2016–17 NK Celje season

The 2016–17 season was Celje's 26th season in the Slovenian top division, Slovenian PrvaLiga, since the league was created in 1991 with Celje as one of the league's founding members. Celje competed in Slovenian PrvaLiga and Slovenian Football Cup.

NK Celje

2016–17 season
President	Stevan Đorđević
Head Coach	Igor Jovićević
Home stadium	Arena Petrol
Slovenian League	5th
Slovenian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Dalibor Volaš (8) All: Dalibor Volaš (8)
Highest home attendance	2,900 (vs Olimpija)
Lowest home attendance	300 (vs Gorica)
Average home league attendance	1,000
Home colours Away colours

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SVN Matic Kotnik — GK  SVN Metod Jurhar — GK  SVN Matjaž Rozman — DF  SVN Žiga Kous — DF  SVN Elvedin Džinić — DF  SVN Tilen Klemenčič — DF  SVN Jure Travner (captain) — DF  SVN Damir Hadžić — DF  SVN Tadej Vidmajer — MF  SVN Anej Lovrečić — DF  BIH Amar Rahmanović — MF  SVN Rudi Požeg Vancaš

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SVN Jon Šporn — MF  SVN Goran Cvijanović — MF  SVN Nino Pungaršek — MF  CRO Lovre Čirjak — MF  SVN Janez Pišek — FW  CRO Marin Glavaš — FW  SVN Dalibor Volaš — FW  BIH Irfan Hadžić — FW  SVN Matej Podlogar — FW  SVN Matic Marcius — FW  SVN Mitja Križan — FW  SVN Tilen Pečnik

Source:NK Celje

Transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

Summer

15 June 2016 1	Sturm Graz	2–0	Celje	Graz, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alar  38' Edomwonyi  45'	Report (in Slovene)

18 June 2016 2	Domžale	1–1	Celje	Radomlje
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mance  13'	[Report (in Slovene)]	Mihaljević  72' (pen.)	Stadium: Radomlje Sports Park Attendance: 50 Referee: Leon Pašalić

23 June 2016 3	Celje	1–1	Osijek
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lovrečič  78'	Report (in Slovene)	Lesjak  81'

25 June 2016 4	Celje	2–3	Slaven Belupo	Slovenske Konjice
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gregurina  2' Ejupi  14', 16'	Report (in Slovene)	Mlakar  75' Duspara ( 85'	Stadium: Dobrava Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Vojko Goričan

30 June 2016 5	Celje	2–2	Celtic	Celje
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Miškić  28', 49'	Report (in Slovene)	Ciftci  56' Rogic  74'	Stadium: Arena Petrol

1 July 2016 6	Celje	1–1	Istra 1961	Bled
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Križan  39'	Report (in Slovene)	Ljubanović  3'	Stadium: Bled Sports Centre

8 July 2016 6	Celje	v	Dinamo București
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report (in Slovene)]

10 July 2016 7	Celje	v	Ural
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report (in Slovene)]

Winter

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
PrvaLiga	Pre-season	5th		16 July 2016	27 May 2017
Cup	First round	—	Round of 16	17 August 2016	13 September 2016

Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PrvaLiga	21	8	3	10	25	25	+0	038.10
Cup	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	050.00
Total	23	9	4	10	32	27	+5	039.13

Updated to match played 11 December 2016
Source: Competitions

PrvaLiga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
6	Koper (R)	36	12	14	10	43	40	+3	50	Relegation to the MNZ Koper[lower-alpha 3]
7	Rudar Velenje	36	10	11	15	49	53	−4	41

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.[3]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 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
2. Domžale qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup.
3. Koper didn't obtain a licence for competitions under NZS and were thus relegated to Intercommunal League.[1][2]

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	15	10	11	48	39	+9	55	6	8	4	19	18	+1	9	2	7	29	21	+8

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W
Position	7	5	3	4	5	8	9	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5

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

16 July 2016 1	Olimpija	1–0	Celje	Ljubljana
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Velikonja  6' Eleke  82' Kirm  88'	Report (in Slovene)	Podlogar  8'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Roberto Ponis

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

31 July 2016 3	Aluminij	2–4	Celje	Kidričevo
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zeba  45' Kurež  49' Brodnjak  82'	Report (in Slovene)	I. Hadžić  29', 48' Lovrečič  37' Čirjak  53' Glavaš  77' Kous  90+1'	Stadium: Kidričevo Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Damir Skomina

