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Rijeka II
Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka II
Founded	4 June 2014; 10 years ago
Dissolved	28 May 2016
Ground	Stadion Rujevica
Coordinates	45°20′52.4″N 14°24′8.1″E / 45.347889°N 14.402250°E
2015–16	Treća HNL West, 10th
Website	http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/momcad/2/

HNK Rijeka Academy is the youth academy of HNK Rijeka. There are a total of eleven age categories within the academy, the oldest being the Juniori (under-19) and youngest the Morčići (under-8). Rijeka's football academy was officially founded in 1972. More than 400 youth footballers attend the academy.^[1]

Training camp

HNK Rijeka's youth academy are based at the newly built training camp, located in the Rujevica neighbourhood, 4 km northwest of the city centre. Officially opened in August 2015 at a cost of €24 million, the training centre was financed by the owners of HNK Rijeka.^[2] In addition to four fields that are mainly used by the club's youth teams, the facility also houses Stadion Rujevica, the first team's temporary home ground during construction of new Kantrida.^[3]

Rijeka U19

Rijeka U19 compete in the Croatian Academy Football League (Juniori).

As of 6 July 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SRB	Aleksa Todorović
—	GK	CRO	Antonio Frigan
—	GK	CRO	Karlo Bliznac
—	DF	CRO	Lukas Buić
—	DF	CRO	Dorian Anušić
—	DF	CRO	Bruno Burčul
—	DF	CRO	Luka Živanović
—	DF	CRO	Duje Dujmović
—	DF	CRO	Noel Bodetić
—	DF	CRO	Sean Šuke
—	MF	CRO	Nikša Čulina
—	MF	CRO	Lovro Mikulica


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CRO	Andro Babić
—	MF	CRO	Borna Panić
—	MF	CRO	Boris Mikloš
—	MF	CRO	Dominik Simčić
—	MF	MNE	Strahinja Tešović
—	FW	CRO	Niko Gajzler
—	FW	CRO	Din Begović
—	FW	CRO	Noah Bossi
—	FW	CRO	Roko Begonja
—	FW	CRO	Duje Korač
—	FW	CRO	Matej Momčilovski

Reserve team (2014–16)

HNK Rijeka II were HNK Rijeka's reserve team for two consecutive seasons. Rijeka II were formed in June 2014 and initially replaced the club's U19 team. For two seasons, Rijeka II competed in Croatia's 3. HNL. Following the end of the 2015–16 Croatian Third Football League, in May 2016, the club leadership decided to disband the reserve team.^[4]

Seasons

Season	League									Top goalscorer
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Player	Goals
2014–15	3. HNL West	30	19	5	6	51	21	62	2nd	Filip Dangubić	16
2015–16	3. HNL West	30	13	3	14	43	49	42	10th	Dario Vizinger	7

Key

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position.

Staff

As of 22 June 2021^[5]

Director: Fausto Budicin
Assistant director: Renato Pilipović
Administrative director: Ranko Buketa
First-team liaison officer: Vjekoslav Miletić
Scout: Željko Rukavina
Goalkeeping coaches: Marijan Jantoljak, Đoni Tafra
Doctors: Luka Širola, Andrej Zec
Physiotherapists: Bruno Greblički, Alen Ilić, Riva Milić
Fitness coaches: Ivana Marković, Hrvoje Josipović
Kit manager: Josip Jeseničnik, Denis Miškulin
U19 manager: Dragan Tadić
U19 assistant manager: Rade Ljepojević
U17 manager: Zdravko Šimić
U17 assistant manager: Nikola Radmanović
U15 manager: Dean Bolić
U15 assistant manager: Marin Duvnjak
U14 manager: Marin Juričić
U13 manager: Ivan Mijolović
U12 manager: Đulio Staver
U11 manager: Stipe Kardum
U10 manager: Kristijan Čaval
U9 manager: Valentino Klanac

Honours

Croatian Championship U19 (5): 1981, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2014^[6]^[7]
Croatian Championship U17 (1): 1990
Yugoslav Cup U18 (1): 1982^[8]
Croatian Cup U19 (6): 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2007
Croatian Cup U17 (2): 1989, 1994
Kvarnerska Rivijera U19/U17 (Rijeka, Croatia) (20): 1957, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1987, 1989, 1992–93, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2009–12, 2014, 2016–17^[9]
Bellinzona U18 (Bellinzona, Switzerland) (3): 1955, 1956, 1965^[10]
Future Talents Cup U17 (Budapest, Hungary) (1): 2016^[11]
Football Friends Foča U17 (Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina) (3): 2016, 2017, 2018^[12]
Karol Wojtyła Cup U19 (Province of Rome, Italy) (1): 2017^[13]