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Rijeka 1976–77 football season

Rijeka
1976–77 season
Chairman	Ljubo Španjol
Manager	Dragutin Spasojević
First League	5th
Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Miodrag Kustudić (17) All: Miodrag Kustudić (17)
Average home league attendance	6,088
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season was the 31st season in Rijeka's history and their 15th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 11th place finish in the 1975–76 season meant it was their third successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

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 %
Yugoslav First League	20 August 1976	19 June 1977	Matchday 1	5th	34	13	10	11	43	29	+14	038.24
Yugoslav Cup	13 October 1976	1 December 1976	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00
Total					36	14	10	12	44	30	+14	038.89

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Sloboda Tuzla	34	14	11	9	43	32	+11	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Partizan	34	14	11	9	37	31	+6	39
5	Rijeka	34	13	10	11	43	29	+14	36	Qualification for Balkans Cup and Qualification for Intertoto Cup
6	Borac Banja Luka	34	14	8	12	53	43	+10	36
7	Radnički Niš	34	13	8	13	40	43	−3	34

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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
34	13	10	11	43	29	+14	49	12	5	0	34	8	+26	1	5	11	9	21	−12

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W
Position	10	18	15	14	9	13	13	13	12	11	10	6	9	7	8	9	10	10	7	10	9	9	8	9	8	11	11	11	12	9	8	6	6	5

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

Matches

First League

Main article: 1976–77 Yugoslav First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
1	20 Aug	H	Olimpija	0 – 0
2	29 Aug	A	Budućnost	0 – 2
3	1 Sep	H	Radnički Niš	1 – 1	Kustudić
4	5 Sep	A	Željezničar	1 – 1	Ružić
5	12 Sep	H	Čelik	3 – 0	Cukrov, Durkalić, Kustudić
6	19 Sep	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1
7	3 Oct	H	Red Star	1 – 1	Kustudić
8	17 Oct	A	Sloboda	1 – 2	Kustudić
9	24 Oct	H	Vojvodina	2 – 0	Kustudić (2)
10	27 Oct	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 0
11	31 Oct	H	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 0	Durkalić
12	6 Nov	H	Sarajevo	5 – 1	o.g., Radović (2), Kustudić, Cukrov
13	13 Nov	A	Borac Banja Luka	0 – 1
14	17 Nov	H	Velež	2 – 1	Radović (2)
15	21 Nov	A	Zagreb	0 – 4
16	28 Nov	H	Partizan	1 – 1	Ružić
17	4 Dec	A	OFK Beograd	1 – 1	Radović
18	6 Mar	A	Olimpija	0 – 0
19	13 Mar	H	Budućnost	1 – 0	Radin
20	20 Mar	A	Radnički Niš	0 – 1
21	27 Mar	H	Željezničar	3 – 1	Kustudić (3)
22	3 Apr	A	Čelik	1 – 2	Šaran
23	10 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 0	Kustudić
24	17 Apr	A	Red Star	0 – 2
25	21 Apr	H	Sloboda	2 – 0	Radović, Kustudić
26	24 Apr	A	Vojvodina	0 – 1
27	15 May	H	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	Kustudić
28	18 May	A	Napredak Kruševac	0 – 1
29	22 May	A	Sarajevo	0 – 1
30	29 May	H	Borac Banja Luka	6 – 1	Mijač, Kustudić, Radović (2), Durkalić (2)
31	5 Jun	A	Velež	4 – 0	o.g., Hrstić, Mijač, Durkalić
32	8 Jun	H	Zagreb	2 – 0	Durkalić, Kustudić
33	11 Jun	A	Partizan	1 – 1	Kustudić
34	19 Jun	H	OFK Beograd	2 – 0	Kustudić, Cukrov

Source: rsssf.com

Yugoslav Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Yugoslav Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Rijeka Scorers
R1	13 Oct	H	Napredak Kruševac	1 – 0	Filipović
R2	1 Dec	A	Novi Sad	0 – 1

Source: rsssf.com

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only.

Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Name	League		Cup		Total
Radojko Avramović	34	0	2	0	36	0
Sergio Machin	9	0	0	0	9	0
Nikica Cukrov	32	4	2	0	34	4
Savo Filipović	31	0	2	1	33	1
Zvjezdan Radin	34	1	2	0	36	1
Radomir Stefanović	16	0	2	0	18	0
Milan Ružić	29	2	2	0	31	2
Miodrag Kustudić	29	17	1	0	30	17
Josip Mohorović	17	0	2	0	19	0
Srećko Juričić	34	0	2	0	36	0
Josip Skoblar	1	0	0	0	1	0
Milan Radović	28	8	2	0	30	8
Damir Desnica	9	0	0	0	9	0
Miroslav Uljan	8	0	0	0	8	0
Dragan Stojanović	5	0	0	0	5	0
Salih Durkalić	29	6	2	0	31	6
Tihomir Silić	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ivica Car	5	0	0	0	5	0
Edin Jasprica	3	0	1	0	4	0
Murat Šaran	22	1	1	0	23	1
Željko Mijač	23	2	0	0	23	2
Miroslav Šugar	16	0	0	0	16	0
Miloš Hrstić	19	1	0	0	19	1

References

Godišnjak Fudbalskog Saveza Jugoslavije 1976–77 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1976–77] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.
Lazzarich, Marinko (2008). Kantrida bijelih snova (in Croatian). Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0.

External sources

1976–77 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
Prvenstvo 1976.-77. at nk-rijeka.hr

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