2021–22_Slovenian_PrvaLiga

2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Football league season

The 2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 31st edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 16 July 2021 and ended on 21 May 2022.^[2] Mura were the defending champions after winning their first title the previous season.^[3]

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	2021–22
Dates	16 July 2021 – 21 May 2022
Champions	Maribor (16th title)
Relegated	Aluminij
Champions League	Maribor
Europa Conference League	Koper Olimpija Ljubljana Mura
Matches played	180
Goals scored	457 (2.54 per match)
Best Player	Ognjen Mudrinski^[1]
Top goalscorer	Ognjen Mudrinski (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Olimpija 6–0 Aluminij
Biggest away win	Aluminij 0–6 Celje
Longest winning run	6 matches Koper
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Koper
Longest winless run	18 matches Aluminij
Longest losing run	7 matches Radomlje and Tabor
Highest attendance	9,999 Maribor 3–1 Aluminij
Lowest attendance	30 Olimpija 1–0 Tabor
Total attendance	180,364
Average attendance	1,019
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Maribor won their 16th title on the final day of the season after defeating reigning champions Mura 3–1.^[4] As winners, they qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.^[5]

Competition format

Each team played 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams played four matches against each other (2 home and 2 away).

Teams

Gorica were relegated after finishing last in the previous season. Radomlje were promoted from the Slovenian Second League.^[6]

Stadiums and locations

Seating capacity only; some stadiums also have standing areas.

More information Aluminij, Bravo ...

Aluminij	Bravo	Celje	Domžale
Aluminij Sports Park	Šiška Sports Park	Stadion Z'dežele	Domžale Sports Park
Capacity: 600	Capacity: 2,308	Capacity: 13,059	Capacity: 3,100

Koper	Aluminij Celje Domžale Bravo Koper Maribor Mura Olimpija Tabor Radomlje		Maribor
Bonifika Stadium			Ljudski vrt
Capacity: 4,047			Capacity: 11,709

Mura	Olimpija Ljubljana	Radomlje	Tabor Sežana
Fazanerija City Stadium	Stožice Stadium	Domžale Sports Park	Rajko Štolfa Stadium
Capacity: 4,506	Capacity: 16,038	Capacity: 3,100	Capacity: 1,310

Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager ...

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aluminij	Robert Pevnik	Luka Janžekovič	Zeus Sport	Talum, Zavarovalnica Sava
Bravo	Dejan Grabić	Andraž Kirm	Joma	Nomago, Mastercard, Generali
Celje	Simon Rožman	Tomislav Tomić	Nike	Cinkarna
Domžale	Dejan Djuranović	Senijad Ibričić	Joma	Esad Mulalić s.p.
Koper	Zoran Zeljković	Ivica Guberac	Macron	Port of Koper
Maribor	Radovan Karanović	Marcos Tavares	Adidas	Zavarovalnica Sava, Nova KBM, Radio City
Mura	Damir Čontala	Alen Kozar	Adidas	Generali
Olimpija Ljubljana	Robert Prosinečki	Timi Max Elšnik	Nike	None
Radomlje	Nermin Bašić	Luka Cerar	Joma	Kalcer
Tabor Sežana	Dušan Kosič	Erik Salkić	Erreà	CherryBox24, Involta

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tabor Sežana	Igor Božič	9 September 2021	6th	Dušan Kosič	9 September 2021^[7]
Maribor	Simon Rožman	20 September 2021^[8]	6th	Radovan Karanović	20 September 2021^[8]
Celje	Agron Šalja	24 September 2021^[9]	7th	Simon Sešlar	24 September 2021^[9]
Olimpija Ljubljana	Savo Milošević	10 October 2021^[10]	3rd	Dino Skender	12 October 2021^[11]
Celje	Simon Sešlar	14 December 2021^[12]	7th	Simon Rožman	1 January 2022^[13]
Radomlje	Rok Hanžič	28 December 2021^[14]	10th	Nermin Bašić	28 December 2021^[14]
Mura	Ante Šimundža	28 December 2021^[15]	5th	Damir Čontala	28 December 2021^[15]
Aluminij	Oskar Drobne	7 March 2022^[16]	10th	Robert Pevnik	7 March 2022^[16]
Olimpija Ljubljana	Dino Skender	20 March 2022^[17]	3rd	Robert Prosinečki	22 March 2022^[18]

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	36	21	7	8	57	37	+20	70	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Koper	36	19	10	7	54	38	+16	67	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Olimpija Ljubljana	36	18	8	10	53	38	+15	62	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4	Mura	36	15	12	9	57	50	+7	57
5	Bravo	36	13	10	13	33	33	0	49
6	Radomlje	36	12	10	14	47	52	−5	46
7	Domžale	36	11	12	13	47	46	+1	45
8	Celje	36	12	6	18	46	50	−4	42
9	Tabor Sežana (O)	36	7	9	20	30	41	−11	30	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Aluminij (R)	36	4	12	20	33	72	−39	24	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: PrvaLiga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALU ...

First half of the season

Home \ Away	ALU	BRA	CEL	DOM	KOP	MAR	MUR	OLI	RAD	TAB
Aluminij		0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–2
Bravo	0–0		2–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2
Celje	0–0	1–0		3–1	1–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Domžale	1–1	0–2	1–0		2–3	3–3	4–1	0–2	2–0	1–1
Koper	1–3	0–1	2–2	4–2		2–0	3–2	0–1	3–2	1–0
Maribor	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0		1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0
Mura	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1		1–0	4–2	0–3
Olimpija	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–0		2–3	1–0
Radomlje	2–2	0–2	3–2	0–2	1–4	1–2	2–2	1–1		0–1
Tabor	4–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1

Source: PrvaLiga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away	ALU	BRA	CEL	DOM	KOP	MAR	MUR	OLI	RAD	TAB
Aluminij		0–2	0–6	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–1	2–3	0–4	2–2
Bravo	2–1		3–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–1
Celje	3–2	2–0		2–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–0
Domžale	3–1	3–0	1–1		0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1
Koper	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–2		1–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–0
Maribor	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0
Mura	3–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–2	1–3		3–2	0–2	1–0
Olimpija	6–0	1–0	2–4	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–3		4–1	1–0
Radomlje	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–3	0–1	1–4	3–2	0–1		0–0
Tabor	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–2

Source: PrvaLiga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

PrvaLiga play-off

A two-legged play-off between the ninth-placed team from the PrvaLiga and the second-placed team from the 2021–22 Slovenian Second League was played. The winner earned a place in the 2022–23 PrvaLiga season.

More information Tabor Sežana, 3–1 ...

Tabor Sežana	3–1	Triglav Kranj
Bongongui 4' Ndzengue 75', 80'	Report	Vipotnik 49'

26 May 2022 (2022-05-26)

17:30 CEST

Rajko Štolfa Stadium, Sežana

Attendance: 800

Referee: Matej Jug

More information Triglav Kranj, 2–5 ...

Triglav Kranj	2–5	Tabor Sežana
Matić 47' (pen.), 72'	Report	Stančič 8', 39', 51' Ndzengue 11' Ovsenek 86'

29 May 2022 (2022-05-29)

19:30 CEST

Stanko Mlakar Stadium, Kranj

Attendance: 800

Referee: Rade Obrenović

Tabor Sežana won 8–3 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

^[19]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ognjen Mudrinski	Maribor	17
2	Maks Barišič	Koper	13
3	Arnel Jakupović	Domžale	12
3	Mustafa Nukić	Olimpija Ljubljana	12
5	Lamin Colley	Koper	10
	Kaheem Parris	Koper
	Dino Stančič	Tabor Sežana
8	Gedeon Guzina	Radomlje	9
8	Tomi Horvat	Mura	9
10	Mario Kvesić	Olimpija Ljubljana	8
	Tomislav Mrkonjić	Radomlje
	Bede Osuji	Koper
13	Luka Bobičanec	Mura	7
	Ivan Šarić	Radomlje
	Almedin Ziljkić	Olimpija Ljubljana

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External links

Official website (in Slovene)

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