Nogometni klub Tabor Sežana, commonly referred to as Tabor Sežana or simply Tabor, is a Slovenian

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club from

Sežana Sežana (; it, Sesana) is a town in the Slovenian Littoral region of Slovenia, near the border with Italy. It is the seat of the Municipality of Sežana. Sežana is located on the Karst Plateau, from Trieste, Italy, and from Ljubljana, the cap ...

which plays in the

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, the second tier of Slovenian football. The club was established in 1923.

History

In 1923, ''Mladinsko društvo Tabor-Sežana'' was founded, led and organized by the publicist and politician Ivan Regent. Four years later, in 1927, the Italian fascist authorities banned the club. Therefore, the club did not operate for the next 18 years, and was revived in 1945 after the

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. Initially, Sežana competed in the Trieste League (Zone A), but moved to the Littoral League in the Yugoslav football pyramid after the

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was established in 1947. During the 1950s, the club was named Železničar and competed in the Ljubljana-Littoral League. Between 1965 and 1971 they competed in the Slovenian Zonal League – West, which was the fourth level in Yugoslavia and the second level in the

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, before being relegated back to the Littoral League. In 1975–76, the team reached the final of the Slovenian Republic Cup, where they lost against Mercator Ljubljana over two legs. In the 1981–82 season, the club, competing under the sponsorship name Tabor Jadran, won the Slovenian Zonal League – West and qualified for the

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for the first time. However, they were relegated in their first season after finishing 13th out of 14 teams. After Slovenia's independence in 1991, Tabor competed in the newly established

(2. SNL), the second tier of Slovenian football. In 1992–93, they were relegated from the second division. After winning the 3. SNL – West in 1997–98, they returned to the second level. In 1999–2000, Tabor was promoted to the

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, the top flight of Slovenian football, after finishing their 2. SNL season in second place, only behind

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. They were immediately relegated after finishing dead last in the

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season. During the 2003–04 Second League season, the club withdrew from the league and went bankrupt. They started at the bottom of the football pyramid under the name ''Mladinsko nogometno društvo Tabor''. Until 2012, they competed in the fourth tier Littoral League (with the exception of 2008–09, when they played in the third tier and again withdrew during the season). By 2017, Tabor was promoted back to the second division. In June 2019, they defeated Gorica in the promotion/relegation play-offs over two legs, and returned to the top flight for the first time since 2001.

Current squad

Honours

;Yugoslavia *Slovenian Zonal League – West ''(fourth tier)'' :: Winners: 1981–82 ;Slovenia *

Slovenian Third League The Slovenian Third Football League ( sl, Tretja slovenska nogometna liga or commonly 3. SNL) is the third tier of the Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football system. Since 2019 the league consists of two regional groups (East and West). They ar ...

:: Winners: 1997–98, 2016–17 * Littoral League ''(fourth tier)'' :: Winners: 2007–08

References

External links

Official website
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