1984–85 NK Rijeka season

The 1984–85 season was the 39th season in Rijeka’s history and their 23rd season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 4th place finish in the 1983–84 season meant it was their 11th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Rijeka

1984–85 season
Chairman	Davor Sušanj, Stjepko Gugić
Manager	Josip Skoblar
First League	8th
Cup	Round 2
UEFA Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Adriano Fegic (11) All: Adriano Fegic (15)
Highest home attendance	22,000 vs Real Madrid (24 October 1984 - UEFA Cup)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 vs Vojvodina (17 April 1985 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	5,706

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	19 August 1984	30 June 1985	Matchday 1	8th	34	12	10	12	49	48	+1	035.29
Yugoslav Cup	29 August 1984	10 October 1984	First round	Second round	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00
UEFA Cup	19 September 1984	7 November 1984	First round	Second round	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	050.00
Total					40	15	11	14	58	54	+4	037.50

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Dinamo Zagreb	34	14	8	12	47	38	+9	36
7	Željezničar	34	11	12	11	53	46	+7	34
8	Rijeka	34	12	10	12	49	48	+1	34
9	Sutjeska Nikšić	34	11	11	12	41	42	−1	33
10	Prishtina	34	13	6	15	44	49	−5	32

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	12	10	12	49	48	+1	46	10	6	1	31	10	+21	2	4	11	18	38	−20

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D
Position	17	10	12	10	13	8	7	6	7	10	9	12	12	12	7	10	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	8	7	9	8	6	5	5	6	7	8	8

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

Matches

First League

Main article: 1984–85 Yugoslav First League

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

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	29 Aug	A	Rad	2 – 0	Desnica, Radmanović
R2	10 Oct	A	Partizan	0 – 0 (3–4 p)

Source: rsssf.com

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1984–85 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
R1	19 Sep	A	Real Valladolid	0 – 1	22,000
R1	3 Oct	H	Real Valladolid	4 – 1	12,000	Fegic (2), Hrstić, Desnica
R2	24 Oct	H	Real Madrid	3 – 1	22,000	Fegic (2), Matrljan
R2	7 Nov	A	Real Madrid	0 – 3	55,000

Source: worldfootball.net

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	Apps	Goals
	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Mauro Ravnić	19 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	24 (0)	0
Nikica Milenković	25 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (2)	0	26 (7)	0
Borče Sredojević	28 (2)	0	2 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	34 (2)	0
Zvjezdan Radin	5 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	8 (0)	0
Boris Tičić	21 (1)	1	1 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	24 (1)	1
Mirza Kahrović	9 (2)	0	1 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	12 (0)	0
Miloš Hrstić	28 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	4 (0)	1	34 (0)	1
Srećko Juričić	15 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	21 (0)	0
Vlado Kotur	14 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	14 (2)	0
Damir Desnica	31 (0)	6	2 (0)	1	4 (0)	1	37 (0)	8
Nenad Gračan	28 (1)	7	1 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	33 (1)	7
Adriano Fegic	24 (0)	11	1 (1)	0	4 (0)	4	29 (1)	15
Danko Peranić	5 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (1)	0
Zoran Šestan	4 (4)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	4 (5)	0
Davor Radmanović	17 (5)	6	2 (0)	1	0 (4)	0	19 (9)	7
Jovan Savić	15 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	16 (1)	0
Roberto Paliska	9 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (5)	0
Danko Matrljan	24 (4)	4	2 (0)	0	4 (0)	1	32 (4)	5
Nebojša Malbaša	20 (1)	5	2 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	25 (1)	5
Predrag Valenčić	9 (1)	7	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (1)	7
Dragan Stevanović	6 (8)	1	1 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	9 (10)	0
Mladen Mladenović	4 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (5)	0
Rade Ljepojević	5 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (2)	0
Petar Zrilić	1 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (3)	0
Zoran Škerjanc	8 (4)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	8 (4)	1

See also

• 1984–85 Yugoslav First League
• 1984–85 Yugoslav Cup
• 1984–85 UEFA Cup

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

• 1984–85 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1984.-85. at nk-rijeka.hr
• 1984–85 UEFA Cup at rsssf.com