2016–17 ND Gorica season

Gorica
2016–17 season
President	Hari Arčon
Head Coach	Miran Srebrnič
Stadium	Nova Gorica Sports Park
Slovenian League	4th
Slovenian Cup	Quarter-finals
Europa League	1st qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Miran Burgić (7); All: ; Miran Burgić (7)
Highest home attendance	1,000 (vs Maribor & Olimpija)
Lowest home attendance	250 (vs Radomlje)
Average home league attendance	580
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 13 December 2016.

The 2016–17 season is Gorica's 26th season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian top division, since the league was created in 1991 with Gorica as one of the league's founding members. Gorica compete in Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian Football Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Players

As of 13 December 2016

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Gregor Sorčan
		GK	Jure Lipičar
		GK	Januš Štrukelj
		DF	Uroš Celcer
		DF	Matija Škarabot
		DF	Miha Gregorič
		DF	Tine Kavčič
		DF	Alen Jogan (captain)
		DF	Jani Curk
		DF	Matija Boben
		DF	Matic Slavec
		MF	Andrej Kotnik
		MF	Rifet Kapić

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Jaka Kolenc
		MF	Rok Grudina
		MF	Dejan Žigon
		MF	Jan Humar
		MF	Amel Džuzdanović
		FW	Sachem Wilson
		FW	Miran Burgič
		FW	Sandi Arčon
		FW	Bede Amarachi Osuji
		FW	Leon Marinič
		FW	Gianluca Franciosi
		FW	Tilen Nagode

Source:ND Gorica

Transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

Summer

22 June 2016 1	Gorica	0–0	Istra	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 100 Referee: Osman Hajdič

25 June 2016 2	Gorica	0–0	Rijeka	Kranjska Gora
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Ruteč Sports Park Referee: Marko Podgoršek

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
PrvaLiga	Pre-season	4th		16 July 2016	27 May 2017
Cup	Round of 16	—	Quarter-finals	15 September 2016	26 October 2016
UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	—	First qualifying round	30 June 2016	7 July 2016

Last updated: 13 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PrvaLiga	7001210000000000000♠21	7000700000000000000♠7	7000700000000000000♠7	7000700000000000000♠7	7001240000000000000♠24	7001240000000000000♠24	+0	07001333300000000000♠33.33
Cup	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	+2	07001333300000000000♠33.33
Europa League	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000400000000000000♠4	−4	005000000000000000000♠0.00
Total	7001260000000000000♠26	7000800000000000000♠8	7000900000000000000♠9	7000900000000000000♠9	7001280000000000000♠28	7001300000000000000♠30	−2	07001307700000000000♠30.77

Last updated: 13 December 2016
Source: Competitions

PrvaLiga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	36	21	10	5	63	30	+33	73	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Gorica	36	16	12	8	48	39	+9	60^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Olimpija Ljubljana	36	17	9	10	49	35	+14	60^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Domžale	36	16	8	12	63	45	+18	56	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Celje	36	15	10	11	48	39	+9	55

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1 2 Gorica ahead of Olimpija on head-to-head record: Olimpija–Gorica 1–0, Gorica–Olimpija 1–1, Olimpija–Gorica 1–2, Gorica–Olimpija 1–0
↑ Domžale qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup.

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	16	12	8	48	39	+9	60	8	7	3	26	18	+8	8	5	5	22	21	+1

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W
Position	2	4	4	5	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2016 1	Gorica	2–0	Aluminij	Nova Gorica
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arčon 30' Kavčič 50', 66' Kolenc 90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Turkalj 74' Roškar 87', 90+2'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

22 July 2016 2	Celje	1–0	Gorica	Celje
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čirjak 9', 46' Miškić 74'	Report (in Slovene)	Kavčič 60' Boben 62'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 900 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

30 July 2016 3	Gorica	2–1	Radomlje	Nova Gorica
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grudina 36' Kolenc 59' Arčon 85', 90'	Report (in Slovene)	Kovjenič 11' Karamatić 18' Jugovar 76' Nunić 78' Jazbec 90+3'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Roman Glažar

6 August 2016 4	Krško	1–0	Gorica	Krško
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šturm 10' Kramarič 60', 78' Drnovšek 67' Vukliševič 74' Čeh 84'	Report (in Slovene)	Celcer 39' Burgič 90'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

13 August 2016 5	Gorica	2–1	Maribor	Nova Gorica
17:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šuler 42' (o.g.) Burgić 67'	Report (in Slovene)	Defendi 13' Bajde 56' Vrhovec 62' Janža 83'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

20 August 2016 6	Rudar	1–2	Gorica	Velenje
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Billong 4' Glavina 25' Mary 89'	Report (in Slovene)	Burgič 33' Žigon 37' Kapić 89'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rade Obrenović

26 August 2016 7	Gorica	3–1	Domžale	Nova Gorica
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arčon 6', 74' Nagode 47' Kapić 82'	Report (in Slovene)	Morel 11' Dobrovoljc 40' Bratanović 61'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 730 Referee: Vojko Goričan

11 September 2016 8	Olimpija	1–0	Gorica	Ljubljana
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matić 36' Velikonja 87' (pen.)	Report (in Slovene)	Jogan 24' Grudina 74' Kavčič 80'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

28 September 2016 9	Gorica	1–1	Koper	Nova Gorica
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gregorič 29'	Report (in Slovene)	Štromajer 6' Ibričić 45'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Bojan Mertik

21 September 2016 10	Aluminij	0–0	Gorica	Kidričevo
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Krljanović 58' Vrbanec 83'	Report (in Slovene)	Kapić 59'	Stadium: Kidričevo Sports Park Attendance: 100 Referee: Dejan Balažič

24 September 2016 11	Gorica	0–1	Celje	Nova Gorica
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arčon 24' Kapić 66' Grudina 68' Burgič 85'	Report (in Slovene)	Volaš 24' Džinić 44'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 550 Referee: Roberto Ponis

2 October 2016 12	Radomlje	2–4	Gorica	Domžale
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cerar 50' Kovjenić 62' Balić 64' Šipek 79' Nunić 81' Anđelković 83'	Report (in Slovene)	Burgič 18' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 54' Nagode 24' Kapić 84' (pen.) Curk 87'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

14 October 2016 13	Gorica	1–1	Krško	Nova Gorica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nagode 17' Kolenc 28' Kotnik 51' Arčon 63' Gregorič 90'	Report (in Slovene)	Dangubić 30' Kramarič 59' Čeh 65'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

22 October 2016 14	Maribor	1–0	Gorica	Maribor
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šuler 47'	Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dejan Balažič

30 October 2016 15	Gorica	1–3	Rudar	Nova Gorica
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Arčon 10' Burgič 80' (pen.)	Report (in Slovene)	Lotrič 48' Glavina 55' Kašnik 78' Mary 85' Vručina 90+4'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

5 November 2016 16	Domžale	5–0	Gorica	Domžale
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Horvat 22' Alvir 30', 34' (90+2), pen.' Žinko 37' Vuk 56'	Report (in Slovene)	Boben 90+2' Kotnik 90+2'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Vojko Goričan

19 November 2016 17	Gorica	1–1	Olimpija	Nova Gorica
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Burgič 64', 81'	Report (in Slovene)	Benko 12' Zajc 48' Jurčević 72' Krefl 86' Kronaveter 90+6'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Roberto Ponis

26 November 2016 18	Koper	0–0	Gorica	Koper
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report (in Slovene)	Boben 56' Škarabot 90+3'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Dejan Balažič

30 November 2016 19	Gorica	3–0	Aluminij	Nova Gorica
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gregorič 62' Kapić 80' Burgić 87' (pen.), 90+1' Jogn 89'	Report (in Slovene)	Vrbanec 8' Tahiraj 36' Cvek 76'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

3 December 2016 20	Celje	1–1	Gorica	Celje
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pišek 49' Volaš 63', 89'	Report (in Slovene)	Žigon 41' Burgić 58'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 300 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

10 December 2016 21	Gorica	1–1	Radomlje	Nova Gorica
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Curk 39' Škarabot 49' Kotnik 80'	Report (in Slovene)	Karamatić 30' Lidjan 55' Jugovar 88'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Voljko Goričan

26 February 2017 22	Krško	1 - 2	Gorica	Krško
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Krajcer 74' Ibrahim Mensah 82'	Report	Škarabot 22' Rok Grudina 39' 88' Burgić 44' (pen.) Rifet Kapić 46' Gregorič 59'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Cup

Round of 16

Win Draw Loss

15 September 2016 Round of 16	Nafta 1903	1–3	Gorica	Lendava
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kapić 39' (o.g.) Malešević 50'	Report	Burgić 40' Kotnik 71' Arčon 90' Franciosi 90+3'	Stadium: Lendava Sports Park Attendance: 800 Referee: Roman Glažar

Quarter-finals

19 October 2016 First leg	Gorica	1–1	Maribor	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grudina 31' Celcer 34' Kotnik 58'	Report	Zahović 44' Hotić 62' Sallalich 71' Mezga 89'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

26 October 2016 Second leg	Maribor	0–0 (1–1 (a) agg.)	Gorica	Maribor
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šme 33' Sallalich 48' Hotić 55' Obradović 90+2'	Report	Kolenc 22' Burgić 45'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round