2003–04 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka
2003–04 season
Chairman	Robert Ježić
Manager	Ivan Katalinić
Prva HNL	3rd
Croatian Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	League: Sandro Klić (11); All: Sandro Klić (13)
Highest home attendance	7,000 vs Dinamo and Hajduk (3 Sep and 20 Sep 2003 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance	500 vs Zagreb (29 October 2003 - Croatian Cup)
Average home league attendance	2,813
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 58th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 13th season in the Prva HNL and 30th successive top tier season.

Competitions

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 %
Prva HNL	24 July 2003	15 May 2004	Matchday 1	3rd	32	11	9	12	36	41	−5	034.38
Croatian Cup	17 September 2003	14 April 2004	First round	Semifinal	6	5	0	1	18	7	+11	083.33
Total					38	16	9	13	54	48	+6	042.11

Prva HNL

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hajduk Split	22	18	1	3	46	18	+28	55	Qualification to championship group
2	Dinamo Zagreb	22	15	5	2	47	16	+31	50
3	Rijeka	22	8	7	7	26	25	+1	31
4	Osijek	22	8	5	9	36	40	−4	29^[a]
5	Varteks	22	7	8	7	21	25	−4	29^[a]

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Osijek–Varteks 3–1, Varteks–Osijek 1–1.

Second stage (championship play-off)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hajduk Split (C)	32	25	3	4	63	24	+39	78	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Zagreb	32	23	7	2	77	25	+52	76	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Rijeka	32	11	9	12	36	41	−5	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Osijek	32	11	6	15	50	57	−7	39
5	Varteks	32	9	11	12	33	42	−9	38
6	Zadar	32	7	11	14	46	71	−25	32

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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
32	11	9	12	36	41	−5	42	8	2	6	20	13	+7	3	7	6	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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D
Position	9	8	9	11	7	3	4	6	6	9	6	5	5	6	5	7	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3

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

Matches

Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
1	24 Jul	H	Cibalia	0 – 1	2,700		HRnogomet.com
2	2 Aug	A	Varteks	1 – 1	3,000	Klić	HRnogomet.com
4	16 Aug	A	Marsonia	1 – 1	3,000	Samardžić	HRnogomet.com
5	24 Aug	H	Zadar	4 – 2	3,000	Klić (2), Samardžić, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
6	30 Aug	H	Osijek	2 – 0	3,000	Duro, Klić	HRnogomet.com
3	3 Sep	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 0	7,000		HRnogomet.com
7	13 Sep	A	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	1,500	Samardžić	HRnogomet.com
8	20 Sep	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 2	7,000	Klić	HRnogomet.com
9	27 Sep	A	Zagreb	1 – 1	1,000	Klić	HRnogomet.com
10	4 Oct	H	Kamen Ingrad	1 – 2	1,500	Tiganj	HRnogomet.com
11	18 Oct	A	Inker Zaprešić	1 – 1	1,500	Vušković	HRnogomet.com
12	25 Oct	A	Cibalia	1 – 0	600	Milas	HRnogomet.com
13	2 Nov	H	Varteks	0 – 0	2,000		HRnogomet.com
14	9 Nov	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 2	2,000		HRnogomet.com
15	22 Nov	H	Marsonia	3 – 1	1,000	Butić, Klić, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
16	29 Nov	A	Zadar	2 – 3	1,200	Klić, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
17	6 Dec	A	Osijek	3 – 2	2,000	Butić, Čaval, Ah. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
18	21 Feb	H	Slaven Belupo	2 – 0	800	Milinović, Čaval	HRnogomet.com
19	28 Feb	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 4	4,500		HRnogomet.com
20	6 Mar	H	Zagreb	1 – 0	1,500	Vidović	HRnogomet.com
21	13 Mar	A	Kamen Ingrad	1 – 0	2,500	Ah. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
22	20 Mar	H	Inker Zaprešić	0 – 1	2,000		HRnogomet.com
23	27 Mar	H	Osijek	2 – 1	2,000	Ah. Sharbini, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
24	3 Apr	A	Varteks	1 – 1	2,500	Linić	HRnogomet.com
25	10 Apr	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 1	5,000		HRnogomet.com
26	17 Apr	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 5	1,500		HRnogomet.com
27	21 Apr	H	Zadar	3 – 1	1,000	Klić, Samardžić, Tadić	HRnogomet.com
28	24 Apr	A	Osijek	1 – 2	2,000	Samardžić	HRnogomet.com
29	1 May	H	Varteks	1 – 0	1,000	Vidović	HRnogomet.com
30	8 May	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 2	4,000		HRnogomet.com
31	12 May	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	4,500		HRnogomet.com
32	15 May	A	Zadar	2 – 2	500	Klić (2)	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	17 Sep	A	Nehaj Senj	7 – 1	1,000	Ah. Sharbini (2), Klić (2), Shkëmbi, Tiganj, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
R2	29 Oct	H	Zagreb	3 – 0	500	Shkëmbi, Vidović, Ah. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
QF	16 Mar	A	Kamen Ingrad	3 – 2	500	Samardžić, Čaval, Novaković	HRnogomet.com
QF	24 Mar	H	Kamen Ingrad	2 – 0	600	Samardžić (2)	HRnogomet.com
SF	7 Apr	A	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 4	1,000	Linić, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
SF	14 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 0	6,000	Bulat	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
Name	League		Cup		Total
Matko Kalinić	23 (0)	0	5 (0)	0	28 (0)	0
Damir Milinović	29 (0)	1	5 (0)	0	34 (0)	1
Josip Bulat	20 (2)	0	5 (1)	1	25 (3)	1
Danijel Vušković	20 (1)	1	3 (0)	0	23 (1)	1
Daniel Šarić	23 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	28 (2)	0
Siniša Linić	13 (15)	1	3 (1)	1	16 (16)	2
Jasmin Samardžić	20 (7)	5	4 (0)	3	24 (7)	8
Kristijan Čaval	24 (0)	2	4 (0)	1	28 (0)	3
Bledi Shkëmbi	15 (0)	0	1 (1)	2	16 (1)	2
Ivan Milas	21 (4)	1	3 (0)	0	24 (4)	1
Sandro Klić	18 (7)	11	1 (1)	2	19 (8)	13
Dragan Tadić	7 (10)	1	2 (1)	0	8 (11)	1
Jasmin Mujdža	18 (0)	0	6 (0)	0	24 (0)	0
Dario Knežević	21 (1)	0	6 (0)	0	27 (1)	0
Josip Butić	23 (5)	2	2 (0)	0	25 (5)	2
Rajko Vidović	14 (9)	6	5 (1)	3	19 (10)	9
Ahmad Sharbini	9 (9)	3	2 (3)	3	11 (12)	6
Naum Batkoski	9 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (3)	0
Tihomir Bulat	9 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	9 (1)	0
Igor Novaković	1 (7)	0	0 (3)	1	1 (10)	1
Senad Tiganj	3 (4)	1	1 (1)	1	4 (5)	2
Jurica Karabatić	5 (2)	0	2 (2)	0	7 (4)	0
Ibrahim Duro	4 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	4 (1)	1
Josip Modrić	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0
Martin Šarić	2 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (3)	0
Leonard Bisaku	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0