2010–11 HNK Rijeka season
# 2010–11 HNK Rijeka season

The 2010–11 season was the 65th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 20th season in the Prva HNL and 37th 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 | 24 July 2010 | 21 May 2011 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 030.00 |
| Croatian Cup | 22 September 2010 | 24 November 2010 | First round | Quarterfinal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 032.35 |

### Prva HNL

**Classification**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Slaven Belupo | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 40 | |
| 8 | Osijek | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Rijeka | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 39 | |
| 10 | Zadar | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 38 | |
| 11 | Varaždin | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 36 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |

* ↑ Champions League-bound Dinamo Zagreb won the 2010–11 Croatian Cup, so cup runners-up Varaždin will enter the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

## Matches

### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24 Jul | H | RNK Split | 1 – 0 | 2,000 | o.g. | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 31 Jul | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 – 1 | 3,500 | Rodić, o.g. | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 7 Aug | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 3 – 0 | 3,000 | Štrok (2), Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 14 Aug | H | Varaždin | 1 – 1 | 3,000 | Rodić | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 21 Aug | A | Karlovac | 1 – 0 | 2,500 | Švrljuga | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 28 Aug | H | Slaven Belupo | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | Štrok, Kreilach | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 11 Sep | A | Cibalia | 1 – 4 | 1,500 | Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 19 Sep | H | Hajduk Split | 0 – 1 | 8,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 26 Sep | A | Zagreb | 1 – 3 | 400 | Đalović | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 2 Oct | H | Lokomotiva | 3 – 0 | 1,500 | Rodić, Kreilach, Čaval | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 16 Oct | A | Istra 1961 | 0 – 0 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 23 Oct | H | Osijek | 1 – 5 | 3,000 | Štrok | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 30 Oct | A | Šibenik | 1 – 1 | 1,200 | Budicin | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 6 Nov | H | Inter Zaprešić | 0 – 2 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 13 Nov | A | Zadar | 0 – 1 | 2,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 20 Nov | A | RNK Split | 3 – 2 | 1,000 | Štrok, Đalović (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 27 Nov | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 4,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 3 Dec | A | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2 – 2 | 700 | Vukman, Štrok | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 26 Feb | A | Varaždin | 0 – 3 | 800 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 5 Mar | H | Karlovac | 0 – 0 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 12 Mar | A | Slaven Belupo | 1 – 0 | 1,500 | Čulina | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 19 Mar | H | Cibalia | 0 – 0 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 2 Apr | A | Hajduk Split | 1 – 1 | 5,000 | Budicin | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 9 Apr | H | Zagreb | 1 – 1 | 1,200 | Pilčić | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 15 Apr | A | Lokomotiva | 0 – 0 | 100 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 23 Apr | H | Istra 1961 | 2 – 0 | 1,500 | Vukman, Čulina | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 30 Apr | A | Osijek | 0 – 0 | 1,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 7 May | H | Šibenik | 1 – 1 | 2,500 | Čulina | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 13 May | A | Inter Zaprešić | 1 – 1 | 500 | Čulina | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 21 May | H | Zadar | 0 – 2 | 1,000 | | HRnogomet.com |

Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Rijeka Scorers | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 22 Sep | A | Nosteria | 4 – 2 | 1,000 | Križman (2), Čulina (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 26 Oct | H | Međimurje | 3 – 1 | 600 | Đalović (2), Štrok | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 9 Nov | A | Varaždin | 1 – 2 | 300 | Štrok | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 24 Nov | H | Varaždin | 2 – 4 | 1,500 | Štrok (2) | 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 | 30 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 32 (0) | 0 |
| Andro Švrljuga | 25 (3) | 1 | 4 (0) | 0 | 29 (3) | 1 |
| Igor Čagalj | 24 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 28 (0) | 0 |
| Fausto Budicin | 28 (2) | 2 | 4 (0) | 0 | 32 (2) | 2 |
| Davor Landeka | 24 (4) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 27 (4) | 0 |
| Kristijan Čaval | 22 (2) | 1 | 2 (0) | 0 | 24 (2) | 1 |
| Duje Baković | 21 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 25 (0) | 0 |
| Hrvoje Štrok | 29 (0) | 6 | 3 (0) | 4 | 32 (0) | 10 |
| Damir Kreilach | 27 (1) | 2 | 3 (0) | 0 | 30 (1) | 2 |
| Radomir Đalović | 20 (0) | 5 | 3 (0) | 2 | 23 (0) | 7 |
| Antonini Čulina | 14 (5) | 4 | 1 (3) | 2 | 15 (8) | 6 |
| Neven Vukman | 14 (5) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 15 (6) | 1 |
| Sandi Križman | 7 (11) | 0 | 3 (0) | 2 | 10 (11) | 2 |
| Ivan Rodić | 12 (1) | 3 | 2 (1) | 0 | 14 (2) | 3 |
| Valentino Stepčić | 2 (13) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 5 (14) | 0 |
| Dražen Pilčić | 7 (4) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (4) | 1 |
| Anton Rukavina | 4 (7) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (8) | 0 |
| Milan Đurišić | 5 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 |
| Denis Ljubović | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 |
| Vedran Gerc | 3 (8) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 3 (11) | 0 |
| Mikael Yourassowsky | 5 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 |
| Sergio Zijler | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 |
| Tomislav Pelin | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 |
| Ivan Bijelić | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| Mato Miloš | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
