2001–02 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka

2001–02 season
Chairman	Sanjin Kirigin
Manager	Ivan Katalinić
Prva HNL	5th
Croatian Cup	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: Natko Rački (13) All: Natko Rački (14)
Highest home attendance	7,000 vs Dinamo (21 October 2001 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance	800 vs Cibalia (23 March 2002 - Prva HNL)
Average home league attendance	2,620

The 2001–02 season was the 56th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 11th season in the Prva HNL and 28th successive top tier season.

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva HNL	29 July 2001	4 May 2002	Matchday 1	5th	30	15	6	9	46	37	+9	050.00
Croatian Cup	19 September 2001	7 December 2001	First round	Quarterfinal	4	1	1	2	5	5	+0	025.00
Total					34	16	7	11	51	42	+9	047.06

Prva HNL

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Dinamo Zagreb	30	18	5	7	58	30	+28	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Varteks	30	17	6	7	58	40	+18	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Rijeka	30	15	6	9	46	37	+9	51	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Slaven Belupo	30	11	9	10	34	36	−2	42
7	Pomorac	30	12	4	14	36	41	−5	40

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
30	15	6	9	46	37	+9	51	9	4	2	29	12	+17	6	2	7	17	25	−8

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W
Position	5	10	5	8	10	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 2001–02 Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
1	29 Jul	H	Slaven Belupo	1 – 0	2,500	Skočibušić	HRnogomet.com
2	4 Aug	AR	Hajduk Split	1 – 4	6,000	Mijatović	HRnogomet.com
3	12 Aug	H	Osijek	4 – 0	2,500	Skočibušić, Čačić, Matulović, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
4	19 Aug	H	Zagreb	0 – 1	5,000		HRnogomet.com
5	26 Aug	A	Varteks	0 – 2	5,000		HRnogomet.com
6	9 Sep	H	Marsonia	1 – 0	2,500	M. Brajković	HRnogomet.com
7	15 Sep	AR	TŠK Topolovac	3 – 2	1,500	Milinović, Meštrović, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
8	23 Sep	H	Zadar	1 – 1	2,000	M. Brajković	HRnogomet.com
9	29 Sep	A	Cibalia	1 – 1	500	M. Brajković	HRnogomet.com
10	10 Oct	H	Šibenik	5 – 0	1,000	Skočibušić, Rački (3), Maroslavac	HRnogomet.com
11	14 Oct	A	Pomorac	1 – 0	3,500	Rački	HRnogomet.com
12	21 Oct	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 0	7,000	o.g.	HRnogomet.com
13	27 Oct	A	Čakovec	1 – 0	2,000	Mijatović	HRnogomet.com
14	4 Nov	H	Kamen Ingrad	4 – 1	2,000	Rački (2), Matulović, Meštrović	HRnogomet.com
15	17 Nov	A	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0 – 3	400		HRnogomet.com
16	24 Nov	A	Slaven Belupo	2 – 2	2,000	E. Brajković, Rački	HRnogomet.com
17	28 Nov	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 2	6,000	Mijatović	HRnogomet.com
18	2 Feb	A	Osijek	0 – 1	800		HRnogomet.com
19	24 Feb	A	Zagreb	0 – 3	2,000		HRnogomet.com
20	3 Mar	H	Varteks	1 – 1	1,500	M. Brajković	HRnogomet.com
21	6 Mar	A	Marsonia	4 – 1	2,500	Burčul, M. Brajković, Meštrović, Rački	HRnogomet.com
22	9 Mar	H	TŠK Topolovac	2 – 0	1,000	G. Brajković, Meštrović	HRnogomet.com
23	16 Mar	A	Zadar	0 – 2	2,500		HRnogomet.com
24	23 Mar	H	Cibalia	1 – 1	800	Rački	HRnogomet.com
25	30 Mar	A	Šibenik	1 – 0	1,000	Shkëmbi	HRnogomet.com
26	6 Apr	H	Pomorac	2 – 2	2,000	Mijatović (2)	HRnogomet.com
27	14 Apr	A	Dinamo Zagreb	3 – 2	2,500	Rački, Skočibušić, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
28	20 Apr	H	Čakovec	2 – 1	1,000	Rački, Vidović	HRnogomet.com
29	27 Apr	A	Kamen Ingrad	0 – 2	3,500		HRnogomet.com
30	4 May	H	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	3 – 2	2,500	Čaval, Rački (2)	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	19 Sep	A	Vukovar '91	4 – 2	?	Meštrović, Milinović, G. Brajković, Vincetić	HRnogomet.com
R2	24 Oct	A	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1 – 1 (5–4 p)	400	Rački	HRnogomet.com
QF	21 Nov	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	2,500		HRnogomet.com
QF	7 Dec	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	4,000		HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.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
Đoni Tafra	24 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	25 (0)	0
Andre Mijatović	26 (0)	5	1 (0)	0	27 (0)	5
Elvis Brajković	18 (1)	1	3 (0)	0	21 (1)	1
Dalibor Višković	21 (2)	0	3 (0)	0	24 (2)	0
Goran Vincetić	25 (0)	0	4 (0)	1	29 (0)	1
Mladen Ivančić	11 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	11 (2)	0
Stjepan Skočibušić	26 (0)	4	3 (1)	0	29 (1)	4
Goran Brajković	26 (1)	1	4 (0)	1	30 (1)	2
Natko Rački	12 (12)	13	2 (1)	1	14 (13)	14
Mate Brajković	20 (7)	5	3 (1)	0	23 (8)	5
Mario Meštrović	19 (7)	4	2 (1)	1	21 (8)	5
Damir Matulović	14 (6)	2	4 (0)	0	18 (6)	2
Ivan Maroslavac	15 (9)	1	3 (1)	0	18 (10)	1
Rajko Vidović	15 (6)	4	3 (1)	0	18 (7)	4
Kristijan Čaval	12 (8)	1	1 (2)	0	13 (10)	1
Bledi Shkëmbi	11 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	11 (0)	1
Damir Milinović	8 (0)	1	4 (0)	1	12 (0)	2
Sandro Klić	0 (9)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (9)	0
Goran Burčul	8 (9)	1	0 (0)	0	8 (9)	1
Božidar Čačić	4 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	4 (0)	1
Matko Djarmati	0 (4)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (4)	0
Edo Flego	3 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (3)	0
Matko Kalinić	6 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	9 (0)	0
Josip Modrić	3 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (3)	0
Miroslav Vajs	3 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (0)	0

See also

• 2001–02 Prva HNL
• 2001–02 Croatian Cup

External sources

• 2001–02 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
• 2001–02 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
• Prvenstvo 2001.-2002. at nk-rijeka.hr