# 2001–02 HNK Rijeka season

The 2001–02 season was the 56th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 11th season in the Prva HNL and 28th successive top tier season.

## Competitions

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Prva HNL | 29 July 2001 | 4 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Croatian Cup | 19 September 2001 | 7 December 2001 | First round | Quarterfinal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 047.06 |

### Prva HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Varteks | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Rijeka | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 51 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Slaven Belupo | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 42 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Pomorac | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 40 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 29 Jul | H | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 0 | 2,500 | Skočibušić | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 4 Aug | AR | Hajduk Split | 1 – 4 | 6,000 | Mijatović | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 12 Aug | H | Osijek | 4 – 0 | 2,500 | Skočibušić, Čačić, Matulović, Vidović | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 19 Aug | H | Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 5,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 26 Aug | A | Varteks | 0 – 2 | 5,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 9 Sep | H | Marsonia | 1 – 0 | 2,500 | M. Brajković | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 15 Sep | AR | TŠK Topolovac | 3 – 2 | 1,500 | Milinović, Meštrović, Vidović | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 23 Sep | H | Zadar | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | M. Brajković | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 29 Sep | A | Cibalia | 1 – 1 | 500 | M. Brajković | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 10 Oct | H | Šibenik | 5 – 0 | 1,000 | Skočibušić, Rački (3), Maroslavac | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 14 Oct | A | Pomorac | 1 – 0 | 3,500 | Rački | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 21 Oct | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 0 | 7,000 | o.g. | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 27 Oct | A | Čakovec | 1 – 0 | 2,000 | Mijatović | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 4 Nov | H | Kamen Ingrad | 4 – 1 | 2,000 | Rački (2), Matulović, Meštrović | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 17 Nov | A | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0 – 3 | 400 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 24 Nov | A | Slaven Belupo | 2 – 2 | 2,000 | E. Brajković, Rački | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 28 Nov | H | Hajduk Split | 1 – 2 | 6,000 | Mijatović | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 2 Feb | A | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 800 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 24 Feb | A | Zagreb | 0 – 3 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 3 Mar | H | Varteks | 1 – 1 | 1,500 | M. Brajković | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 6 Mar | A | Marsonia | 4 – 1 | 2,500 | Burčul, M. Brajković, Meštrović, Rački | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 9 Mar | H | TŠK Topolovac | 2 – 0 | 1,000 | G. Brajković, Meštrović | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 16 Mar | A | Zadar | 0 – 2 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 23 Mar | H | Cibalia | 1 – 1 | 800 | Rački | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 30 Mar | A | Šibenik | 1 – 0 | 1,000 | Shkëmbi | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 6 Apr | H | Pomorac | 2 – 2 | 2,000 | Mijatović (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 14 Apr | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 – 2 | 2,500 | Rački, Skočibušić, Vidović | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 20 Apr | H | Čakovec | 2 – 1 | 1,000 | Rački, Vidović | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 27 Apr | A | Kamen Ingrad | 0 – 2 | 3,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 4 May | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 3 – 2 | 2,500 | Čaval, Rački (2) | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 19 Sep | A | Vukovar '91 | 4 – 2 | ? | Meštrović, Milinović, G. Brajković, Vincetić | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 24 Oct | A | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1 – 1 (5–4 p) | 400 | Rački | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 21 Nov | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 7 Dec | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 4,000 | | 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 | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| Đoni Tafra | 24 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 25 (0) | 0 |
| Andre Mijatović | 26 (0) | 5 | 1 (0) | 0 | 27 (0) | 5 |
| Elvis Brajković | 18 (1) | 1 | 3 (0) | 0 | 21 (1) | 1 |
| Dalibor Višković | 21 (2) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 24 (2) | 0 |
| Goran Vincetić | 25 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 29 (0) | 1 |
| Mladen Ivančić | 11 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 11 (2) | 0 |
| Stjepan Skočibušić | 26 (0) | 4 | 3 (1) | 0 | 29 (1) | 4 |
| Goran Brajković | 26 (1) | 1 | 4 (0) | 1 | 30 (1) | 2 |
| Natko Rački | 12 (12) | 13 | 2 (1) | 1 | 14 (13) | 14 |
| Mate Brajković | 20 (7) | 5 | 3 (1) | 0 | 23 (8) | 5 |
| Mario Meštrović | 19 (7) | 4 | 2 (1) | 1 | 21 (8) | 5 |
| Damir Matulović | 14 (6) | 2 | 4 (0) | 0 | 18 (6) | 2 |
| Ivan Maroslavac | 15 (9) | 1 | 3 (1) | 0 | 18 (10) | 1 |
| Rajko Vidović | 15 (6) | 4 | 3 (1) | 0 | 18 (7) | 4 |
| Kristijan Čaval | 12 (8) | 1 | 1 (2) | 0 | 13 (10) | 1 |
| Bledi Shkëmbi | 11 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 11 (0) | 1 |
| Damir Milinović | 8 (0) | 1 | 4 (0) | 1 | 12 (0) | 2 |
| Sandro Klić | 0 (9) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (9) | 0 |
| Goran Burčul | 8 (9) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 8 (9) | 1 |
| Božidar Čačić | 4 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 |
| Matko Djarmati | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 |
| Edo Flego | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 |
| Matko Kalinić | 6 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 9 (0) | 0 |
| Josip Modrić | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 |
| Miroslav Vajs | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 |