List of HNK Rijeka records and statistics


is a Croatian professional association football club based in Rijeka, Croatia, that competes in the Croatian First Football League. The club was formed in July 1946 as NK Kvarner, and played its first unofficial match on 7 August 1946 against Hajduk Split, winning 2–0. The first goal for the club was scored by Rinaldo Petronio. The first official game was played in the qualifiers for the 1946–47 Yugoslav First League against Unione Sportiva Operaia, losing 2–1 in Rijeka. Kvarner later won the return leg 4–1 in Pula and qualified for the Yugoslav championship. This article lists various records and statistics related to the club and individual players and managers.
All records and statistics accurate as of 1 August 2020.

Individual records and statistics

Current players and manager are in bold/italics.

Appearances">Cap (sport)">Appearances

As of 14 May 2016 :
NamePeriodGames
1 Srećko Juričić1974–85293
2 Damir Desnica1972–84251
3 Zvjezdan Radin1974–85247
4 Miloš Hrstić1975–84230
5 Vladimir Lukarić1958–69
1971–72		202
6 Kristijan Čaval1998–05
2010–13		196
= Damir Milinović1994–2000
2001
2003–04		196
8 Marijan Jantoljak1960–71190
9 Mauro Ravnić1978–88186
10 Robert Rubčić1982–84
1985–94
1995–96		184
11 Mladen Romić1988–94
1995–98		180
12 Milan Ružić1976–83176
= Đoni Tafra1996–03176
14 Anđelo Milevoj1963–70174
15 Roberto Paliska1984–91
1994–96		172
16 Sergio Machin1970–82166
17 Adriano Fegic1977–85161
18 Dragan Tadić1992–95
2003–07		158
= Mladen Vranković1960–68158
20 Mladen Mladenović1981–89
1993–94
1997–98		156
= Dalibor Višković1995–02156
22 Velimir Naumović1956–65155
23 Nikica Milenković1978–87154
24 Mladen Ivančić1993–99
2001–03		153
25 Dario Knežević2002–06
2012–15		148
26 Admir Hasančić1995–2000147
= Daniel Šarić1990–93
2003–07		147
28 Nenad Gračan1980–86
1995–96		146
= Mladen Žganjer1989–97146
30 Nedeljko Vukoje1961–69143

Goals">Goal (sport)#Association football">Goals

As of 25 July 2020 :
NamePeriodGoals
1 Milan Radović1976–8156
2 Ahmad Sharbini2003–07
2008–09		54
= Damir Desnica1974–8554
4 Admir Hasančić1994–0146
5 Mladen Mladenović1981–89
1993–94
1998		43
6 Boško Bursać1964–7241
7 Vladimir Lukarić1958–69
1971–72		40
8 Miodrag Kustudić1974–78
1982–83		39
= Anas Sharbini2005–10
2013–15		39
10 Antonio Čolak2018–38
= Bruno Veselica1954–6438
12 Janko Janković1985–8837
= Andrej Kramarić2013–1437
14 Adriano Fegic1977–8536
15 Edmond Tomić1978–8435
16 Leon Benko2012–1434
17 Alexander Gorgon2016–34
18 Radomir Đalović2007–08
2009–11		33
19 Nenad Gračan1980–86
1995–96		32
= Nedeljko Vukoje1961–7032
21 Senad Brkić1994–9831
22 Tonči Gulin1963–6730
23 Mario Gavranović2016–1725
= Héber Araujo dos Santos2017–1925
= Danko Matrljan1982–8825
= Nebojša Malbaša1981–8625
27 Roman Bezjak2015–16
2017		24
= Jakov Puljić2017–2024
29 Sandro Klić1999–200423
30 Ivan Medle1958–6322
= Natko Rački2001–0322
31 Franko Andrijašević2016–17
2019–		21
= Boško Balaban1996–200021
33 Damir Kreilach2008–1319
= Velimir Naumović1956–6519
= Andrija Perčić1964–6919
= Barnabás Sztipánovics1998–200019
= Zoran Škerjanc1982–88
1992		19

Assists">Assist (football)">Assists

Data is for the Croatian First Football League.

Participation in major international tournaments by Rijeka players

[FIFA World Cup]
Yugoslav First League top goalscorers
SeasonNameGoals
1980–81 Milan Radović26

Croatian First Football League top goalscorers
SeasonNameGoals
2004–05 Tomislav Erceg17
2012–13 Leon Benko18
2014–15 Andrej Kramarić21
2019–20 Antonio Čolak20

Croatian Football Cup top goalscorers
SeasonNameGoals
2004–05 Tomislav Erceg7
2013–14 Andrej Kramarić10
2015–16 Marin Tomasov5
2016–17 Mario Gavranović7
2018–19 Antonio Čolak7

Most assists in the Croatian First Football League '
SeasonNameAssists
2012–13 Josip Brezovec10
2013–14 Anas Sharbini9
2015–16 Marin Tomasov12
2017–18 Domagoj Pavičić10
2018–19 Zoran Kvržić11

Sportske novosti Yellow Shirt award
  • Nenad Gračan
  • Mladen Mladenović
  • Leon Benko
  • Franko Andrijašević
  • Héber Araujo dos Santos
  • Antonio Čolak
Prva HNL Player of the Year '''
As of 1 August 2020.

Competition appearances

Firsts

Points

First division only.
Croatian First Football League only.
Currently active sequences are in bold/italics.

Goals

As of 19 July 2020.

v. [Hajduk Split]

Source:

Penalty shoot-out history

1This was the first ever match in a well-known competition that used the penalty shootout procedure to decide a tie.
2 For three consecutive seasons, if a league fixture ended in a draw, penalty shoot-outs were used to determine which side will be awarded one point.

Sources: List of HNK Rijeka seasons,