Publikum_Celje

NK Celje

NK Celje

Slovenian football club

Nogometni klub Celje (English: Celje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Celje or simply Celje ([ˈtsɛ̀ːljɛ]), is a professional football club from Celje, Slovenia. They play in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Together with Maribor, they are the only club that have participated in every season of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its formation in 1991.[3] Celje won their first league title in the 2019–20 season. They have also won the 2004–05 edition of the Slovenian Cup.

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History

The club was formed in 1919 as SK Celje.[1][2] Soon after World War II, in 1946, the club changed its name to NK Kladivar (expressionistic term in Slovene for a blacksmith).[2] In 1964 they qualified for the Yugoslav Second League, where they played for one year.[2]

In 1992, one year after Slovenia gained independence from Yugoslavia, the club was renamed as Publikum due to sponsorship reasons.[2] They reached the finals of Slovenian Cup in 1993 and 1995, but lost on both occasions, having been beaten by Olimpija and Mura, respectively.[4] In 2003, Celje was in a title race with Maribor until the last two rounds, but in the end finished second and also lost the Slovenian cup final against Olimpija during the same season.[5] Two years later, in 2005, the club reached the final for the fourth time and this time they finally lifted their first trophy, defeating Gorica 1–0 in front of their own fans at the Arena Petrol.[6] Celje were also in the finals the next year, but lost to Koper after the penalty shoot-out.[7] In early 2007 they dropped Publikum from their name.[8]

In 2020, Celje won its first national title after winning the 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga season.[9]

Stadium

For most of its early years, the club played at the Glazija Stadium, but obtained the Skalna Klet after merging with ŽŠD Celje in 1967. Glazija was demolished in 1983 and the club moved permanently to Skalna Klet. Since the stadium was in poor condition and could not meet UEFA stadium regulations, the club officials decided to build a new stadium and in 2003 the main stand of the new Arena Petrol stadium was built. The capacity at the time was 3,600 covered seats. After 2003, three new separate stands were built and when the last one opened in 2008, the stadium was completed. The current capacity of the stadium is 13,059 seats, of which around 50% are covered.[10] In July 2017, the stadium was renamed to Stadion Z'dežele.[11]

Current squad

As of 15 February 2024[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Honours

League

Cup

Domestic league and cup results

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European record

All results (home and away) list Celje's goal tally first.

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  1. Only one match per qualifying round was played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Celje played their home match at Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Budapest (Hungary) due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. After extra time.

List of managers

References

  1. [1]
    "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). NK Celje. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. [3]
    Gordana Possnig (10 September 2019). "V Celju že sto let organizirano igrajo nogomet". Večer (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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    "Slovenia – List of Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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    "Slovenia 2002/03". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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    "Publikum dočakal prvo lovoriko" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 17 May 2005. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Slovenia 2005/06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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    "Celjani z novim imenom po državni naslov". sta.si (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 20 February 2007. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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    A. V. (22 July 2020). "Celjani prvič slovenski nogometni prvaki" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. [10]
    "Stadion" [Stadium] (in Slovenian). NK Celje. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  11. [11]
    "Celjski stadion z novim imenom, odslej bo Arena Z'dežele". Ekipa24 (in Slovenian). 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  12. [12]
    "Seznam igralcev" [List of players] (in Slovenian). NK Celje. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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