| Season: | 2004–05 |
| Chairman: | Robert Ježić |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1 Result: | Winners |
| Cup2 Result: | Qualifying Round 2 |
| League Topscorer: | Tomislav Erceg (17) |
| Season Topscorer: | Tomislav Erceg (26) |
| Highest Attendance: | 8,000 vs Hajduk Split (12 March 2005 - Prva HNL) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 500 vs Crikvenica (26 October 2004 - Croatian Cup) |
| Average Attendance: | 3,813[1] |
| Nextseason: | 2005–06 |
The 2004–05 season was the 59th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 14th season in the Prva HNL and 31st successive top tier season.
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Prva HNL | 24 July 2004 | 28 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 4th | ||||||||
| Croatian Cup | 22 September 2004 | 25 May 2005 | First round | Winner | ||||||||
| UEFA Cup | 12 August 2004 | 26 August 2004 | QR2 | QR2 | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||
See main article: 2004–05 Prva HNL.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Jul | A | 2 – 1 | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 2 | 31 Jul | H | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 3 | 7 Aug | A | 0 – 0 | 2,200 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 4 | 16 Aug | H | 2 – 0 | 2,500 | Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 5 | 21 Aug | A | 1 – 1 | 5,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 6 | 29 Aug | H | 4 – 0 | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 7 | 11 Sep | A | 0 – 2 | 2,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 8 | 18 Sep | A | 0 – 0 | 3,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 9 | 25 Sep | H | 2 – 0 | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 10 | 2 Oct | A | 0 – 2 | 5,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 11 | 16 Oct | H | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 12 | 23 Oct | H | 3 – 1 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 13 | 30 Oct | A | Kamen Ingrad | 2 – 3 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 14 | 6 Nov | H | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 15 | 13 Nov | A | 2 – 2 | 800 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 16 | 20 Nov | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 – 2 | 5,000 | Dunković, Linić, Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com | |
| 17 | 27 Nov | A | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 18 | 4 Dec | H | 3 – 0 | 5,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 19 | 26 Feb | H | 1 – 1 | 4,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 20 | 5 Mar | A | 2 – 2 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 21 | 12 Mar | H | 2 – 0 | 8,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 22 | 19 Mar | A | 1 – 2 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 23 | 2 Apr | H | 1 – 1 | 3,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 24 | 9 Apr | A | 1 – 1 | 15,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 25 | 16 Apr | H | 4 – 2 | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 26 | 23 Apr | H | 0 – 0 | 5,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 27 | 30 Apr | A | 2 – 3 | 3,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 28 | 7 May | A | 1 – 3 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 29 | 14 May | H | 1 – 1 | 7,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 30 | 18 May | A | 1 – 2 | 600 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 31 | 21 May | A | 1 – 1 | 1,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 32 | 28 May | H | 3 – 3 | 5,000 | Linić, Katulić (2) | HRnogomet.com |
See main article: 2004–05 Croatian Cup.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 22 Sep | A | Rudeš | 4 – 1 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| R2 | 26 Oct | H | Crikvenica | 2 – 1 | 500 | Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com | |
| QF | 8 Mar | H | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 1 | 1,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| QF | 16 Mar | A | Slaven Belupo | 2 – 2 | 2,200 | Mitu (2) | HRnogomet.com | |
| SF | 20 Apr | H | 3 – 2 | 1,500 | Knežević, Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| SF | 27 Apr | A | 3 – 2 | 3,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 1 May | H | 2 – 1 | 7,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||||
| 25 May | A | 1 – 0 | 20,000 | HRnogomet.com |
See main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR2 | 12 Aug | A | Gençlerbirliği  | 0 – 1 | 8,000 | HRnogomet.com | ||
| QR2 | 26 Aug | H | Gençlerbirliği | 2 – 1 | 7,000 | Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com |
Competitive matches only.
Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.
| Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
| 18 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 24 (0) | 0 | |
| 14 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 18 (0) | 0 | |
 | 30 (0) | 3 | 6 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 38 (0) | 4 |
| 19 (2) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 23 (3) | 1 | |
| 29 (2) | 6 | 8 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 39 (2) | 7 | |
 | 27 (2) | 1 | 5 (1) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 34 (3) | 1 |
| 10 (13) | 2 | 6 (1) | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 16 (16) | 3 | |
| 20 (3) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 25 (4) | 0 | |
| 26 (1) | 2 | 8 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 36 (1) | 3 | |
| 24 (2) | 0 | 8 (0) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 33 (2) | 2 | |
| 15 (7) | 3 | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 17 (9) | 3 | |
| 9 (3) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 11 (3) | 1 | |
| 1 (11) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (13) | 1 | |
| 12 (2) | 2 | 6 (0) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 18 (2) | 6 | |
| 31 (1) | 17 | 8 (0) | 7 | 2 (0) | 2 | 41 (1) | 26 | |
| 25 (2) | 5 | 3 (1) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 30 (3) | 5 | |
| 7 (15) | 5 | 3 (4) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 10 (20) | 6 | |
| 14 (11) | 2 | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 18 (14) | 2 | |
| 10 (3) | 1 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 14 (5) | 1 | |
| 8 (4) | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 12 (6) | 0 | |
| 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | |
| 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | |
| 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | |