# 1999–2000 HNK Rijeka season

The 1999–2000 season was the 54th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 9th season in the Prva HNL and 26th 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 | 24 July 1999 | 13 May 2000 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 042.42 |
| Croatian Cup | 22 September 1999 | 21 March 2000 | First round | Quarterfinal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 28 July 1999 | 4 August 1999 | QR2 | QR2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 041.03 |

### Prva HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 61 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Osijek | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Slaven Belupo | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Cibalia | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 24 Jul | H | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 5,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 31 Jul | AR | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 4 – 0 | 1,500 | Balaban (3), Milinović | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 29 Aug | H | Hajduk Split | 1 – 2 | 7,000 | Agić | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 7 Sep | A | Croatia Zagreb | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | Milinović | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 11 Sep | H | Varteks | 2 – 0 | 4,000 | Višković, Balaban | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 18 Sep | A | Šibenik | 2 – 0 | 1,000 | Skočibušić, Brajković | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 26 Sep | H | Cibalia | 1 – 3 | 4,000 | Balaban | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 2 Oct | H | Istra | 4 – 1 | 3,000 | Hasančić, Milicic (2), Balaban | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 12 Oct | A | Vukovar '91 | 0 – 0 | 500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 16 Oct | H | Zagreb | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Balaban, Sztipánovics | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 22 Oct | A | Slaven Belupo | 2 – 2 | 1,500 | Balaban, Agić | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 30 Oct | A | Osijek | 2 – 3 | 1,000 | Agić, Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 6 Nov | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 4 – 2 | 1,500 | Balaban (3), Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 23 Nov | A | Hajduk Split | 2 – 3 | 5,000 | Sztipánovics, Balaban | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 27 Nov | H | Croatia Zagreb | 3 – 1 | 6,000 | Balaban (2), Sztipánovics | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 4 Dec | A | Varteks | 1 – 2 | 1,500 | Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 19 Feb | H | Šibenik | 3 – 1 | 2,500 | Sztipánovics (2), Čaval | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 26 Feb | A | Cibalia | 0 – 0 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 29 Feb | A | Istra | 0 – 1 | 4,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 4 Mar | H | Vukovar '91 | 2 – 0 | 1,200 | Balaban, Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 7 Mar | A | Zagreb | 1 – 4 | 800 | Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 11 Mar | H | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 1 | 1,000 | o.g. | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 18 Mar | H | Vukovar '91 | 0 – 0 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 25 Mar | A | Istra | 1 – 2 | 4,500 | Čačić | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 1 Apr | H | Šibenik | 2 – 0 | 1,000 | o.g. (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 8 Apr | A | Cibalia | 1 – 1 | 500 | Balaban | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 11 Apr | H | Zagreb | 2 – 3 | 500 | Milicic (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 15 Apr | H | Varteks | 4 – 0 | 1,500 | Čaval, Milicic, Milinović, Mijatović | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 24 Apr | A | Osijek | 0 – 2 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 29 Apr | H | Hajduk Split | 2 – 0 | 6,000 | o.g., Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 31 | 6 May | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 32 | 9 May | H | Slaven Belupo | 3 – 1 | 4,000 | Hasančić (3) | HRnogomet.com |
| 33 | 13 May | AR | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1 – 0 | 700 | Mijatović | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 22 Sep | A | Radnik | 2 – 1 | 500 | Sztipánovics, Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 26 Oct | A | Nehaj Senj | 1 – 0 (aet) | 1,500 | Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 14 Mar | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 2 | 6,000 | Balaban | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 21 Mar | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 2 | 1,500 | Brajković (2) | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### UEFA Champions League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| QR2 | 28 Jul | A | Partizan | 1 – 3 | 21,800 | Sztipánovics | HRnogomet.com |
| QR2 | 4 Aug | H | Partizan | 0 – 3 | 10,500 | | 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 | Apps | Goals |
| Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Đoni Tafra | 30 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 33 (0) | 0 |
| Damir Milinović | 24 (0) | 3 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 28 (0) | 3 |
| Andre Mijatović | 21 (0) | 2 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 24 (0) | 2 |
| Dalibor Višković | 22 (2) | 1 | 4 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 28 (2) | 1 |
| Jasmin Agić | 28 (0) | 3 | 4 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 3 |
| Božidar Čačić | 21 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 25 (0) | 1 |
| Stjepan Skočibušić | 13 (3) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 15 (4) | 1 |
| Goran Brajković | 31 (0) | 1 | 4 (0) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 37 (0) | 3 |
| Admir Hasančić | 24 (1) | 10 | 3 (1) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 29 (2) | 12 |
| Damir Matulović | 28 (2) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 31 (3) | 0 |
| Barnabás Sztipánovics | 29 (1) | 5 | 3 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 1 | 34 (1) | 7 |
| Mauro Tomišić | 19 (2) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 24 (2) | 0 |
| Boško Balaban | 29 (0) | 16 | 3 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 17 |
| Ante Milicic | 8 (14) | 5 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 10 (15) | 5 |
| Boris Pavić | 14 (5) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 15 (7) | 0 |
| Kristijan Čaval | 6 (5) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (5) | 2 |
| Kazimir Vulić | 7 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 |
| Stipe Režić | 4 (3) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 |
| Darko Horvat | 3 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 |
| Vedran Peteh | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 |
| Sandro Klić | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 |
| Siniša Linić | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Nenad Matković | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 |
| Mario Strilić | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Vanja Iveša | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Josip Modrić | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Sérgio De Oliveira | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Dalibor Pauletić | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Zdravko Šimić | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Igor Bernobić | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |