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Rijeka
1998–99 season
Chairman	Prof. Žarko Tomljanović
Manager	Nenad Gračan
Prva HNL	2nd
Croatian Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Igor Musa, Barnabás Sztipánovics (14); All: Igor Musa (15)
Highest home attendance	22,000 vs Osijek (26 May 1999 - Prva HNL)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 vs Mladost 127 (31 October 1998 - Prva HNL)
Average home league attendance	8,500
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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
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					34	23	4	7	55	35	+20	067.65

Prva HNL

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Hajduk Split	22	12	6	4	38	17	+21	42
4	Osijek	22	11	3	8	37	23	+14	36
5	Varteks	22	9	3	10	40	36	+4	30

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored

Second stage (championship play-off)

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	22	4	6	53	33	+20	70	12	3	1	31	13	+18	10	1	5	22	20	+2

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

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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		Cup		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