NK Interblock Ljubljana

Interblock Ljubljana

Full name	Interblock Ljubljana
Nickname(s)	Kockarji (the Gamblers)
Founded	1975, as Factor
Ground	ŽŠD Stadion, Ljubljana (Capacity: 3,986)
Chairman	Jože Pečečnik
Manager	Borivoje Lučić
League	2.SNL
2010-11	2.SNL, 2nd
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Interblock Ljubljana is a Slovenian football club, which plays in the city of Ljubljana. The club was founded in 1975 as NK Factor and was renamed to NK Interblock when Jože Pečečnik, one of the richest persons in Slovenia, took over the team^[1]. During the 2007 season, the club changed their historic light blue kit to red. The club uses the name NK IB Ljubljana in UEFA club competitions as UEFA doesnt allow sponshorship naming of clubs in their competitions.

History

The club earned promotion finishing first in the Slovenian second division in the 2005/2006 season. At the end of the 2006/2007 season, Interblock came 9th and won a play-off series to remain in the PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije, the first division of Slovenian professional football. The club was once known as NK Factor, but it changed the name to Interblock in 2007.

Honours

Total titles: 3

Cup

• Slovenian Cup:

Winners (2): 2008, 2009

Supercup

• Slovenian Supercup:

Winners (1): 2008

Slovenian Second League

• Slovenian Second League:

Winners (1): 2005-06

Interblock in European Cups

Season	Competition	Round	Land	Club	Score
2008-09	UEFA Cup	1Q		FK Zeta	1-1, 1-0
		2Q		Hertha BSC Berlin	0-2, 0-1
2009-10	UEFA Europa League	3Q		FC Metalurh Donetsk	0-2, 0-3

Current squad

As of March, 2011. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sebastjan Celofiga 2 DF Zan Cankar 3 DF Miran Mihelic 4 DF Matic Žitko 5 DF Matej Rapnik (captain) 6 DF Matej Centrih 7 MF Enow Juvette Tabot 9 FW Luka Majcen 10 MF Dejan Krljanovic

No. Position Player 11 FW Luka Vrhunc 12 GK Tomaž Vidergar 13 FW Damir Čehič 14 MF Denis Selimovic 15 DF Janez Zupancic 17 FW Matej Podlogar 18 MF Dejan Gerič 24 MF Dejan Zadnikar 30 DF Aleksander Zukić

Notable former players

• Marko Simeunovič
• Amir Karič
• Zoran Pavlovič
• Marinko Galič
• Dario Zahora
• Eric Akoto
• Josip Iličič
• Robert Berič

References

1. ^ Wilson, Jonathan (2008-02-19). "Climbing Olimpija all over again". London: Guardian Unlimited. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/02/19/climbing_olimpija_all_over_aga.html. Retrieved 2008-03-16. 

External links

• (Slovene) Official Site