2024–25 HNK Rijeka season

Rijeka
2024–25 season
President	Damir Mišković
Head coach	Željko Sopić; (until 13 August 2024) ; Radomir Đalović; (since 13 August 2024)
Stadium	Rujevica
HNL	1st
Croatian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Toni Fruk (4); All: Marco Pašalić (6)
Highest home attendance	7,505 v. Hajduk Split; (29 September 2024)
Lowest home attendance	2,918 v. Bednja; (22 October 2024)
Average home league attendance	4,787
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 79th season in the existence of HNK Rijeka and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, Rijeka are competing in this season's editions of the Croatian Cup, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Conference League.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
SuperSport HNL	4 August 2024	TBC	Matchday 1		18	9	9	0	26	7	+19	050.00
Croatian Cup	18 September 2024		First round		2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
UEFA Europa League	25 July 2024	15 August 2024	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	025.00
UEFA Conference League	22 August 2024	29 August 2024	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	000.00
Total					26	12	12	2	35	17	+18	046.15

Last updated: 22 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

SuperSport HNL

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Rijeka	19	10	9	0	30	8	+22	39	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	19	10	7	2	28	14	+14	37	Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round
3	Dinamo Zagreb	19	9	5	5	38	25	+13	32	Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round
4	Osijek	19	7	6	6	30	25	+5	27
5	Varaždin	19	6	9	4	17	14	+3	27

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2025. Source: SuperSport HNL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[1]
Notes:

^ The 2024–25 Croatian Football Cup winners qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Croatian Cup winners finish first). If the Croatian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

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
18	9	9	0	26	7	+19	36	5	4	0	17	3	+14	4	5	0	9	4	+5

Last updated: 22 December 2024.
Source: SuperSport HNL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W
Position	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source: SuperSport HNL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	0–0	–	–	2
Gorica	1–0	1–0	–	–	6
Hajduk Split	0–0	2–2	–	–	2
Istra 1961	4–0	1–0	–	–	6
Lokomotiva	4–0	2–2	–	–	4
Osijek	2–0	1–1	–	–	4
Slaven Belupo	0–0	2–0	–	–	4
Šibenik	3–0	1–0	–	–	6
Varaždin	0–0	1–1	–	–	2

Source: 2024–25 Croatian Football League article

Matches

Croatian Football League

4 August 2024 1	Rijeka	4–0	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
18:50 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fruk 13' Ivanović 28' Hodža 70' Butić 83'	Report	Mersinaj 51' Smakaj 64' Živković 67' Leovac 70'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,552 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sv. Ivan Zelina)

11 August 2024 2	Varaždin	0–0	Rijeka	Varaždin
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Janković 37' Selahi 68' Majstorović 70'	Stadium: Varteks Attendance: 1,956 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

18 August 2024 3	Rijeka	4–0	Istra 1961	Rijeka
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rukavina 19' Pašalić 24' Ivanović 28', 66'	Report	Iovu 15' Lekweiry 45+2' Marešić 47' Majkić 52' Keller 68' Čuić 90+3'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,159 Referee: Toni Dadić (Zagreb)

25 August 2024 4	Osijek	0–2	Rijeka	Osijek
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Radeljić 13' Petrovič 26' Pašalić 60'	Stadium: Opus Arena Attendance: 7,014 Referee: Ante Čulina (Zagreb)

1 September 2024 5	Rijeka	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Majstorović 30' Petrovič 45+1' Hodža 50' Andrić 68' Radeljić 90+1'	Report	Petković 22' Sučić 45+2' Mišić 66' Córdoba 90'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,624 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

14 September 2024 6	Gorica	0–1	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ndockyt 11' Kolar 73' Pršir 85'	Report	Gojak 20' Janković 58'	Stadium: Radnik Attendance: 512 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić (Đakovo)

22 September 2024 7	Rijeka	3–0	Šibenik	Rijeka
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fruk 3' Andrić 20' Rukavina 41' Galešić 81'	Report	Perić 60'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,431 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

29 September 2024 8	Rijeka	0–0	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Uremović 53'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 7,505 Referee: Ante Čulina (Zagreb)

5 October 2024 9	Slaven Belupo	0–0	Rijeka	Koprivnica
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Agbekpornu 66' Nestorovski 68'	Report	Janković 33'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 913 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

18 October 2024 10	Lokomotiva	2–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Smakaj 13' Karačić 26' Vranjković 55' Mersinaj 55' Čop 67' (pen.) Goričan 89'	Report	Radeljić 23' 88' Selahi 42' Smolčić 90'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 924 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

26 October 2024 11	Rijeka	1–1	Varaždin	Rijeka
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Galešić 15' Majstorović 63'	Report	Šego 31' (pen.) Marina 52' Mladenovski 57' Maglica 79'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,827 Referee: Toni Dadić (Zagreb)

3 November 2024 12	Istra 1961	0–1	Rijeka	Pula
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kadušić 27' Lawal 40' Valinčić 86'	Report	Rukavina 16' Smolčić 29' Janković 35' Devetak 45' Pašalić 54' Fruk 77' Butić 90+1'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 3,569 Referee: Mateo Erceg (Benkovac)

10 November 2024 13	Rijeka	1–1	Osijek	Rijeka
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fruk 51' Gojak 83' Smolčić 90+2' Zlomislić 90+5'	Report	Cvijanović 56' Hasić 90+5'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,106 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sv. Ivan Zelina)

23 November 2024 14	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ogiwara 56' Ristovski 75' Torrente 82'	Report	Zlomislić 76' Smolčić 83' Galešić 83'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 12,066 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

30 November 2024 15	Rijeka	1–0	Gorica	Rijeka
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Selahi 11' Devetak 16' Rukavina 85' Radeljić 86'	Report	Šlogar 43'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,643 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sv. Ivan Zelina)

8 December 2024 16	Šibenik	0–1	Rijeka	Šibenik
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Majić 49' Gačić 51' Bakić 57' Perić 90+10' Đaković 90+10'	Report	Janković 4' Devetak 19' Fruk 51' Smolčić 63'	Stadium: Šubićevac Attendance: 684 Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Zagreb)

15 December 2024 17	Hajduk Split	2–2	Rijeka	Split
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalik 7' 36' 44' Rakitić 64'	Report	Janković 12' Devetak 44' Majstorović 44' Selahi 47' 48' Petrovič 59' Galešić 90+3'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 29,489 Referee: Mateo Erceg (Benkovac)

22 December 2024 18	Rijeka	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Galešić 22' Pašalić 60' Janković 75'	Report	Crepulja 19' Caimacov 51' Grgić 63' Dolček 90+2'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 5,244 Referee: Dario Bel (Osijek)

Croatian Cup

18 September 2024 R1	Neretvanac Opuzen	1–3	Rijeka	Rijeka
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bajkuša 11' Mikulić 63' K. Medić 83' Tomašević 88'	Report	Andrić 10' Pašalić 33' Radeljić 60' Goda 69'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,166 Referee: Ivan Vukančić (Benkovac)

22 October 2024 R2	Bednja	0–3	Rijeka	Rijeka
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Puškadija 20' Bosilj 25' Horvat 77'	Report	Galešić 28' Gojak 52' Pašalić 60', 62' 68' Butić 90'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,918 Referee: Oliver Romić (Osijek)

26 February 2025 QF	Hajduk Split	–	Rijeka	Split
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Poljud

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

25 July 2024 First leg	Corvinul Hunedoara	0–0	Rijeka	Sibiu, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Buș 16' Lică 76' Hrezdac 88'	Report		Stadium: Sibiu Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,432 Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)

1 August 2024 Second leg	Rijeka	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Corvinul Hunedoara	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Petrovič 12' Posavec 74' Pašalić 75' Galešić 78'	Report	Buș 49' 76' Manolache 90+1' Lefter 90+7'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,683 Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland (Norway)

Third qualifying round

8 August 2024 First leg	Rijeka	1–1	Elfsborg	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pašalić 40' Galešić 45+2' Rukavina 80'	Report	Abdulai 8' 56' 24' Baldursson 31' Holmén 36' Yegbe 50'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

15 August 2024 Second leg	Elfsborg	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Rijeka	Borås, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baidoo 58' 68' Holmén 83' Qasem 83'	Report	Fruk 39' Petrovič 56' Janković 81' Smolčić 81' Galešić 89' Zlomislić 89'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 6,035 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

UEFA Conference League

Play-off round

22 August 2024 First leg	Rijeka	1–1	Olimpija Ljubljana	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ivanović 33' Pašalić 49' Zlomislić 75' Majstorović 76' Fruk 83'	Report	Ratnik 34' Doffo 34' Sualehe 35' Lucas 76' (pen.) Thalisson 78'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 6,487 Referee: César Soto Grado (Spain)

29 August 2024 Second leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	5–0 (6–1 agg.)	Rijeka	Ljubljana, Slovenia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Florucz 2' 54' Thalisson 10' 13', 45' Kojić 35' Lucas 47'	Report	Janković 8' Radeljić 38' Petrovič 52'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 12,616 Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Koper	Rijeka, Croatia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Smolčić 2'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Antonio Melnjak (Rijeka)

6 July 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	7–1^[A]	Primorje	Rijeka, Croatia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ivanović 23' Hodža 32' Fruk 44' Galešić 52' Butić 70' Djouahra 93' (pen.) Bilajac 120'	Report	Smajlagić 80'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Marin Rožman (Rijeka)

10 July 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	3–1^[A]	Nyíregyháza	Haus im Ennstal, Austria
11:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fruk 53' Ivanović 70', 85' Butić 80'	Report	Kovács 78' Oláh 120'	Stadium: SV Union HAUS/Ennstal Attendance: 50 Referee: Paul Nisandžić

13 July 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	0–1^[A]	Karlsruher SC	Bruck an der Mur, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hodža	Report	Schleusener 98'	Stadium: Sportstadion Bruck an der Mur Referee: Andreas Gruber

17 July 2024 Friendly	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Rijeka	Anif, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Daghim 60'	Report	Rukavina 71'	Stadium: USK Anif - Maximarkt Sportpark Attendance: 700 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

18 July 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	1–1	Triglav Kranj	Seeboden am Millstätter See, Austria
11:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Butić 85'	Report	Kazić 76'	Stadium: Sportarena Seeboden Attendance: 100 Referee: Edin Avdić

In-season

27 July 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	5–3	Orijent	Rijeka
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rukavina 32' Ivanović 43' Burčul 51' Hodža 81' Banda 83'	Report	Tadejević 7' Monjac 13' Medojević 62'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Marin Rožman (Rijeka)

7 September 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	1–1^[B]	Primorje	Rijeka, Croatia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perica 51'	Report	Agrelos 65'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Zvonko Radić (Rijeka)

9 October 2024 Friendly	Halubjan	0–2	Rijeka	Viškovo
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gojak 48' Perica 83'	Stadium: Brnasi Attendance: 500 Referee: Vladimir Merle (Rijeka)

12 October 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	4–1	Koper	Rijeka, Croatia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Janković 9' Perica 11' Gojak 50' Žlibanović 73' Smolčić	Report	Ivkič 70'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Marin Rožman (Rijeka)

4 November 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	3–1^[C]	Opatija	Rijeka
	Gojak 2' Babić 36' Djouahra 42'	Report	Vidušin 58'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Marin Rožman (Rijeka)

15 November 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	1–0	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Rijeka
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Djouahra 6'	Report		Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Antonio Melnjak (Rijeka)

9 December 2024 Friendly	Rijeka	2–1^[D]	Opatija	Rijeka
	Perica 31' Goda 42'	Report	Saho 14'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Mario Prpić (Rijeka)

Mid-season

8 January 2025 Friendly	Rijeka	1–1	Primorje	Rijeka, Croatia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dogan 27'	Report	Suljanović 57'	Stadium: Rujevica (training ground) Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Antonio Melnjak (Rijeka)

14 January 2025 Friendly	Rijeka	0–1^[A]	Radomlje	Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bogojević 33'	Report	Vokić 81'	Stadium: Terme Čatež football field Attendance: 100 Referee: David Vozlič

17 January 2025 Friendly	Rijeka	2–0	Sturm Graz	Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pašalić 21' Fruk 85' Devetak	Report	Wüthrich 49' Gorenc Stanković 57'	Stadium: Terme Čatež football field Attendance: 50 Referee: Dejan Plevček

18 January 2025 Friendly	Rijeka	1–1	Grazer AK	Čatež ob Savi, Slovenia
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dogan 27' Rukavina 82'	Report	Frieser 39' Gantschnig 84'	Stadium: Terme Čatež football field Attendance: 50 Referee: Filip Narat

Player seasonal records

Updated 22 December 2024. Competitive matches only.

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Marco Pašalić	3	–	3	6
2	Toni Fruk	4	–	–	4
2	Franjo Ivanović	3	1	–	4
4	Niko Janković	3	–	–	3
	Niko Galešić	2	1	–	3
	Stjepan Radeljić	2	–	1	3
7	Veldin Hodža	2	–	–	2
	Gabriel Rukavina	2	–	–	2
	Komnen Andrić	1	–	1	2
	Šimun Butić	1	–	1	2
11	Mladen Devetak	1	–	–	1
	Lindon Selahi	1	–	–	1
	Ivan Smolčić	1	–	–	1
	Dejan Petrovič	–	1	–	1
TOTALS		26	3	6	35

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Martin Zlomislić	11	2	1	14
2	Josip Posavec	1	1	–	2
3	Domagoj Ivan Marić	1	–	–	1
3	Niko Vučetić	1	–	–	1
TOTALS		14	3	1	18