# 2007–08 HNK Rijeka season

The 2008–09 season was the 62nd season in Rijeka's history. It was their 17th season in the Prva HNL and 34th 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 | 20 July 2007 | 10 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 042.42 |
| Croatian Cup | 26 September 2007 | 24 October 2007 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 042.86 |

### Prva HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Slaven Belupo | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Osijek | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 54 | |
| 4 | Rijeka | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 53 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | NK Zagreb | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 44 | |
* 1 2 Hajduk Split qualified for the UEFA Cup as a runner-up of the 2007–08 Croatian Football 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 20 Jul | A | Inter Zaprešić | 1 – 0 | 2,500 | An. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 28 Jul | H | Cibalia | 3 – 0 | 3,000 | Ivanov, Đalović, Bule | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 4 Aug | A | Osijek | 2 – 2 | 5,000 | Đalović, Bule | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 11 Aug | H | Međimurje | 3 – 1 | 4,000 | An. Sharbini (2), Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 18 Aug | A | Zagreb | 2 – 2 | 2,500 | Škoro (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 25 Aug | H | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 0 | 6,000 | Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 1 Sep | A | Varteks | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | Škoro, Bule | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 15 Sep | A | Šibenik | 2 – 3 | 2,500 | Đalović (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 22 Sep | H | Hajduk Split | 4 – 0 | 8,000 | An. Sharbini, Škoro, Ivanov, Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 29 Sep | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 8,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 6 Oct | H | Zadar | 2 – 0 | 2,500 | Škoro, Pamić | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 20 Oct | H | Inter Zaprešić | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | Budicin, Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 27 Oct | A | Cibalia | 0 – 2 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 31 Oct | H | Osijek | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 3 Nov | A | Međimurje | 1 – 0 | 500 | Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 10 Nov | H | Zagreb | 2 – 1 | 2,500 | Đalović (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 24 Nov | A | Slaven Belupo | 0 – 1 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 1 Dec | H | Varteks | 1 – 1 | 1,000 | Štrok | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 8 Dec | H | Šibenik | 2 – 0 | 800 | Đalović, Štrok | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 23 Feb | A | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 | 8,000 | An. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 1 Mar | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 4 | 9,000 | Škoro, Šafarić | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 8 Mar | A | Zadar | 0 – 0 | 3,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 15 Mar | H | Zagreb | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | Štrok | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 19 Mar | A | Šibenik | 0 – 0 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 22 Mar | H | Varteks | 2 – 2 | 500 | An. Sharbini (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 28 Mar | A | Inter Zaprešić | 1 – 2 | 900 | Šafarić | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 12 Apr | A | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 16 Apr | H | Zadar | 5 – 3 | 1,200 | Vučko, Đalović (3), An. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 19 Apr | A | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | Božić | HRnogomet.com |
| 31 | 26 Apr | H | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 | 4,000 | An. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 30 Apr | H | Međimurje | 5 – 2 | 1,500 | An. Sharbini, Đalović, Božić (2), Škoro | HRnogomet.com |
| 32 | 6 May | H | Cibalia | 2 – 0 | 1,800 | Đalović, An. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 33 | 10 May | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 6 | 20,000 | Tadejević | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 26 Sep | A | Zelina | 4 – 0 | 1,000 | An. Sharbini, Ivanov, Đalović, Ramadani | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 24 Oct | A | Segesta | 0 – 3 | 600 | | 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 |
| Dragan Žilić | 23 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 24 (0) | 0 |
| Filip Marčić | 28 (1) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 30 (1) | 0 |
| Manuel Pamić | 18 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 20 (0) | 1 |
| Igor Čagalj | 15 (3) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 17 (3) | 0 |
| Luka Vučko | 32 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 32 (0) | 1 |
| Fausto Budicin | 32 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 1 |
| Anas Sharbini | 27 (1) | 11 | 2 (0) | 1 | 29 (1) | 12 |
| Hrvoje Štrok | 12 (15) | 3 | 0 (2) | 0 | 12 (17) | 3 |
| Nino Bule | 24 (4) | 3 | 1 (0) | 0 | 25 (4) | 3 |
| Nikola Šafarić | 26 (5) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 28 (5) | 2 |
| Radomir Đalović | 29 (2) | 18 | 2 (0) | 1 | 31 (2) | 19 |
| Georgi Ivanov | 20 (1) | 2 | 1 (0) | 1 | 21 (1) | 3 |
| Alen Škoro | 20 (6) | 7 | 0 (1) | 0 | 20 (7) | 7 |
| Sergej Jakirović | 7 (14) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 7 (15) | 0 |
| Dario Jertec | 19 (4) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 21 (4) | 0 |
| Ivan Božić | 5 (13) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (13) | 3 |
| Mario Prišć | 6 (4) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 8 (4) | 0 |
| Velimir Radman | 10 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 11 (0) | 0 |
| Mate Brajković | 4 (6) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (7) | 0 |
| Duje Baković | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 |
| Damir Kreilach | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 |
| Mario Tadejević | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 |
| Zedi Ramadani | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 (3) | 1 |
| Vedran Turkalj | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| André Luiz | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |