# 1980–81 NK Rijeka season

The 1980–81 season was the 35th season in Rijeka’s history and their 19th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 10th place finish in the 1979–80 season meant it was their seventh 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 | 16 August 1980 | 14 June 1981 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 035.29 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 15 October 1980 | 15 October 1980 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 034.29 |

### Yugoslav First League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 35 | |
| 6 | Budućnost | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 34 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup |
| 7 | Rijeka | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 34 | |
| 8 | Partizan | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 34 | |
| 9 | Velež | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 34 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |

## Matches
### First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers |
| 1 | 16 Aug | A | OFK Beograd | 0 – 0 | 6,000 | |
| 2 | 24 Aug | H | Partizan | 2 – 1 | 8,000 | Fegic, Tomić |
| 3 | 31 Aug | A | Zagreb | 6 – 3 | 2,000 | Ružić (3), Tomić, Radović (2) |
| 4 | 7 Sep | A | Red Star | 1 – 2 | 25,000 | Radović |
| 5 | 13 Sep | H | Radnički Niš | 3 – 0 | 3,500 | Janjanin, Radović, Tomić |
| 6 | 21 Sep | A | Sloboda | 3 – 1 | 6,000 | Lukić (2), Hrstić |
| 7 | 5 Oct | H | Borac Banja Luka | 0 – 1 | 4,000 | |
| 8 | 8 Oct | A | Vardar | 0 – 3$^1$ | 4,000 | |
| 9 | 12 Oct | H | Željezničar | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | Radović |
| 10 | 19 Oct | A | Velež | 3 – 4 | 3,000 | Radović (3) |
| 11 | 26 Oct | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 – 0 | 10,000 | Lukić, Hrstić, Radović |
| 12 | 29 Oct | A | Vojvodina | 1 – 2 | 5,000 | Radović |
| 13 | 2 Nov | H | Olimpija | 1 – 1 | 5,000 | Tomić |
| 14 | 9 Nov | A | Budućnost | 0 – 3 | 7,000 | |
| 15 | 23 Nov | H | Napredak Kruševac | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | Radović (p) |
| 16 | 30 Nov | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 2 | 4,000 | |
| 17 | 7 Dec | H | Sarajevo | 2 – 0 | 1,000 | Radović, Jerolimov |
| 18 | 1 Mar | H | OFK Beograd | 0 – 0 | 5,000 | |
| 19 | 8 Mar | A | Partizan | 0 – 1 | 25,000 | |
| 20 | 14 Mar | H | Zagreb | 0 – 0 | 2,000 | |
| 21 | 22 Mar | H | Red Star | 3 – 2 | 10,000 | Radović (2), Machin |
| 22 | 29 Mar | A | Radnički Niš | 1 – 3 | 5,000 | Radović (p) |
| 23 | 5 Apr | H | Sloboda | 1 – 1 | 4,000 | Radović (p) |
| 24 | 12 Apr | A | Borac Banja Luka | 1 – 2 | 5,000 | Radović |
| 25 | 15 Apr | H | Vardar | 3 – 1 | 3,000 | Fegic, Radović (2, 1p) |
| 26 | 18 Apr | A | Željezničar | 0 – 0 | 2,000 | |
| 27 | 3 May | H | Velež | 5 – 1 | 4,000 | Radović (3), Jerolimov, Ružić |
| 28 | 10 May | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 1 | 15,000 | Desnica (p), Radović |
| 29 | 17 May | H | Vojvodina | 3 – 1 | 4,000 | Radović (2, 1p), Desnica |
| 30 | 27 May | A | Olimpija | 1 – 1 | 4,000 | Desnica |
| 31 | 31 May | H | Budućnost | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | |
| 32 | 7 Jun | A | Napredak Kruševac | 0 – 5 | 3,000 | |
| 33 | 10 Jun | H | Hajduk Split | 2 – 2 | 13,000 | Machin, Tomić |
| 34 | 14 Jun | A | Sarajevo | 1 – 2 | 6,000 | Radović |
Source: rsssf.com

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Rijeka Scorers |
| R1 | 15 Oct | A | Partizan | 2 – 2 (2–4 p) | Fegic (2) |
Source: rsssf.com

### Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.
| Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| Neshat Zhavelli | 25+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Sergio Machin | 23+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Nikola Marjanović | 29+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Miloš Hrstić | 31+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Milan Ružić | 24+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| Srećko Juričić | 30+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Milan Radović | 30+1 | 26 | 1+0 | 0 | 32 | 26 |
| Damir Desnica | 9+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| Željko Janjanin | 18+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Duško Lukić | 28+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| Željko Mijač | 1+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ive Jerolimov | 32+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| Miroslav Šugar | 26+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Adriano Fegic | 29+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 2 | 33 | 4 |
| Edmond Tomić | 15+9 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| Mauro Ravnić | 9+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Željko Maretić | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Danko Peranić | 8+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mirko Mijović | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nebojša Petrović | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Zoran Šestan | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Zoran Stojadinović | 0+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Miroslav Miljković | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |