# 2011–12 HNK Rijeka season

The 2011–12 season was the 66th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 21st season in the Prva HNL and 38th 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 | 22 July 2011 | 12 May 2012 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 29 | +0 | 030.00 |
| Croatian Cup | 21 September 2011 | 30 November 2011 | First round | Quarterfinal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 032.35 |

### Prva HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Zadar | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 40 | |
| 11 | Inter Zaprešić | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 38 | |
| 12 | Rijeka | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 38 | |
| 13 | Lučko (R) | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 31 | Relegation to Croatian Second Football League |
| 14 | Šibenik (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 27 | Relegation to Croatian Second Football League |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 |

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 22 Jul | A | Osijek | 1 – 1 | 1,500 | Dedić | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 30 Jul | H | Lučko | 1 – 0 | 2,500 | Kreilach | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 7 Aug | A | Hajduk Split | 1 – 2 | 10,000 | Švrljuga | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 13 Aug | H | Varaždin | 2 – 0 | 2,500 | Kreilach, Švrljuga | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 19 Aug | A | Lokomotiva | 0 – 0 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 26 Aug | H | Šibenik | 1 – 0 | 4,000 | Kreilach | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 11 Sep | A | Zadar | 4 – 4 | 1,600 | Čulina, Alférez, Čaval, Gutiérrez | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 16 Sep | A | Inter Zaprešić | 0 – 1 | 500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 24 Sep | H | Istra 1961 | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 30 Sep | A | Zagreb | 1 – 2 | 1,200 | Salčinović | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 16 Oct | H | RNK Split | 2 – 0 | 2,500 | Križman, Stepčić | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 22 Oct | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 29 Oct | H | Cibalia | 1 – 1 | 1,500 | Salčinović | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 4 Nov | A | Slaven Belupo | 0 – 1 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 20 Nov | H | Karlovac | 3 – 0 | – | – | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 26 Nov | H | Osijek | 1 – 0 | 1,000 | Kreilach | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 3 Dec | AR | Lučko | 1 – 1 | 150 | Mance | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 24 Feb | A | Varaždin | 3 – 0 | – | – | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 4 Mar | H | Lokomotiva | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 9 Mar | A | Šibenik | 2 – 2 | 1,000 | Kreilach (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 18 Mar | H | Zadar | 0 – 1 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 21 Mar | H | Hajduk Split | 0 – 3 | 6,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 25 Mar | H | Inter Zaprešić | 1 – 0 | 1,500 | Kreilach | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 7 Apr | H | Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 800 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 11 Apr | A | Istra 1961 | 0 – 0 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 14 Apr | A | RNK Split | 0 – 2 | 400 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 21 Apr | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | Kreilach | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 29 Apr | A | Cibalia | 0 – 2 | 800 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 6 May | H | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | Čulina | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 12 May | A | Karlovac | 2 – 1 | 700 | Močinić, Kreilach | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 21 Sep | A | BSK Bijelo Brdo | 2 – 1 | 1,500 | Salčinović, Alférez | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 25 Oct | H | Inter Zaprešić | 1 – 0 | 1,200 | Salčinović | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 23 Nov | H | Osijek | 1 – 2 | 1,500 | Alférez | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 30 Nov | A | Osijek | 0 – 2 | 600 | | 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 |
| Robert Lisjak | 28 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 32 (0) | 0 |
| Andro Švrljuga | 24 (0) | 2 | 4 (0) | 0 | 28 (0) | 2 |
| Igor Čagalj | 25 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 29 (0) | 0 |
| Kristijan Čaval | 19 (5) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 19 (5) | 1 |
| Duje Baković | 12 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 15 (0) | 0 |
| Niko Datković | 16 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 17 (0) | 0 |
| Alen Dedić | 9 (11) | 1 | 3 (1) | 0 | 12 (12) | 1 |
| Damir Kreilach | 27 (0) | 9 | 4 (0) | 0 | 31 (0) | 9 |
| Antonini Čulina | 18 (1) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 19 (1) | 2 |
| Fenan Salčinović | 14 (5) | 2 | 4 (0) | 2 | 18 (5) | 4 |
| Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez | 13 (2) | 1 | 4 (0) | 0 | 17 (2) | 1 |
| Sandi Križman | 11 (2) | 1 | 3 (0) | 0 | 14 (2) | 1 |
| Ivan Močinić | 11 (2) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 11 (2) | 1 |
| Mario Tadejević | 11 (1) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 15 (1) | 0 |
| Valentino Stepčić | 3 (13) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 4 (14) | 1 |
| Mato Miloš | 10 (3) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 13 (3) | 0 |
| Neven Vukman | 9 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 9 (2) | 0 |
| Hebert Alférez | 8 (0) | 1 | 1 (1) | 2 | 9 (1) | 3 |
| Armando Mance | 4 (6) | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 4 (8) | 1 |
| Uroš Palibrk | 7 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (2) | 0 |
| Diego Živulić | 7 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (2) | 0 |
| Dino Drpić | 7 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 |
| Dražen Pilčić | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (6) | 0 |
| Alen Matovina | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 |
| Ilija Sivonjić | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 |
| Ivan Bošnjak | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 |
| Luis Delgadillo | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 |
| Denis Ljubović | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
| Marin Grujević | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
| Adam Sušac | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Željko Tomić | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Damir Čehič | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |