13 Facts About HNK Rijeka

Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka, commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka.

HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva liga, of which they have been members since its foundation in 1992.

Club was founded in mid April 1904 as Club Sportivo Olimpia, by the Antonio Marchich, Aristodemo Susmel, Agesilao Satti, Carlo Colussi, Romeo and Alessandro Mitrovich, when the city of HNK Rijeka was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a Corpus Separatum of the Hungarian Crown.

HNK Rijeka returned to the First League in 1958 and remained in the top tier for 11 consecutive seasons until 1969, when it got relegated to the Yugoslav Second League.

HNK Rijeka remained in top tier until the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991 with varying results.

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HNK Rijeka were a Cup runner-up in 1987, when they lost the final after a penalty shoot-out.

HNK Rijeka never finished higher than the fourth place in the Yugoslav First League.

HNK Rijeka were the best placed Croatian club in the Yugoslav First League in 1965,1984 and 1987.

In 1995 the club changes one final time its name to HNK Rijeka, adding the prefix "Croatian" to its name, following the example of most clubs in the new Republic of Croatia during the Croatian War for Independence.

Today HNK Rijeka remains one of only four founding member clubs of the HNL to never have been relegated and is regarded as one of the country's top three clubs.

HNK Rijeka has won six Croatian Cups, including back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006 and most recently in 2019 and 2020.

In January 2015, HNK Rijeka sold their star striker Andrej Kramaric to Leicester City for a club-record £9.

HNK Rijeka has won one Croatian First Football League title, two Yugoslav Cups and six Croatian Cups.