2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	2015–16
Champions	Olimpija (1st title)
Relegated	Zavrč; Krka
Champions League	Olimpija
Europa League	Maribor (cup winners); Domžale; Gorica
Matches played	180
Goals scored	439 (2.44 per match)
Best Player	Rok Kronaveter
Top goalscorer	Andraž Šporar, Jean-Philippe Mendy & Rok Kronaveter; (all 17 goals)
Biggest home win	Maribor 7–1 Rudar
Biggest away win	Koper 0–5 Maribor
Highest scoring	Maribor 7–1 Rudar
Longest winning run	7 matches ; Gorica ; Olimpija
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches ; Maribor
Longest winless run	13 matches ; Krško
Longest losing run	5 matches ; Krka
Highest attendance	14,000 ; Olimpija 1–2 Maribor
Lowest attendance	100; Krka 1–5 Rudar
Total attendance	282,490
Average attendance	1,569
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga (also known as the Prva liga Telekom Slovenije for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. Also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, PrvaLiga was contested by the top ten clubs in Slovenia, for the title of national champions. The season began on 17 July 2015 and ended on 21 May 2016.

Maribor was the defending champion, having won its 13th league title the previous season.

Competition format

Each team played 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams played four matches against each other (2 home and 2 away).^[4]

Teams

A total of ten teams contested the league, including nine from the 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga and one promoted from the 2014–15 Slovenian Second League.

Krško won direct promotion as champions of the Slovenian Second League. They replaced Radomlje in the top division, who finished at the bottom of the PrvaLiga table, ending their first season in the top division.

This was the first season for Krško in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.^[5]

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity¹
Celje	Celje	Arena Petrol	13,059
Domžale	Domžale	Sports Park	3,100
Gorica	Nova Gorica	Sports Park	3,100
Koper	Koper	Bonifika	4,047
Krka	Novo Mesto	Portoval	500
Krško	Krško	Matija Gubec Stadium	1,470
Maribor	Maribor	Ljudski vrt	12,702
Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Stožice	16,038
Rudar Velenje	Velenje	Ob Jezeru	1,864
Zavrč	Zavrč	Sports Park	962

¹Seating capacity only. Some stadiums (e.g. Krka, Krško, Rudar, Zavrč) also have standing areas.

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Celje	Robert Pevnik	Blaž Vrhovec	Legea	Cinkarna
Domžale	Luka Elsner	Darko Zec	Taxa	Tark
Gorica	Miran Srebrnič	Alen Jogan	Erreà	None
Koper	Milan Obradović	Leo Štulac	Nike	Port of Koper
Krka	Miloš Kostić	Danijel Dežmar	Hummel	Krka
Krško	Tomaž Petrovič	Miha Drnovšek	Erima	GEN, Kostak
Maribor	Darko Milanič	Marcos Tavares	Adidas	Zavarovalnica Maribor, Nova KBM, Radio City
Olimpija Ljubljana	Rodolfo Vanoli	Darijan Matić	Nike	Telekom Slovenije
Rudar Velenje	Ramiz Smajlović	Ivan Knezović	Joma	Premogovnik Velenje
Zavrč	Slavko Matić	Lovro Cvek	Zeus Sport	RM VUK Holding, Tilia

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpija Ljubljana (C)	36	22	8	6	75	25	+50	74	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Maribor	36	19	11	6	78	37	+41	68	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
3	Domžale	36	14	13	9	46	31	+15	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Gorica	36	15	7	14	48	49	−1	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Celje	36	11	12	13	32	46	−14	45
6	Krško	36	10	11	15	24	48	−24	41^[b]
7	Rudar Velenje	36	11	8	17	34	52	−18	41^[b]
8	Koper	36	11	7	18	40	54	−14	40^[c]
9	Zavrč (R)	36	9	13	14	32	41	−9	40^[c]	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Krka (R)	36	8	10	18	30	56	−26	34	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[6]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Maribor qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Slovenian Cup.
^ ^a ^b Krško ahead of Rudar Velenje on head-to-head record: Rudar–Krško 1–1, Krško–Rudar 0–0, Rudar–Krško 0–1, Krško–Rudar 1–1.
^ ^a ^b Koper ahead of Zavrč on head-to-head record: Zavrč–Koper 1–0, Koper–Zavrč 3–1, Zavrč–Koper 1–3, Koper–Zavrč 1–0.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team ╲ Round
Olimpija	1	2	6	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maribor	5	4	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Domžale	2	5	2	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Gorica	10	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Celje	8	8	8	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	8	8	8	5	7	5	5
Krško	4	1	4	6	6	6	7	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	8	6
Rudar	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	8	5	6	7
Koper	7	9	9	8	9	10	5	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	8	10	7	7	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Zavrč	6	7	5	7	7	9	9	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	7	9
Krka	3	3	7	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Leader
	Second
	Third
	Relegation play-off
	Relegation to 2. SNL

Source: PrvaLiga official website
Notes: Round 22 was the final round before the winter break

Results

First half of the season

Home \ Away	CEL	DOM	GOR	KOP	KRK	KRŠ	MAR	OLI	RUD	ZAV
Celje		0–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–4	1–0	2–1
Domžale	2–2		2–3	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1
Gorica	1–1	0–1		1–2	2–0	3–1	1–4	0–3	2–1	3–0
Koper	1–1	2–3	1–3		0–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–1
Krka	1–0	0–4	1–2	2–4		2–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–1
Krško	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–3	0–2	0–0	0–1
Maribor	1–0	1–1	4–2	4–0	2–2	4–1		0–3	7–1	1–1
Olimpija	6–0	0–2	4–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	2–2		5–0	0–2
Rudar	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3		1–3
Zavrč	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away	CEL	DOM	GOR	KOP	KRK	KRŠ	MAR	OLI	RUD	ZAV
Celje		1–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–0
Domžale	0–3		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	4–0	0–0
Gorica	1–2	0–2		0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–2
Koper	1–2	0–2	1–1		2–3	0–1	0–5	1–2	0–1	1–0
Krka	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	1–3	0–2	1–5	2–0
Krško	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–0		1–3	2–1	1–1	0–1
Maribor	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–1	6–0		0–0	2–3	3–3
Olimpija	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–2		5–0	1–1
Rudar	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1		1–0
Zavrč	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

PrvaLiga play-off

The two-legged play-off between the ninth-placed team from the PrvaLiga and the second-placed team from the 2. SNL was played. The winner earned a place in the 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga.

29 May 2016

20:00 CEST

Zavrč	3–2	Aluminij
Pihler 42' Kokorović 44' Tišma 86'	Report	Bizjak 14' (pen.) Kurež 24'

Sports Park, Zavrč

Attendance: 600

Referee: Roberto Ponis

2 June 2016

17:00 CEST

Aluminij	1–1	Zavrč
Bizjak 56' (pen.)	Report	Pihler 58'

Sports Park, Kidričevo

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Dragoslav Perić

Zavrč won the play-off fixture against Aluminij 4–3 on aggregate, but the club was unsuccessful in obtaining a licence to play in the top division for the next season, due to financial reasons.^[7]^[8]

After their decision, the Football Association of Slovenia invited Aluminij to join the top division, with the side from Kidričevo accepting the offer.^[9]^[10]

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Rok Kronaveter	Olimpija	17
	Andraž Šporar	Olimpija
	Jean-Philippe Mendy	Maribor
4	Blessing Eleke	Gorica/Olimpija	15
5	Gregor Bajde	Maribor	13
6	Marcos Tavares	Maribor	12
7	Antonio Mance	Domžale	11
8	Agim Ibraimi	Maribor	10
9	Ezekiel Henty	Olimpija	8
9	Jaka Štromajer	Koper	8

Source:PrvaLiga official website

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Andraž Šporar	Olimpija	Rudar	5–0 (H)	30 August 2015	8	Report
Andraž Šporar⁴	Olimpija	Celje	4–0 (A)	31 October 2015	16	Report
Gregor Bajde	Maribor	Krško	6–0 (H)	5 December 2015	21	Report
Jean-Philippe Mendy	Maribor	Krško	6–0 (H)	5 December 2015	21	Report

⁴ Player scored four goals

Discipline

Pos	Team
1	Rudar	101	6	9
2	Koper	99	5	7
3	Celje	85	3	8
4	Krka	89	2	6
5	Zavrč	100	2	2
6	Olimpija	81	4	4
7	Maribor	76	3	5
8	Krško	77	1	4
9	Gorica	74	3	4
10	Domžale	74	2	3
Totals		856	31	52

Source:PrvaLiga official website

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Olimpija	78,300	14,000	1,000	4,350	+201.7%^†
2	Maribor	76,660	12,160	2,000	4,259	−3.3%^†
3	Krško	23,250	2,400	550	1,292	+250.1%^¹
4	Celje	21,220	4,100	450	1,179	+4.6%^†
5	Rudar	18,500	3,000	350	1,028	+81.0%^†
6	Domžale	18,050	2,600	300	1,003	+8.8%^†
7	Koper	13,650	2,700	200	758	+56.9%^†
8	Gorica	13,160	1,800	300	731	+132.1%^†
9	Zavrč	11,750	2,200	250	653	+31.7%^†
10	Krka	7,950	800	100	442	−1.8%^†
	League total	282,490	14,000	100	1,569	+45.1%^†

Source: PrvaLiga official website

Note¹: Krško played in the Slovenian Second League the previous season.

Awards

Annual awards

PrvaLiga Player of the Season

Rok Kronaveter^[1]^[2]

PrvaLiga Goalkeeper of the Season

Nejc Vidmar^[1]^[2]

PrvaLiga U23 Player of the Season

Miha Zajc^[1]^[2]

PrvaLiga Team of the Season

Slovenian PrvaLiga Team of the 2015–16 season – SPINS XI.

Player	Team	Position	Ref.
Nejc Vidmar	Domžale/Olimpija	Goalkeeper	^[1]^[2]
Toni Datković	Zavrč/Koper	Defender	^[1]^[2]
Matic Fink	Olimpija	Defender	^[1]^[2]
Nemanja Mitrović	Olimpija	Defender	^[1]^[2]
Nejc Skubic	Domžale	Defender	^[1]^[2]
Rok Kronaveter	Olimpija	Midfielder	^[1]^[2]
Blaž Vrhovec	Celje	Midfielder	^[1]^[2]
Miha Zajc	Olimpija	Midfielder	^[1]^[2]
Blessing Eleke	Gorica/Olimpija	Forward	^[1]^[2]
Jean-Philippe Mendy	Maribor	Forward	^[1]^[2]
Andraž Šporar	Olimpija	Forward	^[1]^[2]

References

General

"PrvaLiga Statistics – 2015/16". Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Dominko, Peter (17 May 2016). "Krona Kronavetru, nagrada še Manji Rogan in Mihi Zajcu" [A crown for Kronaveter; Manja Rogan and Miha Zajc also awarded]. Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 18 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o M. R. (17 May 2016). "Zaradi protesta večine nogometašev ni bilo na podelitvi nagrad" [Due to the protest, most of the footballers were not present at the awards ceremony] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Slovenian PrvaLiga Statistics 2015–16". Slovenian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ "Season Rules of 1. SNL". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ "Confirmed teams of league" (in Slovenian). NZS. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
^ "1. SNL: Season Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ T. O.; Danijel Poslek (6 June 2016). "NK Zavrč ogorčen: Kako je lahko 6.000 evrov takšen greh?" [NK Zavrc outraged: How could 6,000 euros be such a sin?] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ "Zavrč brez licence za 1. SNL" [Zavrc without a licence for the 1. SNL] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ Peter Dominko (7 June 2016). "URADNO: Kidričani so sprejeli prvoligaško vabilo" [Official: Aluminij have accepted the first league invitation]. Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ "Znan je deseti član 1. SNL" [The tenth member of the 1. SNL is known]. Ekipa (in Slovenian). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

External links

Official website (in Slovene)
2015–16 PrvaLiga at Soccerway.com

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.19009734093682-6] Maribor qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Slovenian Cup.

[table_hth_KRŠ0.19009734093682-7] Krško ahead of Rudar Velenje on head-to-head record: Rudar–Krško 1–1, Krško–Rudar 0–0, Rudar–Krško 0–1, Krško–Rudar 1–1.

[table_hth_KOP0.19009734093682-8] Koper ahead of Zavrč on head-to-head record: Zavrč–Koper 1–0, Koper–Zavrč 3–1, Zavrč–Koper 1–3, Koper–Zavrč 1–0.

[prvaligaXI2016snp-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Dominko, Peter (17 May 2016). "Krona Kronavetru, nagrada še Manji Rogan in Mihi Zajcu" [A crown for Kronaveter; Manja Rogan and Miha Zajc also awarded]. Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[prvaligaXI2016rtv-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o M. R. (17 May 2016). "Zaradi protesta večine nogometašev ni bilo na podelitvi nagrad" [Due to the protest, most of the footballers were not present at the awards ceremony] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[PrvaLiga-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Slovenian PrvaLiga Statistics 2015–16". Slovenian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[4] "Season Rules of 1. SNL". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

[5] "Confirmed teams of league" (in Slovenian). NZS. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

[9] "1. SNL: Season Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

[zavrc6k-10] T. O.; Danijel Poslek (6 June 2016). "NK Zavrč ogorčen: Kako je lahko 6.000 evrov takšen greh?" [NK Zavrc outraged: How could 6,000 euros be such a sin?] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[11] "Zavrč brez licence za 1. SNL" [Zavrc without a licence for the 1. SNL] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[12] Peter Dominko (7 June 2016). "URADNO: Kidričani so sprejeli prvoligaško vabilo" [Official: Aluminij have accepted the first league invitation]. Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[13] "Znan je deseti član 1. SNL" [The tenth member of the 1. SNL is known]. Ekipa (in Slovenian). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

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