2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season 2015–16
Matches played 160
Goals scored 394 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer Andraž Šporar (17 goals)
Biggest home win Olimpija 6–0 Celje
Maribor 7–1 Rudar
Maribor 6–0 Krško
Biggest away win Koper 0–5 Maribor
Highest scoring Maribor 7–1 Rudar
Longest winning run (7 matches)
Gorica
Olimpija
Longest unbeaten run (12 matches)
Maribor
Longest winless run (13 matches)
Krško
Longest losing run (5 matches)
Krka
Highest attendance 13,500
Olimpija 2–2 Maribor
Lowest attendance 100
Krka 1–5 Rudar
Total attendance 234,440
Average attendance 1,465

All statistics correct as of 3 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga season (also known as the PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije for sponsorship reasons) is the 25th edition of the PrvaLiga (English: FirstLeague) since its establishment in 1991. Also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, PrvaLiga is contested by the top ten clubs in Slovenia, for the title of national champions. The season began on 17 July 2015 and ends on 21 May 2016.

Maribor is the defending champion, having won its 13th league title the previous season.

Competition format

Each team plays 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams play 4 matches against each other (2 home and 2 away).[1]

Teams

A total of ten teams are contesting the league, including nine from the 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga and one promoted from the 2014–15 Slovenian Second League.

Winners of the Slovenian second division Krško won direct promotion as champions of the Slovenian Second League. They replaced Radomlje in the top division, who finished at the bottom of the PrvaLiga table, ending their first season in the top division.

This will be the first season for Krško in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.[2]

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga
Team Location Stadium Capacity1
NK Celje Celje Arena Petrol 13,059
NK Domžale Domžale Sports Park 2,813
ND Gorica Nova Gorica Sports Park 3,066
FC Koper Koper Bonifika 4,047
NK Krka Novo Mesto Portoval 500
NK Krško Krško Matija Gubec Stadium 1,728
NK Maribor Maribor Ljudski vrt 12,702
NK Olimpija Ljubljana Ljubljana Stožice 16,038
NK Rudar Velenje Velenje Ob Jezeru 2,341
NK Zavrč Zavrč Sports Park 962

1Seating capacity only. Some stadiums (e.g. Krka, Krško, Rudar, Zavrč) also have standing areas.

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
NK Celje Slovenia Robert Pevnik Slovenia Blaž Vrhovec Legea Cinkarna
NK Domžale Slovenia Luka Elsner Slovenia Darko Zec Taxa Tark
ND Gorica Slovenia Miran Srebrnič Slovenia Alen Jogan Erreà /
FC Luka Koper Serbia Milan Obradović Slovenia Leo Štulac Nike Luka Koper
NK Krka Novo Mesto Slovenia Miloš Kostić Slovenia Danijel Dežmar Hummel Krka
NK Krško Slovenia Tomaž Petrovič Slovenia Miha Drnovšek Erima /
NK Maribor Slovenia Darko Milanič Brazil Marcos Tavares Adidas Zavarovalnica Maribor / Nova KBM / Radio City
NK Olimpija Ljubljana Italy Rodolfo Vanoli Slovenia Darijan Matić Nike Telekom Slovenije
NK Rudar Velenje Slovenia Jernej Javornik Croatia Ivan Knezović Joma Premogovnik Velenje
NK Zavrč Serbia Slavko Matić Croatia Lovro Cvek Zeus RM VUK Holding / Tilia

League table

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpija Ljubljana (X) 32 19 8 5 67 22 +45 65 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maribor (X) 32 17 11 4 69 29 +40 62 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Domžale 32 13 11 8 44 28 +16 50
4 Gorica 32 13 7 12 43 44 −1 46
5 Celje 33 9 12 12 27 43 −16 39
6 Zavrč 33 9 11 13 31 39 −8 38
7 Rudar Velenje 32 10 8 14 31 46 −15 38
8 Krško 32 10 8 14 23 45 −22 38
9 Koper 32 8 7 17 34 51 −17 31 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10 Krka 32 7 9 16 26 48 −22 30 Relegation to Slovenian Second League
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2016. Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (Slovene), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.[3]
(X) Assured of at least Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League.

Positions by round

Key
Final round before the winter break
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Olimpija 1 2 6 32 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Maribor 5 4 12 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Domžale 2 5 2 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Gorica 10 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Zavrč 6 7 5 7 7 9 9 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Rudar 9 10 10 9 8 8 8 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 8 9 9 8 6 6 6 6 6
Krško 4 1 4 6 6 6 7 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 7 7 7 7 7
Celje 8 88 10 10 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 7 9 9 8 8 8
Koper 7 9 9 8 9 10 5 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 8 10 7 7 6 8 8 9 9 9
Krka 3 3 7 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
Leader
Second
Third
Relegation play-off
Relegation to 2.SNL

Results

First half of the season

Home ╲ Away CEL DOM GORKOPKRKKRŠMAROLIRUDZAV
Celje 0–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–4 1–0 2–1
Domžale 2–2 2–3 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1
Gorica 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–4 0–3 2–1 3–0
Koper 1–1 2–3 1–3 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1
Krka 1–0 0–4 1–2 2–4 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–0 1–1
Krško 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–1
Maribor 1–0 1–1 4–2 4–0 2–2 4–1 0–3 7–1 1–1
Olimpija 6–0 0–2 4–1 4–1 3–1 5–0 2–2 5–0 0–2
Rudar 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–3
Zavrč 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016.
Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (Slovene)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home ╲ Away CEL DOM GORKOPKRKKRŠMAROLIRUDZAV
Celje 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Domžale 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 4–0
Gorica 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–2
Koper 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–5 1–2 0–1
Krka 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–5 2–0
Krško 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1
Maribor 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 6–0 0–0 3–3
Olimpija 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 5–0 1–1
Rudar 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0
Zavrč 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2

PrvaLiga play–off

There will be a two-legged play-off between the ninth placed team in PrvaLiga and the second placed team in the 2. SNL for a place in the 2016-17 PrvaLiga.

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 3 May 2016.
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Slovenia Andraž Šporar Olimpija 17
2 Nigeria Blessing Eleke Gorica/Olimpija 14
Slovenia Rok Kronaveter Olimpija
France Jean-Philippe Mendy Maribor
5 Slovenia Gregor Bajde Maribor 11
Brazil Marcos Tavares Maribor
7 Republic of Macedonia Agim Ibraimi Maribor 10
Croatia Antonio Mance Domžale
9 Nigeria Ezekiel Henty Olimpija 8
Slovenia Jaka Štromajer Koper
11 Slovenia Matic Črnic Domžale 7
Croatia Mate Eterović Rudar Velenje

Source:PrvaLiga official website

Top assists

As of matches played 3 May 2016.
Rank Player Team Asists
1 Slovenia Miha Zajc Olimpija 9
Slovenia Marcos Tavares Maribor
3 Nigeria Ezekiel Henty Olimpija 8
Slovenia Nejc Skubic Domžale
5 Slovenia Dejan Trajkovski Domžale 7
Republic of Macedonia Agim Ibraimi Maribor
7 Slovenia Amel Džuzdanović Gorica 6
8 Slovenia Petar Stojanović Maribor 5
France Martin Mimoun Olimpija
Nigeria Blessing Eleke Gorica/Olimpija
Croatia Mario Babić Rudar Velenje
Croatia Josip Fuček Krka

Source:PrvaLiga official website

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Round Ref.
Slovenia Andraž Šporar Olimpija Rudar 5–0 (H) 30 August 2015 8
Slovenia Andraž Šporar4 Olimpija Celje 4–0 (A) 31 October 2015 16
Slovenia Gregor Bajde Maribor Krško 6–0 (H) 5 December 2015 21
France Jean-Philippe Mendy Maribor Krško 6–0 (H) 5 December 2015 21

4 Player scored four goals

Discipline

As of matches played on 20 March 2016.
Pos Team
1Rudar7647
2Koper7034
3Zavrč7200
4Celje6636
5Krka6615
6Gorica5534
7Olimpija5944
8Maribor5923
9Domžale5522
10Krško5313
TOTALS 6312338

Source:PrvaLiga official website

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Maribor 70,160 12,160 2,000 4,385 -0.99523377212892−0.4%†
2 Olimpija 51,300 13,500 1,000 3,206 1.2233009708738+122.3%†
3 Krško 21,050 2,400 550 1,316 2.5663956639566+256.6%1
4 Celje 17,370 4,100 450 1,086 -0.96362023070098−3.6%†
5 Domžale 17,350 2,600 350 1,084 0.17570498915401+17.5%†
6 Rudar 14,900 2,600 350 931 0.63908450704225+63.9%†
7 Koper 12,350 2,700 200 772 0.59834368530021+59.8%†
8 Gorica 12,060 1,800 300 754 1.3936507936508+139.3%†
9 Zavrč 11,250 2,200 300 703 0.41733870967742+41.7%†
10 Krka 6,650 750 100 416 -0.92444444444444−7.5%†
League total 234,440 13,500 100 1,465+35.5%†

Updated to games played on 3 May 2016
Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga official website (Slovene)
Note 1:Team played last season in Slovenian Second League.

See also

External links

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "Season Rules of 1.SNL". Scoresway. Retrieved June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Confirmed teams of league" (in Slovenian). NZS. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "1.SNL: Season Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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