NK Rudar Velenje

Rudar Velenje

Full name	Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje
Nickname(s)	Knapi (The Miners)
Founded	1948 (1948)[1]
Ground	Ob Jezeru, Velenje
Ground Capacity	2,341
President	Dejan Radovanovič
Head Coach	Jernej Javornik
League	Slovenian PrvaLiga
2014–15	1. SNL, 6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Nogometni Klub Rudar Velenje (English: Rudar Velenje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Velenje or simply Rudar, is a Slovenian football club from Velenje, currently playing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. At the end of the 2005–06 season, they were relegated to the Slovenian Second League. In the 2007–08 season they finished first and thus achieved a promotion back to the first league.

Honours

League

• Yugoslav Third/Fourth League

Winners (2): 1976–77, 1990–91

Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1989–90

• Slovenian Second League

Winners (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08

Cup

• Slovenian Cup

Winners (1): 1997–98

• Slovenian Republic Cup

Winners (1): 1979–80

Runners-up (4): 1977–78, 1981–82, 1989–90, 1990–91

Current squad

As of 11 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 Matic Čretnik 3 DF Elvedin Džinić 4 DF David Kašnik 6 MF Anže Pišek 7 MF Amer Krcič 8 MF Damjan Trifkovič 9 FW Luka Prašnikar 10 MF Leon Črnčič 11 MF Nejc Plesec 12 MF Stjepan Babić 13 GK Matej Radan 14 FW Milan Kocić 17 DF Erman Bevab

No. Position Player 19 MF Klemen Bolha 20 MF Denis Grbić 21 MF Nikola Tolimir 23 DF Jaka Ihbeisheh 25 DF Marin Bratić 28 MF Safet Gavranovič 29 DF Ivan Knezović 32 FW Mate Eterović 33 MF Mario Babić 45 FW Damir Grgič – MF Ilya Markovskyi – MF Andrej Šimić

Domestic league and cup results

Former crest

^{+ Rudar Velenje declined promotion, their place was taken by 3rd placed Zagorje, who were promoted together with 2nd placed Bela Krajina.}

*Best results are highlighted.

UEFA competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1995	Intertoto Cup	Group 2		Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	–	–
		Group 2		Östers	1–3	–	–
		Group 2		1. FC Köln	0–1	–	–
		Group 2		Lucerne	1–1	–	–
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round		Tiraspol	2–0	0–0	2–0
		First round		Varteks Varaždin	0–1	0–1	0–2
1999	Intertoto Cup	First round		Halmstads BK	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		Second round		Austria Lustenau	1–2	1–2	2–4
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		Narva Trans	3–0	3–1	6–1
		Second qualifying round		Red Star Belgrade	0–1	0–4	0–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		Laçi	1–1	1–1	2–2 (2–3 pen.)

Managers

• Bojan Prašnikar (1995–96)
• Branko Oblak (1998–00)
• Edin Osmanović (2001–02)
• Marijan Pušnik (2007–10)
• Bojan Prašnikar (2010–11)
• Aleš Čeh (2012–13)
• Jernej Javornik (2013–)

See also

• ŽNK Rudar Škale, women's team

References

1. ↑ "NZS: Klubi" [NZS: Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013. 

External links

• Official website (Slovene)
• PrvaLiga profile (Slovene)
• Twitter profile
• Facebook 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

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