# 2000–01 HNK Rijeka season

The 2000–01 season was the 55th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 10th season in the Prva HNL and 27th 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 | 29 July 2000 | 27 May 2001 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 028.13 |
| Croatian Cup | 5 September 2000 | 5 September 2000 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 10 August 2000 | 28 September 2000 | Qualifying round | First round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 029.73 |

### Prva HNL
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Šibenik | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 26 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 9 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 23 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 10 | Cibalia | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 20 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 11 | Rijeka | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 19 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 12 | Marsonia | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 16 | Qualification to relegation group |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Šibenik | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 43 | |
| 8 | Čakovec | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 39 | |
| 9 | Cibalia | 32 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 33 | |
| 10 | Rijeka | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 33 | |
| 11 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 33 | |
| 12 | Marsonia (O) | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 29 | Qualification to relegation play-off |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 |

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 29 Jul | H | Šibenik | 0 – 1 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 4 Aug | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 6,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 14 Aug | A | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0 – 0 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 19 Aug | H | Varteks | 2 – 2 | 1,500 | Hasančić, Milicic | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 29 Aug | A | Osijek | 2 – 1 | 3,000 | Milicic, G. Brajković | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 9 Sep | H | Hajduk Split | 0 – 0 | 6,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 19 Sep | A | Marsonia | 0 – 2 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 23 Sep | H | Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 4 Oct | H | Čakovec | 1 – 1 | 1,000 | Milicic | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 14 Oct | A | Cibalia | 2 – 1 | 500 | o.g., Čaval | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 17 Oct | A | Slaven Belupo | 0 – 1 | ? | | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 22 Oct | A | Šibenik | 0 – 1 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 30 Oct | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 4 | 700 | Matulović | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 4 Nov | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2 – 0 | 700 | Kremenović, Skočibušić | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 11 Nov | A | Varteks | 1 – 6 | 2,000 | Dragičević | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 17 Nov | H | Osijek | 2 – 3 | 2,000 | Čaval (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 26 Nov | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 3 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 2 Dec | H | Marsonia | 2 – 0 | 600 | Hasančić, Milicic | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 25 Feb | A | Zagreb | 1 – 0 | 700 | Mikac | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 4 Mar | H | Slaven Belupo | 0 – 1 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 11 Mar | A | Čakovec | 0 – 1 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 18 Mar | H | Cibalia | 1 – 2 | 1,000 | Milicic | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 1 Apr | A | Šibenik | 0 – 3 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 8 Apr | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1 – 1 | 1,500 | Mijatović | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 14 Apr | A | Cibalia | 0 – 1 | 500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 22 Apr | A | Marsonia | 3 – 1 | 2,500 | Flego (2), Čaval | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 29 Apr | H | Čakovec | 1 – 1 | 1,500 | Milicic | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 2 May | H | Šibenik | 1 – 2 | 800 | Flego | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 6 May | A | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 4 – 1 | 300 | Flego, Milicic (3) | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 13 May | H | Cibalia | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | Flego | HRnogomet.com |
| 31 | 19 May | H | Marsonia | 2 – 0 | 300 | Milicic, Rački | HRnogomet.com |
| 32 | 27 May | A | Čakovec | 0 – 2 | 400 | | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 5 Sep | A | Kamen Ingrad | 0 – 2 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| QR | 10 Aug | H | Valletta | 3 – 2 | 4,730 | Mijatović (2), Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| QR | 24 Aug | A | Valletta | 5 – 4 (aet) | 3,932 | Kremenović, Milicic, G. Brajković, o.g., Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| R1 | 14 Sep | A | Celta Vigo | 0 – 0 | 8,300 | | HRnogomet.com |
| R1 | 28 Sep | H | Celta Vigo | 0 – 1 (aet) | 4,691 | | 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 |
| Đoni Tafra | 30 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 0 |
| Miroslav Vajs | 23 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 27 (0) | 0 |
| Andre Mijatović | 28 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 2 | 32 (0) | 3 |
| Dalibor Višković | 24 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 29 (0) | 0 |
| Ratko Kremenović | 19 (4) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 23 (4) | 2 |
| Božidar Čačić | 13 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 16 (0) | 0 |
| Stjepan Skočibušić | 26 (0) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 30 (1) | 1 |
| Goran Brajković | 28 (1) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 33 (1) | 2 |
| Admir Hasančić | 12 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 2 | 14 (0) | 4 |
| Damir Matulović | 24 (0) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 28 (1) | 1 |
| Ivan Maroslavac | 13 (8) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 16 (10) | 0 |
| Mauro Tomišić | 10 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 10 (3) | 0 |
| Ante Milicic | 15 (14) | 10 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 19 (15) | 11 |
| Kristijan Čaval | 19 (3) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 22 (3) | 4 |
| Sandro Klić | 6 (7) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 (8) | 0 |
| Marijan Buljat | 5 (7) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (7) | 0 |
| Mate Dragičević | 13 (6) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 13 (6) | 1 |
| Goran Burčul | 7 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 |
| Matko Djarmati | 6 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 |
| Edo Flego | 9 (1) | 5 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 9 (1) | 5 |
| Natko Rački | 1 (4) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (4) | 1 |
| Boris Pavić | 3 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 |
| Marin Mikac | 4 (3) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (3) | 1 |
| Josip Modrić | 6 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 |
| Stjepan Ostojić | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 |
| Darko Horvat | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 |
| Alen Zidarić | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
| Mate Brajković | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 |
| Vanja Iveša | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Paulino Gomes | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 |
| Stipe Režić | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Saša Kolić | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |