1983–84 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka
1983–84 season
Chairman	Davor Sušanj
Manager	Josip Skoblar
First League	4th
Cup	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: Damir Desnica (11); All: Damir Desnica (12)
Highest home attendance	20,000 vs Red Star ; (13 May 1984 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	4,000 (8 times - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	6,471

The 1983–84 season was the 38th season in Rijeka’s history and their 22nd season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 15th place finish in the 1982–83 season meant it was their tenth successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	14 August 1983	30 May 1984	Matchday 1	4th	34	16	10	8	53	37	+16	047.06
Yugoslav Cup	21 September 1983	18 April 1984	First round	Quarterfinal	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	033.33
Total					37	17	11	9	56	42	+14	045.95

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Partizan	34	15	12	7	43	25	+18	42	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Željezničar	34	15	12	7	52	35	+17	42
4	Rijeka	34	16	10	8	53	37	+16	42
5	Hajduk Split	34	12	15	7	39	22	+17	39	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Osijek	34	12	10	12	36	39	−3	34

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	10	8	53	37	+16	58	14	3	0	36	8	+28	2	7	8	17	29	−12

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W
Position	2	12	4	9	7	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
1	14 Aug	H	Željezničar	2 – 0	5,000	Gračan, Lukić
2	21 Aug	A	Budućnost	0 – 2	5,000
3	28 Aug	H	Priština	2 – 1	7,000	Radmanović, Gračan
4	31 Aug	A	Partizan	1 – 2	15,000	Lukić
5	6 Sep	H	Dinamo Vinkovci	2 – 1	4,000	Radmanović, Lukić
6	11 Sep	H	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 0	13,000	Desnica, Radmanović
7	18 Sep	A	Olimpija	2 – 1	10,000	Lukić, Radmanović
8	25 Sep	H	Vojvodina	2 – 1	4,500	Lukić, Matrljan
9	2 Oct	A	Sarajevo	0 – 0	5,000
10	5 Oct	H	Čelik	4 – 1	4,000	Gračan (2), Desnica, Radmanović
11	16 Oct	A	Osijek	1 – 4	4,000	o.g.
12	23 Oct	H	Vardar	1 – 0	4,000	Desnica
13	30 Oct	A	Red Star	1 – 4	12,000	Matrljan
14	6 Nov	H	Velež	0 – 0	7,000
15	20 Nov	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 3	3,000	Matrljan
16	27 Nov	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	6,000	Desnica
17	4 Dec	A	Sloboda	1 – 1	1,000	Fegic
18	26 Feb	A	Željezničar	1 – 2	6,000	Desnica
19	29 Feb	H	Budućnost	1 – 0	4,000	Radmanović
20	4 Mar	A	Priština	0 – 1	18,000
21	11 Mar	H	Partizan	3 – 0	10,000	Lukić (2), Desnica
22	18 Mar	A	Dinamo Vinkovci	0 – 1	4,000
23	25 Mar	A	Dinamo Zagreb	3 – 3	15,000	Gračan, Fegic, Radmanović
24	28 Mar	H	Olimpija	1 – 0	4,000	Gračan
25	7 Apr	A	Vojvodina	0 – 0	2,000
26	15 Apr	H	Sarajevo	3 – 1	4,000	Fegic (2), Desnica
27	22 Apr	A	Čelik	3 – 2	6,000	o.g., Fegic, Tomić
28	29 Apr	H	Osijek	4 – 1	4,000	Tomić (2), Matrljan, Fegic
29	6 May	A	Vardar	2 – 2	12,000	Desnica, Gračan
30	13 May	H	Red Star	0 – 0	20,000
31	16 May	A	Velež	1 – 1	5,000	Desnica
32	20 May	H	Radnički Niš	2 – 0	4,000	Lukić, Desnica
33	27 May	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 0	7,000
34	30 May	H	Sloboda	6 – 1	5,000	Fegic (3), Gračan, Hrstić, Desnica

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	21 Sep	A	Vitez	0 – 0 (6–5 p)
R2	16 Nov	H	Drina	2 – 1	Gračan, Hrstić
QF	18 Apr	H	Red Star	1 – 4	Desnica

Source: rsssf.com

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.
Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Name	League		Cup		Total
Mauro Ravnić	19 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	20 (0)	0
Nikica Milenković	11 (9)	0	2 (0)	0	13 (9)	0
Vlado Kotur	33 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	36 (0)	0
Zvjezdan Radin	32 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	35 (0)	0
Nikola Marjanović	28 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	29 (4)	0
Miloš Hrstić	33 (0)	1	3 (0)	1	36 (0)	2
Srećko Juričić	26 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	29 (0)	0
Damir Desnica	32 (0)	11	3 (0)	1	35 (0)	12
Nenad Gračan	31 (0)	8	3 (0)	1	34 (0)	9
Adriano Fegic	15 (3)	9	1 (0)	0	16 (3)	9
Milan Ružić	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
Edmond Tomić	0 (8)	3	0 (0)	0	0 (8)	3
Davor Radmanović	24 (6)	7	3 (0)	0	27 (6)	7
Duško Lukić	27 (0)	8	3 (0)	0	30 (0)	8
Danko Matrljan	18 (5)	4	2 (0)	0	20 (5)	4
Nebojša Malbaša	13 (5)	0	0 (2)	0	13 (7)	0
Mišo Krstičević	6 (6)	0	0 (1)	0	6 (7)	0
Dragan Stevanović	4 (6)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (6)	0
Neshat Zhavelli	16 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	18 (0)	0
Boris Tičić	6 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	6 (4)	0
Robert Rubčić	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0
Rade Ljepojević	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
Zoran Škerjanc	1 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (3)	0

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References

Almanah Jugoslavenskog Fudbala 1978–86 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.
Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

1983–84 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
Prvenstvo 1983.-84. at nk-rijeka.hr

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