2018–19 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka
2018–19 season
Chairman	Damir Mišković
Manager	Matjaž Kek; (until 6 Oct 2018); Igor Bišćan; (from 9 Oct 2018)
Stadium	Rujevica
HT Prva liga	2nd
Croatian Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Jakov Puljić (16); All: Antonio Čolak (19)
Highest home attendance	7,122 v Hajduk Split; (12 August 2018)
Lowest home attendance	2,846 v Rudeš; (28 April 2019)
Average home league attendance	4,526[1]

The 2018–19 season was the 73rd season in HNK Rijeka's history. It was their 28th successive season in the Croatian First Football League, and 45th successive top tier season.

Competitions

Overall

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 %
HT Prva liga	28 Jul 2018	25 May 2019	Matchday 1	Runners-up	36	19	10	7	70	36	+34	052.78
Croatian Cup	26 Sep 2018	22 May 2019	First round	Winners	5	5	0	0	18	4	+14	100.00
Europa League	9 Aug 2018	16 Aug 2018	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					43	24	11	8	89	42	+47	055.81

Last updated: 25 May 2019.

HT Prva liga

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	36	29	5	2	74	20	+54	92	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rijeka	36	19	10	7	70	36	+34	67	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Osijek	36	18	8	10	61	36	+25	62[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Hajduk Split	36	17	11	8	59	39	+20	62[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Gorica	36	17	8	11	57	46	+11	59

Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[2]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Rijeka qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Croatian Football Cup. As a result, the spot awarded to the runners-up (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
Head-to-head points: Osijek 7 pts, Hajduk Split 4 pts.

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
36	19	10	7	70	36	+34	67	11	6	1	39	11	+28	8	4	6	31	25	+6

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Competitive matches

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	35	36
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D
Position	3	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

HT Prva liga

28 July 2018 1	Rijeka	2–0	Gorica	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pavičić 20' Pavelić 27' Héber 68' Grahovac 72'	Report	Maloča 43' Masłowski 45+1' Jovičić 61' Marina 79'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,211 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

3 August 2018 2	Rijeka	4–0	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acosty 4' Pavelić 43' Gorgon 64', 65' Héber 77'	Report	Postonjski 14' I. Čeliković 34' Prenga 40'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,650 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

12 August 2018 3	Rijeka	1–1	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zuta 23' Punčec 39' Puljić 62' Župarić 84'	Report	Fomitschow 45+1' Mikulić 78' Caktaš 87' (pen.) 90+5' Jairo 89'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 7,122 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

19 August 2018 4	Rudeš	1–2	Rijeka	Rijeka
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Petrović 23'	Report	Župarić 30' Čolak 37' Héber 59' Raspopović 88'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,475 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

26 August 2018 5	Rijeka	3–3	Istra 1961	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Héber 4', 30', 79' Čolak 43'	Report	Mierez 3', 17' 88' Rubić 41' Landeta 45+1' Grujević 46' Cardozo 59' Julio Rodríguez 72' Obeng 81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,517 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

2 September 2018 6	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović 32' Perić 61'	Report	Raspopović 11' 90' 38'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 5,752 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

16 September 2018 7	Rijeka	1–1	Osijek	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grahovac 21' Héber 57' Lončar 76' Pavičić 90+2'	Report	Bočkaj 51' 64'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,127 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

22 September 2018 8	Lokomotiva	2–0	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Datković 26' Radonjić 55' Kolinger 64' Kastrati 71'	Report	Punčec 53' Pavičić 59' Escoval 90+3'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 1,291 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

30 September 2018 9	Rijeka	0–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Raspopović 54' Čanađija 69'	Report	Međimorec 44' Jelić 80'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,320 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

6 October 2018 10	Gorica	2–1	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marina 29' Musa 32' Dvorneković 33' Zwoliński 54' Atiemwen 57' 80' Lovrić 85' Čagalj 86'	Report	Puljić 45+1' (pen.) 65' 86' Grahovac 79'	Stadium: Radnik Attendance: 2,659 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

19 October 2018 11	Inter Zaprešić	1–2	Rijeka	Zaprešić
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šimunec 32' Mamut 45+1' Solomon 84'	Report	Čolak 11', 63' Lončar 30' 36'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 634 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

28 October 2018 12	Hajduk Split	1–1	Rijeka	Split
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jurić 5' Said 28' (pen.)	Report	Čolak 13' Gorgon 50' (pen.) Čanađija 58' Župarić 90+2'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

5 November 2018 13	Rijeka	5–1	Rudeš	Rijeka
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gorgon 19' (pen.) Héber 45', 70' Čolak 55' Puljić 83'	Report	Filipović 18' Pantalon 28' Klepač 66'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Josip Lučić (Vinkovci)

11 November 2018 14	Istra 1961	1–2	Rijeka	Pula
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rodríguez 61' Cardozo 79' Perić-Komšić 88'	Report	Čolak 7' Kvržić 35' Zuta 85' Puljić 90+3'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 1,953 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Split)

24 November 2018 15	Rijeka	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zuta 35' Čolak 64' Acosty 90+1'	Report	Hajrović 29' Dilaver 45' Leovac 89' Stojanović 90+1'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,635 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

1 December 2018 16	Osijek	1–2	Rijeka	Osijek
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Šorša 8' Pušić 31' Kamenar 56' Ćavar 71'	Report	Čolak 43', 55' Mamić 90+5'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Attendance: 2,134 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

8 December 2018 17	Rijeka	3–0	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Héber 13', 77' 49' Kvržić 60' Punčec 62'	Report	Drožđek 30' Lecjaks 39' Kolinger 74'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,057 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

30 January 2019 18	Slaven Belupo	1–1	Rijeka	Koprivnica
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Goda 24' Bačelić-Grgić 85'	Report	Punčec 9' Acosty 48' Čolak 79'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 584 Referee: Domagoj Vučković (Zagreb)

3 February 2019 19	Rijeka	1–3	Gorica	Rijeka
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Acosty 6' 86'	Report	Suk 26' Zwoliński 30' (pen.) Miya 32' Čagalj 52' Mtchedlishvili 55' Dvorneković 57' Maloča 80' 87'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Dario Bel (Osijek)

10 February 2019 20	Inter Zaprešić	0–3	Rijeka	Zaprešić
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Muhar 55' Brezovec 63'	Report	Mamić 26' Puljić 66', 74' Lončar 69'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 460 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

16 February 2019 21	Rijeka	0–0	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lončar 40'	Report	Ismajli 31' López 84' Barry 89' Tudor 89'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 6,527 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

22 February 2019 22	Rudeš	2–4	Rijeka	Zagreb
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vuco 15' (pen.) Smoljo 51' Juranović 81'	Report	Gorgon 41' (pen.) 60' Acosty 43' Murić 77' Puljić 78'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 279 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

1 March 2019 23	Rijeka	2–0	Istra 1961	Rijeka
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gorgon 43' Kvržić 61' Murić 90+2'	Report	Maicon 30' Pavic 75' Obeng 85'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,275 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

10 March 2019 24	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lešković 37' Gavranović 42' Perić 57' Moro 69'	Report	Puljić 6' Bušnja 8' Pavičić 21' Gorgon 44' Mamić 45' Kvržić 65'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 6,186 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

17 March 2019 25	Rijeka	3–1	Osijek	Rijeka
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Halilović 10' Lepinjica 28' 29' Acosty 65' Puljić 85'	Report	Grgić 8' Guti 33' Škorić 59' Pušić 65' Ejupi 82' Kleinheisler 90+4'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

29 March 2019 26	Lokomotiva	1–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Majstorović 49'	Report	Gorgon 20' Halilović 32' Puljić 72' Capan 74'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 830 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

2 April 2019 27	Rijeka	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Murić 21' Velkovski 23' Puljić 69'	Report	Međimorec 27' Šarlija 62' Puclin 77' Menalo 81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,851 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

6 April 2019 28	Gorica	1–0	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lovrić 21' 48' Čagalj 70' Oboabona 71' Marina 79'	Report	Escoval 27' Halilović 79'	Stadium: Radnik Attendance: 1,677 Referee: Ivan Vučković (Zagreb)

13 April 2019 29	Rijeka	7–0	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Halilović 27' Puljić 41' 41' 44' (pen.) 88', 90+1' Acosty 48' Pavičić 58'	Report	Čeliković 5' 40'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,227 Referee: Ivan Vučković (Zagreb)

20 April 2019 30	Hajduk Split	4–0	Rijeka	Split
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jurić 2' Barry 30' Caktaš 45', 50' Svatok 87'	Report	Halilović 77'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 14,752 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

28 April 2019 31	Rijeka	3–1	Rudeš	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mamić 9' Lončar 35' Puljić 39' Čolak 69' Lepinjica 76' Capan 90+2'	Report	Lisakovich 44' 52' Obanor 71' Mrkonjić 81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,846 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

4 May 2019 32	Istra 1961	0–7	Rijeka	Pula
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Franić 90+1'	Report	Pavičić 28', 49' Čolak 36', 62' Acosty 67' Puljić 69' H. Smolčić 77' Capan 90'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Split)

11 May 2019 33	Rijeka	0–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lepinjica 53' Kvržić 72'	Report	Rrahmani 38' Gojak 66' Lešković 80'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,543 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

15 May 2019 34	Osijek	2–1	Rijeka	Osijek
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marić 24', 48' Špoljarić 39' Guti 66' Pilj 68'	Report	Halilović 4' Čolak 11' 45' Pavičić 26' 39' Lepinjica 70' Mamić 80' Escoval 90'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

18 May 2019 35	Rijeka	1–0	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Murić 36' Puljić 54' Capan 80'	Report	Hujber 23' Ivanušec 58' Majstorović 59' Đurasek 62'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,068 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

25 May 2019 36	Slaven Belupo	1–1	Rijeka	Koprivnica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Plantak 57' Martinaga 62' Mladen 79'	Report	Acosty 64'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 872 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

Source: Croatian Football Federation[3]

Croatian Cup

26 September 2018 R1	Križevci	0–9	Rijeka	Križevci
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stubičan 12' Bastašić 68'	Report	Čolak 18', 29', 75', 80', 87' Bušnja 35' Pavičić 40' Čanađija 43', 89' Escoval 63'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ante Čuljak (Zagreb)

31 October 2018 R2	Varaždin	1–2	Rijeka	Varaždin
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benko 27'	Report	Puljić 4' 36' Acosty 75' Héber 81' Lončar 90+1' Čolak 90+3'	Stadium: Anđelko Herjavec Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Ivan Vučković (Zagreb)

4 December 2018 QF	Lokomotiva	1–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Radonjić 19' Uzuni 44' Drožđek 72' Mlinar 90+3'	Report	Punčec 44' Župarić 49' Héber 54' Gorgon 65' 80'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 650 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

24 April 2019 SF	Inter Zaprešić	1–2	Rijeka	Zaprešić
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Buljat 15' Tatomirović 60' Brezovec 90+1'	Report	Murić 30' Halilović 70' Lončar 86' Lepinjica 90'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 2,463 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

22 May 2019 Final	Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	Rijeka	Pula
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Théophile-Catherine 53' Oršić 64' Olmo 74' Gavranović 86'	Report	Čolak 13' 27' Capan 23' Halilović 39' Kvržić 85'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 6,742 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Source: Croatian Football Federation[3]

UEFA Europa League

9 August 2018 QR3	Sarpsborg 08	1–1	Rijeka	Sarpsborg, Norway
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thomassen 59' Tamm 70' Zachariassen 72' Askar 74'	Report	Héber 60' Gorgon 83' Čanađija 89'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 5,944 Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

16 August 2018 QR3	Rijeka	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Sarpsborg 08	Rijeka, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zuta 75'	Report	Halvorsen 69' Mortensen 83' Muhammed 88' Heintz 90+5'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,351 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Source: uefa.com

Friendlies

Pre-season

22 June 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	2–1	Balzan	Rijeka, Croatia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Puljić 4' Acosty 88'	Report	Lepović 54'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: 300 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

27 June 2018 Friendly	Kraljevica	0–11	Rijeka	Kraljevica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Dangubić 10', 25' Mamić 15', 21' Črnic 40', 45' Lončar 46' Čolak 50', 57', 82' Héber 59'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Milan Ružić-Minta Attendance: 700 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

29 June 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	10–0	Vukovar 1991	Rijeka
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acosty 5' Héber 12' Čolak 14', 20', 42' Puljić 31' Grahovac 50' Bojinov 58' Dangubić 69', 86'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: 300 Referee: Milan Kukuljan (Rijeka)

5 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	5–0	Žilina	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lončar 15' Pavičić 31' Gorgon 33' Héber 37' Puljić 73'	Report		Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Andrej Žnjidaršič (Kranj)

10 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	3–1	Spartak Moscow	Villach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gigot 36' (o.g.) Čolak 68', 73'	Report	Timofeyev 86'	Stadium: Landskron Attendance: 100 Referee: Günter Messner (Austria)

13 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	2–0	Luton Town	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čolak 22' Gorgon 32'	Report		Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: David Šmajc

17 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	7–0	Tabor Sežana	Rijeka, Croatia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kvržić 12' Gorgon 19' Héber 33' Acosty 47' Salkić 54' (o.g.) Čanađija 87' Puljić 90'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,311 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

20 July 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	9–1	Zadar	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pavičić 4', 11', 44' Héber 27', 32' Acosty 46', 51' Gorgon 69' (pen.) Puljić 75'	Report	Torbarina 55'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

On-season

22 August 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	6–1	Brinje-Grosuplje	Rijeka, Croatia
	Čolak 26', 41' Mitrović 31' Escoval 36' Bušnja 48' Smolčić 66'	Report	Potočar 23'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors

8 September 2018 Friendly	Rijeka	4–0	Maribor	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Puljić 11' (pen.) Gorgon 30' Čolak 40' Héber 54'	Report		Stadium: Kantrida Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Mid-season

12 January 2019 Friendly	Rijeka	0–3	Wolfsburg	Albufeira, Portugal
13:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)		Report	Mehmedi 43', 53', 58'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Attendance: 100 Referee: Pablo Santos (Portugal)

17 January 2019 Friendly	Rijeka	3–1	Servette	Albufeira, Portugal
19:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)	Héber 25' (pen.) Kvržić 74' Capan 80'	Report	Schalk 90'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Attendance: 75

20 January 2019 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Albufeira, Portugal
16:00 GMT (UTC±00:00)	Bušnja 86'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Attendance: 50

25 January 2019 Friendly	Rijeka	3–0	Krško	Rijeka, Croatia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lončar 20' Acosty 28', 55'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 500 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

Player seasonal records

Updated 25 May 2019. Competitive matches only.

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Antonio Čolak	12	–	7	19
2	Jakov Puljić	16	–	1	17
3	Héber Araujo dos Santos	9	–	1	10
3	Alexander Gorgon	8	1	1	10
5	Maxwell Acosty	7	–	–	7
6	Domagoj Pavičić	4	–	1	5
7	Robert Murić	3	–	1	4
8	Tibor Halilović	2	–	1	3
	Zoran Kvržić	2	–	1	3
	Stjepan Lončar	2	–	1	3
11	Dario Čanađija	–	–	2	2
12	Luka Capan	1	–	–	1
	Ivan Lepinjica	1	–	–	1
	Mario Pavelić	1	–	–	1
	Momčilo Raspopović	1	–	–	1
	Dario Župarić	1	–	–	1
	Denis Bušnja	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		70	1	18	89

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Simon Sluga	13	–	–	13
2	Andrej Prskalo	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		13	0	1	14

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Player	1. HNL			Europe			Croatian Cup			Total
Number	Position	Player
3	DF	Petar Mamić	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	DF	Roberto Punčec	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	MF	Ivan Lepinjica	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF	Zoran Kvržić	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	MF	Tibor Halilović	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
9	FW	Héber Araujo dos Santos	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
14	MF	Maxwell Acosty	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
18	FW	Robert Murić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	DF	Mario Pavelić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
21	FW	Jakov Puljić	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
22	MF	Denis Bušnja	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
26	DF	João Escoval	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
29	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
31	MF	Luka Capan	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
33	DF	Darko Velkovski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
36	DF	Hrvoje Smolčić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
44	MF	Stjepan Lončar	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
TOTALS			61	3	1	3	0	0	12	0	0	76	3	1

