# 1995–96 HNK Rijeka season

The 1995–96 season was the 50th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 5th season in the Prva HNL and 22nd 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 | 14 August 1995 | 26 May 1996 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 030.56 |
| Croatian Cup | 23 August 1995 | 20 March 1996 | First round | Quarterfinal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 033.33 |

### Prva HNL
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Inker Zaprešić | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 27 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 9 | Šibenik | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 27 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 10 | Marsonia | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 21 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 11 | Rijeka | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 17 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 12 | Istra Pula | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 36 | −20 | 17 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Cibalia 8 pts, Inker 5 pts, Šibenik 3 pts.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Rijeka–Istra Pula 4–0, Istra Pula–Rijeka 0–1.

#### Second stage (relegation play-off)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Šibenik | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 28 | |
| 2 | Segesta | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 28 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 3 | Rijeka | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 26 | |
| 4 | Mladost 127 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 25 | |
| 5 | Istra Pula | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 24 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 13 Aug | H | Zagreb | 1 – 2 | 3,500 | Brkić | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 20 Aug | A | Marsonia | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | Gračan | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 27 Aug | H | Cibalia | 4 – 4 | 1,000 | Horvat, Brkić (2), Perković | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 10 Sep | A | Varteks | 1 – 2 | 3,000 | Brkić | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 13 Sep | H | Istra | 4 – 0 | 1,000 | Dželalija (2), Perković, Živković | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 17 Sep | A | Croatia Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 4,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 20 Sep | H | Šibenik | 3 – 1 | 1,000 | Perković, Dželalija, Brkić | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 24 Sep | H | Osijek | 0 – 2 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 1 Oct | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 1 | 4,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 15 Oct | H | Inker Zaprešić | 4 – 4 | 1,000 | Milinović (2), Samardžić (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 22 Oct | A | Segesta | 0 – 6 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 29 Oct | A | Zagreb | 0 – 3 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 5 Nov | H | Marsonia | 0 – 1 | 800 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 11 Nov | A | Cibalia | 1 – 1 | 500 | Brkić | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 19 Nov | H | Varteks | 2 – 2 | 500 | Dželalija, Smoje | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 26 Nov | A | Istra | 1 – 0 | 2,500 | Brkić | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 3 Dec | H | Croatia Zagreb | 1 – 1 | 5,000 | Perković | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 10 Dec | A | Šibenik | 1 – 2 | 1,500 | Brkić | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 17 Dec | A | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 17 Feb | H | Hajduk Split | 0 – 3 | 6,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 24 Feb | A | Inker Zaprešić | 1 – 3 | 400 | Dželalija | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 3 Mar | H | Segesta | 0 – 1 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 10 Mar | A | Marsonia | 0 – 1 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 17 Mar | H | Inker Zaprešić | 2 – 0 | 1,500 | Hasančić, Brkić | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 24 Mar | A | Cibalia | 2 – 2 | 1,500 | Brkić (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 31 Mar | A | Mladost 127 | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 6 Apr | H | Segesta | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Tokić, Dželalija | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 14 Apr | A | Istra | 0 – 1 | 8,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 21 Apr | H | Šibenik | 2 – 0 | 4,000 | Perković, Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 24 Apr | H | Marsonia | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | Milinović, Brkić | HRnogomet.com |
| 31 | 27 Apr | A | Inker Zaprešić | 0 – 2 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 32 | 5 May | H | Cibalia | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Hasančić, Perković | HRnogomet.com |
| 33 | 12 May | H | Mladost 127 | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Perković, Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 34 | 19 May | A | Segesta | 3 – 3 | 1,200 | Brkić (2), Dželalija | HRnogomet.com |
| 35 | 22 May | H | Istra | 4 – 1 | 6,000 | Perković (3), Brkić | HRnogomet.com |
| 36 | 26 May | A | Šibenik | 0 – 3 | 4,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 23 Aug | A | Nehaj Senj | 5 – 1 | ? | Pilipović, Tokić, Perković, Brkić, Dželalija | HRnogomet.com |
| R1 | 6 Sep | H | Nehaj Senj | 3 – 1 | 400 | Pilipović, Samardžić, Milinović | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 11 Oct | A | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 1 | 2,500 | Dželalija | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 25 Oct | H | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 0 | 200 | Perković | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 6 Mar | A | Zagreb | 0 – 5 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 20 Mar | H | Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 200 | | 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 |
| Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| Mladen Žganjer | 17 (1) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | 22 (1) | 0 |
| Mladen Ivančić | 19 (6) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 22 (7) | 0 |
| Damir Milinović | 31 (1) | 3 | 5 (0) | 1 | 36 (1) | 4 |
| Mario Tokić | 34 (0) | 1 | 5 (1) | 1 | 39 (1) | 2 |
| Dario Smoje | 21 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 23 (0) | 1 |
| Alen Horvat | 16 (3) | 1 | 4 (0) | 0 | 20 (3) | 1 |
| Andrej Živković | 24 (7) | 1 | 3 (1) | 0 | 27 (8) | 1 |
| Davor Dželalija | 29 (2) | 7 | 4 (0) | 2 | 33 (2) | 9 |
| Borimir Perković | 30 (0) | 10 | 4 (1) | 2 | 34 (1) | 12 |
| Senad Brkić | 31 (0) | 15 | 4 (0) | 1 | 35 (0) | 16 |
| Admir Hasančić | 17 (10) | 4 | 0 (3) | 0 | 17 (13) | 4 |
| Stjepan Ostojić | 15 (6) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 18 (6) | 0 |
| Igor Bernobić | 10 (3) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 12 (3) | 0 |
| Renato Pilipović | 7 (7) | 0 | 3 (2) | 2 | 10 (9) | 2 |
| Dalibor Višković | 12 (2) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 14 (3) | 0 |
| Irenko Jurić | 11 (3) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 14 (3) | 0 |
| Zoran Slavica | 13 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 13 (0) | 0 |
| Dean Mladenić | 6 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 |
| Nenad Gračan | 9 (1) | 1 | 3 (0) | 0 | 12 (1) | 1 |
| Jasmin Samardžić | 5 (8) | 2 | 2 (3) | 1 | 7 (11) | 3 |
| Robert Vladislavić | 9 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 10 (0) | 0 |
| Mladen Romić | 10 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 10 (0) | 0 |
| Almir Hodžić | 1 (4) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 3 (5) | 0 |
| Ekrem Bradarić | 5 (2) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 7 (3) | 0 |
| Damir Uremović | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 |
| Vlado Tomljenović | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 |
| Renato Marković | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
| Robert Rubčić | 5 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 |
| Roberto Paliska | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Dragan Skočić | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 |
| Yves Belle-Belle | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 |
| Boško Balaban | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 |
| Senad Rožajac | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |