| Osijek–Rijeka derby | |
| City Or Region: | Croatia |
| Teams Involved: | Osijek and Rijeka |
| Most Wins: | Rijeka (39) |
| Top Scorer: | Ahmad Sharbini (7) |
| Mostrecent: | |
| Nextmeeting: | TBA |
| Total: | 98 total |
Osijek–Rijeka derby 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.
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.
| Competition | Played | Rijeka wins | Draws | Osijek wins | Rijeka goals | Osijek goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslav championship (1946–1991) | |||||||
| League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yugoslav Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yugoslavia totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Croatian championship (1992–present) | |||||||
| Prva HNL | 88 | 33 | 22 | 33 | 116 | 105 | |
| Croatian Cup | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | |
| Supercup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Croatia totals | 98 | 39 | 22 | 37 | 129 | 115 | |
| All Time | 98 | 39 | 22 | 37 | 129 | 115 | |
| Ground | Played | Rijeka wins | Draws | Osijek wins | Rijeka goals | Osijek goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gradski Vrt, Osijek | 51 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 48 | 75 | |
| Kantrida, Rijeka | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 30 | |
| Rujevica, Rijeka | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | |
| All Time | 98 | 39 | 22 | 37 | 129 | 115 |
Last updated: 7 March 2021.
| Match ended in a draw | |
| Rijeka win | |
| Osijek win | |
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 |
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 |