NK Rudar Velenje

Rudar Velenje
Full name Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje
Nickname(s) Knapi (The Miners)
Founded 1948 (1948)[1]
Ground Ob Jezeru,
Velenje
Ground Capacity 2,341
President Mitja Kamenik
Head Coach Jernej Javornik
League Slovenian PrvaLiga
2014–15 1. SNL, 6th
Website Club home page

Nogometni Klub Rudar Velenje (English: Rudar Velenje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Velenje or simply Rudar, is a Slovenian football club from Velenje, currently playing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. At the end of the 2005–06 season, they were relegated to the Slovenian Second League. In the 2007–08 season they finished first and thus achieved a promotion back to the first league.

Honours

Yugoslavia

League

Winners (2): 1976–77, 1990–91
Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1989–90

Cup

Winners (1): 1979–80
Runners-up (4): 1977–78, 1981–82, 1989–90, 1990–91

Slovenia

League

Winners (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08

Cup

Winners (1): 1997–98

Current squad

As of 27 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 Slovenia GK Matic Čretnik
4 Slovenia DF David Kašnik
6 Slovenia MF Anže Pišek
7 Slovenia MF Amer Krcič
8 Slovenia MF Damjan Trifkovič
9 Slovenia FW Luka Prašnikar
10 Slovenia MF Leon Črnčič
11 Slovenia FW Mitja Lotrič
12 Croatia MF Stjepan Babić
13 Slovenia GK Matej Radan
14 Slovenia FW Milan Kocić
17 Austria DF Erman Bevab
19 Slovenia MF Klemen Bolha
No. Position Player
20 Slovenia MF Denis Grbić
21 Slovenia MF Nikola Tolimir
23 State of Palestine DF Jaka Ihbeisheh
25 Slovenia DF Marin Bratić
26 Slovenia DF Elvedin Džinić
28 Slovenia MF Safet Gavranovič
29 Croatia DF Ivan Knezović
32 Croatia FW Mate Eterović
33 Croatia MF Mario Babić
37 Slovenia DF Gašper Kurež
45 Croatia FW Damir Grgič
Ukraine MF Ilya Markovskyi

Domestic league and cup results

Former crest
Season League Position Pts P W D L GF GA Cup
1991–92 1. SNL 12 38 40 13 12 15 59 65 Quarter-finals
1992–93 1. SNL 9 33 34 13 7 14 45 52 First round
1993–94 1. SNL 9 27 30 10 7 13 37 49 Round of 16
1994–95 1. SNL 7 38 30 16 6 8 55 33 Quarter-finals
1995–96 1. SNL 7 49 36 13 10 13 46 37 Semi-finals
1996–97 1. SNL 8 42 36 10 12 14 43 53 Round of 16
1997–98 1. SNL 7 43 36 10 13 13 39 38 Winners
1998–99 1. SNL 3 56 33 16 8 9 43 33 Quarter-finals
1999–00 1. SNL 3 58 33 17 7 9 49 35 First round
2000–01 1. SNL 8 43 33 12 7 14 43 44 Semi-finals
2001–02 1. SNL 8 42 33 11 9 13 46 52 Quarter-finals
2002–03 1. SNL 11 25 31 6 7 18 32 51 First round
2003–04 2. SNL 1 + 69 32 21 6 5 84 37 Quarter-finals
2004–05 2. SNL 1 72 33 23 3 7 76 40 Second round
2005–06 1. SNL 10 15 36 2 9 25 28 83 Quarter-finals
2006–07 2. SNL 8 45 36 12 9 15 45 59 Quarter-finals
2007–08 2. SNL 1 50 27 15 4 7 70 31 x
2008–09 1. SNL 3 55 36 16 7 13 44 39 Quarter-finals
2009–10 1. SNL 7 49 36 15 4 17 46 52 Quarter-finals
2010–11 1. SNL 6 46 36 12 10 14 58 50 Second round
2011–12 1.SNL 6 43 36 11 10 15 55 54 Semi-final
2012–13 1. SNL 7 40 36 11 7 18 42 59 Round of 16
2013–14 1. SNL 3 63 36 18 9 9 55 33 Semi-finals
2014–15 1. SNL 6 46 36 12 10 14 44 43 Round of 16
Totals 1. SNL 0 Titles 851 693 244 171 278 909 955 1 Cup

+ Rudar Velenje declined promotion, their place was taken by 3rd placed Zagorje, who were promoted together with 2nd placed Bela Krajina.

*Best results are highlighted.

UEFA competitions

Season Competition Round Country Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
1995 Intertoto Cup Group 2 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–2    
Group 2 Sweden Östers 1–3    
Group 2 Germany 1. FC Köln 0–1    
Group 2 Switzerland Lucerne 1–1    
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Moldova Tiraspol 2–0 0–0 2–0
First round Croatia Varteks Varaždin 0–1 0–1 0–2
1999 Intertoto Cup First round Sweden Halmstads BK 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a)
Second round Austria Austria Lustenau 1–2 1–2 2–4
2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Estonia Narva Trans 3–0 3–1 6–1
Second qualifying round Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0–1 0–4 0–5
2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Albania Laçi 1–1 1–1 2–2 (2–3 pen.)

Managers

See also

References

  1. "NZS: Klubi" [NZS: Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

External links

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