NK Ljubljana
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NK Ljubljana was a Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

n association football club based in the capital city of Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

. The club was established in 1909 and dissolved in 2005. A successor club which claimed rights to Ljubljana's honours and records was established in 2005 bearing the name FC Ljubljana
FC Ljubljana
FC Ljubljana was a Slovenian football club, based in the capital city of Ljubljana. It was founded on 23 June, 2005. The club regarded themselves as the spiritual continuation of NK Ljubljana, who went bankrupt and was abolished in 2005. However, legally FC Ljubljana was a distinct and separate...

. However, in spite of inheriting old Ljubljana's supporters and colours, they were not legally considered to be successors to the original NK Ljubljana and the two clubs track records and honours are kept separate by the Football Association of Slovenia
Football Association of Slovenia
The Football Association of Slovenia is the governing body of football in Slovenia. It organizes the following football leagues and cups: 1st division , 2nd division , 3rd division East, 3rd division West, Slovenian Cup - Hervis, Slovenian Women's National League, etc. It is also responsible for...

 and the Slovenian First League Association.

Foundation

The club was formed in 1909 as students club SK Hermes and was one of the oldest football clubs in Slovenia. They played the first football match in the country, scoring a victory 18:0 against Ilirija, with which they merged in 1913. Hermes was officially refounded in Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...

 in 1919 and played in republic competitions from 1921 on, scoring best result with fourth place in Slovenian Republic League on four occasions. In 1925 club added a prefix Železničarski (Railway's) to its name. ŽSK Hermes was from then on clearly defined as a workers club.

Time of SFR Yugoslavia

After the Second World War club was reestablished as Železničar Ljubljana, which was later still commonly used name, due to club playing in the framework of Railway Sports Society on the ŽŠD Ljubljana stadium. Železničar won its first Slovenian Republic League title in 1949 and played in one-off Slovene-Coatian league 1952/53, which was at the time second level of Yugoslav football system. They finished ninth and were relegated due to dissolution of the league. The club was then renamed to ŽNK Ljubljana and played in third level inter-republic league. They finished second in 1954, but lost the qualifying match for second league. After the reorganization of Yugoslav football, they played in newly established Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League was the second tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the top tier, the Yugoslav First League....

 A Zone from 1955 until 1958, finishing on 5th, 8th and 10th place. This league system was then changed again and Ljubljana was relegated back to Slovenian Republic League. They have won it three times, in 1963, 1967 and 1968, before finally returning to Yugoslav Second League, where they played until 1972. After three solid seasons, finishing 11th, 10th and 6th, Ljubljana was unexpectedly relegated with 17th place in its forth appearance. Their status of city's second club was taken over by financially much stronger Svoboda
NK Svoboda
NK Svoboda is a Slovenian football club from Ljubljana.- History :The club was formed in 1952 and was known as one of the best Slovenian clubs during the time of SFR Yugoslavia. The most successful years came in the seventies, when the club was playing in Yugoslav Second Division under the...

. Ljubljana then managed to win Slovenian Republic League again only in 1989.

Slovenian league era

After the independence, they have played in Slovenian First League for four seasons. In 1991/92
Slovenian PrvaLiga 1991-92
The Slovenian PrvaLiga 1991-92 was the first season of Slovenian top division football. The season started on August 18, 1991 and ended on June 21, 1992 with each team playing a total of 40 matches.-Qualified clubs:-Play-offs:-Final table:...

 they played as Eurospekter Ljubljana and Finished fifth, before renaming to AM Cosmos Ljubljana. 1992/93
Slovenian PrvaLiga 1992-93
The Slovenian PrvaLiga 1992-93 was the second season of Slovenian top division football. The season started on August 15, 1992 and ended on June 9, 1993 with each team playing a total of 34 matches.-Final table:-External links:* '...

 was their best season, as they were in serious competition for the title after the fall season, but finished forth due to poor finish. In 1993/94
Slovenian PrvaLiga 1993-94
-Season 1993-1994:The season started on August 22, 1993 and ended on June 12, 1994.*Each team plays a total of 30 matches.-Final table:-External links:* '* '...

 they finished 11th, but then renamed back to Železničar Ljubljana, having new president and bigger ambitions for 1994/95
Slovenian PrvaLiga 1994-95
-Season 1994-1995:The season started on August 7, 1994 and ended on May 31, 1995.*Each team plays a total of 30 matches.-Final table:-External links:* '* '...

 season. They started quite well, but fell again in the spring period, specially with three defeats in last three rounds, which pushed them to final 10th place. Due to reduction of Slovenian First League to 10 teams, they had to play additional relegation play-off, in which they went as clear favourites, but failed in second round against Izola after 1:1 and 0:0, due to away goal rule. Železničar then won the Slovenian Second League
Slovenian Second League
Slovenian Second Football League is the second highest football league in Slovenia. The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League and it is operated by the Football Association of Slovenia.-Clubs participating 2011/12:...

 easily in 1996, but was refused a licence for top flight football, so they stayed in second league, but withdrew during the next season. They were later passed a second league licence from feeder club Viator&Vektor Komenda, which has won the 3.SNL
3.SNL
Slovenian third league , commonly known as 3.SNL, is the third tier in Slovenian football system. It is operated by Intercommunal football associations of Koper and Ptuj ....

 Centre and the team renamed to Viator&Vektor Ljubljana in 2000. In next two seasons Ljubljana has played in Slovenian Second League
Slovenian Second League
Slovenian Second Football League is the second highest football league in Slovenia. The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League and it is operated by the Football Association of Slovenia.-Clubs participating 2011/12:...

, finishing seventh in 2001 and second in 2002, which was enough for comeback to Slovenian First League after seven years. This time they stayed there for three seasons, finishing on solid 10th, 7th and 9th place. In their last season the club had struggled on the pitch and failed to obtain competition licences issued by the Football Association of Slovenia
Football Association of Slovenia
The Football Association of Slovenia is the governing body of football in Slovenia. It organizes the following football leagues and cups: 1st division , 2nd division , 3rd division East, 3rd division West, Slovenian Cup - Hervis, Slovenian Women's National League, etc. It is also responsible for...

, which led to its dissolution in 2005. After finishing 9th in the national championship NK Ljubljana effectively ceased all operations, together with another two Slovenian clubs, Olimpija
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1911)
NK Olimpija Ljubljana was a Slovenian association football club based in Ljubljana. The club had traced its origin back to 1911 when it was originally founded as SK Ilirija. It had gone through a series of mergers in the first half of the 20th century before adopting the name Olimpija in 1962...

 and Mura
NK Mura
Nogometni Klub Mura was a Slovenian association football club based in Murska Sobota. The club was founded on 16 August 1924 as one of the first clubs in the Prekmurje region. Through its history Mura was widely considered one of the giants of Slovenian football and had one of the biggest fan bases...

.

Stadium

Ljubljana played its home matches at ŽŠD Ljubljana Stadium, located in the lower part of Šiška
Šiška
The Šiška District or simply Šiška is the most populous of the city districts of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Several cultural monuments are located in Šiška, among them St. Bartholomew's Church, built in the 13th century and remodeled between 1933 and 1936 by the Slovene architect Jože...

 district. The ground was given to the club by the Railway administration and is therefore placed in a corner of railway tracks connection. It is named after Železničarsko Športno Društvo, railway sports society, which has maintained it for the most of the club's history. Among other railway clubs forming the society, it has been used particularly by the athletics club ŽAK, which was taken as a nickname for the stadium. It was built in 1930 and renovated for regional athletics championship in 1990. The stadium has a capacity of 2,468 seats. The main stand underwent a major reconstruction in 2009.

Supporters and rivalry

Although being the second club in the city for most of its history, FC Ljubljana had a relatively small support. In the traditional city derby, most of the crowds have been on the side of popular citizens club Olimpija. Rivalry, that attracted even 10.000 spectators to the matches between Železničar and Odred in postwar years, has eventually faded in following decades. Rather neglected in the industrial Šiška, Ljubljana had some support in residents from other Yugoslav republics. First organized fan groups of Ljubljana were formed in the early nineties, when the club was playing a major role in Slovenian league. Despite having lost almost all of its support in the last years, a small group of Špediterji remained loyal to the club.

Club logo and colours

While the first kits used by Hermes were red and white, the club then adopted typical railway identity, using blue color through most of its history. Traditional Železničar's kits were striped in blue and white, but also other combinations of those colours were used in later years. Although sometimes playing in all-blue, the team is still nicknamed as Modro-beli (Blue-whites) and the club's logo still uses stripes as the railway symbol. Former logos also featured various similar images, including legendary railway wings and modified Slovenian Railways sign. During the first league era from 2002 on, the unpopular green logo with a dragon was used, resembling too much the one, that is used by rival Olimpija. However, it was only actually used in blue on the kits. The fairly distinctive sky blue-white combination, used in those first league years, was later replaced by all-blue.

Domestic league and cup results

Season League
PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije
Slovenian First Football League also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the main football league in Slovenia, and was formed in 1991 after Slovenia became an independent country. From 1920 until the end of the 1990–91 season, the Slovenian Republic League was a lower division of the Yugoslavian...

Position Pts P W D L GF GA Cup
Slovenian Cup
The Slovenian Football Cup , is the top knockout tournament of Slovenian football and the second most important football competition in Slovenia after the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship...

1991/92
Slovenian PrvaLiga 1991-92
The Slovenian PrvaLiga 1991-92 was the first season of Slovenian top division football. The season started on August 18, 1991 and ended on June 21, 1992 with each team playing a total of 40 matches.-Qualified clubs:-Play-offs:-Final table:...

1.SNL 5 46 40 17 12 11 59 41 1/16
1992/93
Slovenian PrvaLiga 1992-93
The Slovenian PrvaLiga 1992-93 was the second season of Slovenian top division football. The season started on August 15, 1992 and ended on June 9, 1993 with each team playing a total of 34 matches.-Final table:-External links:* '...

1.SNL 4 40 34 16 8 10 44 34 1/2
1993/94
Slovenian PrvaLiga 1993-94
-Season 1993-1994:The season started on August 22, 1993 and ended on June 12, 1994.*Each team plays a total of 30 matches.-Final table:-External links:* '* '...

1.SNL 11 25 30 8 9 13 29 44 1/16
1994/95
Slovenian PrvaLiga 1994-95
-Season 1994-1995:The season started on August 7, 1994 and ended on May 31, 1995.*Each team plays a total of 30 matches.-Final table:-External links:* '* '...

1.SNL 10 30 30 13 4 13 49 43 1/16
1995/96
Slovenian Second League 1995-96
-Season 1995-1996:The season started on August 13, 1995 and ended on June 9, 1996.*Each team plays a total of 29 matches.*Jadran Dekani and Gaj Kočevje withdrew before the start of the season. Their places were taken by Železničar Maribor and Črnuče....

2.SNL 1 67 29 20 7 2 62 20 1/4
1996/97
Slovenian Second League 1996-97
- Season 1996-1997 :The season started on August 17, 1996 and ended on June 1, 1997.*Each team plays a total of 29 matches.*NK Naklo merged with NK Triglav during the season.-League Standing:-Promotion play-offs:-External links:* '...

2.SNL 16 8 15 1 5 9 10 26 1/16
1997/98 x x x x x x x x x x
1998/99 5.level 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x
1999/00 4.level 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x
2000/01
Slovenian Second League 2000-01
- Season 2000-2001 :The season started on August 13, 2000 and ended on June 10, 2001.*Each team plays a total of 29 matches.-League Standing:1 Brda merged with newly promoted Renče to avoid relegation.-External links:* '* '...

2.SNL 7 40 29 11 7 11 50 40 x
2001/02
Slovenian Second League 2001-02
- Season 2001-2002 :The season started on August 12, 2001 and ended on May 26, 2002.*Each team plays a total of 30 matches.*NK Renče merged with NK Brda before the season.-League Standing:-External links:* '* '...

2.SNL 2 72 30 22 6 2 89 12 1/4
2002/03
Slovenian PrvaLiga 2002-03
-Season 2002-2003:The season started on July 14, 2002 and ended on June 1, 2003.*Each team plays a total of 31 matches.-Final table:-External links:* '* '...

1.SNL 10 30 (-3) 31 9 6 16 41 66 1/8
2003/04
Slovenian PrvaLiga 2003-04
-Season 2003-2004:The season started on July 20, 2003 and ended on May 30, 2004.*Each team plays a total of 32 matches.-Final table:-External links:* '* '...

1.SNL 7 42 32 12 6 14 38 53 1/2
2004/05
Slovenian PrvaLiga 2004-05
-Season 2004-2005:The season started on August 1, 2004 and ended on May 29, 2005.*Each team plays a total of 32 matches.-Final table:-External links:* '* '...

1.SNL 9 42 32 10 12 10 38 43 1/8
Totals 1.SNL
PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije
Slovenian First Football League also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the main football league in Slovenia, and was formed in 1991 after Slovenia became an independent country. From 1920 until the end of the 1990–91 season, the Slovenian Republic League was a lower division of the Yugoslavian...

0 Titles 255 229 85 57 87 298 324 0 Cups


Note: Among Totals only statistics from Slovenian top-flight are counted.

Notable former players

Milenko Ačimovič
Milenko Acimovic
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  Enver Adrović
Enver Adrović
-External links:* at PrvaLiga.*...

 Milan Anđelkovič
Milan Anđelkovič
Milan Anđelkovič is a Slovenian football defender, who plays for Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenian PrvaLiga.-External links:* - PrvaLiga-References:...

 Roman Bengez
Roman Bengez
Roman Bengez is a Slovenian football coach and former player.He played for Slovenian clubs NK Olimpija and NK Ljubljana, both of which he later managed in Slovenian First League. He is now Assistant Coach at FC Ljubljana.-External links:* at PrvaLiga....

 Damir Botonjič
Damir Botonjič
Damir Botonjič is a Slovenian football player. He played for NK Olimpija Ljubljana.-Club career:Botonjič started his career at local side Svoboda. After one year in Gorica, he signed with Turkish side Gençlerbirliği. First two seasons he played in PAF league, appearing in 52 matches. He made his...

 Sunday Chibuike Ibeji Gjergji Dema
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Gjergji Dëma is a retired Albanian international football player.-External sources:* on National-football-teams.* on Playerhistory....

 Miki Džaferović Robert Englaro
Robert Englaro
Robert Englaro is a retired Slovenian football defender.Englaro was capped 36 times for the Slovenian national team between 1992 and 1999.-Clubs:*1988-1996 : Olimpija Ljubljana*1996-1997 : U.S. Foggia*1997-2000 : Atalanta B.C....

 Saša Gajser
Saša Gajser
Saša Gajser is a former Slovenian football player.-Career:Gajser started his professional career playing at NK Maribor in 1991. He stayed there three seasons, appearing in 17 matches and scoring one goal. Later he had season spells at second division sides NK Drava and NK Železničar Ljubljana....

 Primož Gliha
Primož Gliha
Primož Gliha is a retired Slovenian football strikerGliha won 28 caps and scored 10 goals for the Slovenian national team between 1993 and 1998, including a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw with Croatia in a World Cup qualifier in Split on April 2, 1997.-External links:* - RSSSF...

