NK Rudar Velenje

Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje (English: Rudar Velenje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Velenje or simply Rudar Velenje, is a Slovenian football club from Velenje, currently playing in the Slovenian Second League.

Rudar Velenje
Full nameNogometni klub Rudar Velenje
Nickname(s)Knapi (The Miners)
Founded1948 (1948)[1]
GroundOb Jezeru
Capacity2,341
PresidentPeter Dermol
Head CoachAlmir Sulejmanović
LeagueSlovenian Second League
2019–20Slovenian PrvaLiga, 10th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded in August 1948. At first they played in local MNZ Celje league, until they qualified for the Slovenian Republic League in 1953. Two years later, on 3 July 1955, Rudar's home stadium Ob Jezeru was opened and the club moved to its current home. After the short crisis the club returned to the Slovenian league in 1962. For the 1974–75 season the club hired a professional coach Živko Stakič and became Slovenian champions in 1977. Rudar therefore qualified for the Yugoslav Second League, where they played until 1982. Just before the breakup of Yugoslavia, Rudar became the Slovenian champion for the second time in 1991.

After the Slovenian independence, Rudar became a regular participant in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. They were relegated to the Slovenian Second League in 2003 and returned for the 2005–06 season, but were instantly relegated back to second level. In the 2007–08 season they finished first and thus achieved a promotion back to the first league. The club's highest finish was third place on four occasions, the last time in 2014, when Mate Eterović, Rudar's striker, also became league's topscorer. Their biggest success was winning the Slovenian Cup in 1998, when they lost first game away to Primorje, but then won 3–0 in front of home crowd in the second leg. Rudar therefore played in the last edition of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where it was eliminated by Varteks in the first round.[2]

Current squad

As of 17 March 2020[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  SRB David Hrubik
4 DF  SVN David Kašnik
5 DF  SRB Jovan Pavlović (on loan from AS Trenčín)
6 MF  SVN Luka Lovenjak
7 FW  SRB Nemanja Tomašević
8 MF  SVN Damjan Trifković
9 FW  CRO Borna Petrović (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
10 MF  SVN Leon Črnčič
11 FW  SVN Nace Koprivnik
12 GK  SVN Tomaž Stopajnik
13 GK  SVN Matej Radan
14 MF  BIH Mićo Kuzmanović
15 DF  SVN Leo Ejup
17 FW  CRO Dominik Radić
18 MF  CRO Mislav Anđelković
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  CRO Mateo Panadić
20 MF  SVN Adam Vošnjak
21 DF  CRO Josip Filipović
23 GK  SVN Danijel Starčić
24 MF  SVN Nejc Pušnik
25 DF  SVN Elvedin Džinić
26 MF  SVN Cene Kitek
27 FW  SVN Haris Kadrić (on loan from Olimpija Ljubljana)
29 DF  CRO Dino Škvorc
34 DF  CRO Maksim Oluić
39 FW  SVN Dem Pljava
43 MF  SVN Aljaž Krefl
44 DF  CRO Marko Ćosić
45 MF  SVN Robert Pušaver
96 MF  BIH Rijad Kobiljar

Honours

Yugoslavia
1976–77, 1990–91
1979–80

Slovenia
2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08
1997–98
  • MNZ Celje Cup: 3
1991–92, 2003–04,[4] 2004–05[5]

Domestic league and cup results
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[lower-alpha 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
2015–16 1. SNL 7 41 36 11 8 17 34 52 Quarter-finals
2016–17 1. SNL 7 41 36 10 11 15 49 53 Quarter-finals
2017–18 1. SNL 4 50 36 15 5 16 50 49 First round
2018–19 1. SNL 7 43 36 12 7 17 50 73 Round of 16
Totals 1. SNL 0 Titles 1926 837 292 202 343 1092 1182 1 Cup
*Best results are highlighted.
  1. Rudar Velenje declined promotion.

UEFA competitions

All results (home and away) list Rudar's goal tally first.

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup GR2 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2  – 5th place
Öster  – 1–3
1. FC Köln 0–1  –
Lucerne  – 1–1
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Constructorul Chișinău 2–0 0–0 2–0
R1 Varteks 0–1 0–1 0–2
1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Halmstads BK 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a)
R2 Austria Lustenau 1–2 1–2 2–4
2009–10 UEFA Europa League QR1 Narva Trans 3–1 3–0 6–1
QR2 Red Star Belgrade 0–1 0–4 0–5
2014–15 UEFA Europa league QR1 Laçi 1–1 1–1 2–2 (2–3 pen.)
2018–19 UEFA Europa League QR1 Tre Fiori 7–0 3–0 10–0
QR2 FCSB 0–2 0–4 0–6

GR2 = Group 2; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; QR1 = First qualifying round; QR2 = Second qualifying round.

See also

References
  1. "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). NK Rudar Velenje. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. "First team" (in Slovenian). NK Rudar Velenje. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. "Članski Pokal - Rudar končal prevlado Krškega" (in Slovenian). MNZ Celje. 29 April 2004. Archived from the original on 14 May 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Rudar drugič zapored prvak (page 16)" (in Slovenian). Naš čas. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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