# 1986–87 NK Rijeka season

The 1986–87 season was the 41st season in Rijeka’s history and their 25th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1985–86 season meant it was their 13th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

## 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 % |
| Yugoslav First League | 10 August 1986 | 14 June 1987 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 041.18 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 30 October 1986 | 9 May 1987 | First round | Runners-up | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 037.50 |
| UEFA Cup | 17 September 1986 | 1 October 1986 | First round | First round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 038.64 |

### Yugoslav First League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Velež | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 38 | |
| 5 | Vardar | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 38 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 6 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 37 | |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 |

## Matches
### First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka scorers |
| 1 | 10 Aug | H | Hajduk Split | 2 – 2 | 20,000 | Janković (2, 1p) |
| 2 | 17 Aug | A | Velež | 2 – 4 | 12,000 | Janković, Paliska |
| 3 | 24 Aug | H | Sarajevo | 5 – 2 | 2,000 | Matrljan, Janković (3, 1p), Radmanović |
| 4 | 31 Aug | A | Dinamo Vinkovci | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | Paliska |
| 5 | 7 Sep | H | Partizan | 0 – 3 | 16,000 | |
| 6 | 14 Sep | A | Budućnost | 0 – 2 | 6,000 | |
| 7 | 21 Sep | H | Sloboda | 2 – 0 | 3,500 | Janković, Paliska |
| 8 | 28 Sep | A | Čelik | 2 – 2 | 7,000 | Vujčić, Matrljan |
| 9 | 5 Oct | H | Spartak Subotica | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | Matrljan, Radmanović |
| 10 | 12 Oct | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 – 0 | 18,000 | Janković (p), Radmanović, Kotur |
| 11 | 19 Oct | A | Željezničar | 1 – 1 | 5,000 | Matrljan |
| 12 | 2 Nov | H | Osijek | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | Janković, Matrljan |
| 13 | 16 Nov | A | Priština | 1 – 3 | 10,000 | o.g. |
| 14 | 23 Nov | H | Red Star | 2 – 1 | 6,000 | Kotur, Janković |
| 15 | 30 Nov | A | Sutjeska | 0 – 0 | 4,000 | |
| 16 | 7 Dec | H | Vardar | 3 – 1 | 5,000 | Janković (p), Matrljan, Vujčić |
| 17 | 14 Dec | A | Radnički Niš | 1 – 3 | 5,000 | Janković (p) |
| 18 | 22 Feb | A | Hajduk Split | 0 – 2 | 15,000 | |
| 19 | 1 Mar | H | Velež | 3 – 1 | 8,000 | Valenčić, Vujčić, Janković |
| 20 | 8 Mar | A | Sarajevo | 0 – 0 | 1,500 | |
| 21 | 15 Mar | H | Dinamo Vinkovci | 2 – 1 | 3,000 | Janković (p), Radmanović |
| 22 | 22 Mar | A | Partizan | 1 – 1 | 20,000 | Janković |
| 23 | 29 Mar | H | Budućnost | 2 – 2 | 3,000 | Janković (p), Paliska |
| 24 | 5 Apr | A | Sloboda | 0 – 0 | 4,000 | |
| 25 | 12 Apr | H | Čelik | 0 – 0 | 4,000 | |
| 26 | 15 Apr | A | Spartak Subotica | 1 – 0 | 8,000 | Vujčić |
| 27 | 19 Apr | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 8,000 | |
| 28 | 3 May | H | Željezničar | 2 – 1 | 6,000 | Radmanović, Škerjanc |
| 29 | 13 May | A | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 2,000 | |
| 30 | 17 May | H | Priština | 1 – 0 | 4,000 | Janković |
| 31 | 24 May | A | Red Star | 1 – 3 | 20,000 | Janković (p) |
| 32 | 31 May | H | Sutjeska | 1 – 0 | 4,000 | Mladenović |
| 33 | 7 Jun | A | Vardar | 0 – 2 | 10,000 | |
| 34 | 14 Jun | H | Radnički Niš | 1 – 0 | 2,000 | Janković |
Source: rsssf.com

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka scorers |
| R1 | 13 Aug | H | Vlaznimi Đakovica | 2 – 0 | 1,000 | Matrljan, Janković (p) |
| R2 | 27 Aug | H | Crvena Zastava Kragujevac | 5 – 0 | 1,500 | o.g., Ljepojević, Vasiljević, Kotur, Vujčić |
| R2 | 9 Sep | A | Crvena Zastava Kragujevac | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | Janković |
| QF | 8 Oct | A | Željezničar | 0 – 0 | 600 | |
| QF | 19 Nov | H | Željezničar | 0 – 0 (4–2 p) | 6,000 | |
| SF | 11 Mar | H | Budućnost | 2 – 1 | 8,000 | Janković, Matrljan |
| SF | 1 Apr | A | Budućnost | 1 – 1 | 10,000 | Janković |
| F | 9 May | N | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 (8–9 p) | 30,000 | Radmanović |
Source: rsssf.com

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka scorers |
| R1 | 17 Sep | H | Standard Liège | 0 – 1 | 9,000 | |
| R1 | 1 Oct | A | Standard Liège | 1 – 1 | 20,000 | Radmanović |
Source: worldfootball.net

### Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.
| Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Mauro Ravnić | 34+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Nikica Milenković | 18+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Borče Sredojević | 31+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Igor Jelavić | 28+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Roberto Paliska | 32+1 | 4 | 8+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 43 | 4 |
| Vlado Kotur | 32+0 | 2 | 7+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
| Davor Radmanović | 30+0 | 5 | 8+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 40 | 7 |
| Danko Matrljan | 26+2 | 6 | 7+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 37 | 8 |
| Predrag Valenčić | 19+8 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Zoran Vujčić | 30+1 | 4 | 7+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 40 | 5 |
| Janko Janković | 33+0 | 19 | 8+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 43 | 23 |
| Rade Ljepojević | 12+9 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Mladen Mladenović | 19+5 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Zoran Škerjanc | 9+11 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Robert Rubčić | 14+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Nevenko Vasiljević | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mensur Strukar | 1+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Matjaž Florijančič | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Zoran Šestan | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Kazimir Vulić | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rajko Šarić | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Valdi Šumberac | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Robert Žagar | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jovan Savić | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |