2004–05 HNK Rijeka season

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.

Rijeka

2004–05 season
Chairman	Robert Ježić
Manager	Elvis Scoria
Prva HNL	4th
Croatian Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Tomislav Erceg (17) All: Tomislav Erceg (26)
Highest home attendance	8,000 vs Hajduk Split (12 March 2005 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance	500 vs Crikvenica (26 October 2004 - Croatian Cup)
Average home league attendance	3,813

Competitions

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	32	11	14	7	52	40	+12	034.38
Croatian Cup	22 September 2004	25 May 2005	First round	Winner	8	6	2	0	18	10	+8	075.00
UEFA Cup	12 August 2004	26 August 2004	QR2	QR2	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total					42	18	16	8	72	52	+20	042.86

Prva HNL

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hajduk Split	22	13	3	6	39	23	+16	42	Qualification to championship group
2	Rijeka	22	10	8	4	37	23	+14	38
3	Slaven Belupo	22	11	4	7	29	25	+4	37
4	Inter Zaprešić	22	10	5	7	25	22	+3	35
5	Varteks	22	11	1	10	39	30	+9	34

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored

Second stage (championship play-off)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hajduk Split (C)	32	16	8	8	58	33	+25	56	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Inter Zaprešić	32	15	9	8	44	39	+5	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	NK Zagreb	32	15	5	12	50	42	+8	50
4	Rijeka	32	11	14	7	52	40	+12	47	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Varteks	32	14	3	15	53	50	+3	45	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Slaven Belupo	32	12	9	11	37	41	−4	45

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions

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
32	11	14	7	52	40	+12	47	10	6	0	35	14	+21	1	8	7	17	26	−9

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	D
Position	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 2004–05 Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
1	24 Jul	A	Međimurje	2 – 1	2,500	Novaković, Brkić	HRnogomet.com
2	31 Jul	H	Kamen Ingrad	2 – 1	2,000	Erceg, Butić	HRnogomet.com
3	7 Aug	A	Slaven Belupo	0 – 0	2,200		HRnogomet.com
4	16 Aug	H	Zadar	2 – 0	2,500	Erceg (2)	HRnogomet.com
5	21 Aug	A	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	5,000	Butić	HRnogomet.com
6	29 Aug	H	Osijek	4 – 0	3,000	Erceg (2), Tadić, Katulić	HRnogomet.com
7	11 Sep	A	Varteks	0 – 2	2,000		HRnogomet.com
8	18 Sep	A	Pula 1856	0 – 0	3,500		HRnogomet.com
9	25 Sep	H	Inter Zaprešić	2 – 0	2,500	Erceg, Čaval	HRnogomet.com
10	2 Oct	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 2	5,000		HRnogomet.com
11	16 Oct	H	Zagreb	2 – 1	2,000	Erceg, Ah. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
12	23 Oct	H	Međimurje	3 – 1	1,500	Erceg, Dunković, Šarić	HRnogomet.com
13	30 Oct	A	Kamen Ingrad	2 – 3	1,500	Čaval, Linić	HRnogomet.com
14	6 Nov	H	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	2,000	Linić	HRnogomet.com
15	13 Nov	A	Zadar	2 – 2	800	Ivančić, Linić	HRnogomet.com
16	20 Nov	H	Dinamo Zagreb	4 – 2	5,000	Dunković, Linić, Erceg (2)	HRnogomet.com
17	27 Nov	A	Osijek	1 – 1	3,000	Novaković	HRnogomet.com
18	4 Dec	H	Varteks	3 – 0	5,000	Erceg, Katulić, Linić	HRnogomet.com
19	26 Feb	H	Pula 1856	1 – 1	4,000	Tadić	HRnogomet.com
20	5 Mar	A	Inker Zaprešić	2 – 2	1,500	Lérant, Butić	HRnogomet.com
21	12 Mar	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 0	8,000	Lérant, Mujdža	HRnogomet.com
22	19 Mar	A	Zagreb	1 – 2	1,500	Erceg	HRnogomet.com
23	2 Apr	H	Varteks	1 – 1	3,500	Mitu	HRnogomet.com
24	9 Apr	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	15,000	Novaković	HRnogomet.com
25	16 Apr	H	Zagreb	4 – 2	3,000	Erceg (2), Lérant, Katulić	HRnogomet.com
26	23 Apr	H	Slaven Belupo	0 – 0	5,000		HRnogomet.com
27	30 Apr	A	Inker Zaprešić	2 – 3	3,500	Novaković, Erceg	HRnogomet.com
28	7 May	A	Varteks	1 – 3	1,500	Novaković	HRnogomet.com
29	14 May	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	7,000	Erceg	HRnogomet.com
30	18 May	A	Zagreb	1 – 2	600	Erceg	HRnogomet.com
31	21 May	A	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	1,500	Mitu	HRnogomet.com
32	28 May	H	Inter Zaprešić	3 – 3	5,000	Linić, Katulić (2)	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	22 Sep	A	Rudeš	4 – 1	1,000	Linić, Čaval, Knežević, Erceg	HRnogomet.com
R2	26 Oct	H	Crikvenica	2 – 1	500	Erceg (2)	HRnogomet.com
QF	8 Mar	H	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	1,000	Erceg	HRnogomet.com
QF	16 Mar	A	Slaven Belupo	2 – 2	2,200	Mitu (2)	HRnogomet.com
SF	20 Apr	H	Varteks	3 – 2	1,500	Knežević, Erceg (2)	HRnogomet.com
SF	27 Apr	A	Varteks	3 – 2	3,500	Tadić, Lérant, Katulić	HRnogomet.com
F	1 May	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 1	7,000	Mitu, Erceg	HRnogomet.com
F	25 May	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 0	20,000	Mitu	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

UEFA Cup

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

Source: HRnogomet.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	Apps	Goals
	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Velimir Radman	18 (0)	0	6 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	24 (0)	0
Ivica Marić	14 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	18 (0)	0
Peter Lérant	30 (0)	3	6 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	38 (0)	4
Daniel Šarić	19 (2)	1	2 (1)	0	2 (0)	0	23 (3)	1
Siniša Linić	29 (2)	6	8 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	39 (2)	7
Jasmin Mujdža	27 (2)	1	5 (1)	0	2 (0)	0	34 (3)	1
Kristijan Čaval	10 (13)	2	6 (1)	1	0 (2)	0	16 (16)	3
Igor Tkalčević	20 (3)	0	4 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	25 (4)	0
Dragan Tadić	26 (1)	2	8 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	36 (1)	3
Dario Knežević	24 (2)	0	8 (0)	2	1 (0)	0	33 (2)	2
Josip Butić	15 (7)	3	0 (2)	0	2 (0)	0	17 (9)	3
Krešimir Brkić	9 (3)	1	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	11 (3)	1
Ahmad Sharbini	1 (11)	1	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (13)	1
Dumitru Mitu	12 (2)	2	6 (0)	4	0 (0)	0	18 (2)	6
Tomislav Erceg	31 (1)	17	8 (0)	7	2 (0)	2	41 (1)	26
Igor Novaković	25 (2)	5	3 (1)	0	2 (0)	0	30 (3)	5
Neno Katulić	7 (15)	5	3 (4)	1	0 (1)	0	10 (20)	6
Antun Dunković	14 (11)	2	4 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	18 (14)	2
Zoran Ivančić	10 (3)	1	4 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	14 (5)	1
Mario Prišć	8 (4)	0	4 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	12 (6)	0
Ivan Sertić	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0
Marin Prpić	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Sandi Dobrić	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0

See also

• 2004–05 Prva HNL
• 2004–05 Croatian Cup
• 2004–05 UEFA Cup

External sources

• 2004–05 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
• 2004–05 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
• Prvenstvo 2004.-2005. at nk-rijeka.hr