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Number	Position	Player	Total		1. HNL[n 1]		Europa League[n 1]		Croatian Cup[n 1]
2	DF	Filip Braut	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	Petar Mamić	20	0	15+3	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	Roberto Punčec	28	0	21+1	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	20	2	12+4	0	2+0	0	1+1	2
6	MF	Ivan Lepinjica	14	1	10+2	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	Zoran Kvržić	36	3	23+6	2	0+2	0	5+0	1
8	MF	Tibor Halilović	20	3	13+5	2	0+0	0	2+0	1
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	17	0	13+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW	Héber Araujo dos Santos	19	10	13+2	9	2+0	0	2+0	1
11	FW	Matej Vuk	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	Simon Sluga	41	0	35+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	36	1	29+1	1	2+0	0	4+0	0
14	MF	Maxwell Acosty	34	7	18+11	7	2+0	0	2+1	0
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	15	0	8+4	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	Adrian Liber	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	31	19	16+8	12	0+2	0	3+2	7
18	FW	Robert Murić	17	4	12+4	3	0+0	0	1+0	1
19	DF	Mario Pavelić	11	1	9+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	31	10	23+3	8	2+0	1	1+2	1
21	FW	Jakov Puljić	34	17	19+10	16	0+1	0	2+2	1
22	MF	Denis Bušnja	14	1	3+9	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
23	FW	Josip Mitrović	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	39	5	29+3	4	2+0	0	4+1	1
26	DF	João Escoval	26	0	20+3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
27	DF	Ivan Tomečak	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
28	DF	Ivan Smolčić	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	14	1	11+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
31	MF	Luka Capan	20	1	6+10	1	0+1	0	3+0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
33	DF	Darko Velkovski	7	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
36	DF	Hrvoje Smolčić	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	MF	Stjepan Lončar	31	3	24+3	2	0+0	0	2+2	1
77	FW	Milan Ristovski	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Competition	Player	Games Missed
2 Sep 2018	1. HNL	Momčilo Raspopović	1
22 Sep 2018	1. HNL	Roberto Punčec
6 Oct 2018	1. HNL	Srđan Grahovac
19 Oct 2018	1. HNL	Stjepan Lončar
24 Nov 2018	1. HNL	Leonard Zuta
8 Dec 2018	1. HNL	Héber
30 Jan 2019	1. HNL	Roberto Punčec
30 Jan 2019	1. HNL	Antonio Čolak
10 Mar 2019	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić
10 Mar 2019	1. HNL	Petar Mamić
17 Mar 2019	1. HNL	Maxwell Acosty
17 Mar 2019	1. HNL	Ivan Lepinjica
20 Apr 2019	1. HNL	Tibor Halilović
11 May 2019	1. HNL	Zoran Kvržić
15 May 2019	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić
	1. HNL	Ivan Lepinjica
	1. HNL	João Escoval
18 May 2019	1. HNL	Jakov Puljić
18 May 2019	1. HNL	Luka Capan

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall	1. HNL	Croatian Cup	Europa League
Most appearances	Sluga (41)	Sluga (35)	Čolak, Kvržić & Pavičić (5)	13 players (2)
Most starts	Sluga (41)	Sluga (35)	Kvržić (5)	11 players (2)
Most substitute appearances	Puljić (13)	Acosty (11)	Čolak, Gorgon, Lončar & Puljić (2)	Čolak & Kvržić (2)
Most minutes played	Sluga (3,690)	Sluga (3,150)	Kvržić (450)	8 players (180)
Top goalscorer	Čolak (19)	Puljić (16)	Čolak (7)	Gorgon (1)
Most assists	Kvržić (15)	Kvržić (11)	Kvržić (4)	Acosty (1)
Most yellow cards	7 players (5)	Mamić & Pavičić (5)	12 players (1)	Čanađija, Héber & Zuta (1)
Most red cards	Lončar, Pavičić, Punčec & Raspopović (1)	Lončar, Pavičić, Punčec & Raspopović (1)	(0)	(0)
Last updated: 25 May 2019.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Type	Fee	Ref.
14 Jun 2018	DM	Bernardo Matić	Široki Brijeg	End of loan	N/A
14 Jun 2018	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Varaždin	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Varaždin	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Krško	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	Varaždin	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	CM	Dominik Križanović	Cibalia	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Omonia	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	AM	Matej Šantek	Gorica	End of loan	N/A
15 Jun 2018	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Rudeš	End of loan	N/A	[4]
29 Jun 2018	SS	Jakov Puljić	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer (buying obligation)	Undisclosed	[5]
30 Jun 2018	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Hapoel Ashkelon	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2018	CM	Dario Čanađija	Olimpija Ljubljana	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2018	LB	Jason Davidson	Olimpija Ljubljana	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2018	CM	Tomislav Gomelt	Lorca	End of loan	N/A
5 Jul 2018	LB	Petar Mamić	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer	Undisclosed	[6]
10 Jul 2018	RW	Milan Ristovski	Rabotnichki	Transfer (buying option)	Undisclosed
13 Jul 2018	CM	Stjepan Lončar	Široki Brijeg	Transfer	Undisclosed	[7]
13 Jul 2018	RB	Momčilo Raspopović	Budućnost	Transfer (buying option)	Undisclosed	[8]
13 Jul 2018	CB	Darko Velkovski	Vardar	Transfer	Free	[9]
13 Jul 2018	RB	Mario Pavelić	Rapid Wien	Transfer	Free	[10]
13 Jul 2018	CB	Dario Župarić	Pescara	Transfer (buying option)	€800,000	[11]
13 Jul 2018	RW	Maxwell Acosty	Crotone	Transfer (buying obligation)	Undisclosed	[5]

30 Dec 2018	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Varaždin	End of loan	N/A
31 Dec 2018	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Dugopolje	End of loan	N/A
25 Jan 2019	LW	Matej Vuk	Inter Zaprešić	End of loan	N/A	[12]
28 Jan 2019	CM	Tibor Halilović	Wisła Kraków	Transfer	Free	[13]
28 Jan 2019	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Mura	End of loan	N/A
5 Feb 2019	RW	Robert Murić	Braga	Transfer	Free	[14]
8 Feb 2019	RB	Ivan Tomečak	Club Brugge	Transfer	Free	[15]
12 Feb 2019	RW	Milan Ristovski	Krško	End of loan	N/A	[16]
15 Feb 2019	CM	Ivan Lepinjica	Zadar	End of loan	N/A

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Type	Fee	Ref.
15 Jun 2018	GK	Ayotunde Ikuepamitan	Primorac BnM	End of contract	Free
15 Jun 2018	DM	Bernardo Matić	Široki Brijeg	End of contract	Free	[17]
15 Jun 2018	AM	Anas Sharbini	Grobničan	End of contract	Free	[18]
28 Jun 2018	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Široki Brijeg	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[19]
30 Jun 2018	CF	Matej Jelić	Rapid Wien	End of loan	N/A	[20]
30 Jun 2018	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	TBC	End of contract	Free
30 Jun 2018	LB	Marin Leovac	PAOK	End of loan	N/A	[21]
30 Jun 2018	RB	Charalampos Mavrias	Hibernian	End of contract	Free	[22]
4 Jul 2018	RW	Marin Tomasov	Astana	Transfer (buying option)	€500,000	[23]
5 Jul 2018	LW	Matic Črnic	Olimpija Ljubljana	Transfer	€250,000	[24]
6 Jul 2018	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer	Undisclosed	[25]
6 Jul 2018	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Inter Zaprešić	Transfer	Undisclosed	[25]
6 Jul 2018	DM	Jasmin Čeliković	Inter Zaprešić	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[25]
6 Jul 2018	LW	Matej Vuk	Inter Zaprešić	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[25]
10 Jul 2018	CF	Filip Dangubić	Spartak Trnava	Transfer	Undisclosed	[26]
10 Jul 2018	RW	Milan Ristovski	Krško	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[27]
10 Jul 2018	LB	Daniel Štefulj	Krško	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[27]
13 Jul 2018	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Mura	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[28]
13 Jul 2018	AM	Matej Šantek	Rudar Velenje	Transfer	Undisclosed	[29]
18 Jul 2018	LB	Jason Davidson	Perth Glory	Transfer	Free	[30]
19 Jul 2018	GK	David Samuel Nwolokor	Sereď	Loan (until 30/6/2019)	N/A	[31]
20 Jul 2018	CB	Josip Elez	Hannover 96	Transfer (buying obligation)	€2,500,000	[32]
23 Jul 2018	CM	Tomislav Gomelt	Dinamo București	Transfer	Free	[33]
3 Aug 2018	CF	Emanuel Črnko	Varaždin	Loan (until 14/6/2019)	N/A	[27]
3 Aug 2018	CB	Luka Mikulica	Opatija	Loan (until 14/6/2019)	N/A
6 Aug 2018	CM	Filip Bradarić	Cagliari	Transfer	€6,000,000	[34]
10 Aug 2018	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Dugopolje	Loan (until 31/12/2018)	N/A
16 Aug 2018	CM	Ivan Lepinjica	Zadar	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A	[27]
17 Aug 2018	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Varaždin	Loan (until 30/12/2018)	N/A	[27]
20 Aug 2018	CF	Valeri Bojinov	Botev Vratsa	Released (mutual consent)	Free	[35]
22 Aug 2018	AM	Florentin Matei	Al-Ittihad Kalba	Transfer	€430,000	[36]

