FC Koper

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from NK Koper)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Football Club Koper, commonly referred to as FC Koper or simply Koper, is a Slovenian football club based in Koper that competes in the Slovenian First League, the top flight of Slovenian football. The club was founded in 1920.[1] They won the Slovenian First League once, in the 2009–10 season, and the Slovenian Cup four times, most recently in 2021–22.

The club's home ground is Bonifika Stadium, which has a capacity for 4,047 spectators.

History

The club was formed as Circolo sportivo Capodistriano in 1920.[2] The team was made up of students, workers and fishermen. Its colours were black and white.[2] In 1928, the club was renamed as Unione sportiva Capodistriana. Six years later, the club was renamed as Libertas.[2]

After World War II, the club became part of a larger sports association and renamed as Aurora.[2] By 1948, there were five clubs operating in the Koper area: Aurora, Meduza, Partizan, Edilit, and Adria.[2] In 1955, Aurora and Meduza merged, creating NK Koper.[2] The club played under this name in different Yugoslav leagues until 1991 and was one of the most successful Slovenian clubs. After Slovenia's independence, the club played in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. At the beginning of the 1990s, the club was achieving mid-table success. By the end of the 1990s, the club had been relegated to the second division twice, had serious financial problems, and renamed as FC Koper. With the advent of the new millennium, Koper consistently achieved positions in the upper half of the table. In 2002, they competed in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup, their first international competition. Two years of mid-table anonymity and significant financial difficulties followed, in part because the former owner, Georg Suban, left substantial debts to the club and took half of the team with him when he moved to the other Slovenian PrvaLiga team, Mura.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The fans took control of the club and tried to improve its finances to save it from going bankrupt like three other major Slovenian clubs (Olimpija, Mura and Ljubljana), with reasonable success. In the 2005–06 season, Mladen Rudonja returned to the club and brought with him the Serbian-American businessman Milan Mandarić, who paid off all the remaining debts. After the first half of the season, before the arrival of the new patron, Koper was battling against relegation, but in the second part of the season, with a new coach, Milivoj Bračun, the club started an unbeaten run that led them to reach the third place in the Slovenian PrvaLiga and to win the Slovenian Cup for the first time.[3] This also qualified the team to play in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds in the 2006–07 season. The following seasons were more difficult, with the club narrowly avoiding relegation in 2009. In the 2009–10 season, the team was expanded and, under the leadership of veteran player Miran Pavlin, eventually won the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship for the first time,[4] securing a place in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, where they were defeated by Dinamo Zagreb 5–4 on aggregate (1–5, 3–0).[5] In the aftermath, Pavlin left the club.

Following the 2016–17 season, Koper failed to obtain a competition licence and was excluded from the Slovenian top division.[6][7]

Name changes

  • 1920: Formed as Circolo sportivo Capodistriano
  • 1928: Renamed as Unione sportiva Capodistriana
  • 1946: Renamed as Aurora Koper
  • 1955: Merger of Aurora Koper and Meduza Koper to form NK Koper
  • 1990: Renamed as FC Koper Capodistria
  • 2001: Renamed as Sport Line Koper (sponsorship)
  • 2005: Renamed as FC Anet Koper (sponsorship)[8]
  • 2008: Renamed as FC Luka Koper (sponsorship)[9]
  • 2017: Renamed as FC Koper

Stadium

File:Koper - Bonifika Stadium.jpg
Bonifika Stadium

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Bonifika Stadium is the team's home ground, named after the area where it is situated in the town of Koper. The stadium was built in 1948.[10] In 2010, the stadium underwent extensive reconstruction[11] and its current capacity is 4,047 seats.[10]

Current squad

As of 21 February 2025[12]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

<templatestyles src="Template:Football squad player/styles.css" /> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Jan Koprivec
2 DF Template:Fba/core Mark Pabai
3 DF Template:Fba/core Felipe Curcio
4 DF Template:Fba/core Lan Vidmar (on loan from Maribor)
8 MF Template:Country data KOS Toni Domgjoni
9 FW Template:Fba/core Tomi Jurić
10 MF Template:Fba/core Omar El Manssouri
11 FW Template:Fba/core Deni Jurić
15 DF Template:Fba/core Maj Mittendorfer
16 MF Template:Fba/core Emmanuel Adinnu
17 MF Template:Fba/core Petar Petriško
18 MF Template:Fba/core Aljaž Zalaznik
20 FW Template:Fba/core Wisdom Sule
21 MF Template:Fba/core Nik Omladič
22 MF Template:Fba/core Denis Popović
23 MF Template:Fba/core Sandro Jovanović
25 GK Template:Fba/core Tadej Bonaca
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Template:Fba/core Gabriel Groznica
28 DF Template:Fba/core Dominik Ivkič
29 MF Template:Fba/core Nikola Krajinović
31 GK Template:Fba/core Metod Jurhar
32 DF Template:Fba/core Veljko Mijailović
33 MF Template:Fba/core Fran Tomek
34 DF Template:Fba/core Anel Zulić (on loan from Viborg)
35 MF Template:Fba/core Di Mateo Lovrić
39 MF Template:Fba/core Damjan Bohar
45 MF Template:Fba/core Isaac Matondo
48 DF Template:Fba/core Ahmed Sidibé
49 MF Template:Fba/core Timotej Brkić
73 GK Template:Fba/core Luka Baš
77 MF Template:Fba/core Enej Jelenič (on loan from Novara)
80 MF Template:Fba/core Jean-Pierre Longonda
99 MF Template:Fba/core Kamil Manseri

Honours

Yugoslavia

League

Cup

Slovenia

League

Cup

Domestic league and cup results

In Yugoslavia

  • 1947–48: 4th (STO League)
  • 1948–49: 1st (STO League)
  • 1949–50: 3rd (STO League)
  • 1950–51: 3rd (STO League)
  • 1951–52: 4th (STO League)
  • 1952–53: 1st (STO League)
  • 1953–54: 4th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1954–55: 6th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1955–56: 9th (Ljubljana-Littoral League)
  • 1956–57: 2nd (Littoral League)
  • 1957–58: 1st (Littoral League)
  • 1958–59: 5th (Littoral League)
  • 1959–60: 3rd (Littoral League)
  • 1960–61: 2nd (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1961–62: 2nd (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1962–63: 1st (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1963–64: 1st (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1964–65: 1st (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1965–66: 12th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1966–67: 1st (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1967–68: 6th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1968–69: 11th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1969–70: 3rd (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1970–71: 1st (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1971–72: 5th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1972–73: 10th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1973–74: 7th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1974–75: 14th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1975–76: 10th (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1976–77: 3rd (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1977–78: no senior team in league system
  • 1978–79: no senior team in league system
  • 1979–80: 1st (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1980–81: 9th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1981–82: 11th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1982–83: 4th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1983–84: 4th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1984–85: 1st (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1985–86: 18th (Yugoslav Second League)
  • 1986–87: 2nd (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1987–88: 1st (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1988–89: 5th[13] (Yugoslav Inter-Republic League)
  • 1989–90: 14th[14] (Yugoslav Inter-Republic League)
  • 1990–91: 12th[15] (Yugoslav Inter-Republic League)

In Slovenia

Season League Position Pts P W D L GF GA Cup
1991–92 1. SNL 8 43 40 15 13 12 38 33 Round of 16
1992–93 1. SNL 8 35 34 11 13 10 41 45 Round of 16
1993–94 1. SNL 7 32 30 11 10 9 43 38 First round
1994–95 1. SNL 11↓ 26 30 9 8 13 24 34 First round
1995–96 2. SNL 6↑ 41 29 11 8 10 33 30 Round of 16
1996–97 1. SNL 10↓ 31 36 8 7 21 28 61 did not qualify
1997–98 2. SNL 2↑ 68 30 20 8 2 75 20 First round
1998–99 1. SNL 11↓ 32 33 8 8 17 34 61 did not qualify
1999–2000 2. SNL 1↑ 72 30 22 6 2 76 21 Round of 16
2000–01 1. SNL 6 46 33 12 10 11 43 43 did not qualify
2001–02 1. SNL 3 56 33 15 11 7 45 26 Round of 16
2002–03 1. SNL 5 45 31 12 9 10 41 41 First round
2003–04 1. SNL 4 50 32 13 11 8 41 32 Round of 16
2004–05 1. SNL 11 36 32 9 9 14 38 41 Round of 16
2005–06 1. SNL 3 57 36 16 9 11 49 39 Winners
2006–07 1. SNL 6 45 36 10 15 11 51 46 Winners
2007–08 1. SNL 2 64 36 18 10 8 68 50 Semi-finals
2008–09 1. SNL 8 42 36 10 12 14 39 47 Runners-up
2009–10 1. SNL 1 73 36 21 10 5 59 35 Round of 16
2010–11 1. SNL 3 60 36 17 9 10 57 43 Semi-finals
2011–12 1. SNL 4 58 36 16 10 10 48 35 Quarter-finals
2012–13 1. SNL 4 55 36 14 13 9 52 42 Quarter-finals
2013–14 1. SNL 2 69 36 21 6 9 52 36 First round
2014–15 1. SNL 8 40 36 12 4 20 35 58 Winners
2015–16 1. SNL 8 40 36 11 7 18 40 54 Quarter-finals
2016–17Template:Efn 1. SNL 6↓ 50 36 12 14 10 43 40 Round of 16
2017–18 Littoral League 1↑ 65 23 21 2 0 118 2 Round of 16
2018–19 3. SNL 1↑ 71 28 23 2 3 111 15 Quarter-finals
2019–20Template:Efn 2. SNL 1↑ 44 20 13 5 2 42 13 Quarter-finals
2020–21 1. SNL 9 42 36 11 9 16 41 56 Semi-finals
2021–22 1. SNL 2 67 36 19 10 7 54 38 Winners
2022–23 1. SNL 6 50 36 14 8 14 46 40 Quarter-finals
2023–24 1. SNL 5 48 36 12 12 12 51 49 Quarter-finals
2024–25 1. SNL 3 66 36 19 9 8 60 35 Runners-up

Template:Notelist

Key

<templatestyles src="Col-begin/styles.css"/>

Winners Runners-up Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

Koper in UEFA competitions

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

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2002 Intertoto Cup 1R Template:Flagicon Helsingborgs IF 0–0 0–1 0–1
2003 Intertoto Cup 1R Template:Flagicon Zagreb 1–0 2–2 3–2
2R Template:Flagicon Dubnica 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)
3R Template:Flagicon Egaleo 2–2 3–2 5–4
SF Template:Flagicon Heerenveen 1–0 0–2 1–2
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Template:Flagicon Litex Lovech 0–1 0–5 0–6
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Template:Flagicon Široki Brijeg 2–3 1–3 3–6
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Template:Flagicon Vllaznia 1–2 0–0 1–2
2010–11 UEFA Champions League 2Q Template:Flagicon Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 1–5 4–5
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Template:Flagicon Shakhter Karagandy 1–1 1–2 2–3
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Template:Flagicon Čelik Nikšić 4–0 5–0 9–0
2Q Template:Flagicon Neftchi Baku 0–2 2–1 2–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Template:Flagicon Víkingur Reykjavík 2–2 1–0 3–2
2Q Template:Flagicon Hajduk Split 3–2 1–4 4–6
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Template:Flagicon Vaduz 0–1 1–1 Template:Aet 1–2
2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1Q Template:Flagicon Željezničar
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 1R: First round
  • 2R: Second round
  • 3R: Third round
  • SF: Semi-final

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Slovenian First League Template:Slovenian Republic League

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=FC_Koper&oldid=2740072"