1986–87 NK Rijeka season

The 1986–87 season was the 41st season in Rijeka’s history and their 25th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1985–86 season meant it was their 13th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Rijeka

1986–87 season
Chairman	Dragan Krčelić
Manager	Josip Skoblar, Mladen Vranković
First League	4th
Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Janko Janković (19) All: Janko Janković (23)
Highest home attendance	20,000 vs Hajduk Split (10 August 1986 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Vlaznimi Đakovica (13 August 1986 - Yugoslav Cup)
Average home league attendance	6,382

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	10 August 1986	14 June 1987	Matchday 1	4th	34	14	10	10	44	42	+2	041.18
Yugoslav Cup	30 October 1986	9 May 1987	First round	Runners-up	8	3	5	0	12	4	+8	037.50
UEFA Cup	17 September 1986	1 October 1986	First round	First round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					44	17	16	11	57	48	+9	038.64

Yugoslav First League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Velež	34	19	4	11	65	46	+19	42	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Red Star Belgrade	34	16	9	9	57	37	+20	41
4	Rijeka	34	14	10	10	44	42	+2	38
5	Vardar	34	15	8	11	40	39	+1	38	Qualification for European Cup first round
6	Dinamo Zagreb	34	14	9	11	49	43	+6	37

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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
34	14	10	10	44	42	+2	52	13	3	1	33	15	+18	1	7	9	11	27	−16

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	8	13	8	10	11	14	11	11	10	6	7	5	7	6	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	8	6	8	5	7	4

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

Matches

First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka scorers
1	10 Aug	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 2	20,000	Janković (2, 1p)
2	17 Aug	A	Velež	2 – 4	12,000	Janković, Paliska
3	24 Aug	H	Sarajevo	5 – 2	2,000	Matrljan, Janković (3, 1p), Radmanović
4	31 Aug	A	Dinamo Vinkovci	1 – 1	3,000	Paliska
5	7 Sep	H	Partizan	0 – 3	16,000
6	14 Sep	A	Budućnost	0 – 2	6,000
7	21 Sep	H	Sloboda	2 – 0	3,500	Janković, Paliska
8	28 Sep	A	Čelik	2 – 2	7,000	Vujčić, Matrljan
9	5 Oct	H	Spartak Subotica	2 – 1	2,000	Matrljan, Radmanović
10	12 Oct	H	Dinamo Zagreb	3 – 0	18,000	Janković (p), Radmanović, Kotur
11	19 Oct	A	Željezničar	1 – 1	5,000	Matrljan
12	2 Nov	H	Osijek	2 – 1	2,000	Janković, Matrljan
13	16 Nov	A	Priština	1 – 3	10,000	o.g.
14	23 Nov	H	Red Star	2 – 1	6,000	Kotur, Janković
15	30 Nov	A	Sutjeska	0 – 0	4,000
16	7 Dec	H	Vardar	3 – 1	5,000	Janković (p), Matrljan, Vujčić
17	14 Dec	A	Radnički Niš	1 – 3	5,000	Janković (p)
18	22 Feb	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 2	15,000
19	1 Mar	H	Velež	3 – 1	8,000	Valenčić, Vujčić, Janković
20	8 Mar	A	Sarajevo	0 – 0	1,500
21	15 Mar	H	Dinamo Vinkovci	2 – 1	3,000	Janković (p), Radmanović
22	22 Mar	A	Partizan	1 – 1	20,000	Janković
23	29 Mar	H	Budućnost	2 – 2	3,000	Janković (p), Paliska
24	5 Apr	A	Sloboda	0 – 0	4,000
25	12 Apr	H	Čelik	0 – 0	4,000
26	15 Apr	A	Spartak Subotica	1 – 0	8,000	Vujčić
27	19 Apr	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	8,000
28	3 May	H	Željezničar	2 – 1	6,000	Radmanović, Škerjanc
29	13 May	A	Osijek	0 – 1	2,000
30	17 May	H	Priština	1 – 0	4,000	Janković
31	24 May	A	Red Star	1 – 3	20,000	Janković (p)
32	31 May	H	Sutjeska	1 – 0	4,000	Mladenović
33	7 Jun	A	Vardar	0 – 2	10,000
34	14 Jun	H	Radnički Niš	1 – 0	2,000	Janković

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka scorers
R1	13 Aug	H	Vlaznimi Đakovica	2 – 0	1,000	Matrljan, Janković (p)
R2	27 Aug	H	Crvena Zastava Kragujevac	5 – 0	1,500	o.g., Ljepojević, Vasiljević, Kotur, Vujčić
R2	9 Sep	A	Crvena Zastava Kragujevac	1 – 1	3,000	Janković
QF	8 Oct	A	Željezničar	0 – 0	600
QF	19 Nov	H	Željezničar	0 – 0 (4–2 p)	6,000
SF	11 Mar	H	Budućnost	2 – 1	8,000	Janković, Matrljan
SF	1 Apr	A	Budućnost	1 – 1	10,000	Janković
F	9 May	N	Hajduk Split	1 – 1 (8–9 p)	30,000	Radmanović

Source: rsssf.com

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka scorers
R1	17 Sep	H	Standard Liège	0 – 1	9,000
R1	1 Oct	A	Standard Liège	1 – 1	20,000	Radmanović

Source: worldfootball.net

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Mauro Ravnić	34+0	0	7+0	0	2+0	0	43	0
Nikica Milenković	18+3	0	4+1	0	1+0	0	27	0
Borče Sredojević	31+0	0	8+0	0	2+0	0	41	0
Igor Jelavić	28+0	0	8+0	0	2+0	0	38	0
Roberto Paliska	32+1	4	8+0	0	2+0	0	43	4
Vlado Kotur	32+0	2	7+0	1	2+0	0	41	3
Davor Radmanović	30+0	5	8+0	1	2+0	1	40	7
Danko Matrljan	26+2	6	7+0	2	2+0	0	37	8
Predrag Valenčić	19+8	1	1+4	0	1+0	0	33	1
Zoran Vujčić	30+1	4	7+0	1	2+0	0	40	5
Janko Janković	33+0	19	8+0	4	2+0	0	43	23
Rade Ljepojević	12+9	0	2+0	1	1+0	0	24	1
Mladen Mladenović	19+5	1	4+1	0	0+1	0	30	1
Zoran Škerjanc	9+11	1	3+3	0	0+2	0	28	1
Robert Rubčić	14+0	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	18	0
Nevenko Vasiljević	0+2	0	0+2	1	0+0	0	4	1
Mensur Strukar	1+5	0	2+1	0	1+0	0	10	0
Matjaž Florijančič	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	5	0
Zoran Šestan	0+4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	6	0
Kazimir Vulić	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
Rajko Šarić	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4	0
Valdi Šumberac	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
Robert Žagar	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4	0
Jovan Savić	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1	0

See also

• 1986–87 Yugoslav First League
• 1986–87 Yugoslav Cup
• 1986–87 UEFA Cup

References

• Godišnjak Fudbalskog Saveza Jugoslavije 1986–87 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1986–87] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.
• Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

• 1986–87 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1986.-87. at nk-rijeka.hr