NK Rudar Velenje

Rudar Velenje

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Full name	Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje
Nickname(s)	Knapi (The Miners)
Founded	1948 (1948)
Ground	Ob Jezeru, Velenje
Ground Capacity	2,341
President	Mitja Kamenik
Head Coach	Ramiz Smajlović
League	Slovenian PrvaLiga
2014–15	1. SNL, 6th
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

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

No. Position Player 20 MF Denis Grbić 21 MF Nikola Tolimir 23 DF Jaka Ihbeisheh 25 DF Marin Bratić 26 DF Elvedin Džinić 28 MF Safet Gavranovič 29 DF Ivan Knezović 32 FW Mate Eterović 33 MF Mario Babić 37 DF Gašper Kurež 45 FW Damir Grgić – MF 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	Country	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		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

External links

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