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Slovenian football club
Football club
Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje
(English:
Rudar Velenje Football Club
), commonly referred to as
NK Rudar Velenje
or simply
Rudar Velenje
, is a Slovenian
football
club from
Velenje
which competes in the
Slovenian Second League
, the second tier of the
Slovenian football league system
.
History
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The club was founded in August 1948. At first they played in local
MNZ Celje
league, until they qualified for the
Slovenian Republic League
in 1953. Two years later, on 3 July 1955, Rudar's home stadium
Ob Jezeru
was opened and the club moved to its current home. After the short crisis the club returned to the Slovenian league in 1962. For the 1974?75 season the club hired a professional coach ?ivko Staki? and became Slovenian champions in 1977. Rudar therefore qualified for the
Yugoslav Second League
, where they played until 1982. Just before the breakup of Yugoslavia, Rudar became the Slovenian champion for the second time in 1991.
After the Slovenian independence, Rudar became a regular participant in the
Slovenian PrvaLiga
. They were relegated to the
Slovenian Second League
in 2003 and returned for the
2005?06
season, but were instantly relegated back to second level. In the 2007?08 season they finished first and thus achieved a promotion back to the first league. The club's highest finish was third place on four occasions, the last time in 2014, when
Mate Eterovi?
, Rudar's striker, also became league's topscorer. Their biggest success was winning the
Slovenian Cup
in 1998, when they lost first game away to
Primorje
, but then won 3?0 in front of home crowd in the second leg. Rudar therefore played in the last edition of
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
, where it was eliminated by
Varteks
in the first round.
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Honours
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Yugoslavia
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Slovenia
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Domestic league and cup results
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- Key
- P ? Matches played
- W ? Matches won
- D ? Matches drawn
- L ? Matches lost
- GF ? Goals for
- GA ? Goals against
- Pts ? Points
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UEFA competitions
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All results (home and away) list Rudar's goal tally first.
GR2
= Group 2;
QR
= Qualifying round;
R1
= First round;
R2
= Second round;
QR1
= First qualifying round;
QR2
= Second qualifying round.
References
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External links
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Seasons
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2023?24
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Former teams
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Associated competitions
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Ljubljana Subassociation League seasons
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Teams (1920?1941)
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Slovenian Republic League seasons
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Teams (1946?1991)
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