Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Founded 1991 (1991)
Country Slovenia
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams 10
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to 2. SNL
Domestic cup(s) Slovenian Cup
Slovenian Supercup
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions Maribor (14th title)
(2016–17)
Most championships Maribor (14 titles)
Most capped player Sebastjan Gobec (488)
Top goalscorer Štefan Škaper (130)
TV partners Kanal A
Šport TV
Website prvaliga.si
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga

The Slovenian First Football League (Slovene: Prva slovenska nogometna liga, pronounced [ˈpərʋa slɔˈʋeːnska nɔgɔˈmɛtna ˈliːga]), currently named PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije [ˈpərʋa ˈliːga ˈteːlɛkɔm slɔˈʋeːnijɛ] due to sponsorship reasons,[1] also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the main football league in Slovenia, and was formed in 1991 after Slovenia became an independent country. From 1920 until the end of the 1990–91 season, the Slovenian Republic League was a lower division of the Yugoslavian league football system. The league is currently governed by the Football Association of Slovenia. Between 2001 and 2012 the league was governed by the Association of 1. SNL. Celje, Gorica and Maribor are the only three clubs that have never been relegated from the league since its foundation in 1991.[2]

History

Maribor players celebrating their ninth league title (29 May 2011, after the last round vs Domžale)
PrvaLiga trophy being lifted in celebration of Maribor's ninth league title

Slovenian PrvaLiga is the highest league of association football in Slovenia. Also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, PrvaLiga is contested on a round robin basis and the championship awarded to the club that is top of the league at the end of the season.[3] The league was established after the independence of Slovenia in 1991, originally containing 21 clubs.[3][4][5] Before that, top Slovenian teams competed in Yugoslavia with only Ilirija, AŠK Primorje and after a forced merger of the two teams in 1936,[6] Ljubljana ever reaching the country's highest division, Yugoslav First League.[5] Olimpija, Maribor and Nafta were the only Slovenian teams who participated in the top division between the end of World War II in 1945 and the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.[5] While being a part of the Yugoslav football system, most of the Slovenian clubs competed for the title of regional champions in the Slovenian Republic Football League.[4][5] However, the republic league was officially the third tier of football most of the time and the competition was usually without the top Slovenian clubs, who played in the Yugoslav Second League or the country's top division.[5]

Matjaž Kek as head coach of Slovenia national football team during the team's practice at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Matjaž Kek won the PrvaLiga title as a footballer and manager.[7]

Following the independence of Slovenia, the Football Association of Slovenia separated from the Football Association of Yugoslavia and created their own football competitions.[4][5] For the first time in history, top Slovenian clubs competed in the newly formed Slovenian football league for the title of Slovenian champion.[3][5] Of the founding clubs in the PrvaLiga, only Maribor, Gorica and Celje have not been relegated. The format and the number of clubs in the league has changed over time, ranging from 21 clubs in the first season to 10 clubs in its present form.[3][5] The top clubs at the end of the season are awarded a qualifying spot in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, with the bottom one being relegated to the Slovenian Second League, 2. SNL.[8]

Olimpija won the first title.[3] They had a long tradition of playing in the Yugoslav first league and their squad was still composed of players from that era.[5] Olimpija dominated the league and won a further three championships before Gorica won their first in the 1995–96 season.[3] Following Gorica's success, Maribor won their first championship in 1997.[3] This started a record-breaking streak of seven successive league championships which came to an end when Gorica won their second title in the 2003–04 season.[3] The club from Nova Gorica went on to win an additional two titles, becoming the third club to win three consecutive championships.[3] During the 2006–07 season Domžale, a club that played in the Slovenian second division three seasons earlier, won their first title, a feat they repeated the next season.[3] Following the 2008–09 season, Maribor became the dominant force in Slovenian football for the second time, having won seven out of nine championships since then.[9]

Maribor is the most successful club; they have won the championship 14 times.[9] Seven of Maribor's titles came during the late 1990s and early 2000s when the club was led alternately by managers Bojan Prašnikar, Ivo Šušak and Matjaž Kek.[10][11] Darko Milanič has led the club to four championships between 2009 and 2013.[12] Olimpija has won four titles, all in successive years between 1992 and 1995.[3] In addition, Olimpija is the only Slovenian football champion no longer in existence, having been dissolved by the end of the 2004–05 season when they filed for bankruptcy. Tied with four championships is Gorica who won their first title in 1996 and an additional three in successive years between 2004 and 2006.[3] Domžale has won two titles between 2007 and 2008, followed by Koper and Olimpija Ljubljana who won their only championship in 2010 and 2016 respectively.[3] Maribor has won the Slovenian version of the double the most; they have won the league and cup four times in the same season.[13] The current champions are Maribor, who won the 2016–17 edition.

Names

Since 1991, the Slovenian PrvaLiga has been named after sponsors on several occasions, giving it the following names:

Period Sponsor Name
1991–1999No sponsor 1. SNL
1999–2004Si.mobil Liga Si.mobil[14]
2004–2006Si.mobil VodafoneLiga Si.mobil Vodafone[15]
2006–2009Telekom SlovenijePrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije[16]
2009–2013No sponsor PrvaLiga
2013–presentTelekom SlovenijePrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije[17]

Clubs

Champions

Season Champions
1991–92 Olimpija
1992–93 Olimpija
1993–94 Olimpija
1994–95 Olimpija
1995–96 Gorica
1996–97 Maribor
1997–98 Maribor
1998–99 Maribor
1999–2000 Maribor
2000–01 Maribor
2001–02 Maribor
2002–03 Maribor
2003–04 Gorica
2004–05 Gorica
2005–06 Gorica
2006–07 Domžale
2007–08 Domžale
2008–09 Maribor
2009–10 Koper
2010–11 Maribor
2011–12 Maribor
2012–13 Maribor
2013–14 Maribor
2014–15 Maribor
2015–16 Olimpija Ljubljana
2016–17 Maribor

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Maribor 14 5 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17
Gorica 4 5 1995–96, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
Olimpija 4 3 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
Domžale 2 3 2006–07, 2007–08
Koper 1 2 2009–10
Olimpija Ljubljana 1 2 2015–16

2017–18 season

Below is the list of clubs that are members of the 2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga season. The information and the statistics shown in the table are correct as of the end of 2016–17 season.
Key
Winners Reigning champions, winners of the previous season
Runners-up Runners-up of the previous season
Promoted Promoted from Slovenian Second League, 2. SNL
Club Position in 2016–17 PrvaLiga debut PrvaLiga seasons First season of
current spell		 Last title
(number of titles)
Aluminij 9th 2012–13 2 2016–17 &
—
Ankaran 2. SNL, 3rd (promoted) Promoted 2017–18 0 2017–18 &
—
Celje 5th 1991–92 26 1991–92 &
—
Domžale 4th 1991–92 19 2003–04 2007–08 (2)
Gorica Runners-up Runners-up 1991–92 26 1991–92 2005–06 (4)
Krško 8th 2015–16 2 2015–16 &
—
Maribor Champions Winners 1991–92 26 1991–92 2016–17 (14)
Olimpija Ljubljana 3rd 2009–10 8 2009–10 2015–16 (1)
Rudar Velenje 7th 1991–92 22 2008–09 &
—
Triglav Kranj 2. SNL, 1st (promoted) Promoted 1998–99 6 2017–18 &
—

UEFA coefficient

Correct as of 26 May 2017.[18][19] The table shows the position of the Slovenian PrvaLiga (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient country ranking, and four foreign leagues which are closest to PrvaLiga's position (two leagues with the higher coefficient and two with the lower coefficient).

Rank 2017 Rank 2016 Mvmt. League 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Coeff.
28 27 Fall –1 Serbia Serbian SuperLiga 3.000 2.500 2.750 4.250 2.875 15.375
29 28 Fall –1 Kazakhstan Kazakh Premier League 1.375 3.125 3.375 4.625 2.750 15.250
30 30 Steady 0 Slovenia Slovenian PrvaLiga 3.250 2.625 4.000 1.000 2.250 13.125
31 31 Steady 0 Slovakia Slovak Super Liga 1.500 1.625 2.750 3.750 2.125 11.750
32 32 Steady 0 Liechtenstein LFV 0.000 1.000 2.500 5.000 2.500 11.000

Statistics

Top goalscorers

  Currently active in the PrvaLiga
# Name Seasons Appearances Goals Average
1 Štefan Škaper 9 226 130 0.58
2 Marcos Tavares 11 312 125 0.40
3 Kliton Bozgo 9 207 109 0.53
4 Ermin Rakovič 15 268 108 0.40
5 Milan Osterc 10 276 106 0.38
6 Damir Pekič 13 265 102 0.38
7 Marko Kmetec 11 270 94 0.35
8 Anton Žlogar 12 300 90 0.30
9 Ismet Ekmečić 9 198 88 0.44
10 Ante Šimundža 11 255 87 0.34

Source: PrvaLiga archive[20]
Note: Season counts if a player has made at least one appearance in the league during that season. Last updated on 11 August 2017.

