Osijek–Rijeka derby () is the name given to matches between NK Osijek and HNK Rijeka. On Croatian First Football League all-time table Rijeka and Osijek are on the third and fourth place. Rijeka is the third-most successful Croatian football club, having won twp Croatian Football League titles, seven Croatian Football Cups, two Yugoslav Cups, one Croatian Football Super Cup and the 1977–78 Balkans Cup. Osijek won one Croatian Football Cup.
Rijeka and Osijek are with Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split the only four clubs that have never been relegated from the Croatian First League.
Osijek and Rijeka are third and fourth best supported football clubs in Croatia. Osijek is supported by 5% and Rijeka by 4% of population.
The teams are supported by their ultras groups called Armada Rijeka and Kohorta Osijek.
Supporters
Armada is football ultras group that support HNK Rijeka. They also support Rijeka's other sports clubs, such as RK Zamet (handball), Primorje EB (waterpolo) and KK Kvarner 2010 (basketball).
The name Armada was given in 1987 at a bar in the "Ri" shopping mall in Rijeka, and the first game attended by the Armada was the Final of the Yugoslav football cup against Hajduk Split in Belgrade on 9 May 1987. The newly formed supporters group named themselves after the Spanish Armada because of the strength they showed in their support. Their fiercest rivals are BBB (Bad Blue Boys), Torcida and Kohorta.
At home games, Armada members gather in the west stand at Stadion Kantrida and in the last few years in the north stand of Stadion Rujevica, from where they fiercely support their club. They also regularly support Rijeka in the club's away games. They regularly display choreographies and light up flares.
Their mottos are: Sami protiv svih - Alone against everybody, and Krepat, ma ne molat - Die but not give up. Armada's mascot is a shark.
Kohorta Osijek is a group of supporters of Croatian soccer club NK Osijek. During the soccer match it is located on the southeast and east stands of the Gradski vrt stadium in Osijek.
Results By competition CompetitionPlayedRijeka winsDrawsOsijek winsRijeka goalsOsijek goalsYugoslav championship (1946–1991)First League2611783730Second League84132216First League qualifiers402226Yugoslav Cup201112Yugoslavia totals401511146254Croatian championship (1992–present)Prva HNL110413039141125Croatian Cup117041612Supercup000000Croatia totals121483043157137All Time161634157219191
By ground (Croatia only) GroundPlayedRijeka winsDrawsOsijek winsRijeka goalsOsijek goalsGradski Vrt, Osijek541313284975Kantrida, Rijeka3418885430Rujevica, Rijeka2615744826Opus Arena, Osijek622243Jedinstvo, Donji Miholjac100123All Time121483043157137 Last updated: 5 September 2026.
List of matches Key Match ended in a drawRijeka winOsijek win
1977–1991 MDateCompetitionGroundScoreOsijek scorersRijeka scorers 1 14 Aug 1977 Div. 1 Kantrida 1–2 Durkalić 2 11 Dec 1977 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 1–1 Radović 3 27 Aug 1978 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 0–0 4 25 Mar 1979 Div. 1 Kantrida 3–3 Radin, Cukrov, Ružić 5 19 Aug 1979 Div. 1 Kantrida 0–0 6 20 Apr 1980 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 2–0 7 29 Aug 1981 Div. 1 Kantrida 3–1 Desnica, Tomić (2) 8 14 Mar 1982 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 4–0 9 12 Sep 1982 Div. 1 Kantrida 5–2 Lukić, Gračan, Malbaša, Desnica, Fegic 10 10 Apr 1983 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 2–0 11 16 Oct 1983 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 4–1 o.g. 12 29 Apr 1984 Div. 1 Kantrida 4–1 Tomić (2), Matrljan, Fegic 13 9 Dec 1984 Div. 1 Kantrida 5–0 Fegic (2), Gračan, Radmanović, Malbaša 14 30 Jun 1985 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 2–2 Gračan (2) 15 3 Nov 1985 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 0–0 16 28 May 1986 Div. 1 Kantrida 1–0 Malbaša 17 2 Nov 1986 Div. 1 Kantrida 2–1 J. Janković, Matrljan 18 13 May 1987 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 1–0 19 27 Sep 1987 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 1–0 20 20 Apr 1988 Div. 1 Kantrida 0–0 21 7 Aug 1988 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 1–3 Valenčić, Kljajić, Mladenović 22 26 Feb 1989 Div. 1 Kantrida 2–0 Ekmeščić (2) 23 3 Dec 1989 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 0–1 Vulić 24 16 May 1990 Div. 1 Kantrida 1–0 S. Beširević 25 26 Aug 1990 Div. 1 Gradski vrt 2–0 26 10 Mar 1991 Div. 1 Kantrida 2–0 Punišić, Nestorović
1992–present