2015–16 NK Rudar Velenje season

Rudar Velenje

2015–16 season
President	Mitja Kamenik
Head Coach	Ramiz Smajlović
Stadium	Ob Jezeru City Stadium
Slovenian League	7th
Slovenian Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Mate Eterović (7) All: Mate Eterović (7)
Highest home attendance	3,000 (vs Olimpija)
Lowest home attendance	350 (vs Krka)
Average home league attendance	1,028
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 24 May 2016.

The 2015–16 season is Rudar's 21st season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian top division, since the league was created.

Players

As of 1 March 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Matic Čretnik 4 DF David Kašnik 6 MF Anže Pišek 7 MF Amer Krcič 8 MF Damjan Trifkovič 9 FW Luka Prašnikar 10 MF Leon Črnčič 11 FW Mitja Lotrič 12 MF Stjepan Babić 13 GK Matej Radan 14 FW Milan Kocić 17 DF Erman Bevab 19 MF Klemen Bolha

No. Position Player 20 MF Denis Grbić 21 MF Nikola Tolimir 23 MF Jaka Ihbeisheh 25 MF Marin Bratić 26 DF Elvedin Džinić 28 MF Safet Gavranović 29 DF Ivan Knezović (captain) 31 DF Senad Jahić 32 FW Mate Eterović 33 MF Mario Babić 37 DF Gašper Kurež 45 FW Damir Grgić

Source:NK Rudar Velenje

Competitions

PrvaLiga

Further information: 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Celje	36	11	12	13	32	46	−14	45
6	Krško	36	10	11	15	24	48	−24	41[lower-alpha 1]
7	Rudar Velenje	36	11	8	17	34	52	−18	41[lower-alpha 1]
8	Koper	36	11	7	18	40	54	−14	40[lower-alpha 2]
9	Zavrč (R)	36	9	13	14	32	41	−9	40[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[1]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 1 2 Krško ahead of Rudar Velenje on head-to-head record: Rudar–Krško 1–1, Krško–Rudar 0–0, Rudar–Krško 0–1, Krško–Rudar 1–1.
2. 1 2 Koper ahead of Zavrč on head-to-head record: Zavrč–Koper 1–0, Koper–Zavrč 3–1, Zavrč–Koper 1–3, Koper–Zavrč 1–0.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	11	8	17	34	52	−18	41	6	4	8	15	18	−3	5	4	9	19	34	−15

Last updated: 24 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	8	5	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rudar v Krka

18 July 2015 1	Rudar	0 – 1	Krka	Velenje
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eterović  26' Jahić  34' Kašnik  89' Knezović  90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Perić  43',  70' Welbeck  70' Kastrevec  80'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Dejan Balažič

Gorica v Rudar

24 July 2015 2	Gorica	2 – 1	Rudar	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jogan  22' Martinović  42' Džuzdanović  69' Širok  75'	Report (in Slovene)	Knezović  65' Prašnikar  71' S.Babić  75'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Roberto Ponis

Rudar v Zavrč

1 August 2015 3	Rudar	1 – 3	Zavrč	Velenje
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahić  21' Prašnikar  44'	Report (in Slovene)	Polić  3',  41' Glavica  23', 86' Antić  59' Rogač  62'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

Domžale v Rudar

8 August 2015 4	Domžale	0 – 2	Rudar	Domžale
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Horić  60', 75'	Report (in Slovene)	Bolha  6' Prašnikar  25' Jahić  26' Ihbeisheh  70' Kašnik  73' Krcič  83'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 450 Referee: Damir Skomina

Rudar v Krško

12 August 2015 5	Rudar	1 – 1	Krško	Velenje
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Prašnikar  12' Knezović  39', 45' S.Babić  45', 45' Radan  45' M.Babić  59' Ihbeisheh  71'	Report (in Slovene)	Đukić  33' Jurečič 36' Petric  90+2'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alen Borošak

Koper v Rudar

15 August 2015 6	Koper	1 – 1	Rudar	Koper
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palčič  47' Šimurina  55' Guberac  63' Štromajer  90'	Report (in Slovene)	Kašnik  20' Bolha  42' Tolimir  52' Kašnik  70' Žitko  90+7'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Rudar v Maribor

22 August 2015 7	Rudar	0 – 0	Maribor	Velenje
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trifković  48' M.Babić  85' S.Babić  90'	Report (in Slovene)	Arghus  13' Vršič  90+1'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Matej Jug

Olimpija v Rudar

30 August 2015 8	Olimpija	5 – 0	Rudar	Ljubljana
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kelhar  32' Šporar  52', 78', 89' Kronaveter  55' Djermanović  86'	Report (in Slovene)	Ihbeisheh  23' S.Babić  26' Kašnik  36' Kocić  66' Jahić  68' Knezović  73'	Stadium: Stadium Stožice Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

Rudar v Celje

12 September 2015 9	Rudar	4 – 0	Celje	Velenje
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Knezović  43',  68' Bolha  61' S.Babić  67' (pen.) Krcič  75' Kocić  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Firer  29' Miškić  35' Soria Alonso  66'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Krka v Rudar

19 September 2015 10	Krka	0 – 0	Rudar	Novo Mesto
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gliha  54' Kastrevec  59' Vučkić  74' Welbeck  85'	Report (in Slovene)	Trifković  66' M.Babić  85'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 300 Referee: Matej Jug

Rudar v Gorica

23 September 2015 11	Rudar	1 – 0	Gorica	Velenje
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kašnik  13' M.Babić  24' Kocić  58'	Report (in Slovene)	Johnson  41'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Zavrč v Rudar

26 September 2015 12	Zavrč	3 – 2	Rudar	Zavrč
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batrović  63' Cvek  68' Pihler  79', 90' Petrović  90'	Report (in Slovene)	Knezović  43',  57' Prašnikar  78' Kašnik  78' Trifkovič  84',  33', 89' Kocić  90+2' S.Babić  90+2' M.Babić  90+4'	Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park Attendance: 650 Referee: Roberto Ponis

Rudar v Domžale

3 October 2015 13	Rudar	0 – 0	Domžale	Velenje
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Žitko  89' Črnčič  90+2'	Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Damir Skomina

Krško v Rudar

17 October 2015 14	Krško	0 – 0	Rudar	Krško
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Perkovič  55'	Report (in Slovene)	Grgić  38' Kašnik  51' Bolha  70'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Rudar v Koper

24 October 2015 15	Rudar	1 – 0	Koper	Velenje
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kocić  44' Žitko  81' Džinić  87' Radan  90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Šme  39' Tomić  65' Guberac  78' Lotrič  81' Ivančić  85'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Dejan Balažič

Maribor v Rudar

31 October 2015 16	Maribor	7 – 1	Rudar	Maribor
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibraimi  3' Bajde  30' Tavares  37', 38' Filipović  45' Sallalich  50' Viler  62' Mendy  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Trifkovič  2' S.Babić  22' Grgić  43' Žitko  63'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

Rudar v Olimpija

7 November 2015 17	Rudar	1 – 3	Olimpija	Velenje
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kašnik  18' Eterović  20' Džinić  42' Črnčič  90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Šporar  12', 41' Brljak  26' Ontivero  46' Mimoun  80'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

Celje v Rudar

22 November 2015 18	Celje	1 – 0	Rudar	Celje
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vidmajer  26' Klemenčič  33' Firer  51' Kous  60' Spremo 70' Pajač  83'	Report (in Slovene)	Tolimir  59' Kašnik S.Babić  83'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 450 Referee: Matej Jug

Rudar v Krka

28 November 2015 19	Rudar	1 – 1	Krka	Velenje
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eterović  15' (pen.) Črnčič  30' Žitko  45'	Report (in Slovene)	Collins  14' Vučkić  25' Welbeck  31' (pen.) Marotti  52' Potokar  56' Mojstrovič  59' Mitrović  88'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Alen Borošak

Gorica v Rudar

2 December 2015 20	Gorica	1 – 0	Rudar	Nova Gorica
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mevlja  32' Johnson  67' Eleke  86' Celcer  88'	Report (in Slovene)	M.Babić  11' S.Babić  62'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

Rudar v Zavrč

5 December 2015 21	Rudar	1 – 0	Zavrč	Velenje
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kašnik  23',  25' Kocić  31' Eterović  78'	Report (in Slovene)	Tahiraj  35' Pihler  75' Rogač  84' Petrović  88'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Darjan Kovačič

Domžale v Rudar

12 December 2015 22	Domžale	4 – 0	Rudar	Domžale
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Čenic  36' Skubic  45' (pen.) Mance  57' Zec  59'	Report (in Slovene)	Črnčič  11' Radan  45'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Davor Drečnik

Rudar v Krško

27 February 2016 23	Rudar	0 – 1	Krško	Velenje
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tolimir  56' Eterović  71'	Report (in Slovene)	Štefanac  26', 57' Volarič  63' Žinko 89'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Dejan Balažič

Koper v Rudar

5 March 2016 24	Koper	0 – 1	Rudar	Koper
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Štulac  87'	Report (in Slovene)	Bolha  23' Kašnik  68'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Miran Bukovec

Rudar v Maribor

12 March 2016 25	Rudar	0 – 3	Maribor	Velenje
16:55 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ihbeisheh  15', 29' S.Babić  58' Črnčič  79' Džinić  86'	Report (in Slovene)	Dervišević  33' Bajde  56', 72'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Olimpija v Rudar

20 March 2016 26	Olimpija	5 – 0	Rudar	Ljubljana
14:55 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kronaveter  24', 62' (pen.) Wobay 49' Čale  53' Mitrović  87' Knezović  88' (o.g.) Alves  90'	Report (in Slovene)	Bolha  8', 61' Radan  62' S.Babić  70'	Stadium: Stadium Stožice Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Roberto Ponis

Rudar v Celje

2 April 2016 27	Rudar	2 – 0	Celje	Velenje
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eterović  28' (pen.), 81' (pen.) Tolimir  41' Džinić  69'	Report (in Slovene)	Krajcer  27' Miškić  29' Klemenčič  54' Vrhovec  80' Čirjak  82'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

Krka v Rudar

6 April 2016 28	Krka	1 – 5	Rudar	Novo Mesto
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Welbeck  36' Fuček  74'	Report (in Slovene)	Črnčič  8' Eterović  30' Pišek  33' Džinić  44' S.Babić  45' Kašnik  74' Grbić  89'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 100 Referee: Matej Jug

Rudar v Gorica

9 April 2016 29	Rudar	1 – 0	Gorica	Velenje
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahić  41',  50' Črnčič  90+2'	Report (in Slovene)	Burgič  44' Mevlja  89'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Zavrč v Rudar

17 April 2016 30	Zavrč	0 – 2	Rudar	Zavrč
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shtanenko  18', 90'	Report (in Slovene)	Eterović  52',  52' Jahić  55' Krcić  73' Črnčič  76'	Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Alen Borošak

Rudar v Domžale

23 April 2016 31	Rudar	1 – 2	Domžale	Velenje
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S.Babić  75' Lotrič  80'	Report (in Slovene)	Repas  41' Husmani  58' Mance  88'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Damir Skomina

Krško v Rudar

27 April 2016 32	Krško	1 – 1	Rudar	Krško
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vuklišević  15',  90+6' Gregov  31' Pušaver  62'	Report (in Slovene)	Eterović  11',  32' Trifkovič  13' S.Babić  35'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

Rudar v Koper

7 May 2016 33	Rudar	0 – 2	Koper	Velenje
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahić  60'	Report (in Slovene)	Valencia  10' Štulac  36' Radujko  82' Jefthon  90+3'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Dejan Balažič

Maribor v Rudar Velenje

11 May 2016 34	Maribor	2 – 3	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sallalich  44' Mendy  78' Tavares  80' Defendi  90+2'	Report (in Slovene)	Bolha  11' Knezović  65' Črnčič  83' Tolimir  89',  90+4'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Roberto Ponis

Rudar v Olimpija

14 May 2016 35	Rudar	0 – 1	Olimpija	Velenje
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eterović  18' Kašnik  78', 90+3' Črnčič  83' Knezović  83', 90+5' Čretnik  88' Lotrič  90+4'	Report (in Slovene)	Fink  24' Matić  67' Kronaveter  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

Celje v Rudar

21 May 2016 36	Celje	1 – 0	Rudar	Celje
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pišek  73' Bašić  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Grgić  84'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 650 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Cup

Further information: 2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

First round

Pesnica v Rudar Velenje

19 August 2015 First round	Pesnica	0 – 7	Rudar Velenje	Pesnica
16:00 CEST	Ujič  13'	Report (in Slovene)	Jahić  14' Kašnik  17' Kocić  50',  54' (pen.),  56',  71' Krcić  70',  77'	Stadium: Pesnica Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Dejan Vivod

Round of 16

Rudar Velenje v Krka

16 September 2015 Round of 16	Rudar Velenje	3 – 2	Krka	Velenje
18:00 CEST	Knezović  37' Babić  42' Ihbeisheh  56' Grgić  71' Tolimir  83' Kocić  90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Novinić  4' (pen.) Dangubić  15' Ejup  57' Aniekan  73' Kastrevec  75'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Miran Bukovec

Quarter-finals

Rudar Velenje v Maribor

21 October 2015 First leg	Rudar Velenje	1 – 0	Maribor	Velenje
18:00 CEST	Tolimir  39' Jahić  80' Črnčič  90+2' Eterović  90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Kabha  23' Mertelj  32' Janža  37' Sallalich  76' Gigli  87'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Roman Glažar

Maribor v Rudar Velenje

28 October 2015 Second leg	Maribor	3 – 0 (3–1 agg.)	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
18:00 CET	Filipović  40' Kabha  60' Vršič  61',  76' Tavares  86'	Report (in Slovene)	Grgić  45' Jahić  59'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of matches played 21 May 2016.

No.	Pos.	Player	Total				PrvaLiga				Cup
1	GK	Matic Čretnik	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	David Kašnik	32	3	12	2	28	2	12	2	4	1	0	0
6	MF	Anže Pišek	17	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	Amer Krcič	24	5	0	0	21	3	0	0	3	2	0	0
8	MF	Damjan Trifkovič	36	2	4	1	33	2	4	1	3	0	0	0
9	FW	Luka Prašnikar	32	4	2	0	29	4	2	0	3	0	0	0
10	MF	Leon Črnčič	24	2	10	0	22	2	9	0	2	0	1	0
11	FW	Mitja Lotrič	7	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Stjepan Babić	31	2	12	1	28	2	12	1	3	0	0	0
13	GK	Matej Radan	38	0	4	0	34	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
14	FW	Milan Kocić	27	5	6	0	25	1	5	0	2	4	1	0
17	DF	Erman Bevab	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK	Klemen Bolha	34	1	6	1	31	1	6	1	3	0	0	0
20	MF	Denis Grbić	15	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF	Nikola Tolimir	33	1	7	0	30	1	5	0	3	0	2	0
23	MF	Jaka Ihbeisheh	27	1	4	1	26	0	4	1	1	1	0	0
25	MF	Marin Bratić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Elvedin Džinić	25	2	2	1	23	2	2	1	2	0	0	0
28	MF	Safet Gavranović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Ivan Knezović	24	4	7	2	22	3	7	2	2	1	0	0
31	DF	Senad Jahić	25	2	9	0	22	1	7	0	3	1	2	0
32	FW	Mate Eterović	25	7	7	0	23	7	6	0	2	0	1	0
33	MF	Mario Babić	38	2	5	0	34	1	5	0	4	1	0	0
37	DF	Gašper Kurež	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
45	FW	Damir Grgić	18	0	6	0	15	0	4	0	3	0	2	0
Players who left the club in Summer/Winter transfer window or on loan
–	DF	Matic Žitko	16	0	5	0	12	0	5	0	4	0	0	0
–	DF	Rusmin Dedić	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Tilen Lešnik	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	MF	Nejc Plesec	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Own goals			–	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	–
TOTALS			–	45	110	9	–	34	101	9	–	11	9	0

Goalscorers

As of matches played 21 May 2016.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	PrvaLiga	Cup	Total
1	32	FW	Mate Eterović	7	0	7
2	7	MF	Amer Krcič	3	2	5
	14	FW	Milan Kocić	1	4	5
4	9	FW	Luka Prašnikar	4	0	4
	29	DF	Ivan Knezović	3	1	4
6	4	DF	David Kašnik	2	1	3
7	8	MF	Damjan Trifkovič	2	0	2
	10	MF	Leon Črnčič	2	0	2
	12	MF	Stjepan Babić	2	0	2
	26	DF	Elvedin Džinić	2	0	2
	31	MF	Senad Jahić	1	1	2
	33	MF	Mario Babić	1	1	2
13	4	MF	Anže Pišek	1	0	1
	19	MF	Klemen Bolha	1	0	1
	21	MF	Nikola Tolimir	1	0	1
	20	MF	Denis Grbić	1	0	1
	23	MF	Jaka Ihbeisheh	0	1	1
Own goals				0	0	0
TOTALS				34	11	45

See also

• 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga
• 2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup

References

External links

• Official website (in Slovene)
• PrvaLiga profile (in Slovene)
• Twitter profile
• Facebook profile