NK Celje

NK Celje
Basic data
Surname	Nogometni Club CMC Celje
Seat	Celje , Slovenia
founding	1919
Colours	blue yellow
president	Miloš Rovšnik
Board	Zoran Podkoritnik
Website	nk-celje.si
First soccer team
Head coach	Dušan Kosič
Venue	Arena petrol
Places	13,400
league	Slovenska Nogometna Liga
2019/20	1st place
home Away

NK Celje is a football club from the city of Celje and plays in the first division of Slovenia . The club colors are blue and yellow. The team plays its home games in the Arena Petrol , which holds 13,400 spectators. Some other Slovenian clubs also use this stadium for appearances in the UEFA Cup or the UEFA Champions League, as it is one of the few stadiums that meets UEFA's international standards.

history

In 1919 the association was founded as SSK Celje. In 1946 it was renamed NK Kladivar. In 1991 the club was renamed NK Audience Celje. Since 2007 the association has been called NK CM Celje.

Along with NK Maribor and ND Gorica, Celje is one of three clubs that have been part of the country's top league since Slovenia's independence in 1991. Celje achieved his best placement in the 2002/03 season with second place.

However, the club celebrated its greatest successes in the national cup, where it reached the final eight times and in 2005 won its only title to date with a 1-0 win against ND Gorica .

Celje finally won the first championship on the last day of the Slovenska Nogometna Liga 2019/20 , a 2-2 win against NK Olimpija Ljubljana was enough to win the title. You are therefore entitled to start the 1st qualifying round of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League .

National successes

• Slovenian Championship
  • Winner: 2020
  • Runner-up: 2003, 2015
• Slovenian Cup
  • Winner: 2005
  • Finalist: 1993, 1995, 2003, 2006, 2012 , 2013 , 2015, 2016

Placements

season	league	Games	S.	U	N	Goals +	Goals−	Points	space	Cup
1991-1992	1. SNL	40	14th	13	13	43	51	41	9	Round of 16
1992-1993	1. SNL	34	12	8th	14th	37	47	32	10	Second
1993-1994	1. SNL	30th	14th	10	6th	50	34	38	4th	Round of 16
1994-1995	1. SNL	30th	16	6th	8th	50	27	38	6th	Second
1995-1996	1. SNL	36	13	12	11	62	47	51	5	Semifinals
1996-1997	1. SNL	36	12	11	13	55	61	47	4th	Quarter finals
1997-1998	1. SNL	36	14th	7th	15th	57	57	49	6th	Quarter finals
1998-1999	1. SNL	33	10	11	12	30th	35	42	7th	Round of 16
1999-2000	1. SNL	33	11	14th	8th	53	45	47	6th	Quarter finals
2000-2001	1. SNL	33	15th	5	13	59	52	50	5	First round
2001-2002	1. SNL	33	14th	6th	13	50	39	48	6th	Round of 16
2002-2003	1. SNL	31	15th	10	6th	57	38	55	2	Second
2003-2004	1. SNL	32	11	6th	15th	61	52	39	10	Quarter finals
2004-2005	1. SNL	32	16	4th	12	47	28	52	3	First
2005-2006	1. SNL	36	15th	4th	17th	48	59	49	6th	Second
2006-2007	1. SNL	36	11	12	13	54	51	45	7th	Semifinals
2007-2008	1. SNL	36	14th	6th	14th	45	47	48	7th	Quarter finals
2008-2009	1. SNL	36	15th	8th	13	48	39	53	4th	Round of 16
2009-10	1. SNL	36	14th	9	13	53	56	51	5	Semifinals
2010-11	1. SNL	36	9	10	17th	41	55	37	8th	Round of 16
2011-12	1. SNL	36	9	10	17th	44	56	37	8th	Second
2012–13	1. SNL	36	12	13	11	39	39	49	5	Second
2013-14	1. SNL	36	10	7th	19th	30th	58	37	8th	Quarter finals
2014–15	1. SNL	36	20th	10	6th	58	31	70	2	Second
2015–16	1. SNL	36	11	12	13	32	46	45	5	Second
2016–17	1. SNL	36	15th	10	11	48	39	55	5	Round of 16
total	1. SNL	907	352	234	321	1251	1189	1290	0 tracks	1 cup

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1993/94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary round	Odense BK	0: 1	0: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Antalyaspor	1: 1	1: 1 (H)
			Maccabi Haifa	1-0	1: 0 (A)
			Lok Nizhny Novgorod	1: 2	1: 2 (H)
			Prolet Zrenjanin	0-0	0: 0 (A)
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 round	Aarhus GF	7: 2	7: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
		2nd round	FC Artmedia Petržalka	6: 1	5: 0 (H)	1: 1 (A)
		3rd round	FC Lausanne Sports	(a)1: 1 ( a )	1: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)
2003/04	Uefa cup	Preliminary round	FK Belasica Strumica	12: 20	7: 2 (H)	5: 0 (A)
		1 round	Maccabi Haifa	3: 4	1: 2 (A)	2: 2 (H)
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 round	FK Sloboda Tuzla	(a)2: 2 ( a )	2: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2005/06	Uefa cup	2nd qualifying round	Levski Sofia	1: 3	1: 0 (H)	0: 3 (A)
2012/13	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	FC Dacia Chișinău	0: 2	0: 1 (A)	0: 1 (H)
2013/14	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Tromso IL	2: 3	2: 1 (A)	0: 2 (H)
2015/16	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Śląsk Wrocław	1: 4	0: 1 (H)	1: 3 (A)
2020/21	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	Dundalk FC	3-0	3: 0 (N)
		2nd qualifying round	Molde FK	1: 2	1: 2 (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: 28 games, 9 wins, 7 draws, 12 defeats, 42:30 goals (goal difference +12)

Trainer

• Bojan Prašnikar (1989–1991)

Web links

• Official homepage (Slovenian)
• Information at eufo.de (German)