2016–17 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka

2016–17 season
Chairman	Damir Mišković
Manager	Matjaž Kek
Stadium	Rujevica
MAXtv Prva liga	1st
Croatian Cup	Semi-final
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Gorgon (8) All: Gorgon (11)
Highest home attendance	5,589 v Dinamo Zagreb (18 September 2016)
Lowest home attendance	3,022 v Lokomotiva (13 August 2016)
Average home league attendance	4,243[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is the 71st season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It is their 26th successive season in the Prva HNL, and 43rd successive top tier season. As of 3 December, Rijeka remain unbeaten in the Croatian Football League, extending their run to 31 consecutive matches without a league defeat.

First team squad

As of 3 December 2016

No	Name	Nat	Position	EU	Contract		Date of birth (age)	Transferred from	Appearances / Goals
					Since	Ends			League	Total
Goalkeepers
12	Simon Sluga		GK	EU	Jun 2013	Jun 2019	March 17, 1993	Academy	2 / −6	5 / −11
31	Ivan Nevistić		GK	EU	Jun 2015	Jun 2018	July 31, 1998	Osijek	0 / 0	0 / 0
32	Andrej Prskalo		GK	EU	Jan 2014	Jun 2017	May 1, 1987	Istra 1961	30 / −15	39 / −20
Defenders
4	Frane Ikić		CB	EU	Jul 2015	Jun 2017	June 19, 1994	Zadar	0 / 0	0 / 0
6	Stefan Ristovski		RB	Non-EU	Jul 2015	Jun 2017	February 12, 1992	Spezia (loan)	49 / 0	60 / 1
8	Leonard Zuta		LB	EU	Sep 2015	Jun 2018	August 9, 1992	Häcken	44 / 0	53 / 0
15	Matej Mitrović		CB	EU	Sep 2013	Jun 2019	November 10, 1993	Cibalia	75 / 3	101 / 5
18	Josip Elez		CB	EU	Jun 2016	Jun 2017	April 25, 1994	Lazio (loan)	16 / 2	19 / 2
22	Aleksandar Šofranac		CB	Non-EU	Jul 2016	Jun 2018	October 21, 1990	Sutjeska	4 / 0	6 / 1
77	Ivan Martić		RB / RW	EU	Aug 2016	Jun 2019	October 2, 1990	Spezia	6 / 0	8 / 0
Midfielders
5	Dario Čanađija		CM	EU	Jul 2014	Jun 2019	April 17, 1994	Slaven Belupo	15 / 0	21 / 0
23	Franko Andrijašević		AM / CM	EU	Jul 2016	Jun 2019	June 22, 1991	Dinamo Zagreb	11 / 5	12 / 6
26	Mate Maleš		DM	EU	Jun 2013	Jun 2019	March 11, 1989	Lokomotiva	62 / 1	83 / 2
27	Josip Mišić		CM / AM	EU	Jan 2015	Jun 2017	June 28, 1994	Osijek	29 / 1	38 / 1
28	Filip Bradarić		CM / CB	EU	Feb 2015	Jun 2018	January 11, 1992	Hajduk Split	58 / 2	71 / 3
40	Gerald Diyoke		CM	Non-EU	Apr 2014	Jun 2018	March 11, 1996	Academy	1 / 0	1 / 0
Wingers and Forwards
10	Florentin Matei		LW / RW	EU	Feb 2016	Jun 2019	April 15, 1993	Volyn	25 / 3	31 / 4
11	Matic Črnic		LW	EU	Aug 2016	Jun 2019	June 12, 1992	Domžale	5 / 1	7 / 2
14	Dario Vizinger		CF	EU	Jul 2015	Jun 2018	June 6, 1998	Varaždin	2 / 0	2 / 0
17	Mario Gavranović		CF / SS	EU	Feb 2016	Jun 2018	November 24, 1989	Zürich	27 / 13	33 / 15
19	Tomislav Turčin		RW / CF	EU	Jan 2016	Jun 2019	May 31, 1997	Cibalia	0 / 0	0 / 0
20	Alexander Gorgon		RW / LW / SS	EU	Aug 2016	Jun 2019	October 28, 1988	Austria Wien	11 / 8	14 / 11
21	Goodness Ajayi		LW / CF	Non-EU	Jan 2013	Jun 2017	October 6, 1994	Abuja Academy	26 / 2	33 / 2
29	Marko Vešović		RW / RB / LB	Non-EU	Sep 2014	Jun 2017	August 28, 1991	Spezia (loan)	52 / 5	70 / 6
99	Haris Handžić		CF	Non-EU	Jul 2016	Jun 2018	June 20, 1990	Ufa	3 / 0	7 / 0
Manager
N/A	Matjaž Kek		N/A	EU	Feb 2013	Jun 2017	September 9, 1961	Free agent	137 / –	188 / –

