NK Rijeka 896129 225242628 2008-07-12T17:28:48Z Malez 2765092 {{Football club infobox | clubname = HNK Rijeka | <!-- an image is optional, but should be about 100px wide --> image = [[Image:HNK Rijeka's Logo.gif|100px|logo]] | fullname = Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Rijeka | nickname = Galebovi s Kvarnera<br>''(The [[Kvarner Gulf|Kvarner]] [[Gull|Seagulls]])'' | founded = [[1925]] (''as U.S. Fiumana'')<br/>[[1946]] (''as Kvarner'')<br/>[[1954]] (''as HNK Rijeka'') | ground = [[Kantrida Stadium]], [[Rijeka]], [[Croatia]] | capacity = 12,000 | chairman = {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Robert Ježić]] | manager = {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mladen Ivančić]] | league = [[Prva HNL]] | season = [[Prva HNL 2007-08|2007-08]] | position = Prva HNL, 4th | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_hnk_rijeka|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=_whiteborder |pattern_b2=_hnk_rijeka_away|pattern_ra2=_whiteborder | leftarm2=54A3EC|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=54A3EC|shorts2=54A3EC|socks2=54A3EC| }} '''HNK Rijeka''' is a [[Croatia]]n [[football (soccer)|football]] club, from [[Rijeka]] on the Croatian coast. ==History== The club was founded in [[1925 in football (soccer)|1925]] as '''Unione Sportiva Fiumana'''. Fiumana played in the First Division (''Prima divisione''), which was the second level of the [[Italian Football Championship]], and reached the National Division (''Divisione Nazionale''), the first level of Italian [[football (soccer)|football]] in [[1928 in football (soccer)|1928]]. After 1929, it competed in [[Serie B]] in the [[1929]]-[[1930]] and [[1941]]-[[1942]] seasons. The club was renamed Kvarner in [[1946]], due to [[Rijeka]] (''Fiume'' at the time) passing from [[Italy]] to [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. During its early period in Yugoslavia, the club had moderate success in various [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] and local club championships. It changed its name to "Rijeka" on [[June 3]], [[1954]], and advanced to the [[Yugoslav First League]] in the 1957/58 season. It remained in the top tier until the 1969/70 season, when it was demoted to the Second League. It topped that league many times but it was until 1973/74 when it would return to the First League, where it would remain until the breakup of Yugoslavia. Rijeka won the Yugoslav Cup in [[1978 in football (soccer)|1978]] and [[1979 in football (soccer)|1979]], was a runner-up in 1987, won the Croatian Cup in 2005 and in 2006, and participated several times in various [[UEFA]] championships. Although it has never advanced to the final stages of the competition, Rijeka has topped and shocked some of the biggest clubs in the history of soccer on its home field during the 1980s, including [[Real Madrid]] and [[Juventus]]. Rijeka has been playing in the [[Prva HNL]] since the independence of Croatia in 1991, generally finishing near the top. Notably it finished second in 1999 and 2006 and third in 2004. Due to many format changes of the league, Rijeka has played more games in the competition than any other team. In the 2004/2005 season, its player [[Tomislav Erceg]] was the top scorer of the Prva HNL with 17 goals. ==Colours and badge== NK Rijeka colours are white and sky-blue. ==Stadium== NK Rijeka plays their home matches on [[Kantrida Stadium]], or just simply Kantrida, it can hold 11,000 spectators. ==Supporters== The fans are known as [[Armada Rijeka]]. == Current squad == {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Croatia|name=[[Velimir Radman]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=Croatia|name=[[Deni Erceg]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Croatia|name=[[Denis Ljubović]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Croatia|name=[[Duje Baković]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=[[Igor Čagalj]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=[[Alen Škoro]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Croatia|name=[[Ahmad Sharbini]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Croatia|name=[[Anas Sharbini]]|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (football)|captain]]}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=Croatia|name=[[Andrej Prskalo]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=Croatia|name=[[Hrvoje Štrok]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Croatia|name=[[Fausto Budicin]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Croatia|name=[[Damir Kreilach]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=Croatia|name=[[Ivan Butorac]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Croatia|name=[[Sandi Križman]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=Croatia|name=[[Alen Pamić]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=MNE|name=[[Radomir Đalović]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=BIH|name=[[Nedim Halilović]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=CRO|name=[[Dario Bodrušić]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Croatia|name=[[Nikola Šafarić]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Croatia|name=[[Vedran Turkalj]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=Croatia|name=[[Mario Tadejević]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=TBD|nat=Croatia|name=[[Darko Miladin]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=TBD|nat=Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=[[Davor Landeka]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=TBD|nat=Argentina|name=[[Ramon Fernandez (footballer)|Ramon Fernandez]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=TBD|nat=Croatia|name=[[Valentino Stepčić]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}} == Summer transfers 2008 == '''In:''' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Andrej Prskalo]] - ''back from loan at [[NK Orijent]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Alen Pamić]] - ''back from loan at [[NK Karlovac]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Sandi Križman]] - ''back from loan at [[NK Karlovac]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mario Tadejović]] - ''back from loan at [[NK Karlovac]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Valentino Stepčić]] - ''back from loan at [[NK Karlovac]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Dario Bodrušić]] - ''[[KS Dinamo Tirana|Dinamo Tirana]]'' * {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Nedim Halilović]] - ''[[Örebro SK]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ahmad Sharbini]] - ''[[FC Lucerne]]'' * {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Davor Landeka]] - ''[[HŠK Zrinjski Mostar]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Darko Miladin]] - ''[[Ergotelis F.C.]]'' * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ramon Fernandez (footballer)|Ramon Fernandez]] - ''[[Estudiantes de la Plata]]'' '''Out:''' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Dario Jertec]] - ''loan ended from [[NK Dinamo Zagreb]]'' * {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Andre Luiz Cordosa Ferreira|Andre Luiz]] - ''loan ended from [[FC Santo André ]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Luka Vučko]] - ''[[Eskişehirspor]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Filip Marčić]] - ''[[FC Midtjylland]]'' * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Ivanov (footballer)|Georgi Ivanov]] - ''[[PFC Levski Sofia]]'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Nino Bule]] - ''released'' * {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Dragan Žilić]] - ''transfer listed'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Zedi Ramadani]] - ''transfer listed'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ivan Božić]] - ''transfer listed'' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mateo Bartoša]] - ''transfer listed'' ==Noted players== *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Josip Skoblar]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Mladen Mladenović]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Dubravko Pavličić]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Mauro Ravnić]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Danijel Šarić]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Davor Vugrinec]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Damir Desnica]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Elvis Brajković]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Nenad Gračan]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Saša Peršon]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Mario Tokić]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Boško Balaban]] *[[Image:Flag of Hungary.svg|20px|Hungarian]] [[Barnabas Stipanovics]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Janko Janković]] *[[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px|Slovenian]] [[Matjaž Florjančič]] *[[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px|Slovenian]] [[Adrijan Fegic]] *[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px|German]] [[Fredi Bobic]] *[[Image:Flag of Romania.svg|20px|Romanian]] [[Dumitru Mitu]] *[[Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg|20px|Bosnian]] [[Elvir Bolić]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Igor Budan]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Dario Knežević]] *{{Flagicon|Italy|old}} [[Rodolfo Volk]] ==Noted Managers== *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Nenad Gračan]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Elvis Scoria]] *[[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|Croatian]] [[Zlatko Dalić]] ==Honours== *{{sport honours|[[Yugoslav Cup]]|2| 1978, 1979}} *{{sport honours|[[Croatian Cup]]|2| 2005, 2006}} *{{sport honours|[[Balkans Cup]]|1| 1978}} *3 times best club from Croatia in Yugoslav First Division ([[1965]], [[1984]], [[1987]]) *7 times second best club from Croatia in Yugoslav First Division ==Records== ==Notable games== In the 1984/85 season, Rijeka played 2nd stage of UEFA Cup against [[Real Madrid]]. In the first leg at Kantrida, Real had to admit the superiority of Rijeka with the result 3:1. On the second game in Madrid, the controversial decisions of Belgian referee Schoeters helped Real knock Rijeka out of the competition. Schoeters pointed to the spot in 67th minute after fictional penalty situation and even showed 3 strange red cards to Rijeka players, the result was 3:0 for Real. That helped the obviously weaker Real to continue competition. In the 1998/99 season, Rijeka battled for first place in the league with [[Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]] until the end of the last game. According to wide-spread opinion, Rijeka lost the title due to the unfair judging, which was a product of the fact that Croatia Zagreb was then viewed as a state-club and a must-be-champion. ==External links== *[http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/ NK Rijeka official website] *[http://www.armada-rijeka.hr/ Armada Rijeka official website] *[http://www.forza-fiume.com/ HNK Rijeka fansite] {{fb start}} {{Croatian First Division}} {{Intertoto Cup 2008}} {{Prva HNL seasons}} {{fb end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rijeka}} [[Category:Croatian football clubs]] [[Category:Yugoslav football clubs]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1946]] [[Category:Italian football (soccer) First Division clubs]] [[Category:Serie B clubs]] [[Category:Rijeka]] [[Category:NK Rijeka]] [[Category:Former Italian football clubs]] [[bs:HNK Rijeka]] [[ca:HNK Rijeka]] [[de:HNK Rijeka]] [[el:Φ.Κ. 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