# 1990–91 NK Rijeka season

The 1990–91 season was the 45th season in Rijeka's history and their 29th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 6th place finish in the 1989–90 season meant it was their 17th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League. This was also the last season in which Croatian clubs participated in the Yugoslav 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 | 5 August 1990 | 16 June 1991 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 036.11 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 8 August 1990 | 21 November 1990 | First round | Quarterfinal | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 020.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 034.15 |

### Yugoslav First League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Zemun | 36 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 30 |
| 14 | Olimpija | 36 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 30 |
| 15 | Rijeka | 36 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 29 |
| 16 | Željezničar | 36 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 29 |
| 17 | Budućnost | 36 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 28 |
* 1 2 After the season, Croatian and Slovenian clubs left the Yugoslav federation and formed their own leagues. Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Osijek and Rijeka joined 1992 Prva HNL, while Olimpija joined 1991–92 Slovenian PrvaLiga.

#### 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 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 |

## Matches
### First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance$^1$ | Rijeka Scorers |
| 1 | 5 Aug | H | Zemun | 0 – 1 | 1,346 | |
| 2 | 19 Aug | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 0 (3–1 p) | 3,301 | |
| 3 | 26 Aug | A | Osijek | 0 – 2 | 668 | |
| 4 | 2 Sep | H | Sarajevo | 2 – 0 | 1,089 | Komljenović, Punišić |
| 5 | 16 Sep | A | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 (6–5 p) | 6,544 | Komljenović |
| 6 | 23 Sep | H | Spartak Subotica | 3 – 0 | 1,030 | Komljenović, Punišić, Belajić |
| 7 | 26 Sep | A | Sloboda | 0 – 1 | 544 | |
| 8 | 29 Sep | H | Red Star | 0 – 0 (1–3 p) | 3,855 | |
| 9 | 6 Oct | A | Rad | 1 – 0 | 168 | Punišić |
| 10 | 14 Oct | H | Proleter Zrenjanin | 3 – 0 | 580 | Stipić, Skočić, Ekmeščić |
| 11 | 21 Oct | A | Radnički Niš | 0 – 1 | 758 | |
| 12 | 4 Nov | H | Željezničar | 1 – 1 (1–4 p) | 760 | Komljenović |
| 13 | 18 Nov | A | Olimpija | 1 – 2 | 1,929 | Komljenović |
| 14 | 25 Nov | H | Budućnost | 1 – 0 | 660 | Kurtović |
| 15 | 2 Dec | A | Velež | 0 – 1 | 1,175 | |
| 16 | 5 Dec | H | Vojvodina | 3 – 0 | 1,000 | Vulić (2), Stipić |
| 17 | 9 Dec | H | Borac Banja Luka | 0 – 0 (9–10 p) | 870 | |
| 18 | 16 Dec | A | Partizan | 2 – 1 | 2,295 | Rubčić, Komljenović |
| 19 | 16 Feb | A | Zemun | 0 – 0 (1–3 p) | 503 | |
| 20 | 3 Mar | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 3 | 7,837 | Punišić |
| 21 | 10 Mar | H | Osijek | 2 – 0 | 285 | Punišić (p), Nestorović |
| 22 | 17 Mar | A | Sarajevo | 0 – 1 | 892 | |
| 23 | 23 Mar | H | Hajduk Split | 0 – 0 (1–3 p) | 3,847 | |
| 24 | 31 Mar | A | Spartak Subotica | 1 – 0 | 580 | Stipić |
| 25 | 7 Apr | H | Sloboda | 0 – 1 | 720 | |
| 26 | 14 Apr | A | Red Star | 1 – 2 | 9,126 | Nestorović |
| 27 | 21 Apr | H | Rad | 0 – 0 (6–5 p) | 688 | |
| 28 | 27 Apr | A | Proleter Zrenjanin | 1 – 2 | 732 | Komljenović |
| 29 | 5 May | H | Radnički Niš | 3 – 0 | 680 | Punišić, Florijančič, Komljenović |
| 30 | 11 May | A | Željezničar | 0 – 2 | 1,500 | |
| 31 | 19 May | H | Olimpija | 1 – 0 | 881 | Florijančič |
| 32 | 26 May | A | Budućnost | 0 – 2 | 319 | |
| 33 | 2 Jun | H | Velež | 1 – 0 | 867 | Komljenović |
| 34 | 5 Jun | A | Vojvodina | 1 – 1 (2–4 p) | 1,000 | Skočić |
| 35 | 9 Jun | A | Borac Banja Luka | 0 – 0 (3–4 p) | 2,307 | |
| 36 | 16 Jun | H | Partizan | 3 – 0 | 4,245 | Florijančič (2), Paliska |
Source: rsssf.com

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Rijeka Scorers |
| R1 | 8 Aug | A | Zadar | 0 – 0 (4–2 p) | |
| R2 | 15 Aug | A | Sloboda | 0 – 2 | |
| R2 | 23 Aug | H | Sloboda | 4 – 1 | Komljenović (2), Vulić, Romić |
| QF | 10 Oct | H | Hajduk Split | 0 – 1 | |
| QF | 21 Nov | AR | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 | Komljenović |
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 |
| Tonči Gabrić | 35 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 38 (0) | 0 |
| Branko Dragutinović | 33 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | 38 (0) | 0 |
| Dušan Kljajić | 35 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | 40 (0) | 0 |
| Miro Stipić | 29 (0) | 3 | 5 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 3 |
| Fabijan Komljenović | 35 (0) | 9 | 5 (0) | 3 | 40 (0) | 12 |
| Dragan Punišić | 31 (0) | 6 | 5 (0) | 0 | 36 (0) | 6 |
| Ivan Kurtović | 23 (1) | 1 | 3 (1) | 0 | 26 (2) | 1 |
| Dubravko Pavličić | 26 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | 31 (0) | 0 |
| Stojan Belajić | 28 (1) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 30 (2) | 1 |
| Darko Nestorović | 17 (7) | 2 | 2 (2) | 0 | 19 (9) | 2 |
| Kazimir Vulić | 28 (1) | 2 | 3 (0) | 1 | 31 (1) | 3 |
| Matjaž Florijančič | 18 (0) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 18 (0) | 4 |
| Dragan Skočić | 12 (7) | 2 | 2 (2) | 0 | 14 (9) | 2 |
| Mladen Romić | 12 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 16 (0) | 1 |
| Robert Rubčić | 9 (1) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 10 (1) | 1 |
| Rade Vešović | 6 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 8 (0) | 0 |
| Roberto Paliska | 7 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (0) | 1 |
| Fadil Muriqi | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 |
| Valdi Šumberac | 2 (10) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (11) | 0 |
| Boris Ekmeščić | 1 (6) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (7) | 0 |
| Dean Ljubančić | 3 (11) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (11) | 0 |
| Josip Bogdanović | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 |
| Daniel Šarić | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 |
| Mladen Žganjer | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 |
| Zoran Ban | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |