The 1988–89 season was the 43rd season in Rijeka’s history and their 27th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 8th place finish in the 1987–88 season meant it was their 15th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
If a match ended in a draw, penalties were taken, and only the winner of the penalty shoot-out was rewarded with a point
¹Hajduk Split were banned from European competitions for 2 years after crowd trouble during the 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup game against Marseille
²Čelik were docked 6 points
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Last updated: 2 February 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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Competitive matches only.
Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.

1. Data for league attendance in most cases reflects the number of sold tickets and may not be indicative of the actual attendance.

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