Source: First Team Squad and Statistics

Note: denotes team captain; denotes team vice-captain; denotes that a player is unavailable due to injury; denotes that a player is ineligible for the next scheduled match due to suspension

Out on loan

As of 10 October 2016.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Ayotunde Ikuepamitan (at HNK Šibenik until 15 Jun 2017) GK David Nwolokor (at NK Vitez until 15 Jun 2017) DF Jamilu Collins (at NK Istra 1961 until 15 Jun 2017) DF Mato Miloš (at NK Istra 1961 until 14 Jun 2017) DF Mihael Rebernik (at NK Aluminij until 14 Jun 2017)

No. Position Player MF Zoran Kvržić (at FC Sheriff Tiraspol until 15 Jun 2017) MF Marko Šarić (at NK Sesvete until 14 Jun 2017) MF Marin Tomasov (at Al-Nassr FC until 30 Jun 2017) FW Filip Dangubić (at NK Krško until 29 Jun 2017) FW Theophilus Solomon (at NK Istra 1961 until 15 Jun 2017)

Other players under contract

As of 31 August 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Anas Sharbini

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
MAXtv Prva liga	16 Jul 2016	27 May 2017	Matchday 1	TBD	18	14	4	0	36	8	+28	77.78
Croatian Cup	21 Sep 2016	TBD	First round	TBD	3	3	0	0	11	4	+7	100.000
Europa League	28 Jul 2016	4 Aug 2016	QR3	QR3	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	00.00
Total					23	17	6	0	49	14	+35	73.91

Last updated: 3 December 2016.

MAXtv Prva liga

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rijeka	18	14	4	0	36	8	+28	46	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Zagreb	18	12	4	2	28	12	+16	40	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3	Hajduk Split	18	10	4	4	31	16	+15	34	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Osijek	18	10	4	4	23	15	+8	34
5	Slaven Belupo	18	5	6	7	17	22	−5	21

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2016. Source: PrvaHNL.hr, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding Champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[3]

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
18	14	4	0	36	8	+28	46	9	0	0	22	4	+18	5	4	0	14	4	+10

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

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	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D
Position	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team	Results				Points
	1	2	3	4
Cibalia	0–0	2–0	–	–	4
Dinamo Zagreb	5–2	1–1	–	–	4
Hajduk Split	4–2	2–1	–	–	6
Inter Zaprešić	1–1	1–0	–	–	4
Istra 1961	4–1	2–0	–	–	6
Lokomotiva	1–0	2–0	–	–	6
Osijek	1–0	3–0	–	–	6
Slaven Belupo	2–0	0–0	–	–	4
RNK Split	3–0	2–0	–	–	6

Source: 2016–17 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

MAXtv Prva liga

RNK Split v Rijeka

16 July 2016 1	RNK Split	0–3	Rijeka	Split
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jukić  90'	Report	Bezjak  7', 90+1' Maleš  42' Tomasov  75'	Stadium: Park Mladeži Attendance: 467 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

Rijeka v Istra 1961

22 July 2016 2	Rijeka	4–1	Istra 1961	Rijeka
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović  5', 55' Bezjak  7', 27'	Report	Roce  65' Polić  77'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,954 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

Osijek v Rijeka

31 July 2016 3	Osijek	0–1	Rijeka	Osijek
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Petrovikj  23'	Report	Ristovski  19' Mišić  40'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Attendance: 4,019 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Inter Zaprešić v Rijeka

7 August 2016 4	Inter Zaprešić	1–1	Rijeka	Zaprešić
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Komorski  27' Bosec  33' Šoljić  53' Čeliković  59' Puljić  90+3' (pen.) Ottochian  90+3'	Report	Gavranović 28'  90+1' Maleš  41' Šofranac  79'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 656 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

Rijeka v Lokomotiva

13 August 2016 5	Rijeka	1–0	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mitrović  11' Maleš  20' Zuta  48'	Report	Zagorac  45+1' Šunjić  62' Rožman  90+1'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Rijeka

21 August 2016 6	Hajduk Split	2–4	Rijeka	Split
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ohandza  13' (pen.) Šimić  27' Bilyi  35' Ismajli  66' Juranović  68' Erceg  83'	Report	Bradarić  13' Gavranović  24' Bezjak  35' (pen.)  61'  68' Vešović  73' Andrijašević  79' Mišić  87'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 10,374 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

Rijeka v Slaven Belupo

27 August 2016 7	Rijeka	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matei  29' Bezjak  58' (pen.)	Report	Musa  14' Jovičić  28', 42' Ivanovski  69'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

Cibalia v Rijeka

11 September 2016 8	Cibalia	0–0	Rijeka	Vinkovci
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zgrablić  37' Jerbić  90+3'	Report	Vešović  37' Elez  77' Gorgon 90+5'	Stadium: HNK Cibalia Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

Rijeka v Dinamo Zagreb

18 September 2016 9	Rijeka	5–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović  1' Gorgon  33', 55' Vešović  49', 83' Andrijašević  63'	Report	Benković  20' Soudani  82' Pavičić  86' Henríquez  90+1'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,589 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Rijeka v RNK Split

25 September 2016 10	Rijeka	2–0	RNK Split	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gorgon  30' Andrijašević  45'	Report	Jurendić  65' Vitus  81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,891 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Istra 1961 v Rijeka

30 September 2016 11	Istra 1961	0–2	Rijeka	Pula
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stepčić  32' Žižić  86'	Report	Črnic  8' Gorgon  22' Mišić  65'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 3,984 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

Rijeka v Osijek

16 October 2016 12	Rijeka	3–0	Osijek	Rijeka
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Andrijašević  37' Gavranović  41' Gorgon  56'  60'	Report	Knežević  1' Arsenić  10', 71' Vojnović  39' Pušić  88'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,430 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

Rijeka v Inter Zaprešić

23 October 2016 13	Rijeka	1–0	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ristovski  31' Andrijašević  57'  67'	Report	Altiparmakovski  43' Mazalović  57' Blažević  60' Čeliković  64'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Dario Bel (Osijek)

Lokomotiva v Rijeka

30 October 2016 14	Lokomotiva	0–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capan  68' Majer  78'	Report	Andrijašević  63' Gorgon  79'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 790 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

Rijeka v Hajduk Split

5 November 2016 15	Rijeka	2–1	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ristovski  33' Elez  66', 75' Mišić  90+3'	Report	Jefferson  49' Futács  60' Memolla  87'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,508 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

Slaven Belupo v Rijeka

20 November 2016 16	Slaven Belupo	0–0	Rijeka	Koprivnica
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Purić  74'	Report	Zuta  22' Maleš  61' Čanađija  90+1' Vešović  90+2' Andrijašević  90+3'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

Rijeka v Cibalia

26 November 2016 17	Rijeka	2–0	Cibalia	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gorgon  17' (pen.) Matei  24' (pen.)	Report	Tomašević  81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,329 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

Dinamo Zagreb v Rijeka

3 December 2016 18	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gojak  31' Jonas  75' Sigali  77'  84'	Report	Mišić  16' Bradarić  45+1' Gorgon  51'  64', 70' Martić  67' Vešović  74' Ristovski  90+6' Prskalo  90+8'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 8,319 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

RNK Split v Rijeka

11 December 2016 19	RNK Split	–	Rijeka	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Park Mladeži

Rijeka v Istra 1961

17 December 2016 20	Rijeka	–	Istra 1961	Rijeka
17:15 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Osijek v Rijeka

