HNK Rijeka in European football

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HNK Rijeka in European football
Club Rijeka
Seasons played25
First entry 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

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

Contents

History

HNK Rijeka has participated in UEFA competitions on 25 occasions, with 21 appearances since 1999 and 13 consecutive appearances since 2013–14. 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 is 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

CompetitionPldWDLGFGALast season played
UEFA Champions League 102351114 2025–26
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 7529192710592 2025–26
UEFA Conference League 167452520 2024–25
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1033489 1979–80
UEFA Intertoto Cup 411235 2008
Total115423043152140+12

Source: uefa.com, Fully up to date on 21 August 2025.
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

GroundPldWDLGFGAGD
Home582915149154+37
Away571315296186−25
Total115423043152140+12

Source: uefa.com, Fully up to date on 21 August 2025.
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 21 August 2025.

Records and statistics

Record wins and defeats

Record by country of opposition

Updated on 21 August 2025.

CountryPldWDLFAGDWin%
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 412156−1025.00
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 10244710−3020.00
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 411235−2025.00
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 201124−2000.00
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 110010+1100.00
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 4400142+12100.00
Flag of France.svg France 402235−2000.00
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 211043+1050.00
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 7124610−4014.29
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 220031+2100.00
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 420276+1050.00
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 611459−4016.67
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 220071+6100.00
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 210131+2050.00
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 201102−2000.00
Flag of Malta.svg Malta 4400116+5100.00
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 220040+4100.00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 420268−2050.00
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 201112−1000.00
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 201104−4000.00
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 211010+1050.00
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 6321117+4050.00
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 200216−5000.00
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 421164+2050.00
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 201116−5000.00
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 122551214−2016.67
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 401327−5000.00
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 412144+0025.00
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 310234−1033.33
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales 6501183+15083.33

Player and manager statistics

Updated on 21 August 2025. [1]

Players with most European appearances

PlayerApp
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Zoran Kvržić 38
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Tomečak
Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Maleš 24
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Vargić 23
Flag of Croatia.svg Anas Sharbini 22
Flag of Croatia.svg Domagoj Pavičić 19
Flag of Montenegro.svg Marko Vešović
Flag of Croatia.svg Dario Župarić 18
Flag of Croatia.svg Niko Janković 17
Flag of Croatia.svg Toni Fruk 16
Flag of Croatia.svg Vedran Jugović
Flag of Croatia.svg Andrej Kramarić
Flag of Albania.svg Lindon Selahi

Top-scoring players in European competitions

PlayerGoals
Flag of Croatia.svg Andrej Kramarić 8
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Zoran Kvržić 7
Flag of Croatia.svg Leon Benko 6
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mario Gavranović
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Damir Desnica 4
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Adriano Fegic
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Gorgon
Flag of Croatia.svg Franjo Ivanović
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Adis Jahović
Flag of Croatia.svg Niko Janković 3
Flag of Croatia.svg Marco Pašalić

Managers with most European appearances

CoachApp
Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaž Kek 42
Flag of Montenegro.svg Radomir Đalović 8
Flag of Slovenia.svg Simon Rožman
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Miroslav Blažević 6
Flag of Croatia.svg Nenad Gračan
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Josip Skoblar
Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Tomić
Flag of Croatia.svg Željko Sopić 5
Flag of Croatia.svg Igor Bišćan 4
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sergej Jakirović
Flag of Croatia.svg Robert Rubčić
Flag of Croatia.svg Elvis Scoria
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dragutin Spasojević

Players and manager in bold are currently active for Rijeka.

UEFA coefficient history (2013–)

Updated on 12 August 2025.

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

AccumulatedValidRankMovementCoefficientChange
2008–09 to 2012–13 2013–14 241Decrease2.svg –124.916Increase2.svg +0.142
2009–10 to 2013–14 2014–15 178Increase2.svg +638.925Increase2.svg +4.009
2010–11 to 2014–15 2015–16 131Increase2.svg +4713.700Increase2.svg +4.775
2011–12 to 2015–16 2016–17 127Increase2.svg +414.275Increase2.svg +0.575
2012–13 to 2016–17 2017–18 125Increase2.svg +215.550Increase2.svg +1.275

2018–

5-year calculation

Source: Bert Kassies website

AccumulatedValidRankMovementCoefficientChange
2013–14 to 2017–182018–1991Increase2.svg +3415.500
2014–15 to 2018–192019–20104Decrease2.svg –1313.500Decrease2.svg –2.000
2015–16 to 2019–202020–21121Decrease2.svg –1711.000Decrease2.svg –2.500
2016–17 to 2020–212021–22113Increase2.svg +813.500Increase2.svg +2.500
2017–18 to 2021–222022–23104Increase2.svg +915.000Increase2.svg +1.500
2018–19 to 2022–232023–24127Decrease2.svg –2311.500Decrease2.svg –3.500
2019–20 to 2023–242024–25123Increase2.svg +412.000Increase2.svg +0.500
2020–21 to 2024–252025–26134Decrease2.svg –1112.000Steady2.svg
2021–22 to 2025–262026–27140Decrease2.svg –611.500Decrease2.svg –0.500

10-year calculation

Source: Bert Kassies website

AccumulatedValidRankMovementCoefficientChange
2008–09 to 2017–182018–1917316.500
2009–10 to 2018–192019–20161Increase2.svg +1218.500Increase2.svg +2.000
2010–11 to 2019–202020–21150Increase2.svg +1120.000Increase2.svg +1.500
2011–12 to 2020–212021–22130Increase2.svg +2023.000Increase2.svg +3.000
2012–13 to 2021–222022–23124Increase2.svg +625.500Increase2.svg +2.500
2013–14 to 2022–232023–24123Increase2.svg +127.000Increase2.svg +1.500
2014–15 to 2023–242024–25126Decrease2.svg –325.500Decrease2.svg –1.500
2015–16 to 2024–252025–26141Decrease2.svg –1523.000Decrease2.svg –2.500
2016–17 to 2025–262026–27130Increase2.svg +1125.000Increase2.svg +2.000

References

  1. "Rijeka profile". UEFA.com . Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. See column Team Ranking in "UEFA European Cup Coefficients Database". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2015.