Kvarnerska_Rivijera Knowpia

Kvarnerska Rivijera
Founded	1953
Region	Rijeka, Croatia
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Dinamo Zagreb; (9th title)
Most successful club(s)	Rijeka ; (20 titles)
Website	Official website

Kvarnerska Rivijera is one of the oldest youth football tournaments in the world, first played in 1953.^[1] The tournament is organised by HNK Rijeka, a Croatian football club, and attracts clubs from across Europe and other continents.^[2] It is held each year during the May–June period in Rijeka, Croatia, and its surroundings, including towns in the Istria County, the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the Lika-Senj County. The final is commonly played in Rijeka. Until 2014, the tournament has been contested by under-19 club sides, with occasional national team participation. From 2015, the tournament features under-17 club sides.

History edit

The tournament was first played in 1953, becoming Europe's third oldest youth football tournament after Torneo di Viareggio and Bellinzona tournament.^[3] Hajduk Split were the first winners and 1860 München the first international side to compete. Each year there were 16 participants, with the exception of 1972 and 1976–80 (32 teams), and 1985 and 2002 (24 teams). Rijeka's Ivan Kocjančić and Marijan Brnčić participated in the tournament five times, making them the record holders for most appearances.^[4]

Numerous later notable footballers have played in the tournament during their youth, including Dino Zoff, Pietro Carmignani, Giovanni Galli, Gerd Müller, Paul Breitner, Joe Jordan, Terry Yorath, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Robert Prosinečki, Alen Bokšić, Zvonimir Boban and Davor Šuker.^[4]

A number of national under-19 sides have also taken part in the tournament, including Albania, Czechoslovakia, Ireland, Macedonia, United States, Tunisia, Oman, Iraq, China, Japan and South Korea.^[5]

The hosts, Rijeka, are the most successful side, winning 20 tournaments, followed by Hajduk Split with 12 titles.^[3]

Format and participating teams (2019) edit

The 67th edition of the tournament was played from 27 May to 2 June 2019. The tournament featured 16 teams divided into 4 groups, played in Kostrena, Labin, Novi Vinodolski and Rovinj.^[6] The group fixtures were played in a single round-robin format. The top two teams in each of the four groups qualified for the first knock-out round. Two one-legged knock-out rounds were played in Mavrinci, Rovinj and Kostrena. This was followed by a one-off final and third-place play-off in Krimeja on 2 June 2019.

Croatian teams

International teams

Winners edit

By year edit

Note: Parentheses indicates the score after the penalty shoot-out.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1953	Hajduk Split	Vienna	2–1
1954	Red Star Belgrade	Rijeka	3–1
1955	Red Star Belgrade	Rijeka	2–2 (8–7)
1956	Vasas Budapest	Ponziana Trieste	3–2
1957	Rijeka	Budućnost Podgorica	4–1
1958	Hajduk Split	Rijeka	1–0
1959	Partizan Belgrade	Hajduk Split	1–0
1960	Rijeka	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1 (4–3)
1961	Dinamo Zagreb	Marzotto Valdagno	3–3 (7–6)
1962	Vasas Budapest	Dukla Prague	1–0
1963	Dukla Prague	Rudar Labin	6–1
1964	Rijeka	Partizan Belgrade	1–0
1965	Partizan Belgrade	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0
1966	Partizan Belgrade	CSKA Sofia	1–0
1967	Dinamo Zagreb	Dukla Prague	3–0
1968	Rijeka	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1
1969	Red Star Belgrade	Partizan Belgrade	2–1
1970	Burevestnik Moscow	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0
1971	Leeds United	Red Star Belgrade	2–1
1972	Hajduk Split	Dinamo Zagreb	6–1
1973	Rijeka	Partizan Belgrade	3–0
1974	Velež Mostar	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1
1975	Rijeka	Fiorentina	2–0
1976	Burevestnik Moscow	Hajduk Split	1–0
1977	Dinamo Zagreb	Hajduk Split	0–0 (4–3)
1978	Red Star Belgrade	Vojvodina Novi Sad	3–3 (6–4)
1979	Hajduk Split	Rijeka	4–0
1980	Hajduk Split	Juventus	3–2
1981	Dinamo Zagreb	Hajduk Split	2–1
1982	Japan	Istra Pula	0–0 (4–3)
1983	Leeds United	Hajduk Split	1–0
1984	Dinamo Zagreb	Korea	3–1
1985	Sutjeska Nikšić	Vardar Skopje	5–2
1986	Dinamo Zagreb	Red Star Belgrade	1–0
1987	Rijeka	Istra Pula	2–0
1988	Hajduk Split	Sarajevo	1–1 (6–5)
1989	Rijeka	Istra Pula	0–0 (7–6)
1990	Hajduk Split	Notts County	1–0
1991	Partizan Belgrade	Zadar	3–0
1992	Rijeka	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1
1993	Rijeka	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0
1994	Hajduk Split	Orijent Rijeka	2–0
1995	Orijent Rijeka	Bari	1–0
1996	Rijeka	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1
1997	Hajduk Split	Osijek	3–0
1998	Hajduk Split	Rijeka	0–0 (5–4)
1999	Dinamo Zagreb	Osijek	1–0
2000	Hajduk Split	Perugia	2–2 (3–2)
2001	Rijeka	Hajduk Split	1–0
2002	Varteks	Rijeka	3–1
2003	Atlético Mineiro	Hajduk Split	0–0 (4–3)
2004	Atlético Mineiro	Rijeka	4–2
2005	Vicenza	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0 (4–2)
2006	Rijeka	Željezničar Sarajevo	1–0
2007	Hajduk Split	Maribor	2–2 (4–3)
2008	Dinamo Zagreb	Sparta Rotterdam	3–1
2009	Rijeka	Hajduk Split	2–1
2010	Rijeka	Istra 1961 Pula	1–0
2011	Rijeka	Slaven Belupo	3–1
2012	Rijeka	Vicenza	4–1
2013	Abuja Academy	Osijek	1–0
2014	Rijeka	Verona	3–0
2015	Abuja Academy	Domžale	2–0
2016	Rijeka	Abuja Academy	1–0
2017	Rijeka	Budućnost Podgorica	0–0 (4–2)
2018	Maribor	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–1
2019	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka	1–0

By club edit

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Rijeka	20	8	1957, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
Hajduk Split	12	8	1953, 1958, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2007
Dinamo Zagreb	9	9	1961, 1967, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1999, 2008, 2019
Partizan Belgrade	4	3	1959, 1965, 1966, 1991
Red Star Belgrade	4	2	1954, 1955, 1969, 1978
Abuja Academy	2	1	2013, 2015
Vasas Budapest	2	—	1956, 1962
Burevestnik Moscow	2	—	1970, 1976
Leeds United	2	—	1971, 1983
Atlético Mineiro	2	—	2003, 2004
Dukla Prague	1	2	1963
Orijent Rijeka	1	1	1995
Vicenza	1	1	2005
Maribor	1	1	2018
Velež Mostar	1	—	1974
Japan	1	—	1982
Sutjeska Nikšić	1	—	1985
Varteks	1	—	2002

References edit

^ "Kvarnerska Rivijera". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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^ ^a ^b "Kvarnerska rivijera" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Šezdeset Godina Nogometne Mladosti" (in Croatian). Novi List. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ "Mezzo Secolo Della Kvarnerska Rivijera 1953.–2002" (PDF) (in Italian). Universita Degli Studi di Trieste. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ Frančišković, Denis (25 May 2019). "U ponedjeljak počinje 67. Kvarnerska rivijera, Rijeka kreće u Žuknici / Novi list". novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 June 2019.