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Rijeka
2007–08 season
Chairman	Robert Ježić
Manager	Zlatko Dalić
Prva HNL	4th
Croatian Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Radomir Đalović (18); All: Radomir Đalović (19)
Highest home attendance	9,000 vs Dinamo Zagreb (1 March 2008 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance	500 vs Varteks (22 March 2008 - Prva HNL)
Average home league attendance	3,106
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The 2008–09 season was the 62nd season in Rijeka's history. It was their 17th season in the Prva HNL and 34th 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	20 July 2007	10 May 2008	Matchday 1	4th	33	14	11	8	53	41	+12	042.42
Croatian Cup	26 September 2007	24 October 2007	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Total					35	15	11	9	57	44	+13	042.86

Prva HNL

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Slaven Belupo	33	16	6	11	45	29	+16	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
3	Osijek	33	16	6	11	43	34	+9	54
4	Rijeka	33	14	11	8	53	41	+12	53	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Hajduk Split	33	14	10	9	57	41	+16	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
6	NK Zagreb	33	11	11	11	51	40	+11	44

Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification for the UEFA Cup and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Hajduk Split qualified for the UEFA Cup as a runner-up of the 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup.

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	11	8	53	41	+12	53	11	5	1	39	18	+21	3	6	7	14	23	−9

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L
Position	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	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	20 Jul	A	Inter Zaprešić	1 – 0	2,500	An. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
2	28 Jul	H	Cibalia	3 – 0	3,000	Ivanov, Đalović, Bule	HRnogomet.com
3	4 Aug	A	Osijek	2 – 2	5,000	Đalović, Bule	HRnogomet.com
4	11 Aug	H	Međimurje	3 – 1	4,000	An. Sharbini (2), Đalović	HRnogomet.com
5	18 Aug	A	Zagreb	2 – 2	2,500	Škoro (2)	HRnogomet.com
6	25 Aug	H	Slaven Belupo	1 – 0	6,000	Đalović	HRnogomet.com
7	1 Sep	A	Varteks	2 – 1	2,000	Škoro, Bule	HRnogomet.com
8	15 Sep	A	Šibenik	2 – 3	2,500	Đalović (2)	HRnogomet.com
9	22 Sep	H	Hajduk Split	4 – 0	8,000	An. Sharbini, Škoro, Ivanov, Đalović	HRnogomet.com
10	29 Sep	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	8,000		HRnogomet.com
11	6 Oct	H	Zadar	2 – 0	2,500	Škoro, Pamić	HRnogomet.com
12	20 Oct	H	Inter Zaprešić	2 – 1	2,000	Budicin, Đalović	HRnogomet.com
13	27 Oct	A	Cibalia	0 – 2	1,000		HRnogomet.com
14	31 Oct	H	Osijek	1 – 1	2,000	Đalović	HRnogomet.com
15	3 Nov	A	Međimurje	1 – 0	500	Đalović	HRnogomet.com
16	10 Nov	H	Zagreb	2 – 1	2,500	Đalović (2)	HRnogomet.com
17	24 Nov	A	Slaven Belupo	0 – 1	2,500		HRnogomet.com
18	1 Dec	H	Varteks	1 – 1	1,000	Štrok	HRnogomet.com
19	8 Dec	H	Šibenik	2 – 0	800	Đalović, Štrok	HRnogomet.com
20	23 Feb	A	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	8,000	An. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
21	1 Mar	H	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 4	9,000	Škoro, Šafarić	HRnogomet.com
22	8 Mar	A	Zadar	0 – 0	3,500		HRnogomet.com
23	15 Mar	H	Zagreb	1 – 1	2,000	Štrok	HRnogomet.com
24	19 Mar	A	Šibenik	0 – 0	2,000		HRnogomet.com
25	22 Mar	H	Varteks	2 – 2	500	An. Sharbini (2)	HRnogomet.com
26	28 Mar	A	Inter Zaprešić	1 – 2	900	Šafarić	HRnogomet.com
28	12 Apr	A	Osijek	0 – 1	1,000		HRnogomet.com
29	16 Apr	H	Zadar	5 – 3	1,200	Vučko, Đalović (3), An. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
30	19 Apr	A	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	2,000	Božić	HRnogomet.com
31	26 Apr	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	4,000	An. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
27	30 Apr	H	Međimurje	5 – 2	1,500	An. Sharbini, Đalović, Božić (2), Škoro	HRnogomet.com
32	6 May	H	Cibalia	2 – 0	1,800	Đalović, An. Sharbini	HRnogomet.com
33	10 May	A	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 6	20,000	Tadejević	HRnogomet.com

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Rijeka Scorers	Report
R1	26 Sep	A	Zelina	4 – 0	1,000	An. Sharbini, Ivanov, Đalović, Ramadani	HRnogomet.com
R2	24 Oct	A	Segesta	0 – 3	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
Dragan Žilić	23 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	24 (0)	0
Filip Marčić	28 (1)	0	2 (0)	0	30 (1)	0
Manuel Pamić	18 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	20 (0)	1
Igor Čagalj	15 (3)	0	2 (0)	0	17 (3)	0
Luka Vučko	32 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	32 (0)	1
Fausto Budicin	32 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	34 (0)	1
Anas Sharbini	27 (1)	11	2 (0)	1	29 (1)	12
Hrvoje Štrok	12 (15)	3	0 (2)	0	12 (17)	3
Nino Bule	24 (4)	3	1 (0)	0	25 (4)	3
Nikola Šafarić	26 (5)	2	2 (0)	0	28 (5)	2
Radomir Đalović	29 (2)	18	2 (0)	1	31 (2)	19
Georgi Ivanov	20 (1)	2	1 (0)	1	21 (1)	3
Alen Škoro	20 (6)	7	0 (1)	0	20 (7)	7
Sergej Jakirović	7 (14)	0	0 (1)	0	7 (15)	0
Dario Jertec	19 (4)	0	2 (0)	0	21 (4)	0
Ivan Božić	5 (13)	3	0 (0)	0	5 (13)	3
Mario Prišć	6 (4)	0	2 (0)	0	8 (4)	0
Velimir Radman	10 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	11 (0)	0
Mate Brajković	4 (6)	0	0 (1)	0	4 (7)	0
Duje Baković	1 (6)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (6)	0
Damir Kreilach	0 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (5)	0
Mario Tadejević	2 (2)	1	0 (0)	0	2 (2)	1
Zedi Ramadani	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	1	0 (3)	1
Vedran Turkalj	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
André Luiz	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0