Rijeka city derby ( hr, Riječki gradski derbi), is the name given to matches between

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

and

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, the two most popular

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in the

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city of

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 ...

. The rivalry dates back to the time when the western part of the city,

Fiume 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 ...

, was part of the

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and the eastern part of the city, Sušak, part of the

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. Between 1932 and 1940,

U.S. Fiumana Unione Sportiva Fiumana or U.S. Fiumana was an Italian football club based in the present-day Croatian city of Rijeka and the predecessor of HNK Rijeka. The club was active between 1926 and 1945, at the time when the city was part of the Kingdo ...

and NK Orijent played 10 games, with Fiumana winning nine times and Orijent on one occasion. Numerous derbies were contested after World War II, particularly when both clubs competed in the

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between 1969 and 1973. The last league derby took place during the

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season, the only season in which Orijent played in the same tier as Rijeka since 1972–73.

List of matches

The two clubs have played 14 official league matches and close to 10 official cup fixtures. In addition, they have played more than 70 friendly matches. Out of 14 league meetings, Rijeka won 11 and Orijent won 1 match, with 2 draws. The list below documents those games for which data can be found, which includes all league games and some cup games. The list will be updated as more data is sourced.

Key

Matches

Source: Marinko Lazzarich, ''Kantrida Bijelih Snova'', Rijeka: Adamić, 2008.

References

External links

* HNK Rijeka * HNK Orijent 1919 {{Croatian football derbies HNK Orijent Football derbies in Croatia

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Sport in Rijeka