# 1981–82 NK Rijeka season

The 1981–82 season was the 36th season in Rijeka’s history and their 20th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 7th place finish in the 1980–81 season meant it was their eighth 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 | 26 July 1981 | 1 May 1982 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 032.35 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 7 October 1981 | 7 November 1981 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 033.33 |

### Yugoslav First League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Vojvodina | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 32 |
| 12 | Rijeka | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 32 |
| 13 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 31 |
| 14 | Vardar | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 30 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 |

## Matches
### First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers |
| 1 | 26 Jul | H | Sarajevo | 2 – 1 | 3,000 | Tomić, Hrstić |
| 2 | 1 Aug | A | Zagreb | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | Marjanović |
| 3 | 9 Aug | H | Vojvodina | 1 – 1 | 4,000 | Tomić |
| 4 | 16 Aug | A | Partizan | 0 – 1 | 10,000 | |
| 5 | 23 Aug | H | Radnički Niš | 5 – 4 | 3,000 | Desnica, Tomić (2), Fegic, Janjanin |
| 6 | 29 Aug | H | Osijek | 3 – 1 | 3,000 | Desnica, Tomić (2) |
| 7 | 12 Sep | A | Olimpija | 0 – 3 | 1,500 | |
| 8 | 20 Sep | H | Vardar | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | Bursać |
| 9 | 23 Sep | A | Željezničar | 2 – 1 | 5,000 | Tomić (2) |
| 10 | 27 Sep | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 2 | 15,000 | Jerolimov, Bursać |
| 11 | 4 Oct | A | Velež | 1 – 4 | 3,000 | Desnica |
| 12 | 11 Oct | H | Budućnost | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | |
| 13 | 24 Oct | A | OFK Beograd | 1 – 0 | 800 | Fegic |
| 14 | 28 Oct | H | Red Star | 0 – 0 | 9,000 | |
| 15 | 31 Oct | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 2 | 8,000 | |
| 16 | 3 Nov | H | Sloboda | 0 – 1 | 2,000 | |
| 17 | 15 Nov | A | Teteks | 1 – 2 | 2,000 | Tomić |
| 18 | 14 Feb | A | Sarajevo | 1 – 6 | 10,000 | Petrović |
| 19 | 21 Feb | H | Zagreb | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Bursać, Fegic |
| 20 | 28 Feb | A | Vojvodina | 1 – 1 | 7,000 | Malbaša |
| 21 | 7 Mar | H | Partizan | 1 – 0 | 8,000 | Fegic |
| 22 | 10 Mar | A | Radnički Niš | 0 – 1 | 8,000 | |
| 23 | 14 Mar | A | Osijek | 0 – 4 | 3,000 | |
| 24 | 21 Mar | H | Olimpija | 0 – 0 | 1,500 | |
| 25 | 24 Mar | A | Vardar | 0 – 2 | 5,000 | |
| 26 | 28 Mar | H | Željezničar | 3 – 1 | 2,000 | Jerolimov, Fegic |
| 27 | 31 Mar | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 30,000 | |
| 28 | 3 Apr | H | Velež | 3 – 2 | 2,000 | Fegic, Tomić, Desnica |
| 29 | 11 Apr | A | Budućnost | 2 – 2 | 4,000 | Gračan, Malbaša |
| 30 | 14 Apr | H | OFK Beograd | 2 – 0 | 1,500 | Gračan, Desnica |
| 31 | 17 Apr | A | Red Star | 1 – 4 | 6,000 | Desnica |
| 32 | 25 Apr | H | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 | 14,000 | Gračan |
| 33 | 28 Apr | A | Sloboda | 0 – 2 | 500 | |
| 34 | 1 May | H | Teteks | 2 – 2 | 1,000 | o.g., Gračan |
Source: rsssf.com

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Rijeka Scorers |
| R1 | 7 Oct | H | Priština | 2 – 0 | Belić, Tomić |
| R2 | 7 Nov | A | Olimpija | 0 – 4 | |
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 |
| Neshat Zhavelli | 25 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 27 (0) | 0 |
| Sergio Machin | 12 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 12 (0) | 0 |
| Zvjezdan Radin | 17 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 19 (0) | 0 |
| Nikola Marjanović | 30 (1) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 32 (1) | 1 |
| Miloš Hrstić | 31 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 32 (0) | 1 |
| Milan Ružić | 16 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 18 (0) | 0 |
| Damir Desnica | 31 (1) | 6 | 2 (0) | 0 | 33 (1) | 6 |
| Željko Janjanin | 9 (7) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 10 (7) | 1 |
| Ive Jerolimov | 31 (0) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 32 (0) | 2 |
| Miroslav Šugar | 31 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 33 (0) | 0 |
| Adriano Fegic | 28 (4) | 7 | 2 (0) | 0 | 30 (4) | 7 |
| Edmond Tomić | 24 (4) | 10 | 2 (0) | 1 | 26 (4) | 11 |
| Dragoljub Bursać | 7 (5) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (5) | 3 |
| Milenko Lazović | 12 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 12 (1) | 0 |
| Danko Peranić | 12 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 |
| Nenad Gračan | 11 (1) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 11 (1) | 4 |
| Nebojša Petrović | 13 (3) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 13 (4) | 1 |
| Zoran Šestan | 1 (6) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (7) | 0 |
| Mladen Stipančić | 3 (6) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (6) | 0 |
| Željko Nikolić | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 |
| Nebojša Malbaša | 14 (1) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 14 (1) | 2 |
| Željko Belić | 5 (7) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 6 (8) | 1 |
| Miroslav Jelić | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 |
| Rade Ljepojević | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Branislav Petković | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 |
| Milan Bačvarević | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 |
| Mladen Mladenović | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Vladimir Ćutuk | 9 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 9 (2) | 0 |