Osijek–Rijeka derby explained

Osijek–Rijeka derby
City Or Region:	Croatia
Teams Involved:	Osijek and Rijeka
Most Wins:	Rijeka (45)
Top Scorer:	Ahmad Sharbini (9)
Mostrecent:
Nextmeeting:	12 February 2025
Total:	114 (103 league)

Osijek–Rijeka derby (hr|derbi Osijek – Rijeka) is the name given to matches between NK Osijek and HNK Rijeka. On Croatian First Football League all-time table Rijeka and Osijek are on the third and fourth place. Rijeka is the third-most successful Croatian football club, having won one Croatian First Football League title, six Croatian Football Cups, two Yugoslav Cups, one Croatian Football Super Cup and the 1977–78 Balkans Cup. Osijek won one Croatian Football Cup.

Rijeka and Osijek are with Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split the only four clubs that have never been relegated from the Croatian First League.

Osijek and Rijeka are third and fourth best supported football clubs in Croatia. Osijek is supported by 5% and Rijeka by 4% of population.^[1]

The teams are supported by their ultras groups called Armada Rijeka and Kohorta Osijek.

Supporters

Armada is football ultras group that support HNK Rijeka. They also support Rijeka's other sports clubs, such as RK Zamet (handball), Primorje EB (waterpolo) and KK Kvarner 2010 (basketball).

The name Armada was given in 1987 at a bar in the "Ri" shopping mall in Rijeka, and the first game attended by the Armada was the Final of the Yugoslav football cup against Hajduk Split in Belgrade on 9 May 1987. The newly formed supporters group named themselves after the Spanish Armada because of the strength they showed in their support. Their fiercest rivals are BBB (Bad Blue Boys), Torcida and Kohorta.

At home games, Armada members gather in the west stand at Stadion Kantrida and in the last few years in the north stand of Stadion Rujevica, from where they fiercely support their club. They also regularly support Rijeka in the club's away games. They regularly display choreographies and light up flares.

Their mottos are: Sami protiv svih - Alone against everybody, and Krepat, ma ne molat - Die but not give up. Armada's mascot is a shark.

Kohorta Osijek is a group of supporters of Croatian soccer club NK Osijek. During the soccer match it is located on the southeast and east stands of the Gradski vrt stadium in Osijek.

Results

By competition

Competition	Played	Rijeka wins	Draws	Osijek wins	Rijeka goals	Osijek goals
Yugoslav championship (1946–1991)
First League	26	11	7	8	37	30
Second League	8	4	1	3	22	16
First League qualifiers	4	0	2	2	2	6
Yugoslav Cup	2	0	1	1	1	2
Yugoslavia totals	40	15	11	14	62	54
Croatian championship (1992–present)
Prva HNL	103	38	29	36	131	117
Croatian Cup	11	7	0	4	16	12
Supercup	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia totals	114	45	29	40	147	129
All Time	154	60	40	54	209	183

By ground (Croatia only)

Ground	Played	Rijeka wins	Draws	Osijek wins	Rijeka goals	Osijek goals
Gradski Vrt, Osijek	54	13	13	28	49	75
Kantrida, Rijeka	34	18	8	8	54	30
Rujevica, Rijeka	22	13	7	2	40	19
Opus Arena, Osijek	3	1	1	1	2	2
Jedinstvo, Donji Miholjac	1	0	0	1	2	3
All Time	114	45	29	40	147	129

Last updated: 10 November 2024.

List of matches

Key

	Match ended in a draw
	Rijeka win
	Osijek win

1977–1991

M	Date	Competition	Ground	Score	Osijek scorers	Rijeka scorers	Attendance
1	14 Aug 1977	Div. 1	Kantrida	1–2		Durkalić	10,000
2	11 Dec 1977	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	1–1		Radović	4,000
3	27 Aug 1978	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	0–0			12,000
4	25 Mar 1979	Div. 1	Kantrida	3–3		Radin, Cukrov, Ružić	8,000
5	19 Aug 1979	Div. 1	Kantrida	0–0			5,000
6	20 Apr 1980	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	2–0			2,000
7	29 Aug 1981	Div. 1	Kantrida	3–1		Desnica, Tomić (2)	3,000
8	14 Mar 1982	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	4–0			3,000
9	12 Sep 1982	Div. 1	Kantrida	5–2		Lukić, Gračan, Malbaša, Desnica, Fegic	4,000
10	10 Apr 1983	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	2–0			5,000
11	16 Oct 1983	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	4–1		o.g.	4,000
12	29 Apr 1984	Div. 1	Kantrida	4–1		Tomić (2), Matrljan, Fegic	4,000
13	9 Dec 1984	Div. 1	Kantrida	5–0		Fegic (2), Gračan, Radmanović, Malbaša	3,000
14	30 Jun 1985	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	2–2		Gračan (2)	5,000
15	3 Nov 1985	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	0–0			2,000
16	28 May 1986	Div. 1	Kantrida	1–0		Malbaša	3,000
17	2 Nov 1986	Div. 1	Kantrida	2–1		Janković, Matrljan	3,000
18	13 May 1987	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	1–0			2,000
19	27 Sep 1987	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	1–0			1,205
20	20 Apr 1988	Div. 1	Kantrida	0–0			1,980
21	7 Aug 1988	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	1–3		Valenčić, Kljajić, Mladenović	1,377
22	26 Feb 1989	Div. 1	Kantrida	2–0		Ekmeščić (2)	1,755
23	3 Dec 1989	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	0–1		Vulić	528
24	16 May 1990	Div. 1	Kantrida	1–0		S. Beširević	685
25	26 Aug 1990	Div. 1	Gradski vrt	2–0			668
26	10 Mar 1991	Div. 1	Kantrida	2–0		Punišić, Nestorović	285

