2021–22 HNK Rijeka season explained

Club:	Rijeka
Season:	2021–22
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Damir Mišković
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Goran Tomić
Stadium:	Rujevica
League:	Prva HNL
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Croatian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup2 Result:	Play-off round
League Topscorer:	Josip Drmić (21)
Season Topscorer:	Josip Drmić (25)
Highest Attendance:	7,485 v Hajduk Split (8 May 2022)
Lowest Attendance:	0 v Hrvatski Dragovoljac (4 December 2021)
Average Attendance:	3,587
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Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23

The 2021–22 season was the 76th season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It was their 31st successive season in the Croatian First Football League, and 48th successive top tier season.

Competitions

HT Prva liga

See main article: 2021–22 Croatian First Football League.

Results by round

Results by opponent

Team	Results				Points
	width=40	1	width=40	2		width=40	3	width=40	4
	3–3	3–3	0–2	1–2	2
	2–0	4–3	1–2	0–1	6
	2–1	2–3	3–1	0–3	6
	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–0	7
	2–0	6–3	1–0	2–0	12
	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–2	6
	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	4
	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	10
	2–1	1–0	4–2	5–3	12

Source: 2021–22 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

HT Prva liga

See main article: 2021–22 Croatian First Football League.

Croatian Cup

See main article: 2021–22 Croatian Football Cup.

UEFA Europa Conference League

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Friendlies

On-season (2022)

Player seasonal records

Updated 26 May 2022. 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	Josip Drmić	21	1	3	25
2	Robert Murić	11	–	1	12
	Haris Vučkić	10	–	2	12
4	Denis Bušnja	2	2	4	8
5	Jorge Obregón	4	–	3	7
	Abass Issah	3	1	3	7
7	Domagoj Pavičić	4	1	–	5
	Prince Ampem	3	2	–	5
9	Anton Krešić	3	–	1	4
10	Adam Gnezda Čerin	2	–	–	2
	Lindon Selahi	2	–	–	2
	Ivan Lepinjica	1	1	–	2
13	Hrvoje Smolčić	1	–	–	1
	Ivan Tomečak	1	–	–	1
	Darko Velkovski	1	–	–	1
	Andrija Vukčević	1	–	–	1
	Mikhail Merkulov	–	–	1	1
	Mato Stanić	–	–	1	1
	Matej Vuk	–	–	1	1
Own goals	1	1	–	2
TOTALS		71	9	20	100

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	Nediljko Labrović	7	2	1	10
2	Martin Zlomislić	2	–	1	3
TOTALS		9	2	2	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=140 colspan="3" align="center" style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	GK	Nediljko Labrović	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF	Nino Galović	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
6	DF	Sava-Arangel Čestić	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
7	MF	Robert Murić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF	Adrian Liber	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW	Jorge Obregón	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	MF	Prince Ampem	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
12	DF	Andrija Vukčević	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	MF	Ivan Lepinjica	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
14	DF	Darko Velkovski	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	DF	Anton Krešić	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	1
16	MF	Adam Gnezda Čerin	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
17	MF	Matej Vuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	FW	Josip Drmić	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1
19	MF	Haris Vučkić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	DF	Andrés Solano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	DF	Roko Jurišić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Denis Bušnja	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
24	MF	Mato Stanić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	DF	João Escoval	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
30	MF	Lindon Selahi	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	0	0
33	FW	Abass Issah	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
36	DF	Hrvoje Smolčić	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	0
TOTALS			66	2	2	14	1	0	9	1	0	89	4	2

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	Conference League	Croatian Cup
1	GK	Nediljko Labrović	30	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
2	DF	Filip Braut	4	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
3	DF	Mikhail Merkulov	6	1	+3	0	+0	0	+1	1
4	DF	Nino Galović	18	0	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0
5	DF	Niko Galešić	5	0	+1	0	+2	0	+0	0
6	DF	Sava-Arangel Čestić	9	0	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0
7	MF	Robert Murić	37	12	+3	11	+1	0	+4	1
8	MF	Adrian Liber	17	0	+6	0	+3	0	+1	0
9	FW	Jorge Obregón	37	7	+21	4	+5	0	+0	3
10	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	39	5	+7	4	+0	1	+0	0
11	MF	Prince Ampem	42	5	+8	3	+0	2	+2	0
12	DF	Andrija Vukčević	42	1	+9	1	+1	0	+0	0
13	MF	Ivan Lepinjica	31	2	+14	1	+1	1	+3	0
14	DF	Darko Velkovski	33	1	+1	1	+0	0	+0	0
15	DF	Anton Krešić	36	4	+4	3	+1	0	+0	1
16	MF	Adam Gnezda Čerin	37	2	+8	2	+1	0	+0	0
17	MF	Matej Vuk	21	1	+14	0	+1	0	+0	1
18	FW	Josip Drmić	37	25	+1	21	+0	1	+0	3
19	FW	Haris Vučkić	31	12	+8	10	+1	0	+1	2
20	MF	Robert Mudražija	4	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
20	DF	Andrés Solano	13	0	+2	0	+0	0	+1	0
22	DF	Roko Jurišić	6	0	+4	0	+1	0	+1	0
23	MF	Denis Bušnja	33	8	+21	2	+5	2	+1	4
24	MF	Mato Stanić	10	1	+5	0	+0	0	+3	1
26	DF	João Escoval	16	0	+1	0	+0	0	+2	0
27	DF	Ivan Tomečak	21	1	+1	1	+0	0	+0	0
28	DF	Ivan Smolčić	2	0	+0	0	+0	0	+2	0
30	MF	Lindon Selahi	36	2	+2	2	+2	0	+1	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	7	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
33	FW	Abass Issah	34	7	+10	3	+0	1	+2	3
36	DF	Hrvoje Smolčić	28	1	+2	1	+0	0	+0	0
98	GK	Martin Zlomislić	10	0	+0	0	+0	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
22 Jul 2021	UECL	Ivan Lepinjica	1
26 Aug 2021	UECL	Nino Galović
2 Oct 2021	1. HNL	Anton Krešić
7 Nov 2021	1. HNL	Hrvoje Smolčić
21 Nov 2021	1. HNL	Prince Ampem
27 Nov 2021	1. HNL	Lindon Selahi
8 Dec 2021	1. HNL	Abass Issah
11 Dec 2021	1. HNL	Prince Ampem
13 Feb 2022	1. HNL	Sava-Arangel Čestić
	1. HNL	Josip Drmić
	1. HNL	Abass Issah
20 Feb 2022	1. HNL	Denis Bušnja
13 Mar 2022	1. HNL	Hrvoje Smolčić
19 Mar 2022	1. HNL	Prince Ampem
	1. HNL	Adam Gnezda Čerin
10 Apr 2022	1. HNL	Anton Krešić	2
23 Apr 2022	1. HNL	Darko Velkovski	1
8 May 2022	1. HNL	Josip Drmić	2
	1. HNL	Anton Krešić	1
21 May 2022	1. HNL	Hrvoje Smolčić
26 May 2022	Cup	Hrvoje Smolčić

Penalties

For
width=90	Date	width=70	Competition	width=150	Player	width=90	Opposition	width=50	Scored?
17 Jul 2021	1. HNL	Robert Murić	Gorica
25 Jul 2021	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić	Istra 1961
22 Aug 2021	1. HNL	Josip Drmić	Šibenik
21 Sep 2021	Cup	Jorge Obregón	Pitomača
26 Sep 2021	1. HNL	Robert Murić	Gorica
24 Oct 2021	1. HNL	Josip Drmić	Lokomotiva
13 Nov 2021	Cup	Abass Issah	Oriolik
	Cup	Jorge Obregón
	Cup	Denis Bušnja
21 Nov 2021	1. HNL	Robert Murić	Hajduk Split
23 Apr 2022	1. HNL	Robert Murić	Osijek
Against
width=90	Date	width=70	Competition	width=150	Goalkeeper	width=90	Opposition	width=50	Scored?
17 Sep 2021	1. HNL	Andrej Prskalo	H. Dragovoljac
26 Sep 2021	1. HNL	Martin Zlomislić	Gorica
16 Oct 2021	1. HNL	Martin Zlomislić	Dinamo Zagreb
	1. HNL	Martin Zlomislić
21 Nov 2021	1. HNL	Martin Zlomislić	Hajduk Split
27 Nov 2021	1. HNL	Martin Zlomislić	Slaven Belupo
8 May 2022	1. HNL	Nediljko Labrović	Hajduk Split
14 May 2022	1. HNL	Nediljko Labrović	Slaven Belupo

Transfers

In

width=90	Date	width=30	Pos.	width=160	Player	width=170	Moving from	width=250	Type	width=75	Fee	width=30	Ref.
31 May 2021	CB	Jasmin Čeliković	Željezničar	Return from loan
9 Jun 2021	GK	Nediljko Labrović	Šibenik	Transfer	Free	^[1]
9 Jun 2021	RW	Prince Ampem	Šibenik	Transfer	Free
15 Jun 2021	CB	Ivan Smolčić	Orijent 1919	Return from loan
15 Jun 2021	CB	Marko Putnik	Orijent 1919	Return from loan
15 Jun 2021	DM	Veldin Hodža	Orijent 1919	Return from loan
15 Jun 2021	LW	Matej Vuk	Istra 1961	Return from loan
15 Jun 2021	CF	Milan Ristovski	Spartak Trnava	Return from loan
21 Jun 2021	CF	Admir Bristrić	Sloboda Tuzla	Transfer	€15,000	^[2]
28 Jun 2021	LW	Bernard Karrica	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Free	^[3]
29 Jun 2021	CF	Abass Issah	Mainz 05	Loan (until 30/6/2022)		^[4]
30 Jun 2021	AM	Dani Iglesias	Spartak Trnava	Return from loan
30 Jun 2021	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Dinamo Zagreb II	Return from loan
30 Jun 2021	LW	Denis Bušnja	Sereď	Return from loan
5 Jul 2021	CF	Jorge Obregón	Varaždin	Transfer	€500,000	^[5]
6 Jul 2021	CF	Josip Drmić	Norwich City	Loan (until 30/6/2022)		^[6]
9 Jul 2021	GK	Martin Zlomislić	Free agent	Transfer	Free	^[7]
16 Jul 2021	CB	Anton Krešić	Atalanta	Loan (until 30/6/2022; option to buy)		^[8]
24 Jul 2021	CM	Lindon Selahi	Twente	Transfer	Free	^[9]
28 Jul 2021	LB	Mikhail Merkulov	Rubin Kazan	Transfer	Free	^[10]
30 Jul 2021	DM	Mato Stanić	Široki Brijeg	Transfer	€150,000	^[11]
13 Aug 2021	AM	Haris Vučkić	Real Zaragoza	Loan (until 30/6/2022)		^[12]
31 Dec 2021	GK	Antonio Frigan	Novigrad	Return from loan
8 Jan 2022	CB	Duje Dujmović	Solin	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[13]
8 Jan 2022	DM	Marino Kukoč	Split	Transfer	€25,000
9 Jan 2022	LW	Bernard Karrica	Sereď	Return from loan		^[14]
10 Jan 2022	CB	Sava-Arangel Čestić	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Free	^[15]
11 Jan 2022	CF	Matija Frigan	Orijent 1919	Return from loan		^[16]
24 Jan 2022	DM	Mato Stanić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Return from loan		^[17]
24 Jan 2022	DM	Veldin Hodža	Orijent 1919	Return from loan		^[18]
31 Jan 2022	RB	Andrés Solano	Atlético Madrid B	Transfer	Free	^[19]
5 Feb 2022	GK	Aleksa Todorović	Trayal	Transfer	Free	^[20]
6 Feb 2022	CM	Antoine Coupland	Atlético Ottawa	Transfer	Free	^[21]
10 Feb 2022	DM	Iker Pozo	Manchester City	Loan (until 30/6/2022; option to buy)		^[22]
15 Feb 2022	CB	Djibrilla Ibrahim	Al-Hilal United	Transfer	Free
1 Apr 2022	AM	Dennis Stojković	Free agent	Transfer	Free	^[23]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

width=90	Date	width=30	Pos.	width=160	Player	width=170	Moving to	width=250	Type	width=75	Fee	width=30	Ref.
11 Jun 2021	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Dinamo Zagreb	End of loan		^[24]
11 Jun 2021	LB	Daniel Štefulj	Dinamo Zagreb	End of loan
15 Jun 2021	LW	Luka Menalo	Dinamo Zagreb	End of loan
15 Jun 2021	CF	Sandro Kulenović	Dinamo Zagreb	End of loan
23 Jun 2021	CM	Silvio Ilinković	Posušje	Loan (until 30/6/2022)		^[25]
29 Jun 2021	CB	Jasmin Čeliković	Tuzla City	End of contract	Free	^[26]
30 Jun 2021	DM	Luka Capan	Bursaspor	End of contract	Free	^[27]
30 Jun 2021	AM	Franko Andrijašević	Gent	End of loan		^[28]
30 Jun 2021	CF	Josip Drmić	Norwich City	End of loan
30 Jun 2021	CF	Sterling Yatéké	Austria Wien	End of loan
10 Jul 2021	CB	Marko Putnik	Orijent 1919	Loan (until 15/6/2022)		^[29]
10 Jul 2021	AM	Filip Zrilić	Orijent 1919	Loan (until 15/6/2022)
12 Jul 2021	DM	Veldin Hodža	Orijent 1919	Loan (until 15/6/2022)
12 Jul 2021	CF	Matija Frigan	Orijent 1919	Loan (until 15/6/2022)
15 Jul 2021	CF	Milan Ristovski	Spartak Trnava	Transfer (buying option)	€300,000	^[30]
16 Jul 2021	CB	Tino Agić	Gorica	Loan (until 15/6/2022)		^[31]
16 Jul 2021	CM	Stjepan Lončar	Ferencváros	Transfer	€2,500,000	^[32]
4 Aug 2021	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Transfer	Free
27 Aug 2021	GK	Antonio Frigan	Novigrad	Loan (until 30/6/2022)
7 Sep 2021	AM	Dani Iglesias	Sereď	Transfer	Free	^[33]
9 Sep 2021	LW	Bernard Karrica	Sereď	Loan (until 30/6/2022)		^[34]
27 Dec 2021	CM	Robert Mudražija	Copenhagen	End of loan		^[35]
12 Jan 2022	CB	Ivan Smolčić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Transfer	Free	^[36]
12 Jan 2022	DM	Mato Stanić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Loan (until 15/6/2022)
12 Jan 2022	LW	Bernard Karrica	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Loan (until 15/6/2022)
12 Jan 2022	CF	Admir Bristrić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Loan (until 15/6/2022)
12 Jan 2022	CF	Matija Frigan	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Loan (until 15/6/2022)
13 Jan 2022	GK	David Nwolokor	Aluminij	Loan (until 15/6/2023)		^[37]
15 Jan 2022	LB	Roko Jurišić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Loan (until 15/6/2022)		^[38]
16 Jan 2022	CB	Niko Galešić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Loan (until 15/6/2022)
24 Jan 2022	DM	Veldin Hodža	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Transfer	Free
26 Jan 2022	DM	Marino Kukoč	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Loan (until 15/6/2022)		^[39]
27 Jan 2022	RB	Ivan Tomečak	Pafos FC	Transfer	Free	^[40]
28 Jan 2022	CB	Nino Galović	Arouca	Transfer	Free	^[41]
31 Jan 2022	CB	João Escoval	Anorthosis Famagusta	Transfer	Free	^[42]
13 Feb 2022	DM	Iker Pozo	Manchester City	End of loan		^[43]
15 Feb 2022	RB	Filip Braut	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Transfer	Free	^[44]
15 Feb 2022	CB	Djibrilla Ibrahim	Orijent 1919	Loan (until 15/6/2022)		^[45]
28 Feb 2022	GK	Antonio Frigan	Novigrad	Loan (until 30/6/2022)

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €690,000
Income: €2,800,000
Expenditure: €2,110,000

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nediljko Labrović i Prince Obeng novi igrači Rijeke. HNK Rijeka. hr. 9 June 2021. 13 June 2021.
2. Web site: Talentovani kapiten juniorske bh. reprezentacije potpisao za Rijeku. SportSport.ba. bs. 21 June 2021. 6 February 2022.
3. Web site: Bernard Karrica novi igrač HNK Rijeka. HNK Rijeka. hr. 28 June 2021. 28 June 2021.
4. Web site: Issah Abass novi igrač HNK Rijeka: Spreman sam i želim dati sve od sebe. HNK Rijeka. hr. 29 June 2021. 29 June 2021.
5. Web site: Jorge Obregon novi igrač HNK Rijeka. HNK Rijeka. hr. 5 July 2021. 5 July 2021.
6. Web site: Josip Drmić ponovo u Rijeci: "Imam osjećaj kao da sam se vratio u obitelj". HNK Rijeka. hr. 6 July 2021. 6 July 2021.
7. Web site: Martin Zlomislić novi vratar u redovima Rijeke. HNK Rijeka. hr. 9 July 2021. 9 July 2021.
8. Web site: Anton Krešić novi igrač HNK Rijeka: 'Prvi dojmovi su predivni'. HNK Rijeka. hr. 16 July 2021. 16 July 2021.
9. Web site: Lindon Selahi novi igrač HNK Rijeka: 'Jedva čekam zaigrati pred navijačima Rijeke'. HNK Rijeka. hr. 24 July 2021. 24 July 2021.
10. Web site: Mikhail Merkulov novi igrač HNK Rijeka. HNK Rijeka. hr. 28 July 2021. 28 July 2021.
11. Web site: Mato Stanić novi igrač HNK Rijeka. HNK Rijeka. hr. 30 July 2021. 30 July 2021.
12. Web site: Haris Vučkić novi igrač HNK Rijeka. HNK Rijeka. hr. 13 August 2021. 13 August 2021.
13. Web site: Marino Kukoč i Duje Dujmović: Rijeka ima sjajne uvjete za napredak, vjerujemo da ćemo opravdati povjerenje. HNK Rijeka. hr. 8 January 2022. 31 January 2022.
14. Web site: A-mužstvo: Odštartovali sme zimnú prípravu. ŠKF Sereď. sk. 10 January 2022. 13 January 2022.
15. Web site: Sava Arangel Čestić novi je igrač HNK Rijeka: "Rijeka je najbolji put za mene". HNK Rijeka. hr. 10 January 2022. 10 January 2022.
16. Web site: Matija Frigan u dresu Hrvatskog dragovoljca, Orijent 1919 ostao bez napadača. SportCom.hr. hr. 11 January 2022. 13 January 2022.
17. Web site: Murić neće na Otok, Riječani rade na transferu Escovala, a Stanić se vraća nakon svega pet dana u Sigetu. Germanijak. hr. 24 January 2022. 24 January 2022.
18. Web site: Rijeka povukla Veldina Hodžu s posudbe iz Orijenta 1919 i preusmjerila u redove Hrvatskog dragovoljca. Novi list. hr. 24 January 2022. 25 January 2022.
19. Web site: Andres Solano novi igrač HNK Rijeka: Rijeka je najbolja prilika za iskorak u karijeri. HNK Rijeka. hr. 31 January 2022. 31 January 2022.
20. Web site: Aleksa Todorović potpisao za Rijeku: “U Rijeci se već osjećam kao kod kuće”. HNK Rijeka. hr. 5 February 2022. 20 July 2022.
21. Web site: Antoine Coupland novi igrač HNK Rijeka: “Rijeka je odlično mjesto za moj razvoj”. HNK Rijeka. hr. 6 February 2022. 20 July 2022.
22. Web site: Iker Pozo novi igrač Rijeke: "Rijeka je izazov i stepenica više za mene". HNK Rijeka. hr. 10 February 2022. 10 February 2022.
23. Web site: Dennis Stojković novi igrač Rijeke: "Ovo je za mene nova prilika". HNK Rijeka. hr. 1 April 2022. 2 April 2022.
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