Rijeka II
Full nameHrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka II
Founded4 June 2014 (2014-06-04)
Dissolved28 May 2016
GroundStadion Rujevica
Coordinates45°20′52.4″N 14°24′8.1″E / 45.347889°N 14.402250°E / 45.347889; 14.402250
2015–16Treća HNL West, 10th
WebsiteClub website

HNK Rijeka Academy is the youth academy of HNK Rijeka. There are a total of eleven age categories within the academy, the oldest being the Juniori (under-19) and youngest the Morčići (under-8). Rijeka's football academy was officially founded in 1972. More than 400 youth footballers attend the academy.[1]

Training camp

HNK Rijeka's youth academy are based at the newly built training camp, located in the Rujevica neighbourhood, 4 km northwest of the city centre. Officially opened in August 2015 at a cost of €24 million, the training centre was financed by the owners of HNK Rijeka.[2] In addition to four fields that are mainly used by the club's youth teams, the facility also houses Stadion Rujevica, the first team's temporary home ground during construction of new Kantrida.[3]

Rijeka U19

Rijeka U19 compete in the Croatian Academy Football League (Juniori).

As of 6 July 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Serbia SRB Aleksa Todorović
GK Croatia CRO Antonio Frigan
GK Croatia CRO Karlo Bliznac
DF Croatia CRO Lukas Buić
DF Croatia CRO Dorian Anušić
DF Croatia CRO Bruno Burčul
DF Croatia CRO Luka Živanović
DF Croatia CRO Duje Dujmović
DF Croatia CRO Noel Bodetić
DF Croatia CRO Sean Šuke
MF Croatia CRO Nikša Čulina
MF Croatia CRO Lovro Mikulica
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Croatia CRO Andro Babić
MF Croatia CRO Borna Panić
MF Croatia CRO Boris Mikloš
MF Croatia CRO Dominik Simčić
MF Montenegro MNE Strahinja Tešović
FW Croatia CRO Niko Gajzler
FW Croatia CRO Din Begović
FW Croatia CRO Noah Bossi
FW Croatia CRO Roko Begonja
FW Croatia CRO Duje Korač
FW Croatia CRO Matej Momčilovski

Reserve team (2014–16)

HNK Rijeka II were HNK Rijeka's reserve team for two consecutive seasons. Rijeka II were formed in June 2014 and initially replaced the club's U19 team. For two seasons, Rijeka II competed in Croatia's 3. HNL. Following the end of the 2015–16 Croatian Third Football League, in May 2016, the club leadership decided to disband the reserve team.[4]

Seasons

Season League Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals
2014–15 3. HNL West 30 19 5 6 51 21 62 2nd Filip Dangubić 16
2015–16 3. HNL West 30 13 3 14 43 49 42 10th Dario Vizinger 7

Key

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position.

Staff

As of 22 June 2021[5]
  • Director: Croatia Fausto Budicin
  • Assistant director: Croatia Renato Pilipović
  • Administrative director: Croatia Ranko Buketa
  • First-team liaison officer: Croatia Vjekoslav Miletić
  • Scout: Croatia Željko Rukavina
  • Goalkeeping coaches: Croatia Marijan Jantoljak, Croatia Đoni Tafra
  • Doctors: Croatia Luka Širola, Croatia Andrej Zec
  • Physiotherapists: Croatia Bruno Greblički, Croatia Alen Ilić, Croatia Riva Milić
  • Fitness coaches: Croatia Ivana Marković, Croatia Hrvoje Josipović
  • Kit manager: Croatia Josip Jeseničnik, Croatia Denis Miškulin
  • U19 manager: Croatia Dragan Tadić
  • U19 assistant manager: Croatia Rade Ljepojević
  • U17 manager: Croatia Zdravko Šimić
  • U17 assistant manager: Croatia Nikola Radmanović
  • U15 manager: Croatia Dean Bolić
  • U15 assistant manager: Croatia Marin Duvnjak
  • U14 manager: Croatia Marin Juričić
  • U13 manager: Croatia Ivan Mijolović
  • U12 manager: Croatia Đulio Staver
  • U11 manager: Croatia Stipe Kardum
  • U10 manager: Croatia Kristijan Čaval
  • U9 manager: Croatia Valentino Klanac

Honours

References

  1. "Škola nogometa HNK Rijeka". HNK Rijeka.
  2. "San postao java, HNK Rijeka dobio trening kamp". Stadion Kantrida.
  3. "Kamp". HNK Rijeka.
  4. "HNK Rijeka ugasio drugu momčad za iduću sezonu". HNK Rijeka.
  5. "Škola: Stručni Stožer". HNK Rijeka.
  6. RSSSF.com
  7. "Prva HNL". Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  8. RSSSF.com
  9. RSSSF.com
  10. Torneo Bellinzona
  11. Future Talents Cup
  12. HNK Rijeka
  13. HNK Rijeka
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