Awards

First Player of the Year awards were presented by Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik in the early 1990s. Since 2004, the awards are organised by the Union of Professional Football Players of Slovenia (SPINS).

Broadcast

The league was broadcast by public broadcasting television, RTV Slovenija, for years. From 2008 until 2012, they had joint broadcasts with Šport TV, and from 2013 until 2015 with Planet TV.[17] In the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, the league has been broadcast exclusively on Kanal A.[36] In the 2017–18 season, the league was broadcast jointly by Kanal A and Šport TV. In the first round of the season, all five games were broadcast live for the first time in the league history.[37]

Country TV Channel
Slovenia Slovenia Kanal A
Slovenia Slovenia Šport TV

References

  1. ↑ "Prvoligaško tekmovanje zdaj Prve liga Telekom Slovenije" (in Slovenian). 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Slavko Jerič, Tjaša Corn (13 May 2013). "Bozgo in Tavares edina vijolična kralja strelcev" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sportal (20 May 2011). "Zgodovina 1. SNL" [History of 1. SNL] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). Association of 1. SNL. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "ND Ilirija: Zgodovina" [ND Ilirija: History] (in Slovenian). ND Ilirija Ljubljana. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  7. ↑ A.G., M.R. (21 August 2008). "Dobra igra ne šteje, pomemben je le izid" [Good performance is not important, only the result] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "1. SNL". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  9. 1 2 T. O.; To. G. (21 May 2016). "Slavje prvakov v Ljubljani; Koper potisnil Zavrč v boj za obstanek" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  10. ↑ NK Maribor. "Zgodovina 1991–2000" [History 1991–2000] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  11. ↑ "Zgodovina 2001–2010" [History 2001–2010] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  12. ↑ "Nihče se nam ni niti približal" [No one came even close to us] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  13. ↑ "Osebna izkaznica" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "NADALJUJE SE LIGA SI.MOBIL" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 23 November 2003. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Liga Si.mobil Vodafone" (in Slovenian). 24ur.com. 6 August 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Telekom Slovenije pokrovitelj slovenskih nogometašev" (in Slovenian). finance.si. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  17. 1 2 "Nov sponzor Prve Lige: Telekom Slovenije" (in Slovenian). SNPortal.si. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "UEFA Country Coefficients". UEFA official website. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  19. ↑ "UEFA Country Ranking 2017". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  20. ↑ "Statistični pregled (vse sezone)" [Statistical overview (all seasons)] (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  21. 1 2 3 4 gb/dr (7 December 1994). "Džoni Novak nogometaš leta" (in Slovenian). STA. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  22. ↑ rp/ts (20 January 1996). "Bralci Dnevnika izbrali Valentinčiča" (in Slovenian). STA. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  23. ↑ SPINS XI 2004
  24. ↑ SPINS XI 2005
  25. ↑ SPINS XI 2006
  26. ↑ SPINS XI 2007–08
  27. ↑ SPINS XI 2008–09
  28. ↑ SPINS XI 2009–10
  29. ↑ SPINS XI 2010–11
  30. ↑ SPINS XI 2011–12
  31. ↑ SPINS XI 2012–13
  32. ↑ SPINS XI 2013–14
  33. ↑ SPINS XI 2014–15
  34. ↑ Najboljša nogometaša sezone sta Rok Kronaveter in Manja Rogan
  35. ↑ Najboljši nogometaš sezone 2016/2017 je Dare Vršič
  36. ↑ "Prva liga na Kanalu A: Kdo lahko z vrha zrine Maribor?" (in Slovenian). 24ur.com. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  37. ↑ "Vseh pet tekem PLTS v TV prenosih, Ankarančani v Dravogradu" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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