1982–83 NK Rijeka season explained

The 1982–83 season was the 37th season in Rijeka’s history and their 21st season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 12th place finish in the 1981–82 season meant it was their ninth 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	15 August 1982	26 June 1983	Matchday 1	15th
Yugoslav Cup	26 October 1982	27 April 1983	First round	Semifinal
Total

Yugoslav First League

Results by round

Matches

First League

See main article: 1982–83 Yugoslav First League.

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers
1	15 Aug	A	Budućnost	5 – 1	4,000	Tomić (2), Desnica (2), Malbaša
2	22 Aug	H	Red Star	1 – 0	12,000	Desnica
3	29 Aug	A	Partizan	0 – 2	12,000
4	1 Sep	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	12,000	Tomić
5	5 Sep	A	Velež	1 – 3	3,000	Lukić
6	12 Sep	H	Osijek	5 – 2	4,000	Lukić, Gračan, Malbaša, Desnica, Fegic
7	19 Sep	A	Sarajevo	1 – 2	8,000	Malbaša
8	26 Sep	A	Sloboda	1 – 1	4,000	Fegic
9	3 Oct	H	Vardar	1 – 2	3,000	Ćelović
10	7 Oct	A	Vojvodina	2 – 4	3,000	Desnica, Malbaša
11	17 Oct	H	Galenika	3 – 2	2,000	Tomić (2), Gračan
12	24 Oct	A	OFK Beograd	2 – 2	1,028	Desnica, Tomić
13	31 Oct	H	Radnički Niš	1 – 1	2,000	Fegic
14	7 Nov	A	Dinamo Vinkovci	1 – 3	2,000	Lukić
15	20 Nov	H	Željezničar	0 – 1	1,500
16	28 Nov	A	Olimpija	1 – 1	1,000	Radin
17	5 Dec	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	12,000	o.g.
18	6 Mar	H	Budućnost	2 – 0	4,000	Lukić, Desnica
19	13 Mar	A	Red Star	1 – 2	15,000	Desnica
20	20 Mar	H	Partizan	2 – 2	12,000	Gračan, Matrljan
21	27 Mar	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 1	8,000
22	3 Apr	H	Velež	2 – 1	3,000	Ružić, Kustudić
23	10 Apr	A	Osijek	0 – 2	5,000
24	13 Apr	H	Sarajevo	3 – 0	3,000	Milenković, Ćelović, Ružić
25	16 Apr	H	Sloboda	1 – 1	2,000	Matrljan
26	1 May	A	Vardar	0 – 1	5,000
27	8 May	H	Vojvodina	0 – 0	3,000
28	15 May	A	Galenika	1 – 3	1,500	Desnica
29	22 May	H	OFK Beograd	2 – 0	4,500	Gračan, Ružić
30	29 May	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 2	7,000	Malbaša
31	4 Jun	H	Dinamo Vinkovci	6 – 3	3,000	Matrljan (2), Gračan, Malbaša, Škerjanc, o.g.
32	12 Jun	A	Željezničar	0 – 3	1,500
33	19 Jun	H	Olimpija	2 – 1	3,000	Desnica, Ružić
34	26 Jun	A	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	15,000	Desnica

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

See main article: 1982–83 Yugoslav Cup.

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	26 Oct	A	Viko-Omladinac	4 – 0	Gračan, Desnica, Matrljan, Juričić
R2	10 Nov	A	Red Star	3 – 1	Lukić, Desnica, Gračan
QF	23 Mar	H	Vojvodina	1 – 0	o.g.
SF	27 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 3	Lukić

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
	16 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	18 (0)	0
	32 (0)	1	4 (0)	0	36 (0)	1
	32 (0)	1	3 (0)	0	35 (0)	1
	32 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	36 (0)	0
	8 (14)	2	1 (1)	0	9 (15)	2
	32 (0)	0	4 (0)	1	36 (0)	1
	32 (1)	11	3 (1)	2	35 (2)	13
	31 (0)	5	4 (0)	2	35 (0)	7
	15 (0)	3	2 (0)	0	17 (0)	3
	17 (1)	4	2 (0)	0	19 (1)	4
	9 (3)	6	0 (0)	0	9 (3)	6
	25 (3)	4	2 (0)	2	27 (3)	6
	7 (1)	0	3 (0)	0	10 (1)	0
	11 (9)	4	2 (1)	1	13 (10)	5
	30 (1)	6	3 (1)	0	33 (2)	6
	13 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	13 (4)	0
	8 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	9 (0)	0
	10 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	11 (0)	0
	1 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (2)	0
	5 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (2)	0
	0 (8)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (8)	0
	1 (2)	1	1 (0)	0	2 (2)	1
	3 (3)	0	1 (0)	0	4 (3)	0
	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
	0 (7)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (7)	0
	3 (3)	1	0 (0)	0	3 (3)	1

See also

• 1982–83 Yugoslav First League
• 1982–83 Yugoslav Cup

References

• Book: Almanah Jugoslavenskog Fudbala 1978–86. . Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86. sh.
• Book: Lazzarich, Marinko . Kantrida bijelih snova. Adamić . 2008. Rijeka. hr. 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

• 1982–83 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1982.-83. at nk-rijeka.hr