2017–18 HNK Rijeka season explained

The 2017–18 season was the 72nd season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It was their 27th successive season in the Croatian First Football League, and 44th successive top tier season.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
HT Prva liga	15 Jul 2017	19 May 2018	Matchday 1	align=left bgcolor=Silver	Runners-up
Croatian Cup	20 Sep 2017	4 Apr 2018	First round	Semi-final
UEFA Champions League	11 Jul 2017	22 Aug 2017	Second qualifying round	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	14 Sep 2017	7 Dec 2017	Group stage	Group stage
Total

Last updated: 19 May 2018.

HT Prva liga

See main article: 2017–18 Croatian First Football League.

Results by opponent

Team	Results				Points
	width=40	1	width=40	2		width=40	3	width=40	4
	7–0	2–1	5–1	0–0	10
	0–2	1–3	4–1	1–0	6
	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	7
	3–1	0–0	3–0	5–1	10
	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	9
	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	6
	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	3
	4–1	5–1	3–0	2–4	9
	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	10

Source: 2017–18 Croatian First Football League article

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

See main article: article.

Matches

HT Prva liga

See main article: article and 2017–18 Croatian First Football League. Source: Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Cup

See main article: article and 2017–18 Croatian Football Cup.

Source: Croatian Football Federation

UEFA Champions League

See main article: article and 2017–18 UEFA Champions League. Source: uefa.com

UEFA Europa League

See main article: article and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. Source: uefa.com

Friendlies

On-season (2018)

Player seasonal records

Updated 19 May 2018. Competitive matches only.

Goals

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=60	1. HNL	width=60	Europe	width=60	Cup	width=60 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Héber	16	1	–	17
2	Mario Gavranović	7	6	2	15
3	Jakov Puljić	8	1	2	11
4	Alexander Gorgon	7	3	–	10
5	Maxwell Acosty	6	1	–	7
	Domagoj Pavičić	5	1	1	7
7	Antonio Čolak	6	–	–	6
	Zoran Kvržić	4	1	1	6
9	Filip Bradarić	3	–	–	3
	Josip Mišić	2	1	–	3
	Florentin Matei	1	2	–	3
12	Matic Črnic	2	–	–	2
	Marko Vešović	2	–	–	2
	Leonard Zuta	2	–	–	2
	Josip Elez	–	2	–	2
	Matej Jelić	–	–	2	2
17	Roberto Punčec	1	–	–	1
	Dario Župarić	1	–	–	1
	Stefan Ristovski	–	1	–	1
Own goals	2	–	–	2
TOTALS		75	20	8	103

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=60	1. HNL	width=60	Europe	width=60	Cup	width=60 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Simon Sluga	10	3	–	13
2	Andrej Prskalo	3	–	1	4
TOTALS		13	3	1	17

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Number	width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Position	width=180 rowspan="2" align="center"	Player	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	1. HNL	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	Europe	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	Cup	width=140 colspan="3" align="center" style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
4	DF	Roberto Punčec	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
7	MF	Zoran Kvržić	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
9	FW	Héber	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	GK	Simon Sluga	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	1
14	MF	Maxwell Acosty	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
18	DF	Josip Elez	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
21	FW	Jakov Puljić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF	Damjan Đoković	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
26	DF	Marin Leovac	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
26	MF	Mate Maleš	3	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
27	MF	Josip Mišić	4	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	1
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	0
29	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
35	DF	Charalampos Mavrias	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
90	FW	Matej Jelić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
TOTALS			65	5	1	24	1	1	7	1	0	96	7	2

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Appearances and goals

width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Number	width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Position	width=180 rowspan="2" align="center"	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Total	1. HNL	Europe	Croatian Cup
3	DF	Jason Davidson	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
4	DF	Roberto Punčec	33	1	+1	1	+2	0	+0	0
6	DF	João Escoval	7	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	7	1	+0	0	+0	1	+0	0
7	MF	Zoran Kvržić	43	6	+13	4	+4	1	+2	1
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	49	2	+1	2	+1	0	+0	0
9	FW	Héber	33	17	+5	16	+1	1	+0	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	14	3	+3	1	+4	2	+0	0
10	FW	Valeri Bojinov	2	0	+1	0	+0	0	+1	0
11	MF	Matic Črnic	26	2	+13	2	+6	0	+0	0
12	GK	Simon Sluga	39	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
13	DF	Dario Župarić	46	1	+0	1	+0	0	+0	0
14	MF	Maxwell Acosty	31	7	+5	6	+2	1	+2	0
15	MF	Srđan Grahovac	15	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
17	FW	Antonio Čolak	16	6	+2	6	+0	0	+0	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	29	15	+3	7	+1	6	+1	2
18	MF	Josip Elez	26	2	+2	0	+0	2	+1	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	35	10	+5	7	+0	3	+1	0
21	FW	Jakov Puljić	32	11	+16	8	+2	1	+0	2
21	FW	Goodness Ajayi	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
23	MF	Damjan Đoković	3	0	+1	0	+1	0	+0	0
24	MF	Domagoj Pavičić	34	7	+6	5	+1	1	+0	1
26	DF	Marin Leovac	10	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
26	MF	Mate Maleš	28	0	+4	0	+4	0	+1	0
27	MF	Josip Mišić	32	3	+2	2	+0	1	+0	0
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	42	3	+2	3	+0	0	+1	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	29	2	+2	2	+0	0	+0	0
29	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	8	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
31	MF	Luka Capan	11	0	+7	0	+0	0	+0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	14	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
35	DF	Charalampos Mavrias	10	0	+2	0	+1	0	+1	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	7	0	+3	0	+1	0	+0	0
77	MF	Milan Ristovski	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
90	FW	Matej Jelić	12	2	+4	0	+3	0	+1	2
99	MF	Jasmin Čeliković	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Suspensions

width=90	Date Incurred	width=90	Competition	width=140	Player	width=60	Games Missed	width=60	Reason
15 Jul 2017	1. HNL	Filip Bradarić	1
7 Aug 2017	1. HNL	Marko Vešović
	1. HNL	Mate Maleš
16 Aug 2017	UCL	Leonard Zuta
14 Oct 2017	1. HNL	Josip Elez
22 Oct 2017	1. HNL	Josip Mišić
	1. HNL	Marko Vešović
28 Oct 2017	1. HNL	Mate Maleš
	1. HNL	Zoran Kvržić
2 Nov 2017	UEL	Josip Mišić	3
5 Nov 2017	1. HNL	Dario Župarić	1
2 Dec 2017	1. HNL	Domagoj Pavičić
	1. HNL	Leonard Zuta
	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon
10 Dec 2017	1. HNL	Roberto Punčec
17 Feb 2018	1. HNL	Dario Župarić
11 Mar 2018	1. HNL	Filip Bradarić
18 Mar 2018	1. HNL	Marin Leovac
31 Mar 2018	1. HNL	Roberto Punčec
	1. HNL	Antonio Čolak
4 Apr 2018	Cup	Filip Bradarić	3
13 Apr 2018	1. HNL	Dario Župarić	1

Penalties

For
width=90	Date	width=70	Competition	width=150	Player	width=90	Opposition	width=50	Scored?
19 Aug 2017	1. HNL	Florentin Matei	Lokomotiva
28 Sep 2017	UEL	Josip Elez	Milan
2 Dec 2017	1. HNL	Mario Gavranović	Hajduk Split
18 Mar 2018	1. HNL	Antonio Čolak	Cibalia
Against
width=90	Date	width=70	Competition	width=150	Goalkeeper	width=90	Opposition	width=50	Scored?
7 Aug 2017	1. HNL	Simon Sluga	Osijek
11 Aug 2017	1. HNL	Simon Sluga	Dinamo Zagreb
17 Feb 2018	1. HNL	Simon Sluga	Osijek
31 March 2018	1. HNL	Simon Sluga	Hajduk Split
8 April 2018	1. HNL	Simon Sluga	Slaven Belupo
13 April 2018	1. HNL	Simon Sluga	Rudeš

