ŽNK Rijeka is a Croatian professional

women's association football Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries, and about 200 national teams partic ...

club based in

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

. It is the women's section of

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Croatian First Football League, Supersport HNL, o ...

. They have competed in the

Croatian Women's First Football League The Croatian Women's First Football League (Croatian language, Croatian: ''Prva hrvatska nogometna liga za žene'', also known as Prva HNLŽ or 1. HNLŽ) is the top women's football (soccer), football league in Croatia. The league was formed in 19 ...

History

The club was founded on 27 August 1998 by four sisters (Brankica Lukanić, Ružica Gregov, Hermina Trošelj, Ankica Kovačić) as ŽNK Jack Pot. The club participated in

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competitions until 2007, when they formed a senior association football team and changed their name to Rijeka-Jack Pot. They competed in the

for seven consecutive seasons. In April 2015, due to financial issues, the club announced their withdrawal from the

2014–15 Croatian Women's First Football League The 2014–15 Croatian Women's First Football League (Prva hrvatska nogometna liga za žene) was the twenty fourth season of Croatian Women's First Football League, the national championship for women's association football teams in Croatia, since ...

. In May 2015, the name was changed to ŽNK Rijeka. From the 2015–16 season, the club has been affiliated with

and has adopted its brand.Novilist.hr
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Managers

* Tihana Nemčić

Recent seasons

External links

Official website

References

Women's football clubs in Croatia Football clubs in Rijeka Football clubs in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Association football clubs established in 1998 Sport in Rijeka 1998 establishments in Croatia ŽNK Rijeka {{Croatia-footyclub-stub