31 Dec 2018	DM	Srđan Grahovac	Astana	End of loan	N/A	[37]
31 Dec 2018	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Niger Tornadoes	End of contract	Free
14 Jan 2019	LB	Leonard Zuta	Konyaspor	Transfer	€400,000	[38]
4 Feb 2019	CM	Dario Čanađija	Slaven Belupo	Released (mutual consent)	Free	[39]
15 Feb 2019	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Varaždin	Loan (until 15/6/2019)	N/A
28 Mar 2019	CF	Héber	New York City FC	Transfer	€2,500,000	[40]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €800,000
Income: €12,580,000
Expenditure: €11,780,000

Contract extensions

Date	Pos.	Player	Until	Ref.
6 Jul 2018	GK	Simon Sluga	June 2021	[41]
6 Jul 2018	CF	Valeri Bojinov	December 2018	[42]
10 Jul 2018	GK	Ivan Nevistić	June 2021	[43]
10 Jul 2018	RW	Milan Ristovski	June 2021
13 Jul 2018	RW	Maxwell Acosty	June 2020
13 Jul 2018	RB	Momčilo Raspopović	June 2022
13 Jul 2018	CB	Dario Župarić	June 2020
12 Apr 2019	CB	João Escoval	June 2022

Notes

First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

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[table_note_res_EL3Q0.30205727894886-2] Rijeka qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Croatian Football Cup. As a result, the spot awarded to the runners-up (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

[table_hth_OSI0.30205727894886-3] Head-to-head points: Osijek 7 pts, Hajduk Split 4 pts.

[note2-6] First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

[1] "Gledatelji po klubovima 2018-2019". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[4] "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2018/2019" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[kalendar-5] "Kalendar natjecanja Prve HNL i završnice HNK u natjecateljskoj godini 2018/19" (PDF). HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 6 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[7] "Na Rujevicu stigao BiH reprezentativac, otkrivamo financijske uvjete transfera" (in Croatian). Sportske Novosti. 11 June 2018.

[Puljić_i_Acosty-8] "Riječani već otkupili Puljića i Acostyja, plan je isto napraviti s još tri poznata imena" (in Croatian). Sportske Novosti. 19 February 2018.

[9] "Petar Mamić novi igrač Rijeke: 'Moja iskrena želja je dvostruka kruna'" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 15 June 2018.

[10] "Stjepan Lončar potpisao za Rijeku: 'Čast i zadovoljstvo je nositi dres Rijeke'" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 12 June 2018.

[11] "Raspopović i zvanično igrač Rijeke, ali ne zaboravlja Budućnost" (in Montenegrin). CDM. 23 May 2018.

[12] "Darko Velkovski novi igrač HNK Rijeka" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 22 May 2018.

[13] "Mario Pavelić novi igrač Rijeke: 'Želja je da se borimo za naslov prvaka'" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 20 May 2018.

[14] "Pescara, il Rijeka riscatterà il difensore Zuparic" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb. 1 June 2018.

[15] "VELIKI TALENT VRAĆA SE U RIJEKU Mnogi su se čudili kad je pušten jedan od najboljih igrača sjajne generacije, ali sad će napokon dobiti pravu priliku?" (in Croatian). Sportske Novosti. 29 December 2018.

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