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Rijeka
1990–91 season
Chairman	Želimir Gruičić, Darko Čargonja
Manager	Vladimir Lukarić, Nikola Filipović, Mladen Vranković, Željko Mudrovičić
First League	15th
Cup	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: Fabijan Komljenović (9); All: Fabijan Komljenović (12)
Highest home attendance	4,245 vs Partizan ; (16 June 1991 - Yugoslav First League)
Lowest home attendance	285 vs Osijek ; (10 March 1991 - Yugoslav First League)
Average home league attendance	1,484
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 season was the 45th season in Rijeka's history and their 29th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 6th place finish in the 1989–90 season meant it was their 17th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League. This was also the last season in which Croatian clubs participated in the Yugoslav league.

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 %
Yugoslav First League	5 August 1990	16 June 1991	Matchday 1	15th	36	13	10	13	33	25	+8	036.11
Yugoslav Cup	8 August 1990	21 November 1990	First round	Quarterfinal	5	1	2	2	5	5	+0	020.00
Total					41	14	12	15	38	30	+8	034.15

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Zemun	36	12	6	4	14	40	53	−13	30
14	Olimpija^[a]	36	14	2	1	19	41	59	−18	30
15	Rijeka^[a]	36	13	3	7	13	33	25	+8	29
16	Željezničar	36	11	7	6	12	35	41	−6	29
17	Budućnost	36	13	2	4	17	43	48	−5	28

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b After the season, Croatian and Slovenian clubs left the Yugoslav federation and formed their own leagues. Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Osijek and Rijeka joined 1992 Prva HNL, while Olimpija joined 1991–92 Slovenian PrvaLiga.

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
36	13	10	13	33	25	+8	49	10	6	2	23	3	+20	3	4	11	10	22	−12

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	34	35	36
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W
Position	14	14	18	12	12	10	11	12	9	7	9	11	12	11	14	11	13	7	9	13	11	13	15	11	14	15	15	16	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	15

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

Matches

First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance¹	Rijeka Scorers
1	5 Aug	H	Zemun	0 – 1	1,346
2	19 Aug	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 0 (3–1 p)	3,301
3	26 Aug	A	Osijek	0 – 2	668
4	2 Sep	H	Sarajevo	2 – 0	1,089	Komljenović, Punišić
5	16 Sep	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 1 (6–5 p)	6,544	Komljenović
6	23 Sep	H	Spartak Subotica	3 – 0	1,030	Komljenović, Punišić, Belajić
7	26 Sep	A	Sloboda	0 – 1	544
8	29 Sep	H	Red Star	0 – 0 (1–3 p)	3,855
9	6 Oct	A	Rad	1 – 0	168	Punišić
10	14 Oct	H	Proleter Zrenjanin	3 – 0	580	Stipić, Skočić, Ekmeščić
11	21 Oct	A	Radnički Niš	0 – 1	758
12	4 Nov	H	Željezničar	1 – 1 (1–4 p)	760	Komljenović
13	18 Nov	A	Olimpija	1 – 2	1,929	Komljenović
14	25 Nov	H	Budućnost	1 – 0	660	Kurtović
15	2 Dec	A	Velež	0 – 1	1,175
16	5 Dec	H	Vojvodina	3 – 0	1,000	Vulić (2), Stipić
17	9 Dec	H	Borac Banja Luka	0 – 0 (9–10 p)	870
18	16 Dec	A	Partizan	2 – 1	2,295	Rubčić, Komljenović
19	16 Feb	A	Zemun	0 – 0 (1–3 p)	503
20	3 Mar	A	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 3	7,837	Punišić
21	10 Mar	H	Osijek	2 – 0	285	Punišić (p), Nestorović
22	17 Mar	A	Sarajevo	0 – 1	892
23	23 Mar	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 0 (1–3 p)	3,847
24	31 Mar	A	Spartak Subotica	1 – 0	580	Stipić
25	7 Apr	H	Sloboda	0 – 1	720
26	14 Apr	A	Red Star	1 – 2	9,126	Nestorović
27	21 Apr	H	Rad	0 – 0 (6–5 p)	688
28	27 Apr	A	Proleter Zrenjanin	1 – 2	732	Komljenović
29	5 May	H	Radnički Niš	3 – 0	680	Punišić, Florijančič, Komljenović
30	11 May	A	Željezničar	0 – 2	1,500
31	19 May	H	Olimpija	1 – 0	881	Florijančič
32	26 May	A	Budućnost	0 – 2	319
33	2 Jun	H	Velež	1 – 0	867	Komljenović
34	5 Jun	A	Vojvodina	1 – 1 (2–4 p)	1,000	Skočić
35	9 Jun	A	Borac Banja Luka	0 – 0 (3–4 p)	2,307
36	16 Jun	H	Partizan	3 – 0	4,245	Florijančič (2), Paliska

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	8 Aug	A	Zadar	0 – 0 (4–2 p)
R2	15 Aug	A	Sloboda	0 – 2
R2	23 Aug	H	Sloboda	4 – 1	Komljenović (2), Vulić, Romić
QF	10 Oct	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 1
QF	21 Nov	AR	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	Komljenović

Source: rsssf.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
Tonči Gabrić	35 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	38 (0)	0
Branko Dragutinović	33 (0)	0	5 (0)	0	38 (0)	0
Dušan Kljajić	35 (0)	0	5 (0)	0	40 (0)	0
Miro Stipić	29 (0)	3	5 (0)	0	34 (0)	3
Fabijan Komljenović	35 (0)	9	5 (0)	3	40 (0)	12
Dragan Punišić	31 (0)	6	5 (0)	0	36 (0)	6
Ivan Kurtović	23 (1)	1	3 (1)	0	26 (2)	1
Dubravko Pavličić	26 (0)	0	5 (0)	0	31 (0)	0
Stojan Belajić	28 (1)	1	2 (1)	0	30 (2)	1
Darko Nestorović	17 (7)	2	2 (2)	0	19 (9)	2
Kazimir Vulić	28 (1)	2	3 (0)	1	31 (1)	3
Matjaž Florijančič	18 (0)	4	0 (0)	0	18 (0)	4
Dragan Skočić	12 (7)	2	2 (2)	0	14 (9)	2
Mladen Romić	12 (0)	0	4 (0)	1	16 (0)	1
Robert Rubčić	9 (1)	1	1 (0)	0	10 (1)	1
Rade Vešović	6 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	8 (0)	0
Roberto Paliska	7 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	7 (0)	1
Fadil Muriqi	3 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (2)	0
Valdi Šumberac	2 (10)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (11)	0
Boris Ekmeščić	1 (6)	1	1 (1)	0	2 (7)	0
Dean Ljubančić	3 (11)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (11)	0
Josip Bogdanović	1 (7)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (7)	0
Daniel Šarić	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (3)	0
Mladen Žganjer	1 (1)	0	2 (0)	0	3 (1)	0
Zoran Ban	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0

Notes

1. Data for league attendance in most cases reflects the number of sold tickets and may not be indicative of the actual attendance.

References

Almanah Yu Fudbal 1990–91 [Almanac of the Yugoslav Football 1990–91] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Tempo. 1991.
Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.