# 1998–99 HNK Rijeka season

The 1998–99 season was the 53rd season in Rijeka's history. It was their 8th season in the Prva HNL and 25th 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 | 9 August 1998 | 26 May 1999 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 32 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 068.75 |
| Croatian Cup | 9 September 1998 | 23 September 1998 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 067.65 |

### Prva HNL
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia Zagreb | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 53 | Qualification to championship group |
| 2 | Rijeka | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 52 | Qualification to championship group |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 42 | Qualification to championship group |
| 4 | Osijek | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 36 | Qualification to championship group |
| 5 | Varteks | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 30 | Qualification to championship group |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia Zagreb (C) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 45 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Rijeka | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 44 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Osijek | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 30 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 23 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Varteks | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 22 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 9 Aug | A | Cibalia | 2 – 1 | 3,000 | Musa (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 16 Aug | H | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | Musa | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 23 Aug | A | Varteks | 1 – 0 | 5,000 | Budan | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 30 Aug | A | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 13 Sep | H | Zagreb | 1 – 0 | 4,000 | Čačić | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 20 Sep | A | Hajduk Split | 1 – 3 | 6,000 | Musa | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 27 Sep | H | Šibenik | 3 – 1 | 2,000 | Musa, Mijatović, Ivančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 4 Oct | A | Zadarkomerc | 1 – 0 | 2,000 | Sztipánovics | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 24 Oct | AR | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0 – 1 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 31 Oct | H | Mladost 127 | 1 – 0 | 1,500 | Musa | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 7 Nov | H | Cibalia | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Sztipánovics, Musa | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 11 Nov | H | Croatia Zagreb | 1 – 0 | 10,000 | Ivančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 15 Nov | A | Slaven Belupo | 3 – 1 | 1,000 | Musa, Čačić, Sztipánovics | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 22 Nov | H | Varteks | 3 – 2 | 2,500 | Sztipánovics (2), Musa | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 29 Nov | H | Osijek | 1 – 0 | 6,000 | Balaban | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 13 Dec | H | Hajduk Split | 2 – 1 | 15,000 | Hasančić (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 17 Feb | A | Zagreb | 2 – 1 | 2,500 | Sztipánovics (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 21 Feb | A | Šibenik | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | Milinović | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 28 Feb | H | Zadarkomerc | 4 – 1 | 10,000 | Agić, Hasančić, Musa, Sztipánovics | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 7 Mar | A | Croatia Zagreb | 0 – 3 | 20,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 14 Mar | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 3 – 0 | 8,000 | Musa, Hasančić, Sztipánovics | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 21 Mar | A | Mladost 127 | 2 – 1 | 3,500 | Hasančić, Musa | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 17 Apr | H | Varteks | 2 – 1 | 5,000 | Pilipović (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 21 Apr | A | Croatia Zagreb | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | Balaban | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 25 Apr | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 3 – 0 | 10,000 | Sztipánovics (2), Musa | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 2 May | H | Hajduk Split | 3 – 3 | 20,000 | Hasančić, Balaban, Sztipánovics | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 9 May | A | Osijek | 2 – 5 | 2,500 | Hasančić, Balaban | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 12 May | A | Varteks | 1 – 1 | 4,000 | Hasančić | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 16 May | H | Croatia Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 15,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 19 May | AR | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2 – 1 | 1,500 | Sztipánovics, Čačić | HRnogomet.com |
| 31 | 23 May | A | Hajduk Split | 3 – 1 | 40,000 | Čačić, Hasančić, Sztipánovics | HRnogomet.com |
| 32 | 26 May | H | Osijek | 1 – 1 | 22,000 | Musa | HRnogomet.com |
Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 9 Sep | A | Halubjan | 2 – 1 | 1,000 | Musa, Budan | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 23 Sep | A | Cibalia | 0 – 1 | 500 | | 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 |
| Đoni Tafra | 32 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 0 |
| Mladen Ivančić | 28 (0) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 30 (0) | 2 |
| Damir Milinović | 30 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 31 (0) | 1 |
| Andre Mijatović | 28 (0) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 30 (0) | 1 |
| Dalibor Višković | 28 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 29 (1) | 0 |
| Jasmin Agić | 19 (5) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 20 (6) | 1 |
| Božidar Čačić | 22 (0) | 4 | 1 (0) | 0 | 23 (0) | 4 |
| Renato Pilipović | 27 (1) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 29 (1) | 2 |
| Goran Brajković | 16 (9) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 18 (9) | 0 |
| Admir Hasančić | 23 (4) | 9 | 0 (0) | 0 | 23 (4) | 9 |
| Igor Musa | 30 (0) | 14 | 2 (0) | 1 | 32 (0) | 15 |
| Barnabás Sztipánovics | 24 (2) | 14 | 0 (0) | 0 | 24 (2) | 14 |
| Mauro Tomišić | 15 (5) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 15 (5) | 0 |
| Boško Balaban | 7 (16) | 4 | 0 (2) | 0 | 7 (18) | 4 |
| Igor Budan | 16 (7) | 1 | 2 (0) | 1 | 18 (7) | 2 |
| Ilija Kljajić | 2 (5) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 |
| Kristijan Čaval | 4 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 |
| Dražen Bošković | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Slađanko Marić | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 |
| Mićo Peranović | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Zdravko Šimić | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Yoshika Matsubara | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |