# 1987–88 NK Rijeka season

The 1987–88 season was the 42nd season in Rijeka's history and their 26th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 4th place finish in the 1986–87 season meant it was their 14th 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 | 2 August 1987 | 12 June 1988 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 026.47 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 12 August 1987 | 12 August 1987 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 025.71 |

### Yugoslav First League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Vardar | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 37 | |
| 7 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 32 | Qualification for Balkans Cup |
| 8 | Rijeka | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 32 | |
| 9 | Budućnost | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 32 | |
| 10 | Vojvodina | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 32 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 |

## Matches
### First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance$^1$ | Rijeka Scorers |
| 1 | 2 Aug | H | Budućnost | 0 – 0 | 2,701 | |
| 2 | 9 Aug | A | Vojvodina | 1 – 1 | 4,348 | Žagar |
| 3 | 16 Aug | H | Velež | 1 – 1 | 4,312 | o.g. |
| 4 | 23 Aug | A | Čelik | 3 – 0 | 6,031 | Škerjanc (3) |
| 5 | 6 Sep | H | Vardar | 3 – 0 | 2,823 | Škerjanc, Rubčić, Vulić |
| 6 | 13 Sep | A | Red Star | 3 – 2 | 8,813 | Mladenović, Škerjanc, Janković |
| 7 | 20 Sep | H | Rad | 0 – 0 | 6,620 | |
| 8 | 27 Sep | A | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 1,205 | |
| 9 | 4 Oct | H | Sutjeska | 1 – 0 | 3,044 | Škerjanc |
| 10 | 7 Oct | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 3 | 6,000 | |
| 11 | 18 Oct | H | Priština | 2 – 1 | 4,475 | Škerjanc, Janković |
| 12 | 25 Oct | A | Radnički Niš | 1 – 2 | 5,000 | Paliska |
| 13 | 1 Nov | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 0 | 12,531 | |
| 14 | 15 Nov | A | Partizan | 1 – 1 | 2,830 | Škerjanc |
| 15 | 22 Nov | H | Željezničar | 0 – 0 | 4,000 | |
| 16 | 29 Nov | H | Sloboda | 1 – 1 | 2,500 | Škerjanc |
| 17 | 6 Dec | A | Sarajevo | 1 – 1 | 756 | Vulić |
| 18 | 6 Mar | A | Budućnost | 0 – 1 | 3,550 | |
| 19 | 13 Mar | H | Vojvodina | 2 – 2 | 2,823 | Vulić, Janković |
| 20 | 20 Mar | A | Velež | 1 – 1 | 4,917 | Janković |
| 21 | 27 Mar | H | Čelik | 2 – 1 | 2,847 | Janković (2, 1p) |
| 22 | 3 Apr | A | Vardar | 0 – 0 | 6,983 | |
| 23 | 10 Apr | H | Red Star | 0 – 0 | 7,850 | |
| 24 | 16 Apr | A | Rad | 0 – 1 | 271 | |
| 25 | 20 Apr | H | Osijek | 0 – 0 | 1,980 | |
| 26 | 24 Apr | A | Sutjeska | 0 – 3 | 1,978 | |
| 27 | 1 May | H | Hajduk Split | 3 – 1 | 12,000 | Mladenović (2), Janković |
| 28 | 4 May | A | Priština | 1 – 2 | 10,000 | Šumberac |
| 29 | 8 May | H | Radnički Niš | 2 – 1 | 1,595 | Janković, Dragutinović |
| 30 | 15 May | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 3 | 6,750 | Mladenović, Janković |
| 31 | 22 May | H | Partizan | 0 – 3 | 7,459 | |
| 32 | 29 May | A | Željezničar | 0 – 3 | 2,405 | |
| 33 | 8 Jun | A | Sloboda | 0 – 2 | 1,500 | |
| 34 | 12 Jun | H | Sarajevo | 2 – 1 | 1,000 | Ljubančić, Mladenović |
Source: rsssf.com

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Rijeka Scorers |
| R1 | 12 Aug | A | Borac Čačak | 0 – 1 | |
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 | 26 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 26 (0) | 0 |
| Borče Sredojević | 17 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 18 (0) | 0 |
| Branko Dragutinović | 33 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 1 |
| Saša Peršon | 28 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 29 (0) | 0 |
| Igor Jelavić | 30 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 31 (1) | 0 |
| Roberto Paliska | 21 (6) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 22 (6) | 1 |
| Janko Janković | 32 (1) | 9 | 1 (0) | 0 | 33 (1) | 9 |
| Mladen Mladenović | 27 (3) | 5 | 1 (0) | 0 | 28 (3) | 5 |
| Zoran Škerjanc | 29 (3) | 9 | 0 (1) | 0 | 29 (4) | 9 |
| Robert Rubčić | 31 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 32 (0) | 1 |
| Matjaž Florijančič | 12 (11) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (12) | 0 |
| Kazimir Vulić | 8 (12) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 8 (12) | 3 |
| Valdi Šumberac | 4 (11) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (11) | 1 |
| Robert Žagar | 19 (3) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 20 (3) | 1 |
| Željko Jurin | 13 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 13 (4) | 0 |
| Zoran Ivković | 9 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 9 (2) | 0 |
| Nedžad Kuruzović | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 |
| Vlado Kotur | 5 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 |
| Jovan Savić | 3 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 |
| Vlado Miloševič | 5 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 |
| Predrag Valenčić | 9 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 9 (3) | 0 |
| Dean Ljubančić | 1 (2) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 |
| Stojan Belajić | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 |
| Bojan Krkić, Sr. | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Dragan Stanić | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 |
| Danko Matrljan | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Željko Cupać | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Rajko Šarić | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |