2015–16 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka
2015–16 season
Chairman	Damir Mišković
Manager	Matjaž Kek
Stadium	Kantrida (Jul 2015); Rujevica (from Aug 2015)
Prva HNL	2nd
Croatian Cup	Semi-final
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Roman Bezjak (13); All: Roman Bezjak (17)
Highest home attendance	8,200 v Aberdeen; (16 July 2015)
Lowest home attendance	2,522 v RNK Split; (1 May 2016)
Average home league attendance	4,216
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was the 70th season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It was their 25th successive season in the Prva HNL, and 42nd successive top tier season.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
MAXtv Prva Liga	10 Jul 2015	14 May 2016	Matchday 1	Runners-up	36	21	14	1	56	20	+36	058.33
Croatian Cup	23 Sep 2015	5 Apr 2016	First round	Semi-final	5	4	0	1	16	4	+12	080.00
UEFA Europa League	16 Jul 2015	23 Jul 2015	QR2	QR2	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Total					43	25	15	3	74	29	+45	058.14

Last updated: 14 May 2016.

MAXtv Prva Liga

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	36	26	7	3	67	19	+48	85	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^[a]
2	Rijeka	36	21	14	1	56	20	+36	77	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	Hajduk Split	36	17	10	9	46	28	+18	61	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Lokomotiva	36	16	4	16	56	53	+3	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Inter Zaprešić	36	11	14	11	39	48	−9	47

Source: PrvaHNL.hr, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2–4 and 7 is only used if deciding Champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Dinamo Zagreb qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Croatian Football Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

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
36	21	14	1	56	20	+36	77	12	6	0	35	9	+26	9	8	1	21	11	+10

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Sportnet.hr

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	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W
Position	6	5	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	5
Hajduk Split	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	10
Inter Zaprešić	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	6
Istra 1961	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	12
Lokomotiva	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	12
Osijek	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	8
Slaven Belupo	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	4
Split	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	10
Zagreb	3–3	4–1	2–0	3–0	10

Source: 2015–16 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

MAXtv Prva Liga

10 July 2015 1	Inter Zaprešić	0–0	Rijeka	Zaprešić
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Komorski 33' Mazalović 35' Hanžek 49' Čeliković 90+3' Bočkaj 90+3'	Report	Leovac 18' Kvržić 35' Lešković 51' Močinić 52'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 3,380 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Split)

19 July 2015 2	Rijeka	3–3	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moisés 41' Bezjak 45+1', 82' Leovac 66' Balaj 67'	Report	Ejupi 9', 48' (pen.) Mikulić 41' Paracki 42' Križman 88'	Stadium: Kantrida Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

26 July 2015 3	Zagreb	3–3	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boban 26', 34' Ljubičić 27' Krovinović 73'	Report	Bradarić 13' Balaj 24', 32' Samardžić 75' Bezjak 78' Radošević 69' 79'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 800 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

2 August 2015 4	Rijeka	3–1	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Leovac 6' Samardžić 28' Bezjak 36' 50' Mitrović 38' Bradarić 52' Sharbini 60' 60'	Report	Prenga 23' Andrijašević 25' 55' Leko 44' Bručić 79'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,454 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

8 August 2015 5	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	Rijeka	Zagreb
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Taravel 67'	Report	Maleš 4' Balaj 15' Sharbini 39' Ristovski 40' Leovac 77' Bezjak 82'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

15 August 2015 6	Rijeka	0–0	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moisés 16' Sharbini 62'	Report	Vlašić 15' Caktaš 22' Nižić 36' Jefferson 57' Velázquez 64' Sušić 65'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

22 August 2015 7	RNK Split	0–2	Rijeka	Split
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vidović 17' Obšivač 22' Mršić 63'	Report	Tomasov 7', 84' 56' Roshi 33' Balaj 44' Lešković 59'	Stadium: Park Mladeži Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tihomin Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

30 August 2015 8	Rijeka	5–0	Osijek	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Samardžić 11' Balaj 16', 49' Bezjak 32' Mitrović 43' Bradarić 51' Sharbini 90+3'	Report	Radotić 14' Roce 17' Džolan 24' Lesjak 74'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,729 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

13 September 2015 9	Istra 1961	0–1	Rijeka	Pula
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Žižić 10' Mišić 42' Bouhna 64'	Report	Bezjak 9' Močinić 29' Lešković 36' Maleš 57' Radošević 89'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

19 September 2015 10	Rijeka	0–0	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
19:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vešović 47' Bradarić 90+1'	Report	Begić 34' Blažević 47' Glavina 71' Komorski 90'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,221 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

26 September 2015 11	Slaven Belupo	0–0	Rijeka	Koprivnica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rozman 83'	Report	Močinić 89'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 744 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

4 October 2015 12	Rijeka	4–1	Zagreb	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moisés 3' 53' Ristovski 19' Bradarić 45' 75' Roshi 79' Radošević 83' Balaj 85'	Report	Šulc 8' Bevab 24' Šehić 58' Boban 88'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,358 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

17 October 2015 13	Lokomotiva	1–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fiolić 16' Perić 23' Barišić 86' Prenga 90+2'	Report	Maleš 48' Lešković 71'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 682 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

25 October 2015 14	Rijeka	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Samardžić 3' 50' Bezjak 30' Vešović 34' Moisés 36' Maleš 87' Sharbini 90+1' 90+1'	Report	Fernandes 6' Mățel 32' Taravel 34' Antolić 41'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,474 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

1 November 2015 15	Hajduk Split	0–3	Rijeka	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Bezjak 28' Tomasov 42' 44' Balaj 50' 87' Bradarić 71'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 24,621 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zaprešić)

8 November 2015 16	Rijeka	2–1	RNK Split	Rijeka
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Samardžić 3' Moisés 33' Bezjak 37' Tomasov 43' Vargić 48' Sharbini 68'	Report	Majstorović 42' Mršić 49' (pen.) Vrgoč 66'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,201 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

21 November 2015 17	Osijek	1–1	Rijeka	Osijek
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Škorić 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Bezjak 29' 45' Maleš 41' Močinić 73' Samardžić 79' Bradarić 90+3'	Stadium: Gradski vrt Attendance: 517 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

28 November 2015 18	Rijeka	1–0	Istra 1961	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasov 18' Močinić 56' Zuta 83'	Report	Tomić 66' Nikolić 74'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,180 Referee: Tihomin Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

4 December 2015 19	Inter Zaprešić	0–0	Rijeka	Zaprešić
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Balaj 39' Maleš 41' Vešović 52' Zuta 68'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 514 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

13 December 2015 20	Rijeka	1–1	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasov 25' Maleš 56' Bradarić 90+1'	Report	Arap 71' Štiglec 81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,048 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

18 December 2015 21	Zagreb	0–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ćubel 15' Ćavar 29'	Report	Ristovski 24' Bezjak 53', 63'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 600 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

12 February 2016 22	Rijeka	2–0	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasov 18' Samardžić 23' Gavranović 25' Balaj 88'	Report	Capan 17' Prenga 54' Pamić 65'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

21 February 2016 23	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soudani 64', 90+2' Sigali 51' 83' Schildenfeld 85'	Report	Gavranović 27' Maleš 45' Brezovec 57' Bezjak 67'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 10,075 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

27 February 2016 24	Rijeka	1–0	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matei 11' Maleš 45+1' 66' Samardžić 49' Brezovec 77' Močinić 77'	Report	Mastelić 27' Jefferson 41'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,450 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

2 March 2016 25	RNK Split	1–2	Rijeka	Split
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bagarić 45' Rrahmani 45+1' Jakić 51' Špehar 59' Majstorović 70' Arroyo 87'	Report	Matei 30' Gavranović 32' Samardžić 34' Zuta 45' Balaj 74' 72' 76' Mitrović 82'	Stadium: Park Mladeži Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

6 March 2016 26	Rijeka	2–1	Osijek	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Samardžić 39' Bezjak 45' 90+2' Gavranović 52' Močinić 80' Maleš 87'	Report	Šarić 15' Šorša 32' Grgić 60' Roce 80' Špičić 85' Perošević 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,736 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

12 March 2016 27	Istra 1961	0–1	Rijeka	Pula
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Žižić 23' Đurić 23'	Report	Tomasov 52' Zuta 69' Bradarić 71'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 2,251 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

19 March 2016 28	Rijeka	4–0	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasov 4' Gavranović 18' Samardžić 65' Balaj 67' Mitrović 69'	Report	Bočkaj 36'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,691 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

2 April 2016 29	Slaven Belupo	0–0	Rijeka	Koprivnica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gavranović 49'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,507 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

9 April 2016 30	Rijeka	3–0	Zagreb	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bradarić 19' Bezjak 21' 68' Maleš 49' Matei 51' Močinić 75'	Report	Strasser 40' Musa 65' Šulc 86'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,033 Referee: Željko Frković (Gospić)

16 April 2016 31	Lokomotiva	0–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marić 49'	Report	Brezovec 39' Gavranović 59' Zuta 77' Vargić 88'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 867 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

19 April 2016 32	Rijeka	0–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Sigali 75'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,776 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

24 April 2016 33	Hajduk Split	1–2	Rijeka	Split
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sušić 25'	Report	Maleš 36' Balaj 37' Vešović 57' Gavranović 79'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 6,369 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

1 May 2016 34	Rijeka	0–0	RNK Split	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bradarić 19' Samardžić 23' Maleš 70'	Report	Oremuš 60' Bárcenas 64' Vidović 64' Franjić 68'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,522 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

7 May 2016 35	Osijek	1–1	Rijeka	Osijek
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perošević 17' Knežević 34' Špoljarić 61' Vojnović 77' Lukić 90' 90'	Report	Močinić 25' Gavranović 54' Bradarić 65'	Stadium: Gradski vrt Attendance: 1,712 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

14 May 2016 36	Rijeka	2–0	Istra 1961	Rijeka
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vešović 32' Brezovec 52'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,322 Referee: Goran Gabrilo (Split)

Source: Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Cup

23 September 2015 R1	Bednja	0–10	Rijeka	Beletinec
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Moisés 7' Tomasov 21', 50', 70', 78' Samardžić 31', 34' Zuta 38' Balaj 41' Bezjak 81' Bradarić 89'	Stadium: Kraj mosta Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

28 October 2015 R2	Opatija	0–3	Rijeka	Opatija
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Moisés 52' Tomasov 54' Zuta 64' Bezjak 70' Roshi 79'	Stadium: Igralište Opatije Attendance: 800 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

8 December 2015 QF	Lokomotiva	0–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Grezda 11' Mrčela 33' Puljić 37' Leko 42'	Report	Zuta 50' Bezjak 65' 88' Tomasov 83' Vešović 90+1'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 300 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

15 March 2016 SF	Rijeka	2–1	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bezjak 10' Matei 15'	Report	Musa 31' Christensen 71' Delić 90+1'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,596 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

5 April 2016 SF	Slaven Belupo	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Rijeka	Koprivnica
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Christensen 9' Ejupi 43' Ozobić 54' Pokrivač 72' 77'	Report	Brezovec 15' Mitrović 16' Samardžić 53'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Source: Croatian Football Federation

UEFA Europa League

16 July 2015 QR2	Rijeka	0–3	Aberdeen	Rijeka, Croatia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Leovac 55' Lešković 67'	Report	Considine 38' Pawlett 52' McLean 75'	Stadium: Kantrida Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)

23 July 2015 QR2	Aberdeen	2–2 (5–2 agg.)	Rijeka	Aberdeen, Scotland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	McGinn 64' Shinnie 71' Hayes 72' Logan 90+2'	Report	Tomasov 58' Kvržić 63' 67'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 15,803 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Source: uefa.com

Friendlies

Pre-season

17 June 2015 Friendly	Rijeka	7–1	Rijeka All Stars	Rijeka
	Balaj 34', 62' Močinić 44' Bezjak 76' Roshi 82' Dangubić 87' Tomasov 88'	Report	Krstanović 40'	Stadium: Kantrida Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

24 June 2015 Friendly	Triglav Kranj	0–8	Rijeka	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
		Report	Zlomislić 12' Balaj 19' Ajayi 34' Bezjak 48', 68' Jugović 76' Bradarić 78' (pen.) Sharbini 83'	Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: – Referee: Andraž Stojanoski (Kranj)

27 June 2015 Friendly	Rudar Velenje	0–5	Rijeka	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
		Report	Tomasov 52' Balaj 54', 64' Ajayi 75' Hristov 90'	Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: – Referee: Nejc Kajtazovič (Kranj)

30 June 2015 Friendly	Krka Novo Mesto	0–4	Rijeka	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
		Report	Bezjak 9' Hristov 35', 87' Balaj 74'	Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: – Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič (Kranj)

3 July 2015 Friendly	Rijeka	3–1	Sarajevo	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sharbini 57' Tomečak 61' Kvržić 79'	Report	Puzigaća 33'	Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: – Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič (Kranj)

