HNK Rijeka Academy

HNK Rijeka Academy is the youth academy of HNK Rijeka. There are a total of eleven age categories within the academy, the oldest being the Juniori (under-19) and youngest the Morčići (under-8). Rijeka's football academy was officially founded in 1972. More than 400 youth footballers attend the academy.[1]

Rijeka II
Full nameHrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka II
Founded4 June 2014 (2014-06-04)
Dissolved28 May 2016
GroundStadion Rujevica
Coordinates45°20′52.4″N 14°24′8.1″E
2015–16Treća HNL West, 10th
WebsiteClub website

Training camp

HNK Rijeka's youth academy are based at the newly built training camp, located in the Rujevica neighbourhood, 4km northwest of the city centre. Officially opened in August 2015 at a cost of €24 million, the training centre was financed by the owners of HNK Rijeka.[2] In addition to four fields that are mainly used by the club's youth teams, the facility also houses Stadion Rujevica, the first team's temporary home ground during construction of new Kantrida.[3]

Rijeka U19

Rijeka U19 compete in the Croatian Academy Football League (Juniori).

As of 13 March 2018[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CRO Ivor Pandur
22 GK  CRO Lovro Majkić
2 DF  CRO Ivan Smolčić
4 DF  CRO Dominik Mulac
5 DF  CRO Daniel Štefulj
6 DF  CRO Hrvoje Smolčić
19 DF  CRO Jasmin Hadžiisaku
21 DF  CRO Paolo Bernobić
— DF  CRO Benjamin Ivančević
— DF  CRO Luka Mikulica
3 MF  CRO Mateo Bukvić
8 MF  CRO Denis Bušnja
10 MF  CRO Jozef Kuqi
13 MF  CRO Mateo Jurešić
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  CRO Jakov Pintarić
16 MF  CRO Adrian Liber
17 MF  CRO Toni Bošnjaković
18 MF  CRO Antun Svetić
20 MF  CRO Ivan Lepinjica
24 MF  CRO Marko Putnik
7 FW  CRO Matej Vuk
9 FW  CRO Antonio Dedić
11 FW  CRO Dino Dukađin
14 FW  CRO Emanuel Črnko
23 FW  CRO Josip Mitrović
— FW  CRO Igor Lepinjica
— FW  CRO Matija Matulja

Reserve team (2014–16)

HNK Rijeka II were HNK Rijeka's reserve team for two consecutive seasons. Rijeka II were formed in June 2014 and initially replaced the club's U19 team. For two seasons, Rijeka II competed in Croatia’s 3. HNL. Following the end of the 2015–16 Croatian Third Football League, in May 2016, the club leadership decided to disband the reserve team.[5]

Seasons
Season League Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals
2014–15 3. HNL West 30 19 5 6 51 21 62 2nd Filip Dangubić 16
2015–16 3. HNL West 30 13 3 14 43 49 42 10th Dario Vizinger 7

Key

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position.

Staff
As of 3 October 2017[6]

Honours
  • Croatian Championship U19 (5): 1981, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2014 [7][8]
  • Croatian Championship U17 (1): 1990
  • Yugoslav Cup U18 (1): 1982 [9]
  • Croatian Cup U19 (6): 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2007
  • Croatian Cup U17 (2): 1989, 1994
  • Kvarnerska Rivijera U19/U17 (Rijeka, Croatia) (20): 1957, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1987, 1989, 1992–93, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2009–12, 2014, 2016–17 [10]
  • Bellinzona U18 (Bellinzona, Switzerland) (3): 1955, 1956, 1965 [11]
  • Future Talents Cup U17 (Budapest, Hungary) (1): 2016 [12]
  • Football Friends Foča U17 (Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina) (3): 2016, 2017, 2018 [13]
  • Karol Wojtyła Cup U19 (Province of Rome, Italy) (1): 2017 [14]
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References
  1. "Škola nogometa HNK Rijeka". HNK Rijeka.
  2. "San postao java, HNK Rijeka dobio trening kamp". Stadion Kantrida.
  3. "Kamp". HNK Rijeka.
  4. "Juniori" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  5. "HNK Rijeka ugasio drugu momčad za iduću sezonu". HNK Rijeka.
  6. "Škola: Stručni Stožer". HNK Rijeka.
  7. RSSSF.com
  8. "Prva HNL". Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  9. RSSSF.com
  10. RSSSF.com
  11. Torneo Bellinzona
  12. Future Talents Cup
  13. HNK Rijeka
  14. HNK Rijeka
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