Dinamo–Rijeka derby is the name given to matches between

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and Rijeka. The teams are supported by their fanbases called

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's Bad Blue Boys and Rijeka's Armada. Games of note are the 1993–94 Croatian Football Cup final when Dinamo won the trophy and the 2013–14 Croatian Cup,

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, 2018–19 Croatian Football Cup finals when Rijeka won. Dinamo has been the more successful side, evidenced by several long winning streaks throughout the Derby's history. However, Rijeka remained unbeaten in 23 consecutive home league fixtures from August 1964 until May 1994. While player movement between the two clubs has always occurred, it intensified since the mid-1980s, when Dinamo acquired many of Rijeka's best players. This trend has decreased over the past decade. Due to various formats that were used in the Croatian championship and the cup competition format (which has teams playing two-legged fixtures even in the final game) and in addition to the matches played in the Supercup, there has been anywhere from two to six derbies per season. For example, as many as six derbies have been played between April and November 2004. Due to Rijeka's absence from 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, ...

, no derbies were played between 1947 and 1958 and 1969 and 1974.

Results

By competition

Last updated on 25 February 2024.

By ground

Last updated on 25 February 2024.

List of matches

Key

1946–1991

1992–present

Note: Home team's score always shown first

Top scorers

This is the list of top-scoring players in the derby. Data updated up to the last derby played on 27 August 2023. ;14 goals * El Arabi Hillel Soudani ;13 goals *

Mislav Oršić Mislav Oršić (; born 29 December 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor and the Croatia national team. Born in Zagreb, Oršić started his senior career at Inter Zaprešić in ...

* Slaven Zambata ;9 goals * Igor Cvitanović ;7 goals *

Boško Balaban Boško Balaban (born 15 October 1978) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a striker. Balaban also played for the Croatia national team. Club career Early career Born in Rijeka, he started playing for local club HNK Rijeka and appear ...

* Snješko Cerin *

Damir Desnica Damir Desnica (born 20 December 1956) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Obrovac, Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Desnica spent much of his career with HNK Rijeka, appearing in near ...

Eduardo da Silva Eduardo Alves da Silva (, ; born 25 February 1983), commonly known as Eduardo and sometimes nicknamed Dudu, is a former professional footballer. Capable of playing any forward position, he started as a striker, but was deployed mostly as a ...

Zlatko Kranjčar Zlatko "Cico" Kranjčar (; 15 November 1956 – 1 March 2021) was a Croatian professional football manager and player. Kranjčar started his career as a player with Dinamo Zagreb where he won the Yugoslav First League in 1981–82, then Yugosl ...

Stjepan Lamza Stjepan Lamza (23 January 1940 – 12 January 2022) was a Croatian footballer who played as a midfielder. He is considered one of the greatest Croatian players of all time and played for much of his career for Dinamo Zagreb, whom he helped in win ...

Dario Zahora Dario Zahora (born 21 March 1982 in Vukovar) is a Croatian football striker, who is currently a free agent. Zahora started his career from Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb. From there he was loaned out to Croatia Sesvete, Koper, Slaven Belupo, Domž ...

;6 goals *

Mario Gavranović Mario Gavranović (; born 24 November 1989) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Kayserispor and the Switzerland national team. Club career Early career Gavranović began his career with AS Vezia, befor ...

;5 goals * Željko Adžić * Duje Čop * Željko Matuš *

Tomo Šokota Tomislav "Tomo" Šokota (born 8 April 1977) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a striker. Šokota is a powerful striker but his promising career was overshadowed by frequent injuries, especially in second half of the 2000s. Šokota ga ...

Players who have scored in Dinamo–Rijeka derby for both clubs

(7 goals, 3 for ''Dinamo'' and 4 for ''Rijeka'') *

(6 goals, 3 for ''Dinamo'' and 3 for ''Rijeka'') *

Andrej Kramarić Andrej Kramarić (; born 19 June 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Croatia national team. Kramarić started his football career in his hometo ...

(3 goals, 1 for ''Dinamo'' and 2 for ''Rijeka'') * Domagoj Pavičić (2 goals, 1 for ''Dinamo'' and 1 for ''Rijeka'') * Renato Pilipović (2 goals, 1 for ''Dinamo'' and 1 for ''Rijeka'') * Davor Vugrinec (2 goals, 1 for ''Dinamo'' and 1 for ''Rijeka'')

Players who have played for both clubs (senior career)

* Jasmin Agić *

Mehmed Alispahić Mehmed Alispahić (born 24 November 1987) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Alispahić began his career with Iskra Bugojno in the First League of FBiH. He then joined Croatian 1. HNL club ...

Franko Andrijašević Franko Andrijašević (; born 22 June 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Zhejiang in the Chinese Super League. Club career A product of the Hajduk Split academy, Andrijašević made his professional debut ...

Miroslav Blažević Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević (; born 10 February 1935) is a Croatian former professional football manager and player. His professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva Zagreb, FK Saraje ...

* Jozo Bogdanović * Ivan Boras *

Eddy Bosnar Eddy Bosnar (born 29 April 1980) is an Australian professional footballer centre back who last played for National Premier Leagues side Sydney United. He has scored numerous goals for his clubs with his free kicks. Club career After graduating ...

* Ivan Bošnjak * Josip Brezovec * Marijan Brnčić * Marijan Buljat * Luka Capan *Ivica Car * Mladen Cukon * Marijan Čabraja * Emir Dilaver * Mate Dragičević * Josip Drmić * Dino Drpić *Celestin Gašparini *

* Alen Halilović * Sejad Halilović * Tibor Halilović * Niko Janković *

Matej Jelić Matej Jelić (born 5 November 1990) is a Croatian professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Cibalia. Club career MŠK Žilina Jelić joined MŠK Žilina in the summer of 2013. On 28 July 2013, he scored a goal on his c ...

* Dario Jertec * Deni Jurić * Fabijan Komljenović *

* Ivan Krstanović *

Sandro Kulenović Sandro Kulenović (; born 4 December 1999) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dinamo Zagreb. Club career Kulenović was born in Zagreb in 1999. His father Almin, who hails from Bihać, is a former Bosnian internati ...

Marin Leovac Marin Leovac (; born 7 August 1988) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left back for NK Osijek. Early career Leovac began his career in July 1997 in Austria with Sportunion Aschbach and signed in March 2001 with USV Oed/Zeill ...

Marko Lešković Marko Lešković (; born 27 April 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters. Club career Lešković started his career playing at youth level for Osijek, with whom he sign ...

* Rúben Lima * Nebojša Malbaša * Mate Maleš * Petar Mamić * Antonio Marin * Luka Menalo * Andre Mijatović *

Mihael Mikić Mihael Mikić (; born 6 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder. He is currently working as an assistant manager of the Maribor. He most commonly played as a right winger or right-back, but ...

* Damir Milinović * Josip Mišić * Dumitru Mitu * Mladen Mladenović * Ivan Nevistić *

* Stojan Osojnak *

Zvonko Pamić Zvonko Pamić (born 4 February 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Karlovac. Club career Early career Pamić began his career with NK Žminj where he earned his first professional caps in the 2007–08 s ...

* Domagoj Pavičić * Dubravko Pavličić *

Saša Peršon Saša Peršon (born 28 February 1965 in Yugoslavia) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a defender. At international level, he was capped 3 times for Croatia. International career Peršon made his debut for Croatia in an October 1990 ...

* Renato Pilipović *

Marko Pjaca Marko Pjaca (; born 6 May 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Empoli, on loan from Juventus. Pjaca began his professional club career in Croatia with Lokomotiva in 2012, before moving to Dinamo Zagreb in ...

* Nikola Pokrivač *Josip Ražić * Stefan Ristovski * Elvis Scoria * Ilija Sivonjić * Dario Smoje *Miro Stipić *Fulvio Superina * Ivica Šangulin *

Daniel Šarić Daniel Šarić (born 4 August 1972 in Rijeka) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a right wingback. His name is sometimes spelled as Danijel Šarić. Club career Born in Rijeka, Šarić started his professional career at local ...

* Fuad Šašivarević *

Zoran Škerjanc Zoran Škerjanc (born 25 November 1964) is a retired Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , ...

* Hrvoje Štrok * Josip Tadić * Mario Tokić *

Ivan Tomečak Ivan Tomečak (; born 7 December 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Lokomotiva in the Croatian Football League. He is usually deployed as a right full-back, but is often used as a right winger or left full-back. Club car ...

* Davor Vugrinec * Zoran Zekić

Managers who have worked at both clubs

Igor Bišćan Igor Bišćan (; born 4 May 1978) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Croatia national under-21 team. In his playing career, he was a versatile player and could play almost every position in th ...

Nenad Gračan Nenad Gračan (born 23 January 1962) is a Croatian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the coach of the Croatia women's national football team. Club career Born in Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia, Gračan started playin ...

Branko Ivanković Branko Ivanković (; born 28 February 1954) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Oman national team. After a 12-year playing career at Varteks, Ivanković started his coaching career at the ...

* Sergej Jakirović *

Josip Kuže Josip Kuže (13 November 1952 – 16 June 2013) was a Croatian football manager and footballer. He was a player and later a manager of Dinamo Zagreb where he played for 10 years, making a total of 384 appearances and scoring 14 goals. Playing c ...

Josip Skoblar Josip Skoblar (born 12 March 1941) is a Croatian former professional football player and manager. He was primarily a forward, and also capable of playing on both wings. He played for Zadar, OFK Belgrade, Hannover 96, Marseille and NK Rijeka. Wh ...

Yugoslav First League results

The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons they played together in the top division.

Prva HNL results

The tables list the place each team took in each of the seasons.

References

External links

*''Archive of Dinamo's games'' a
povijestdinama.com
*''History of Rijeka's participation in championships'' a
NK-Rijeka.hr
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