# 2005–06 HNK Rijeka season

The 2005–06 season was the 60th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 15th season in the Prva HNL and 32nd 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 | 23 July 2005 | 13 May 2006 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 062.50 |
| Croatian Cup | 20 September 2005 | 3 May 2006 | First round | Winner | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 11 August 2005 | 25 August 2005 | QR2 | QR2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Croatian Supercup | – | 15 July 2005 | – | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 85 | 47 | +38 | 062.79 |

### Prva HNL
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 11 | +50 | 56 | Qualification to championship group |
| 2 | Rijeka | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 45 | Qualification to championship group |
| 3 | Osijek | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 34 | Qualification to championship group |
| 4 | Varteks | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 31 | Qualification to championship group |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 29 | Qualification to championship group |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 21 | +57 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rijeka | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Varteks | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Osijek | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 40 | |
| 6 | Kamen Ingrad | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 38 | |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## Matches
### Croatian Supercup

| Match | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 15 Jul | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 1 (aet) | 18,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 23 Jul | H | Pula Staro Češko | 2 – 2 | 4,500 | Zekić, Krpan | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 30 Jul | H | Cibalia | 4 – 1 | 3,000 | Prpić (3), Krpan | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 6 Aug | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 5 | 10,000 | Krpan | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 14 Aug | A | Osijek | 1 – 0 | 5,000 | Ivančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 20 Aug | H | Inter Zaprešić | 0 – 0 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 28 Aug | A | Varteks | 4 – 1 | 3,500 | Ah. Sharbini (3), Krpan | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 10 Sep | H | Slaven Belupo | 4 – 2 | 4,000 | Vugrinec (2), o.g., Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 17 Sep | A | Hajduk Split | 1 – 0 | 14,000 | Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 24 Sep | H | Zagreb | 0 – 0 | 4,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 1 Oct | A | Kamen Ingrad | 1 – 0 | 2,000 | Vugrinec | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 15 Oct | H | Međimurje | 4 – 1 | 4,000 | Ah. Sharbini, Novaković (2), Vugrinec | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 22 Oct | A | Pula Staro Češko | 0 – 3 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 26 Oct | A | Cibalia | 0 – 4 | 1,200 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 29 Oct | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 8,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 5 Nov | H | Osijek | 4 – 1 | 2,000 | Ah. Sharbini (2), Vugrinec, Novaković | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 19 Nov | A | Inker Zaprešić | 2 – 0 | 700 | Ah. Sharbini, Vugrinec | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 26 Nov | H | Varteks | 3 – 1 | 500 | Novaković, Ivančić, Vugrinec | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 3 Dec | A | Slaven Belupo | 3 – 1 | 600 | Novaković, Linić (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 18 Feb | H | Hajduk Split | 1 – 0 | 8,000 | Novaković | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 25 Feb | A | Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 4 Mar | H | Kamen Ingrad | 3 – 1 | 3,000 | Prišć, Novaković, Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 11 Mar | A | Međimurje | 4 – 2 | 1,400 | Vugrinec (3), Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 18 Mar | H | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 | 7,000 | Vugrinec | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 25 Mar | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 1 | 20,000 | o.g., Vugrinec | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 1 Apr | H | Kamen Ingrad | 3 – 0 | 4,000 | Bobic, Novaković (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 8 Apr | H | Osijek | 3 – 1 | 4,000 | Rendulić, Linić, Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 15 Apr | A | Varteks | 0 – 1 | 5,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 22 Apr | A | Hajduk Split | 4 – 0 | 3,000 | Vugrinec (3), Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 29 Apr | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 2 | 6,000 | Linić, Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 8 May | A | Kamen Ingrad | 0 – 1 | 300 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 31 | 10 May | A | Osijek | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Linić (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 32 | 13 May | H | Varteks | 2 – 1 | 4,000 | Bobic, Tkalčević | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 20 Sep | A | Jedinstvo Omladinac | 2 – 0 | 1,000 | Knežević, Linić | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 18 Oct | H | Međimurje | 3 – 1 | 1,500 | Novaković (2), Zekić | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 9 Nov | A | Vinogradar | 2 – 1 | 1,200 | Zekić, Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 15 Nov | H | Vinogradar | 8 – 0 | 800 | Linić (5), Novaković (2), Ah. Sharbini | HRnogomet.com |
| SF | 29 Mar | A | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 | 10,000 | Vugrinec | HRnogomet.com |
| SF | 5 Apr | H | Hajduk Split | 1 – 0 | 7,000 | Novaković | HRnogomet.com |
| F | 26 Apr | H | Varteks | 4 – 0 | 8,000 | Vugrinec (2), Linić, Bobic | HRnogomet.com |
| F | 3 May | A | Varteks | 1 – 5 | 7,000 | Vugrinec | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| QR2 | 11 Aug | A | Litex Lovech | 0 – 1 | 4,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| QR2 | 25 Aug | H | Litex Lovech | 2 – 1 | 6,000 | Krpan, Rendulić | 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 | 29 (0) | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 38 (0) | 0 |
| Krunoslav Rendulić | 28 (0) | 1 | 8 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 39 (0) | 2 |
| Peter Lérant | 19 (1) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 26 (1) | 0 |
| Daniel Šarić | 25 (3) | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 34 (3) | 0 |
| Siniša Linić | 29 (0) | 6 | 8 (0) | 7 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 40 (0) | 13 |
| Igor Tkalčević | 13 (9) | 1 | 4 (3) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 18 (12) | 1 |
| Dragan Tadić | 27 (5) | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 33 (8) | 0 |
| Dario Knežević | 28 (1) | 0 | 7 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 38 (1) | 1 |
| Ahmad Sharbini | 23 (5) | 14 | 7 (1) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 30 (7) | 16 |
| Dušan Kerkez | 9 (13) | 0 | 6 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 15 (15) | 0 |
| Davor Vugrinec | 23 (1) | 15 | 6 (0) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 29 (1) | 19 |
| Igor Novaković | 20 (6) | 9 | 6 (2) | 5 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 28 (9) | 14 |
| Zoran Ivančić | 14 (4) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 17 (4) | 2 |
| Mario Prišć | 20 (5) | 1 | 7 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 29 (7) | 1 |
| Petar Krpan | 13 (4) | 4 | 1 (2) | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 16 (6) | 5 |
| Fredi Bobic | 4 (4) | 2 | 0 (2) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (6) | 3 |
| Eddy Bosnar | 8 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 10 (0) | 0 |
| Zoran Zekić | 5 (5) | 1 | 2 (2) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 9 (7) | 3 |
| Anas Sharbini | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (8) | 0 |
| Marin Prpić | 4 (4) | 3 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (9) | 3 |
| Fausto Budicin | 5 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 |
| Velimir Radman | 3 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 |
| Goran Rubil | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 |
| Goran Paracki | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Neno Katulić | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Sandi Dobrić | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Krešimir Brkić | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |