2020–21 HNK Rijeka season explained

Club:	Rijeka
Season:	2020–21
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Damir Mišković
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Manager:	Simon Rožman (until 27 Feb 2021) Goran Tomić (since 1 Mar 2021)
Stadium:	Rujevica
League:	Prva HNL
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Croatian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semi-final
Cup2:	UEFA Europa League
Cup2 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	Franko Andrijašević (13)
Season Topscorer:	Franko Andrijašević (14)
Highest Attendance:	2,275 v Slaven Belupo (4 October 2020)
Lowest Attendance:	2,072 v Varaždin (17 October 2020)
Average Attendance:	242^[1]
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Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

The 2020–21 season was the 75th season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It was their 30th successive season in the Croatian First Football League, and 47th successive top tier season.

Competitions

HT Prva liga

See main article: 2020–21 Croatian First Football League.

Results by opponent

Team	Results				Points
	width=40	1	width=40	2		width=40	3	width=40	4
	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–5	4
	0–0	0–2	4–3	2–1	7
	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	3
	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	10
	0–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	9
	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	2
	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	10
	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	7
	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	9

Source: 2020–21 Croatian First Football League article

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Matches

HT Prva liga

See main article: 2020–21 Croatian First Football League.

Source: Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Cup

See main article: article and 2020–21 Croatian Football Cup.

Source: Croatian Football Federation^[2]

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Source: uefa.com

Friendlies

On-season

Player seasonal records

Updated 23 May 2021. Competitive matches only.

Goals

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Europe	width=50	Cup	width=50	Supercup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Franko Andrijašević	13	1	–	–	14
2	Robert Murić	8	1	3	–	12
3	Luka Menalo	6	1	3	–	10
4	Sandro Kulenović	7	1	–	–	8
5	Josip Drmić	6	–	1	–	7
6	Nino Galović	4	–	1	–	5
7	Stjepan Lončar	2	1	–	–	3
8	Domagoj Pavičić	1	–	1	–	2
9	Luka Capan	1	–	–	–	1
	Adam Gnezda Čerin	1	–	–	–	1
	Sterling Yatéké	1	–	–	–	1
	João Escoval	–	1	–	–	1
	Ivan Tomečak	–	1	–	–	1
	Darko Velkovski	–	1	–	–	1
	Veldin Hodža	–	–	1	–	1
	Silvio Ilinković	–	–	1	–	1
	Tomislav Turčin	–	–	1	–	1
Own goals	1	1	–	–	2
TOTALS		51	9	12	0	72

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Europe	width=50	Cup	width=50	Supercup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Ivan Nevistić	9	2	–	–	11
2	Antonio Frigan	–	–	1	–	1
	David Nwolokor	–	–	1	–	1
TOTALS		9	2	2	0	13

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=120 colspan="3" align="center"	Supercup	width=140 colspan="3" align="center" style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
2	DF	Filip Braut	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF	Niko Galešić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF	Nino Galović	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
6	MF	Ivan Lepinjica	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF	Robert Murić	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	MF	Tibor Halilović	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
11	FW	Sterling Yatéké	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
12	DF	Andrija Vukčević	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
14	DF	Darko Velkovski	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
15	DF	Zoran Arsenić	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
16	MF	Adam Gnezda Čerin	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	MF	Luka Menalo	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
18	FW	Josip Drmić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	MF	Franko Andrijašević	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
20	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
20	MF	Robert Mudražija	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	DF	Armando Anastasio	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	DF	Daniel Štefulj	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
27	DF	Ivan Tomečak	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
31	MF	Luka Capan	7	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1
33	GK	Ivan Nevistić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
36	DF	Hrvoje Smolčić	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
44	MF	Stjepan Lončar	8	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
99	FW	Sandro Kulenović	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
TOTALS			74	2	3	23	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	106	2	3