 Marko Gruškovnjak Rok Hanžič
Rok Hanžic
Rok Hanžič is a Slovenian football defender, who plays for NK Domžale in Slovenian PrvaLiga.- External links :*...

 Dragan Hasanagić
Dragan Hasanagić
Dragan Hasanagić is a retired Slovenian footballer.He played most of his career for NK Ljubljana.-External links:* at PrvaLiga....

 Srečko Katanec
Srecko Katanec
Srečko Katanec is a Slovenian football manager and a former player capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia. His last position was as the manager of the United Arab Emirates national football team.-Career:...

 Darko Karapetrovič
Darko Karapetrovic
Darko Karapetrovič is a Slovenian footballer currently playing in NK Radomlje.- Career :He started playing in Slovenia in NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian First League, where also played for Vevče Ljubljana, NK Domžale, NK Tabor Sežana, NK Ljubljana, NK Bela Krajina and NK Livar...

 Marko Kmetec
Marko Kmetec
Marko Kmetec is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a forward, currently with the Slovenian Second League side Aluminij from Kidričevo....


Peter Koželj Peter Mesesnel
Peter Mesesnel
Peter Mesesnel is a retired Slovenian footballer.He played most of his career for NK Ljubljana.-External links:* at PrvaLiga....

 Maksimilijan Mihelčič Željko Milinovič
Željko Milinovic
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 Vlado Miloševič
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-External links:* at PrvaLiga.* at NZS....

 Bogdan Pirc Stojan Plešinac
Stojan Plešinac
Stojan Plešinac is a Slovenian football coach and former player.He played for Slovenian clubs NK Olimpija, ND Gorica, NK Ljubljana and NK Korotan and was Slovenian league top-scorer with Ljubljana in 1988/89...

 Denis Selimovič
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 Bojan Škufca Miha Šporar
Miha Šporar
Miha Šporar is a Slovenian professional footballer.-External links:*...

 Ivan Tahirovič
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-External links:* at PrvaLiga....

 Sašo Udovič
Sašo Udovic
Sašo Udovič is a retired Slovenian football player.He played for Hajduk Split , KSK Beveren , Lausanne Sports and LASK Linz in Austria....

 Samo Vidovič
Samo Vidovič
Samo Vidovič is a retired Slovenian footballer, who played as a striker.-External links:* at PrvaLiga....

 Mihael Vončina
Mihael Vončina
-External links:* at PrvaLiga.* at NZS....

 Janez Zavrl
Janez Zavrl
Janez Zavrl is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Shenzhen Ruby.He's been capped 23 times for the Slovenian under 21 national football team and 4 times for Slovenian national team. Janez can play both central defender and central midfielder, and is a part of a big and powerful football-family in...

 Gregor Zore
Gregor Zore
-External links:* at PrvaLiga....

 Dražen Žeželj
Dražen Žeželj
Dražen Žeželj is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a forward, currently with the Slovenian Third League side Kamnik.Žeželj had spells with a number of Slovenian clubs during his career, and he also had stints abroad in Greece with Niki Volos and in Austria with SAK Klagenfurt...


Most goals in slovenian league

Name Goals
Miki Džaferović 70
Stojan Plešinac
Stojan Plešinac
Stojan Plešinac is a Slovenian football coach and former player.He played for Slovenian clubs NK Olimpija, ND Gorica, NK Ljubljana and NK Korotan and was Slovenian league top-scorer with Ljubljana in 1988/89...

60
Blaž Frič 49
Lojze Škufca 40
Franjo Papec 40
Gosar 29
Rudi Corn 27
Bogdan Pirc 26
Vlado Miloševič
Vlado Miloševič
-External links:* at PrvaLiga.* at NZS....

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Dražen Žeželj
Dražen Žeželj
Dražen Žeželj is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a forward, currently with the Slovenian Third League side Kamnik.Žeželj had spells with a number of Slovenian clubs during his career, and he also had stints abroad in Greece with Niki Volos and in Austria with SAK Klagenfurt...

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