1987–88 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka

1987–88 season
Chairman	Dragan Krčelić
Manager	Mladen Vranković
First League	8th
Cup	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Janko Janković, Zoran Škerjanc (9) All: Janko Janković, Zoran Škerjanc (9)
Highest home attendance	12,531 vs Dinamo Zagreb (1 November 1987 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Sarajevo (12 June 1988 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	4,445

The 1987–88 season was the 42nd season in Rijeka's history and their 26th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 4th place finish in the 1986–87 season meant it was their 14th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	2 August 1987	12 June 1988	Matchday 1	8th	34	9	14	11	33	39	−6	026.47
Yugoslav Cup	12 August 1987	12 August 1987	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					35	9	14	12	33	40	−7	025.71

Yugoslav First League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Vardar	34	15	7	12	37	40	−3	37
7	Radnički Niš	34	14	4	16	48	46	+2	32	Qualification for Balkans Cup
8	Rijeka	34	9	14	11	33	39	−6	32
9	Budućnost	34	10	12	12	40	48	−8	32
10	Vojvodina	34	11	10	13	40	51	−11	32	Qualification for Intertoto Cup

Source: rsssf.org
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	9	14	11	33	39	−6	41	7	9	1	19	12	+7	2	5	10	14	27	−13

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W
Position	9	10	9	4	2	1	2	3	2	4	3	8	7	8	6	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	8

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

Matches

First League

Main article: 1987–88 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance1	Rijeka Scorers
1	2 Aug	H	Budućnost	0 – 0	2,701
2	9 Aug	A	Vojvodina	1 – 1	4,348	Žagar
3	16 Aug	H	Velež	1 – 1	4,312	o.g.
4	23 Aug	A	Čelik	3 – 0	6,031	Škerjanc (3)
5	6 Sep	H	Vardar	3 – 0	2,823	Škerjanc, Rubčić, Vulić
6	13 Sep	A	Red Star	3 – 2	8,813	Mladenović, Škerjanc, Janković
7	20 Sep	H	Rad	0 – 0	6,620
8	27 Sep	A	Osijek	0 – 1	1,205
9	4 Oct	H	Sutjeska	1 – 0	3,044	Škerjanc
10	7 Oct	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 3	6,000
11	18 Oct	H	Priština	2 – 1	4,475	Škerjanc, Janković
12	25 Oct	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 2	5,000	Paliska
13	1 Nov	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 0	12,531
14	15 Nov	A	Partizan	1 – 1	2,830	Škerjanc
15	22 Nov	H	Željezničar	0 – 0	4,000
16	29 Nov	H	Sloboda	1 – 1	2,500	Škerjanc
17	6 Dec	A	Sarajevo	1 – 1	756	Vulić
18	6 Mar	A	Budućnost	0 – 1	3,550
19	13 Mar	H	Vojvodina	2 – 2	2,823	Vulić, Janković
20	20 Mar	A	Velež	1 – 1	4,917	Janković
21	27 Mar	H	Čelik	2 – 1	2,847	Janković (2, 1p)
22	3 Apr	A	Vardar	0 – 0	6,983
23	10 Apr	H	Red Star	0 – 0	7,850
24	16 Apr	A	Rad	0 – 1	271
25	20 Apr	H	Osijek	0 – 0	1,980
26	24 Apr	A	Sutjeska	0 – 3	1,978
27	1 May	H	Hajduk Split	3 – 1	12,000	Mladenović (2), Janković
28	4 May	A	Priština	1 – 2	10,000	Šumberac
29	8 May	H	Radnički Niš	2 – 1	1,595	Janković, Dragutinović
30	15 May	A	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 3	6,750	Mladenović, Janković
31	22 May	H	Partizan	0 – 3	7,459
32	29 May	A	Željezničar	0 – 3	2,405
33	8 Jun	A	Sloboda	0 – 2	1,500
34	12 Jun	H	Sarajevo	2 – 1	1,000	Ljubančić, Mladenović

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	12 Aug	A	Borac Čačak	0 – 1

Source: rsssf.com

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
	League		Cup		Total
Mauro Ravnić	26 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	26 (0)	0
Borče Sredojević	17 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	18 (0)	0
Branko Dragutinović	33 (0)	1	1 (0)	0	34 (0)	1
Saša Peršon	28 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	29 (0)	0
Igor Jelavić	30 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	31 (1)	0
Roberto Paliska	21 (6)	1	1 (0)	0	22 (6)	1
Janko Janković	32 (1)	9	1 (0)	0	33 (1)	9
Mladen Mladenović	27 (3)	5	1 (0)	0	28 (3)	5
Zoran Škerjanc	29 (3)	9	0 (1)	0	29 (4)	9
Robert Rubčić	31 (0)	1	1 (0)	0	32 (0)	1
Matjaž Florijančič	12 (11)	0	0 (1)	0	12 (12)	0
Kazimir Vulić	8 (12)	3	0 (0)	0	8 (12)	3
Valdi Šumberac	4 (11)	1	0 (0)	0	4 (11)	1
Robert Žagar	19 (3)	1	1 (0)	0	20 (3)	1
Željko Jurin	13 (4)	0	0 (0)	0	13 (4)	0
Zoran Ivković	9 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (2)	0
Nedžad Kuruzović	5 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (1)	0
Vlado Kotur	5 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (2)	0
Jovan Savić	3 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	4 (0)	0
Vlado Miloševič	5 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	6 (0)	0
Predrag Valenčić	9 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (3)	0
Dean Ljubančić	1 (2)	1	0 (0)	0	1 (2)	1
Stojan Belajić	3 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (0)	0
Bojan Krkić, Sr.	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
Dragan Stanić	2 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0
Danko Matrljan	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Željko Cupać	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
Rajko Šarić	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0

Notes

1. Data for league attendance in most cases reflects the number of sold tickets and may not be indicative of the actual attendance.

See also

• 1987–88 Yugoslav First League
• 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup

References

• Almanah Yu Fudbal 1987–88 [Almanac of the Yugoslav Football 1987–88] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Tempo. 1988.
• Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External links

• 1987–88 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1987.-88. at nk-rijeka.hr