# 2009–10 HNK Rijeka season

The 2009–10 season was the 64th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 19th season in the Prva HNL and 36th 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 | 27 July 2009 | 31 May 2010 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 033.33 |
| Croatian Cup | 23 September 2009 | 27 October 2009 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 16 July 2009 | 6 August 2009 | QR2 | QR3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 033.33 |

### Prva HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Slaven Belupo | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 43 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 42 |
| 9 | Rijeka | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 40 |
| 10 | Varteks | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 36 |
| 11 | Istra 1961 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 26 Jul | H | Lokomotiva | 6 – 0 | 3,000 | Ah. Sharbini (3), An. Sharbini (3) | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 2 Aug | A | Varteks | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | Turkalj | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 9 Aug | H | Zagreb | 3 – 1 | 2,000 | Budicin, Gerc, Fernández | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 15 Aug | A | Cibalia | 0 – 1 | 3,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 23 Aug | H | Hajduk Split | 2 – 0 | 7,000 | Fernández (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 29 Aug | A | Šibenik | 0 – 1 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 12 Sep | H | Karlovac | 1 – 1 | 2,000 | Tadejević | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 20 Sep | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 6 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 26 Sep | H | Međimurje | 4 – 0 | 1,000 | Matko (2), Fernández (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 3 Oct | AR | Croatia Sesvete | 2 – 1 | 74 | Turkalj, Fernández | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 17 Oct | H | Osijek | 1 – 1 | 1,000 | Čulina | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 24 Oct | A | Zadar | 1 – 1 | 1,200 | Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 31 Oct | H | Slaven Belupo | 2 – 3 | 800 | Pamić, o.g. | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 7 Nov | A | Inter Zaprešić | 0 – 3 | 300 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 21 Nov | H | Istra 1961 | 2 – 0 | 1,500 | Štrok, Križman | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 28 Nov | A | Lokomotiva | 0 – 3 | 300 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 5 Dec | H | Varteks | 3 – 3 | 800 | Đalović (2), Križman | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 26 Feb | A | Zagreb | 1 – 1 | 800 | Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 6 Mar | H | Cibalia | 1 – 1 | 2,500 | Križman | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 13 Mar | A | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 | 10,000 | Kreilach | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 20 Mar | H | Šibenik | 0 – 1 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 27 Mar | A | Karlovac | 0 – 2 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 3 Apr | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 2 | 5,000 | Štrok, Pamić | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 10 Apr | A | Međimurje | 5 – 1 | 500 | Gerc (3), Kreilach, Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 14 Apr | H | Croatia Sesvete | 4 – 2 | 1,000 | Đalović (2), Štrok (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 17 Apr | A | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 24 Apr | H | Zadar | 3 – 2 | 1,000 | Đalović, Budicin, Pamić | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 1 May | A | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 1 | 1,200 | Križman | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 8 May | H | Inter Zaprešić | 3 – 1 | 1,200 | Đalović (2), Gerc | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 13 May | A | Istra 1961 | 0 – 2 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 23 Sep | AR | MV Croatia | 2 – 0 | 1,500 | Đalović, Matko | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 27 Oct | A | Šibenik | 0 – 4 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Europa League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| QR2 | 16 Jul | A | Differdange | 0 – 1 | 800 | | HRnogomet.com |
| QR2 | 23 Jul | H | Differdange | 3 – 0 | 4,000 | Cerić, An. Sharbini, Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| QR3 | 30 Jul | H | Metalist Kharkiv | 1 – 2 | 7,500 | Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| QR3 | 6 Aug | A | Metalist Kharkiv | 0 – 2 | 15,000 | | 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 |
| Ivan Mance | 18 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 22 (0) | 0 |
| Velimir Radman | 12 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 14 (0) | 0 |
| Alen Pamić | 26 (0) | 3 | 2 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 31 (0) | 3 |
| Igor Čagalj | 26 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 32 (0) | 0 |
| Fausto Budicin | 26 (1) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 32 (1) | 2 |
| Davor Landeka | 25 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 30 (0) | 0 |
| Hrvoje Štrok | 25 (4) | 4 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 30 (4) | 4 |
| Sandi Križman | 15 (2) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 17 (2) | 4 |
| Ramón Ignacio Fernández | 18 (9) | 6 | 2 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 23 (9) | 6 |
| Radomir Đalović | 20 (1) | 10 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 21 (2) | 11 |
| Matija Matko | 11 (4) | 2 | 1 (0) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 13 (5) | 3 |
| Damir Kreilach | 16 (9) | 2 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 17 (13) | 2 |
| Vedran Turkalj | 14 (2) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 16 (3) | 2 |
| Vlade Lazarevski | 9 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 9 (0) | 0 |
| Denis Ljubović | 12 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 12 (3) | 0 |
| Mario Tadejević | 12 (5) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 16 (6) | 1 |
| Vedran Gerc | 8 (6) | 5 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 10 (6) | 5 |
| Kenan Čejvanović | 9 (5) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 11 (6) | 0 |
| Tarik Cerić | 7 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 | 11 (1) | 1 |
| Mikael Yourassowsky | 7 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 |
| Johann Smith | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 1 (8) | 0 |
| Nastja Čeh | 3 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (5) | 0 |
| Anas Sharbini | 1 (0) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 | 4 (0) | 4 |
| Ahmad Sharbini | 1 (0) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 2 | 4 (0) | 5 |
| Valentino Stepčić | 5 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 |
| Mislav Karoglan | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 |
| Jonatan Germano | 0 (4) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 |
| Antonini Čulina | 2 (3) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (3) | 1 |
| Marin Datković | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Ivan Bijelić | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 |
| Dino Raspor | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Matej Šućurović | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |