1986–87 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka

1986–87 season
Chairman	Dragan Krčelić
Manager	Josip Skoblar, Mladen Vranković
First League	4th
Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Janko Janković (19) All: Janko Janković (23)
Highest home attendance	20,000 vs Hajduk Split (10 August 1986 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Vlaznimi Đakovica (13 August 1986 - Yugoslav Cup)
Average home league attendance	6,382
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 season was the 41st season in Rijeka’s history and their 25th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1985–86 season meant it was their 13th 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	10 August 1986	14 June 1987	Matchday 1	4th	34	14	10	10	44	42	+2	41.18
Yugoslav Cup	30 October 1986	9 May 1987	First round	Runners-up	8	3	5	0	12	4	+8	37.50
UEFA Cup	17 September 1986	1 October 1986	First round	First round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	00.00
Total					44	17	16	11	57	48	+9	38.64

Yugoslav First League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan (C)	34	16	11	7	58	29	+29	43	1987–88 UEFA Cup
2	Velež	34	19	4	11	65	46	+19	42
3	Red Star Belgrade	34	16	9	9	57	37	+20	41
4	Rijeka	34	14	10	10	44	42	+2	38
5	Vardar	34	15	8	11	40	39	+1	38	1987–88 European Cup
6	Dinamo Zagreb	34	14	9	11	49	43	+6	37
7	Budućnost	34	14	9	11	40	36	+4	37
8	Hajduk Split	34	14	8	12	41	41	0	36	01987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup0
9	Željezničar	34	14	6	14	55	46	+9	34
10	Sutjeska Nikšić	34	12	10	12	50	52	−2	34
11	Osijek	34	15	4	15	40	44	−4	34
12	Čelik	34	14	5	15	48	52	−4	33
13	Sarajevo	34	12	9	13	39	49	−10	33
14	Prishtina	34	13	4	17	47	52	−5	30
15	Sloboda Tuzla	34	11	8	15	41	46	−5	30
16	Radnički Niš	34	11	8	15	39	49	−10	30
17	Dinamo Vinkovci (R)	34	12	6	16	29	51	−22	30	01987–88 Yugoslav Second League0
18	Spartak Subotica (R)	34	6	8	20	33	69	−36	20

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	14	10	10	44	42	+2	52	13	3	1	33	15	+18	1	7	9	11	27	−16

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	8	13	8	10	11	14	11	11	10	6	7	5	7	6	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	8	6	8	5	7	4

Last updated: 2 February 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

First League

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

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka scorers
R1	13 Aug	H	Vlaznimi Đakovica	2 – 0	1,000	Matrljan, Janković (p)
R2	27 Aug	H	Crvena Zastava Kragujevac	5 – 0	1,500	o.g., Ljepojević, Vasiljević, Kotur, Vujčić
R2	9 Sep	A	Crvena Zastava Kragujevac	1 – 1	3,000	Janković
QF	8 Oct	A	Željezničar	0 – 0	600
QF	19 Nov	H	Željezničar	0 – 0 (4–2 p)	6,000
SF	11 Mar	H	Budućnost	2 – 1	8,000	Janković, Matrljan
SF	1 Apr	A	Budućnost	1 – 1	10,000	Janković
F	9 May	N	Hajduk Split	1 – 1 (8–9 p)	30,000	Radmanović

Source: rsssf.com

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka scorers
R1	17 Sep	H	Standard Liège	0 – 1	9,000
R1	1 Oct	A	Standard Liège	1 – 1	20,000	Radmanović

Source: worldfootball.net

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Ravnić, MauroMauro Ravnić	34+0	0	7+0	0	2+0	0	43	0
Milenković, NikicaNikica Milenković	18+3	0	4+1	0	1+0	0	27	0
Sredojević, BorčeBorče Sredojević	31+0	0	8+0	0	2+0	0	41	0
Jelavić, IgorIgor Jelavić	28+0	0	8+0	0	2+0	0	38	0
Paliska, RobertoRoberto Paliska	32+1	4	8+0	0	2+0	0	43	4
Kotur, VladoVlado Kotur	32+0	2	7+0	1	2+0	0	41	3
Radmanović, DavorDavor Radmanović	30+0	5	8+0	1	2+0	1	40	7
Matrljan, DankoDanko Matrljan	26+2	6	7+0	2	2+0	0	37	8
Valenčić, PredragPredrag Valenčić	19+8	1	1+4	0	1+0	0	33	1
Vujčić, ZoranZoran Vujčić	30+1	4	7+0	1	2+0	0	40	5
Janković, JankoJanko Janković	33+0	19	8+0	4	2+0	0	43	23
Ljepojević, RadeRade Ljepojević	12+9	0	2+0	1	1+0	0	24	1
Mladenović, MladenMladen Mladenović	19+5	1	4+1	0	0+1	0	30	1
Škerjanc, ZoranZoran Škerjanc	9+11	1	3+3	0	0+2	0	28	1
Rubčić, RobertRobert Rubčić	14+0	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	18	0
Vasiljević, NevenkoNevenko Vasiljević	0+2	0	0+2	1	0+0	0	4	1
Strukar, MensurMensur Strukar	1+5	0	2+1	0	1+0	0	10	0
Florijančič, MatjažMatjaž Florijančič	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	5	0
Šestan, ZoranZoran Šestan	0+4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	6	0
Vulić, KazimirKazimir Vulić	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
Šarić, RajkoRajko Šarić	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4	0
Šumberac, ValdiValdi Šumberac	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
Žagar, RobertRobert Žagar	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4	0
Savić, JovanJovan Savić	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1	0

See also

• 1986–87 Yugoslav First League
• 1986–87 Yugoslav Cup
• 1986–87 UEFA Cup

References

• Godišnjak Fudbalskog Saveza Jugoslavije 1986–87 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1986–87] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.
• Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

• 1986–87 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1986.-87. at nk-rijeka.hr