FC Koper

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Koper
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Full nameFootball Club Koper
Nickname(s)Kanarčki (The Canaries)
Founded1920;104 years ago (1920) [1]
(as Circolo sportivo Capodistria)
Ground Bonifika
Capacity4,047
PresidentAnte Guberac
Head coach Aleksandar Radosavljević
League Slovenian PrvaLiga
2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga, 6th of 10
Website Club website

Football Club Koper, commonly referred to as FC Koper or simply Koper, is a Slovenian football club based in Koper that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top flight of Slovenian football. The club was founded in 1920. [1] Koper is one of five Slovenian clubs that have managed to win all three domestic trophies (league, cup and supercup).

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The club's home ground is Bonifika Stadium, which has a capacity to accommodate 4,047 spectators.

History

The club was formed as Circolo sportivo Capodistria in 1920. [2] The team was made up of students, workers and fishermen. Its colours were black and white. [2] In 1928, the club was renamed as Unione sportiva Capodistriana. Six years later, the club was renamed as Libertas. [2]

After World War II, the club became part of a larger sports association and renamed as Aurora. [2] By 1948, there were five clubs operating in the Koper area: Aurora, Meduza, Partizan, Edilit, and Adria. [2] In 1955, Aurora and Meduza merged, creating NK Koper. [2] The club played under this name in different Yugoslav leagues until 1991 and was one of the most successful Slovenian clubs. After Slovenia's independence, the club played in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. At the beginning of the 1990s, the club was achieving mid-table success. By the end of the 1990s, the club had been relegated to the second division twice, had serious financial problems, and renamed as FC Koper. With the advent of the new millennium, Koper consistently achieved positions in the upper half of the table. In 2002, they competed in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup, their first international competition. Two years of mid-table anonymity and significant financial difficulties followed, in part because the former owner, Georg Suban, left substantial debts to the club and took half of the team with him when he moved to the other Slovenian PrvaLiga team, Mura.[ citation needed ]

The fans took control of the club and tried to improve its finances to save it from going bankrupt like three other major Slovenian clubs (Olimpija, Mura and Ljubljana), with reasonable success. In the 2005–06 season, Mladen Rudonja returned to the club and brought with him the Serbian-American businessman Milan Mandarić, who paid off all the remaining debts. After the first half of the season, before the arrival of the new patron, Koper was battling against relegation, but in the second part of the season, with a new coach, Milivoj Bračun, the club started an unbeaten run that led them to reach the third place in the Slovenian PrvaLiga and to win the Slovenian Cup for the first time. [3] This also qualified the team to play in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds in the 2006–07 season. The following seasons were more difficult, with the club narrowly avoiding relegation in 2009. In the 2009–10 season, the team was expanded and, under the leadership of veteran player Miran Pavlin, eventually won the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship for the first time, [4] securing a place in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, where they were defeated by Dinamo Zagreb 5–4 on aggregate (1–5, 3–0). [5] In the aftermath, Pavlin left the club.

Following the 2016–17 season, Koper failed to obtain a competition licence and was excluded from the Slovenian top division. [6] [7]

Name changes

Stadium

Bonifika Stadium Koper - Bonifika Stadium.jpg
Bonifika Stadium

Bonifika Stadium is the team's home ground, named after the area where it is situated in the town of Koper. The stadium was built in 1948. [8] In 2010, the stadium underwent extensive reconstruction [9] and its current capacity is 4,047 seats. [8]

Current squad

As of 10 February 2024 [10]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Jan Koprivec
2 DF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Mark Pabai
3 DF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Michael Pavlović
4 DF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Franjo Prce
5 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Kevin Čustović
6 MF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Luka Vešner Tičić
8 MF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Omar Kočar
9 FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Timothé Nkada
11 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Bede Osuji
12 GK Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Tim Štrasberger
13 GK Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Klemen Hvalič
15 DF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Maj Mittendorfer
17 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petar Petriško
18 DF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Matej Palčič
19 FW Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Enej Marsetič
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Wisdom Sule
21 MF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Nik Omladič
23 DF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Karlo Bručić
24 MF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Luka Žavbi
25 GK Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Tim Kruljac
26 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Gabriel Groznica(on loan from Lokomotiva)
27 MF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Andraž Ruedl
29 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Nikola Krajinović
33 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Fran Tomek
40 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Ahmed Ankrah
44 MF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Rene Hrvatin
48 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Ahmed Sidibé
77 MF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Enej Jelenič
80 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Tino Blaž Lauš(on loan from Hajduk Split)
97 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Deni Jurić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)

Honours

Yugoslavia

League

Cup

Slovenia

League

Cup

Domestic league and cup results

In Yugoslavia

  • 1947–48: 4th (STO League)
  • 1948–49: 1st (STO League)
  • 1949–50: 3rd (STO League)
  • 1950–51: 3rd (STO League)
  • 1951–52: 4th (STO League)
  • 1952–53: 1st (STO League)
  • 1953–54: 4th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1954–55: 6th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1955–56: 9th (Ljubljana-Littoral League)
  • 1956–57: 2nd (Littoral League)
  • 1957–58: 1st (Littoral League)
  • 1958–59: 5th (Littoral League)
  • 1959–60: 3rd (Littoral League)
  • 1960–61: 2nd (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1961–62: 2nd (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1962–63: 1st (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1963–64: 1st (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1964–65: 1st (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1965–66: 12th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1966–67: 1st (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1967–68: 6th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1968–69: 11th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1969–70: 3rd (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1970–71: 1st (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1971–72: 5th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1972–73: 10th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1973–74: 7th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1974–75: 14th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1975–76: 10th (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1976–77: 3rd (Koper Subassociation League)
  • 1977–78: no senior team in league system
  • 1978–79: no senior team in league system
  • 1979–80: 1st (Slovenian Regional League – West)
  • 1980–81: 9th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1981–82: 11th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1982–83: 4th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1983–84: 4th (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1984–85: 1st (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1985–86: 18th (Yugoslav Second League)
  • 1986–87: 2nd (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1987–88: 1st (Slovenian Republic League)
  • 1988–89: 5th [11] (Yugoslav Inter-Republic League)
  • 1989–90: 14th [12] (Yugoslav Inter-Republic League)
  • 1990–91: 12th [13] (Yugoslav Inter-Republic League)

In Slovenia

SeasonLeaguePositionPtsPlayedWDLGFGA Cup
1991–92 1. SNL 843401513123833 Round of 16
1992–93 1. SNL 835341113104145 Round of 16
1993–94 1. SNL 73230111094338 First round
1994–95 1. SNL 11263098132434 First round
1995–96 2. SNL 64129118103330 Round of 16
1996–97 1. SNL 10313687212861did not qualify
1997–98 2. SNL 2683020827520 First round
1998–99 1. SNL 11323388173461did not qualify
1999–2000 2. SNL 1723022627621 Round of 16
2000–01 1. SNL 646331210114343did not qualify
2001–02 1. SNL 35633151174526 Round of 16
2002–03 1. SNL 54531129104141 First round
2003–04 1. SNL 45032131184132 Round of 16
2004–05 1. SNL 11363299143841 Round of 16
2005–06 1. SNL 35736169114939 Winners
2006–07 1. SNL 645361015115146 Winners
2007–08 1. SNL 26436181086850 Semi-finals
2008–09 1. SNL 842361012143947 Runners-up
2009–10 1. SNL 17336211055935 Round of 16
2010–11 1. SNL 36036179105743 Semi-finals
2011–12 1. SNL 458361610104835 Quarter-finals
2012–13 1. SNL 45536141395242 Quarter-finals
2013–14 1. SNL 2693621695236 First round
2014–15 1. SNL 84036124203558 Winners
2015–16 1. SNL 84036117184054 Quarter-finals
2016–17 1. SNL 6 [lower-alpha 1] 50361214104340 Round of 16
2017–18 Littoral League 1652321201182 Round of 16
2018–19 3. SNL 17128232311115 Quarter-finals
2019–20 2. SNL 1 [lower-alpha 2] 442013524213 Quarter-finals
2020–21 1. SNL 94236119164156 Semi-finals
2021–22 1. SNL 26736191075438 Winners
2022–23 1. SNL 65036148144640 Quarter-finals
  1. ↑ Relegated to the fourth division after failing to obtain a licence. [14]
  2. ↑ The season was not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the competition winner was not declared. [15]
*Best results are highlighted.

Koper in UEFA competitions

All results (home and away) list Koper's goal tally first.

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAway Agg.
2002 Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Sweden.svg Helsingborgs IF 0–00–10–1
2003 Intertoto Cup 1R Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb 1–02–23–2
2R Flag of Slovakia.svg Dubnica 1–02–33–3 (a)
3R Flag of Greece.svg Egaleo 2–23–25–4
SF Flag of the Netherlands.svg Heerenveen 1–00–21–2
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Bulgaria.svg Litex Lovech 0–10–50–6
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Široki Brijeg 2–31–33–6
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Albania.svg Vllaznia 1–20–01–2
2010–11 UEFA Champions League 2Q Flag of Croatia.svg Dinamo Zagreb 3–01–54–5
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Shakhter Karagandy 1–11–22–3
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Montenegro.svg Čelik Nikšić 4–05–09–0
2Q Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Neftchi Baku 0–22–12–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Flag of Iceland.svg Víkingur Reykjavík 2–21–03–2
2Q Flag of Croatia.svg Hajduk Split 3–21–44–6
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Vaduz 0–11–1 ( a.e.t. )1–2
Notes

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