Nogometna šola Mura ( en, Mura Football School), commonly referred to as NŠ Mura or simply Mura, is a Slovenian

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team, playing in the town of

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. Founded in 2012, the team currently plays in the

Slovenian PrvaLiga 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 Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football league system. ...

, the top tier of Slovenian football. The club's home ground is

Fazanerija City Stadium Fazanerija City Stadium ( sl, Mestni stadion Fazanerija) is a multi-use stadium in Murska Sobota, Slovenia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NŠ Mura. The stadium was built in 1936 and has a capacity of 4 ...

with a capacity of 4,506 seats. The club started competing in the fourth tier of Slovenian football in 2013, and was promoted to the top flight by 2018. In 2020, Mura won its first major trophy after winning the Slovenian national cup. A year later, they became the champions of the Slovenian top division. Nicknamed the "Black and Whites" (

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: ''Čarno-bejli''), they play their home games in black-and-white striped kits.

History

After the 2012–13 season, the old

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experienced financial difficulties and was dissolved. The newly established club used its youth club to register a team for the 2013–14 season under the name ''NŠ Mura''. Their first season of play was in 1. MNL Murska Sobota (fourth tier), where they finished second and earned promotion to the

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. In 2016–17 and 2017–18, Mura earned consecutive promotions to reach the top flight of Slovenian football for the first time. In 2018–19, the club finished fourth in the PrvaLiga and qualified for the

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, their first European competition. The club won its first major honour in 2020, defeating

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side Nafta 1903 in the final of the

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on 24 June. NŠ Mura Tottenham Hotspur 8

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, Mura won its first Slovenian national league title after beating

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3–1 in the final round of the season and finished with the same number of points as Maribor, but with a better head-to-head record. On 26 August 2021, Mura made history by qualifying for their first ever group stage of European club competition. They played against

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in the play-off round of the

, and lost 5–1 on aggregate. As a result, they dropped into

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, becoming only the second ever Slovenian side, after Maribor, to play in a group stage of European competition. Subsequently, Mura was drawn into a group with Vitesse,

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and

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. After losing the first four games in the group, Mura caused an upset by beating Tottenham 2–1 at home with a last-minute goal from Amadej Maroša. The result was labelled by the English press as one of the most humiliating defeats in Tottenham's entire history, given that they had played in the

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final as recently as 2019. Mura finished the competition in fourth place, with five defeats in six games.

Stadium

Mura play their home matches at Fazanerija City Stadium in

. The stadium was originally built in 1936 and has been expanded and renovated several times since then. It currently has a capacity of 4,506 covered seats. With the standing area included, the total capacity of the stadium is around 4,700.

Players

Current squad

Honours

League

**Winners:

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**Winners: 2017–18 *

**Runners-up: 2015–16, 2016–17 * 1. MNL (fourth tier) **Runners-up: 2013–14

Cup

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**Winners: 2019–20 *MNZ Murska Sobota Cup **Winners: 2016–17, 2017–18

League history

Timeline

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European record

;Summary ;Matches All results (home and away) list Mura's goal tally first. ;Notes

References

External links

Official website
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