| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Chairman: | Robert Ježić, Sanjin Kirigin |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League Result: | 10th |
| Cup1 Result: | Round 1 |
| Cup2 Result: | Round 1 |
| League Topscorer: | Ante Milicic (10) |
| Season Topscorer: | Ante Milicic (11) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,000 (2 times - Prva HNL) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 300 vs Marsonia (19 May 2001 - Prva HNL) |
| Average Attendance: | 1,900[1] |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The 2000–01 season was the 55th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 10th season in the Prva HNL and 27th successive top tier season.
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Prva HNL | 29 July 2000 | 27 May 2001 | Matchday 1 | 10th | ||||||||
| Croatian Cup | 5 September 2000 | 5 September 2000 | First round | First round | ||||||||
| UEFA Cup | 10 August 2000 | 28 September 2000 | Qualifying round | First round | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||
See main article: 2000–01 Croatian First Football League.
See main article: 2000–01 Prva HNL.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Jul | H | 0 – 1 | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 2 | 4 Aug | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 6,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 3 | 14 Aug | A | 0 – 0 | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 4 | 19 Aug | H | 2 – 2 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 5 | 29 Aug | A | 2 – 1 | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 6 | 9 Sep | H | 0 – 0 | 6,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 7 | 19 Sep | A | 0 – 2 | 2,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 8 | 23 Sep | H | 0 – 1 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 10 | 4 Oct | H | 1 – 1 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 11 | 14 Oct | A | 2 – 1 | 500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 9 | 17 Oct | A | 0 – 1 | ? | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 12 | 22 Oct | A | 0 – 1 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 13 | 30 Oct | A | 1 – 4 | 700 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 14 | 4 Nov | H | 2 – 0 | 700 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 15 | 11 Nov | A | 1 – 6 | 2,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 16 | 17 Nov | H | 2 – 3 | 2,000 | Čaval (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 17 | 26 Nov | A | 0 – 3 | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 18 | 2 Dec | H | 2 – 0 | 600 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 19 | 25 Feb | A | 1 – 0 | 700 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 20 | 4 Mar | H | 0 – 1 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 21 | 11 Mar | A | 0 – 1 | 2,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 22 | 18 Mar | H | Cibalia | 1 – 2 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 23 | 1 Apr | A | 0 – 3 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 24 | 8 Apr | H | 1 – 1 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 25 | 14 Apr | A | 0 – 1 | 500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 26 | 22 Apr | A | 3 – 1 | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 27 | 29 Apr | H | 1 – 1 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 28 | 2 May | H | 1 – 2 | 800 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 29 | 6 May | A | 4 – 1 | 300 | Flego, Milicic (3) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 30 | 13 May | H | Cibalia | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 31 | 19 May | H | 2 – 0 | 300 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 32 | 27 May | A | 0 – 2 | 400 | HRnogomet.com |
See main article: 2000–01 Croatian Football Cup.
Source: HRnogomet.comSee main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR | 10 Aug | H | Valletta  | 3 – 2 | 4,730 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| QR | 24 Aug | A | Valletta | 5 – 4 (aet) | 3,932 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| R1 | 14 Sep | A | Celta Vigo  | 0 – 0 | 8,300 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| R1 | 28 Sep | H | Celta Vigo | 0 – 1 (aet) | 4,691 | 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 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 0 | |
| 23 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 27 (0) | 0 | |
| 28 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 2 | 32 (0) | 3 | |
| 24 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 29 (0) | 0 | |
| 19 (4) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 23 (4) | 2 | |
| 13 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 16 (0) | 0 | |
| 26 (0) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 30 (1) | 1 | |
| 28 (1) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 33 (1) | 2 | |
 | 12 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 2 | 14 (0) | 4 |
| 24 (0) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 28 (1) | 1 | |
| 13 (8) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 16 (10) | 0 | |
| 10 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 10 (3) | 0 | |
 | 15 (14) | 10 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 19 (15) | 11 |
| 19 (3) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 22 (3) | 4 | |
| 6 (7) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 (8) | 0 | |
| 5 (7) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (7) | 0 | |
| 13 (6) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 13 (6) | 1 | |
| 7 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 | |
| 6 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 | |
| 9 (1) | 5 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 9 (1) | 5 | |
| 1 (4) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (4) | 1 | |
| 3 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 | |
| 4 (3) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (3) | 1 | |
| 6 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 | |
| 4 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | |
| 2 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | |
| 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | |
| 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | |
| 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | |
 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 |
| 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | |
| 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | |