Nogometni klub Izola ( en, Izola Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Izola or simply Izola, was a Slovenian football club from

Izola Izola (; it, Isola ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic coast of the Istrian peninsula. It is the seat of the Municipality of Izola. Its name originates from Italian ''Isola'', which means 'island'. History An ancient Roman ...

. They played in the Slovenian top division for five consecutive seasons during the early 1990s. The club was dissolved after the 1995–96 Slovenian PrvaLiga season.

History

The club was founded in 1923 as ''Club Calcistico Giovanile Isola d'Istria'', when the city of Isola was part of Italy. It was known as ''Ampelea Isola d'Istria'' between 1930 and 1946, and played in

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

between 1937 and 1946. Italian internationals

Giuseppe Grezar Giuseppe Grezar (; 25 November 1918 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian football player, who played as a midfielder for Torino F.C. and died in the Superga air disaster together with the whole Grande Torino team. Career Grezar was born in Trieste. ...

, Alberto Eliani and Aredio Gimona played with Ampelea in the 1943–44 season. Due to the occupation of Istria and the Trieste territory by the Yugoslav Army, it was forced to change its name to the more proletarian sounding ''Unione Sportiva Isola'', and finally to ''NK Izola'' in 1951. The club was dissolved after the 1995–96 Slovenian PrvaLiga season due to financial problems. A successor club was established in 1996 under the name

MNK Izola Mladinski nogometni klub Izola ( en, Youth Izola Football Club), commonly referred to as MNK Izola or simply Izola, is a Slovenian football club from Izola which competes in the Slovenian Third League. Izola was established in 1996 after the d ...

Honours

Slovenian Republic League The Slovenian Republic Football League ( sl, Slovenska republiška nogometna liga) was the highest football league in Slovenia within the Yugoslav football system. During the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia it was known as the Ljubljana Suba ...

:: Winners: 1989–90

European football

Izola played in the

1992–93 UEFA Cup The 1992–93 UEFA Cup was won by Juventus, who beat Borussia Dortmund 6–1 on aggregate in the final, a record score for a UEFA Cup final. It was the third victory in the competition for the Italian team (first club to reach this record). Thr ...

, losing to Benfica.

References

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