NK Svoboda Ljubljana

Nogometni klub Svoboda Ljubljana (English: Svoboda Ljubljana Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Svoboda Ljubljana or simply Svoboda, is a Slovenian football club from Ljubljana which plays in the Slovenian Third League.

"NK Svoboda" redirects here. For other uses, see NK Svoboda (disambiguation).

Svoboda Ljubljana
Full nameNogometni klub Svoboda Ljubljana
Founded1952 (1952)[1]
GroundSvoboda Sports Park
Capacity800
Head CoachJedinko Perica
LeagueSlovenian Third League
2019–20Slovenian Third League, 2nd

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
19711st197717th
197213th19781st
19738th197916th
197418th19801st
19751st19818th
197612th198216th

During this period they have also won two cup titles in 1976 and 1978. Therefore, they participated in the Yugoslav Cup in the 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 ten teams. In the next two seasons Svoboda was relegated from the second and third division, having serious financial troubles. The club was taken over by NK 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. In 2018, Svoboda returned to the Slovenian Third League after they won a promotion play-off against Žiri.

Managers
Manager Period
Sanel Konjević2009–2010
Vanja Starčević2011
Suad Beširević2011–2012
Željko Mitraković2012
Zoran Pejović2012–2016
Damir Vrabac2016–2017
Damir Šabotić2017
Damir Vrabac2018
Jedinko Perica2018–present

Honours

League

1970–71, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80
2002–03
  • Slovenian Fourth Division: 2
2010–11, 2017–18
  • Slovenian Fifth Division: 2
1994–95, 2009–10

Cup

1975–76, 1977–78
  • MNZ Ljubljana Cup: 1
2003–04[2]

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
2015–16 Regional 2 44 22 14 2 6 52 34 x
2016–17 Regional 4 40 22 12 4 6 42 31 x
2017–18 Regional 1 58 22 18 4 0 65 18 x
2018–19 3. SNL – Centre 6 32 27 7 11 9 44 52 x
2019–20 3. SNL – West[lower-alpha 1] 2 31 14 9 4 1 47 19 x
Totals 1. SNL 0 Titles 101 104 37 27 40 120 147 0 Cups
  1. The season was not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
*Best results are highlighted.

References
  1. "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. "Novice: Finale članskega pokala MNZ Ljubljana" (in Slovenian). MNZ Ljubljana. Archived from the original on 11 June 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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