18 February 2017 21	Osijek	–	Rijeka	Osijek
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Gradski Vrt

Inter Zaprešić v Rijeka

25 February 2017 22	Inter Zaprešić	–	Rijeka	Zaprešić
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić

Rijeka v Lokomotiva

4 March 2017 23	Rijeka	–	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Hajduk Split v Rijeka

11 March 2017 24	Hajduk Split	–	Rijeka	Split
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Poljud

Rijeka v Slaven Belupo

18 March 2017 25	Rijeka	–	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Cibalia v Rijeka

1 April 2017 26	Cibalia	–	Rijeka	Vinkovci
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: HNK Cibalia

Rijeka v Dinamo Zagreb

8 April 2017 27	Rijeka	–	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Rijeka v RNK Split

15 April 2017 28	Rijeka	–	RNK Split	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Istra 1961 v Rijeka

22 April 2017 29	Istra 1961	–	Rijeka	Pula
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Aldo Drosina

Rijeka v Osijek

26 April 2017 30	Rijeka	–	Osijek	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Rijeka v Inter Zaprešić

29 April 2017 31	Rijeka	–	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Lokomotiva v Rijeka

6 May 2017 32	Lokomotiva	–	Rijeka	Zagreb
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Kranjčevićeva

Rijeka v Hajduk Split

13 May 2017 33	Rijeka	–	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Slaven Belupo v Rijeka

17 May 2017 34	Slaven Belupo	–	Rijeka	Koprivnica
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Gradski

Rijeka v Cibalia

20 May 2017 35	Rijeka	–	Cibalia	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

Dinamo Zagreb v Rijeka

27 May 2017 36	Dinamo Zagreb	–	Rijeka	Zagreb
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Maksimir

Source: Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Cup

Đakovo Croatia v Rijeka

21 September 2016 R1	Đakovo Croatia	0–3	Rijeka	Đakovo
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nikolić  22' Stipanović  32'	Report	Gorgon  25'  45+1' Bradarić  38' Črnic  51' Gavranović  57'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

Rudeš v Rijeka

26 October 2016 R2	Rudeš	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Rijeka	Zagreb
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Topić  53' (pen.)  62' (pen.)  80' (pen.) Borevković  56' Mlakić  64' Barišić  81' Kamenar  89' Hussain  97'	Report	Gavranović  5' (pen.) Mitrović  8'  79' Andrijašević  32' Mišić  81' Šofranac  104' Gorgon  108'	Stadium: Športski Centar Rudeš Attendance: 800 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

Lokomotiva v Rijeka

29 November 2016 QF	Lokomotiva	1–3	Rijeka	Zagreb
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zagorac  41' Capan  59' Çekiçi  74' Maleš  79' (o.g.)	Report	Maleš  21' Matei  31' Ristovski  38' Gorgon  42' (pen.) Handžić  90+2'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 320 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

TBC v TBC

1 March 2017 SF	TBC	–	TBC	TBC
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)

TBC v TBC

15 March 2017 SF	TBC	–	TBC	TBC
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)

Source: Croatian Football Federation

UEFA Europa League

İstanbul Başakşehir v Rijeka

28 July 2016 QR3	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Rijeka	Istanbul, Turkey
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Bradarić  24' Vešović  42'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Attendance: 5,768 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

Rijeka v İstanbul Başakşehir

4 August 2016 QR3	Rijeka	2–2 (2–2 agg.)	İstanbul Başakşehir	Rijeka, Croatia
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mitrović  24' Bezjak  24', 50' (pen.) Gavranović  80'	Report	Uçar  32' Belözoğlu  34' Višća  42', 74' Tekdemir  57' Batdal  80' Ünder  90+2'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,524 Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

Source: uefa.com

Friendlies

Pre-season

Opatija v Rijeka

16 June 2016 Friendly	Opatija	2–7	Rijeka	Opatija
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	T. Rudan  29' Radomir  82' (pen.)	Report	Brezovec  20' Matei  27' Bradarić  41' Solomon  43' Gerald  54', 58' Ajayi  72'	Stadium: Igralište Opatije Attendance: 300 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

Polet Snašići v Rijeka

21 June 2016 Friendly	Polet Snašići	0–9	Rijeka	Snašići, Labin
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Turčin  12' Močinić  13' Ajayi  15', 29', 32' Tomasov  58', 72', 85' Matei  88'	Stadium: Mjesno igralište Attendance: 250 Referee: Sandi Orbanić (Žminj)

Gorica v Rijeka

25 June 2016 Friendly	Gorica	0–0	Rijeka	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: – Referee: Marko Podgoršek (Kranj)

Rijeka v Skënderbeu Korçë

29 June 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	2–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mišić  21' Matei  30'	Report	James  37'	Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: 100 Referee: Andrej Žnjidaršič (Kranj)

Rijeka v Zorya Luhansk

2 July 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kranj, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Lipartia  66'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Attendance: 50 Referee: Nejc Kajtazovič (Kranj)

Rijeka v Aluminij

6 July 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	2–2	Aluminij	Rijeka, Croatia
19:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ajayi  25' Matei  90' (pen.)	Report	Vrbanec  41', 68'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

Rijeka v Koper

9 July 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	2–0	Koper	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović  77' Roshi  86'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 821 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

On-season

Naprijed v Rijeka

16 August 2016 Friendly	Naprijed	2–7	Rijeka	Hreljin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ende  51' Tomić  79'	Report	Handžić  21', 28', 34' Gorgon  39' Vizinger  64', 87' Turčin  90'	Stadium: Igralište Lonja Attendance: 300 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

Grobničan v Rijeka

24 August 2016 Friendly	Grobničan	0–6	Rijeka	Čavle
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Handžić  17' Matei  29' Martić  42' Šantek  48', 57' Rilov  87'	Stadium: Mavrinci Attendance: 400 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

Rijeka v Celje

2 September 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Celje	Rijeka, Croatia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mišić  82'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 500 Referee: Marko Cvijović (Rijeka)

Halubjan v Rijeka

6 September 2016 Friendly	Halubjan	0–4	Rijeka	Viškovo
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gorgon  28' Ajayi  35' Gavranović  70', 84'	Stadium: Igralište Brnasi Attendance: 300 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

Rijeka v Naprijed

19 October 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	6–0	Naprijed	Rijeka
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Handžić  30', 30', 40' Črnic  36', 64' Lepinjica  85'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 300 Referee: Marko Cvijović (Rijeka)

Rijeka v Grobničan

9 November 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	9–1	Grobničan	Rijeka
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matei  17', 21' Handžić  20', 33' Andrijašević  25' Turčin  58', 73', 86', 89'	Report	Prtenjača  68'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 300 Referee: Marko Cvijović (Rijeka)

Rijeka v Krk

15 November 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	4–0	Krk	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gorgon  50' (pen.) Matei  56', 77' Handžić  68'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 300 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

Player seasonal records

Updated 3 December 2016. Competitive matches only.

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Alexander Gorgon	8	–	3	11
2	Roman Bezjak	7	2	–	9
3	Mario Gavranović	6	–	2	8
4	Franko Andrijašević	5	–	1	6
5	Josip Elez	2	–	–	2
	Florentin Matei	2	–	–	2
	Marko Vešović	2	–	–	2
	Matic Črnic	1	–	1	2
	Matej Mitrović	1	–	1	2
10	Josip Mišić	1	–	–	1
	Marin Tomasov	1	–	–	1
	Mate Maleš	–	–	1	1
	Stefan Ristovski	–	–	1	1
	Aleksandar Šofranac	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		36	2	11	49

Source: Competitive matches

Assists

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Stefan Ristovski	6	–	–	6
	Marko Vešović	4	1	1	6
3	Josip Mišić	4	–	1	5
	Filip Bradarić	2	–	3	5
5	Mario Gavranović	3	1	–	4
	Florentin Matei	3	–	1	4
7	Franko Andrijašević	2	–	–	2
	Roman Bezjak	2	–	–	2
	Josip Elez	2	–	–	2
	Marin Tomasov	2	–	–	2
11	Mate Maleš	1	–	–	1
	Odise Roshi	1	–	–	1
	Haris Handžić	–	–	1	1
	Leonard Zuta	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		32	2	8	42

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Andrej Prskalo	12	1	–	13
2	Simon Sluga	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		12	1	1	14

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Player	1. HNL			Europe			Croatian Cup			Total
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW	Roman Bezjak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	DF	Matej Mitrović	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	DF	Josip Elez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
22	DF	Aleksandar Šofranac	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Franko Andrijašević	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
26	MF	Mate Maleš	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
27	MF	Josip Mišić	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
99	FW	Haris Handžić	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS			29	1	1	4	0	0	6	0	0	39	1	1

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			Total		1. HNL[n 1]		Europa League[n 1]		Croatian Cup[n 1]
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	19	0	0+15	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	22	1	17+0	0	2+0	0	1+2	1
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	23	0	17+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	16	2	8+4	2	0+2	0	2+0	0
11	MF	Matic Črnic	7	2	1+4	1	0+0	0	1+1	1
12	GK	Simon Sluga	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	Matej Mitrović	23	2	18+0	1	2+0	0	3+0	1
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	18	8	13+1	6	2+0	0	1+1	2
18	MF	Josip Elez	19	2	16+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	14	11	9+2	8	0+0	0	3+0	3
21	FW	Goodness Ajayi	6	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	Aleksandar Šofranac	6	1	2+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
23	MF	Franko Andrijašević	12	6	11+0	5	0+0	0	1+0	1
26	MF	Mate Maleš	15	1	10+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	1
27	MF	Josip Mišić	22	1	12+5	1	1+1	0	2+1	0
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	21	0	17+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	21	2	16+1	2	2+0	0	2+0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	21	0	18+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	8	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
99	FW	Haris Handžić	7	0	1+2	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
7	MF	Marin Tomasov	4	1	2+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	Roman Bezjak	9	9	7+0	7	2+0	2	0+0	0
16	MF	Ivan Močinić	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	Odise Roshi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Captains

Only starts as captain are included.

No.	Player	1. HNL	Europe	Cup	Total
26	Mate Maleš	10	2	1	13
32	Andrej Prskalo	8	–	–	8
28	Filip Bradarić	–	–	2	2

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Competition	Player	Games Missed	Reason
13 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Mate Maleš	1
5 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Stefan Ristovski
	1. HNL	Josip Mišić
20 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Marko Vešović
	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević	3
3 Dec 2016	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon	1

Penalties

For
Date	Competition	Player	Opposition	Scored?
4 Aug 2016	UEL	Roman Bezjak	Başakşehir
7 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Mario Gavranović	Inter Zaprešić	N
21 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Roman Bezjak	Hajduk Split
27 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Roman Bezjak	Slaven Belupo
11 Sep 2016	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon	Cibalia	N
26 Oct 2016	Cup	Mario Gavranović	Rudeš
26 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon	Cibalia
	1. HNL	Florentin Matei
29 Nov 2016	Cup	Alexander Gorgon	Lokomotiva
Against
Date	Competition	Goalkeeper	Opposition	Scored?
7 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Andrej Prskalo	Inter Zaprešić
21 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Andrej Prskalo	Hajduk Split
26 Oct 2016	Cup	Simon Sluga	Rudeš
	Cup	Simon Sluga
	Cup	Simon Sluga

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall	1. HNL	Croatian Cup	Europa League
Most appearances	Mitrović & Zuta (23)	Mitrović, Prskalo & Zuta (18)	7 players (3)	13 players (2)
Most starts	Mitrović (23)	Mitrović & Prskalo (18)	Bradarić, Gorgon, Mitrović & Zuta (3)	10 players (2)
Most substitute appearances	Čanađija (17)	Čanađija (15)	Ristovski (2)	Handžić & Matei (2)
Most minutes played	Mitrović (2,100)	Mitrović & Prskalo (1,620)	Bradarić, Mitrović & Zuta (300)	7 players (180)
Top goalscorer	Gorgon (11)	Gorgon (8)	Gorgon (3)	Bezjak (2)
Most assists	Ristovski & Vešović (6)	Ristovski (6)	Bradarić (3)	Gavranović & Vešović (1)
Most yellow cards	Mišić & Vešović (5)	Maleš, Mišić, Ristovski & Vešović (4)	6 players (1)	4 players (1)
Most red cards	Andrijašević & Gorgon (1)	Andrijašević & Gorgon (1)	–	–
Last updated: 3 December 2016.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Type	Fee
14 Jun 2016	LB	Jamilu Collins	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
14 Jun 2016	CF	Filip Dangubić	Krka	Return from loan	N/A
14 Jun 2016	GK	David Nwolokor	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
14 Jun 2016	AM	Aliyu Okechukwu	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
14 Jun 2016	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Široki Brijeg	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	Krka	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	LW	Anas Sharbini	Osmanlıspor	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	CB	Jozo Špikić	Široki Brijeg	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Cibalia	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	CM	Damir Zlomislić	Istra 1961	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CM	Dario Čanađija	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CB	Niko Datković	Lugano	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CF	Andrija Filipović	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	RB	Mato Miloš	Perugia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CM	Josip Mišić	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	GK	Simon Sluga	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
1 Jul 2016	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2017)	N/A
1 Jul 2016	RW	Marko Vešović	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2017)	N/A
11 Jul 2016	CB	Josip Elez	Lazio	Loan (until 30/6/2017; option to buy)	N/A
12 Jul 2016	CB	Aleksandar Šofranac	Sutjeska	Transfer	Free
19 Jul 2016	CF	Haris Handžić	Ufa	Transfer	Free
29 Jul 2016	AM	Franko Andrijašević	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Free
2 Aug 2016	RB	Ivan Martić	Spezia	Transfer	Free
16 Aug 2016	RW	Alexander Gorgon	Austria Wien	Transfer	Free
30 Aug 2016	LW	Matic Črnic	Domžale	Transfer	€500,000

