2011–12 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka
2011–12 season
Chairman	Robert Komen, Damir Mišković (from 20 March 2012)
Manager	Alen Horvat, Ivo Ištuk, Dragan Skočić, Elvis Scoria
Stadium	Stadion Kantrida
Prva HNL	12th
Croatian Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Damir Kreilach (9); All: Damir Kreilach (9)
Highest home attendance	6,000 v Hajduk Split; (21 March 2011)
Lowest home attendance	800 v NK Zagreb; (7 April 2011)
Average home league attendance	2,450
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was the 66th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 21st season in the Prva HNL and 38th 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	22 July 2011	12 May 2012	Matchday 1	12th	30	9	11	10	29	29	+0	030.00
Croatian Cup	21 September 2011	30 November 2011	First round	Quarterfinal	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	050.00
Total					34	11	11	12	33	34	−1	032.35

Prva HNL[]

Classification[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Zadar	30	11	7	12	29	44	−15	40
11	Inter Zaprešić	30	11	5	14	33	33	0	38
12	Rijeka	30	9	11	10	29	29	0	38
13	Lučko (R)	30	6	13	11	29	36	−7	31	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
14	Šibenik (R)	30	6	9	15	27	40	−13	27	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League

Source: Prva-HNL.hr UEFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(R) Relegated

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
30	9	11	10	29	29	0	38	7	5	3	14	8	+6	2	6	7	15	21	−6

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	W
Position	7	3	7	6	6	5	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	6	7	9	7	8	8	11	7	7	10	11	11	12	11	12

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	22 Jul	A	Osijek	1 – 1	1,500		HRnogomet.com
2	30 Jul	H	Lučko	1 – 0	2,500	Kreilach	HRnogomet.com
3	7 Aug	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 2	10,000	Švrljuga	HRnogomet.com
4	13 Aug	H	Varaždin	2 – 0	2,500	Kreilach, Švrljuga	HRnogomet.com
5	19 Aug	A	Lokomotiva	0 – 0	1,000		HRnogomet.com
6	26 Aug	H	Šibenik	1 – 0	4,000	Kreilach	HRnogomet.com
7	11 Sep	A	Zadar	4 – 4	1,600	Čulina, Alférez, Čaval, Gutiérrez	HRnogomet.com
8	16 Sep	A	Inter Zaprešić	0 – 1	500		HRnogomet.com
9	24 Sep	H	Istra 1961	0 – 0	3,000		HRnogomet.com
10	30 Sep	A	Zagreb	1 – 2	1,200	Salčinović	HRnogomet.com
11	16 Oct	H	RNK Split	2 – 0	2,500	Križman, Stepčić	HRnogomet.com
12	22 Oct	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 2	2,000		HRnogomet.com
13	29 Oct	H	Cibalia	1 – 1	1,500	Salčinović	HRnogomet.com
14	4 Nov	A	Slaven Belupo	0 – 1	1,000		HRnogomet.com
15	20 Nov	H	Karlovac	3 – 0^{[n 1]}	–	–	HRnogomet.com
16	26 Nov	H	Osijek	1 – 0	1,000	Kreilach	HRnogomet.com
17	3 Dec	AR	Lučko	1 – 1	150	Mance	HRnogomet.com
19	24 Feb	A	Varaždin	3 – 0^{[n 2]}	–	–	HRnogomet.com
20	4 Mar	H	Lokomotiva	0 – 0	3,000		HRnogomet.com
21	9 Mar	A	Šibenik	2 – 2	1,000	Kreilach (2)	HRnogomet.com
22	18 Mar	H	Zadar	0 – 1	2,000		HRnogomet.com
18	21 Mar	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 3	6,000		HRnogomet.com
23	25 Mar	H	Inter Zaprešić	1 – 0	1,500	Kreilach	HRnogomet.com
25	7 Apr	H	Zagreb	0 – 1	800		HRnogomet.com
24	11 Apr	A	Istra 1961	0 – 0	2,500		HRnogomet.com
26	14 Apr	A	RNK Split	0 – 2	400		HRnogomet.com
27	21 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	3,000	Kreilach	HRnogomet.com
28	29 Apr	A	Cibalia	0 – 2	800		HRnogomet.com
29	6 May	H	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	3,000	Čulina	HRnogomet.com
30	12 May	A	Karlovac	2 – 1	700	Močinić, Kreilach	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup[]

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	21 Sep	A	BSK Bijelo Brdo	2 – 1	1,500	Salčinović, Alférez	HRnogomet.com
R2	25 Oct	H	Inter Zaprešić	1 – 0	1,200	Salčinović	HRnogomet.com
QF	23 Nov	H	Osijek	1 – 2	1,500	Alférez	HRnogomet.com
QF	30 Nov	A	Osijek	0 – 2	600		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
Name	League		Cup		Total
Robert Lisjak	28 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	32 (0)	0
Andro Švrljuga	24 (0)	2	4 (0)	0	28 (0)	2
Igor Čagalj	25 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	29 (0)	0
Kristijan Čaval	19 (5)	1	0 (0)	0	19 (5)	1
Duje Baković	12 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	15 (0)	0
Niko Datković	16 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	17 (0)	0
	9 (11)	1	3 (1)	0	12 (12)	1
Damir Kreilach	27 (0)	9	4 (0)	0	31 (0)	9
Antonini Čulina	18 (1)	2	1 (0)	0	19 (1)	2
Fenan Salčinović	14 (5)	2	4 (0)	2	18 (5)	4
Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez	13 (2)	1	4 (0)	0	17 (2)	1
Sandi Križman	11 (2)	1	3 (0)	0	14 (2)	1
Ivan Močinić	11 (2)	1	0 (0)	0	11 (2)	1
Mario Tadejević	11 (1)	0	4 (0)	0	15 (1)	0
Valentino Stepčić	3 (13)	1	1 (1)	0	4 (14)	1
Mato Miloš	10 (3)	0	3 (0)	0	13 (3)	0
Neven Vukman	9 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	9 (2)	0
Hebert Alférez	8 (0)	1	1 (1)	2	9 (1)	3
Armando Mance	4 (6)	1	0 (2)	0	4 (8)	1
Uroš Palibrk	7 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (2)	0
Diego Živulić	7 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (2)	0
Dino Drpić	7 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (0)	0
Dražen Pilčić	2 (5)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (6)	0
	1 (5)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (6)	0
Ilija Sivonjić	3 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (2)	0
Ivan Bošnjak	4 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (0)	0
Luis Delgadillo	1 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (4)	0
Denis Ljubović	1 (0)	0	0 (2)	0	1 (2)	0
Marin Grujević	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0
Adam Sušac	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Željko Tomić	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0

Notes[]

^ Karlovac failed to appear for the match, which was later awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Rijeka
^ Varaždin was expelled so the match was awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Rijeka

External sources[]

2011–12 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
2011–12 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
Prvenstvo 2011.-2012. at nk-rijeka.hr

^ "Gledatelji po klubovima 2011-2012". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[note0-2] Karlovac failed to appear for the match, which was later awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Rijeka

[note1-3] Varaždin was expelled so the match was awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Rijeka

[1] "Gledatelji po klubovima 2011-2012". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

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v t 2011–12 in Croatian football
« 2010–11 2012–13 »
Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2012 (Group C) (Qualification: Group F) Slaven Bilić
Club seasons
Prva HNL	Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Osijek Rijeka RNK Split Varaždin

2011–12 HNK Rijeka season

Contents

Competitions[]

Prva HNL[]

Classification[]

Results summary[]

Results by round[]

Matches[]

Prva HNL[]

Croatian Cup[]

Squad statistics[]

See also[]

Notes[]

External sources[]