1986–87 NK Rijeka season explained

Club:	Rijeka
Season:	1986–87
Manager:	Josip Skoblar, Mladen Vranković
Chairman:	Dragan Krčelić
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League:	First League
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	UEFA Cup
Cup2 Result:	Round 1
League Topscorer:	Janko Janković (19)
Season Topscorer:	Janko Janković (23)
Highest Attendance:	20,000 vs Hajduk Split (10 August 1986 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest Attendance:	1,000 vs Vlaznimi Đakovica (13 August 1986 - Yugoslav Cup)
Average Attendance:	6,382
Prevseason:	1985–86
Nextseason:	1987–88

The 1986–87 season was the 41st season in Rijeka’s history and their 25th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1985–86 season meant it was their 13th 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	10 August 1986	14 June 1987	Matchday 1	4th
Yugoslav Cup	30 October 1986	9 May 1987	First round	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	17 September 1986	1 October 1986	First round	First round
Total

Yugoslav First League

Results by round

Matches

First League

See main article: 1986–87 Yugoslav First League.

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka scorers
1	10 Aug	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 2	20,000	Janković (2, 1p)
2	17 Aug	A	Velež	2 – 4	12,000	Janković, Paliska
3	24 Aug	H	Sarajevo	5 – 2	2,000	Matrljan, Janković (3, 1p), Radmanović
4	31 Aug	A	Dinamo Vinkovci	1 – 1	3,000	Paliska
5	7 Sep	H	Partizan	0 – 3	16,000
6	14 Sep	A	Budućnost	0 – 2	6,000
7	21 Sep	H	Sloboda	2 – 0	3,500	Janković, Paliska
8	28 Sep	A	Čelik	2 – 2	7,000	Vujčić, Matrljan
9	5 Oct	H	Spartak Subotica	2 – 1	2,000	Matrljan, Radmanović
10	12 Oct	H	Dinamo Zagreb	3 – 0	18,000	Janković (p), Radmanović, Kotur
11	19 Oct	A	Željezničar	1 – 1	5,000	Matrljan
12	2 Nov	H	Osijek	2 – 1	2,000	Janković, Matrljan
13	16 Nov	A	Priština	1 – 3	10,000	o.g.
14	23 Nov	H	Red Star	2 – 1	6,000	Kotur, Janković
15	30 Nov	A	Sutjeska	0 – 0	4,000
16	7 Dec	H	Vardar	3 – 1	5,000	Janković (p), Matrljan, Vujčić
17	14 Dec	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 3	5,000	Janković (p)
18	22 Feb	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 2	15,000
19	1 Mar	H	Velež	3 – 1	8,000	Valenčić, Vujčić, Janković
20	8 Mar	A	Sarajevo	0 – 0	1,500
21	15 Mar	H	Dinamo Vinkovci	2 – 1	3,000	Janković (p), Radmanović
22	22 Mar	A	Partizan	1 – 1	20,000	Janković
23	29 Mar	H	Budućnost	2 – 2	3,000	Janković (p), Paliska
24	5 Apr	A	Sloboda	0 – 0	4,000
25	12 Apr	H	Čelik	0 – 0	4,000
26	15 Apr	A	Spartak Subotica	1 – 0	8,000	Vujčić
27	19 Apr	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	8,000
28	3 May	H	Željezničar	2 – 1	6,000	Radmanović, Škerjanc
29	13 May	A	Osijek	0 – 1	2,000
30	17 May	H	Priština	1 – 0	4,000	Janković
31	24 May	A	Red Star	1 – 3	20,000	Janković (p)
32	31 May	H	Sutjeska	1 – 0	4,000	Mladenović
33	7 Jun	A	Vardar	0 – 2	10,000
34	14 Jun	H	Radnički Niš	1 – 0	2,000	Janković

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

See main article: 1986–87 Yugoslav Cup.

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka scorers
R1	13 Aug	H	Vlaznimi Đakovica	2 – 0	1,000	Matrljan, Janković (p)
R2	27 Aug	H	Crvena Zastava Kragujevac	5 – 0	1,500	o.g., Ljepojević, Vasiljević, Kotur, Vujčić
R2	9 Sep	A	Crvena Zastava Kragujevac	1 – 1	3,000	Janković
QF	8 Oct	A	Željezničar	0 – 0	600
QF	19 Nov	H	Željezničar	0 – 0 (4–2 p)	6,000
SF	11 Mar	H	Budućnost	2 – 1	8,000	Janković, Matrljan
SF	1 Apr	A	Budućnost	1 – 1	10,000	Janković
F	9 May	N	Hajduk Split	1 – 1 (8–9 p)	30,000	Radmanović

Source: rsssf.com

UEFA Cup

See main article: 1986–87 UEFA Cup.

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka scorers
R1	17 Sep	H	Standard Liège	0 – 1	9,000
R1	1 Oct	A	Standard Liège	1 – 1	20,000	Radmanović

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	43	0
	+3	0	+1	0	+0	0	27	0
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	41	0
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	38	0
	+1	4	+0	0	+0	0	43	4
	+0	2	+0	1	+0	0	41	3
	+0	5	+0	1	+0	1	40	7
	+2	6	+0	2	+0	0	37	8
	+8	1	+4	0	+0	0	33	1
	+1	4	+0	1	+0	0	40	5
	+0	19	+0	4	+0	0	43	23
	+9	0	+0	1	+0	0	24	1
	+5	1	+1	0	+1	0	30	1
	+11	1	+3	0	+2	0	28	1
	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0	18	0
	+2	0	+2	1	+0	0	4	1
	+5	0	+1	0	+0	0	10	0
	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0	5	0
	+4	0	+2	0	+0	0	6	0
	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0	3	0
	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0	4	0
	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0	3	0
	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0	4	0
	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	1	0

See also

• 1986–87 Yugoslav First League
• 1986–87 Yugoslav Cup
• 1986–87 UEFA Cup

References

• Book: Godišnjak Fudbalskog Saveza Jugoslavije 1986–87 . . Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1986–87 . Serbo-Croatian .
• Book: Lazzarich, Marinko . Kantrida bijelih snova . Adamić . 2008. Rijeka. Croatian. 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

• 1986–87 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1986.-87. at nk-rijeka.hr