NK Rudar Velenje

Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje (English: Rudar Velenje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Velenje or simply Rudar Velenje, is a Slovenian football club from Velenje which competes in the Slovenian Second League.

Rudar Velenje
Full nameNogometni klub Rudar Velenje
Nickname(s)Knapi (The Miners)
Zeleno-črni (The Green and Blacks)
Founded1948 (1948)[1]
GroundOb Jezeru City Stadium
Capacity1,864
PresidentDajan Pavlović
Head CoachSimon Sešlar
LeagueSlovenian Second League
2022–23Slovenian Second League, 13th of 16
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded in August 1948. At first they played in local MNZ Celje league, until they qualified for the Slovenian Republic League in 1953. Two years later, on 3 July 1955, Rudar's home stadium Ob Jezeru was opened and the club moved to its current home. After the short crisis the club returned to the Slovenian league in 1962. For the 1974–75 season the club hired a professional coach Živko Stakič and became Slovenian champions in 1977. Rudar therefore qualified for the Yugoslav Second League, where they played until 1982. Just before the breakup of Yugoslavia, Rudar became the Slovenian champion for the second time in 1991.

After the Slovenian independence, Rudar became a regular participant in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. They were relegated to the Slovenian Second League in 2003 and returned for the 2005–06 season, but were instantly relegated back to second level. In the 2007–08 season they finished first and thus achieved a promotion back to the first league. The club's highest finish was third place on four occasions, the last time in 2014, when Mate Eterović, Rudar's striker, also became league's topscorer. Their biggest success was winning the Slovenian Cup in 1998, when they lost first game away to Primorje, but then won 3–0 in front of home crowd in the second leg. Rudar therefore played in the last edition of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where it was eliminated by Varteks in the first round.[2]

Honours

Yugoslavia
Winners: 1976–77, 1990–91
Winners: 1979–80

Slovenia
Winners: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08
Winners: 1997–98
  • MNZ Celje Cup
Winners: 1991–92, 2003–04,[3] 2004–05[4]

Domestic league and cup results
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[lower-alpha 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 did not qualify
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
2015–16 1. SNL 7 41 36 11 8 17 34 52 Quarter-finals
2016–17 1. SNL 7 41 36 10 11 15 49 53 Quarter-finals
2017–18 1. SNL 4 50 36 15 5 16 50 49 First round
2018–19 1. SNL 7 43 36 12 7 17 50 73 Round of 16
2019–20 1. SNL 10 12 36 0 12 24 28 80 Quarter-finals
2020–21 2. SNL 8 26 22 7 5 10 24 34 Round of 16
2021–22 2. SNL 5 49 30 16 1 13 51 43 did not qualify
2022–23 2. SNL 13 32 30 7 11 12 41 51 Round of 16
*Best results are highlighted.
  1. Declined promotion.

UEFA competitions

All results (home and away) list Rudar's goal tally first.

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup GR2 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–2  – 5th place
Sweden Öster  – 1–3
Germany 1. FC Köln 0–1  –
Switzerland Lucerne  – 1–1
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Moldova Constructorul Chișinău 2–0 0–0 2–0
R1 Croatia Varteks 0–1 0–1 0–2
1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Sweden Halmstads BK 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a)
R2 Austria Austria Lustenau 1–2 1–2 2–4
2009–10 UEFA Europa League QR1 Estonia Narva Trans 3–1 3–0 6–1
QR2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0–1 0–4 0–5
2014–15 UEFA Europa League QR1 Albania Laçi 1–1 1–1 2–2 (2–3 pen.)
2018–19 UEFA Europa League QR1 San Marino Tre Fiori 7–0 3–0 10–0
QR2 Romania FCSB 0–2 0–4 0–6

GR2 = Group 2; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; QR1 = First qualifying round; QR2 = Second qualifying round.

References
  1. "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). NK Rudar Velenje. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. "Članski Pokal – Rudar končal prevlado Krškega" (in Slovenian). MNZ Celje. 29 April 2004. Archived from the original on 14 May 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Rudar drugič zapored prvak (page 16)". Naš čas (in Slovenian). 9 June 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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