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	Apps	Goals
Total	1. HNL	Europa League	Croatian Cup	Supercup
1	GK	David Nwolokor	2	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
2	DF	Filip Braut	11	0	+3	0	+1	0	+1	0	+0	0
3	DF	Niko Galešić	8	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
4	DF	Nino Galović	38	5	+0	4	+0	0	+0	1	+0	0
6	MF	Ivan Lepinjica	20	0	+11	0	+4	0	+0	0	+0	0
7	MF	Robert Murić	38	12	+12	8	+0	1	+0	3	+0	0
8	MF	Tibor Halilović	9	0	+0	0	+1	0	+1	0	+0	0
8	MF	Adrian Liber	7	0	+6	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
9	FW	Milan Ristovski	3	0	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
10	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	36	2	+15	1	+2	0	+0	1	+0	0
11	FW	Sterling Yatéké	25	1	+16	1	+5	0	+1	0	+0	0
12	DF	Andrija Vukčević	13	0	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
13	DF	Ennio Travaglia	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
14	DF	Darko Velkovski	16	1	+1	0	+0	1	+1	0	+0	0
15	DF	Zoran Arsenić	10	0	+2	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
16	MF	Adam Gnezda Čerin	36	1	+2	1	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	4	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
17	MF	Luka Menalo	36	10	+8	6	+0	1	+0	3	+0	0
18	FW	Josip Drmić	18	7	+5	6	+0	0	+0	1	+0	0
18	DF	Noa Zuliani	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
19	MF	Franko Andrijašević	40	14	+0	13	+0	1	+0	0	+0	0
20	MF	Robert Mudražija	18	0	+9	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
20	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	9	0	+4	0	+4	0	+0	0	+0	0
21	FW	Tomislav Turčin	2	1	+1	0	+0	0	+0	1	+0	0
22	GK	Antonio Frigan	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
22	DF	Roko Jurišić	2	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
23	DF	Armando Anastasio	4	0	+0	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0
24	DF	Daniel Štefulj	44	0	+9	0	+1	0	+1	0	+0	0
25	MF	Silvio Ilinković	1	1	+0	0	+0	0	+1	1	+0	0
25	GK	Ivor Pandur	2	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
26	DF	João Escoval	26	1	+5	0	+3	1	+0	0	+0	0
27	DF	Ivan Tomečak	43	1	+2	0	+0	1	+0	0	+0	0
30	MF	Dani Iglesias	2	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
31	MF	Luka Capan	31	1	+0	1	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
33	GK	Ivan Nevistić	43	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
36	DF	Hrvoje Smolčić	24	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
44	MF	Stjepan Lončar	42	3	+2	2	+0	1	+0	0	+0	0
54	MF	Veldin Hodža	2	1	+0	0	+1	0	+1	1	+0	0
60	FW	Matija Frigan	1	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
71	MF	Dominik Simčić	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
99	FW	Sandro Kulenović	38	8	+13	7	+2	1	+1	0	+0	0

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Suspensions

width=90	Date Incurred	width=90	Competition	width=150	Player	width=60	Games Missed	width=60	Reason
12 Sep 2020	1. HNL	Zoran Arsenić	1
17 Oct 2020	1. HNL	Adam Gnezda Čerin
29 Oct 2020	UEL	Sandro Kulenović
	UEL	Ivan Lepinjica
1 Nov 2020	1. HNL	Ivan Tomečak
	1. HNL	Darko Velkovski
8 Nov 2020	1. HNL	Stjepan Lončar
29 Nov 2020	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić
10 Dec 2020	UEL	Luka Capan
19 Jan 2021	1. HNL	Luka Capan
	1. HNL	Nino Galović
	1. HNL	Hrvoje Smolčić
	1. HNL	Daniel Štefulj
27 Jan 2021	1. HNL	Hrvoje Smolčić
31 Jan 2021	1. HNL	Luka Capan
21 Feb 2021	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić
7 Mar 2021	1. HNL	Nino Galović
	1. HNL	Andrija Vukčević
3 Apr 2021	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević
	1. HNL	Stjepan Lončar
21 Apr 2021	1. HNL	Adam Gnezda Čerin
25 Apr 2021	1. HNL	Luka Capan
9 May 2021	1. HNL	Robert Murić
22 May 2021	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić

Penalties

For
width=90	Date	width=70	Competition	width=150	Player	width=90	Opposition	width=50	Scored?
29 Aug 2020	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević	Istra 1961
4 Oct 2020	1. HNL	Sandro Kulenović	Slaven Belupo
8 Nov 2020	1. HNL	Robert Murić	Lokomotiva
27 Jan 2021	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević	Istra 1961
3 Feb 2021	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević	Šibenik
6 Feb 2021	1. HNL	Robert Murić	Lokomotiva
	1. HNL	Robert Murić
27 Feb 2021	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević	Hajduk Split
3 Mar 2021	Cup	Robert Murić	Osijek
14 Apr 2021	Cup	Robert Murić	Istra 1961
25 Apr 2021	1. HNL	Robert Murić	Osijek
12 May 2021	1. HNL	Josip Drmić	Slaven Belupo
Against
width=90	Date	width=70	Competition	width=150	Goalkeeper	width=90	Opposition	width=50	Scored?
29 Oct 2020	UEL	Ivan Nevistić	AZ
6 Dec 2020	1. HNL	Ivan Nevistić	Hajduk Split
19 Jan 2021	1. HNL	Ivan Nevistić	Dinamo Zagreb
6 Feb 2021	1. HNL	Ivan Nevistić	Lokomotiva
3 Mar 2021	Cup	Ivan Nevistić	Osijek

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall			Europa League
Most appearances	Štefulj (44)	Nevistić (33)	Galović, Menalo & Štefulj (4)	Lončar, Nevistić, Štefulj & Tomečak (8)
Most starts	Nevistić (43)	Nevistić (33)	Galović & Menalo (4)	Lončar, Nevistić & Tomečak (8)
Most substitute appearances	Yatéké (22)	Yatéké (16)	14 players (1)	Yatéké (5)
Most minutes played	Nevistić (3,900)	Nevistić (2,970)	Galović (360)	Nevistić (750)
Top goalscorer	Andrijašević (14)	Andrijašević (13)	Menalo & Murić (3)	8 players (1)
Most assists	Murić (10)	Murić (8)	Andrijašević & Murić (2)	Andrijašević, Lončar & Menalo (2)
Most yellow cards	Lončar (11)	Lončar (8)	Lončar & Menalo (2)	Capan, Kulenović & Lepinjica (3)
Most red cards	5 players (1)	5 players (1)	–	–
Last updated: 28 June 2021.

Transfers

In

width=90	Date	width=30	Pos.	width=160	Player	width=160	Moving from	width=260	Type	width=75	Fee	width=30	Ref.
9 Aug 2020	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Varaždin	Return from loan
9 Aug 2020	LB	Petar Mamić	Varaždin	Return from loan
9 Aug 2020	LW	Josip Mitrović	Inter Zaprešić	Return from loan
9 Aug 2020	LW	Denis Bušnja	Istra 1961	Return from loan
12 Aug 2020	LB	Ennio Travaglia	Orijent 1919	Transfer	Free	^[3]
26 Aug 2020	CM	Adam Gnezda Čerin	Nürnberg	Loan (until 30/6/2022; option to buy)		^[4]
7 Sep 2020	CB	Zoran Arsenić	Jagiellonia Białystok	Loan (until 30/6/2021; option to buy)		^[5]
21 Sep 2020	CF	Sandro Kulenović	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan (until 15/6/2021; option to buy)		^[6]
6 Oct 2020	LB	Armando Anastasio	Monza	Loan (until 30/6/2021)		^[7]
6 Oct 2020	LW	Luka Menalo	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan (until 15/6/2021; option to buy)
18 Jan 2021	CM	Adrian Liber	Orijent 1919	Return from loan		^[8]
22 Jan 2021	LB	Roko Jurišić	Dinamo Zagreb II	Transfer	Free	^[9]
25 Jan 2021	CB	Jasmin Čeliković	Sereď	Return from loan
26 Jan 2021	LB	Daniel Štefulj	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan (until 15/6/2021)		^[10]
27 Jan 2021	CM	Robert Mudražija	Copenhagen	Loan (until 30/6/2022)		^[11]
29 Jan 2021	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan (until 15/6/2021)		^[12]
4 Feb 2021	LB	Andrija Vukčević	Waasland-Beveren	Transfer	Free	^[13]
5 Feb 2021	CF	Josip Drmić	Norwich City	Loan (until 30/6/2021)		^[14]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

