The 1980–81 season was the 35th season in Rijeka’s history and their 19th season in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

. Their 10th place finish in the 1979–80 season meant it was their seventh successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Competitions

Yugoslav First League

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

First League

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Yugoslav Cup

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Squad statistics

''Competitive matches only.''

Notes

1. Rijeka’s

Milan Ružić Milan Ružić (25 July 1955 in Rijeka, Yugoslavia – 25 January 2014 in Rijeka, Croatia) was a Croatian football player. He was capped twice for Yugoslavia. Club career He scored 31 goals in 430 appearances for hometown club Rijeka and also pl ...

was sent off when the result was 1–1. The referee abandoned the match following the scuffle that ensued. The match was voided and awarded 3–0 to

Vardar The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . Th ...

. Ružić was suspended for six months.

References

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External sources

1980–81 Yugoslav First League
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Prvenstvo 1980.-81.
at nk-rijeka.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:1980-81 NK Rijeka season HNK Rijeka seasons

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...