FC Ljubljana

This article is about the association football club established in 2005 and dissolved in 2011. For the club, dissolved in 2005, see NK Ljubljana.
Ljubljana
Full name Nogometno Društvo FC Ljubljana
Nickname(s) Šiškarji
Founded 23 June 2005 (2005-06-23)[1][2][3]
Dissolved 2011 (2011)[4]
Ground ŽŠD,
Ljubljana
Ground Capacity 3,986

Football Club Ljubljana, commonly referred to as FC Ljubljana or simply Ljubljana, was a Slovenian football club, based in the capital city of Ljubljana. It was founded on 23 June 2005.[1][2][3] The club regarded themselves as the spiritual continuation of NK Ljubljana, who went bankrupt and was abolished in 2005. However, legally FC Ljubljana was a distinct and separate club, and was not entitled to claim the honours of the old NK Ljubljana.[4] Football Association of Slovenia, 1. SNL and UEFA did not recognized the history and statistics before 2005.[1] Neither did the legislation of Slovenia.[2][3] FC Ljubljana folded and was dissolved in 2011.[4]

History

The club emerged after the dissolvement of NK Ljubljana, a club which played in the Slovenian First League for many years, but went bankrupt in 2005. However, in spite of inheriting old Ljubljana's supporters and colours, FC Ljubljana is legally not considered as the successor of NK Ljubljana and the statistics and honours of the two clubs are kept separate by the Slovenian FA.[1]

The club was established on 23 June 2005, and started to compete in the fifth league.[1][2][3] In 2006 they have finished second after Olimpija, scoring 15 wins and 66 goals in 17 matches. Next season they finished second again, but were promoted, due to forced relegation of Svoboda. They missed another promotion by one point in 2009, but then managed to win the fourth league and qualify for 3.SNL in the next year. After a season in third tier, Ljubljana was expelled from the league due to financial difficulties and was dissolved in 2011.[4]

Honours

Winners (1): 2009–10[5]
Runners-up (1): 2006–07[6]

Stadium

Ljubljana played home matches at ŽŠD Stadium, located in the lower part of Šiška district. The ground was given to the club by the Railway administration and is therefore placed in a corner of railway tracks connection. It is named after Železničarsko Športno Društvo, railway sports society, which has maintained it for the most of the club's history. Among other railway clubs forming the society, it has been used particularly by the athletics club ŽAK, which was taken as a nickname for the stadium. It was built in 1930 and renovated for regional athletics championship in 1990. The stadium has a capacity of 2,468 seats. It is currently the only football venue in Ljubljana, that fulfills all infrastructure licence criteria. The main stand was renovated in 2009, with the seats forming name of the club.

Supporters and rivalry

Although bearing the tradition of city's second club, FC Ljubljana had a relatively small support. In the city derby, that continues the traditional rivalry between clubs' foreruners Železničar and Odred, most of the crowds are on the side of popular citizens club Olimpija. Despite having lost almost all of its support after the first bankrupt, a small group of Špediterji stayed loyal to the club.

City derbies

Date
 Competition
 Ground
 Score
 Scorers
26 August 2005 2.MNZ League Bežigrad 3–1 Ubavič, Pate, Komočar; Lovrec
7 September 2005 MNZ Cup ŽŠD 2–1 (p) Krapež, Fažon; Podgajski
1 April 2006 2.MNZ League ŽŠD 2–0 Ubavič (2)
Ljubljana win
Olimpija win

Club logo and colours

FC Ljubljana adopted typical railway identity, using traditional Železničar's blue-white combination. Although playing home matches in all-blue, the team is still nicknamed as Modro-beli (Blue-whites) and the club's logo still uses stripes as the railway symbol.

Domestic league and cup results

Season League Position Pts P W D L GF GA Cup
2005–06 5th level 2 45 17 15 0 2 66 10 x
2006–07 5th level 2 40 16 13 1 2 60 21 x
2007–08 4th level 4 48 26 15 3 8 47 29 x
2008–09 4th level 3 49 26 14 7 5 55 29 x
2009–10 4th level 1 58 26 18 4 4 80 19 x
2010–11 3.SNL 7 40 26 11 7 8 48 47 x
Totals 0 Titles 240 111 75 15 21 308 108 0 Cups

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "NZS: Klubi" [NZS: Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NOGOMETNO DRUŠTVO FC LJUBLJANA -> Dodatni poda..." (in Slovenian). PIRS.si. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "NOGOMETNO DRUŠTVO FC LJUBLJANA" (in Slovenian). bizi.si. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Rok Plestenjak (10 November 2013). "Šišenski boj proti mlinom na veter" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Regionalna Ljubljanska liga 2009/10" (in Slovenian). MNZ Ljubljana. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "MNZ liga 2006/07" (in Slovenian). MNZ Ljubljana. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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