NK Celje

Celje

Full name

Nogometni Klub Celje

Nickname(s)

Grofje (The Counts)
Rumeno-modri (The Yellow-Blues)

Founded

1919^[1]^[2] (as SK Celje)

Ground

Arena Petrol,
Celje

Capacity

13,059

President

Stevan Đorđević^[3]

Head Coach

Iztok Kapušin

League

Slovenian PrvaLiga

2014–15

Slovenian PrvaLiga, 2nd

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Nogometni Klub Celje (English: Celje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Celje or simply Celje, is an association football club from Slovenia. They are based in Celje, Slovenia's third largest city. They play in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Together with Maribor and Gorica they are the only club that have participated in every season of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its formation in 1991.^[4]

History

NK Celje was formed in 1919^[1]^[2] as SK Celje. Soon after the World War II, in 1946, the club changed its name to NK Kladivar (expressionistic term in Slovene for a blacksmith). In 1964 they qualified for the Yugoslav Second League, where they played for one year.

In 1992, year after Slovenia gained independence from Yugoslavia, the club again changed its name, this time to Publikum. They reached the finals of Slovenian Cup in 1993 and 1995, but lost on both occasions, having been beaten by Olimpija and Mura. In 2003, Celje was in a title race with Maribor until the very last, but in the end finished second and also lost Slovenian cup finals against Olimpija in the same year. Two years later in 2005 the club reached Slovenian cup finals for the fourth time and this time they finally lifted their first trophy, defeating Gorica 1–0 in front of their own fans at the Arena Petrol. Celje were also in the finals the next year, but lost to Koper after the penalty shoot-out.

Stadium

For most of its early years, the club played at the Glazija Stadium, but obtained also the Skalna Klet after merging with ŽŠD Celje in 1967. Glazija was demolished in 1983 and the club moved permanently to Skalna Klet. Since the stadium was in bad shape and could not meet UEFA stadia criteria, the club officials decided to build a new stadium and in 2003 the main stand of the new Arena Petrol stadium was built. The capacity at the time was 3,600 covered seats. After 2003, three new separate stands were build and when the last one opened in 2008, the stadium was completed. The current capacity of the stadium is 13,059 seats from which around 50% are covered. The old stadium is still used as a training facility for the club.

The club also has a smaller third training ground called Olimp, which was renovated in 2005 and is used as a training camp for youth squads of the club.

Honours

League

Slovenian Republic League:

Winners (1): 1963–64

Runners-up (6): 1936–37, 1950, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1970–71, 1973–74

Slovenian Championships:

Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2014–15

Cup

Slovenian Republic Cup:

Winners (1): 1964

Slovenian Cup:

Winners (1): 2004–05

Runners-up (7): 1992–93, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15

Current squad

As of 31 January 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	Amel Mujčinović
2	DF	Žiga Kous
4	MF	Blaž Vrhovec (captain)
5	DF	Marko Krajcer
6	DF	Tilen Klemenčič
8	MF	Danijel Miškić
9	FW	Érico Sousa
10	MF	Rudi Požeg Vancaš
11	FW	Sunny Omoregie
12	GK	Matic Kotnik
13	MF	Jon Šporn
14	FW	Matej Podlogar
15	DF	Amadej Brecl

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Jure Travner
17	FW	Matic Marcius
19	MF	Marko Pajač
20	MF	Mario Brlečić
21	FW	Adnan Bašić
23	MF	Nino Pungaršek
24	FW	Milan Spremo
25	DF	Lovre Čirjak
27	DF	Damir Hadžić
30	DF	Tadej Vidmajer
31	GK	Metod Jurhar
32	MF	Janez Pišek

Domestic league and cup results

Season	League	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Cup
1991–92	1. SNL	9	41	40	14	13	13	43	51	Round of 16
1992–93	1. SNL	10	32	34	12	8	14	37	47	Runners-up
1993–94	1. SNL	4	38	30	14	10	6	50	34	Round of 16
1994–95	1. SNL	6	38	30	16	6	8	50	27	Runners-up
1995–96	1. SNL	5	51	36	13	12	11	62	47	Semi-finals
1996–97	1. SNL	4	47	36	12	11	13	55	61	Quarter-finals
1997–98	1.SNL	6	49	36	14	7	15	57	57	Quarter-finals
1998–99	1. SNL	7	42	33	10	12	11	30	35	Round of 16
1999–2000	1. SNL	6	47	33	11	14	8	53	45	Quarter-finals
2000–01	1. SNL	5	50	33	15	5	13	59	52	First round
2001–02	1. SNL	6	48	33	14	6	13	50	39	Round of 16
2002–03	1. SNL	2	55	31	15	10	6	57	38	Runners-up
2003–04	1. SNL	10	39	32	11	6	15	61	52	Quarter-finals
2004–05	1. SNL	3	52	32	16	4	12	47	28	Winners
2005–06	1.SNL	6	49	36	15	4	17	48	59	Runners-up
2006–07	1. SNL	7	45	36	11	12	13	54	51	Semi-finals
2007–08	1. SNL	8	45	36	13	6	17	42	51	Quarter-finals
2008–09	1. SNL	4	53	36	15	8	13	48	39	Round of 16
2009–10	1. SNL	5	51	36	14	9	13	53	56	Semi-finals
2010–11	1. SNL	8	37	36	9	10	17	41	55	Round of 16
2011–12	1. SNL	8	37	36	9	10	17	44	56	Runners-up
2012–13	1. SNL	5	49	36	12	13	11	39	39	Runners-up
2013–14	1. SNL	8	37	36	10	7	19	30	58	Quarter-finals
2014–15	1. SNL	2	70	36	20	10	6	58	31	Runners-up
Totals	1. SNL	0 Titles	1102	829	315	213	301	1168	1108	1 Cup

*Best results are highlighted.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary round	Odense	0–1	0–0	0–1
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Antalyaspor	1–1	–	–
			Maccabi Haifa	–	1–0	–
			Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	1–2	–	–
			Proleter Zrenjanin	–	0–0	–
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Aarhus	7–1	0–1	7–2
		Second round	Petržalka	5–0	1–1	6–1
		Third round	Lausanne-Sport	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Belasica	7–2	5–0	12–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	First round	Maccabi Haifa	2–2	1–2	3–4
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Sloboda Tuzla	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2005–06	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Levski Sofia	1–0	0–3	1–3
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Dacia	0–1	0–1	0–2
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Tromsø	0–2	2–1	2–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Śląsk Wrocław	0–1	1–3	1–4

References

1 2 "NZS: Klubi" [NZS: Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
1 2 NK Celje. "Zgodovina kluba" [Club's history] (in Slovenian). NK Celje official website. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
↑ NK Celje (26 May 2014). "Novi predsednik NK Celje je dr. Stevan Đorđević" [New NK Celje president is dr. Stevan Đorđević] (in Slovenian). NK Celje official website. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
↑ Slavko Jerič, Tjaša Corn (13 May 2013). "Bozgo in Tavares edina vijolična kralja strelcev" [Bozgo and Tavares the only purple kings of the goalscorers] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

External links

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

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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