# 2006–07 HNK Rijeka season

The 2006–07 season was the 61st season in Rijeka's history. It was their 16th season in the Prva HNL and 33rd 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 | 30 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 036.36 |
| Croatian Cup | 20 September 2006 | 4 April 2007 | First round | Semifinal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Cup | 13 July 2006 | 27 July 2006 | QR1 | QR1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Croatian Supercup | – | 19 July 2006 | – | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 033.33 |

### Prva HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Slaven Belupo | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | Osijek | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Rijeka | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 42 | |
| 8 | Varteks | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 42 | |
| 9 | Međimurje | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 37 | |
* ↑ Qualified for Europe as 2006–07 Croatian Football Cup finalists.

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |

## Matches
### Croatian Supercup

| Match | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 19 Jul | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 4 | 15,000 | Bolić | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 30 Jul | A | Cibalia | 4 – 3 | 2,500 | Bolić, Tkalčević, Ah. Sharbini, Rubil | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 5 Aug | H | Kamen Ingrad | 4 – 2 | 2,000 | Bolić (3), Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 12 Aug | A | Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 19 Aug | A | Slaven Belupo | 2 – 3 | 2,000 | Ah. Sharbini (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 26 Aug | H | Hajduk Split | 0 – 1 | 6,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 9 Sep | A | Varteks | 1 – 2 | 3,000 | Prišć | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 16 Sep | H | Osijek | 2 – 2 | 2,000 | Ah. Sharbini, Linić | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 30 Sep | H | Šibenik | 1 – 3 | 1,200 | Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 14 Oct | A | Pula | 3 – 2 | 2,500 | Toñito (2), Bule | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 21 Oct | H | Međimurje | 1 – 3 | 1,000 | Tkalčević | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 28 Oct | H | Cibalia | 4 – 1 | 1,500 | Ah. Sharbini (3), Toñito | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 31 Oct | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 1,200 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 4 Nov | A | Kamen Ingrad | 1 – 0 | 300 | Toñito | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 8 Nov | H | Zagreb | 2 – 1 | 1,000 | Bule (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 11 Nov | H | Slaven Belupo | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Ah. Sharbini (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 18 Nov | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 3 | 6,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 25 Nov | H | Varteks | 2 – 2 | 1,000 | Kerkez, Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 2 Dec | A | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 17 Feb | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 3 | 8,000 | Ivanov, Štrok | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 24 Feb | A | Šibenik | 2 – 2 | 3,500 | Ivanov, Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 3 Mar | H | Pula | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Ah. Sharbini, Ivanov | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 10 Mar | A | Međimurje | 2 – 1 | 1,500 | Starčević, Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 17 Mar | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 5,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 31 Mar | A | Međimurje | 1 – 1 | 1,200 | Budicin | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 7 Apr | H | Varteks | 3 – 0 | 1,000 | Ah. Sharbini (2), Novaković | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 14 Apr | A | Slaven Belupo | 0 – 3 | 1,800 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 18 Apr | H | Osijek | 0 – 2 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 21 Apr | A | Šibenik | 1 – 3 | 2,500 | Novaković | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 28 Apr | H | Pula | 1 – 1 | 800 | Brajković | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 2 May | A | Zagreb | 3 – 1 | 1,000 | Ah. Sharbini (3) | HRnogomet.com |
| 31 | 5 May | H | Cibalia | 1 – 2 | 1,000 | Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 32 | 12 May | A | Hajduk Split | 2 – 2 | 2,500 | Budicin, Ivanov | HRnogomet.com |
| 33 | 19 May | H | Kamen Ingrad | 2 – 0 | 800 | Bule, Sertić | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 20 Sep | A | Đakovo | 2 – 1 | 1,500 | Ah. Sharbini (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 25 Oct | A | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0 – 0 (5–3 p) | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 22 Nov | H | Konavljanin | 3 – 1 | 300 | Ah. Sharbini, Kerkez, Bule | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 29 Nov | A | Konavljanin | 1 – 2 | 2,500 | Žilić | HRnogomet.com |
| SF | 13 Mar | H | Slaven Belupo | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| SF | 4 Apr | A | Slaven Belupo | 2 – 3 | 3,000 | Ah. Sharbini, Ivanov | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| QR1 | 13 Jul | H | Omonia | 2 – 2 | 7,000 | Bule, Kerkez | HRnogomet.com |
| QR1 | 27 Jul | A | Omonia | 1 – 2 | 18,000 | Lukunić | 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 | Apps | Goals |
| Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Supercup | Supercup | Total | Total |
| Dragan Žilić | 27 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 36 (0) | 1 |
| Krunoslav Rendulić | 28 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 35 (0) | 0 |
| Peter Lérant | 15 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 20 (1) | 0 |
| Daniel Šarić | 20 (3) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 27 (3) | 0 |
| Siniša Linić | 23 (3) | 1 | 6 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 32 (3) | 1 |
| Igor Tkalčević | 15 (0) | 2 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 19 (1) | 2 |
| Ahmad Sharbini | 16 (11) | 21 | 4 (2) | 4 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 21 (14) | 25 |
| Dušan Kerkez | 19 (0) | 1 | 2 (1) | 1 | 2 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 24 (1) | 3 |
| Nino Bule | 19 (2) | 4 | 3 (2) | 1 | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 24 (4) | 6 |
| Manuel Pamić | 12 (8) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 14 (11) | 0 |
| Mario Prišć | 17 (5) | 1 | 5 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 25 (5) | 1 |
| Toñito | 16 (4) | 4 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 20 (5) | 4 |
| Mihael Mikić | 12 (3) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 15 (5) | 0 |
| Duje Baković | 17 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 19 (0) | 0 |
| Fausto Budicin | 11 (2) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 12 (3) | 2 |
| Dalibor Starčević | 15 (0) | 1 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 19 (0) | 1 |
| Georgi Ivanov | 11 (2) | 4 | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 13 (2) | 5 |
| Luka Vučko | 12 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 14 (0) | 0 |
| Dragan Tadić | 2 (9) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (11) | 0 |
| Josip Lukunić | 7 (5) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 8 (9) | 1 |
| Igor Novaković | 7 (4) | 2 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (6) | 2 |
| Mate Brajković | 3 (8) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (8) | 1 |
| Goran Rubil | 5 (5) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 7 (7) | 1 |
| Dario Knežević | 5 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 8 (0) | 0 |
| Anas Sharbini | 4 (4) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 |
| Vedran Turkalj | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 |
| Velimir Radman | 6 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 |
| Hrvoje Štrok | 4 (2) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (2) | 1 |
| Elvir Bolić | 5 (1) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 6 (1) | 5 |
| Domagoj Verhas | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 |
| Admir Malkić | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 |
| Ivan Sertić | 0 (4) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (5) | 1 |
| Edin Junuzović | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Ivor Weitzer | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Mateo Bertoša | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Eddy Bosnar | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 |