2016–17 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka

2016–17 season

Chairman

Damir Mišković

Manager

Stadium

1st

Semi-final

Third qualifying round

Top goalscorer

League: Gorgon (8)
All: Gorgon (11)

Highest home attendance

5,589 v Dinamo Zagreb
(18 September 2016)

Lowest home attendance

3,022 v Lokomotiva
(13 August 2016)

Average home league attendance

4,243^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2016–17 season is the 71st season in HNK Rijeka’s history. It is their 26th successive season in the Prva HNL, and 43rd successive top tier season. As of 3 December, Rijeka remain unbeaten in the Croatian Football League, extending their run to 31 consecutive matches without a league defeat.

First team squad

As of 3 December 2016

No	Name	Nat	Position	EU	Contract		Date of birth (age)	Transferred from	Appearances / Goals
No	Name	Nat	Position	EU	Since	Ends	Date of birth (age)	Transferred from	League	Total
Goalkeepers
12	Simon Sluga		GK	EU	Jun 2013	Jun 2019	(1993-03-17) March 17, 1993	Academy	2 / −6	5 / −11
31	Ivan Nevistić		GK	EU	Jun 2015	Jun 2018	(1998-07-31) July 31, 1998	Osijek	0 / 0	0 / 0
32	Andrej Prskalo		GK	EU	Jan 2014	Jun 2017	(1987-05-01) May 1, 1987	Istra 1961	30 / −15	39 / −20
Defenders
4	Frane Ikić		CB	EU	Jul 2015	Jun 2017	(1994-06-19) June 19, 1994	Zadar	0 / 0	0 / 0
6	Stefan Ristovski		RB	Non-EU	Jul 2015	Jun 2017	(1992-02-12) February 12, 1992	Spezia (loan)	49 / 0	60 / 1
8	Leonard Zuta		LB	EU	Sep 2015	Jun 2018	(1992-08-09) August 9, 1992	Häcken	44 / 0	53 / 0
15	Matej Mitrović		CB	EU	Sep 2013	Jun 2019	(1993-11-10) November 10, 1993	Cibalia	75 / 3	101 / 5
18	Josip Elez		CB	EU	Jun 2016	Jun 2017	(1994-04-25) April 25, 1994	Lazio (loan)	16 / 2	19 / 2
22	Aleksandar Šofranac		CB	Non-EU	Jul 2016	Jun 2018	(1990-10-21) October 21, 1990	Sutjeska	4 / 0	6 / 1
77	Ivan Martić		RB / RW	EU	Aug 2016	Jun 2019	(1990-10-02) October 2, 1990	Spezia	6 / 0	8 / 0
Midfielders
5	Dario Čanađija		CM	EU	Jul 2014	Jun 2019	(1994-04-17) April 17, 1994	Slaven Belupo	15 / 0	21 / 0
23	Franko Andrijašević		AM / CM	EU	Jul 2016	Jun 2019	(1991-06-22) June 22, 1991	Dinamo Zagreb	11 / 5	12 / 6
26	Mate Maleš		DM	EU	Jun 2013	Jun 2019	(1989-03-11) March 11, 1989	Lokomotiva	62 / 1	83 / 2
27	Josip Mišić		CM / AM	EU	Jan 2015	Jun 2017	(1994-06-28) June 28, 1994	Osijek	29 / 1	38 / 1
28	Filip Bradarić		CM / CB	EU	Feb 2015	Jun 2018	(1992-01-11) January 11, 1992	Hajduk Split	58 / 2	71 / 3
40	Gerald Diyoke		CM	Non-EU	Apr 2014	Jun 2018	(1996-03-11) March 11, 1996	Academy	1 / 0	1 / 0
Wingers and Forwards
10	Florentin Matei		LW / RW	EU	Feb 2016	Jun 2019	(1993-04-15) April 15, 1993	Volyn	25 / 3	31 / 4
11	Matic Črnic		LW	EU	Aug 2016	Jun 2019	(1992-06-12) June 12, 1992	Domžale	5 / 1	7 / 2
14	Dario Vizinger		CF	EU	Jul 2015	Jun 2018	(1998-06-06) June 6, 1998	Varaždin	2 / 0	2 / 0
17	Mario Gavranović		CF / SS	EU	Feb 2016	Jun 2018	(1989-11-24) November 24, 1989	Zürich	27 / 13	33 / 15
19	Tomislav Turčin		RW / CF	EU	Jan 2016	Jun 2019	(1997-05-31) May 31, 1997	Cibalia	0 / 0	0 / 0
20	Alexander Gorgon		RW / LW / SS	EU	Aug 2016	Jun 2019	(1988-10-28) October 28, 1988	Austria Wien	11 / 8	14 / 11
21	Goodness Ajayi		LW / CF	Non-EU	Jan 2013	Jun 2017	(1994-10-06) October 6, 1994	Abuja Academy	26 / 2	33 / 2
29	Marko Vešović		RW / RB / LB	Non-EU	Sep 2014	Jun 2017	(1991-08-28) August 28, 1991	Spezia (loan)	52 / 5	70 / 6
99	Haris Handžić		CF	Non-EU	Jul 2016	Jun 2018	(1990-06-20) June 20, 1990	Ufa	3 / 0	7 / 0
Manager
N/A	Matjaž Kek		N/A	EU	Feb 2013	Jun 2017	(1961-09-09) September 9, 1961	Free agent	137 / –	188 / –

Source: First Team Squad and Statistics

Note: denotes team captain; denotes team vice-captain; denotes that a player is unavailable due to injury; denotes that a player is ineligible for the next scheduled match due to suspension

Out on loan

As of 10 October 2016.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Ayotunde Ikuepamitan (at HNK Šibenik until 15 Jun 2017)
		GK	David Nwolokor (at NK Vitez until 15 Jun 2017)
		DF	Jamilu Collins (at NK Istra 1961 until 15 Jun 2017)
		DF	Mato Miloš (at NK Istra 1961 until 14 Jun 2017)
		DF	Mihael Rebernik (at NK Aluminij until 14 Jun 2017)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Zoran Kvržić (at FC Sheriff Tiraspol until 15 Jun 2017)
		MF	Marko Šarić (at NK Sesvete until 14 Jun 2017)
		MF	Marin Tomasov (at Al-Nassr FC until 30 Jun 2017)
		FW	Filip Dangubić (at NK Krško until 29 Jun 2017)
		FW	Theophilus Solomon (at NK Istra 1961 until 15 Jun 2017)

Other players under contract

As of 31 August 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Anas Sharbini

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	16 Jul 2016	27 May 2017	Matchday 1	TBD	7001180000000000000♠18	7001140000000000000♠14	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	7001360000000000000♠36	7000800000000000000♠8	+28	7001777800000000000♠77.78
Croatian Cup	21 Sep 2016	TBD	First round	TBD	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7001110000000000000♠11	7000400000000000000♠4	+7	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Europa League	28 Jul 2016	4 Aug 2016	QR3	QR3	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	+0	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Total					7001230000000000000♠23	7001170000000000000♠17	7000600000000000000♠6	5000000000000000000♠0	7001490000000000000♠49	7001140000000000000♠14	+35	7001739100000000000♠73.91

Last updated: 3 December 2016.

MAXtv Prva liga

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rijeka	18	14	4	0	36	8	+28	46	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Zagreb	18	12	4	2	28	12	+16	40	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3	Hajduk Split	18	10	4	4	31	16	+15	34	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Osijek	18	10	4	4	23	15	+8	34
5	Slaven Belupo	18	5	6	7	17	22	−5	21

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2016. 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).^[3]

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
18	14	4	0	36	8	+28	46	9	0	0	22	4	+18	5	4	0	14	4	+10

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D
Position	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

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

Source: 2016–17 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

MAXtv Prva liga

Main article: 2016–17 Croatian First Football League

16 July 2016 1	RNK Split	0–3	Rijeka	Split
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jukić 90'	Report	Bezjak 7', 90+1' Maleš 42' Tomasov 75'	Stadium: Park Mladeži Attendance: 467 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

22 July 2016 2	Rijeka	4–1	Istra 1961	Rijeka
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović 5', 55' Bezjak 7', 27'	Report	Roce 65' Polić 77'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,954 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

31 July 2016 3	Osijek	0–1	Rijeka	Osijek
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Petrovikj 23'	Report	Ristovski 19' Mišić 40'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Attendance: 4,019 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

7 August 2016 4	Inter Zaprešić	1–1	Rijeka	Zaprešić
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Komorski 27' Bosec 33' Šoljić 53' Čeliković 59' Puljić 90+3' (pen.) Ottochian 90+3'	Report	Gavranović 28' 90+1' Maleš 41' Šofranac 79'	Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 656 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

