N.K. Kras A.S.D.

N.K. Kras ASD

Full name	Nogometni Klub Kras Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica
Founded	1986
Ground	Town football ground, Repen, Monrupino (Capacity: 250)
Chairman	Domenico Centrone
Head Coach	Alessandro Musolino
League	Eccellenza Friuli – Venezia Giulia
2010-11	Serie D/C, 17th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Nogometni Klub Kras Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica is an amateur Italian association football club located in the Repen (Rupingrande) village, in the comune of Monrupino, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The base of the club is the Slovene community that populate the Friuli region.

The owner and main sponsor of the club is the Koimpex company. The president of the club is Domenico Centrone, and the sporting director is Goran Kocman–whose father, Vojko Kocman, runs Koimpex.

History

Kras was founded in 1986, on the basis of the Olimpija club, from Gabrovizza, which played in the Terza Categoria of Italian football. Olimpija then became the Circolo Sportivo Kras in Sgonico, and in 1986 it officially became Football Club Kras.^[1] In two seasons, starting in 2004–05, they progressed from the Seconda Categoria on to the Promozione level, where in the 2006–07 season they finished in fourth place.

In 2007–08 the club was coached by former Soviet Union and Belarus international player Sergei Aleinikov. The contact was made due to Koimpex's work with companies in Belarus.^[2][3]

The last seasons

The club successively won promotion to Eccellenza in 2008–09.

At the end of 2009-10 Eccellenza season the club won promotion to Serie D and the subsequent season immediately relegated to Eccellenza Friuli – Venezia Giulia.

External links

• (Italian) Official website
• (Italian) Team statistics for 2006–07 season

References

1. ^ NK KRAS – Cenni storici – slosport.org
2. ^ Sergei Aleinikov – settimanasportiva.it
3. ^ Article about the presentation of Aleinikov as head coach – slosport.org