Dinamo–Rijeka derby (Croatian: derbi Dinamo – Rijeka) is the name given to matches between Dinamo Zagreb and Rijeka. The teams are supported by their fanbases called Zagreb's Bad Blue Boys and Rijeka's Armada.
Games of note are the 1993–94 Croatian Football Cup, and 2023–24 Croatian Football Cup finals when Dinamo won the trophy and the 2013–14 Croatian Cup, 2016–17 Croatian Football Cup, and 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, no derbies were played between 1947 and 1958 and 1969 and 1974.
Results
By competition
Last updated on 22 February 2025.
By ground
Last updated on 22 February 2025.
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 22 February 2025.
- 14 goals
- El Arabi Hillel Soudani
- 13 goals
- Mislav Oršić
- Slaven Zambata
- 9 goals
- Igor Cvitanović
- 7 goals
- Boško Balaban
- Snješko Cerin
- Damir Desnica
- Eduardo da Silva
- Zlatko Kranjčar
- Stjepan Lamza
- Dario Zahora
- 6 goals
- Duje Čop
- Mario Gavranović
- Bruno Petković
- 5 goals
- Željko Adžić
- Željko Matuš
- Tomo Šokota
Players who have scored in Dinamo–Rijeka derby for both clubs
- Boško Balaban (7 goals, 3 for Dinamo and 4 for Rijeka)
- Duje Čop (6 goals, 5 for Dinamo and 1 for Rijeka)
- Mario Gavranović (6 goals, 3 for Dinamo and 3 for Rijeka)
- Marko Pjaca (4 goals, 3 for Dinamo and 1 for Rijeka)
- Andrej Kramarić (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)
Managers who have worked at both clubs
- Igor Bišćan
- Miroslav Blažević
- Nenad Gračan
- Branko Ivanković
- Sergej Jakirović
- Zlatko Kranjčar
- Josip Kuže
- Josip Skoblar
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.
See also
- Eternal derby
- Adriatic derby
- Osijek Rijeka derby
References
External links
- Archive of Dinamo's games at povijestdinama.com (in Croatian)
- History of Rijeka's participation in championships at NK-Rijeka.hr (in Croatian)
