1979–80 NK Rijeka season

The 1979–80 season was the 34th season in Rijeka’s history and their 18th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 10th place finish in the 1978–79 season meant it was their sixth successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Rijeka

1979–80 season
Chairman	Zvonko Poščić, Nikola Jurčević
Manager	Miroslav Blažević
First League	10th
Cup	Round 1
Cup Winners’ Cup	Quarterfinal
Balkans Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Milan Radović (10) All: Milan Radović (12)
Highest home attendance	22,000 vs Juventus (5 March 1980 - European Cup Winners' Cup)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 (4 times - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	5,353

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	15 July 1979	29 June 1980	Matchday 1	10th	34	12	9	13	34	47	−13	035.29
Yugoslav Cup	19 October 1979	19 October 1979	First round	First round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
European Cup Winners' Cup	19 September 1979	19 March 1980	First round	Quarterfinal	6	2	2	2	5	5	+0	033.33
Total					41	14	12	15	40	53	−13	034.15

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Velež	34	13	8	13	44	39	+5	34	Qualification for Balkans Cup
9	Željezničar	34	9	15	10	41	47	−6	33
10	Rijeka	34	12	9	13	34	47	−13	33
11	Budućnost	34	10	12	12	34	34	0	32
12	Dinamo Zagreb	34	9	14	11	43	44	−1	32	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round

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	9	13	34	47	−13	45	9	8	0	23	7	+16	3	1	13	11	40	−29

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L
Position	17	12	14	10	11	13	14	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	14	13	11	13	12	10	11	10	14	12	8	10	7	9	9	9	13	9	10

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

Matches

First League

Main article: 1979–80 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
1	15 Jul	A	Vardar	1 – 3	20,000	Cukrov
2	22 Jul	H	Čelik	1 – 0	3,500	Jerolimov
3	29 Jul	A	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 5	20,000	Radović
4	1 Aug	A	Budućnost	2 – 1	5,000	Radović (2)
5	4 Aug	H	Sarajevo	1 – 1	2,000	Ružić
6	12 Aug	A	Partizan	0 – 2	25,000
7	19 Aug	H	Osijek	0 – 0	5,000
8	26 Aug	A	Sloboda	1 – 0	5,000	Desnica
9	2 Sep	H	Borac Banja Luka	0 – 0	8,000
10	6 Sep	A	Velež	1 – 3	5,000	Tomić
11	9 Sep	H	Olimpija	2 – 0	5,000	Radović, Nikolić
12	7 Oct	A	Vojvodina	1 – 3	2,000	Bursać
13	14 Oct	H	Željezničar	2 – 2	6,000	Tomić (2)
14	20 Oct	A	Red Star	0 – 3	17,000
15	3 Nov	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 0	15,000	Radović (2)
16	17 Nov	A	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 5	5,000	Radović
17	25 Nov	H	Radnički Niš	0 – 0	5,000
18	1 Mar	H	Vardar	4 – 0	2,000	Hrstić, Tomić, Radović, Bačvarević
19	9 Mar	A	Čelik	0 – 1	5,000
20	12 Mar	H	Napredak Kruševac	2 – 1	3,000	Radović, Mijač
21	15 Mar	H	Budućnost	2 – 0	2,000	Mijač, Fegic
22	6 Apr	A	Sarajevo	0 – 2	9,000
23	13 Apr	H	Partizan	0 – 0	8,000
24	20 Apr	A	Osijek	0 – 2	2,000
25	4 May	H	Sloboda	1 – 0	2,000	Tomić
26	11 May	H	Velež	1 – 0	3,000	Tomić
27	18 May	A	Borac Banja Luka	0 – 3	4,000
28	25 May	A	Olimpija	1 – 0	5,000	Tomić
29	1 Jun	H	Vojvodina	1 – 1	3,000	Ružić
30	5 Jun	A	Željezničar	1 – 1	15,000	Tomić
31	8 Jun	H	Red Star	2 – 2	10,000	Ružić, Bursać
32	15 Jun	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 4	8,000	Ružić
33	22 Jun	H	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 0	8,000	Radović, Ružić
34	29 Jun	A	Radnički Niš	0 – 2	6,000

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	17 Oct	A	Sarajevo	1 – 1 (2–4 p)	Tomić

Source: rsssf.com

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
R1	19 Sep	A	Beerschot	0 – 0	14,000
R1	3 Oct	H	Beerschot	2 – 1	12,000	Radović (2)
R2	24 Oct	A	Lokomotíva Košice	0 – 2	5,000
R2	7 Nov	H	Lokomotíva Košice	3 – 0	18,000	Desnica (3)
QF	5 Mar	H	Juventus	0 – 0	22,000
QF	19 Mar	A	Juventus	0 – 2	55,000

Source: worldfootball.net

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Radojko Avramović	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
Sergio Machin	27+1	0	1+0	0	5+0	0	34	0
Nikica Cukrov	16+0	1	1+0	0	4+0	0	21	1
Savo Filipović	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	9	0
Zvjezdan Radin	16+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0	22	0
Miloš Hrstić	24+0	1	1+0	0	6+0	0	31	1
Milan Ružić	26+0	5	0+0	0	6+0	0	32	5
Srećko Juričić	32+0	0	1+0	0	6+0	0	39	0
Milan Radović	29+0	10	1+0	0	6+0	2	36	12
Damir Desnica	13+0	1	1+0	0	4+0	3	18	4
Dragoljub Bursać	5+5	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	11	2
Nikica Milenković	15+3	0	1+0	0	5+0	0	24	0
Duško Lukić	16+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	18	0
Željko Mijač	16+5	2	0+1	0	2+0	0	24	2
Ive Jerolimov	19+5	1	0+0	0	1+1	0	26	1
Miroslav Šugar	17+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	19	0
Adriano Fegic	8+3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	12	1
Edmond Tomić	18+8	8	1+0	1	3+2	0	32	9
Milan Bačvarević	13+2	1	1+0	0	3+1	0	20	1
Mauro Ravnić	30+0	0	1+0	0	6+0	0	37	0
Željko Maretić	7+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	8	0
Danko Peranić	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
Željko Nikolić	8+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	11	1
Nebojša Petrović	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	6	0
Nenad Gračan	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
Milivoj Pršo	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2	0
Neshat Zhavelli	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
Rade Ljepojević	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
Mladen Stipančić	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0

See also

• 1979–80 Yugoslav First League
• 1979–80 Yugoslav Cup
• 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup

References

• Almanah Jugoslavenskog Fudbala 1978–86 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86] (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

• 1979–80 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1979.-80. at nk-rijeka.hr