HNK Rijeka Academy

Rijeka II

Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka II
Founded	4 June 2014 (2014-06-04)
Dissolved	28 May 2016
Ground	Stadion Rujevica
Ground Capacity	6,134
2015–16	Treća HNL West, 10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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, 4km 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]

Current squad (Rijeka U19)

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

As of 17 September 2016^[4]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ivan Nevistić 12 GK Marko Tomljanović 22 GK Lovro Majkić 2 DF Marin Ćaćić 4 DF Dominik Mulac 8 DF Benjamin Ivančević 16 DF Antonio Lebar 24 DF Luka Mikulica 25 DF Ivan Modrić — DF Dino Mandić — DF Muhammed Kabiru 6 MF Jasmin Čeliković 7 MF Jakov Mioč

No. Position Player 10 MF Matej Šantek 15 MF Erik Šurković 19 MF Dominik Rilov 20 MF Ivan Lepinjica 23 MF Tomislav Turčin — MF Viktor Svetić 9 FW Miroslav Iličić 11 FW Dino Dukađin 14 FW Dario Vizinger 17 FW Igor Lepinjica 18 FW Emanuel Črnko 21 FW Franko Kovačević

Current squad (Rijeka U17)

Rijeka U17 compete in the Croatian Academy Football League (Kadeti).

As of 14 September 2016^[5]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ivor Pandur 12 GK Matija Vlahović — GK Marko Šušak 2 DF Ivan Smolčić 3 DF Jasmin Hadžiisaku 4 MF Marko Putnik 5 DF Ivan Nekić 15 DF Igor Nikšić — DF Boren Baštek — DF Filip Najhart — DF Hrvoje Smolčić 6 MF Toni Bošnjaković 8 MF Denis Bušnja

No. Position Player 10 MF Matija Matulja 14 MF Jozef Kuqi 17 MF Nino Mohorovičić — MF Ivan Biškupović — MF Luka Kovačić — MF Filip Zrilić 7 FW Matej Vuk 9 FW Antonio Dedić 11 FW Josip Mitrović 13 FW Mateo Jurešić 16 FW Adrian Liber 18 FW Leon Petrović — FW Tarik Hrštić

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.^[6]

Seasons

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.

Current staff

As of 10 August 2016^[7]

• Director: Edo Flego
• Assistant director: Renato Pilipović
• Administrative director: Ranko Buketa
• First-team liaison officer: Vjekoslav Miletić
• Head of goalkeeping: Mladen Žganjer
• Goalkeeping coaches: Marijan Jantoljak, Velimir Radman, Ðoni Tafra
• Doctors: Andrej Zec
• Physiotherapists: Bruno Greblički, Dejan Mijuk, Denis Miškulin
• Fitness coaches: Aris Naglić, Hrvoje Josipović
• Kit manager: Josip Jeseničnik, Denis Miškulin
• U19 manager: Renato Pilipović
• U19 assistant manager: Mijo Dadić
• U17 manager: Edo Flego
• U17 assistant manager: Marin Modrić
• U15 manager: Dario Dabac
• U14 manager: Fausto Budicin
• U13 manager: Zdravko Šimić
• U12 manager: Zvjezdan Radin
• U11 manager: Boris Milanović
• U10 manager: Amir Hadžibeganović
• U9 manager: Kristijan Čaval

Honours

• Croatian Championship U-19 (5): 1981, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2014 ^[8][9]
• Yugoslav Cup U-18 (1): 1982 ^[10]
• Croatian Cup U-19 (4): 1992–93, 1997, 2007
• Croatian Cup U-17 (1): 1994
• Kvarnerska Rivijera U-20 (Rijeka, Croatia) (19): 1957, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1987, 1989, 1992–93, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2009–12, 2014, 2016 ^[11]
• Bellinzona U-18 (Bellinzona, Switzerland) (3): 1955–56, 1965 ^[12]
• Torneo di Viareggio U-18 (Viareggio, Italy) Fourth place: 1970

References

External links

• Rijeka Academy
• Prva HNL (U19)
• Prva HNL (U17)
• Prva HNL (U15)
• Treća HNL West