NK Rudar Velenje

Rudar Velenje
	File:Rudarvelenje.png
Full name	Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje
Nickname(s)	Knapi (The Miners)
Founded	1948; 76 years ago
Ground	Ob Jezeru,; Velenje
Capacity	2,341
President	Mitja Kamenik
Head Coach	Jernej Javornik
League	Slovenian PrvaLiga
2014–15	1. SNL, 6th
Website	http://nkrudarvelenje.com/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Nogometni Klub Rudar Velenje (Template:Lang-en), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Velenje or simply Rudar, is a Slovenian football club from Velenje, currently playing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. At the end of the 2005–06 season, they were relegated to the Slovenian Second League. In the 2007–08 season they finished first and thus achieved a promotion back to the first league.

Honours

Yugoslavia

League

Slovenian Republic Football League

Winners (2): 1976–77, 1990–91

Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1989–90

Cup

Slovenian Republic Cup

Winners (1): 1979–80

Runners-up (4): 1977–78, 1981–82, 1989–90, 1990–91

Slovenia

League

Slovenian Second League

Winners (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08

Cup

Slovenian Cup

Winners (1): 1997–98

Current squad

As of 27 February 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
1	GK	SVN	Matic Čretnik
4	DF	SVN	David Kašnik
6	MF	SVN	Anže Pišek
7	MF	SVN	Amer Krcič
8	MF	SVN	Damjan Trifkovič
9	FW	SVN	Luka Prašnikar
10	MF	SVN	Leon Črnčič
11	FW	SVN	Mitja Lotrič
12	MF	CRO	Stjepan Babić
13	GK	SVN	Matej Radan
14	FW	SVN	Milan Kocić
17	DF	AUT	Erman Bevab
19	MF	SVN	Klemen Bolha


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SVN	Denis Grbić
21	MF	SVN	Nikola Tolimir
23	DF	PLE	Jaka Ihbeisheh
25	DF	SVN	Marin Bratić
26	DF	SVN	Elvedin Džinić
28	MF	SVN	Safet Gavranovič
29	DF	CRO	Ivan Knezović
32	FW	CRO	Mate Eterović
33	MF	CRO	Mario Babić
37	DF	SVN	Gašper Kurež
45	FW	CRO	Damir Grgič
–	MF	UKR	Ilya Markovskyi

Domestic league and cup results

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Former crest

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 ⁺	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
Totals	1. SNL	0 Titles	851	693	244	171	278	909	955	1 Cup

^{+ Rudar Velenje declined promotion, their place was taken by 3rd placed Zagorje, who were promoted together with 2nd placed Bela Krajina.}

*Best results are highlighted.

UEFA competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1995	Intertoto Cup	Group 2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	–	–
		Group 2	Östers	1–3	–	–
		Group 2	1. FC Köln	0–1	–	–
		Group 2	Lucerne	1–1	–	–
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Tiraspol	2–0	0–0	2–0
		First round	Varteks Varaždin	0–1	0–1	0–2
1999	Intertoto Cup	First round	Halmstads BK	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		Second round	Austria Lustenau	1–2	1–2	2–4
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Narva Trans	3–0	3–1	6–1
		Second qualifying round	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	0–4	0–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Laçi	1–1	1–1	2–2 (2–3 pen.)

Managers

Bojan Prašnikar (1995–96)
Branko Oblak (1998–00)
Edin Osmanović (2001–02)
Marijan Pušnik (2007–10)
Bojan Prašnikar (2010–11)
Aleš Čeh (2012–13)
Jernej Javornik (2013–)

References

^ "NZS: Klubi" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

[Klubi-1] "NZS: Klubi" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 18 December 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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