Kranj is the third-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,941 (2020). It is the seat of the City Municipality of Kranj. It is located approximately 20 kilometres northwest of the national capital Ljubljana in the traditional region of Upper Carniola. Kranj is a mainly industrial city with significant electronics and rubber industries.
Tadej Valjavec is a Slovenian former professional road bicycle racer, who last competed for the Sava team. He is well known as a good climber due to his rides on mountain stages in the Giro d'Italia. Although he has achieved relatively few professional wins in his career, he has consistently performed well in the Grand Tours, with three top ten and four further top 20 finishes.
Matej Mugerli is a Slovenian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2008, and from 2011 to 2020 for the Liquigas, Perutnina Ptuj, Adria Mobil, Synergy Baku and SPORT.LAND. Niederösterreich teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Hrinkow Advarics.
Gorazd Štangelj is a Slovenian former professional road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1997 and 2011. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.
Grégory Rast is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the Post Swiss Team, Phonak, Astana, Team RadioShack and Trek–Segafredo teams. He was the winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 2004 and 2006. Rast now works as a directeur sportif for the Lidl–Trek team. His sporting career began with RMV Cham-Hagendorn.
Radoslav Rogina is a Croatian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2020, for the Tenax, Perutnina Ptuj, Loborika and Adria Mobil teams. Rogina represented Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics when he finished 25th in the road race event. He represented Croatia again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London finishing 41st in road race.
Adria Mobil is a Continental cycling team founded in 1972. It is based in Novo Mesto, Slovenia and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
Grega Bole is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–McLaren. His biggest victory is the 2011 GP Ouest–France, where he launched a solo attack with 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to go. He held on as the field was closing in rapidly, with only Simon Gerrans who was second on the day being awarded the same time as Bole. In 2015, Bole was the victor of the first stage of the inaugural Tour of Croatia after negotiating a series of bends where two crashes occurred.
Kristijan Koren is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Adria Mobil.
The Slovenian Regional Leagues are the fourth tier leagues in the Slovenian football system. They are alternately operated by the participating clubs' Intercommunal Football Associations. The winners are promoted to the Slovenian Third League.
Marko Kump is a Slovenian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020 for the Geox–TMC, Tinkoff–Saxo, UAE Team Emirates and CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice teams, as well as four separate spells with the Adria Mobil team. He now works a directeur sportif for the Adria Mobil team, a UCI Continental team.
Jure Kocjan is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016.
Nogometni klub Sava Kranj, commonly referred to as NK Sava Kranj or simply Sava Kranj, is a Slovenian football club based in Kranj that competes in the Upper Carniolan League, the fourth tier of Slovenian football. The club was founded in 1933 and was known as NK Mladost Kranj until 1974.
Lake Trboje, also named Lake Mavčiče and Lake Kranj, is an artificial lake west of the village of Trboje in the Municipality of Šenčur, northwestern Slovenia. It was created in 1986 as a reservoir for the Mavčiče Hydroelectric Plant by damming the Sava River.
Jan Polanc is a Slovenian former racing cyclist, who competed professionally for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates from 2013 to 2023. He is a two time Giro d'Italia stage winner. He was forced to retire in May 2023 after cardiac scans revealed heart irregularities.
Martin Hvastija is a Slovenian cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Lukas Pöstlberger is an Austrian cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2012.
Hrvoje Miholjević is a former Croatian cyclist.
Olav Kooij is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.
The 2022–23 Slovenian Football Cup was the 32nd edition of the football knockout competition in Slovenia. The tournament began in August 2022 and ended on 6 May 2023 with the final. This was the first edition of the cup tournament in a new format, where a total of 120 teams participated in the first round.
Jože Valenčič (YUG)
Edoardo Zamperini (ITA)
