1976–77 NK Rijeka season

Rijeka

1976–77 season
Chairman	Ljubo Španjol
Manager	Dragutin Spasojević
First League	5th
Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Miodrag Kustudić (17) All: Miodrag Kustudić (17)
Average home league attendance	6,088
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season was the 31st season in Rijeka’s history and their 15th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 11th place finish in the 1975–76 season meant it was their third successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Yugoslav First League	20 August 1976	19 June 1977	Matchday 1	5th	34	13	10	11	43	29	+14	38.24
Yugoslav Cup	13 October 1976	1 December 1976	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	50.00
Total					36	14	10	12	44	30	+14	38.89

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	34	20	10	4	67	37	+30	50	1977–78 European Cup
2	Dinamo Zagreb	34	15	11	8	52	36	+16	41	1977–78 UEFA Cup
3	Sloboda Tuzla	34	14	11	9	43	32	+11	39
4	Partizan	34	14	11	9	37	31	+6	39
5	Rijeka	34	13	10	11	43	29	+14	36	1977 Intertoto Cup
6	Borac Banja Luka	34	14	8	12	53	43	+10	36
7	Radnički Niš	34	13	8	13	40	43	−3	34
8	Hajduk Split	34	12	9	13	41	35	+6	33	01977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup0
9	Budućnost	34	11	11	12	44	47	−3	33
10	NK Zagreb	34	12	8	14	48	48	0	32
11	Velež	34	11	10	13	46	48	−2	32
12	Olimpija	34	10	12	12	36	42	−6	32
13	Čelik	34	11	9	14	33	38	−5	31
14	Vojvodina	34	8	14	12	40	50	−10	30	1977 Intertoto Cup
15	OFK Belgrade	34	9	12	13	39	51	−12	30
16	Sarajevo	34	10	10	14	40	55	−15	30
17	Napredak Kruševac (R)	34	10	8	16	38	55	−17	28	1977–78 Yugoslav Second League
18	Željezničar (R)	34	8	10	16	33	53	−20	26

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
34	13	10	11	43	29	+14	49	12	5	0	34	8	+26	1	5	11	9	21	−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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W
Position	10	18	15	14	9	13	13	13	12	11	10	6	9	7	8	9	10	10	7	10	9	9	8	9	8	11	11	11	12	9	8	6	6	5

Last updated: 2 February 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
1	20 Aug	H	Olimpija	0 – 0
2	29 Aug	A	Budućnost	0 – 2
3	1 Sep	H	Radnički Niš	1 – 1	Kustudić
4	5 Sep	A	Željezničar	1 – 1	Ružić
5	12 Sep	H	Čelik	3 – 0	Cukrov, Durkalić, Kustudić
6	19 Sep	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1
7	3 Oct	H	Red Star	1 – 1	Kustudić
8	17 Oct	A	Sloboda	1 – 2	Kustudić
9	24 Oct	H	Vojvodina	2 – 0	Kustudić (2)
10	27 Oct	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 0
11	31 Oct	H	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 0	Durkalić
12	6 Nov	H	Sarajevo	5 – 1	o.g., Radović (2), Kustudić, Cukrov
13	13 Nov	A	Borac Banja Luka	0 – 1
14	17 Nov	H	Velež	2 – 1	Radović (2)
15	21 Nov	A	Zagreb	0 – 4
16	28 Nov	H	Partizan	1 – 1	Ružić
17	4 Dec	A	OFK Beograd	1 – 1	Radović
18	6 Mar	A	Olimpija	0 – 0
19	13 Mar	H	Budućnost	1 – 0	Radin
20	20 Mar	A	Radnički Niš	0 – 1
21	27 Mar	H	Željezničar	3 – 1	Kustudić (3)
22	3 Apr	A	Čelik	1 – 2	Šaran
23	10 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 0	Kustudić
24	17 Apr	A	Red Star	0 – 2
25	21 Apr	H	Sloboda	2 – 0	Radović, Kustudić
26	24 Apr	A	Vojvodina	0 – 1
27	15 May	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	Kustudić
28	18 May	A	Napredak Kruševac	0 – 1
29	22 May	A	Sarajevo	0 – 1
30	29 May	H	Borac Banja Luka	6 – 1	Mijač, Kustudić, Radović (2), Durkalić (2)
31	5 Jun	A	Velež	4 – 0	o.g., Hrstić, Mijač, Durkalić
32	8 Jun	H	Zagreb	2 – 0	Durkalić, Kustudić
33	11 Jun	A	Partizan	1 – 1	Kustudić
34	19 Jun	H	OFK Beograd	2 – 0	Kustudić, Cukrov

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	13 Oct	H	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 0	Filipović
R2	1 Dec	A	Novi Sad	0 – 1

Source: rsssf.com

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	League		Cup		Total
Avramović, RadojkoRadojko Avramović	34	0	2	0	36	0
Machin, SergioSergio Machin	9	0	0	0	9	0
Cukrov, NikicaNikica Cukrov	32	4	2	0	34	4
Filipović, SavoSavo Filipović	31	0	2	1	33	1
Radin, ZvjezdanZvjezdan Radin	34	1	2	0	36	1
Stefanović, RadomirRadomir Stefanović	16	0	2	0	18	0
Ružić, MilanMilan Ružić	29	2	2	0	31	2
Kustudić, MiodragMiodrag Kustudić	29	17	1	0	30	17
Mohorović, JosipJosip Mohorović	17	0	2	0	19	0
Juričić, SrećkoSrećko Juričić	34	0	2	0	36	0
Skoblar, JosipJosip Skoblar	1	0	0	0	1	0
Radović, MilanMilan Radović	28	8	2	0	30	8
Desnica, DamirDamir Desnica	9	0	0	0	9	0
Uljan, MiroslavMiroslav Uljan	8	0	0	0	8	0
Stojanović, DraganDragan Stojanović	5	0	0	0	5	0
Durkalić, SalihSalih Durkalić	29	6	2	0	31	6
Silić, TihomirTihomir Silić	1	0	0	0	1	0
Car, IvicaIvica Car	5	0	0	0	5	0
Jasprica, EdinEdin Jasprica	3	0	1	0	4	0
Šaran, MuratMurat Šaran	22	1	1	0	23	1
Mijač, ŽeljkoŽeljko Mijač	23	2	0	0	23	2
Šugar, MiroslavMiroslav Šugar	16	0	0	0	16	0
Hrstić, MilošMiloš Hrstić	19	1	0	0	19	1

See also

• 1976–77 Yugoslav First League
• 1976–77 Yugoslav Cup

References

• Godišnjak Fudbalskog Saveza Jugoslavije 1976–77 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1976–77] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.
• Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

• 1976–77 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• Prvenstvo 1976.-77. at nk-rijeka.hr