ND Gorica

This article is about the Slovene football club. For the Croatian football club, see HNK Gorica.

Gorica

Full name

Nogometno Društvo Gorica

Nickname(s)

Vrtnice (The Roses)
Plavo-beli (The Blue-Whites)

Founded

1947
(as FD Gorica)

Ground

Nova Gorica Sports Park,
Nova Gorica

Capacity

3,066

President

Hari Arčon^[1]

Head Coach

Miran Srebrnič

League

Slovenian PrvaLiga

2014–15

Slovenian PrvaLiga, 9th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Nogometno Društvo Gorica, commonly referred to as ND Gorica or simply Gorica, is a Slovenian football club, playing in the town of Nova Gorica. They are one of the most successful Slovenian clubs with four Slovenian League, three Slovenian Cups and one Slovenian Supercup titles. Together with Maribor and Celje they are the only club that have participated in every season of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its formation in 1991.^[2] The club plays its matches at the Nova Gorica Sports Park stadium with the capacity of 3,066 seats.

History

Beginnings (1947–1991)

The history of Slovenian association football in the Goriška region goes back to the year 1907, when the first football club "Jugoslavija" was formed by the Slovenes of Gorizia.

October 1947 marks the beginning of the club with the foundation of "Gorica Physical Culture Club" in Šempeter pri Gorici, where it operated until 1963, when the club's activity was transferred to Nova Gorica, which has remained its seat ever since.

Slovenian independence (1991–)

After the independence of Slovenia in 1991, the club played in the 1. SNL under the name HIT Gorica and during the 1995–96 season, Gorica won the Slovenian league title for the first time. In the next season, the club played its first Slovenian Supercup final and won their second trophy with a 3–1 victory over Olimpija. During the league domination of Maribor, the club managed to win two Slovenian cup titles in a row (2000–01 and 2001–02).

On the last day of the 2003–04 season on 30 May 2004, Gorica won its second title after one of the most dramatic rounds in Slovenian league history. Before the last round, NK Maribor was leading the table with 54 points, one point ahead of Gorica. In the final round, Maribor played an away match against their rivals Mura and Gorica played at home against Koper. Both matches were played at the same time, and after the first half things did not look good for Gorica. Maribor was leading 0–1, while Gorica finished the first half with the score 0–0. At the start of the second half, Gorica took the lead. On the other match, the score remained 0–1 up until the 68th minute, when Mura equalised to 1–1. Later, Maribor started to attack in search of their winning goal, but was cut down with yet another goal from Mura in the 89th minute for the final score 2–1. That result meant that Gorica, who eventually won against Koper 2–0, had secured their second title.

The second title started an impressive run for Gorica as the team won another two league titles in a row (2004–05, 2005–06). By now Gorica, a four times Slovenian league champions, was recognized as one of the top football clubs in the country. After the last title, Gorica was a runner-up in the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons, while finishing 3rd in 2007–08 and 2009–10.

Since 1991, when the league started, Gorica won the title four times, was a runner-up on another four occasions and finished at the third place five times, which makes Gorica the second most successful football team in the country.

In 2013, Gorica became associated with Parma.^[3] On 21 May 2014 they won their first trophy after eight years as they defeated Maribor 2–0 in the cup final.^[4]

Domestic league and cup results

Season	League	Position	Pts	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	Cup	Supercup
1991–92	1. SNL	4	46	40	15	16	9	63	40	Round of 16	/
1992–93	1. SNL	12	31	34	11	9	14	39	46	First round	Not held
1993–94	1. SNL	5	35	30	12	11	7	40	38	First round	Not held
1994–95	1. SNL	3	41	30	18	5	7	66	30	Quarter-finals	Not held
1995–96	1. SNL	1	67	36	18	13	5	49	22	Quarter-finals	DNP
1996–97	1. SNL	3	65	36	18	11	7	52	33	Round of 16	Winners
1997–98	1. SNL	3	65	36	20	5	11	64	36	Round of 16	Not held
1998–99	1. SNL	2	62	33	18	8	7	55	31	First round	Not held
1999–2000	1. SNL	2	62	33	19	5	9	55	34	Semi-finals	Not held
2000–01	1. SNL	7	43	33	13	4	16	52	46	Winners	Not held
2001–02	1.SNL	4	51	33	14	9	10	38	40	Winners	Not held
2002–03	1. SNL	8	34	31	7	13	11	34	43	Quarter-finals	Not held
2003–04	1. SNL	1	56	32	15	11	6	55	29	Round of 16	Not held
2004–05	1. SNL	1	65	32	18	11	3	49	23	Runners-up	Not held
2005–06	1. SNL	1	73	36	21	10	5	75	30	Semi-finals	Not held
2006–07	1. SNL	2	58	36	17	7	12	66	63	Semi-finals	Not held
2007–08	1. SNL	3	57	36	16	9	11	61	50	Round of 16	DNP
2008–09	1. SNL	2	56	36	17	5	14	60	55	Semi-finals	DNP
2009–10	1. SNL	3	55	36	16	7	13	74	60	Quarter-finals	DNP
2010–11	1. SNL	5	48	36	13	9	14	42	53	Quarter-finals	DNP
2011–12	1. SNL	5	53	36	14	11	11	49	37	Quarter-finals	DNP
2012–13	1. SNL	6	41	36	10	11	15	45	60	Quarter-finals	DNP
2013–14	1. SNL	4	58	36	16	10	10	60	32	Winners	DNP
2014–15	1. SNL	9	37	36	10	7	19	40	46	Quarter-finals	Runners-up
Totals	1. SNL	4 Titles	1259	829	366	217	246	1283	977	3 Cups	1 Cup

*Best results are highlighted.

European campaigns

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
1996–97	UEFA Cup	1Q	Vardar	0–1, 1–2
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	Oţelul Galaţi	2–0, 2–4
		2Q	Club Brugge	3–5, 0–3
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	Q	Cardiff FC	2–0, 0–1
		1R	Panathinaikos	0–1, 0–2
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Q	Neftchi Baku	0–1, 3–1
		1R	Roma	1–4, 0–7
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Q	Neftchi Baku	1–0, 0–0
		1R	Osijek	1–1, 0–1
2002–03	UEFA Cup	Q	Rapid Bucureşti	0–2, 1–3
2004–05	Champions League	1Q	Flora Tallinn	4–2, 3–1
		2Q	Copenhagen	1–2, 5–0
		3Q	Monaco	0–3, 0–6
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1R	AEK Athens	1–1, 0–1
2005–06	Champions League	1Q	Tirana	2–0, 0–3
2006–07	Champions League	1Q	Linfield	3–1, 2–2
		2Q	Steaua Bucureşti	0–2, 0–3
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q	Rabotnički	1–2, 1–2
2008	Intertoto Cup	1R	Hibernians	3–0, 0–0
		2R	Chernomorets Burgas	1–1, 0–2
2009–10	Europa League	2Q	Lahti	1–0, 0–2
2010–11	Europa League	2Q	Randers	0–3, 1–1
2014–15	Europa League	2Q	Molde	1–4, 1–1

Honours

Yugoslavia

League

Yugoslav Third League:

Runners-up (1): 1968–69

Cup

Slovenian Republic Cup:

Runners-up (1): 1958

Slovenia

League

Slovenian First League:

Winners (4): 1995–96, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06

Runners-up (4): 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09

Cup

Slovenian Cup:

Winners (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2013–14

Runners-up (1): 2004–05

Slovenian Supercup:

Winners (1): 1996

Runners-up (1): 2014

Current squad

As of 8 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
1	GK	Gregor Sorčan
3	DF	Uroš Celcer
4	DF	Matija Škarabot
6	DF	Miha Gregorič
7	MF	Andrej Kotnik
8	FW	Rifet Kapič
10	FW	Miran Burgič
11	FW	Sandi Arčon
14	MF	Jaka Kolenc
17	FW	Bede Amarachi Osuji
22	GK	Jure Lipičar
23	DF	Tine Kavčič

No.	Position	Player
24	MF	Jan Humar
26	MF	Amel Džuzdanović
27	DF	Alen Jogan
29	DF	Jani Curk
30	MF	Leon Marinič
31	DF	Nejc Mevlja
33	FW	Marko Nunič
42	DF	Matija Boben
77	MF	Dino Martinović
90	MF	Marshal Johnson
91	GK	Januš Štrukelj
96	FW	Tilen Nagode

References

↑ "Gorica" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
↑ Slavko Jerič, Tjaša Corn (13 May 2013). "Bozgo in Tavares edina vijolična kralja strelcev" [Bozgo and Tavares are the only purple goalscoring kings] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
↑ Ervin Čurlič (1 August 2013). "Gorica potrdila sodelovanje s Parmo" [Gorica confirmed cooperation with Parma] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
↑ A. V. (21 May 2014). "Ne Maribor, Gorica je pokalni prvak" [Not Maribor, Gorica is the cup winner] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

External links

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

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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

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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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