width=90	Date	width=30	Pos.	width=160	Player	width=160	Moving to	width=260	Type	width=75	Fee	width=30	Ref.
3 Aug 2020	LW	Alexander Gorgon	Pogoń Szczecin	Transfer	Free	^[15]
11 Aug 2020	CB	Josip Mitrović	Gorica	Transfer	Free	^[16]
12 Aug 2020	LW	Denis Bušnja	Sereď	Loan (until 30/6/2021)
1 Sep 2020	GK	Ivor Pandur	Hellas Verona	Transfer	€900,000	^[17]
9 Sep 2020	CB	Jasmin Čeliković	Sereď	Loan (until 15/6/2021)
11 Sep 2020	LB	Petar Mamić	Raków Częstochowa	Transfer	Free	^[18]
15 Sep 2020	LW	Matej Vuk	Istra 1961	Loan (until 15/6/2021)		^[19]
21 Sep 2020	LB	Antonio Čolak	PAOK	Transfer	€3,000,000	^[20]
5 Oct 2020	RM	Mario Pavelić	Wolfsberger AC	Transfer	Free
1 Jan 2021	RB	Momčilo Raspopović	Astra Giurgiu	Transfer	€200,000	^[21]
11 Jan 2021	DM	Tibor Halilović	Heerenveen	Transfer	€1,500,000	^[22]
18 Jan 2021	LB	Armando Anastasio	Monza	End of loan
25 Jan 2021	LB	Daniel Štefulj	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	€1,000,000
26 Jan 2021	CF	Milan Ristovski	Spartak Trnava	Loan (until 15/6/2021; option to buy)
28 Jan 2021	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	€3,000,000
1 Feb 2021	AM	Dani Iglesias	Spartak Trnava	Loan (until 30/6/2021; option to buy)
8 Feb 2021	CB	Jasmin Čeliković	Željezničar	Loan (until 31/5/2021)		^[23]
9 Feb 2021	CB	Marko Putnik	Orijent 1919	Loan (until 15/6/2021)		^[24]
9 Feb 2021	DM	Veldin Hodža	Orijent 1919	Loan (until 15/6/2021)
15 Feb 2021	LB	Ennio Travaglia	Zrinjski Mostar	Transfer	Free	^[25]
15 Feb 2021	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Dinamo Zagreb II	Loan (until 30/6/2021)		^[26]
23 Feb 2021	CB	Zoran Arsenić	Jagiellonia Białystok	End of loan		^[27]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €0
Income: €9,600,000
Expenditure: €9,600,000

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gledatelji po klubovima 2020-2021. HRnogomet.com. 28 June 2021.
2. News: Kalendar natjecanja Prve HNL i završnice HNK u natjecateljskoj godini 2020/21 . 29 July 2020. HNS-CFF.hr. Croatian. 23 May 2021.
3. Web site: Ennio Travaglia novi igrač Rijeke: Na travnjaku se želim zahvaliti na povjerenju. HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 7 August 2020. 13 February 2021.
4. Web site: Adam Gnezda Čerin novi igrač Rijeke: 'Prvi dojmovi su odlični, Rijeka je top klub'. HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 26 August 2020. 13 February 2021. 9 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201109224611/http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/vijest/adam-gnezda-cerin-novi-igrac-rijeke-zelim-sto-prije-igrati-za-rijeku/. dead.
5. Web site: Zoran Arsenić novi igrač Rijeke: 'O Rijeci sam čuo sve najbolje'. HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 7 September 2020. 13 February 2021. 19 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119061443/http://nk-rijeka.hr/vijest/zoran-arsenic-novi-igrac-rijeke-o-rijeci-sam-cuo-sve-najbolje/. dead.
6. Web site: Sandro Kulenović novi igrač Rijeke: 'Rijeka je pravi odabir za mene'. HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 21 September 2020. 13 February 2021. 25 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225195837/http://nk-rijeka.hr/vijest/sandro-kulenovic-novi-igrac-rijeke-rijeka-je-pravi-odabir-za-mene/. dead.
7. Web site: Armando Anastasio i Luka Menalo novi igrači HNK Rijeka. HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 6 October 2020. 13 February 2021.
8. Web site: Adrian Liber potpisao novi ugovor: 'Ovo je za mene dodatan motiv' . HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 18 January 2021. 13 February 2021.
9. Web site: Roko Jurišić potpisao za Rijeku: Rijeka mi je pružila priliku i to je najbolja motivacija. HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 22 January 2021. 13 February 2021.
10. Web site: Daniel Štefulj na ljeto odlazi u Dinamo . HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 25 January 2021. 13 February 2021.
11. Web site: Robert Mudražija potpisao za Rijeku: 'Rijeka je pravi potez za mene' . HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 26 January 2021. 13 February 2021.
12. Web site: Ivan Nevistić na ljeto prelazi u redove Dinama. HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 28 January 2021. 13 February 2021.
13. Web site: Andrija Vukčević novi igrač HNK Rijeka: 'Izabrao sam Rijeku jer želim napredovati kao igrač' . HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 4 February 2021. 13 February 2021.
14. Web site: Josip Drmić potpisao za Rijeku: 'Kad je stigao poziv Rijeke odmah sam imao dobar osjećaj' . HNK Rijeka. Croatian. 5 February 2021. 13 February 2021.
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