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ND Gorica 
Full name Nogometno Društvo Gorica Nickname(s) Vrtnice (Roses) Founded 1947 (as FD Gorica) Ground Stadion Športni Park,
Nova Gorica
(Capacity: 3,066)Chairman Anton Kosmačin Manager Miran Srebrnič League 1.SNL 2010–11 5th 
Home colours
Away coloursND Gorica is a Slovenian football club, playing in the town of Nova Gorica. They are one of the most successful Slovenian clubs with four Slovenian League, two Slovenian Cup and one Slovenian Supercup titles. Together with NK Maribor and NK Celje they are the only club that have participated in every season of 1.SNL since its formation in 1991. The club plays its matches on Športni Park stadium with the capacity of 3,066 seats.
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History
Beginnings (1947-1991)
The history of Slovenian association football in the Goriška region goes back to the year 1907, when the first football club "Jugoslavija" was formed by the Slovenes of Gorizia.
October 1947 marks the beginning of the club with the foundation of "Gorica Club" in Šempeter pri Gorici, where it operated until 1963 when the club's activity was transferred to Nova Gorica, which has remained its seat ever since.
Slovenia independence (1991+)
After the independence of Slovenia in 1991 the club played in the 1.SNL under the name HIT Gorica and during the season 1995/96 won the Slovenian league title for the first time. Next season the club played its first Slovenian supercup final and won their second trophy with a 3-1 victory over NK Olimpija. During the league domination of NK Maribor the club managed to win two Slovenian cup titles in a row (2000/01 and 2001/02 seasons).
On the last day of 2003/04 season on 30 May 2004 Gorica won its second title after one of the most dramatic rounds in Slovenian league history. Before the last round NK Maribor was leading the table with 54 points, one point ahead of Gorica. In the final round Maribor played an away match against their rivals NK Mura and Gorica played at home against FC Koper. Both matches where played at the same time and after the first half things did not look good for Gorica. Maribor was leading 0-1 while Gorica finished the first half with the score 0-0. At the start of the second half Gorica took the lead 1-0 and waited. On the other match the score remained 0-1 up until the 68th minute when Mura eqalised to 1-1. Later Maribor started to attack in search of their winning goal but was cut down with yet another goal from Mura in the 89th minute for the final score 2-1. That result meant that Gorica, who eventually won against Koper 2-0, had secured their second title.
The second title started an impressive run for Gorica as the team won another two league titles in a row (2004/05, 2005/06). By now Gorica, a four times Slovenian league champions, was recognized as one of the top football clubs in the country. After the last title Gorica was a runner-up in 2006/07 and 2008/09 seasons while finishing 3rd in 2007/08 and 2009/10.
Since 1991 when the league started Gorica won the title four times, was a runner-up on another four occasions and finished 3rd five times, which makes the club second most successful football team in the country.
Domestic league and cup results
Season League Position Pts Played W D L GF GA Cup Supercup 1991/92 1.SNL 4 46 40 15 16 9 63 40 Round of 16 / 1992/93 1.SNL 12 31 34 11 9 14 39 46 First round Not held 1993/94 1.SNL 5 35 30 12 11 7 40 38 First round Not held 1994/95 1.SNL 3 41 30 18 5 7 66 30 Quarter-finals Not held 1995/96 1.SNL 1 67 36 18 13 5 49 22 Quarter-finals DNP 1996/97 1.SNL 3 65 36 18 11 7 52 33 Round of 16 Winner 1997/98 1.SNL 3 65 36 20 5 11 64 36 Round of 16 Not held 1998/99 1.SNL 2 62 33 18 8 7 55 31 First round Not held 1999/00 1.SNL 2 62 33 19 5 9 55 34 Semi-finals Not held 2000/01 1.SNL 7 43 33 13 4 16 52 46 Winner Not held 2001/02 1.SNL 5 49 33 13 10 10 38 40 Winner Not held 2002/03 1.SNL 8 34 31 7 13 11 34 43 Quarter-finals Not held 2003/04 1.SNL 1 56 32 15 11 6 55 29 Round of 16 Not held 2004/05 1.SNL 1 65 32 18 11 3 49 23 Final Not held 2005/06 1.SNL 1 73 36 21 10 5 75 30 Semi-finals Not held 2006/07 1.SNL 2 58 36 17 7 12 66 63 Semi-finals Not held 2007/08 1.SNL 3 57 36 16 9 11 61 50 Round of 16 DNP 2008/09 1.SNL 2 56 36 17 5 14 60 55 Semi-finals DNP 2009/10 1.SNL 3 55 36 16 7 13 74 60 Quarter-finals DNP 2010/11 1.SNL TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD DNP Totals 1.SNL 4 Titles 1020 649 302 170 177 1047 749 2 Cups 1 Cup - *Best results are highlighted.
European campaigns
Season Competition Round Land Club Score 1996–97 UEFA Cup 1Q 
FK Vardar 0–1, 1–2 1997–98 UEFA Cup 1Q 
FC Oţelul Galaţi 2–0, 2–4 2Q 
Club Brugge K.V. 3–5, 0–3 1999–00 UEFA Cup Q 
UWIC Inter Cardiff F.C. 2–0, 0–1 1R 
Panathinaikos FC 0–1, 0–2 2000–01 UEFA Cup Q 
Neftchi Baku PFC 0–1, 3–1 1R 
AS Roma 1–4, 0–7 2001–02 UEFA Cup Q Neftchi Baku PFC 0–0, 0–1 1R 
NK Osijek 1–1, 0–1 2002–03 UEFA Cup Q FC Rapid Bucureşti 0–2, 1–3 2004–05 Champions League 1Q 
FC Flora Tallinn 4–2, 3–1 2Q 
F.C. Copenhagen 1–2, 5–0 3Q 
AS Monaco 0–3, 0–6 2004–05 UEFA Cup 1R AEK Athens F.C. 1–1, 0–1 2005–06 Champions League 1Q 
KF Tirana 2–0, 0–3 2006–07 Champions League 1Q 
Linfield FC 3–1, 2–2 2Q FC Steaua Bucureşti 0–2, 0–3 2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q FK Rabotnički 1–2, 1–2 2008 Intertoto Cup 1R 
Hibernians F.C. 3–0, 0–0 2R 
PFC Chernomorets Burgas 1–1, 0–2 2009–10 Europa League 2Q 
FC Lahti 1–0, 0–2 2010–11 Europa League 2Q Randers FC 0–3, 1-1 Honours
Total titles: 7
League
Cup
- Slovenian Cup:
- Slovenian Supercup:
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- Winners (1): 1996
Current squad
As of 4 July, 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 Kris Stergulc 2 DF Matija Suligoj 3 
MF Goran Galešić 6 DF Aris Zafirovič 7 MF Amedej Vetrih 8 MF Nebojsa Kovacevic 9 
FW Franklin 11 MF Rok Buzeti 12 GK Vasja Šimčič 13 DF Tine Kravanja 14 MF Vito Plut 15 MF Dino Martinovič 16 DF Nejc Mevlja 17 MF Miha Mevlja No. Position Player 18 FW Sandi Arčon 20 MF Dalibor Stojanović 22 GK Darko Brljak 23 DF Matija Širok 24 MF Enes Demirović 25 
FW Welle N'Diaye 26 DF Boris Mijatovic 27 DF Alen Jogan 28 FW Dejan Žigon 30 GK Januš Štrukelj 31 MF Danjel Rakušček 32 FW Kris Jogan 33 DF Uros Celcer 35 DF Miha Gregorič Notable former players
Slovenia
- Valter Birsa
- Miran Burgič
- Goran Cvijanovič
- Bojan Jokič
- Aleš Kokot
- Andrej Komac
- Mladen Kovačevič
- Jasmin Kurtič
- Tim Matavž
- Borut Mavrič
- Matej Mavrič
- Željko Mitrakovič
- Milan Osterc
- Aleksander Rodić
- Matija Škarabot
- Miran Srebrnič
- Jani Šturm
- Marko Šuler
- Sandi Valentinčič
- Etien Velikonja
- Anton Žlogar
Brazil
Italy
- Ugo Cernot
Japan
Moldova
Montenegro
Nigeria
Serbia
External links
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