# 1989–90 NK Rijeka season

The 1989–90 season was the 44th season in Rijeka's history and their 28th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 10th place finish in the 1988–89 season meant it was their 16th 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 | 30 July 1989 | 16 May 1990 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 041.18 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 2 August 1989 | 16 August 1989 | First round | Second round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 043.24 |

### Yugoslav First League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Partizan | 34 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Rad | 34 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 36 | |
| 6 | Rijeka | 34 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 33 | |
| 7 | Željezničar | 34 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Olimpija | 34 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 30 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |

## Matches
### First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance$^1$ | Rijeka Scorers |
| 1 | 30 Jul | H | Hajduk Split | 1 – 0 | 6,277 | Paliska |
| 2 | 6 Aug | A | Partizan | 1 – 0 | 8,075 | Vujčić |
| 3 | 13 Aug | H | Radnički Niš | 2 – 0 | 2,624 | Vujčić (2) |
| 4 | 20 Aug | A | Borac Banja Luka | 1 – 2 | 7,851 | Rubčić |
| 5 | 27 Aug | H | Velež | 1 – 0 | 2,357 | o.g. |
| 6 | 10 Sep | H | Budućnost | 0 – 0 (5–4 p) | 2,590 | |
| 7 | 17 Sep | A | Sarajevo | 0 – 2 | 1,311 | |
| 8 | 23 Sep | H | Rad | 0 – 1 | 1,766 | |
| 9 | 1 Oct | A | Olimpija | 0 – 2 | 5,860 | |
| 10 | 7 Oct | H | Red Star | 1 – 4 | 5,356 | Romić |
| 11 | 15 Oct | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 1 (3–4 p) | 8,123 | Stipić |
| 12 | 22 Oct | H | Spartak Subotica | 3 – 0 | 1,340 | Vujčić (2, 2p), Scoria |
| 13 | 5 Nov | A | Sloboda | 0 – 1 | 779 | |
| 14 | 12 Nov | H | Vojvodina | 2 – 0 | 1,382 | Vujčić (2, 1p) |
| 15 | 19 Nov | A | Vardar | 0 – 0 (5–4 p) | 2,144 | |
| 16 | 26 Nov | H | Željezničar | 1 – 0 | 1,189 | Vulić |
| 17 | 3 Dec | A | Osijek | 1 – 0 | 528 | Vulić |
| 18 | 10 Dec | A | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 (6–5 p) | 3,321 | Vešović |
| 19 | 17 Dec | H | Partizan | 0 – 1 | 3,226 | |
| 20 | 18 Feb | A | Radnički Niš | 0 – 3 | 2,440 | |
| 21 | 25 Feb | H | Borac Banja Luka | 1 – 0 | 1,239 | Beširević |
| 22 | 4 Mar | A | Velež | 2 – 3 | 2,467 | Komljenović (2) |
| 23 | 11 Mar | A | Budućnost | 0 – 1 | 1,535 | |
| 24 | 18 Mar | H | Sarajevo | 1 – 0 | 2,563 | Kurtović |
| 25 | 24 Mar | A | Rad | 0 – 4 | 359 | |
| 26 | 1 Apr | H | Olimpija | 0 – 0 (3–2 p) | 1,485 | |
| 27 | 8 Apr | A | Red Star | 0 – 1 | 6,177 | |
| 28 | 15 Apr | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 1 (4–1 p) | 7,038 | Komljenović |
| 29 | 22 Apr | A | Spartak Subotica | 1 – 0 | 2,110 | Pavličić |
| 30 | 25 Apr | H | Sloboda | 3 – 0 | 1,167 | Komljenović, o.g., Vujčić |
| 31 | 29 Apr | A | Vojvodina | 0 – 2 | 832 | |
| 32 | 6 May | H | Vardar | 2 – 0 | 1,151 | Beširević, Vujčić (p) |
| 33 | 13 May | A | Željezničar | 1 – 4 | 982 | Vulić |
| 34 | 16 May | H | Osijek | 1 – 0 | 685 | Beširević |
Source: rsssf.com

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Rijeka Scorers |
| R1 | 2 Aug | A | Orijent | 1 – 0 | Beširević |
| R2 | 9 Aug | A | Vardar | 0 – 3 | |
| R2 | 16 Aug | H | Vardar | 3 – 2 | Beširević, o.g., Rubčić |
Source: rsssf.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 |
| Tonči Gabrić | 32 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 35 (0) | 0 |
| Mladen Romić | 24 (2) | 1 | 3 (0) | 0 | 27 (2) | 1 |
| Branko Dragutinović | 22 (1) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 25 (1) | 0 |
| Saša Peršon | 29 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 32 (0) | 0 |
| Roberto Paliska | 23 (1) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 25 (1) | 1 |
| Robert Rubčić | 15 (1) | 1 | 3 (0) | 1 | 18 (1) | 2 |
| Dušan Kljajić | 26 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 29 (0) | 0 |
| Fadil Muriqi | 22 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 24 (0) | 0 |
| Zoran Vujčić | 33 (0) | 9 | 3 (0) | 0 | 36 (0) | 9 |
| Kazimir Vulić | 16 (6) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 16 (6) | 3 |
| Rade Vešović | 28 (1) | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 28 (3) | 1 |
| Suad Beširević | 16 (2) | 3 | 3 (0) | 2 | 19 (2) | 5 |
| Matjaž Florijančič | 12 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 15 (0) | 0 |
| Elvis Scoria | 14 (11) | 1 | 1 (2) | 0 | 15 (13) | 1 |
| Miro Stipić | 22 (5) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 23 (6) | 1 |
| Fabijan Komljenović | 14 (1) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 14 (1) | 4 |
| Ivan Kurtović | 9 (2) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 9 (2) | 1 |
| Dubravko Pavličić | 8 (1) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 8 (1) | 1 |
| Valdi Šumberac | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 |
| Predrag Valenčić | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 |
| Nedžad Kuruzović | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Xhevdet Muriqi | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 |
| Boris Ekmeščić | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| David Sabadin | 0 (7) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (7) | 0 |
| Dragan Skočić | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Daniel Šarić | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Mladen Žganjer | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |