Nogometni klub Tabor Sežana, commonly referred to as Tabor Sežana or simply Tabor, is a Slovenian
football
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club from
Sežana which plays in the
Slovenian Second League, 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 was inactive for the next 18 years, until it was revived in 1945 after
World War II
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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
Free Territory of Trieste 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
Socialist Republic of Slovenia, 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
Slovenian Republic League 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
Slovenian Second League (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 were promoted to the
Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top flight of Slovenian football, after finishing their 2. SNL season in second place, only behind
Koper
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They were immediately relegated after finishing last in the
2000–01 Slovenian PrvaLiga 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.
Honours
;Yugoslavia
*Slovenian Zonal League – West ''(fourth tier)''
**Winners: 1981–82
;Slovenia
*
Slovenian Third League
**Winners:
1997–98,
2016–17
*
Littoral League ''(fourth tier)''
**Winners: 2007–08
References
External links
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Association football clubs established in 1923
Football clubs in Slovenia
1923 establishments in Slovenia