1979–80 NK Rijeka season explained

Season:	1979–80
Chairman:	Zvonko Poščić, Nikola Jurčević
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League Result:	10th
Cup1 Result:	Round 1
Cup2 Result:	Quarterfinal
Cup3 Result:	Runners-up
League Topscorer:	Milan Radović (10)
Season Topscorer:	Milan Radović (12)
Highest Attendance:	22,000 vs Juventus (5 March 1980 - European Cup Winners' Cup)
Lowest Attendance:	2,000 (4 times - Yugoslav First League)
Average Attendance:	5,353
Nextseason:	1980–81

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.

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
Yugoslav Cup	19 October 1979	19 October 1979	First round	First round
European Cup Winners' Cup	19 September 1979	19 March 1980	First round	Quarterfinal
Total

Yugoslav First League

Results by round

Matches

First League

See 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

See main article: 1979–80 Yugoslav Cup.

Source: rsssf.com

Cup Winners' Cup

See 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		0 – 2	5,000
R2	7 Nov	H		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
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	1	0
	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0	34	0
	+0	1	+0	0	+0	0	21	1
	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0	9	0
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	22	0
	+0	1	+0	0	+0	0	31	1
	+0	5	+0	0	+0	0	32	5
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	39	0
	+0	10	+0	0	+0	2	36	12
	+0	1	+0	0	+0	3	18	4
	+5	2	+0	0	+1	0	11	2
	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0	24	0
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	18	0
	+5	2	+1	0	+0	0	24	2
	+5	1	+0	0	+1	0	26	1
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	19	0
	+3	1	+0	0	+1	0	12	1
	+8	8	+0	1	+2	0	32	9
	+2	1	+0	0	+1	0	20	1
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	37	0
	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0	8	0
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	1	0
	+3	1	+0	0	+0	0	11	1
	+2	0	+0	0	+1	0	6	0
	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0	3	0
	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0	2	0
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	3	0
	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0	1	0
	+1	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

• Book: Almanah Jugoslavenskog Fudbala 1978–86. . Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86. sh.
• Book: Lazzarich, Marinko . Kantrida bijelih snova. Adamić . 2008. Rijeka. hr. 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

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