NK Rudar Velenje

Rudar Velenje
Full name	Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje
Nickname(s)	Knapi (The Miners)
Founded	1948; 76 years ago
Ground	Ob Jezeru
Capacity	2,341
President	Peter Dermol
Head Coach	Dominik Beršnjak
League	Slovenian PrvaLiga
2018–19	Slovenian PrvaLiga, 7th
Website	http://nkrudarvelenje.com/
Home colours	Away colours

Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje (English: Rudar Velenje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Velenje or simply Rudar Velenje, is a Slovenian football club from Velenje, currently playing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.

History

The club was founded in August 1948. At first they played in local MNZ Celje league, until they qualified for the Slovenian Republic League in 1953. Two years later, on 3 July 1955, Rudar's home stadium Ob Jezeru was opened and the club moved to its current home. After the short crisis the club returned to the Slovenian league in 1962. For the 1974–75 season the club hired a professional coach Živko Stakič and became Slovenian champions in 1977. Rudar therefore qualified for the Yugoslav Second League, where they played until 1982. Just before the breakup of Yugoslavia, Rudar became the Slovenian champion for the second time in 1991.

After the Slovenian independence, Rudar became a regular participant in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. They were relegated to the Slovenian Second League in 2003 and returned for the 2005–06 season, but were instantly relegated back to second level. In the 2007–08 season they finished first and thus achieved a promotion back to the first league. The club's highest finish was third place on four occasions, the last time in 2014, when Mate Eterović, Rudar's striker, also became league's topscorer. Their biggest success was winning the Slovenian Cup in 1998, when they lost first game away to Primorje, but then won 3–0 in front of home crowd in the second leg. Rudar therefore played in the last edition of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where it was eliminated by Varteks Varaždin in the first round.^[2]

Current squad

As of 17 March 2020^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	SRB	David Hrubik
4	DF	SVN	David Kašnik
5	DF	SRB	Jovan Pavlović (on loan from AS Trenčín)
6	MF	SVN	Luka Lovenjak
7	FW	SRB	Nemanja Tomašević
8	MF	SVN	Damjan Trifković
9	FW	CRO	Borna Petrović (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
10	MF	SVN	Leon Črnčič
11	FW	SVN	Nace Koprivnik
12	GK	SVN	Tomaž Stopajnik
13	GK	SVN	Matej Radan
14	MF	BIH	Mićo Kuzmanović
15	DF	SVN	Leo Ejup
17	FW	CRO	Dominik Radić
18	MF	CRO	Mislav Anđelković


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	CRO	Mateo Panadić
20	MF	SVN	Adam Vošnjak
21	DF	CRO	Josip Filipović
23	GK	SVN	Danijel Starčić
24	MF	SVN	Nejc Pušnik
25	DF	SVN	Elvedin Džinić
26	MF	SVN	Cene Kitek
27	FW	SVN	Haris Kadrić (on loan from Olimpija Ljubljana)
29	DF	CRO	Dino Škvorc
34	DF	CRO	Maksim Oluić
39	FW	SVN	Dem Pljava
43	MF	SVN	Aljaž Krefl
44	DF	CRO	Marko Ćosić
45	MF	SVN	Robert Pušaver
96	MF	BIH	Rijad Kobiljar

Honours

Yugoslavia

Slovenian Republic Football League: 2

1976–77, 1990–91

Slovenian Republic Cup: 1

1979–80

Slovenia

Slovenian Second League: 3

2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08

Slovenian Cup: 1

1997–98

MNZ Celje Cup: 3

1991–92, 2003–04,^[4] 2004–05^[5]

Domestic league and cup results

Season	League	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Cup
1991–92	1. SNL	12	38	40	13	12	15	59	65	Quarter-finals
1992–93	1. SNL	9	33	34	13	7	14	45	52	First round
1993–94	1. SNL	9	27	30	10	7	13	37	49	Round of 16
1994–95	1. SNL	7	38	30	16	6	8	55	33	Quarter-finals
1995–96	1. SNL	7	49	36	13	10	13	46	37	Semi-finals
1996–97	1. SNL	8	42	36	10	12	14	43	53	Round of 16
1997–98	1. SNL	7	43	36	10	13	13	39	38	Winners
1998–99	1. SNL	3	56	33	16	8	9	43	33	Quarter-finals
1999–00	1. SNL	3	58	33	17	7	9	49	35	First round
2000–01	1. SNL	8	43	33	12	7	14	43	44	Semi-finals
2001–02	1. SNL	8	42	33	11	9	13	46	52	Quarter-finals
2002–03	1. SNL	11	25	31	6	7	18	32	51	First round
2003–04	2. SNL	1^[a]	69	32	21	6	5	84	37	Quarter-finals
2004–05	2. SNL	1	72	33	23	3	7	76	40	Second round
2005–06	1. SNL	10	15	36	2	9	25	28	83	Quarter-finals
2006–07	2. SNL	8	45	36	12	9	15	45	59	Quarter-finals
2007–08	2. SNL	1	50	27	15	4	7	70	31	x
2008–09	1. SNL	3	55	36	16	7	13	44	39	Quarter-finals
2009–10	1. SNL	7	49	36	15	4	17	46	52	Quarter-finals
2010–11	1. SNL	6	46	36	12	10	14	58	50	Second round
2011–12	1. SNL	6	43	36	11	10	15	55	54	Semi-final
2012–13	1. SNL	7	40	36	11	7	18	42	59	Round of 16
2013–14	1. SNL	3	63	36	18	9	9	55	33	Semi-finals
2014–15	1. SNL	6	46	36	12	10	14	44	43	Round of 16
2015–16	1. SNL	7	41	36	11	8	17	34	52	Quarter-finals
2016–17	1. SNL	7	41	36	10	11	15	49	53	Quarter-finals
2017–18	1. SNL	4	50	36	15	5	16	50	49	First round
2018–19	1. SNL	7	43	36	12	7	17	50	73	Round of 16
Totals	1. SNL	0 Titles	1926	837	292	202	343	1092	1182	1 Cup

*Best results are highlighted.

^ Rudar Velenje declined promotion.

UEFA competitions

All results (home and away) list Rudar's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995	UEFA Intertoto Cup	GR2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	–	5th place
			Öster	–	1–3
			1. FC Köln	0–1	–
			Lucerne	–	1–1
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Constructorul Chișinău	2–0	0–0	2–0
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Varteks Varaždin	0–1	0–1	0–2
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Halmstads BK	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R2	Austria Lustenau	1–2	1–2	2–4
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Narva Trans	3–1	3–0	6–1
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	QR2	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	0–4	0–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa league	QR1	Laçi	1–1	1–1	2–2 (2–3 pen.)
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Tre Fiori	7–0	3–0	10–0
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	QR2	FCSB	0–2	0–4	0–6

GR2 = Group 2; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; QR1 = First qualifying round; QR2 = Second qualifying round.

References

^ "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^ "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). NK Rudar Velenje. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
^ "First team" (in Slovenian). NK Rudar Velenje. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ "Članski Pokal - Rudar končal prevlado Krškega" (in Slovenian). MNZ Celje. 29 April 2004. Archived from the original on 14 May 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Rudar drugič zapored prvak (page 16)" (in Slovenian). Naš čas. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2016.

External links

Official website (in Slovene)
PrvaLiga profile (in Slovene)

[6] Rudar Velenje declined promotion.

[Klubi-1] "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

[Zgodovina-2] "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). NK Rudar Velenje. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

[3] "First team" (in Slovenian). NK Rudar Velenje. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

[4] "Članski Pokal - Rudar končal prevlado Krškega" (in Slovenian). MNZ Celje. 29 April 2004. Archived from the original on 14 May 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] "Rudar drugič zapored prvak (page 16)" (in Slovenian). Naš čas. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2016.

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