HNK Rijeka in European football
ClubHNK Rijeka
First entry1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

HNK Rijeka are a Croatian football club. This article details their record in UEFA club competitions.

History

HNK Rijeka have participated in UEFA competitions on 23 occasions, with 19 appearances since 1999. The club's greatest achievement was the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter–final, where they lost 2–0 on aggregate against Juventus. Among other notable continental successes, Rijeka qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League in two consecutive seasons, in 2013–14 and 2014–15, keeping an undefeated run for 12 consecutive home matches. They also qualified for the group stages in 2017–18 and 2020–21. Rijeka are one of only three Croatian clubs that have qualified for the group stages of UEFA Champions League or Europa League. In 2014–15, Rijeka became the first club from former Yugoslavia to win eight European fixtures in one season. Rijeka faced eventual competition winners on two occasions, Real Madrid in the 1984–85 UEFA Cup and Sevilla in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Matches in Europe

By competition

Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
UEFA Champions League 8 2 2 4 10 11 2017–18
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 68 26 17 25 98 86 2020–21
UEFA Conference League 14 7 3 4 24 14 2023–24
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 10 3 3 4 8 9 1979–80
UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 1 1 2 3 5 2008
Total 104 39 26 39 143 125 +18

Source: uefa.com, Fully up to date on 31 August 2023.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

By ground

Ground Pld W D L GF GA GD
Home 52 27 12 13 86 50 +36
Away 52 12 14 26 57 75 −18
Total 104 39 26 39 143 125 +18

Source: uefa.com, Fully up to date on 31 August 2023.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against.

By season

Non-UEFA competitions are listed in italics.

Last updated on 31 August 2023.

Records and statistics

Record wins and defeats

Record by country of opposition

Updated on 31 August 2023.

Country Pld W D L F A GD Win%
 Austria 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 025.00
 Belgium 10 2 4 4 7 10 −3 020.00
 Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
 Cyprus 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 000.00
 Denmark 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Faroe Islands 4 4 0 0 14 2 +12 100.00
 France 4 0 2 2 3 5 −2 000.00
 Germany 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 050.00
 Greece 6 0 2 4 5 10 −5 000.00
 Hungary 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
 Ireland 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
 Italy 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 016.67
 Kosovo 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 100.00
 Luxembourg 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 050.00
 Macedonia 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 000.00
 Malta 4 4 0 0 11 6 +5 100.00
 Moldova 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
 Netherlands 4 2 0 2 6 8 −2 050.00
 Norway 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
 Portugal 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 000.00
 Scotland 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 050.00
 Serbia 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 000.00
 Slovakia 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 050.00
 Spain 12 2 5 5 12 14 −2 016.67
 Sweden 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 000.00
 Turkey 4 1 2 1 4 4 +0 025.00
 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 033.33
 Wales 6 5 0 1 18 3 +15 083.33

Player and manager statistics

Updated on 31 August 2023.[1]

Players with most European appearances

Player App
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Kvržić 38
Croatia Ivan Tomečak
Croatia Mate Maleš 24
Croatia Ivan Vargić 23
Croatia Anas Sharbini 22
Croatia Domagoj Pavičić 19
Montenegro Marko Vešović
Croatia Dario Župarić 18
Croatia Vedran Jugović 16
Croatia Andrej Kramarić

Top-scoring players in European competitions

Player Goals
Croatia Andrej Kramarić 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Kvržić 7
Croatia Leon Benko 6
Switzerland Mario Gavranović
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Damir Desnica 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Adriano Fegic
Austria Alexander Gorgon
North Macedonia Adis Jahović
Croatia Franjo Ivanović 3
Croatia Marco Pašalić

Managers with most European appearances

Coach App
Slovenia Matjaž Kek 42
Slovenia Simon Rožman 8
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Blažević 6
Croatia Nenad Gračan
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Skoblar
Croatia Goran Tomić
Croatia Igor Bišćan 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović
Croatia Robert Rubčić
Croatia Elvis Scoria
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Spasojević

Players and manager in bold are currently active for Rijeka.

UEFA coefficient history (2013–)

Updated on 12 August 2023.

In European football, UEFA coefficients are used to rank and seed teams in club competitions. The coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe.[2]

2013–2018

Source: Bert Kassies website

Accumulated Valid Rank Movement Coefficient Change
2008–09 to 2012–13 2013–14 241 Decrease –12 4.916 Increase +0.142
2009–10 to 2013–14 2014–15 178 Increase +63 8.925 Increase +4.009
2010–11 to 2014–15 2015–16 131 Increase +47 13.700 Increase +4.775
2011–12 to 2015–16 2016–17 127 Increase +4 14.275 Increase +0.575
2012–13 to 2016–17 2017–18 125 Increase +2 15.550 Increase +1.275

2018–

5-year calculation

Source: Bert Kassies website

AccumulatedValidRankMovementCoefficientChange
2013–14 to 2017–182018–1991Increase +3415.500
2014–15 to 2018–192019–20104Decrease –1313.500Decrease –2.000
2015–16 to 2019–202020–21121Decrease –1711.000Decrease –2.500
2016–17 to 2020–212021–22113Increase +813.500Increase +2.500
2017–18 to 2021–222022–23104Increase +915.000Increase +1.500
2018–19 to 2022–232023–24127Decrease –2311.500Decrease –3.500
2019–20 to 2023–242024–25111Increase +1612.000Increase +0.500

10-year calculation

Source: Bert Kassies website

AccumulatedValidRankMovementCoefficientChange
2008–09 to 2017–182018–1917316.500
2009–10 to 2018–192019–20161Increase +1218.500Increase +2.000
2010–11 to 2019–202020–21150Increase +1120.000Increase +1.500
2011–12 to 2020–212021–22130Increase +2023.000Increase +3.000
2012–13 to 2021–222022–23124Increase +625.500Increase +2.500
2013–14 to 2022–232023–24123Increase +127.000Increase +1.500
2014–15 to 2023–242024–25124Decrease –125.500Decrease –1.500

References

  1. "Rijeka profile". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. See column Team Ranking in "UEFA European Cup Coefficients Database". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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