# 1983–84 NK Rijeka season

The 1983–84 season was the 38th season in Rijeka’s history and their 22nd season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 15th place finish in the 1982–83 season meant it was their tenth successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

## 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 % |
| Yugoslav First League | 14 August 1983 | 30 May 1984 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 047.06 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 21 September 1983 | 18 April 1984 | First round | Quarterfinal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 045.95 |

### Yugoslav First League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Partizan | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Željezničar | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Osijek | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 34 | |

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |

## Matches
### First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers |
| 1 | 14 Aug | H | Željezničar | 2 – 0 | 5,000 | Gračan, Lukić |
| 2 | 21 Aug | A | Budućnost | 0 – 2 | 5,000 | |
| 3 | 28 Aug | H | Priština | 2 – 1 | 7,000 | Radmanović, Gračan |
| 4 | 31 Aug | A | Partizan | 1 – 2 | 15,000 | Lukić |
| 5 | 6 Sep | H | Dinamo Vinkovci | 2 – 1 | 4,000 | Radmanović, Lukić |
| 6 | 11 Sep | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 0 | 13,000 | Desnica, Radmanović |
| 7 | 18 Sep | A | Olimpija | 2 – 1 | 10,000 | Lukić, Radmanović |
| 8 | 25 Sep | H | Vojvodina | 2 – 1 | 4,500 | Lukić, Matrljan |
| 9 | 2 Oct | A | Sarajevo | 0 – 0 | 5,000 | |
| 10 | 5 Oct | H | Čelik | 4 – 1 | 4,000 | Gračan (2), Desnica, Radmanović |
| 11 | 16 Oct | A | Osijek | 1 – 4 | 4,000 | o.g. |
| 12 | 23 Oct | H | Vardar | 1 – 0 | 4,000 | Desnica |
| 13 | 30 Oct | A | Red Star | 1 – 4 | 12,000 | Matrljan |
| 14 | 6 Nov | H | Velež | 0 – 0 | 7,000 | |
| 15 | 20 Nov | A | Radnički Niš | 1 – 3 | 3,000 | Matrljan |
| 16 | 27 Nov | H | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 | 6,000 | Desnica |
| 17 | 4 Dec | A | Sloboda | 1 – 1 | 1,000 | Fegic |
| 18 | 26 Feb | A | Željezničar | 1 – 2 | 6,000 | Desnica |
| 19 | 29 Feb | H | Budućnost | 1 – 0 | 4,000 | Radmanović |
| 20 | 4 Mar | A | Priština | 0 – 1 | 18,000 | |
| 21 | 11 Mar | H | Partizan | 3 – 0 | 10,000 | Lukić (2), Desnica |
| 22 | 18 Mar | A | Dinamo Vinkovci | 0 – 1 | 4,000 | |
| 23 | 25 Mar | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 – 3 | 15,000 | Gračan, Fegic, Radmanović |
| 24 | 28 Mar | H | Olimpija | 1 – 0 | 4,000 | Gračan |
| 25 | 7 Apr | A | Vojvodina | 0 – 0 | 2,000 | |
| 26 | 15 Apr | H | Sarajevo | 3 – 1 | 4,000 | Fegic (2), Desnica |
| 27 | 22 Apr | A | Čelik | 3 – 2 | 6,000 | o.g., Fegic, Tomić |
| 28 | 29 Apr | H | Osijek | 4 – 1 | 4,000 | Tomić (2), Matrljan, Fegic |
| 29 | 6 May | A | Vardar | 2 – 2 | 12,000 | Desnica, Gračan |
| 30 | 13 May | H | Red Star | 0 – 0 | 20,000 | |
| 31 | 16 May | A | Velež | 1 – 1 | 5,000 | Desnica |
| 32 | 20 May | H | Radnički Niš | 2 – 0 | 4,000 | Lukić, Desnica |
| 33 | 27 May | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 0 | 7,000 | |
| 34 | 30 May | H | Sloboda | 6 – 1 | 5,000 | Fegic (3), Gračan, Hrstić, Desnica |
Source: rsssf.com

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Rijeka Scorers |
| R1 | 21 Sep | A | Vitez | 0 – 0 (6–5 p) | |
| R2 | 16 Nov | H | Drina | 2 – 1 | Gračan, Hrstić |
| QF | 18 Apr | H | Red Star | 1 – 4 | Desnica |
Source: rsssf.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 |
| Mauro Ravnić | 19 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 20 (0) | 0 |
| Nikica Milenković | 11 (9) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 13 (9) | 0 |
| Vlado Kotur | 33 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 36 (0) | 0 |
| Zvjezdan Radin | 32 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 35 (0) | 0 |
| Nikola Marjanović | 28 (3) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 29 (4) | 0 |
| Miloš Hrstić | 33 (0) | 1 | 3 (0) | 1 | 36 (0) | 2 |
| Srećko Juričić | 26 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 29 (0) | 0 |
| Damir Desnica | 32 (0) | 11 | 3 (0) | 1 | 35 (0) | 12 |
| Nenad Gračan | 31 (0) | 8 | 3 (0) | 1 | 34 (0) | 9 |
| Adriano Fegic | 15 (3) | 9 | 1 (0) | 0 | 16 (3) | 9 |
| Milan Ružić | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Edmond Tomić | 0 (8) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (8) | 3 |
| Davor Radmanović | 24 (6) | 7 | 3 (0) | 0 | 27 (6) | 7 |
| Duško Lukić | 27 (0) | 8 | 3 (0) | 0 | 30 (0) | 8 |
| Danko Matrljan | 18 (5) | 4 | 2 (0) | 0 | 20 (5) | 4 |
| Nebojša Malbaša | 13 (5) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 13 (7) | 0 |
| Mišo Krstičević | 6 (6) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 6 (7) | 0 |
| Dragan Stevanović | 4 (6) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (6) | 0 |
| Neshat Zhavelli | 16 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 18 (0) | 0 |
| Boris Tičić | 6 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 |
| Robert Rubčić | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Rade Ljepojević | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Zoran Škerjanc | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 |