NK Ljubljana
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Nogometni klub Ljubljana (English: Ljubljana Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Ljubljana or simply Ljubljana, was a Slovenian
History
Foundation
The club was founded in 1909 as students club Hermes and was one of the oldest football clubs in Slovenia. The club was reformed in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as SK Hermes in late 1918 and played in the Ljubljana Subassociation League from 1920 on, scoring best result with fourth place on four occasions. In 1925, the club added a prefix Železničarski (lit. 'Railway's') to its name. ŽSK Hermes was from then on clearly defined as a workers club.
Time of SFR Yugoslavia
After the Second World War, the club was reestablished as Železničar Ljubljana, which was later still commonly used name, due to club playing in the framework of Railway Sports Society (
Slovenian league era
After the independence, they have played in
A successor club which claimed rights to Ljubljana's honours and records was established in 2005 bearing the name FC Ljubljana. However, in spite of inheriting old Ljubljana's supporters and colours, they were not legally considered to be successors of the original NK Ljubljana and the two clubs track records and honours were kept separate by the Football Association of Slovenia. FC Ljubljana was later dissolved in 2011.
Stadium
Ljubljana played its home matches at
Supporters and rivalry
Although being the second most successful club in the city for most of its history, NK Ljubljana had a relatively small support. In the traditional city derby, most of the crowds have been on the side of popular citizens club Olimpija. Rivalry, that attracted even 10,000 spectators to the matches between Železničar and Odred in the post-war years, has eventually faded in the following decades. Rather neglected in the industrial Šiška, Ljubljana had some support in local workes, mostly residents from other Yugoslav republics. First organized fan groups of Ljubljana were formed in the early 1990s, when the club was playing a major role in Slovenian league.
Club crest and colours
While the first kits used by Hermes were red and white, the club then adopted typical railway identity, using blue color through most of its history. Traditional Železničar's kits were striped in blue and white, but also other combinations of those colours were used in later years. Although sometimes playing in all-blue, the team was nicknamed as Modro-beli (The Blue and Whites) and the club's logo used stripes as the railway symbol. Former logos also featured various similar images, including railway winged wheel and modified Slovenian Railways sign. During the first division era, the green logo with a dragon was used. However, it was only actually used in blue version on the kits. The fairly distinctive sky blue-white combination, used in those first league years, was later replaced by dark blue.
Crest history
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1950s crest
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1980s crest
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1990s crest
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Regular crest
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Sponsored alternate crest (2002–2003)
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Sponsored alternate crest (2003–2005)
Domestic league and cup results
Season | League | Position | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Cup |
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1991–92 | 1. SNL | 5 | 46 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 59 | 41 | Round of 32 |
1992–93 | 1. SNL | 4 | 40 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 34 | Semi-finals |
1993–94 | 1. SNL | 11 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 44 | First round |
1994–95 | 1. SNL | 10 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 43 | First round |
1995–96 | 2. SNL | 1 | 67 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 62 | 20 | Quarter-finals |
1996–97 | 2. SNL | 16 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | First round |
1997–98 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
1998–99 | 5th level | 1 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 26 | 47 | x |
1999–2000 | 4th level | 8 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 59 | x |
2000–01 | 2. SNL | 7 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 40 | x |
2001–02 | 2. SNL | 2 | 72 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 89 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
2002–03 | 1. SNL | 10 | 30 (−3) | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 66 | Round of 16 |
2003–04 | 1. SNL | 7 | 42 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 53 | Semi-finals |
2004–05 | 1. SNL | 9 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 43 | Round of 16 |
Totals | 1. SNL | 0 Titles | 255 | 229 | 85 | 57 | 87 | 298 | 324 | 0 Cups |
Note: Among "Totals", only statistics from Slovenian top flight are counted.
Honours
- Slovenian Republic Football League
- Slovenian Second League
- Winners: 1995–96
- MNZ Ljubljana Cup
- Winners: 2000–01, 2001–02
Managers
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- UEFA Pro Licenceat the time.
References
- Association of 1. SNL. Archived from the originalon 22 January 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Šišenski boj proti mlinom na veter" [Šiška's struggle against windmills] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Luka Cotič (5 November 2011). "Cime: V ponedeljek se bom odločil" (in Slovenian). Šport TV. Retrieved 2 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ admin (2 October 2009). "Spodnja Šiška Ljubljana" (in Slovenian). fotoultras.si. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Predstavitev stadionov" [Stadium presentations] (in Slovenian). fotoultras.si. Retrieved 5 June 2019.