1992–present

M	Date	Competition	Ground	Score	Osijek scorers	Rijeka scorers	Attendance	Report
1	31 Mar 1992	1. HNL	Kantrida	2–0		Ban, Ljubančić	1,000	prvahnl.hr
2	26 May 1992	1. HNL	Jedinstvo	3–2	Petrović (2), Bajsić	Šanjug, Šarić	1,000
3	25 Oct 1992	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–1	B. Beširević	D. Tadić	5,000
4	9 May 1993	1. HNL	Kantrida	2–0		Scoria (2)	1,500
5	30 Oct 1993	1. HNL	Kantrida	1–1	Labak	Mladenović	400
6	8 May 1994	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–0			8,000
7	28 Aug 1994	1. HNL	Kantrida	0–1			1,000
8	8 Mar 1995	Cup (QF)	Gradski vrt	1–0	Vukoja		6,000
9	12 Mar 1995	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–0	Špehar, Vukoja		12,000
10	5 Apr 1995	Cup (QF)	Kantrida	1–0 (2–4 p)			2,500
11	24 Sep 1995	1. HNL	Kantrida	0–2	Bičanić, Krpan		2,000
12	17 Dec 1995	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0	Bičanić		3,000
13	8 Sep 1996	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	4–0	Popescu, Mitu (3)		1,500
14	23 Mar 1997	1. HNL	Kantrida	2–0		Brkić, Seferović	3,500
15	31 Aug 1997	1. HNL	Kantrida	1–1	Krpan	Vranješ-og	5,000
16	29 Nov 1997	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–0	B. Beširević, Fischer		1,500
17	30 Aug 1998	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0	Bubalo		2,500
18	29 Nov 1998	1. HNL	Kantrida	1–0		Balaban	6,000
19	9 May 1999	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	5–2	Perković (3), Bubalo, Prišč	Hasančić, Balaban	2,500
20	26 May 1999	1. HNL	Kantrida	1–1	Bubalo	Musa	22,000
21	24 Jul 1999	1. HNL	Kantrida	0–1	Bubalo		5,000
22	30 Oct 1999	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	3–2	Turković, Ergović, Bubalo	Agić, Hasančić	1,000
23	22 Apr 2000	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–0	Krstulović, Grnja		2,500
24	29 Aug 2000	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–2	Turković	Milicic, Brajković	3,000
25	17 Nov 2000	1. HNL	Kantrida	2–3	Prišč, B. Beširević, Bjelica	Čaval (2)	2,000
26	12 Aug 2001	1. HNL	Kantrida	4–0			2,500
27	2 Feb 2002	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0	Turković		800
28	25 Aug 2002	1. HNL	Kantrida	0–1	Balatinac		4,500
29	23 Nov 2002	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–1	Špehar	Klić	600
30	3 May 2003	1. HNL	Kantrida	0–0			1,200
31	31 May 2003	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	3–2	Pavličić (2), Božinovski	Brajković (2)	300
32	30 Aug 2003	1. HNL	Kantrida	2–0		Duro, Klić	3,000
33	6 Dec 2003	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–3	Špehar (2)		2,000
34	27 Mar 2004	1. HNL	Kantrida	2–1	Špehar	Ah. Sharbini, Vidović	2,000
35	24 Apr 2004	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–1	D. Knežević-og, Prijić	J. Samardžić	2,000
36	29 Aug 2004	1. HNL	Kantrida	4–0		Erceg, D. Tadić, Katulić	3,000
37	27 Nov 2004	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–1	J. Tadić	Novaković	3,000
38	14 Aug 2005	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	0–1		Ivančić	5,000
39	5 Nov 2005	1. HNL	Kantrida	4–1	Milardović		2,000
40	8 Apr 2006	1. HNL	Kantrida	3–1	J. Barišić	Rendulić, Linić, Ah. Sharbini	4,000
41	10 May 2006	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	0–2		Linić (2)	2,000
42	16 Sep 2006	1. HNL	Kantrida	2–2			2,000
43	2 Dec 2006	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0	Pavličić		1,000
44	18 Apr 2007	1. HNL	Kantrida	0–2	Jukić (2)		1,000
45	4 Aug 2007	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–2	Jukić, Babić		5,000
46	31 Oct 2007	1. HNL	Kantrida	1–1	Hrnčević	Đalović	2,000
47	12 Apr 2008	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0	Smoje		1,000
48	21 Sep 2008	1. HNL	Kantrida	0–0			1,500
49	22 Feb 2009	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–2		Ah. Sharbini, An. Sharbini	1,500
50	17 May 2009	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–2	J. Knežević	Ah. Sharbini (2)	1,500
51	17 Oct 2009	1. HNL	Kantrida	1–1			1,000
52	17 Apr 2010	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0	J. Barišić		1,500
53	23 Oct 2010	1. HNL	Kantrida	1–5	Miličević, Smoje, Šorša, Nikšić, Škorić	Štrok	1,500
54	30 Apr 2011	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	0–0			1,500
55	22 Jul 2011	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–1	Ljubojević	Dedić	1,500
56	23 Nov 2011	Cup (QF)	Kantrida	1–2	Kvržić (2)		1,500
57	26 Nov 2011	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	0–1		Kreilach	1,000
58	30 Nov 2011	Cup (QF)	Gradski vrt	2–0			600
59	18 Aug 2012	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–1	Perošević	Mujanović	1,000
60	18 Nov 2012	1. HNL	Kantrida	3–1	Zubak	Brezovec, Cesarec (2)	3,000
61	6 Apr 2013	1. HNL	Kantrida	1–0		Benko	4,000
62	12 Aug 2013	1. HNL	Kantrida	5–1	Lulić	Benko (2), Alispahić (2), Pokrivač	6,000
63	27 Oct 2013	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–3	Novaković	Kvržić, Kramarić, Močinić	3,000
64	19 Feb 2014	Cup (QF)	Kantrida	1–0		Moisés	3,000
65	23 Feb 2014	1. HNL	Kantrida	1–0		Benko	4,000
66	12 Mar 2014	Cup (QF)	Gradski vrt	1–0 (3–4 p)			3,000
67	19 Apr 2014	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–0			3,000
68	13 Sep 2014	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	0–1			1,500
69	1 Dec 2014	1. HNL	Kantrida	2–1	Jonjić	M. Samardžić, Moisés	4,000
70	20 Mar 2015	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	0–0			2,000
71	23 May 2015	1. HNL	Kantrida	3–0		Balaj, An. Sharbini, Tomasov	5,500
72	30 Aug 2015	1. HNL	Rujevica	5–0		Balaj (2), Bezjak, Mitrović, An. Sharbini	4,729	prvahnl.hr
73	21 Nov 2015	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–1	Škorić	Bezjak	517	prvahnl.hr
74	6 Mar 2016	1. HNL	Rujevica	2–1	Perošević	Gavranović, Bezjak	3,736	prvahnl.hr
75	7 May 2016	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–1	Lukić	Gavranović	1,712	prvahnl.hr
76	31 Jul 2016	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	0–1		Mišić	4,019	prvahnl.hr
77	16 Oct 2016	1. HNL	Rujevica	3–0		Andrijašević, Gavranović, Gorgon	5,430	prvahnl.hr
78	19 Feb 2017	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–3	Lyopa, Ejupi	Gavranović, Andrijašević (2)	4,219	prvahnl.hr
79	1 Mar 2017	Cup (SF)	Rujevica	3–1		Gavranović (3)	5,105	hns-cff.hr
80	15 Mar 2017	Cup (SF)	Gradski vrt	0–2		Škorić-og, Andrijašević	4,467	hns-cff.hr
81	25 Apr 2017	1. HNL	Rujevica	2–0		Bezjak, Andrijašević	5,072	prvahnl.hr
82	7 Aug 2017	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0	B. Barišić		5,155	prvahnl.hr
83	22 Oct 2017	1. HNL	Rujevica	1–2	Grezda, Bočkaj	Gavranović	3,022	prvahnl.hr
84	17 Feb 2018	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–1	Grgić, Hajradinović	Pavičić	3,125	prvahnl.hr
85	21 Apr 2018	1. HNL	Rujevica	1–0		Puljić	5,101	prvahnl.hr
86	16 Sep 2018	1. HNL	Rujevica	1–1	Bočkaj	Héber	5,127	prvahnl.hr
87	1 Dec 2018	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–2	Šorša	Čolak (2)	2,134	prvahnl.hr
88	17 Mar 2019	1. HNL	Rujevica	3–1	Ejupi	Halilović, Lepinjica, Puljić	4,347	prvahnl.hr
89	15 May 2019	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–1	Marić (2)	Čolak	2,032	prvahnl.hr
90	18 Aug 2019	1. HNL	Rujevica	1–1	Žaper	Čolak	4,832	prvahnl.hr
91	3 Nov 2019	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	3–2	Marić, Lyopa, Žaper		3,550	prvahnl.hr
92	22 Feb 2020	1. HNL	Rujevica	1–0		Gorgon	5,204	prvahnl.hr
93	31 May 2020	Cup (SF)	Rujevica	3–2	Bočkaj (2)		0	hns-cff.hr
94	1 Jul 2020	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0	Mance		3,026	prvahnl.hr
95	12 Sep 2020	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	3–0	Jugović, Bočkaj, Miérez		0	prvahnl.hr
96	29 Nov 2020	1. HNL	Rujevica	1–1	Bočkaj	Andrijašević	0	prvahnl.hr
97	21 Feb 2021	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	2–0	Miérez (2)		0	prvahnl.hr
98	3 Mar 2021	Cup (QF)	Gradski vrt	1–2	Škorić	Murić (2)	0	hns-cff.hr
99	25 Apr 2021	1. HNL	Rujevica	0–0			0	prvahnl.hr
100	16 Aug 2021	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0			2,069	prvahnl.hr
101	8 Dec 2021	1. HNL	Rujevica	0–0			3,631	prvahnl.hr
102	13 Feb 2022	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–0	Čestić-og		3,406	prvahnl.hr
103	9 Mar 2022	Cup (SF)	Rujevica	3–2 (aet)	Caktaš, Mance	Krešić, Drmić, Merkulov	7,225	hns-cff.hr
104	23 Apr 2022	1. HNL	Rujevica	3–1	Mance	Murić, Vučkić, Drmić	4,516	prvahnl.hr
105	10 Sep 2022	1. HNL	Rujevica	0–3	Miérez, Caktaš (2)		3,825	prvahnl.hr
106	21 Jan 2023	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–1	Špoljarić	Frigan	2,082	prvahnl.hr
107	2 Apr 2023	1. HNL	Rujevica	1–1	Žaper	Frigan	5,864	prvahnl.hr
108	27 May 2023	1. HNL	Gradski vrt	1–1	Mitrović-og	Banda	11,522	prvahnl.hr
109	16 Sep 2023	1. HNL	Rujevica	2–1	Pušić	Pjaca (2)	6,373	prvahnl.hr
110	2 Dec 2023	1. HNL	Opus Arena	0–0			7,425	prvahnl.hr
111	10 Mar 2024	1. HNL	Rujevica	3–0		Hodža (3)	6,718	prvahnl.hr
112	19 May 2024	1. HNL	Opus Arena	2–0	Jurišić, Matković		10,112	prvahnl.hr
113	25 Aug 2024	1. HNL	Opus Arena	0–2			7,014	prvahnl.hr
114	10 Nov 2024	1. HNL	Rujevica	1–1	Hasić	Fruk	5,106	prvahnl.hr