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Type	Fee
31 May 2016	RB	Aleš Mejač	Maribor	End of loan	N/A
11 Jun 2016	CB	Fausto Budicin	N/A	Retirement	N/A
16 Jun 2016	CM	Asmir Kajević	Čukarički	Transfer	Free
24 Jun 2016	AM	Aliyu Okechukwu	RNK Split	Transfer	Free
28 Jun 2016	CF	Bekim Balaj	Terek Grozny	Transfer	€1.3 million
30 Jun 2016	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CB	Miral Samardžić	Henan Jianye	Transfer	€1.35 million
30 Jun 2016	GK	Ivan Vargić	Lazio	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	RB	Marko Vešović	Spezia	End of loan	N/A
6 Jul 2016	CM	Josip Brezovec	Sheriff Tiraspol	Transfer	€250,000
7 Jul 2016	LB	Jamilu Collins	Istra 1961	Loan (until 15/6/2017)	N/A
7 Jul 2016	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Sheriff Tiraspol	Loan (until 15/6/2017; option to buy)	N/A
8 Jul 2016	CF	Filip Dangubić	Krško	Loan (until 29/6/2017)	N/A
15 Jul 2016	GK	David Nwolokor	Vitez	Loan (until 15/6/2017)	N/A
20 Jul 2016	CM	Ivan Močinić	Rapid Wien	Transfer	€2 million
25 Jul 2016	CB	Marko Lešković	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	€2 million
26 Jul 2016	RW	Odise Roshi	Terek Grozny	Transfer	€500,000
26 Jul 2016	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Istra 1961	Loan (until 15/6/2017)	N/A
28 Jul 2016	CM	Damir Zlomislić	Gaziantep BB	Transfer	€50,000
1 Aug 2016	GK	Ayotunde Ikuepamitan	Šibenik	Loan (until 15/6/2017)	N/A
4 Aug 2016	RB	Mihael Rebernik	Aluminij	Loan (until 14/6/2017)	N/A
11 Aug 2016	LB	Yusuf Musa	Šibenik	Transfer	Free
12 Aug 2016	RW	Marin Tomasov	Al-Nassr	Loan (until 30/6/2017; option to buy for €2 mil.)	€800,000
16 Aug 2016	CF	Mate Bajić	Val	Transfer	Free
24 Aug 2016	CB	Jozo Špikić	Imotski	Transfer	Free
30 Aug 2016	CF	Roman Bezjak	Darmstadt 98	Transfer	€2.5 million
31 Aug 2016	CB	Niko Datković	Spezia	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2016	CF	Andrija Filipović	Siena	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2016	RB	Mato Miloš	Istra 1961	Loan (until 14/6/2017; option to buy)	N/A
31 Aug 2016	LB	Mateo Bertoša	Istra 1961	Transfer	Free
TBC	RM	Vedran Jugović	Jeonnam	Transfer	€500,000

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €500,000
Income: €11,250,000
Expenditure: €10,750,000

Notes

1. First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

References

1. "Gledatelji po klubovima 2016-2017". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
2. "Players on Loan". HNK Rijeka.
3. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo MAXtv Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2016/2017" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 6 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.