13 August 2016 5	Rijeka	1–0	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mitrović 11' Maleš 20' Zuta 48'	Report	Zagorac 45+1' Šunjić 62' Rožman 90+1'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

21 August 2016 6	Hajduk Split	2–4	Rijeka	Split
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ohandza 13' (pen.) Šimić 27' Bilyi 35' Ismajli 66' Juranović 68' Erceg 83'	Report	Bradarić 13' Gavranović 24' Bezjak 35' (pen.) 61' 68' Vešović 73' Andrijašević 79' Mišić 87'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 10,374 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

27 August 2016 7	Rijeka	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matei 29' Bezjak 58' (pen.)	Report	Musa 14' Jovičić 28', 42' Ivanovski 69'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

11 September 2016 8	Cibalia	0–0	Rijeka	Vinkovci
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zgrablić 37' Jerbić 90+3'	Report	Vešović 37' Elez 77' Gorgon 90+5'	Stadium: HNK Cibalia Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

18 September 2016 9	Rijeka	5–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović 1' Gorgon 33', 55' Vešović 49', 83' Andrijašević 63'	Report	Benković 20' Soudani 82' Pavičić 86' Henríquez 90+1'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,589 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

25 September 2016 10	Rijeka	2–0	RNK Split	Rijeka
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gorgon 30' Andrijašević 45'	Report	Jurendić 65' Vitus 81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,891 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

30 September 2016 11	Istra 1961	0–2	Rijeka	Pula
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stepčić 32' Žižić 86'	Report	Črnic 8' Gorgon 22' Mišić 65'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 3,984 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

16 October 2016 12	Rijeka	3–0	Osijek	Rijeka
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Andrijašević 37' Gavranović 41' Gorgon 56' 60'	Report	Knežević 1' Arsenić 10', 71' Vojnović 39' Pušić 88'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,430 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

23 October 2016 13	Rijeka	1–0	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ristovski 31' Andrijašević 57' 67'	Report	Altiparmakovski 43' Mazalović 57' Blažević 60' Čeliković 64'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Dario Bel (Osijek)

30 October 2016 14	Lokomotiva	0–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capan 68' Majer 78'	Report	Andrijašević 63' Gorgon 79'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 790 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

5 November 2016 15	Rijeka	2–1	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ristovski 33' Elez 66', 75' Mišić 90+3'	Report	Jefferson 49' Futács 60' Memolla 87'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,508 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

20 November 2016 16	Slaven Belupo	0–0	Rijeka	Koprivnica
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Purić 74'	Report	Zuta 22' Maleš 61' Čanađija 90+1' Vešović 90+2' Andrijašević 90+3'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

26 November 2016 17	Rijeka	2–0	Cibalia	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gorgon 17' (pen.) Matei 24' (pen.)	Report	Tomašević 81'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,329 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

3 December 2016 18	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gojak 31' Jonas 75' Sigali 77' 84'	Report	Mišić 16' Bradarić 45+1' Gorgon 51' 64', 70' Martić 67' Vešović 74' Ristovski 90+6' Prskalo 90+8'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 8,319 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

11 December 2016 19	RNK Split	–	Rijeka	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Park Mladeži

17 December 2016 20	Rijeka	–	Istra 1961	Rijeka
17:15 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

18 February 2017 21	Osijek	–	Rijeka	Osijek
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Gradski Vrt

25 February 2017 22	Inter Zaprešić	–	Rijeka	Zaprešić
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: ŠRC Zaprešić

4 March 2017 23	Rijeka	–	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

11 March 2017 24	Hajduk Split	–	Rijeka	Split
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Poljud

18 March 2017 25	Rijeka	–	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

1 April 2017 26	Cibalia	–	Rijeka	Vinkovci
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: HNK Cibalia

8 April 2017 27	Rijeka	–	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

15 April 2017 28	Rijeka	–	RNK Split	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

22 April 2017 29	Istra 1961	–	Rijeka	Pula
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Aldo Drosina

26 April 2017 30	Rijeka	–	Osijek	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

29 April 2017 31	Rijeka	–	Inter Zaprešić	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

6 May 2017 32	Lokomotiva	–	Rijeka	Zagreb
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Kranjčevićeva

13 May 2017 33	Rijeka	–	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

17 May 2017 34	Slaven Belupo	–	Rijeka	Koprivnica
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Gradski

20 May 2017 35	Rijeka	–	Cibalia	Rijeka
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Rujevica

27 May 2017 36	Dinamo Zagreb	–	Rijeka	Zagreb
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Maksimir

Source: Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Croatian Football Cup

21 September 2016 R1	Đakovo Croatia	0–3	Rijeka	Đakovo
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nikolić 22' Stipanović 32'	Report	Gorgon 25' 45+1' Bradarić 38' Črnic 51' Gavranović 57'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

26 October 2016 R2	Rudeš	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Rijeka	Zagreb
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Topić 53' (pen.) 62' (pen.) 80' (pen.) Borevković 56' Mlakić 64' Barišić 81' Kamenar 89' Hussain 97'	Report	Gavranović 5' (pen.) Mitrović 8' 79' Andrijašević 32' Mišić 81' Šofranac 104' Gorgon 108'	Stadium: Športski Centar Rudeš Attendance: 800 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

29 November 2016 QF	Lokomotiva	1–3	Rijeka	Zagreb
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zagorac 41' Capan 59' Çekiçi 74' Maleš 79' (o.g.)	Report	Maleš 21' Matei 31' Ristovski 38' Gorgon 42' (pen.) Handžić 90+2'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 320 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

1 March 2017 SF	TBC	–	TBC	TBC
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)

15 March 2017 SF	TBC	–	TBC	TBC
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)

Source: Croatian Football Federation

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

28 July 2016 QR3	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Rijeka	Istanbul, Turkey
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Bradarić 24' Vešović 42'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Attendance: 5,768 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

4 August 2016 QR3	Rijeka	2–2 (2–2 agg.)	İstanbul Başakşehir	Rijeka, Croatia
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mitrović 24' Bezjak 24', 50' (pen.) Gavranović 80'	Report	Uçar 32' Belözoğlu 34' Višća 42', 74' Tekdemir 57' Batdal 80' Ünder 90+2'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,524 Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

Source: uefa.com

Friendlies

Pre-season

16 June 2016 Friendly	Opatija	2–7	Rijeka	Opatija
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	T. Rudan 29' Radomir 82' (pen.)	Report	Brezovec 20' Matei 27' Bradarić 41' Solomon 43' Gerald 54', 58' Ajayi 72'	Stadium: Igralište Opatije Attendance: 300 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

21 June 2016 Friendly	Polet Snašići	0–9	Rijeka	Snašići, Labin
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Turčin 12' Močinić 13' Ajayi 15', 29', 32' Tomasov 58', 72', 85' Matei 88'	Stadium: Mjesno igralište Attendance: 250 Referee: Sandi Orbanić (Žminj)

25 June 2016 Friendly	Gorica	0–0	Rijeka	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: – Referee: Marko Podgoršek (Kranj)

29 June 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	2–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mišić 21' Matei 30'	Report	James 37'	Stadium: Športni park Rudeč Attendance: 100 Referee: Andrej Žnjidaršič (Kranj)

2 July 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	Kranj, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Lipartia 66'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Attendance: 50 Referee: Nejc Kajtazovič (Kranj)

6 July 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	2–2	Aluminij	Rijeka, Croatia
19:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ajayi 25' Matei 90' (pen.)	Report	Vrbanec 41', 68'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

9 July 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	2–0	Koper	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gavranović 77' Roshi 86'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 821 Referee: Marko Linić (Dražice)

On-season

16 August 2016 Friendly	Naprijed	2–7	Rijeka	Hreljin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ende 51' Tomić 79'	Report	Handžić 21', 28', 34' Gorgon 39' Vizinger 64', 87' Turčin 90'	Stadium: Igralište Lonja Attendance: 300 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

24 August 2016 Friendly	Grobničan	0–6	Rijeka	Čavle
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Handžić 17' Matei 29' Martić 42' Šantek 48', 57' Rilov 87'	Stadium: Mavrinci Attendance: 400 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

2 September 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Celje	Rijeka, Croatia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mišić 82'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 500 Referee: Marko Cvijović (Rijeka)

6 September 2016 Friendly	Halubjan	0–4	Rijeka	Viškovo
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gorgon 28' Ajayi 35' Gavranović 70', 84'	Stadium: Igralište Brnasi Attendance: 300 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

19 October 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	6–0	Naprijed	Rijeka
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Handžić 30', 30', 40' Črnic 36', 64' Lepinjica 85'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 300 Referee: Marko Cvijović (Rijeka)

9 November 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	9–1	Grobničan	Rijeka
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matei 17', 21' Handžić 20', 33' Andrijašević 25' Turčin 58', 73', 86', 89'	Report	Prtenjača 68'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 300 Referee: Marko Cvijović (Rijeka)

15 November 2016 Friendly	Rijeka	4–0	Krk	Rijeka
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gorgon 50' (pen.) Matei 56', 77' Handžić 68'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 300 Referee: Vedran Jelenčić (Kastav)

Player seasonal records

Updated 3 December 2016. Competitive matches only.

