# 1985–86 NK Rijeka season

The 1985–86 season was the 40th season in Rijeka's history and their 24th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 8th place finish in the 1984–85 season meant it was their 12th 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 | 11 August 1985 | 14 June 1986 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 035.29 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 30 October 1985 | 20 November 1985 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 036.11 |

### Yugoslav First League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Velež | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 37 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Rijeka | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 36 | |
| 7 | Željezničar | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 35 | |

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |

## Matches
### First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers |
| 1 | 11 Aug | A | Dinamo Vinkovci | 1 – 2 | 3,000 | Gračan |
| 2 | 18 Aug | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 1 | 16,000 | |
| 3 | 21 Aug | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 0 | 14,000 | |
| 4 | 25 Aug | A | Željezničar | 1 – 3 | 5,000 | Gračan (p) |
| 5 | 1 Sep | H | Sloboda | 3 – 0 | 4,000 | Gračan (2, 1p), Škerjanc |
| 6 | 4 Sep | A | OFK Beograd | 3 – 1 | 4,000 | Matrljan (2), Janković |
| 7 | 8 Sep | H | Red Star | 1 – 1 | 15,000 | Valenčić |
| 8 | 15 Sep | A | Vardar | 0 – 4 | 7,000 | |
| 9 | 6 Oct | H | Budućnost | 1 – 0 | 2,000 | Valenčić |
| 10 | 9 Oct | A | Sutjeska | 0 – 1 | 3,000 | |
| 11 | 13 Oct | H | Priština | 0 – 1 | 4,000 | |
| 12 | 20 Oct | A | Sarajevo | 1 – 2 | 1,500 | Janković (p) |
| 13 | 27 Oct | H | Velež | 3 – 3 | 3,000 | Malbaša (3) |
| 14 | 3 Nov | A | Osijek | 0 – 0 | 2,000 | |
| 15 | 24 Nov | H | Partizan | 1 – 0 | 8,000 | Janković |
| 16 | 1 Dec | A | Vojvodina | 0 – 0 | 4,000 | |
| 17 | 8 Dec | H | Čelik | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | Janković (p) |
| 18 | 2 Mar | H | Dinamo Vinkovci | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Malbaša, Gračan |
| 19 | 9 Mar | H | Hajduk Split | 3 – 0 | 16,000 | Janković, Malbaša (2) |
| 20 | 16 Mar | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 0 | 15,000 | |
| 21 | 23 Mar | H | Željezničar | 0 – 0 | 5,000 | |
| 22 | 30 Mar | A | Sloboda | 2 – 2 | 3,000 | Gračan, Matrljan |
| 23 | 6 Apr | H | OFK Beograd | 2 – 0 | 3,000 | Matrljan, Malbaša |
| 24 | 12 Apr | A | Red Star | 1 – 1 | 6,000 | Kotur |
| 25 | 20 Apr | H | Vardar | 2 – 0 | 4,000 | Matrljan, Malbaša |
| 26 | 27 Apr | A | Budućnost | 1 – 2 | 7,000 | Malbaša |
| 27 | 4 May | H | Sutjeska | 3 – 1 | 3,000 | Janković (p), Malbaša, Mladenović |
| 28 | 7 May | A | Priština | 1 – 2 | 15,000 | Matrljan |
| 29 | 18 May | H | Sarajevo | 2 – 0 | 3,000 | Kotur, Malbaša |
| 30 | 25 May | A | Velež | 1 – 1 | 6,000 | Janković (p) |
| 31 | 28 May | H | Osijek | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | Malbaša |
| 32 | 1 Jun | A | Partizan | 1 – 1 | 10,000 | Mladenović |
| 33 | 8 Jun | H | Vojvodina | 3 – 0 | 3,000 | Gračan, Matrljan, Janković |
| 34 | 14 Jun | A | Čelik | 1 – 1 | 1,000 | Janković (p) |
Source: rsssf.com

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Rijeka Scorers |
| R1 | 30 Oct | H | Belasica | 4 – 1 | Janković (p), Matrljan, Malbaša (2) |
| R2 | 20 Nov | A | Budućnost | 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 | 29 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 30 (0) | 0 |
| Nikica Milenković | 33 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 35 (0) | 0 |
| Borče Sredojević | 27 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 28 (0) | 0 |
| Boris Tičić | 16 (10) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 17 (10) | 0 |
| Igor Jelavić | 23 (3) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 24 (3) | 0 |
| Roberto Paliska | 26 (2) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 28 (2) | 0 |
| Vlado Kotur | 26 (5) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 28 (5) | 2 |
| Nenad Gračan | 30 (0) | 7 | 1 (1) | 0 | 31 (1) | 7 |
| Davor Radmanović | 3 (9) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (9) | 0 |
| Jovan Savić | 5 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 |
| Danko Matrljan | 28 (4) | 7 | 1 (0) | 1 | 29 (4) | 8 |
| Nebojša Malbaša | 31 (2) | 12 | 2 (0) | 2 | 33 (2) | 14 |
| Predrag Valenčić | 20 (7) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 22 (7) | 2 |
| Janko Janković | 32 (0) | 9 | 2 (0) | 1 | 34 (0) | 10 |
| Rade Ljepojević | 23 (4) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 25 (4) | 0 |
| Mladen Mladenović | 7 (4) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (4) | 2 |
| Zoran Škerjanc | 10 (8) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 11 (8) | 1 |
| Robert Rubčić | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 |
| Željko Cupać | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Nevenko Vasiljević | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Danko Peranić | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| B Radojević | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Zoran Šestan | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 |