Kvarner Rijeka
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| Full name | Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Rijeka |
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| Nickname(s) | Riječki bijeli (Rijeka's Whites) |
| Short name | RJK |
| Founded | 29 July 1946, as Sportsko Društvo Kvarner / Società Sportiva Quarnero |
| Ground | Stadion Rujevica |
| Capacity | 8,279 |
| Owner | Damir Mišković, via Teanna Limited (70%) City of Rijeka (30%) |
| Chairman | Damir Mišković |
| Manager | Matjaž Kek |
| League | Prva HNL |
| 2016–17 | 1. HNL, 1st |
| Website | Club website |
Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Rijeka (English: Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian football club from the city of Rijeka, and the 2016–17 Croatian champions.
HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva liga, of which they have been members since its foundation in 1992. During the reconstruction of Stadion Kantrida, their traditional home ground, Rijeka play their home matches at Stadion Rujevica. Rijeka's traditional home colours are all white.
The club was founded on 29 July 1946 as Sportsko Društvo Kvarner (Croatian) / Società Sportiva Quarnero (Italian). The club's official name was changed to Nogometni Klub Rijeka on 2 July 1954. In the summer of 1995, the club management added the adjective hrvatski (English: Croatian) to the official name. Rijeka are the third-most successful Croatian football club, having won one Croatian First Football League title, two Yugoslav Cups, four Croatian Football Cups, one Croatian Football Super Cup and the 1978 Balkans Cup.
The club was founded as SD Kvarner / SS Quarnero on 29 July 1946, after Rijeka (known by its Italian name Fiume until 1945) was ceded from Italy to Yugoslavia following the end of World War II. The club was named after the Bay of Kvarner and the broader Kvarner region, in which Rijeka is the administrative centre. The club's roots can be traced back to 1926, the founding of U.S. Fiumana, which competed at various levels of the Italian Football Championship, including a season in the top tier competition (Divisione Nazionale) in 1928. The two clubs used the same grounds (Stadion Kantrida) and eight U.S. Fiumana players later played for Kvarner.
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