Nogometni klub Mura ( en, Mura Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Mura or simply Mura, was a Slovenian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; german: Olsnitz;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. hu, Muraszombat) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the ...

. The club was founded on 16 August 1924 as one of the first clubs in the

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur Ri ...

region. The club had its golden years in the 1990s when they won the

Slovenian Football Cup The Slovenian Football Cup ( sl, Pokal Nogometne zveze Slovenije, ) is the top knockout tournament of Slovenian football and the second most important football competition in Slovenia after the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship. The cup was establi ...

. During this period they were also the runners-up of 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. ...

on two occasions. They played their home matches at

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 ...

. NK Mura was dissolved during the 2004–05 season after the club failed to obtain competition licences issued by the

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. The football association had allowed the club to finish the 2004–05 season, which was already in progress, and after finishing eighth in the national championship NK Mura effectively ceased all operations.

History

NK Mura was founded in

on 16 August 1924 in the congress hall of Hotel Dobraj. Their first match came on 31 August 1924 at home against SK Maribor, which was won by the visiting team 6–0. In the first year of the club the team played one more match. This was against SK Merkur from

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, which ended with another loss for Mura (3–1). The best period in the history of the club was after 1991 when Slovenia gained independence. Their best result in the

was finishing as the runners-up in the 1993–94 and 1997–98 seasons. In the 1993–94 season the club also finished as the runners-up in the

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. In May 1995, Mura won the

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with a 2–1 aggregate victory over

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. With this title the club secured an invitation to play in the newly established

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at the start of the next season. The match was played in

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and was won by Olimpija 2–1. Mura had a string of mixed results for the remainder of their final seasons, despite acquiring highly regarded coaches such as

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. The club became financially unstable; in their last season, the club had struggled on the pitch and failed to obtain competition licences issued by the

, which led to its dissolution in 2005. The club finished the last competitive season ( 2004–05) in eight place in a league with twelve teams. A successor club was established in 2005 under the name

ND Mura 05 Nogometno društvo Mura 05, commonly referred to as ND Mura 05 or simply Mura 05, was a Slovenian football club from the town of Murska Sobota. The club was established on 16 June 2005. The club's home ground was Fazanerija City Stadium. During ...

; however, they are legally not considered to be the same club and their records and honours are kept separate by the Football Association of Slovenia. Mura 05 was later disbanded in 2013.

Honours

League *

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: 1969–70 *

:: Runners-up: 1993–94, 1997–98 Cup * Slovenian Republic Cup :: Winners: 1974–75 :: Runners-up: 1972–73 *

:: Winners: 1994–95 :: Runners-up: 1993–94 *

:: Runners-up:

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League history since 1991

European record

All results (home and away) list Mura's goal tally first. ;Notes * PR: Preliminary round * QR: Qualifying round * 1Q: First qualifying round * 2Q: Second qualifying round

References

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