| Season: | 1999–2000 |
| Chairman: | Žarko Tomljanović, Ivan Vanja Frančišković, Robert Ježić |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinal |
| Cup2 Result: | Qualifying Round 2 |
| League Topscorer: | Boško Balaban (16) |
| Season Topscorer: | Boško Balaban (17) |
| Highest Attendance: | 10,500 vs Partizan (4 August 1999 - UEFA Champions League) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,000 (2 times - Prva HNL) |
| Average Attendance: | 3,041[1] |
| Nextseason: | 2000–01 |
The 1999–2000 season was the 54th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 9th season in the Prva HNL and 26th successive top tier season.
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Prva HNL | 24 July 1999 | 13 May 2000 | Matchday 1 | 4th | ||||||||
| Croatian Cup | 22 September 1999 | 21 March 2000 | First round | Quarterfinal | ||||||||
| Champions League | 28 July 1999 | 4 August 1999 | QR2 | QR2 | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||
See main article: 1999–2000 Croatian First Football League.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Jul | H | 0 – 1 | 5,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 2 | 31 Jul | AR | 4 – 0 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 3 | 29 Aug | H | 1 – 2 | 7,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 4 | 7 Sep | A | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 5 | 11 Sep | H | 2 – 0 | 4,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 6 | 18 Sep | A | 2 – 0 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 7 | 26 Sep | H | Cibalia | 1 – 3 | 4,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 8 | 2 Oct | H | 4 – 1 | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 9 | 12 Oct | A | 0 – 0 | 500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 10 | 16 Oct | H | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 11 | 22 Oct | A | 2 – 2 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 12 | 30 Oct | A | 2 – 3 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 13 | 6 Nov | H | 4 – 2 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 14 | 23 Nov | A | 2 – 3 | 5,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 15 | 27 Nov | H | Croatia Zagreb | 3 – 1 | 6,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 16 | 4 Dec | A | 1 – 2 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 17 | 19 Feb | H | 3 – 1 | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 18 | 26 Feb | A | 0 – 0 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 19 | 29 Feb | A | 0 – 1 | 4,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 20 | 4 Mar | H | 2 – 0 | 1,200 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 21 | 7 Mar | A | 1 – 4 | 800 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 22 | 11 Mar | H | 1 – 1 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 23 | 18 Mar | H | 0 – 0 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 24 | 25 Mar | A | 1 – 2 | 4,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 25 | 1 Apr | H | 2 – 0 | 1,000 | o.g. (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 26 | 8 Apr | A | 1 – 1 | 500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 27 | 11 Apr | H | 2 – 3 | 500 | Milicic (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 28 | 15 Apr | H | 4 – 0 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 29 | 24 Apr | A | 0 – 2 | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 30 | 29 Apr | H | 2 – 0 | 6,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 31 | 6 May | A | 0 – 2 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 32 | 9 May | H | 3 – 1 | 4,000 | Hasančić (3) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 33 | 13 May | AR | 1 – 0 | 700 | HRnogomet.com |
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 22 Sep | A | Radnik | 2 – 1 | 500 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| R2 | 26 Oct | A | Nehaj Senj | 1 – 0 (aet) | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| QF | 14 Mar | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 2 | 6,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| QF | 21 Mar | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 2 | 1,500 | Brajković (2) | HRnogomet.com |
See main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR2 | 28 Jul | A | 1 – 3 | 21,800 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| QR2 | 4 Aug | H | 0 – 3 | 10,500 | HRnogomet.com |
Competitive matches only.
Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.
| Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
| 30 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 33 (0) | 0 | |
| 24 (0) | 3 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 28 (0) | 3 | |
| 21 (0) | 2 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 24 (0) | 2 | |
| 22 (2) | 1 | 4 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 28 (2) | 1 | |
| 28 (0) | 3 | 4 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 3 | |
| 21 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 25 (0) | 1 | |
| 13 (3) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 15 (4) | 1 | |
| 31 (0) | 1 | 4 (0) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 37 (0) | 3 | |
 | 24 (1) | 10 | 3 (1) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 29 (2) | 12 |
| 28 (2) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 31 (3) | 0 | |
 | 29 (1) | 5 | 3 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 1 | 34 (1) | 7 |
| 19 (2) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 24 (2) | 0 | |
| 29 (0) | 16 | 3 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 17 | |
 | 8 (14) | 5 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 10 (15) | 5 |
| 14 (5) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 15 (7) | 0 | |
| 6 (5) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (5) | 2 | |
| 7 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 | |
| 4 (3) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 | |
| 3 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | |
| 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 | |
| 0 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | |
| 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | |
| 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | |
| 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | |
| 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | |
| 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | |
 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | |
| 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | |
| 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | |