1985–86 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka
1985–86 season
ChairmanStjepko Gugić, Dragan Krčelić
ManagerJosip Skoblar
First League5th
CupRound 2
Top goalscorerLeague: Nebojša Malbaša (12)
All: Nebojša Malbaša (14)
Highest home attendance16,000 vs Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
(9 Mar 1986 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance2,000 vs Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Vinkovci
(6 October 1985 and 2 March 1986 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance5,588

The 1985–86 season was the 40th season in Rijeka's history and their 24th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 8th place finish in the 1984–85 season meant it was their 12th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Competitions

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Yugoslav First League 11 August 1985 14 June 1986 Matchday 1 5th 34 12 13 9 42 31 +11 035.29
Yugoslav Cup 30 October 1985 20 November 1985 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
Total 36 13 13 10 46 33 +13 036.11

Yugoslav First League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Velež 34 13 11 10 64 50 +14 37 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Hajduk Split 34 15 7 12 55 44 +11 37 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Rijeka 34 12 13 9 42 31 +11 37
6 Dinamo Zagreb 34 11 14 9 53 43 +10 36
7 Željezničar 34 15 5 14 58 63 −5 35
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

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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 13 9 42 31  +11 49 11 5 1 28 7  +21 1 8 8 14 24  −10

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLDLWWDLWLLLDDWDDWWDDDWDWLWLWDWDWD
Position111616161612121291112141115141314139101010996767565545
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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First League

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

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

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Round Date Venue Opponent Score Rijeka Scorers
R1 30 Oct H Belasica 4 – 1 Janković (p), Matrljan, Malbaša (2)
R2 20 Nov A Budućnost 0 – 1

Source: rsssf.com

Squad statistics

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

Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League Cup Total
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mauro Ravnić 29 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 30 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikica Milenković 33 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 35 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borče Sredojević 27 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 28 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boris Tičić 16 (10) 0 1 (0) 0 17 (10) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Jelavić 23 (3) 0 1 (0) 0 24 (3) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Roberto Paliska 26 (2) 0 2 (0) 0 28 (2) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vlado Kotur 26 (5) 2 2 (0) 0 28 (5) 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Gračan 30 (0) 7 1 (1) 0 31 (1) 7
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Davor Radmanović 3 (9) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (9) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovan Savić 5 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danko Matrljan 28 (4) 7 1 (0) 1 29 (4) 8
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Malbaša 31 (2) 12 2 (0) 2 33 (2) 14
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Valenčić 20 (7) 2 2 (0) 0 22 (7) 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janko Janković 32 (0) 9 2 (0) 1 34 (0) 10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rade Ljepojević 23 (4) 0 2 (0) 0 25 (4) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mladen Mladenović 7 (4) 2 0 (0) 0 7 (4) 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Škerjanc 10 (8) 1 1 (0) 0 11 (8) 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Rubčić 2 (2) 0 0 (2) 0 2 (4) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Cupać 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nevenko Vasiljević 1 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danko Peranić 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia B Radojević 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Šestan 2 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (2) 0

See also

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References

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