Kvarnerska Rivijera

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.

Kvarnerska Rivijera
Founded1953
RegionRijeka, Croatia
Number of teams16
Current champions Dinamo Zagreb
(9th title)
Most successful club(s) Rijeka
(20 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website

History

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)

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.

Winners

By year

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
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
  1. "Kvarnerska Rivijera". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. "Kvarnerska Rivijera: Contest Rules" (PDF). HNK Rijeka. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  3. "Kvarnerska rivijera" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. "Šezdeset Godina Nogometne Mladosti" (in Croatian). Novi List. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  5. "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.
  6. 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.
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