2016–17 HNK Rijeka season explained

Season:	2016–17
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League Result:	1st
Cup1 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Franko Andrijašević (16)
Season Topscorer:	Franko Andrijašević Mario Gavranović (18 each)
Highest Attendance:	6,004 v Dinamo Zagreb (8 April 2017)
Lowest Attendance:	3,022 v Lokomotiva (13 August 2016)
Average Attendance:	4,757^[1]
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The 2016–17 season was the 71st season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It was their 26th successive season in the Croatian First Football League, and 43rd successive top tier season.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
MAXtv Prva liga	16 Jul 2016	27 May 2017	Matchday 1	align=left bgcolor=Gold	Winners
Croatian Cup	21 Sep 2016	31 May 2017	First round	align=left bgcolor=Gold	Winners
UEFA Europa League	28 Jul 2016	4 Aug 2016	QR3	QR3
Total

Last updated: 31 May 2017.

MAXtv Prva liga

See main article: 2016–17 Croatian First Football League.

Results by opponent

Team	Results				Points
	width=40	1	width=40	2		width=40	3	width=40	4
	0–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	10
	5–2	1–1	1–1	2–5	5
	4–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	10
	1–1	1–0	2–1	bgcolor=#ddffdd	2–0	10
	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	10
	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	9
	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	12
	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	10
	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	12

Source: 2016–17 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

MAXtv Prva liga

See main article: article and 2016–17 Croatian First Football League. Source: Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Cup

See main article: article and 2016–17 Croatian Football Cup.

Source: Croatian Football Federation

UEFA Europa League

See main article: article and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Source: uefa.com

Friendlies

On-season (2017)

Player seasonal records

Updated 31 May 2017. Competitive matches only.

Goals

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Europe	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Franko Andrijašević	16	–	2	18
	Mario Gavranović	11	–	7	18
3	Alexander Gorgon	12	–	3	15
4	Roman Bezjak	11	2	–	13
5	Marko Vešović	6	–	–	6
6	Filip Bradarić	2	–	–	2
	Josip Elez	2	–	–	2
	Florentin Matei	2	–	–	2
	Josip Mišić	2	–	–	2
	Matic Črnic	1	–	1	2
	Mate Maleš	1	–	1	2
	Matej Mitrović	1	–	1	2
	Dario Župarić	1	–	1	2
14	Marin Tomasov	1	–	–	1
	Stefan Ristovski	–	–	1	1
	Aleksandar Šofranac	–	–	1	1
Own goals	2	–	1	3
TOTALS		71	2	19	92

Source: Competitive matches

Assists

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Europe	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Marko Vešović	9	1	1	11
2	Stefan Ristovski	9	–	–	9
3	Josip Mišić	6	–	2	8
	Franko Andrijašević	5	–	3	8
rpwspan=1	5	Filip Bradarić	4	–	3	7
6	Mario Gavranović	5	1	–	6
7	Josip Elez	4	–	1	5
	Alexander Gorgon	4	–	1	5
	Florentin Matei	3	–	2	5
10	Roman Bezjak	3	–	–	3
	Ivan Martić	3	–	–	3
	Leonard Zuta	1	–	2	3
13	Goodness Ajayi	2	–	–	2
	Marin Tomasov	2	–	–	2
15	Mate Maleš	1	–	–	1
	Odise Roshi	1	–	–	1
	Dario Župarić	1	–	–	1
	Haris Handžić	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		63	2	16	81

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Europe	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Andrej Prskalo	21	1	1	23
2	Simon Sluga	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		21	1	2	24

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Number	width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Position	width=180 rowspan="2" align="center"	Player	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	1. HNL	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	Europe	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	Croatian Cup	width=140 colspan="3" align="center" style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
4	DF	Ante Kulušić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
11	MF	Matic Črnic	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	FW	Roman Bezjak	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	DF	Matej Mitrović	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
18	DF	Josip Elez	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
22	DF	Aleksandar Šofranac	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF	Franko Andrijašević	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	1
26	MF	Mate Maleš	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
27	MF	Josip Mišić	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	8	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	9	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	12	0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
99	FW	Haris Handžić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
TOTALS			68	1	1	4	0	0	15	0	0	87	1	1

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Appearances and goals

width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Number	width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Position	width=180 rowspan="2" align="center"	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Total	1. HNL	Europa League	Croatian Cup
3	MF	Jasmin Čeliković	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
4	DF	Ante Kulušić	7	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	29	0	+24	0	+1	0	+2	0
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	41	1	+0	0	+0	0	+2	1
7	MF	Marin Tomasov	4	1	+0	1	+0	0	+0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	43	0	+1	0	+0	0	+1	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	23	2	+9	2	+2	0	+0	0
11	MF	Matic Črnic	13	2	+10	1	+0	0	+1	1
12	GK	Simon Sluga	2	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	12	2	+0	1	+0	0	+0	1
14	FW	Roman Bezjak	28	13	+6	11	+0	2	+1	0
15	DF	Matej Mitrović	25	2	+0	1	+0	0	+0	1
16	MF	Ivan Močinić	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	36	18	+2	11	+0	0	+1	7
18	MF	Josip Elez	40	2	+0	2	+0	0	+0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	31	15	+4	12	+0	0	+1	3
21	FW	Goodness Ajayi	8	0	+7	0	+0	0	+1	0
22	DF	Aleksandar Šofranac	10	1	+3	0	+0	0	+1	1
23	MF	Franko Andrijašević	32	18	+0	16	+0	0	+0	2
23	MF	Odise Roshi	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
26	MF	Mate Maleš	31	2	+9	1	+0	0	+3	1
27	MF	Josip Mišić	42	2	+6	2	+1	0	+1	0
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	40	2	+0	2	+0	0	+0	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	40	6	+1	6	+0	0	+1	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	42	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	19	0	+11	0	+0	0	+1	0
99	FW	Haris Handžić	8	0	+3	0	+2	0	+1	0

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Suspensions

width=90	Date Incurred	width=90	Competition	width=150	Player	width=60	Games Missed	width=60	Reason
13 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Mate Maleš	1
5 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Stefan Ristovski
	1. HNL	Josip Mišić
20 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Marko Vešović
	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević	3
3 Dec 2016	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon	1
19 Feb 2017	1. HNL	Filip Bradarić
4 Mar 2017	1. HNL	Stefan Ristovski
	1. HNL	Marko Vešović
2 Apr 2017	1. HNL	Leonard Zuta
8 Apr 2017	1. HNL	Josip Mišić
15 Apr 2017	1. HNL	Mate Maleš
25 Apr 2017	1. HNL	Filip Bradarić
6 May 2017	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević
17 May 2017	1. HNL	Marko Vešović

Penalties

For
width=90	Date	width=70	Competition	width=150	Player	width=90	Opposition	width=50	Scored?
4 Aug 2016	UEL	Roman Bezjak	Başakşehir
7 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Mario Gavranović	Inter Zaprešić
21 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Roman Bezjak	Hajduk Split
27 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Roman Bezjak	Slaven Belupo
11 Sep 2016	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon	Cibalia
26 Oct 2016	Cup	Mario Gavranović	Rudeš
26 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon	Cibalia
	1. HNL	Florentin Matei
29 Nov 2016	Cup	Alexander Gorgon	Lokomotiva
11 Dec 2016	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević	RNK Split
11 Mar 2017	1. HNL	Roman Bezjak	Hajduk Split
25 Apr 2017	1. HNL	Roman Bezjak	Osijek
	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević
29 Apr 2017	1. HNL	Roman Bezjak	Inter Zaprešić
27 May 2017	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević	Dinamo Zagreb
Against
width=90	Date	width=70	Competition	width=150	Goalkeeper	width=90	Opposition	width=50	Scored?
7 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Andrej Prskalo	Inter Zaprešić
21 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Andrej Prskalo	Hajduk Split
26 Oct 2016	Cup	Simon Sluga	Rudeš
	Cup	Simon Sluga
	Cup	Simon Sluga
1 Mar 2017	Cup	Andrej Prskalo	Osijek
22 Apr 2017	1. HNL	Andrej Prskalo	Istra 1961
6 May 2017	1. HNL	Andrej Prskalo	Lokomotiva

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall			Europa League
Most appearances	Zuta (43)	Prskalo (36)	5 players (6)	13 players (2)
Most starts	Prskalo (42)	Prskalo (36)	Bradarić (6)	10 players (2)
Most substitute appearances	Čanađija (27)	Čanađija (24)	Maleš (3)	Handžić & Matei (2)
Most minutes played	Prskalo (3,780)	Prskalo (3,240)	Bradarić (515)	7 players (180)
Top goalscorer	Andrijašević & Gavranović (18)	Andrijašević (16)	Gavranović (7)	Bezjak (2)
Most assists	Vešović (11)	Ristovski & Vešović (9)	Andrijašević & Bradarić (3)	Gavranović & Vešović (1)
Most yellow cards	Vešović (12)	Vešović (9)	4 players (2)	4 players (1)
Most red cards	Andrijašević & Gorgon (1)	Andrijašević & Gorgon (1)	–	–
Last updated: 31 May 2017.

Transfers

In

width=90	Date	width=30	Pos.	width=180	Player	width=130	Moving from	width=260	Type	width=75	Fee
14 Jun 2016	LB	Jamilu Collins	Šibenik	Return from loan
14 Jun 2016	CF	Filip Dangubić	Krka	Return from loan
14 Jun 2016	GK	David Nwolokor	Šibenik	Return from loan
14 Jun 2016	AM	Aliyu Okechukwu	Šibenik	Return from loan
14 Jun 2016	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Šibenik	Return from loan
15 Jun 2016	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Široki Brijeg	Return from loan
15 Jun 2016	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	Krka	Return from loan
15 Jun 2016	LW	Anas Sharbini	Osmanlıspor	Return from loan
15 Jun 2016	CB	Jozo Špikić	Široki Brijeg	Return from loan
15 Jun 2016	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Cibalia	Return from loan
15 Jun 2016	CM	Damir Zlomislić	Istra 1961	Return from loan
30 Jun 2016	CM	Dario Čanađija	Spezia	Return from loan
30 Jun 2016	CB	Niko Datković	Lugano	Return from loan
30 Jun 2016	CF	Andrija Filipović	Spezia	Return from loan
30 Jun 2016	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Spezia	Return from loan
30 Jun 2016	RB	Mato Miloš	Perugia	Return from loan
30 Jun 2016	CM	Josip Mišić	Spezia	Return from loan
30 Jun 2016	GK	Simon Sluga	Spezia	Return from loan
1 Jul 2016	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2017)
1 Jul 2016	RW	Marko Vešović	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2017)
11 Jul 2016	CB	Josip Elez	Lazio	Loan (until 30/6/2017; option to buy for €450,000)
12 Jul 2016	CB	Aleksandar Šofranac	Sutjeska	Transfer	Free
19 Jul 2016	CF	Haris Handžić	Ufa	Transfer	Free
29 Jul 2016	AM	Franko Andrijašević	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Free
2 Aug 2016	RB	Ivan Martić	Spezia	Transfer	Free
16 Aug 2016	RW	Alexander Gorgon	Austria Wien	Transfer	Free
30 Aug 2016	LW	Matic Črnic	Domžale	Transfer	€500,000
24 Jan 2017	CB	Dario Župarić	Pescara	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy for €800,000)
13 Feb 2017	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Abuja Academy	Transfer	Free
13 Feb 2017	CB	Ante Kulušić	Gençlerbirliği	Transfer	Free
14 Feb 2017	AM	Milan Ristovski	Rabotnički	Loan (until 30/6/2017; option to buy)
14 Feb 2017	CF	Roman Bezjak	Darmstadt 98	Loan (until 30/6/2017)
17 Feb 2017	DM	Bernardo Matić	NK Zagreb	Transfer	Free
17 Feb 2017	LB	Nikola Totić	Krk	Transfer	Free

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

width=90	Date	width=30	Pos.	width=180	Player	width=160	Moving to	width=260	Type	width=75	Fee
31 May 2016	RB	Aleš Mejač	Maribor	End of loan
11 Jun 2016	CB	Fausto Budicin		Retirement
16 Jun 2016	CM	Asmir Kajević	Čukarički	Transfer	Free
24 Jun 2016	AM	Aliyu Okechukwu	RNK Split	Transfer	Free
28 Jun 2016	CF	Bekim Balaj	Terek Grozny	Transfer	€1.3 million
30 Jun 2016	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	End of loan
30 Jun 2016	CB	Miral Samardžić	Henan Jianye	Transfer	€1.35 million
30 Jun 2016	GK	Ivan Vargić	Lazio	End of loan
30 Jun 2016	RB	Marko Vešović	Spezia	End of loan
6 Jul 2016	CM	Josip Brezovec	Sheriff Tiraspol	Transfer	€250,000
7 Jul 2016	LB	Jamilu Collins	Istra 1961	Loan (until 15/6/2017)
7 Jul 2016	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Sheriff Tiraspol	Loan (until 15/6/2017; option to buy for $400,000)
8 Jul 2016	CF	Filip Dangubić	Krško	Loan (until 29/6/2017)
15 Jul 2016	GK	David Nwolokor	Vitez	Loan (until 15/6/2017)
20 Jul 2016	CM	Ivan Močinić	Rapid Wien	Transfer	€2 million
25 Jul 2016	CB	Marko Lešković	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	€2 million
26 Jul 2016	RW	Odise Roshi	Terek Grozny	Transfer	€500,000
26 Jul 2016	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Istra 1961	Loan (until 15/6/2017)
28 Jul 2016	CM	Damir Zlomislić	Gaziantep BB	Transfer	€50,000
1 Aug 2016	GK	Ayotunde Ikuepamitan	Šibenik	Loan (until 15/6/2017)
4 Aug 2016	RB	Mihael Rebernik	Aluminij	Loan (until 14/6/2017)
11 Aug 2016	LB	Yusuf Musa	Šibenik	Transfer	Free
12 Aug 2016	RW	Marin Tomasov	Al-Nassr	Loan (until 30/6/2017; option to buy for €2 mil.)	€800,000
16 Aug 2016	CF	Mate Bajić	Val	Transfer	Free
24 Aug 2016	CB	Jozo Špikić	Imotski	Transfer	Free
30 Aug 2016	CF	Roman Bezjak	Darmstadt 98	Transfer	€2.5 million
31 Aug 2016	CB	Niko Datković	Spezia	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2016	CF	Andrija Filipović	Siena	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2016	RB	Mato Miloš	Istra 1961	Loan (until 14/6/2017; option to buy)
31 Aug 2016	LB	Mateo Bertoša	Istra 1961	Transfer	Free
11 Jan 2017	CB	Matej Mitrović	Beşiktaş	Transfer	€4.2 million
22 Jan 2017	CM	Gerald Diyoke	Šibenik	Loan (until 15/6/2017)
23 Jan 2017	CB	Frane Ikić	Koper	Transfer	Free
26 Jan 2017	RM	Vedran Jugović	Jeonnam Dragons	Transfer	€500,000
30 Jan 2017	CF	Haris Handžić	Debreceni	Transfer	Free
3 Feb 2017	CF	Dario Vizinger	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Loan (until 15/6/2017)
13 Feb 2017	RB	Mato Miloš	Istra 1961	Transfer	Free
15 Feb 2017	LB	Jamilu Collins	Šibenik	Loan (until 15/6/2017)

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €500,000
Income: €15,450,000
Expenditure: €14,950,000

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gledatelji po klubovima 2016-2017. HRnogomet.com. 14 August 2016.