FC Koper

Koper

Full name

Football Club Koper

Nickname(s)

Kanarčki (The Canaries)

Short name

FCK

Founded

1920^[1]
(as Circolo sportivo Capodistriano)

Ground

Bonifika,
Koper

Capacity

4,047

President

Valter Valenčič^[2]

Head Coach

Milan Obradović

League

Slovenian PrvaLiga

2014–15

1. SNL, 8th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Football Club Koper, commonly referred to as FC Koper or simply Koper, is a Slovenian football club, playing in the town of Koper. The club was founded in 1920.^[1] Koper is one of five football clubs in the country that won all three domestic competitions (League, Cup and Supercup).

The club's home ground is the Bonifika Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,047 seats.

History

From the records, it appears that football in Koper was played as early as in the 1920s, but officially, the club took the name NK Koper in 1955, when it was formed by the merger of two football teams: Aurora and Meduza.^[3] The club played under this name in different Yugoslav leagues until 1991 and was one of the most successful Slovenian clubs. After Slovenia became independent, the club started to play in the Slovenian PrvaLiga and Slovenian Second League. At the beginning of the 1990s, the club was achieving mid-table success. By the end of the 1990s, the club had been relegated to the second division twice, had serious financial problems and renamed itself to FC Koper, thereby avoiding the necessity of paying off its debts. With the advent of the new millennium, FC Koper consistently achieved positions in the upper half of the table (achieving third place in the 2001–02 season, its highest since Slovenian independence). In the 2003–04 season, they were playing in a European competition for the first time since 1991: the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Two years of mid-table anonymity and significant financial difficulties followed, in part because the former owner, Georg Suban, left substantial debts to the club and took half of the team with him when he moved to the other Slovenian PrvaLiga team Mura.

The fans took control of the club and tried to improve its finances to save it from going bankrupt and disappearing like three other major Slovenian clubs (Olimpija, Mura and Ljubljana), with reasonable success. In the 2005–06 season, Mladen Rudonja returned to the club and brought with him the Serbian-American businessman Milan Mandarić, who paid off all the remaining debts. After the first half of the season, before the arrival of the new patron, Koper was battling against relegation, but in the second part of the season, with a new coach, Milivoj Bračun, the club started an unbeaten run that led them to reach the 3rd place in the Slovenian PrvaLiga and to win the Slovenian Cup for the first time, FC Koper's first trophy since the Slovenian independence from Yugoslavia. This also qualified the team to play in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds in the 2006–07 season. The following seasons were more difficult, with the club narrowly avoiding relegation in 2009. In the 2009–10 season, the team was expanded and, under the leadership of veteran playmaker/director-of-football Miran Pavlin eventually won the Slovenian league championship for the first time, winning a place in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, where they succumbed to a spirited 5–4 agg. defeat by Dinamo Zagreb (1–5, 3–0). In the aftermath, Pavlin left the club.

Name changes

1920: Formed as Circolo sportivo Capodistriano
1928: Renamed to Unione Sportiva Capodistriana
1946: Renamed to Aurora Koper
1955: Fusion from Aurora Koper and Meduza Koper to NK Koper
1990: Renamed to NK Koper Capodistria
2002: Renamed to FC Koper
2003: Renamed to FC Anet Koper
2008: Renamed to FC Luka Koper
2015: Renamed to FC Koper

League positions

1984–85: 1st (Slovenian Republic League)
1985–86: 18th (Yugoslav Second League)
1986–87: 2nd (Slovenian Republic League)
1987–88: 1st (Slovenian Republic League)
1988–89: ? (Yugoslav Inter-Republic League)
1989–90: ? (Yugoslav Inter-Republic League)
1990–91: ? (Yugoslav Inter-Republic League)
1991–92: 8th (1. SNL)
1992–93: 8th (1. SNL)
1993–94: 7th (1. SNL)
1994–95: 11th (1. SNL)

1995–96: 6th (2. SNL)
1996–97: 10th (1. SNL)
1997–98: 2nd (2. SNL)
1998–99: 11th (1. SNL)
1999–00: 1st (2. SNL)
2000–01: 6th (1. SNL)
2001–02: 3rd (1. SNL)
2002–03: 5th (1. SNL)
2003–04: 4th (1. SNL)
2004–05: 11th (1. SNL)
2005–06: 3rd (1. SNL)

2006–07: 6th (1. SNL)
2007–08: 2nd (1. SNL)
2008–09: 8th (1. SNL)
2009–10: 1st (1. SNL)
2010–11: 3rd (1. SNL)
2011–12: 4th (1. SNL)
2012–13: 4th (1. SNL)
2013–14: 2nd (1. SNL)
2014–15: 8th (1. SNL)

Stadium

See main article Bonifika Stadium

The Bonifika is the team's home stadium, which is named after the area where it is situated in the town of Koper. The stadium was built in 1947.^[4] In 2010, the old stadium was demolished and completely rebuild.^[5] It has a capacity for 4,047 spectators.^[6] The largest attendance was in 1987 in a match between Koper and Olimpija (10,000 spectators).

Honours

Yugoslavia

League

Yugoslav Third League

Winners (2): 1984–85, 1987–88

Runners-up (1): 1986–87

Cup

Slovenian Republic Cup

Winners (2): 1989–90, 1990–91

Runners-up (1): 1988–89

Slovenia

Slovenian First League:

Winners (1): 2009–10

Runners-up (2): 2007–08, 2013–14

Slovenian Second League:

Winners (1): 1999–2000

Runners-up (1): 1997–98

Cup

Slovenian Cup:

Winners (3): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2014–15

Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Slovenian Supercup:

Winners (2): 2010, 2015

Runners-up (1): 2007

Current squad

As of 15 February 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Jan Andrejašič
3	DF	Jefthon
4	DF	Toni Datković
5	DF	Darnel Situ
6	MF	Jakov Biljan
7	MF	Rubén Belima
9	FW	Zlatan Muslimović
10	MF	Joel Valencia
11	MF	Albert Riera
12	GK	David Adam
14	MF	Boris Živanović
17	MF	Dalibor Radujko
18	MF	Leo Štulac

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Luka Leko
20	FW	Fabian Lokaj
22	MF	Patrik Posavac
25	DF	Antonio Pavić
26	DF	Hysen Memolla
28	DF	Haris Dedić
30	FW	Jaka Štromajer
32	DF	Ivor Horvat
35	GK	Vjekoslav Tomić
44	DF	Luka Batur
79	FW	Mademba Djibril Cissé
87	GK	Kristijan Kahlina
88	MF	Jony
99	FW	Marin Jurina

Koper in UEFA competitions

Koper goals always listed first.
Score results denote: "Home, Away".

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
2002	Intertoto Cup	1R	Helsingborgs IF	0–1, 0–0
2003	Intertoto Cup	1R	Zagreb	1–0, 2–2
		2R	Dubnica	1–0, 2–3
		3R	Egaleo FC	3–2, 2–2
		1/2	Heerenveen	0–2, 1–0
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1Q	Litex Lovech	0–1, 0–5
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q	Široki Brijeg	1–3, 2–3
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Vllaznia Shkodër	1–2, 0–0
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0, 1–5
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Shakhter Karagandy	1–1, 1–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Čelik Nikšić	4–0, 5–0
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Neftchi Baku	0–2, 2–1
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Víkingur Reykjavík	2–2, 1–0
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Hajduk Split	3–2, 1–4

References

1 2 "NZS: Klubi" [NZS: Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
↑ "Organiziranost" (in Slovenian). FC Koper official website. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
↑ "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). FC Koper official website. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
↑ "ŠRC Bonifika" (in Slovenian). stadioni.org. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
↑ Rok Maver (28 July 2010). "Prenovljeni stadion bo v obliki črke L" [The renovated stadium will be in the shape of letter L] (in Slovenian). Primorske novice. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
↑ admin (10 June 2011). "Stadion Bonifika" [Bonifika Stadium] (in Slovenian). fotoultras.si. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

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Slovenian PrvaLiga

Seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2015–16 teams	Celje Domžale Gorica Koper Krka Krško Maribor Olimpija Rudar Velenje Zavrč

Active teams	Aluminij Bela Krajina Dravograd Interblock Jadran Dekani Kočevje Livar Medvode Pohorje Radomlje Rudar Trbovlje Slovan Svoboda Tabor Sežana Triglav Kranj Zagorje Železničar Maribor

Defunct teams	Beltinci Drava Ptuj Izola Korotan Prevalje Ljubljana Mura Mura 05 Nafta Lendava Naklo Olimpija (defunct) Primorje Slavija Vevče Steklar Šmartno

Associated competitions	Slovenian Cup Supercup Second League Third League UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Slovenian Republic League

Seasons (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)	1920 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41

Teams (1920–1941)	I. SSK Maribor Amater Athletik Bratstvo Celje Čakovec Disk Gradjanski Grafika Hermes Hertha Hrastnik Ilirija Jadran Jugoslavija Korotan Kovinar Kranj Mars Merkur Mura Olimp Primorje Ptuj Rapid Reka Rote Elf SK Ljubljana Red Star Slavija Ljubljana Slavija Maribor Slovan Sparta Svoboda Celje Svoboda Ljubljana Svoboda Maribor Šoštanj Železničar Maribor

Seasons (SFR Yugoslavia)	1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91

Teams (1946–1991)	Aluminij Branik Maribor Branik Solkan Brežice Domžale Drava Dravinja Elan Elkroj Grafičar Hrastnik Ilirija Izola Jadran Dekani Jesenice Kamnik Kladivar Koper Kovinar Maribor Kovinar Štore Krim Litija Ljubljana Maribor Medvode Mura Nafta Naklo Olimp Olimpija Partizan Žalec Piran Pohorje Postojna Primorje Proletarec Rudar Trbovlje Rudar Velenje Slavija Slivnica Sloga Slovan Steklar Stol Svoboda Tabor Šmartno Triglav Kranj Triglav Ljubljana Vozila Železničar Maribor ŽŠD Celje

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