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Žan Karničnik
Žan Karničnik (born 18 September 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje and the Slovenia national team. Club career Karničnik played for the youth teams of Slovenian club Dravograd before moving to the Styrian League side Radlje ob Dravi in 2013 to start his senior career. Before the start of the 2015–16 season, he signed with PrvaLiga club Maribor, where he was part of their reserve side, Maribor B, playing in the Slovenian third division. After being a regular starter for Maribor B for two seasons, he made his first and only appearance for Maribor's first team in May 2017, starting in a 3–1 loss against Aluminij. On 26 July 2017, Karničnik joined Slovenian Second League club Mura. At the end of his first season at Mura, the club won the league and was thus promoted to the PrvaLiga. In the 2020–21 season, Karničnik made 34 appearances as he won the PrvaLiga title with Mura, the first domestic lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia National Football Team
The Slovenia national football team () represents Slovenia in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The national squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA. It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Slovenia played its first official match in 1992, one year after the country gained Breakup of Yugoslavia, independence from Yugoslavia. The majority of Slovenia's home matches are played at Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana. Slovenia have qualified for a major tournament four times, twice for the FIFA World Cup and twice for the UEFA European Championship. They failed to progress from the group stage of these tournaments in their first three appearances, before finally doing so at UEFA Euro 2024, when Slovenia quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga
The 2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 30th edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 22 August 2020 and ended on 22 May 2021. NK Celje, Celje were the defending champions, having won their first title in the 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga, previous season. NŠ Mura, Mura won their first title after defeating NK Maribor, Maribor in the final round. As champions, they qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League. Competition format Each team played 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams played four matches against each other (2 home and 2 away). Teams NK Rudar Velenje, Rudar Velenje and NK Triglav Kranj, Triglav Kranj were relegated at the end of the 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga, previous season. FC Koper, Koper and ND Gorica, Gorica joined the other eight teams in the league this season after gaining promotion from the Slovenian Second League. Stadiums and locations Seating capacity only; some stadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenian Football Cup
The Slovenian Football Cup (, ) 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 established in 1991 following the breakup of Yugoslavia. Since 2020, it has been known as Pokal Pivovarna Union after its headline sponsor, the Union Brewery. As of 2025, a total of 18 clubs have reached the cup final, with 12 of them winning the title; the most successful side in the history of the competition is Maribor, who have triumphed 9 times in their 15 cup final appearances. They are followed by Olimpija (1945), Koper, and Olimpija (2005), who won four titles each. Primorje hold the record for most appearances in the final without winning the title, finishing as runners-up in three consecutive finals between 1996 and 1998. Aluminij, Nafta 1903 and Gorica are the only sides from outside the top flight which managed to reach the cup final, having finished as runners-u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia National Football Team
The Serbia men's national football team ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалска репрезентација Србије, translit=Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in men's international Association football, football competition. It is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. After the Breakup of Yugoslavia, breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and its Yugoslavia national football team, football team in 1992 Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Serbia was represented (alongside Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006), Montenegro) within the new FR Yugoslavia national football team. Despite UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying, qualifying for UEFA Euro 1992, Euro 1992 the team was United Nations Security Council Resolution 757, banned from participating in the tournament due to Sanctions against Yugoslavia, international sanctions, with the ruling also enforced for 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994 World Cup and UEFA Euro 1996, Euro 1996 qualifiers. The n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delo (newspaper)
''Delo'' () is a national daily newspaper in Slovenia. It covers politics, economics, sports, culture and social events in Slovene. In addition to Slovenia, the paper is available in several Croatian cities and in Belgrade, Serbia. It is based in Ljubljana. History ''Delo'' was first published on 1 May 1959 when the newspapers '' Ljudska pravica'' ("The People's Right"), which was published since 1934, and '' Slovenski poročevalec'' ("The Slovene Reporter"), established in 1938, both the newspapers of the Communist Party of Slovenia, merged. Among the chief editors were Dušan Benko, Darijan Košir, Peter Jančič, and Uroš Urbas. Profile ''Delo'' is published in broadsheet format by media house Delo which also owns newspaper '' Slovenske novice''. It offers content in print and also on web, mobile and tablet platforms. It publishes a mixture of different media, such as the tabloid ''Slovenske novice'', bimonthly cultural newspaper '' Pogledi'' and various supplements. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matjaž Kek
Matjaž Kek (born 9 September 1961) is a Slovenian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of the Slovenia national football team, Slovenia national team. In his managerial career, he has won the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian league twice with NK Maribor, Maribor. As coach of the Slovenia national team, he led the team to two major tournaments, qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024. Playing career Kek started his career at his home club NK Maribor, before moving to another Maribor-based team, NK Železničar Maribor, Železničar Maribor. In 1980, he returned to Maribor. In 1985 he joined the Austrian club SV Spittal/Drau, Spittal/Drau, where he stayed for three seasons. Kek then transferred to another Austrian club, Grazer AK, GAK of the Austrian Bundesliga where he played for seven years. After that, he returned to Maribor, where between 1995 and 1999 he won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Euro 2024
The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship organised by UEFA for the List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), European men's national teams of their member associations. Germany hosted the tournament, which took place from 14 June to 14 July 2024. The tournament involved 24 teams, with Georgia national football team, Georgia making their European Championship debut. It was the third time that European Championship matches were played on German territory, and the second time in German reunification, reunified Germany, as West Germany hosted the UEFA Euro 1988, 1988 tournament, and four matches of the multi-national UEFA Euro 2020, Euro 2020 were played in Munich. It was the first time the competition was held in what was formerly East Germany, with L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta National Football Team
The Malta national football team () represents Malta in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Malta Football Association, the governing body for football in Malta. The first official game played by Malta was a 3–2 defeat in a exhibition game, friendly against Austria national football team, Austria in 1957. Their competitive debut arrived five years later, playing against Denmark national football team, Denmark in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying, preliminary round of the 1964 European Nations' Cup. Malta have competed in every qualifier for the UEFA European Championship, European Championship since 1964 (except 1968) and FIFA World Cup since 1974, but have never made it to the finals of any major international competition. History Malta played its first international game on 24 February 1957 at the Empire Stadium (Gżira), Empire Stadium, losing 2–3 to Austria national football team, Austria. That match was played in fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group H
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar. Group H consisted of six teams: Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, Croatia, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Russia, advanced to the second round (play-offs), but they were later suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Standings Matches The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. Times are CET CET or cet may refer to: Places * Cet, Albania * Cet, standard astronomical abbreviation for the constellation Cetus * Colchester Town railway station (National Rail code CET), in Colchester, England Arts, entertainment, and media * Comcast En .../ CEST, as listed by UEF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Slovenian PrvaLiga
The 2023–24 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 33rd edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 22 July 2023 and ended on 19 May 2024. Olimpija Ljubljana were the defending champions after winning their third title in the previous season. Celje won their second PrvaLiga title with three rounds to go after defeating Olimpija 1–0 on 28 April 2024. As champions, they qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League. Maribor, which finished as runners-up, qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League instead of Slovenian Cup winners Rogaška, which failed to obrain competition licence and were thus relegated. The third-placed and the fourth-placed teams, Olimpija and Bravo, entered the second and first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, respectively. Aluminij were relegated to the Slovenian Second League as the bottom-placed team, together with eight-placed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Association Of Slovenia
The Football Association of Slovenia ( or NZS) is the governing body of football in Slovenia. It organizes the Slovenian PrvaLiga, first division (1. SNL), Slovenian Second League, second division (2. SNL), Slovenian Third League, third division (East and West), Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenian Cup, Slovenian Women's League, and other competitions. It is also responsible for the Slovenia national football team and the Slovenia women's national football team. It was founded as Ljubljana Football Subassociation on 24 April 1920. History The Football Association of Slovenia has its origins in the Ljubljana Football Association founded on 24 April 1920 as a subnational football association under the Football Association of Yugoslavia in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The association assumed its current name in 1948, where the Football Association of Yugoslavia granted them jurisdiction over local referees and coaches. Following the independence of Slovenia from the Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTV Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija () – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija, RTV SLO (or simply RTV within Slovenia) – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe, and the world. RTV Slovenija's national radio services operate under the name , while the television division carries the name or . The names are sometimes Anglicized as ''Radio Slovenia'' and ''TV Slovenia'', respectively. There are three national and four regional radio services, which can all be heard online as well. RTV Slovenija also finances the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and the RTV Slovenia Big Band. The legal foundation for the institution is the Radiotelevizija Slovenija Act (). It is the only public nonprofit broadcasting organization in Slovenia to operate both radio and television stations. The law also requires it to air radio and television services for the country's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
