1999–2000 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Žarko Tomljanović, Ivan Vanja Frančišković, Robert Ježić
Manager	Nenad Gračan
Prva HNL	4th
Croatian Cup	Quarterfinal
UEFA Champions League	Qualifying Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Boško Balaban (16); All: Boško Balaban (17)
Highest home attendance	10,500 vs Partizan (4 August 1999 - UEFA Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 (2 times - Prva HNL)
Average home league attendance	3,041
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 season was the 54th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 9th season in the Prva HNL and 26th successive top tier season.

Competitions

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 %
Prva HNL	24 July 1999	13 May 2000	Matchday 1	4th	33	14	7	12	54	39	+15	042.42
Croatian Cup	22 September 1999	21 March 2000	First round	Quarterfinal	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Champions League	28 July 1999	4 August 1999	QR2	QR2	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	000.00
Total					39	16	8	15	61	50	+11	041.03

Prva HNL

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Hajduk Split	33	17	10	6	58	30	+28	61	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Osijek	33	15	8	10	55	49	+6	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Rijeka	33	14	7	12	54	39	+15	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Slaven Belupo	33	12	13	8	34	34	0	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Cibalia	33	11	12	10	42	39	+3	45	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA competitions and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away 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
33	14	7	12	54	39	+15	49	11	2	4	36	16	+20	3	5	8	18	23	−5

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W
Position	10	4	9	9	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4

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

Matches

Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
1	24 Jul	H	Osijek	0 – 1	5,000		HRnogomet.com
2	31 Jul	AR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	4 – 0	1,500	Balaban (3), Milinović	HRnogomet.com
3	29 Aug	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 2	7,000	Agić	HRnogomet.com
4	7 Sep	A	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 1	2,000	Milinović	HRnogomet.com
5	11 Sep	H	Varteks	2 – 0	4,000	Višković, Balaban	HRnogomet.com
6	18 Sep	A	Šibenik	2 – 0	1,000	Skočibušić, Brajković	HRnogomet.com
7	26 Sep	H	Cibalia	1 – 3	4,000	Balaban	HRnogomet.com
8	2 Oct	H	Istra	4 – 1	3,000	Hasančić, Milicic (2), Balaban	HRnogomet.com
9	12 Oct	A	Vukovar '91	0 – 0	500		HRnogomet.com
10	16 Oct	H	Zagreb	2 – 0	2,000	Balaban, Sztipánovics	HRnogomet.com
11	22 Oct	A	Slaven Belupo	2 – 2	1,500	Balaban, Agić	HRnogomet.com
12	30 Oct	A	Osijek	2 – 3	1,000	Agić, Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
13	6 Nov	H	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	4 – 2	1,500	Balaban (3), Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
14	23 Nov	A	Hajduk Split	2 – 3	5,000	Sztipánovics, Balaban	HRnogomet.com
15	27 Nov	H	Croatia Zagreb	3 – 1	6,000	Balaban (2), Sztipánovics	HRnogomet.com
16	4 Dec	A	Varteks	1 – 2	1,500	Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
17	19 Feb	H	Šibenik	3 – 1	2,500	Sztipánovics (2), Čaval	HRnogomet.com
18	26 Feb	A	Cibalia	0 – 0	1,500		HRnogomet.com
19	29 Feb	A	Istra	0 – 1	4,000		HRnogomet.com
20	4 Mar	H	Vukovar '91	2 – 0	1,200	Balaban, Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
21	7 Mar	A	Zagreb	1 – 4	800	Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
22	11 Mar	H	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	1,000	o.g.	HRnogomet.com
23	18 Mar	H	Vukovar '91	0 – 0	1,500		HRnogomet.com
24	25 Mar	A	Istra	1 – 2	4,500	Čačić	HRnogomet.com
25	1 Apr	H	Šibenik	2 – 0	1,000	o.g. (2)	HRnogomet.com
26	8 Apr	A	Cibalia	1 – 1	500	Balaban	HRnogomet.com
27	11 Apr	H	Zagreb	2 – 3	500	Milicic (2)	HRnogomet.com
28	15 Apr	H	Varteks	4 – 0	1,500	Čaval, Milicic, Milinović, Mijatović	HRnogomet.com
29	24 Apr	A	Osijek	0 – 2	2,500		HRnogomet.com
30	29 Apr	H	Hajduk Split	2 – 0	6,000	o.g., Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
31	6 May	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 2	1,000		HRnogomet.com
32	9 May	H	Slaven Belupo	3 – 1	4,000	Hasančić (3)	HRnogomet.com
33	13 May	AR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1 – 0	700	Mijatović	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	22 Sep	A	Radnik	2 – 1	500	Sztipánovics, Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
R2	26 Oct	A	Nehaj Senj	1 – 0 (aet)	1,500	Hasančić	HRnogomet.com
QF	14 Mar	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 2	6,000	Balaban	HRnogomet.com
QF	21 Mar	A	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 2	1,500	Brajković (2)	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

UEFA Champions League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
QR2	28 Jul	A	Partizan	1 – 3	21,800	Sztipánovics	HRnogomet.com
QR2	4 Aug	H	Partizan	0 – 3	10,500		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
Name	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Đoni Tafra	30 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	33 (0)	0
Damir Milinović	24 (0)	3	2 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	28 (0)	3
Andre Mijatović	21 (0)	2	3 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	24 (0)	2
Dalibor Višković	22 (2)	1	4 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	28 (2)	1
Jasmin Agić	28 (0)	3	4 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	34 (0)	3
Božidar Čačić	21 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	25 (0)	1
Stjepan Skočibušić	13 (3)	1	2 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	15 (4)	1
Goran Brajković	31 (0)	1	4 (0)	2	2 (0)	0	37 (0)	3
Admir Hasančić	24 (1)	10	3 (1)	2	2 (0)	0	29 (2)	12
Damir Matulović	28 (2)	0	3 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	31 (3)	0
Barnabás Sztipánovics	29 (1)	5	3 (0)	1	2 (0)	1	34 (1)	7
Mauro Tomišić	19 (2)	0	3 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	24 (2)	0
Boško Balaban	29 (0)	16	3 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	34 (0)	17
Ante Milicic	8 (14)	5	2 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	10 (15)	5
Boris Pavić	14 (5)	0	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	15 (7)	0
Kristijan Čaval	6 (5)	2	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	6 (5)	2
Kazimir Vulić	7 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (5)	0
Stipe Režić	4 (3)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (3)	0
Darko Horvat	3 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (0)	0
Vedran Peteh	1 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (4)	0
Sandro Klić	0 (4)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (4)	0
Siniša Linić	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0
Nenad Matković	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	2 (0)	0
Mario Strilić	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0
Vanja Iveša	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Josip Modrić	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0
Sérgio De Oliveira	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0
Dalibor Pauletić	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Zdravko Šimić	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
Igor Bernobić	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0