On-season (2015)

25 August 2015 Friendly	Rijeka	9–1	Orijent 1919	Rijeka
	Vizinger 16', 52' Sharbini 30' Bezjak 63' Močinić 69' Roshi 72' Tomečak 75', 81' Bradarić 90'	Report	Omerović 64'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Danijel Trbulin (Rijeka)

2 September 2015 Friendly	Rijeka	3–1	Lošinj	Rijeka
	Sharbini 40' Bajić 46' Budan 90'	Report	Brdar 64'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Rijeka)

8 September 2015 Friendly	Rudar Labin	0–6	Rijeka	Labin
		Report	Tomasov 51' Bezjak 54' Sharbini 57' Lešković 65' Cisotti 77' Ikić 82' (pen.) 85'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 800 Referee: Petar Pejkunović (Potpićan)

29 September 2015 Friendly	Rječina	0–4	Rijeka	Dražice
		Report	Sharbini 33' Jugović 60', 68' Bezjak 65'	Stadium: Igralište Rječine Attendance: 600 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

13 October 2015 Friendly	Rijeka	7–1	Vinodol	Rijeka
	Sharbini 5', 25' Cisotti 49' Nakić 57' Gerald 61' Vizinger 64', 87'	Report	Tomić 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: – Referee: Vladimir Merle (Rijeka)

Mid-season

20 January 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Al-Gharafa	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:00 GST (UTC+04:00)	Bezjak 83'	Report		Stadium: Al-Wahda F.C. training camp (field 2) Attendance: 100 Referee: Ali Karimi (United Arab Emirates)

24 January 2016 Friendly	Dubai	0–4	Rijeka	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00 GST (UTC+04:00)		Report	Gavranović 7' Rashed 24' (o.g.) Bezjak 40' Zuta 42' Balaj 50'	Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ali Karimi (United Arab Emirates)

30 January 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Gorica	Rijeka, Croatia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Balaj 55'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

2 February 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	5–0	Rudar Velenje	Rijeka, Croatia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Balaj 25', 32' Gavranović 28' (pen.) Kajević 52' Rebernik 75'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

6 February 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	2–1	Široki Brijeg	Rijeka, Croatia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kajević 84' Bezjak 86'	Report	Kožulj 49'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

On-season (2016)

16 February 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	6–0	Zavrč	Rijeka, Croatia
				Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: Behind closed doors

25 March 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	4–2	Krško	Rijeka, Croatia
	Brezovec 70' Tomasov 80', 87', 90'		Đurković 23' Pavič 45'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Player seasonal records

Updated 14 May 2016. Competitive matches only.

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Roman Bezjak	13	–	4	17
2	Marin Tomasov	8	1	5	14
3	Bekim Balaj	9	–	1	10
4	Mario Gavranović	7	–	–	7
5	Miral Samardžić	4	–	2	6
6	Anas Sharbini	3	–	–	3
7	Marko Vešović	2	–	–	2
	Filip Bradarić	1	–	1	2
	Florentin Matei	1	–	1	2
	Moisés Lima Magalhães	1	–	1	2
	Odise Roshi	1	–	1	2
12	Josip Brezovec	1	–	–	1
	Marin Leovac	1	–	–	1
	Marko Lešković	1	–	–	1
	Mate Maleš	1	–	–	1
	Matej Mitrović	1	–	–	1
	Josip Radošević	1	–	–	1
	Zoran Kvržić	–	1	–	1
TOTALS		56	2	16	74

Source: Competitive matches

Assists

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Marin Tomasov	12	–	3	15
2	Roman Bezjak	5	–	1	6
2	Stefan Ristovski	4	–	2	6
4	Florentin Matei	4	–	1	5
5	Ivan Močinić	4	–	–	4
6	Vedran Jugović	3	–	–	3
	Marko Vešović	3	–	–	3
	Josip Radošević	2	1	–	3
	Leonard Zuta	–	–	3	3
10	Bekim Balaj	2	–	–	2
	Josip Brezovec	2	–	–	2
	Mate Maleš	2	–	–	2
	Filip Bradarić	1	–	1	2
14	Mario Gavranović	1	–	–	1
	Marko Lešković	1	–	–	1
	Matej Mitrović	1	–	–	1
	Odise Roshi	1	–	–	1
	Anas Sharbini	1	–	–	1
	Ivan Vargić	1	–	–	1
	Zoran Kvržić	–	1	–	1
	Moisés Lima Magalhães	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		50	2	12	64