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Alexander Gorgon	8	–	3	11
2	Roman Bezjak	7	2	–	9
3	Mario Gavranović	6	–	2	8
4	Franko Andrijašević	5	–	1	6
5	Josip Elez	2	–	–	2
	Florentin Matei	2	–	–	2
	Marko Vešović	2	–	–	2
	Matic Črnic	1	–	1	2
	Matej Mitrović	1	–	1	2
10	Josip Mišić	1	–	–	1
	Marin Tomasov	1	–	–	1
	Mate Maleš	–	–	1	1
	Stefan Ristovski	–	–	1	1
	Aleksandar Šofranac	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		36	2	11	49

Source: Competitive matches

Assists

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Stefan Ristovski	6	–	–	6
1	Marko Vešović	4	1	1	6
3	Josip Mišić	4	–	1	5
3	Filip Bradarić	2	–	3	5
5	Mario Gavranović	3	1	–	4
5	Florentin Matei	3	–	1	4
7	Franko Andrijašević	2	–	–	2
	Roman Bezjak	2	–	–	2
	Josip Elez	2	–	–	2
	Marin Tomasov	2	–	–	2
11	Mate Maleš	1	–	–	1
	Odise Roshi	1	–	–	1
	Haris Handžić	–	–	1	1
	Leonard Zuta	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		32	2	8	42

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Andrej Prskalo	12	1	–	13
2	Simon Sluga	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		12	1	1	14

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Player	1. HNL			Europe			Croatian Cup			Total
Number	Position	Player
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW	Roman Bezjak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	DF	Matej Mitrović	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	DF	Josip Elez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
22	DF	Aleksandar Šofranac	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Franko Andrijašević	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
26	MF	Mate Maleš	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
27	MF	Josip Mišić	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
99	FW	Haris Handžić	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS			29	1	1	4	0	0	6	0	0	39	1	1

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]}
5	MF	Dario Čanađija	19	0	5000000000000000000♠0+15	0	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0	7000200000000000000♠2+1	0
6	DF	Stefan Ristovski	22	1	7001170000000000000♠17+0	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+2	1
8	DF	Leonard Zuta	23	0	7001170000000000000♠17+1	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	7000300000000000000♠3+0	0
10	MF	Florentin Matei	16	2	7000800000000000000♠8+4	2	5000000000000000000♠0+2	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0
11	MF	Matic Črnic	7	2	7000100000000000000♠1+4	1	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+1	1
12	GK	Simon Sluga	2	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0
15	DF	Matej Mitrović	23	2	7001180000000000000♠18+0	1	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	7000300000000000000♠3+0	1
17	FW	Mario Gavranović	18	8	7001130000000000000♠13+1	6	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+1	2
18	MF	Josip Elez	19	2	7001160000000000000♠16+0	2	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
20	MF	Alexander Gorgon	14	11	7000900000000000000♠9+2	8	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	7000300000000000000♠3+0	3
21	FW	Goodness Ajayi	6	0	5000000000000000000♠0+5	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0
22	DF	Aleksandar Šofranac	6	1	7000200000000000000♠2+2	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	1
23	MF	Franko Andrijašević	12	6	7001110000000000000♠11+0	5	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	1
26	MF	Mate Maleš	15	1	7001100000000000000♠10+2	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	1
27	MF	Josip Mišić	22	1	7001120000000000000♠12+5	1	7000100000000000000♠1+1	0	7000200000000000000♠2+1	0
28	MF	Filip Bradarić	21	0	7001170000000000000♠17+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0	7000300000000000000♠3+0	0
29	DF	Marko Vešović	21	2	7001160000000000000♠16+1	2	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0
32	GK	Andrej Prskalo	21	0	7001180000000000000♠18+0	0	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+0	0
77	DF	Ivan Martić	8	0	7000300000000000000♠3+3	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	7000100000000000000♠1+1	0
99	FW	Haris Handžić	7	0	7000100000000000000♠1+2	0	5000000000000000000♠0+2	0	7000100000000000000♠1+1	0

7	MF	Marin Tomasov	4	1	7000200000000000000♠2+0	1	7000200000000000000♠2+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
11	FW	Roman Bezjak	9	9	7000700000000000000♠7+0	7	7000200000000000000♠2+0	2	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
16	MF	Ivan Močinić	1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0
23	MF	Odise Roshi	1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+1	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0	5000000000000000000♠0+0	0

Source: nk-rijeka.hr

Captains

Only starts as captain are included.

No.	Player	1. HNL	Europe	Cup	Total
26	Mate Maleš	10	2	1	13
32	Andrej Prskalo	8	–	–	8
28	Filip Bradarić	–	–	2	2

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Competition	Player	Games Missed
13 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Mate Maleš	1
5 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Stefan Ristovski
5 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Josip Mišić
20 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Marko Vešović
20 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Franko Andrijašević	3
3 Dec 2016	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon	1

Penalties

For
Date	Competition	Player	Opposition	Scored?
4 Aug 2016	UEL	Roman Bezjak	Başakşehir	Y
7 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Mario Gavranović	Inter Zaprešić	N
21 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Roman Bezjak	Hajduk Split	Y
27 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Roman Bezjak	Slaven Belupo	Y
11 Sep 2016	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon	Cibalia	N
26 Oct 2016	Cup	Mario Gavranović	Rudeš	Y
26 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Alexander Gorgon	Cibalia	Y
26 Nov 2016	1. HNL	Florentin Matei	Cibalia	Y
29 Nov 2016	Cup	Alexander Gorgon	Lokomotiva	Y
Against
Date	Competition	Goalkeeper	Opposition	Scored?
7 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Andrej Prskalo	Inter Zaprešić	Y
21 Aug 2016	1. HNL	Andrej Prskalo	Hajduk Split	Y
26 Oct 2016	Cup	Simon Sluga	Rudeš	Y
	Cup	Simon Sluga		Y
	Cup	Simon Sluga		Y

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall	1. HNL	Croatian Cup	Europa League
Most appearances	Mitrović & Zuta (23)	Mitrović, Prskalo & Zuta (18)	7 players (3)	13 players (2)
Most starts	Mitrović (23)	Mitrović & Prskalo (18)	Bradarić, Gorgon, Mitrović & Zuta (3)	10 players (2)
Most substitute appearances	Čanađija (17)	Čanađija (15)	Ristovski (2)	Handžić & Matei (2)
Most minutes played	Mitrović (2,100)	Mitrović & Prskalo (1,620)	Bradarić, Mitrović & Zuta (300)	7 players (180)
Top goalscorer	Gorgon (11)	Gorgon (8)	Gorgon (3)	Bezjak (2)
Most assists	Ristovski & Vešović (6)	Ristovski (6)	Bradarić (3)	Gavranović & Vešović (1)
Most yellow cards	Mišić & Vešović (5)	Maleš, Mišić, Ristovski & Vešović (4)	6 players (1)	4 players (1)
Most red cards	Andrijašević & Gorgon (1)	Andrijašević & Gorgon (1)	–	–
Last updated: 3 December 2016.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Type	Fee
14 Jun 2016	LB	Jamilu Collins	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
14 Jun 2016	CF	Filip Dangubić	Krka	Return from loan	N/A
14 Jun 2016	GK	David Nwolokor	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
14 Jun 2016	AM	Aliyu Okechukwu	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
14 Jun 2016	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Šibenik	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	LW	Goodness Ajayi	Široki Brijeg	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	LB	Muhammed Kabiru	Krka	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	LW	Anas Sharbini	Osmanlıspor	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	CB	Jozo Špikić	Široki Brijeg	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	RW	Tomislav Turčin	Cibalia	Return from loan	N/A
15 Jun 2016	CM	Damir Zlomislić	Istra 1961	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CM	Dario Čanađija	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CB	Niko Datković	Lugano	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CF	Andrija Filipović	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	RB	Mato Miloš	Perugia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CM	Josip Mišić	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	GK	Simon Sluga	Spezia	Return from loan	N/A
1 Jul 2016	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2017)	N/A
1 Jul 2016	RW	Marko Vešović	Spezia	Loan (until 30/6/2017)	N/A
11 Jul 2016	CB	Josip Elez	Lazio	Loan (until 30/6/2017; option to buy)	N/A
12 Jul 2016	CB	Aleksandar Šofranac	Sutjeska	Transfer	Free
19 Jul 2016	CF	Haris Handžić	Ufa	Transfer	Free
29 Jul 2016	AM	Franko Andrijašević	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Free
2 Aug 2016	RB	Ivan Martić	Spezia	Transfer	Free
16 Aug 2016	RW	Alexander Gorgon	Austria Wien	Transfer	Free
30 Aug 2016	LW	Matic Črnic	Domžale	Transfer	€500,000

