FC Ljubljana was a Slovenian

football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

, based in the capital city of

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

. It was founded in June 2005. The club regarded themselves as the spiritual continuation of

NK Ljubljana Nogometni klub Ljubljana ( en, Ljubljana Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Ljubljana or simply Ljubljana, was a Slovenian football club based in the capital city of Ljubljana. The club was established in 1909 and dissolved in 2005. His ...

, a club that went bankrupt and was abolished in 2005. FC Ljubljana folded and was dissolved in 2011.

History

The club emerged after the dissolution of

, a club which played in the

Slovenian First League The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten club ...

, but went bankrupt in 2005. However, in spite of inheriting old Ljubljana's supporters and colours, FC Ljubljana was legally not considered as the successor of NK Ljubljana. The club was established in June 2005, and started to compete in the fifth league. In 2006 they have finished second after Olimpija, scoring 15 wins and 66 goals in 17 matches. Next season they finished second again, but were promoted, due to forced relegation of Svoboda. They missed another promotion by one point in 2009, but then managed to win the fourth league and qualify for 3. SNL in the next year. After a season in third tier, Ljubljana was expelled from the league due to financial difficulties and was dissolved in 2011.

Honours

* Ljubljana Regional League ''(fourth tier)'' **Winners: 2009–10

Stadium

Ljubljana played its home matches at ŽŠD Ljubljana Stadium, located in the lower part of Šiška district. It was built in 1930 and underwent a major renovation in 1990. The stadium has a capacity of 2,308 seats.

Domestic league and cup results

References

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