NK Olimpija Ljubljana

Olimpija
Basic data
Surname	NK Olimpija Ljubljana
Seat	Ljubljana , Slovenia
founding	1911
Colours	green white
president	Milan Mandarić
Website	nkolimpija.si
First soccer team
Head coach	Igor Bišćan
Venue	Stožice Stadium
Places	16,038
league	Slovenska Nogometna Liga
2019/20	3rd place
home Away

NK Olimpija is a Slovenian football club from Ljubljana . The club currently plays in the country's top division, the Slovenska Nogometna Liga .

history

Olimpija was founded as Ilirija in 1911. In 1966 the club rose under its current name to the 1st Yugoslav league . The best placement was seventh place in the 1970/71 season. In the 1969/70 season, Olimpija reached the final of the Yugoslav Cup , but lost to Red Star Belgrade 2-2 and 0-1. 1984 Olimpija had to relegate as table seventeenth. In the 1988/89 season, the team managed to return to the highest Yugoslav division, which the club left in the summer of 1991 in the direction of the newly formed Slovenian league .

From 1992 to 1995 the club won the Slovenian championship four times in a row. In 1992/93, 1995/96, 1999/00 and 2002/03 the team also won the Slovenian Cup.

In 2005 the association was dissolved due to financial problems and then re-established as NK Bežigrad. Bežigrad started in the fifth highest division and rose twice in a row. In the summer of 2007, the club took on the old name NK Olimpija Ljubljana again and rose to the second division at the end of the 2007/08 season. In the 2008/09 season, the club was first in the second division and thus rose again to the highest Slovenian league, in which it still plays today.

In the 2011/12 season there was even a second place, which meant qualifying for the Europa League .

successes

• Slovenian champion (6): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2016, 2018
• Slovenian Cup Winner (6): 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2018, 2019
• Yugoslav Cup finalist (1): 1970

Placements in the Yugoslav League

year	rank	year	rank
1966	8th.	1976	14th
1967	14th	1977	12.
1968	11.	1978	10.
1969	12.	1979	16.
1970	16.	1980	15th
1971	7th	1981	12.
1972	9.	1982	9.
1973	16.	1983	7th
1974	10.	1984	17th
1975	12.	1989	14th

Placements in the Slovenska Nogometna League

after re-establishment

season	league	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points	space
2005-2006	5th league	17th	16	1	0	82: 90	49	0 1 ↑
2006-2007	4th league	22nd	19th	3	0	91:13	60	0 1 ↑
2007-2008	3rd league	24	20th	3	1	79:13	63	0 1 ↑
2008-2009	2nd league	26th	17th	5	4th	69:25	56	0 1 ↑
2009-2010	1st League	36	16	7th	130	51:33	53	4th
2010-11	1st League	36	15th	100	110	59:43	55	4th
2011-12	1st League	36	19th	8th	9	60:38	65	2
2012–13	1st League	36	21st	7th	8th	73:35	70	2
2013-14	1st League	36	12	6th	18th0	38:56	42	7th
2014–15	1st League	36	17th	100	9	55:32	61	4th
2015–16	1st League	36	22nd	8th	6th	75:55	74	1
2016–17	1st League	36	17th	9	100	49:35	60	2
2017-18	1st League	36	23	110	2	61:17	80	1
total	1. SNL	3230	1620	760	860	521: 344	5600	2 tracks

Placements in the Slovenian Football Cup

after re-establishment

season	First round	Second round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final	Supercup
2005-2006							-
2006-2007							-
2007-2008	ND Adria 5-2 (H)	NK Ankaran Hrvatini 6-0 (A)	NK Drava Ptuj 1-0 (A)	NK Maribor 1-3 (H)			-
2008-2009	Velesovo 8-0 (H)	NK Sencur 1-0 (A)	FC Koper 1-1 (1-3 i.E.) (A)				-
2009-2010	-	NK Radomlje 5-1 (A)	NK Maribor 0-1 (H)				-
2010-2011	-		NK Celje 2-0 (H)	NK Domzale 2-0 (H); 0-4 (A)			-
2011–2012	-		FC Koper 0-2 (A)				-
2012-2013	-		ND Mura 05 3-0 (H)	NK Maribor 1-3 (H); 1-0 (A)			-
2013-2014	-		NK Ankaran Hrvatini 5-0 (A)	NK Domzale 2-0 (H); 0: 1 (A)	NK Maribor 0: 1 (A); 1: 1 (H)		-
2014-2015	-	NK Tromejnik 4: 0 (A)	DNŠ Prevalje 4: 0 (A)	NK Domžale 1-0 (A); 1: 3 (H)			-
2015-2016	-	NK Rogaška w.o. (A)	NK Ivančna Gorica 3: 1 (A)	NK Celje 2: 2 (H); 1: 3 (A)			-
2016-2017	-		NK Turnišče 2: 0 (A)	NK Aluminij 2: 1 (H); 2: 1 (H)	NK Maribor 2: 1 (H); 1: 1 (A)	NK Domžale 0: 1	-
2017-2018	-		NK Radomlje 6: 1 (A)	NK Maribor 3: 0 (H); 1: 1 (A)	NK Celje 2: 1 (H); 1: 0 (A)	NK Aluminij 6: 1	-

Legend

• n / a - after extension
• i. E. - on penalties
• bold - cup winner
• - - no "first round" held

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1966/67	Exhibition cities cup	1 round	Ferencváros Budapest	3: 6	3: 3 (H)	0: 3 (A)
1968/69	Exhibition cities cup	1 round	Hibernian Edinburgh	1: 5	0: 3 (H)	1: 2 (A)
1970/71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1 round	Benfica Lisbon	2: 9	1: 1 (H)	1: 8 (A)
1992/93	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	FC Norma Tallinn	5-0	3: 0 (H)	2: 0 (A)
		1 round	AC Milan	0: 7	0: 4 (A)	0: 3 (H)
1993/94	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	Riga discount	1: 1 (10:11  i. E. )	1: 0 (A)	0: 1 a.d. (H)
1994/95	Uefa cup	qualification	Levski Sofia	5: 3	3: 2 (H)	2: 1 (A)
		1 round	Eintracht Frankfurt	1: 3	1: 1 (H)	0: 2 (A)
1995/96	Uefa cup	qualification	Apollo Smyrnis	3: 2	0: 1 (A)	3: 1 (H)
		1 round	Roda JC Kerkrade	2: 5	0: 5 (A)	2: 0 (H)
1996/97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	Levski Sofia	1: 1 (4: 2  i.E. )	1: 0 (H)	0: 1 a.d. (A)
		1 round	Aarhus GF	( a ) 1: 1(a)	1: 1 (A)	0: 0 (H)
		2nd round	AEK Athens	0: 6	0: 2 (H)	0: 4 (A)
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 round	Macedonia Skopje	3: 5	2: 4 (A)	1: 1 (H)
1999/2000	Uefa cup	2nd qualifying round	Kareda Šiauliai	( a ) 3: 3(a)	1: 1 (H)	2: 2 (A)
		1 round	RSC Anderlecht	1: 6	1: 3 (A)	0: 3 (H)
2000/01	Uefa cup	qualification	Sheriff Tiraspol	3-0	0: 0 (A)	3: 0 (H)
		1 round	Espanyol Barcelona	2: 3	2: 1 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2001/02	Uefa cup	qualification	FK Shafa Baku	7-0	4: 0 (H)	3: 0 (A)
		1 round	Brøndby IF	2: 4	2: 4 (H)	0: 0 (A)
2003/04	Uefa cup	qualification	Shelbourne FC	4: 2	1: 0 (H)	3: 2 (A)
		1 round	Liverpool FC	1: 4	1: 1 (H)	0: 3 (A)
2010/11	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	NK Široki Brijeg	0: 5	0: 2 (H)	0: 3 (A)
2011/12	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	NK Široki Brijeg	3-0	0: 0 (A)	3: 0 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	Bohemians Dublin	3: 1	2: 0 (H)	1: 1 (A)
		3rd qualifying round	FK Austria Vienna	3: 4	1: 1 (H)	2: 3 (A)
2012/13	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Jeunesse Esch	6-0	3: 0 (H)	3: 0 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	Tromso IL	0: 1	0: 0 (H)	0: 1 a.d. (A)
2013/14	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	MŠK Žilina	(a)3: 3 ( a )	3: 1 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2016/17	UEFA Champions League	2nd qualifying round	FK AS Trenčín	(a)6: 6 ( a )	3: 4 (H)	3: 2 (A)
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Vaasan PS	0: 2	0: 1 (A)	0: 1 (H)
2018/19	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	Qarabağ Agdam	0: 1	0: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	Crusaders FC	6: 2	5: 1 (H)	1: 1 (A)
		3rd qualifying round	HJK Helsinki	7: 1	3: 0 (H)	4: 1 (A)
		Play-offs	Spartak Trnava	1: 3	0: 2 (H)	1: 1 (A)
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	FK Rīgas FS	4: 3	2: 3 (H)	2: 0 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	Yeni Malatyaspor	2: 3	2: 2 (A)	0: 1 (H)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 74 games, 24 wins, 19 draws, 31 defeats, 95: 111 goals (goal difference −16)

Trainer

• Zdenko Verdenik (1984–1985, 1995)
• Bojan Prašnikar (1993–1994, 2000–2001, 2011–2012)
• Michael Petrović (2002-2003)

player

• Branko Oblak (1965–1973)
• Srečko Katanec (1970–1981) youth, (1981–1985) player,
• Aleš Čeh (1988–1993, 2006–2008)
• Marko Simeunovič (1991–1995)
• Nihad Pejković (1991-2002)
• Miran Pavlin (1993-1996, 2002-2003, 2006-2009)
• Ermin Šiljak (1994–1996)

Web links and sources

• O klubu: Zgodovina kluba. Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana, 2012, archived from the original on February 17, 2012 ; Retrieved on July 13, 2016 (Slovenian, history of the association on the unofficial website). 
• Daniel Mandl: A little bit of everything, but not enough internationally - that's Austria opponent Olimpija Ljubljana! Tactical team analysis for the 2011/12 squad, abseits.at, July 26, 2011