ND Ilirija Ljubljana

Ilirija

Full name

Nogometno Društvo Ilirija Ljubljana

Founded

1911^[1]

Ground

Ilirija Sports Park,
Ljubljana

Capacity

1,440

President

Dušan Gajič

Head Coach

Goran Markovič

League

3. SNL – Centre

2014–15

2nd

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Nogometno Društvo Ilirija Ljubljana is a Slovenian football club from Ljubljana, which plays in the Slovenian Third League, the third level of the Slovenian football. The club was founded in 1911 and is the oldest football club in the country.^[1]

History

SK Ilirija (1911–1941)

SK Ilirija squad, which won the first Slovenian regional championship in 1920.

In the beginning of the 20th century football came to Ljubljana from Vienna, and was played mostly by the students. Football club Ilirija, was founded on 9 May 1911 in a pub called Roža on Židovska cesta in Ljubljana. Albin Kandare was elected as the first president of Ilirija, and their first ground was at Tivoli Park.^[2] Ilirija's first match was played on 1 January 1912, and ended in an 18–0 defeat against Hermes, the local students' club which had been founded in 1910.^[2] Soon after their first match Ilirija merged with Hermes in 1913. In the first few years Ilirija had no competition in Slovenia and they mainly played friendly matches against Zagreb-based Croatian clubs such as HAŠK, Građanski and Concordia.^[2] An important turning point was a friendly with the Czech side Slavia Prague in Ljubljana played on 5 August 1913, which Ilirija lost 10–0. However, Ilirija's players and staff were impressed by Slavia's display of professionally trained football so much that they convinced Slavia's player Jirkovský to stay in Ljubljana and work as Ilirija's first manager after the match.^[2] The best and most popular players of Ilirija of that time were Stanko Tavčar, Ernest Turk, Stanko Pelan and Oto Oman.^[2]

At the onset of World War I, Ilirija and Slovan (founded in 1913 and still active today) were the only two football clubs in Slovenia, and during the war all football activities were suspended. In 1919 Ilirija was re-activated, and was soon followed by Slovan.^[2] Football rapidly gained popularity and a number of other Slovenian clubs came into life around the same time such as Olimp in Celje, I. SSK Maribor in Maribor and ASK Primorje in Ljubljana, with the latter becoming Ilirija's biggest rivals in the following decade.^[2]

Ilirija then became the first regional champions of Slovenia (which was at the time part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia), winning the inaugural Slovenian championship in 1920, and proceeded to win a total of 12 Slovenian titles between 1920 and 1935.^[2] By the mid-1930s both Ilirija and Primorje encountered financial difficulties which led to their merger and the formation of SK Ljubljana football club in 1936.^[2] Between 1936 and 1941 SK Ljubljana was one of the top sides in Slovenia (winning the 1935–36 and 1940–41 Slovenian championships) and also competed in the Yugoslav First League, Kingdom of Yugoslavia's top national competition formed in 1923. In addition, Ilirija's Stanko Tavčar was the only Slovenian player who was capped for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national football team in the period between the two world wars.^[3] He was member of their 1920 Olympics squad and appeared in matches against Czechoslovakia and Egypt, the first two games in the history of the team.^[3] SK Ljubljana operated until 1941 and the outbreak of World War II, when all sports activities in Ljubljana were suspended.^[2]

Since 1991

Since the independence of Slovenia, Ilirija played a couple of seasons in the newly established Slovenian Second League. However, after finishing third in the 1991–92, they finished 15th in the 1992–93 season and were subsequently relegated to the Slovenian Third League. Since then, Ilirja have been a member of leagues outside of the top two divisions.

Honours

Yugoslavia

League

Slovenian Republic Football League:

Winners (12): 1920, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1934–35

Runners-up: (1): 1971–72

Slovenia

League

Slovenian Third League

Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Slovenian Fourth League (Regional or Intercommunal Leagues)

Winners (1): 1995–96

Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 2013–14^[4]

Slovenian Fifth League:

Winners (1): 2012–13^[5]

Cup

MNZ Ljubljana Cup

Runners-up (1): 2014–15

References

1 2 "NZS: Klubi" [NZS: Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Zgodovina kluba" [Club's history] (in Slovenian). NK Olimpija Ljubljana. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
1 2 "Tavčar Stanko". Serbia national football team official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 June 2010.
↑ "Regionalna Ljubljanska liga 2013/14" (in Slovenian). MNZ Ljubljana. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
↑ "MNZ liga 2012/13" (in Slovenian). MNZ Ljubljana. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

External links

Official website (Slovene)

Slovenian Third League 2015–16

Centre	Bled Bravo Brinje Grosuplje Britof Ilirija Ivančna Gorica Jesenice Jezero Medvode Kolpa Komenda Lesce Rudar Trbovlje Sava Kranj Zagorje

East	Bakovci Beltinci Čarda Črenšovci Grad Križevci Ljutomer Mura Nafta 1903 Odranci Polana Rakičanl Tromejnik Turnišče

North	Brežice 1919 Dobrovce Dravinja Dravograd Fužinar Lenart Maribor B Mons Claudius Podvinci Radlje Šampion Celje Šmarje pri Jelšah Šmartno 1928 Videm

West	Adria Miren Ajdovščina Škou Bilje Brda Cerknica Ilirska Bistrica Izola Jadran Dekani Tabor Sežana Vipava

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

Yugoslav First League

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923–1940)

Seasons	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

Former clubs	Bačka BASK BSK Belgrade Concordia Crnogorac Građanski Niš Građanski Skoplje Građanski Zagreb Hajduk Split HAŠK Ilirija Ljubljana Jedinstvo Beograd Jugoslavija Krajišnik Banja Luka Ljubljana Mačva NAK Novi Sad Pobeda Skoplje Primorje Ljubljana Radnički Kragujevac SAŠK SAND Subotica Slavija Osijek Slavija Sarajevo Slavija Varaždin Somborski SK Sparta Zemun Viktorija Zagreb Vojvodina ŽAK Subotica ŽAK Velika Kikinda

FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

Seasons	1945 1945–46 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 1991–92

Former clubs	14. Oktobar Bor Borac Budućnost Crvenka Čelik Dinamo Vinkovci Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Iskra Lokomotiva Mačva Maribor Nafta Napredak Naša Krila Novi Sad OFK Belgrade Olimpija Osijek Partizan Pelister Ponziana Priština Proleter Rabotnički Rad Radnički Belgrade Radnički Kragujevac Radnički Niš Red Star Belgrade Rijeka Sarajevo Sloboda Spartak RNK Split Sutjeska Teteks Trepča Trešnjevka Vardar Velež Vojvodina NK Zagreb Zemun Željezničar

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