HNK Rijeka in European football

HNK Rijeka are a Croatian football club. This article details their record in UEFA club competitions.

HNK Rijeka in European football

Club	HNK Rijeka
First entry	1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry	2019–20 UEFA Europa League

History

HNK Rijeka have participated in UEFA competitions on 19 occasions, with 15 appearances since 1999. The club's greatest achievement was the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter–final, where they lost 2–0 on aggregate against Juventus. Among other notable continental successes, Rijeka qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League in two consecutive seasons, in 2013–14 and 2014–15, keeping an undefeated run for 12 consecutive home matches. Rijeka are one of only three Croatian clubs that have qualified for the group stages of UEFA Champions League or Europa League. In 2014–15, Rijeka became the first club from former Yugoslavia to win eight European fixtures in one season. Rijeka faced eventual competition winners on two separate occasions, Real Madrid in the 1984–85 UEFA Cup and Sevilla in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Matches in Europe

By competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
UEFA Champions League	8	2	2	4	10	11	2017–18
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	60	23	16	21	89	74	2019–20
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	10	3	3	4	8	9	1979–80
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	1	1	2	3	5	2008
Total	82	29	22	31	110	99

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 29 August 2019.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

By ground

Ground	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Home	41	21	11	9	66	39	+27
Away	41	8	11	22	44	60	−16
Total	82	29	22	31	110	99	+11

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 29 August 2019.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against.

By season

Non-UEFA competitions are listed in italics.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1962–63	Intertoto Cup	Group B3	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	2–1	3–4	1st out of 4
			Basel	5–1	2–2
			PSV	3–1	3–2
		QF	Dozsa Pecs	2–2	1–2	3–4
1965–66	Intertoto Cup	Group B1	Motor Jena	0–3	1–3	4th out of 4
			Tatran Prešov	0–0	1–3
			Szombierki Bytom	0–3	1–0
1974–75	Mitropa Cup	Group A	Tatabánya	3–1	1–3	2nd out of 3
			Wacker Innsbruck	1–3	0–0
1977	Intertoto Cup	Group 6	Frem Kobenhavn	2–2	0–2	3rd out of 4
			Ruch Chorzów	0–1	4–2
			Grazer AK	1–1	3–0
1978	Balkans Cup	Group B	Skënderbeu	6–0	0–1	1st out of 3
			Aris Thessaloniki	2–0	2–1
		Final	Jiul Petroșani	4–1	0–1	4–2
1978–79	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Wrexham	3–0	0–2	3–2
		R2	Beveren	0–0	0–2	0–2
1979–80	Balkans Cup	Group A	PAS Giannina	2–1	3–1	1st out of 3
			Partizani Tirana	3–0	1–4
		Final	Sportul Studențesc	1–1	0–2	1–3
1979–80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Germinal Beerschot	2–1	0–0	2–1
		R2	Lokomotíva Košice	3–0	0–2	3–2
		QF	Juventus	0–0	0–2	0–2
1984–85	UEFA Cup	R1	Real Valladolid	4–1	0–1	4–2
		R2	Real Madrid	3–1	0–3	3–4
1985–86	Mitropa Cup	SF	Debreceni	0–1^†		–
		3rd Pl.	Sigma Olomouc	3–2^†		–
1986–87	UEFA Cup	R1	Standard Liège	0–1	1–1	1–2
1999–00	UEFA Champions League	QR2	Partizan	0–3	1–3	1–6
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR	Valletta	3–2	5–4 (aet)	8–6
		R1	Celta Vigo	0–1 (aet)	0–0	0–1
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	St Patrick's Athletic	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)
2004–05	UEFA Cup	QR2	Gençlerbirliği	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2005–06	UEFA Cup	QR2	Litex Lovech	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2006–07	UEFA Cup	QR1	Omonia	2–2	1–2	3–4
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Renova	0–0	0–2	0–2
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	QR2	Differdange	3–0	0–1	3–1
		QR3	Metalist Kharkiv	1–2	0–2	1–4
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	QR2	Prestatyn Town	5–0	3–0	8–0
		QR3	Žilina	2–1	1–1	3–2
		PO	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	2–2	4–3
		Group I	Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	0–4	4th out of 4
			Real Betis	1–1	0–0
			Lyon	1–1	0–1
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	QR2	Ferencváros	1–0	2–1	3–1
		QR3	Víkingur	4–0	5–1	9–1
		PO	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	3–0	4–0
		Group G	Standard Liège	2–0	0–2	3rd out of 4
			Sevilla	2–2	0–1
			Feyenoord	3–1	0–2
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	QR2	Aberdeen	0–3	2–2	2–5
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	QR3	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	QR2	The New Saints	2–0	5–1	7–1
		QR3	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		PO	Olympiacos	0–1	1–2	1–3
	UEFA Europa League	Group D	AEK Athens	1–2	2–2	3rd out of 4
			Milan	2–0	2–3
			Austria Wien	1–4	3–1
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	QR3	Sarpsborg 08	0–1	1–1	1–2
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	QR3	Aberdeen	2–0	2–0	4–0
		PO	Gent	1–1	1–2	2–3
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	QR3

Last updated on 06 August 2020.

Records and Statistics

Record wins and defeats

• Home win
  • 5–0 v. Prestatyn Town, 2013–14, 18 July 2013.
• Away win
  • 5–1 v. Víkingur, 2014–15, 31 July 2014.
  • 5–1 v. The New Saints, 2017–18, 18 July 2017.
• Home defeat
  • 0–3 v. Partizan, 1999–2000, 4 August 1999.
  • 0–3 v. Aberdeen, 2015–16, 16 July 2015.
  • 1–4 v. Austria Wien, 2017–18, 2 November 2017.
• Away defeat
  • 0–4 v. Vitória de Guimarães, 2013–14, 19 September 2013.

Record by country of opposition

Updated on 29 August 2019.

Country	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Win%
Austria	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	025.00
Belgium	10	2	4	4	7	10	−3	020.00
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Cyprus	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00
France	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Germany	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
Greece	4	0	1	3	4	7	−3	000.00
Hungary	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Ireland	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Italy	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	025.00
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	050.00
Macedonia	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Malta	2	2	0	0	8	6	+2	100.00
Moldova	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Netherlands	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Norway	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Portugal	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Scotland	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Serbia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	000.00
Slovakia	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	050.00
Spain	10	2	4	4	10	11	−1	020.00
Turkey	4	1	2	1	4	4	+0	025.00
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Wales	6	5	0	1	18	3	+15	083.33

Player records

• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions:
  • 38 appearances: Zoran Kvržić [1]
• Top scorer in UEFA club competitions:
  • 8 goals: Andrej Kramarić [2]
• Most goals in a single match:
  • 3 goals:
    • Damir Desnica (7 November 1979 v Lokomotíva Košice)
    • Leon Benko (18 July 2013 v Prestatyn Town)
    • Adis Jahović (7 August 2014 v Víkingur)
    • Andrej Kramarić (23 October 2014 v Feyenoord)

UEFA coefficient history (2013–)

Updated on 29 August 2019.

In European football, UEFA coefficients are used to rank and seed teams in club competitions. The coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe.[3]

2013–2018

Source: Bert Kassies website

Accumulated	Valid	Rank	Movement	Coefficient	Change
2008–09 to 2012–13	2013–14	241	–12	4.916	+0.142
2009–10 to 2013–14	2014–15	178	+63	8.925	+4.009
2010–11 to 2014–15	2015–16	131	+47	13.700	+4.775
2011–12 to 2015–16	2016–17	127	+4	14.275	+0.575
2012–13 to 2016–17	2017–18	125	+2	15.550	+1.275

2018–

5-year calculation

Source: Bert Kassies website

Accumulated	Valid	Rank	Movement	Coefficient	Change
2013–14 to 2017–18	2018–19	91	+34	15.500	—
2014–15 to 2018–19	2019–20	104	–13	13.500	–2.000
2015–16 to 2019–20	2020–21	115	–11	11.000	–2.500

10-year calculation

Source: Bert Kassies website

Accumulated	Valid	Rank	Movement	Coefficient	Change
2008–09 to 2017–18	2018–19	173	—	16.500	—
2009–10 to 2018–19	2019–20	161	+12	18.500	+2.000
2010–11 to 2019–20	2020–21	149	+12	20.000	+1.500

References

1. "Rijeka profile". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
2. "Rijeka profile". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
3. See column Team Ranking in "UEFA European Cup Coefficients Database". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

External links

• European Profile – UEFA.com