NK Celje

Celje

Full name

Nogometni Klub Celje

Nickname(s)

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

Founded

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

Ground

Stadion Z'dežele,
Celje

Capacity

13,059

President

Miloš Rovšnik

Manager

Tomaž Petrovič

League

Slovenian PrvaLiga

2016–17

Slovenian PrvaLiga, 5th

Website

Club website

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 Celje, Slovenia. 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.^[3]

History

The club was formed in 1919 as SK Celje.^[1]^[2] 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 built 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.^[4] In July 2017, the stadium was renamed to Stadion Z'dežele.^[5]

The old stadium, Skalna Kled, 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 (8): 1992–93, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16

MNZ Celje Cup

Runners-up (1): 1991–92

Current squad

As of 26 July 2017

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

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Elvedin Džinić
4	MF	Lovro Cvek
5	DF	Jure Travner
6	MF	Nino Pungaršek
7	DF	Denis Štraus
8	MF	Janez Pišek
9	FW	Filip Dangubić (on loan from Rijeka)
10	MF	Rudi Požeg Vancaš
11	FW	Edin Kesić
13	MF	Jon Šporn
15	DF	Amadej Brecl
16	DF	Dejan Kelhar (on loan from Olimpija)
17	FW	Matic Marcius
19	FW	Bian Paul Šauperl

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Tim Obrez
21	MF	Herolind Cikaqi
22	GK	Matjaž Rozman
23	DF	Rok Jazbec
25	MF	Nikola Gatarić
27	MF	Luka Šušnjara
28	FW	Tilen Pečnik
30	MF	Luka Žinko (on loan from Domžale)
31	GK	Metod Jurhar
33	GK	Filip Lojen
40	DF	Tadej Vidmajer
42	FW	Jucie Lupeta
—	MF	Fedor Predragović

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
2015–16	1. SNL	5	45	36	11	12	13	32	46	Runners-up
2016–17	1. SNL	5	55	36	15	10	11	48	39	Round of 16
Totals	1. SNL	0 Titles	1202	901	341	235	325	1248	1193	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 "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
1 2 "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). NK Celje official website. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
↑ 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.
↑ "Arena Petrol" (in Slovenian). NK Celje official website. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
↑ "Celjski stadion z novim imenom, odslej bo Arena Z'dežele" (in Slovenian). Ekipa. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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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 2016–17 2017–18
2017–18 teams	Aluminij Ankaran Celje Domžale Gorica Krško Maribor Olimpija Ljubljana Rudar Velenje Triglav Kranj
Former teams	Bela Krajina Beltinci Drava Ptuj Dravograd Interblock Izola Jadran Dekani Kočevje Koper Korotan Prevalje Krka Livar Ljubljana Medvode Mura Mura 05 Nafta Lendava Naklo Olimpija Pohorje Primorje Radomlje Rudar Trbovlje Slavija Vevče Slovan Steklar Svoboda Šmartno Tabor Sežana Zagorje Zavrč Železničar Maribor
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 1940–41
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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