2016–17 NK Celje season

NK Celje
2016–17 season
President	Stevan Đorđević
Head Coach	Robert Pevnik
Home stadium	Arena Petrol
Slovenian League	5th
Slovenian Cup	First round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	All statistics correct as of 29 July 2016.

The 2016–17 season is Celje's 26th season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian top division, since the league was created in 1991 with Celje as one of the league's founding members. Celje compete in Slovenian PrvaLiga and Slovenian Football Cup.

Players

As of 17 July 2016

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	SVN	Žiga Kous
3	DF	SVN	Elvedin Džinić
4	MF	SVN	Anej Lovrečić
6	DF	SVN	Tilen Klemenčič
7	FW	CRO	Marin Glavaš
9	FW	POR	Érico Sousa
10	MF	SVN	Rudi Požeg Vancaš
11	FW	BIH	Irfan Hadžić
12	GK	SVN	Matic Kotnik
13	MF	SVN	Jon Šporn
14	FW	SVN	Matej Podlogar
15	DF	SVN	Amadej Brecl


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	SVN	Jure Travner
17	FW	SVN	Matic Marcius
19	FW	SVN	Mitja Križan
20	MF	SVN	Tim Obrez
23	MF	SVN	Nino Pungaršek
24	FW	SRB	Milan Spremo
25	DF	CRO	Lovre Čirjak
27	DF	SVN	Damir Hadžić
28	FW	SVN	Tilen Pečnik
30	DF	SVN	Tadej Vidmajer
31	GK	SVN	Metod Jurhar
32	MF	SVN	Janez Pišek

Source:NK Celje

Transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

Summer

15 June 2016 1	Sturm Graz	2–0	Celje	Graz, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alar 38' Edomwonyi 45'	Report Template:Sl icon

18 June 2016 2	Domžale	1–1	Celje	Radomlje
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mance 13'	[Report Template:Sl icon]	Mihaljević 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Radomlje Sports Park Attendance: 50 Referee: Leon Pašalić

23 June 2016 3	Celje	1–1	Osijek
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lovrečič 78'	Report Template:Sl icon	Lesjak 81'

25 June 2016 4	Celje	2–3	Slaven Belupo	Slovenske Konjice
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gregurina 2' Ejupi 14', 16'	Report Template:Sl icon	Mlakar 75' Duspara ( 85'	Stadium: Dobrava Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Vojko Goričan

30 June 2016 5	Celje	2–2	Celtic	Celje
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Miškić 28', 49'	Report Template:Sl icon	Ciftci 56' Rogic 74'	Stadium: Arena Petrol

1 July 2016 6	Celje	1–1	Istra 1961	Bled
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Križan 39'	Report Template:Sl icon	Ljubanović 3'	Stadium: Bled Sports Centre

8 July 2016 6	Celje	v	Dinamo București
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report Template:Sl icon]

10 July 2016 7	Celje	v	Ural
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report Template:Sl icon]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Slovenian PrvaLiga	Pre-season		16 July 2016	27 May 2017
Slovenian Football Cup	First round		17 August 2016

Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PrvaLiga	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

PrvaLiga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Olimpija Ljubljana	36	17	9	10	49	35	+14	60^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[b]
4	Domžale	36	16	8	12	63	45	+18	56
5	Celje	36	15	10	11	48	39	+9	55
6	Koper (R)	36	12	14	10	43	40	+3	50	Relegation to fourth tier^[c]
7	Rudar Velenje	36	10	11	15	49	53	−4	41

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Gorica ahead of Olimpija on head-to-head record: Olimpija–Gorica 1–0, Gorica–Olimpija 1–1, Olimpija–Gorica 1–2, Gorica–Olimpija 1–0
^ Domžale qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup.
^ Koper did not get a competition licence and was thus relegated to the fourth division.^[1]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

16 July 2016 1	Olimpija	1–0	Celje	Ljubljana
20:15CEST (UTC+02:00)	Velikonja 6' Eleke 82' Kirm 88'	Report Template:Sl icon	Podlogar 8'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Roberto Ponis

22 July 2016 2	Celje	1–0	Gorica	Celje
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čirjak 9', 46' Miškić 74'	Report Template:Sl icon	Kavčič 60' Boben 62'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 900 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

31 July 2016 3	Aluminij	v	Celje	Kidričevo
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report Template:Sl icon]		Stadium: Kidričevo Sports Park

6 August 2016 4	Koper	v	Celje	Koper
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report Template:Sl icon]		Stadium: Bonifika Stadium

12 August 2016 5	Celje	v	Radomlje	Celje
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report Template:Sl icon]		Stadium: Arena Petrol

20 August 2016 6	Krško	v	Celje	Krško
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report Template:Sl icon]		Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium

27 August 2016 7	Celje	v	Maribor	Celje
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report Template:Sl icon]		Stadium: Arena Petrol

10 September 2016 8	Rudar	v	Celje	Velenje
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report Template:Sl icon]		Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium

17 September 2016 9	Celje	v	Domžale	Celje
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report Template:Sl icon]		Stadium: Arena Petrol

Cup

First round