# 1984–85 NK Rijeka season

The 1984–85 season was the 39th season in Rijeka’s history and their 23rd season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 4th place finish in the 1983–84 season meant it was their 11th 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 | 19 August 1984 | 30 June 1985 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 035.29 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 29 August 1984 | 10 October 1984 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 19 September 1984 | 7 November 1984 | First round | Second round | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 037.50 |

### Yugoslav First League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 36 |
| 7 | Željezničar | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 34 |
| 8 | Rijeka | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 34 |
| 9 | Sutjeska Nikšić | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 33 |
| 10 | Prishtina | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 32 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 17 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |

## Matches
### First League

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

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Rijeka Scorers |
| R1 | 29 Aug | A | Rad | 2 – 0 | Desnica, Radmanović |
| R2 | 10 Oct | A | Partizan | 0 – 0 (3–4 p) | |
Source: rsssf.com

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers |
| R1 | 19 Sep | A | Real Valladolid | 0 – 1 | 22,000 | |
| R1 | 3 Oct | H | Real Valladolid | 4 – 1 | 12,000 | Fegic (2), Hrstić, Desnica |
| R2 | 24 Oct | H | Real Madrid | 3 – 1 | 22,000 | Fegic (2), Matrljan |
| R2 | 7 Nov | A | Real Madrid | 0 – 3 | 55,000 | |
Source: worldfootball.net

### 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 |
| Mauro Ravnić | 19 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 24 (0) | 0 |
| Nikica Milenković | 25 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 26 (7) | 0 |
| Borče Sredojević | 28 (2) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 34 (2) | 0 |
| Zvjezdan Radin | 5 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 8 (0) | 0 |
| Boris Tičić | 21 (1) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 24 (1) | 1 |
| Mirza Kahrović | 9 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 12 (0) | 0 |
| Miloš Hrstić | 28 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 34 (0) | 1 |
| Srećko Juričić | 15 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 21 (0) | 0 |
| Vlado Kotur | 14 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 14 (2) | 0 |
| Damir Desnica | 31 (0) | 6 | 2 (0) | 1 | 4 (0) | 1 | 37 (0) | 8 |
| Nenad Gračan | 28 (1) | 7 | 1 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 33 (1) | 7 |
| Adriano Fegic | 24 (0) | 11 | 1 (1) | 0 | 4 (0) | 4 | 29 (1) | 15 |
| Danko Peranić | 5 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 |
| Zoran Šestan | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 |
| Davor Radmanović | 17 (5) | 6 | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 (4) | 0 | 19 (9) | 7 |
| Jovan Savić | 15 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 16 (1) | 0 |
| Roberto Paliska | 9 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 9 (5) | 0 |
| Danko Matrljan | 24 (4) | 4 | 2 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 32 (4) | 5 |
| Nebojša Malbaša | 20 (1) | 5 | 2 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 25 (1) | 5 |
| Predrag Valenčić | 9 (1) | 7 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 9 (1) | 7 |
| Dragan Stevanović | 6 (8) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 9 (10) | 0 |
| Mladen Mladenović | 4 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 |
| Rade Ljepojević | 5 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 |
| Petar Zrilić | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 |
| Zoran Škerjanc | 8 (4) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 8 (4) | 1 |