HNK Rijeka in European football explained

Continent:Europe
HNK Rijeka in European football
Club:Rijeka
First Entry:1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
Last Entry:2024–25 UEFA Conference League
Seasons Played:24

HNK Rijeka are a Croatian football club. This article details their record in UEFA club competitions.

History

HNK Rijeka has participated in UEFA competitions on 24 occasions, with 20 appearances since 1999 and 12 consecutive appearances since 2013–14. The club's greatest achievement was the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final, where they lost 2–0 on aggregate against Juventus. Among other notable continental successes, Rijeka qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League in two consecutive seasons, in 2013–14 and 2014–15, keeping an undefeated run for 12 consecutive home matches. They also qualified for the group stages in 2017–18 and 2020–21. Rijeka is one of only three Croatian clubs that have qualified for the group stages of UEFA Champions League or Europa League. In 2014–15, Rijeka became the first club from former Yugoslavia to win eight European fixtures in one season. Rijeka faced eventual competition winners on two occasions, Real Madrid in the 1984–85 UEFA Cup and Sevilla in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Matches in Europe

By competition

CompetitionPldWDLGFGALast season played
UEFA Champions League822410112017–18
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League72271926100892024–25
UEFA Conference League1473424142024–25
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup10334891979–80
UEFA Intertoto Cup4112352008
Total108402840145128+17
Source: uefa.com, Fully up to date on 15 August 2024.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

By ground

GroundPldWDLGFGAGD
Home542813138851+37
Away541215275777−20
Total108402840145128+17
Source: uefa.com, Fully up to date on 15 August 2024.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against.

By season

Non-UEFA competitions are listed in italics.

Last updated on 15 August 2024.

Records and statistics

Record wins and defeats

Record by country of opposition

Updated on 15 August 2024.

CountryPldWDLFAGDWin%
scope=row Austria
scope=row Belgium
scope=row Bulgaria
scope=row Cyprus
scope=row Denmark
scope=row Faroe Islands
scope=row France
scope=row Germany
scope=row Greece
scope=row Hungary
scope=row Ireland
scope=row Italy
scope=row
scope=row Luxembourg
scope=row
scope=row Malta
scope=row
scope=row Netherlands
scope=row Norway
scope=row Portugal
scope=row Romania
scope=row
scope=row Serbia
scope=row Slovakia
scope=row Spain
scope=row Sweden
scope=row Turkey
scope=row Ukraine
scope=row

Player and manager statistics

Updated on 15 August 2024.[1]

Players with most European appearances
Player
Zoran Kvržićalign=center rowspan=238
Ivan Tomečak
Mate Maleš24
Ivan Vargić23
Anas Sharbini22
Domagoj Pavičićalign=center rowspan=219
Marko Vešović
Dario Župarić18
Vedran Jugovićalign=center rowspan=216
Andrej Kramarić
Top-scoring players in European competitions
PlayerGoals
Andrej Kramarić8
Zoran Kvržić7
Leon Benkoalign=center rowspan=26
Mario Gavranović
Damir Desnicaalign=center rowspan=44
Adriano Fegic
Alexander Gorgon
Adis Jahović
Franjo Ivanovićalign=center rowspan=23
Marco Pašalić
Managers with most European appearances
Coach
Matjaž Kek42
Simon Rožman8
Miroslav Blaževićalign=center rowspan=46
Nenad Gračan
Josip Skoblar
Goran Tomić
Željko Sopićalign=center rowspan=15
Igor Bišćanalign=center rowspan=54
Sergej Jakirović
Robert Rubčić
Elvis Scoria
Dragutin Spasojević
Players and manager in bold are currently active for Rijeka.

UEFA coefficient history (2013–)

Updated on 1 August 2024.

In European football, UEFA coefficients are used to rank and seed teams in club competitions. The coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe.[2]

2013–2018

Source: Bert Kassies website

AccumulatedValidRankMovementCoefficientChange
2008–09 to 2012–132013–14241 –124.916 +0.142
2009–10 to 2013–142014–15178 +638.925 +4.009
2010–11 to 2014–152015–16131 +4713.700 +4.775
2011–12 to 2015–162016–17127 +414.275 +0.575
2012–13 to 2016–172017–18125 +215.550 +1.275

2018–

5-year calculation

Source: Bert Kassies website

Accumulated Valid Rank Movement Coefficient Change
2013–14 to 2017–182018–1991 +3415.500—
2014–15 to 2018–192019–20104 –1313.500 –2.000
2015–16 to 2019–202020–21121 –1711.000 –2.500
2016–17 to 2020–212021–22113 +813.500 +2.500
2017–18 to 2021–222022–23104 +915.000 +1.500
2018–19 to 2022–232023–24127 –2311.500 –3.500
2019–20 to 2023–242024–25123 +412.000 +0.500
2020–21 to 2024–252025–26108 +1512.000

10-year calculation

Source: Bert Kassies website

Accumulated Valid Rank Movement Coefficient Change
2008–09 to 2017–182018–19173—16.500—
2009–10 to 2018–192019–20161 +1218.500 +2.000
2010–11 to 2019–202020–21150 +1120.000 +1.500
2011–12 to 2020–212021–22130 +2023.000 +3.000
2012–13 to 2021–222022–23124 +625.500 +2.500
2013–14 to 2022–232023–24123 +127.000 +1.500
2014–15 to 2023–242024–25126 –325.500 –1.500
2015–16 to 2024–252025–26137 –1123.000 –2.500

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rijeka profile. UEFA.com. 25 August 2021.
  2. See column Team Ranking in Web site: UEFA European Cup Coefficients Database. Bert Kassies. 18 November 2015. 13 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413191706/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/index.html. dead.

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