2015–16 NK Rudar Velenje season

Rudar Velenje
2015–16 season
President	Mitja Kamenik
Head Coach	Ramiz Smajlović
Stadium	Ob Jezeru City Stadium
Slovenian League	7th
Slovenian Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mate Eterović (7); All: ; Mate Eterović (7)
Highest home attendance	3,000 (vs Olimpija)
Lowest home attendance	350 (vs Krka)
Average home league attendance	1,028
	All statistics correct as of 24 May 2016.

The 2015–16 season is Rudar's 21st season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian top division, since the league was created.

Players

As of 1 March 2016

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVN	Matic Čretnik
4	DF	SVN	David Kašnik
6	MF	SVN	Anže Pišek
7	MF	SVN	Amer Krcič
8	MF	SVN	Damjan Trifkovič
9	FW	SVN	Luka Prašnikar
10	MF	SVN	Leon Črnčič
11	FW	SVN	Mitja Lotrič
12	MF	CRO	Stjepan Babić
13	GK	SVN	Matej Radan
14	FW	SVN	Milan Kocić
17	DF	AUT	Erman Bevab
19	MF	SVN	Klemen Bolha


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SVN	Denis Grbić
21	MF	SVN	Nikola Tolimir
23	MF	PLE	Jaka Ihbeisheh
25	MF	CRO	Marin Bratić
26	DF	SVN	Elvedin Džinić
28	MF	BIH	Safet Gavranović
29	DF	CRO	Ivan Knezović (captain)
31	DF	SVN	Senad Jahić
32	FW	CRO	Mate Eterović
33	MF	CRO	Mario Babić
37	DF	SVN	Gašper Kurež
45	FW	CRO	Damir Grgić

Source:NK Rudar Velenje

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
PrvaLiga	—	—	7th	19 July 2015	21 May 2016
Cup	First round	—	Quarter-finals	19 August 2015	28 October 2015

Updated to match played 24 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PrvaLiga	36	11	8	17	34	52	−18	030.56
Cup	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	075.00
Total	40	14	8	18	45	57	−12	035.00

Last updated: 24 May 2016
Source: Competitions

PrvaLiga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Celje	36	11	12	13	32	46	−14	45
6	Krško	36	10	11	15	24	48	−24	41^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Rudar Velenje	36	11	8	17	34	52	−18	41^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Koper	36	11	7	18	40	54	−14	40^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	Zavrč (R)	36	9	13	14	32	41	−9	40^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene), Soccerway
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.^[1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1 2 Krško ahead of Rudar Velenje on head-to-head record: Rudar–Krško 1–1, Krško–Rudar 0–0, Rudar–Krško 0–1, Krško–Rudar 1–1.
1 2 Koper ahead of Zavrč on head-to-head record: Zavrč–Koper 1–0, Koper–Zavrč 3–1, Zavrč–Koper 1–3, Koper–Zavrč 1–0.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	11	8	17	34	52	−18	41	6	4	8	15	18	−3	5	4	9	19	34	−15

Last updated: 24 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	8	5	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

18 July 2015 1	Rudar	0 – 1	Krka	Velenje
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eterović 26' Jahić 34' Kašnik 89' Knezović 90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Perić 43', 70' Welbeck 70' Kastrevec 80'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Dejan Balažič

24 July 2015 2	Gorica	2 – 1	Rudar	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jogan 22' Martinović 42' Džuzdanović 69' Širok 75'	Report (in Slovene)	Knezović 65' Prašnikar 71' S.Babić 75'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Roberto Ponis

1 August 2015 3	Rudar	1 – 3	Zavrč	Velenje
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahić 21' Prašnikar 44'	Report (in Slovene)	Polić 3', 41' Glavica 23', 86' Antić 59' Rogač 62'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

8 August 2015 4	Domžale	0 – 2	Rudar	Domžale
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Horić 60' 75'	Report (in Slovene)	Bolha 6' Prašnikar 25' Jahić 26' Ihbeisheh 70' Kašnik 73' Krcič 83'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 450 Referee: Damir Skomina

12 August 2015 5	Rudar	1 – 1	Krško	Velenje
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Prašnikar 12' Knezović 39' 45' S.Babić 45' 45' Radan 45' M.Babić 59' Ihbeisheh 71'	Report (in Slovene)	Đukić 33' Jurečič 36' Petric 90+2'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alen Borošak

15 August 2015 6	Koper	1 – 1	Rudar	Koper
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palčič 47' Šimurina 55' Guberac 63' Štromajer 90'	Report (in Slovene)	Kašnik 20' Bolha 42' Tolimir 52' Kašnik 70' Žitko 90+7'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Mitja Žganec

22 August 2015 7	Rudar	0 – 0	Maribor	Velenje
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trifković 48' M.Babić 85' S.Babić 90'	Report (in Slovene)	Arghus 13' Vršič 90+1'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Matej Jug

30 August 2015 8	Olimpija	5 – 0	Rudar	Ljubljana
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kelhar 32' Šporar 52', 78', 89' Kronaveter 55' Djermanović 86'	Report (in Slovene)	Ihbeisheh 23' S.Babić 26' Kašnik 36' Kocić 66' Jahić 68' Knezović 73'	Stadium: Stadium Stožice Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

12 September 2015 9	Rudar	4 – 0	Celje	Velenje
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Knezović 43', 68' Bolha 61' S.Babić 67' (pen.) Krcič 75' Kocić 89'	Report (in Slovene)	Firer 29' Miškić 35' Soria Alonso 66'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

19 September 2015 10	Krka	0 – 0	Rudar	Novo Mesto
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gliha 54' Kastrevec 59' Vučkić 74' Welbeck 85'	Report (in Slovene)	Trifković 66' M.Babić 85'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 300 Referee: Matej Jug

23 September 2015 11	Rudar	1 – 0	Gorica	Velenje
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kašnik 13' M.Babić 24' Kocić 58'	Report (in Slovene)	Johnson 41'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Mitja Žganec

26 September 2015 12	Zavrč	3 – 2	Rudar	Zavrč
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batrović 63' Cvek 68' Pihler 79', 90' Petrović 90'	Report (in Slovene)	Knezović 43', 57' Prašnikar 78' Kašnik 78' Trifkovič 84', 33' 89' Kocić 90+2' S.Babić 90+2' M.Babić 90+4'	Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park Attendance: 650 Referee: Roberto Ponis

3 October 2015 13	Rudar	0 – 0	Domžale	Velenje
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Žitko 89' Črnčič 90+2'	Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Damir Skomina

17 October 2015 14	Krško	0 – 0	Rudar	Krško
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Perkovič 55'	Report (in Slovene)	Grgić 38' Kašnik 51' Bolha 70'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mitja Žganec

24 October 2015 15	Rudar	1 – 0	Koper	Velenje
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kocić 44' Žitko 81' Džinić 87' Radan 90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Šme 39' Tomić 65' Guberac 78' Lotrič 81' Ivančić 85'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Dejan Balažič

31 October 2015 16	Maribor	7 – 1	Rudar	Maribor
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibraimi 3' Bajde 30' Tavares 37', 38' Filipović 45' Sallalich 50' Viler 62' Mendy 89'	Report (in Slovene)	Trifkovič 2' S.Babić 22' Grgić 43' Žitko 63'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

7 November 2015 17	Rudar	1 – 3	Olimpija	Velenje
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kašnik 18' Eterović 20' Džinić 42' Črnčič 90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Šporar 12', 41' Brljak 26' Ontivero 46' Mimoun 80'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

22 November 2015 18	Celje	1 – 0	Rudar	Celje
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vidmajer 26' Klemenčič 33' Firer 51' Kous 60' Spremo 70' Pajač 83'	Report (in Slovene)	Tolimir 59' Kašnik S.Babić 83'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 450 Referee: Matej Jug

28 November 2015 19	Rudar	1 – 1	Krka	Velenje
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eterović 15' (pen.) Črnčič 30' Žitko 45'	Report (in Slovene)	Collins 14' Vučkić 25' Welbeck 31' (pen.) Marotti 52' Potokar 56' Mojstrovič 59' Mitrović 88'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Alen Borošak

2 December 2015 20	Gorica	1 – 0	Rudar	Nova Gorica
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mevlja 32' Johnson 67' Eleke 86' Celcer 88'	Report (in Slovene)	M.Babić 11' S.Babić 62'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

5 December 2015 21	Rudar	1 – 0	Zavrč	Velenje
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kašnik 23', 25' Kocić 31' Eterović 78'	Report (in Slovene)	Tahiraj 35' Pihler 75' Rogač 84' Petrović 88'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Darjan Kovačič

12 December 2015 22	Domžale	4 – 0	Rudar	Domžale
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Čenic 36' Skubic 45' (pen.) Mance 57' Zec 59'	Report (in Slovene)	Črnčič 11' Radan 45'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Davor Drečnik

27 February 2016 23	Rudar	0 – 1	Krško	Velenje
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tolimir 56' Eterović 71'	Report (in Slovene)	Štefanac 26' 57' Volarič 63' Žinko 89'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Dejan Balažič

5 March 2016 24	Koper	0 – 1	Rudar	Koper
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Štulac 87'	Report (in Slovene)	Bolha 23' Kašnik 68'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Miran Bukovec

12 March 2016 25	Rudar	0 – 3	Maribor	Velenje
16:55 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ihbeisheh 15' 29' S.Babić 58' Črnčič 79' Džinić 86'	Report (in Slovene)	Dervišević 33' Bajde 56', 72'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

20 March 2016 26	Olimpija	5 – 0	Rudar	Ljubljana
14:55 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kronaveter 24', 62' (pen.) Wobay 49' Čale 53' Mitrović 87' Knezović 88' (o.g.) Alves 90'	Report (in Slovene)	Bolha 8' 61' Radan 62' S.Babić 70'	Stadium: Stadium Stožice Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Roberto Ponis

2 April 2016 27	Rudar	2 – 0	Celje	Velenje
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eterović 28' (pen.), 81' (pen.) Tolimir 41' Džinić 69'	Report (in Slovene)	Krajcer 27' Miškić 29' Klemenčič 54' Vrhovec 80' Čirjak 82'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

6 April 2016 28	Krka	1 – 5	Rudar	Novo Mesto
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Welbeck 36' Fuček 74'	Report (in Slovene)	Črnčič 8' Eterović 30' Pišek 33' Džinić 44' S.Babić 45' Kašnik 74' Grbić 89'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 100 Referee: Matej Jug

9 April 2016 29	Rudar	1 – 0	Gorica	Velenje
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahić 41', 50' Črnčič 90+2'	Report (in Slovene)	Burgič 44' Mevlja 89'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

17 April 2016 30	Zavrč	0 – 2	Rudar	Zavrč
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shtanenko 18' 90'	Report (in Slovene)	Eterović 52', 52' Jahić 55' Krcić 73' Črnčič 76'	Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Alen Borošak

23 April 2016 31	Rudar	1 – 2	Domžale	Velenje
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S.Babić 75' Lotrič 80'	Report (in Slovene)	Repas 41' Husmani 58' Mance 88'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Damir Skomina

27 April 2016 32	Krško	1 – 1	Rudar	Krško
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vuklišević 15', 90+6' Gregov 31' Pušaver 62'	Report (in Slovene)	Eterović 11', 32' Trifkovič 13' S.Babić 35'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

7 May 2016 33	Rudar	0 – 2	Koper	Velenje
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahić 60'	Report (in Slovene)	Valencia 10' Štulac 36' Radujko 82' Jefthon 90+3'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Dejan Balažič

11 May 2016 34	Maribor	2 – 3	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sallalich 44' Mendy 78' Tavares 80' Defendi 90+2'	Report (in Slovene)	Bolha 11' Knezović 65' Črnčič 83' Tolimir 89', 90+4'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Roberto Ponis

14 May 2016 35	Rudar	0 – 1	Olimpija	Velenje
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eterović 18' Kašnik 78' 90+3' Črnčič 83' Knezović 83' 90+5' Čretnik 88' Lotrič 90+4'	Report (in Slovene)	Fink 24' Matić 67' Kronaveter 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

21 May 2016 36	Celje	1 – 0	Rudar	Celje
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pišek 73' Bašić 89'	Report (in Slovene)	Grgić 84'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 650 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Cup

Win Draw Loss

First round

19 August 2015 First round	Pesnica	0 – 7	Rudar Velenje	Pesnica
16:00 CEST	Ujič 13'	Report (in Slovene)	Jahić 14' Kašnik 17' Kocić 50', 54' (pen.), 56', 71' Krcić 70', 77'	Stadium: Pesnica Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Dejan Vivod

Round of 16

16 September 2015 Round of 16	Rudar Velenje	3 – 2	Krka	Velenje
18:00 CEST	Knezović 37' Babić 42' Ihbeisheh 56' Grgić 71' Tolimir 83' Kocić 90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Novinić 4' (pen.) Dangubić 15' Ejup 57' Aniekan 73' Kastrevec 75'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Miran Bukovec

Quarter-finals

21 October 2015 First leg	Rudar Velenje	1 – 0	Maribor	Velenje
18:00 CEST	Tolimir 39' Jahić 80' Črnčič 90+2' Eterović 90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Kabha 23' Mertelj 32' Janža 37' Sallalich 76' Gigli 87'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Roman Glažar

28 October 2015 Second leg	Maribor	3 – 0 (3–1 agg.)	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
18:00 CET	Filipović 40' Kabha 60' Vršič 61', 76' Tavares 86'	Report (in Slovene)	Grgić 45' Jahić 59'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of matches played 21 May 2016.

No.	Pos.	Player	Total				PrvaLiga				Cup
No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK	Matic Čretnik	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	David Kašnik	32	3	12	2	28	2	12	2	4	1	0	0
6	MF	Anže Pišek	17	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	Amer Krcič	24	5	0	0	21	3	0	0	3	2	0	0
8	MF	Damjan Trifkovič	36	2	4	1	33	2	4	1	3	0	0	0
9	FW	Luka Prašnikar	32	4	2	0	29	4	2	0	3	0	0	0
10	MF	Leon Črnčič	24	2	10	0	22	2	9	0	2	0	1	0
11	FW	Mitja Lotrič	7	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Stjepan Babić	31	2	12	1	28	2	12	1	3	0	0	0
13	GK	Matej Radan	38	0	4	0	34	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
14	FW	Milan Kocić	27	5	6	0	25	1	5	0	2	4	1	0
17	DF	Erman Bevab	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK	Klemen Bolha	34	1	6	1	31	1	6	1	3	0	0	0
20	MF	Denis Grbić	15	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF	Nikola Tolimir	33	1	7	0	30	1	5	0	3	0	2	0
23	MF	Jaka Ihbeisheh	27	1	4	1	26	0	4	1	1	1	0	0
25	MF	Marin Bratić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Elvedin Džinić	25	2	2	1	23	2	2	1	2	0	0	0
28	MF	Safet Gavranović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Ivan Knezović	24	4	7	2	22	3	7	2	2	1	0	0
31	DF	Senad Jahić	25	2	9	0	22	1	7	0	3	1	2	0
32	FW	Mate Eterović	25	7	7	0	23	7	6	0	2	0	1	0
33	MF	Mario Babić	38	2	5	0	34	1	5	0	4	1	0	0
37	DF	Gašper Kurež	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
45	FW	Damir Grgić	18	0	6	0	15	0	4	0	3	0	2	0
Players who left the club in Summer/Winter transfer window or on loan
–	DF	Matic Žitko	16	0	5	0	12	0	5	0	4	0	0	0
–	DF	Rusmin Dedić	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Tilen Lešnik	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	MF	Nejc Plesec	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Own goals			–	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	–
TOTALS			–	45	110	9	–	34	101	9	–	11	9	0

Goalscorers