desnica (p), Ružić
F	24 May	N	Trepča	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Radović

Source: rsssf.com

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	League		Cup		Total
Radojko Avramović	31+0	0	5+0	0	36	0
Sergio Machin	16+3	0	3+1	0	23	0
Nikica Cukrov	31+0	1	4+0	0	35	1
Savo Filipović	17+0	0	2+0	0	19	0
Zvjezdan Radin	31+0	1	5+0	0	36	1
Miloš Hrstić	32+0	1	4+1	0	37	1
Milan Ružić	27+2	0	4+0	1	33	1
Miodrag Kustudić	25+2	17	5+0	3	32	20
Srećko Juričić	33+0	0	5+0	0	38	0
Milan Radović	30+0	12	5+0	2	35	14
Damir Desnica	28+3	4	5+0	1	36	5
Salih Durkalić	23+9	7	5+0	0	37	7
Ivica Car	9+7	0	1+2	0	19	0
Murat Šaran	4+3	1	0+0	0	7	1
Željko Mijač	9+3	1	0+0	0	12	1
Miroslav Šugar	1+3	0	0+1	0	5	0
Zoran Šestan	9+6	0	1+1	0	17	0
Radoslav Barišić	5+5	0	0+0	0	10	0
Mladen Bilibajkić	5+8	0	0+1	0	14	0
Mauro Ravnić	3+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
Angelo Devescovi	1+2	0	0+0	0	3	0
Davor Radmanović	0+1	0	0+0	0	1	0
Danko Peranić	2+1	0	1+0	0	4	0
Adriano Fegic	1+1	1	0+0	0	2	1

See also

• 1977–78 Yugoslav First League
• 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup

References

• Godišnjak Fudbalskog Saveza Jugoslavije 1977–78 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1977–78] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.
• Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

• 1977–78 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1977.-78. at nk-rijeka.hr