NK Rudar Velenje

Rudar Velenje

Full name	Nogometni Klub Rudar Velenje
Nickname(s)	Knapi (Miners)
Founded	1948
Ground	Ob Jezeru Stadion, Velenje (Capacity: 2,500)
Chairman	Dejan Radovanovič
Manager	Bojan Prašnikar
League	1.SNL
2010-11	6th
Home colours Away colours

Rudar Velenje is a Slovenian football club, which plays in the town of Velenje. At the end of the 2005-2006 season, they were relegated to the Second Division of Slovenian professional football after playing the season in the First Division. In 2007-2008 they finished first and thus achieved a promotion back to the first league.

Notable coaches

• Franci Oblak
• Marijan Pušnik (2007–10)
• Bojan Prašnikar (2010-)

Honours

Total titles: 1

Cup

• Slovenian Cup:

Winners (1): 1997/98

Current squad

As of March 5, 2010 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 Safet Jahič 2 MF Alem Mujaković 3 DF Aleš Jeseničnik 4 MF Marko Kolsi 5 DF Nenad Novaković 6 DF Fabijan Cipot 7 MF Uroš Korun 8 MF Damjan Trifković 9 FW Mirza Mešić 10 MF Denis Grbić 11 FW Dragan Čadikovski

No. Position Player 15 MF Rajko Rotman 16 DF Sebastjan Berko 17 MF Rok Roj 18 DF Doris Kelenc 21 FW Elvis Bratanović 22 MF Nikola Tolimir 25 DF Boštjan Jelečevič 26 GK Boban Savić 27 DF Rusmin Dedić 30 GK Mihael Hertelendi

For recent transfers, see List of Slovenian football transfers summer 2009.

Domestic league and cup results

Former logo

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	Winner
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 +	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	x
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
Totals	1.SNL	0 Titles	659	549	192	135	222	713	766	1 Cup

^{+ Rudar Velenje declined promotion, their place was taken by 3rd placed Zagorje, who were promoted together with 2nd placed Bela Krajina}

*Best results are highlighted.

UEFA competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	agg
1995/96	Intertoto Cup	Group 2		Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	1–2	-	1–2
		Group 2		Östers IF	1–3	-	1–3
		Group 2		1. FC Köln	0–1	-	0–1
		Group 2		FC Lucerne	1–1	-	1–1
1998/99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round		FC Tiraspol	2–0	0–0	2–0
		First round		NK Varteks	0–1	0–1	0-2
1999/00	Intertoto Cup	First round		Halmstads BK	0–0	2–2	2–2(a)
		Second round		SC Austria Lustenau	1–2	1–2	2-4
2009/10	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		FC Narva Trans	3–0	3–1	6-1
		Second qualifying round		Red Star Belgrade	0–1	0–4	0-5

External links

• (Slovene) Official Site