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall
Most appearances	Zuta (49)	Zuta (35)	Vešović & Župarić (12)	Kvržić & Zuta (4)
Most starts	Zuta (47)	Zuta (34)	Vešović & Župarić (12)	Zuta (4)
Most substitute appearances	Črnic & Kvržić (19)	Puljić (16)	Črnic (6)	Acosty & Kvržić (2)
Most minutes played	Zuta (4,219)	Zuta (3,066)	Župarić (1,080)	Zuta (360)
Top goalscorer	Héber (17)	Héber (16)	Gavranović (6)	Gavranović, Jelić & Puljić (2)
Most assists	Pavičić (12)	Pavičić (10)	Bradarić & Ristovski (3)	Gavranović (2)
Most yellow cards	Bradarić & Maleš (10)	Župarić (7)	Maleš (4)	Bradarić (2)
Most red cards	Bradarić & Župarić (2)	Župarić (2)	Mišić & Zuta (1)	Bradarić (1)
Last updated: 19 May 2018.

Transfers

In

width=90	Date	width=30	Pos.	width=180	Player	width=170	Moving from	width=220	Type	width=75	Fee
14 Jun 2017	RB	Mihael Rebernik	Aluminij	Return from loan
15 Jun 2017	LB	Jamilu Collins	Šibenik	Return from loan
15 Jun 2017	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Šibenik	Return from loan
15 Jun 2017	GK	Ayotunde Ikuepamitan	Šibenik	Return from loan
15 Jun 2017	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Sheriff Tiraspol	Return from loan
15 Jun 2017	GK	David Nwolokor	Vitez	Return from loan
15 Jun 2017	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Istra 1961	Return from loan
15 Jun 2017	CF	Dario Vizinger	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Return from loan
23 Jun 2017	CF	Héber Araujo dos Santos	Slaven Belupo	Transfer	€300,000
29 Jun 2017	CF	Filip Dangubić	Krško	Return from loan
30 Jun 2017	RW	Marin Tomasov	Al-Nassr	Return from loan
1 Jul 2017	CB	Josip Elez	Lazio	Transfer (buying option)	€450,000
4 Jul 2017	CM	Damjan Đoković	Spezia	Transfer	Free
4 Jul 2017	CM	Tomislav Gomelt	Bari	Transfer	€50,000
4 Jul 2017	CB	Roberto Punčec	Union Berlin	Transfer	Free
4 Jul 2017	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	Transfer	Free
4 Jul 2017	RW	Marko Vešović	Spezia	Transfer	Free
19 Jul 2017	AM	Milan Ristovski	Rabotnički	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)
24 Jul 2017	CF	Matej Jelić	Rapid Wien	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)
31 Aug 2017	RB	Charalampos Mavrias	Karlsruhe	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2017	RW	Maxwell Acosty	Crotone	Loan (until 30/6/2018; buying obligation)
31 Aug 2017	LB	Jason Davidson	Huddersfield Town	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2017	SS	Jakov Puljić	Inter Zaprešić	Loan (until 14/6/2018; buying obligation)
31 Aug 2017	CM	Domagoj Pavičić	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan (until 18/1/2018; option to buy)
19 Jan 2018	DM	Luka Capan	Lokomotiva	Transfer	€100,000
19 Jan 2018	CB	João Escoval	Istra 1961	Transfer	Free
19 Jan 2018	CM	Domagoj Pavičić	Dinamo Zagreb	Player exchange for Gavranović
23 Jan 2018	RB	Momčilo Raspopović	Budućnost Podgorica	Loan (until 15/6/2018; option to buy)
30 Jan 2018	CF	Antonio Čolak	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan (until 30/6/2019; option to buy)
2 Feb 2018	CF	Filip Dangubić	Celje	Return from loan
12 Feb 2018	CF	Valeri Bojinov	Free agent	Transfer	Free
12 Feb 2018	CM	Dominik Križanović	Cibalia	Transfer	€70,000
12 Feb 2018	LB	Marin Leovac	PAOK	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)
13 Feb 2018	DM	Srđan Grahovac	Astana	Loan (until 31/12/2018; option to buy)

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

width=90	Date	width=30	Pos.	width=180	Player	width=150	Moving to	width=290	Type	width=75	Fee
15 Jun 2017	CB	Ante Kulušić	Sheriff Tiraspol	End of contract	Free
15 Jun 2017	RB	Mihael Rebernik	Slaven Belupo	End of contract	Free
26 Jun 2017	AM	Franko Andrijašević	Gent	Transfer	€4.3 million
30 Jun 2017	CF	Roman Bezjak	Darmstadt 98	End of loan
30 Jun 2017	LB	Jamilu Collins	Paderborn 07	End of contract	Free
30 Jun 2017	CB	Josip Elez	Lazio	End of loan
30 Jun 2017	AM	Milan Ristovski	Rabotnički	End of loan
30 Jun 2017	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	End of loan
30 Jun 2017	RW	Marko Vešović	Spezia	End of loan
6 Jul 2017	CF	Dario Vizinger	Rudar Velenje	Loan (until 15/6/2018)
7 Jul 2017	CF	Tomislav Turčin	Rudeš	Loan (until 15/6/2018)
11 Jul 2017	CF	Filip Dangubić	Celje	Loan (until 15/6/2018)
11 Jul 2017	DM	Bernardo Matić	Široki Brijeg	Loan (until 14/6/2018; option to buy)
14 Jul 2017	CM	Dario Čanađija	Olimpija Ljubljana	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)
17 Jul 2017	DM	Gerald Diyoke	Krško	Loan (until 15/6/2018)
31 Jul 2017	CB	Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji	Varaždin	Loan (until 15/6/2018)
31 Jul 2017	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	Varaždin	Loan (until 15/6/2018)
7 Aug 2017	RW	Marin Tomasov	Astana	Loan (until 14/6/2018; option to buy)
9 Aug 2017	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Sporting	Loan (until 29/6/2018; buying obligation)	€2.5 million
14 Aug 2017	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Varaždin	Loan (until 14/6/2018)
17 Aug 2017	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Partizan	Loan (until 15/6/2018; option to buy)
21 Aug 2017	CB	Aleksandar Šofranac	Cercle Brugge	Released (mutual consent)	Free
31 Aug 2017	RB	Ivan Martić	U Craiova	Released (mutual consent)	Free
4 Sep 2017	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Hapoel Ashkelon	Loan (until 30/6/2018)
4 Sep 2017	CM	Damjan Đoković	Cluj	Released (mutual consent)	Free
10 Jan 2018	CB	Josip Elez	Hannover 96	Loan (until 30/6/2018; buying obligation)	€500,000
10 Jan 2018	RB	Marko Vešović	Legia Warsaw	Transfer	€450,000
11 Jan 2018	CM	Josip Mišić	Sporting	Transfer	€2.75 million
29 Jan 2018	CF	Mario Gavranović	Dinamo Zagreb	Player exchange for Pavičić
31 Jan 2018	LW	Florentin Matei	Astra Giurgiu	Loan (until 15/6/2018; option to buy)
31 Jan 2018	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Omonia	Loan (until 15/6/2018)
1 Feb 2018	CM	Tomislav Gomelt	Lorca	Loan (until 30/6/2018)
1 Feb 2018	AM	Matej Šantek	Gorica	Loan (until 15/6/2018)
2 Feb 2018	CF	Dario Vizinger	Celje	Transfer	Free
12 Feb 2018	LB	Jason Davidson	Olimpija Ljubljana	Loan (until 30/6/2018; option to buy)
12 Feb 2018	CM	Dominik Križanović	Cibalia	Loan (until 15/6/2018)
26 Feb 2018	DM	Mate Maleš	Dalian Yifang	Transfer	€450,000

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €970,000
Income: €10,950,000
Expenditure: €9,980,000

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gledatelji po klubovima 2017-2018. HRnogomet.com. 16 July 2017.