Nogometni klub Rudar Trbovlje ( en, Rudar Trbovlje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Trbovlje or simply Rudar, is a Slovenian
football
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club from
Trbovlje, which plays in the
Ljubljana Regional League, the fourth level of the
Slovenian football system. The club have a long-standing local rivalry with
NK Zagorje, which is known as the
Zasavje
The Central Sava Valley ( sl, Zasavje) is a valley in the Sava Hills and a geographic region along the Sava in central Slovenia, now constituting the Central Sava Statistical Region. The region consists of three municipalities: Zagorje ob Savi, Tr ...
Derby.
History
History of football in
Trbovlje dates back to 1922, when ŠK Zora was established. In the same year, the club aroused a lot of interest in this sport among youth working class. In 1924, the club was banned after a political clash with
Orjuna. Some former members then founded DSK Svoboda, which renamed as SK Amater in 1927.
On the 50th anniversary of the club, they won the
Slovenian Republic League for the first time.
A successful period lasted until 1980, as Rudar won the Republic titles two more times between 1974 and 1979.
With the collapse of Yugoslavia and the independence of Slovenia, all Slovenian teams returned from the federal leagues. Some of the key players left the club and Rudar was relegated from the newly established
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 Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten club ...
in the inaugural
1991–92 season. They never returned to the first division.
Honours
*
Slovenian Republic League ''(third tier in Yugoslavia)''
**Winners:
1971–72,
1973–74,
1978–79
*
Ljubljana Regional League ''(fourth tier in Slovenia)''
**Winners: 2011–12
*MNZ Ljubljana Cup
**Winners: 1993
References
External links
Official website
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Association football clubs established in 1922
Football clubs in Slovenia
1922 establishments in Slovenia
Trbovlje