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Type	Fee
31 May 2016	RB	Aleš Mejač	Maribor	End of loan	N/A
11 Jun 2016	CB	Fausto Budicin	N/A	Retirement	N/A
16 Jun 2016	CM	Asmir Kajević	Čukarički	Transfer	Free
24 Jun 2016	AM	Aliyu Okechukwu	RNK Split	Transfer	Free
28 Jun 2016	CF	Bekim Balaj	Terek Grozny	Transfer	€1.3 million
30 Jun 2016	RB	Stefan Ristovski	Spezia	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	CB	Miral Samardžić	Henan Jianye	Transfer	€1.35 million
30 Jun 2016	GK	Ivan Vargić	Lazio	End of loan	N/A
30 Jun 2016	RB	Marko Vešović	Spezia	End of loan	N/A
6 Jul 2016	CM	Josip Brezovec	Sheriff Tiraspol	Transfer	€250,000
7 Jul 2016	LB	Jamilu Collins	Istra 1961	Loan (until 15/6/2017)	N/A
7 Jul 2016	RW	Zoran Kvržić	Sheriff Tiraspol	Loan (until 15/6/2017; option to buy)	N/A
8 Jul 2016	CF	Filip Dangubić	Krško	Loan (until 29/6/2017)	N/A
15 Jul 2016	GK	David Nwolokor	Vitez	Loan (until 15/6/2017)	N/A
20 Jul 2016	CM	Ivan Močinić	Rapid Wien	Transfer	€2 million
25 Jul 2016	CB	Marko Lešković	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	€2 million
26 Jul 2016	RW	Odise Roshi	Terek Grozny	Transfer	€500,000
26 Jul 2016	CF	Theophilus Solomon	Istra 1961	Loan (until 15/6/2017)	N/A
28 Jul 2016	CM	Damir Zlomislić	Gaziantep BB	Transfer	€50,000
1 Aug 2016	GK	Ayotunde Ikuepamitan	Šibenik	Loan (until 15/6/2017)	N/A
4 Aug 2016	RB	Mihael Rebernik	Aluminij	Loan (until 14/6/2017)	N/A
11 Aug 2016	LB	Yusuf Musa	Šibenik	Transfer	Free
12 Aug 2016	RW	Marin Tomasov	Al-Nassr	Loan (until 30/6/2017; option to buy for €2 mil.)	€800,000
16 Aug 2016	CF	Mate Bajić	Val	Transfer	Free
24 Aug 2016	CB	Jozo Špikić	Imotski	Transfer	Free
30 Aug 2016	CF	Roman Bezjak	Darmstadt 98	Transfer	€2.5 million
31 Aug 2016	CB	Niko Datković	Spezia	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2016	CF	Andrija Filipović	Siena	Transfer	Free
31 Aug 2016	RB	Mato Miloš	Istra 1961	Loan (until 14/6/2017; option to buy)	N/A
31 Aug 2016	LB	Mateo Bertoša	Istra 1961	Transfer	Free
TBC	RM	Vedran Jugović	Jeonnam	Transfer	€500,000

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Spending: €500,000
Income: €11,250,000
Expenditure: €10,750,000

Notes

1 2 3 First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

References

↑ "Gledatelji po klubovima 2016-2017". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
↑ "Players on Loan". HNK Rijeka.
↑ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo MAXtv Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2016/2017" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 6 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	14	4	0	36	8	+28	46	9	0	0	22	4	+18	5	4	0	14	4	+10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	14	4	0	36	8	+28	46	9	0	0	22	4	+18	5	4	0	14	4	+10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	14	4	0	36	8	+28	46	9	0	0	22	4	+18	5	4	0	14	4	+10