NK Rudar Velenje

Rudar Velenje

Full name	Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje
Nickname(s)	Knapi (The Miners)
Founded	1948 (1948)[1]
Ground	Ob Jezeru, Velenje
Ground Capacity	2,341
President	Gašper Škarja
Head Coach	Branko Čavić
League	Slovenian PrvaLiga
2015–16	Slovenian PrvaLiga, 7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Nogometni Klub Rudar Velenje (English: Rudar Velenje Football Club), 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

• MNZ Celje Cup

Winners (2): 1991–92, 2003–04^[2]

Current squad

As of 3 November 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Borivoje Ristić 3 DF Mateo Mužek 4 DF David Kašnik 5 DF Darko Zec 6 MF Anže Pišek 7 MF Amer Krcič 8 FW Bojan Vručina 9 FW Luka Prašnikar 10 MF Leon Črnčič 11 FW Mitja Lotrič 12 MF Stjepan Babić 13 GK Matej Radan 14 FW Dominik Glavina

No. Position Player 18 FW John Mary 19 MF Klemen Bolha 20 MF Denis Grbić 21 MF Nikola Tolimir 26 MF Ilya Markovskyi 29 DF Jean Claude Billong 31 DF Senad Jahić 32 FW Mate Eterović 37 GK Anže Malnar 43 MF Sven Dodlek 45 FW Damir Grgić — DF Marko Iharoš

Domestic league and cup results

Former crest

^{+ 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	Country	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1995	Intertoto Cup	Group 2		Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	–	–
		Group 2		Öster	1–3	–	–
		Group 2		1. FC Köln	0–1	–	–
		Group 2		Lucerne	1–1	–	–
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round		Constructorul Chișinău	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.)

See also

• ŽNK Rudar Škale, women's team

References

1. ↑ "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 29 July 2016. 
2. ↑ "Članski Pokal - Rudar končal prevlado Krškega" (in Slovenian). MNZ Celje. 29 April 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2016. 

External links

• Official website (Slovene)
• PrvaLiga profile (Slovene)

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
2016–17 teams	Aluminij Celje Domžale Gorica Koper Krško Maribor Olimpija Ljubljana Radomlje Rudar Velenje
Active teams	Dravograd Interblock Jadran Dekani Kočevje Livar Medvode Krka Pohorje Rudar Trbovlje Slovan Svoboda Tabor Sežana Triglav Kranj Zagorje Zavrč Železničar Maribor
Defunct teams	Bela Krajina Beltinci Drava Ptuj Izola Korotan Prevalje Ljubljana Mura Mura 05 Nafta Lendava Naklo Olimpija Primorje Slavija Vevče Steklar Šmartno
Associated competitions	Slovenian Cup Supercup Second League Third League UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Slovenian Republic League
Seasons (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)	1920 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41
Teams (1920–1941)	I. SSK Maribor Amater Athletik Bratstvo Celje Čakovec Disk Gradjanski Grafika Hermes Hertha Hrastnik Ilirija Jadran Jugoslavija Korotan Kovinar Kranj Mars Merkur Mura Olimp Primorje Ptuj Rapid Reka Rote Elf SK Ljubljana Red Star Slavija Ljubljana Slavija Maribor Slovan Sparta Svoboda Celje Svoboda Ljubljana Svoboda Maribor Šoštanj Železničar Maribor
Seasons (SFR Yugoslavia)	1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Teams (1946–1991)	Aluminij Branik Maribor Branik Solkan Brežice Domžale Drava Dravinja Elan Elkroj Grafičar Hrastnik Ilirija Izola Jadran Dekani Jesenice Kamnik Kladivar Koper Kovinar Maribor Kovinar Štore Krim Litija Ljubljana Maribor Medvode Mura Nafta Naklo Olimp Olimpija Partizan Žalec Piran Pohorje Postojna Primorje Proletarec Rudar Trbovlje Rudar Velenje Slavija Slivnica Sloga Slovan Steklar Stol Svoboda Tabor Šmartno Triglav Kranj Triglav Ljubljana Vozila Železničar Maribor ŽŠD Celje