Yugoslav First League results (1946–1991)

See main article: Yugoslav First League. The tables list the place each team took in each of the seasons.

!46–47	47–48	48–49	1950	1951	1952	52–53	53–54	54–55	55–56	56–57	57–58	58–59	59–60	60–61	61–62	62–63	63–64	64–65	65–66	66–67	67–68	68–69
No. of teams	14	10	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	16	16	16	18
align=LEFT	Osijek								10	12	14
align=LEFT	Rijeka	9												8	8	7	8	10	9	4	4	11	16	17

!69–70	70–71	71–72	72–73	73–74	74–75	75–76	76–77	77–78	78–79	79–80	80–81	81–82	82–83	83–84	84–85	85–86	86–87	87–88	88–89	89–90	90–91
No. of teams	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
align=LEFT	Osijek									13	13	17		16	16	6	12	9	11	11	8	16	9
align=LEFT	Rijeka						14	11	5	5	10	10	7	12	15	4	8	5	4	8	10	6	15

Prva HNL results

See main article: Croatian First Football League. The tables list the place each team took in each of the seasons.

	1992	92–93	93–94	94–95	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06
No. of teams	12	16	18	16	12	16	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	12	12
align=LEFT	Osijek	bgcolor=bronze	3	6	8	bgcolor=bronze	3	bgcolor=bronze	3	8	bgcolor=bronze	3	4	bgcolor=bronze	3	bgcolor=bronze	3	8	8	4	8	4
align=LEFT	Rijeka	6	4	6	11	9	4	7	bgcolor=silver	2	4	10	5	9	bgcolor=bronze	3	4	bgcolor=silver	2

	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21
No. of teams	12	12	12	16	16	16	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
align=LEFT	Osijek	6	bgcolor=bronze	3	7	5	8	8	7	8	8	8	4	4	bgcolor=bronze	3	4	bgcolor=silver	2
align=LEFT	Rijeka	7	4	bgcolor=bronze	3	9	9	12	bgcolor=bronze	3	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=bronze	3	bgcolor=bronze	3

See also

• Eternal derby
  • Adriatic derby Dinamo–Rijeka derby

External links

• List of matches at 1. HNL site at http://prvahnl.hr/povijest/medjusobni-susreti/?id1=150&id2=1471

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5% of people in Croatia supports Osijek . osijek031.com . 20 July 2020.