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Ivan Vargić	21	–	1	22
2	Andrej Prskalo	1	–	2	3
TOTALS		22	0	3	25

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Name	1. HNL			Europe			Croatian Cup			Total
Number	Position	Name
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
7	MF	Marin Tomasov	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
8	MF	Zoran Kvržić	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	0	0
9	FW	Bekim Balaj	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF	Anas Sharbini	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11	FW	Roman Bezjak	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	1
13	DF	Marko Lešković	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
15	DF	Matej Mitrović	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
16	MF	Ivan Močinić	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	MF	Filip Bradarić	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0
19	DF	Miral Samardžić	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0
22	DF	Marin Leovac	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
23	MF	Odise Roshi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	GK	Ivan Vargić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
26	MF	Mate Maleš	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
30	MF	Josip Brezovec	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
33	MF	Josip Radošević	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
88	MF	Moisés Lima Magalhães	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
TOTALS			90	4	3	3	0	0	10	0	0	103	4	3

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Number	Position	Player	Total		1. HNL^{[n 1]}		Europa League^{[n 1]}		Croatian Cup^{[n 1]}
1	GK	Simon Sluga	3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	38	0	31+1	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
7	MF	Marin Tomasov	43	14	32+4	8	2+0	1	4+1	5
8	MF	Zoran Kvržić	3	1	0+1	0	0+2	1	0+0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	30	0	24+2	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
9	FW	Bekim Balaj	37	10	20+11	9	1+1	0	2+2	1
10	MF	Florentin Matei	15	2	10+3	1	0+0	0	2+0	1
10	MF	Anas Sharbini	14	3	10+2	3	1+0	0	1+0	0
11	FW	Roman Bezjak	39	17	30+2	13	1+1	0	4+1	4
11	DF	Ivan Tomečak	6	0	4+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
13	DF	Marko Lešković	21	1	20+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	Matej Mitrović	29	1	20+3	1	1+0	0	5+0	0
16	MF	Ivan Močinić	34	0	24+7	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	15	7	13+0	7	0+0	0	2+0	0
18	MF	Filip Bradarić	33	2	20+6	1	2+0	0	3+2	1
19	DF	Miral Samardžić	37	6	30+0	4	2+0	0	5+0	2
20	FW	Dario Vizinger	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	Aleš Mejač	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	Marin Leovac	7	1	5+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	Odise Roshi	25	2	1+19	1	1+0	0	2+2	1
24	DF	Mateo Bertoša	6	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
25	GK	Ivan Vargić	36	0	32+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
26	MF	Mate Maleš	31	1	25+3	1	0+0	0	2+1	0
27	MF	Josip Mišić	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	22	2	6+12	2	0+0	0	0+4	0
30	MF	Josip Brezovec	13	1	7+5	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
33	MF	Josip Radošević	20	1	7+9	1	2+0	0	2+0	0
33	DF	Mihael Rebernik	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF	Gerald Diyoke	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
88	MF	Moisés Lima Magalhães	19	2	10+4	1	2+0	0	2+1	1
89	MF	Vedran Jugović	13	0	5+6	0	0+0	0	2+0	0

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Suspensions

Updated 14 May 2016.

Date Incurred	Competition	Player	Games Missed
29 May 2015	1. HNL	Filip Bradarić	1
		Matej Mitrović
		Josip Radošević
26 Jul 2015		Josip Radošević
8 Aug 2015		Roman Bezjak	2
8 Aug 2015		Marin Leovac	1
15 Aug 2015		Moisés
15 Aug 2015		Anas Sharbini
22 Aug 2015		Marko Lešković
30 Aug 2015		Filip Bradarić
30 Aug 2015		Miral Samardžić
26 Sep 2015		Ivan Močinić
4 Oct 2015		Filip Bradarić
25 Oct 2015		Mate Maleš
1 Nov 2015		Bekim Balaj
8 Nov 2015		Moisés
21 Nov 2015		Roman Bezjak
4 Dec 2015		Marko Vešović
8 Dec 2015	Cup	Leonard Zuta
13 Dec 2015	1. HNL	Filip Bradarić
13 Dec 2015		Mate Maleš
18 Dec 2015		Stefan Ristovski
12 Feb 2016		Miral Samardžić
27 Feb 2016		Mate Maleš
27 Feb 2016		Ivan Močinić
2 Mar 2016		Leonard Zuta
2 Mar 2016		Bekim Balaj
19 Mar 2016		Matej Mitrović
9 Apr 2016		Roman Bezjak
9 Apr 2016		Mate Maleš
16 Apr 2016		Josip Brezovec
24 Apr 2016		Bekim Balaj
1 May 2016		Miral Samardžić
7 May 2016		Ivan Močinić
7 May 2016		Filip Bradarić

Penalties

For
Date	Competition	Player	Opposition	Scored?
10 Jul 2015	1. HNL	Marko Lešković	Inter Zaprešić	N
19 Jul 2015	1. HNL	Moisés	Slaven Belupo	N
19 Sep 2015	1. HNL	Filip Bradarić	Inter Zaprešić	N
8 Nov 2015	1. HNL	Marin Tomasov	RNK Split	N
Against
Date	Competition	Goalkeeper	Opposition	Scored?
19 Jul 2015	1. HNL	Ivan Vargić	Slaven Belupo	Y
8 Nov 2015	1. HNL	Ivan Vargić	RNK Split	Y
21 Nov 2015	1. HNL	Ivan Vargić	Osijek	Y
2 Mar 2016	1. HNL	Ivan Vargić	RNK Split	N
6 Mar 2016	1. HNL	Ivan Vargić	Osijek	Y
16 Apr 2016	1. HNL	Ivan Vargić	Lokomotiva	N

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall	Prva HNL	Croatian Cup	Europa League
Most appearances	Tomasov (43)	Tomasov (36)	6 players (5)	8 players (2)
Most starts	Tomasov (38)	Tomasov & Vargić (32)	Mitrović, Ristovski & Samardžić (5)	6 players (2)
Most substitute appearances	Roshi (21)	Roshi (19)	Vešović (4)	Kvržić (2)
Most minutes played	Samardžić (3,330)	Vargić (2,880)	Mitrović & Samardžić (450)	Leovac, Moisés & Samardžić (180)
Top goalscorer	Bezjak (17)	Bezjak (13)	Tomasov (5)	Kvržić & Tomasov (1)
Most assists	Tomasov (15)	Tomasov (12)	Tomasov & Zuta (3)	Kvržić & Radošević (1)
Most yellow cards	Maleš (11)	Maleš (11)	Zuta (3)	Kvržić, Leovac & Lešković (1)
Most red cards	7 players (1)	7 players (1)	–	–
Last updated: 14 May 2016.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Type	Fee
19 Jun 2015	CF	Roman Bezjak	Ludogorets	Transfer	Free
19 Jun 2015	GK	Simon Sluga	Lokomotiva	Return from loan	—
3 Jul 2015	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Osijek	Transfer	€50,000
3 Jul 2015	CF	Dario Vizinger	Varaždin	Transfer	€50,000
6 Jul 2015	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Spezia	Return from loan	—
6 Jul 2015	RW	Odise Roshi	FSV Frankfurt	Transfer	Free
7 Jul 2015	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
17 Jul 2015	CF	Juri Cisotti	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
20 Jul 2015	CB	Frane Ikić	Zadar	Transfer	€65,000
11 Aug 2015	RB	Marko Vešović	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
4 Sep 2015	LB	Leonard Zuta	Häcken	Transfer	€50,000

22 Jan 2016	CM	Josip Brezovec	Spezia	Return from loan	—
22 Jan 2016	CM	Asmir Kajević	Zürich	Transfer	Free
22 Jan 2016	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Cibalia	Transfer	€60,000
29 Jan 2016	LB	Jamilu Collins	Krka	Return from loan	—
5 Feb 2016	GK	Ivan Vargić	Lazio	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
9 Feb 2016	CF	Mario Gavranović	Zürich	Transfer	€600,000
9 Feb 2016	AM	Florentin Matei	Volyn Lutsk	Transfer	€500,000
9 Feb 2016	RB	Aleš Mejač	Maribor	Loan (until 31/5/2016)	—

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Type	Fee
23 Jun 2015	CF	Josip Ivančić	Koper	Loan (until 15/6/2016)	—
24 Jun 2015	DM	Domagoj Pušić	Lugano	Transfer	Free
1 Jul 2015	CM	Álex Fernández	Espanyol	End of loan	—
6 Jul 2015	RB	Marko Vešović	Torino	End of loan	—
9 Jul 2015	LB	Jamilu Collins	Krka	Loan (until 14/6/2016)	—
9 Jul 2015	CF	Ventsislav Hristov	Skënderbeu Korçë	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
9 Jul 2015	GK	David Nwolokor	Šibenik	Loan (until 14/6/2016)	—
9 Jul 2015	CF	Solomon Theophilus	Šibenik	Loan (until 14/6/2016)	—
14 Jul 2015	CF	Filip Dangubić	Krka	Loan (until 14/6/2016)	—
16 Jul 2015	AM	Aliyu Okechukwu	Šibenik	Loan (until 14/6/2016)	—
19 Jul 2015	CB	Jozo Špikić	Široki Brijeg	Loan (until 15/6/2016)	—
19 Jul 2015	CM	Damir Zlomislić	Istra 1961	Loan (until 15/6/2016)	—
22 Jul 2015	CB	Niko Datković	Lugano	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
23 Jul 2015	AM	Antonini Čulina	Lugano	Transfer	Undisclosed
30 Jul 2015	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Široki Brijeg	Loan (until 15/6/2016)	—
3 Aug 2015	CF	Andrija Filipović	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
3 Aug 2015	RB	Mato Miloš	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
5 Aug 2015	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
12 Aug 2015	GK	Simon Sluga	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
17 Aug 2015	LB	Marin Leovac	PAOK	Transfer	€1.7 million
23 Aug 2015	CM	Josip Mišić	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
31 Aug 2015	RB	Ivan Tomečak	Dnipro	Transfer	€1 million
21 Sep 2015	CB	Dario Knežević	—	Retirement	—
12 Oct 2015	CM	Goran Cvijanović	Gorica	Transfer	Free
19 Nov 2015	RW	Drago Gabrić	Koper	Transfer	Free

13 Jan 2016	CF	Juri Cisotti	Spezia	End of loan	—
15 Jan 2016	AM	Mislav Oršić	Jeonnam Dragons	Transfer	$1 million
18 Jan 2016	RB	Mato Miloš	Perugia	Loan (until 30/6/2016)	—
21 Jan 2016	DM	Josip Radošević	Napoli	End of loan	—
30 Jan 2016	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	Krka	Loan (until 15/6/2016)	—
1 Feb 2016	GK	Ivan Vargić	Lazio	Transfer	€2.559 million
3 Feb 2016	CF	Ventsislav Hristov	Levski Sofia	Transfer	€80,000
7 Feb 2016	CM	Moisés	Palmeiras	Transfer	€1 million
11 Feb 2016	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Cibalia	Loan (until 15/6/2016)	—
15 Feb 2016	LB	Jamilu Collins	Šibenik	Loan (until 14/6/2016)	—
15 Feb 2016	RM	Vedran Jugović	Jeonnam Dragons	Loan (until 31/12/2016; option to buy)	—
15 Feb 2016	LW	Anas Sharbini	Osmanlıspor	Loan (until 15/6/2016; option to buy)	€100,000
19 Feb 2016	CF	Josip Ivančić	Sheriff Tiraspol	Transfer	€100,000

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €1,375,000
Income: €7,414,000
Expenditure: €6,039,000

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

References

^ "Gledatelji po klubovima 2015-2016". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
^ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo MAXtv prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2015/2016" (PDF) (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

[table_note_res_CL2Q0.0003586122767807-2] Dinamo Zagreb qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Croatian Football Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

[note2-4] First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

[1] "Gledatelji po klubovima 2015-2016". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[3] "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo MAXtv prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2015/2016" (PDF) (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

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2015–16 HNK Rijeka season

Contents

Competitions

Overall

MAXtv Prva Liga

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Results by opponent

Matches

MAXtv Prva Liga

Croatian Cup

UEFA Europa League

Friendlies

Pre-season

On-season (2015)

Mid-season

On-season (2016)

Player seasonal records

Goals

Assists

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Appearances and goals

Suspensions

Penalties

Overview of statistics

Transfers

In

Out

Notes

References

zproxy.org

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	21	14	1	56	20	+36	77	12	6	0	35	9	+26	9	8	1	21	11	+10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	21	14	1	56	20	+36	77	12	6	0	35	9	+26	9	8	1	21	11	+10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	21	14	1	56	20	+36	77	12	6	0	35	9	+26	9	8	1	21	11	+10