NK Svoboda

For other uses, see NK Svoboda (disambiguation).

Svoboda

Full name

Nogometni Klub Svoboda Ljubljana

Founded

1952^[1]

Ground

Svoboda Sports Park,
Ljubljana

Capacity

500

President

Esad Alićaić

Head Coach

Zoran Pejović

League

MNZ Ljubljana

2014–15

6th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Nogometni Klub Svoboda Ljubljana (English: Svoboda Ljubljana Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Svoboda or simply Svoboda, is a Slovenian football club from Ljubljana.

History

The club was formed as ŠD Svoboda in 1952 and was known as one of the best Slovenian clubs during the time of SFR Yugoslavia. It started in lower rangs, but then merged with Grafičar, took its place in Slovenian League and played under that name until 1962. The most successful years came in the seventies, when the club was playing in Yugoslav Second Division under the sponsorship of Mercator, national food market company. In 1971 they have won the Slovenian Republic League for the first time and earned a promotion to the Yugoslav Second Division West, where they played until 1982, with the exception of three triumphal republic seasons.

Year	Postiton	Year	Postiton
1971	1st	1977	17th
1972	13th	1978	1st
1973	8th	1979	16th
1974	18th	1980	1st
1975	1st	1981	8th
1976	12th	1982	16th

During this period they have also won two cup titles in 1976 and 1978. Therefore, they participated in Yugoslav Cup next two seasons, in the latter they were eliminated by Borac Banja Luka in the round of 16. After the independence of Slovenia in 1991, Svoboda played in the Slovenian PrvaLiga for three seasons, finishing in 11th, 6th, and 13th place. In 1994 the club was replaced by Slavija with many players leaving from them to Vevče. Svoboda then played several seasons in lover divisions, before returning to the scene in 2003, when they were promoted to the Slovenian Second League. They have played there for three seasons, scoring the best result in the 2004–05 season with third place, which was not enough to secure promotion, due to Slovenian First League being decreased to 10 teams. In the next two seasons Svoboda was relegated from second and third division, having serious financial troubles. The club was taken over by Interblock in 2008 to become their feeder team for youth selections, but this collaboration lasted only one season. Svoboda started on their own again in 2009.

Stadium

The team plays their home matches at the Svoboda Sports Park, a 500 capacity stadium in Ljubljana.

Honours

League

Slovenian Republic League

Winners (4): 1970–71, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80

Runners-up (1): 1963–64

Slovenian Third League

Winners (1): 2002–03

Runners-up (1): 1997–98

Slovenian Fourth League (Regional or Intercommunal Leagues)

Winners (1): 2010–11^[2]

Runners-up (1): 2012–13^[3]

Slovenian Fifth League

Winners (2): 1994–95, 2009–10^[4]

Cup

Slovenian Republic Cup

Winners (2): 1975–76, 1977–78

Runners-up (2): 1976–77, 1978–79

Domestic league and cup results

Season	League	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Cup
1991–92	1. SNL	11	40	40	14	12	14	51	55	Round of 64
1992–93	1. SNL	6	38	34	14	10	10	38	33	Quarter-finals
1993–94	1. SNL	13	23	30	9	5	16	31	59	First round
1994–95	2. MNZ LJ	1	28	18	13	2	3	43	20	First round
1995–96	1. MNZ LJ	3	48	26	15	3	8	48	33	x
1996–97	1. MNZ LJ	3	45	25	14	3	8	54	33	x
1997–98	3. SNL	2	42	25	11	9	5	41	21	x
1998–99	3. SNL	3	47	26	14	5	7	78	50	x
1999–2000	3. SNL	11	26	26	6	8	12	34	39	x
2000–01	3. SNL	9	33	26	8	9	9	32	34	x
2001–02	3. SNL	3	47	26	13	8	5	45	32	x
2002–03	3. SNL	1	62	25	19	5	1	76	23	x
2003–04	2. SNL	8	34	32	9	7	16	48	47	x
2004–05	2. SNL	3	61	33	18	7	8	52	33	First round
2005–06	2. SNL	9	25	27	7	4	16	26	33	First round
2006–07	3. SNL	11	29	26	9	15	2	39	59	x
2007–08	2. MNZ LJ	8	21	20	7	0	13	40	50	x
2008–09	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2009–10	2. MNZ LJ	1	38	16	12	2	2	71	22	x
2010–11	Regional	1	56	26	17	5	4	60	27	x
2011–12	3. SNL – West	14	22	26	5	7	14	23	49	x
2012–13	Regional	2	55	26	17	4	5	64	31	x
2013–14	Regional	8	32	26	9	5	12	44	50	x
2014–15	Regional	6	28	19	9	1	9	33	31	x
Totals	1. SNL	0 Titles	101	104	37	27	40	120	147	0 Cups

*Best results are highlighted.

References

↑ "NZS: Klubi" [NZS: Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
↑ "Regionalna Ljubljanska liga 2010/11" (in Slovenian). MNZ Ljubljana. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
↑ "Regionalna Ljubljanska liga 2012/13" (in Slovenian). MNZ Ljubljana. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
↑ "MNZ liga 2009/10" (in Slovenian). MNZ Ljubljana. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

External links

Official website (Slovene)

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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