ND Gorica

Gorica

Full name	Nogometno Društvo Gorica
Nickname(s)	Vrtnice (The Roses) Plavo-beli (The Blue-Whites)
Founded	1947 (1947) (as FD Gorica)
Ground	Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica
Ground 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

*Best results are highlighted.

European campaigns

Season	Competition	Round	Land	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

League

• Yugoslav Third League:

Runners-up (1): 1968–69

• 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 Republic Cup:

Runners-up (1): 1958

• 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 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 24 MF Jan Humar

No. Position Player 26 MF Amel Džuzdanović 27 DF Alen Jogan 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  – DF Jani Curk

References

1. ↑ "Gorica" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 13 August 2013. 
2. ↑ 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. 
3. ↑ Ervin Čurlič (1 August 2013). "Gorica potrdila sodelovanje s Parmo" [Gorica confirmed cooperation with Parma] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
4. ↑ 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

• Official website (Slovene) (English)
• Facebook profile
• PrvaLiga profile (Slovene)
• Official UEFA profile
• Soccerway profile

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

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