6 August 2016 4	Koper	2–1	Celje	Koper
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Simčič  23' Ibričić  30', 86' (pen.) Štromajer  45' Sikošek  63' Pučko  79'	Report (in Slovene)	Čirjak  26' (pen.) Šporn  29' Pišek  59'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

12 August 2016 5	Celje	0–0	Radomlje	Celje
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Glavaš  76'	Report (in Slovene)	Balić  83'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 650 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

21 August 2016 6	Krško	1–0	Celje	Krško
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dangubić  41' Pušaver  75'	Report (in Slovene)	I. Hadžić  85'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

28 August 2016 7	Celje	0–3	Maribor	Celje
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pišek  70'	Report (in Slovene)	Defendi  44' Pišek  51' (o.g.) Omoregie  71' Zahović  86'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Bojan Mertik

10 September 2016 8	Rudar	1–3	Celje	Velenje
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zec  4' Glavina  16' Lotrič  43' Mužek  55' Babić  75' Dodlek  90+2'	Report (in Slovene)	Travner  14' Volaš  19', 87' Pungaršek  34' Vidmajer  36' Čirjak  79',  79'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

17 September 2016 9	Celje	2–1	Domžale	Celje
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	I. Hadžić  25' Podlogar  69',  90+2' Vidmajer  72'	Report (in Slovene)	Horvat  57' Dobrovoljc  74' Širok  85'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 700 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

21 September 2016 10	Celje	0–1	Olimpija	Celje
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klemenčič  18' Pišek  35' Požek Vancaš  63' Čirjak  65'	Report (in Slovene)	Kelhar  47' Zajc  70',  71' Wobay  83'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Roman Glažar

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

1 October 2016 12	Celje	1–0	Aluminij	Celje
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Džinić  7' Podlogar  37' Požeg Vancaš  90+2'	Report (in Slovene)	Rogina  23'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 500 Referee: Matej Jug

16 October 2016 13	Celje	1–1	Koper	Celje
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pungaršek  20' D. Hadžić  52' Pišek  61'  74' Rahmanović  71'	Report (in Slovene)	Teijo  14' Pučko  21' Pranjić  62' Biljan  84' Ibričić  90+4'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

21 October 2016 14	Radomlje	0–3	Celje	Domžale
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Osmanaj  10'  57' Kumer  15' Barukčić  65' Ivačič  68'	Report (in Slovene)	Podlogar  21' Pungaršek  26' Travner  67' Volaš  70' Vidmajer  78'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

29 October 2016 15	Celje	0–3	Krško	Celje
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rahmanović  24' Volaš  42' Podlogar  77' Travner  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Haljeta  18' Vuklišević  42' Dangubić  43',  45' (pen.), 80' Pušaver  83'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 400 Referee: Rade Obrenović

5 November 2016 16	Maribor	2–0	Celje	Maribor
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zahović  62',  86' Novaković  70'	Report (in Slovene)	Rahmanović  53'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Matej Jug

19 November 2016 17	Celje	4–0	Rudar	Celje
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Volaš  34', 83' Čirjak  56' Pungaršek  58' Travner  63'	Report (in Slovene)	Grgić  32' Kašnik  55' Babić  89'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 350 Referee: Rade Obrenović

26 November 2016 18	Domžale	2–1	Celje	Domžale
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vetrih  18' ,  49' Vuk  50' Husmani  86'	Report (in Slovene)	Džinić  26' D. Hadžić  52' Rahmanović  63' I. Hadžić  72' Kous  89'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 800 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

30 November 2016 19	Olimpija	2–1	Celje	Ljubljana
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Klinar  1'  49' Benko  31' Alves  38',  65' Delamea Mlinar  51' Vodišek  89' Kirm  90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Rahmanović  64',  90+5' D. Hadžić  90+5'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Matej Jug

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	Aluminij	2–1	Celje	Kidričevo
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cvek  12' Škoflek  77', 90+2'	Report (in Slovene)	Čirjak  10' Glavaš  37' Rahmanović  43' Volaš  59'	Stadium: Kidričevo Sports Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Bojan Mertik

26 February 2017 22	Koper	1 - 1	Celje	Koper
16:55 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jan Andrejašič  7' Džinić  55' (o.g.) Pučko  73' Ed Kevin Kokorović  79'	Report	Požeg  26' Pungaršek  41' Hadžić  54'  Barišić  57' Rahmanović  60'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Rade Obrenović

4 March 2017 23	Celje	1 - 0	Radomlje	Celje
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pungaršek  38' Volaš  62' Požeg  84'	Report	Ejup  23' Janković  61' Grega Marinšek  76'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 500 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

12 March 2017 24	Krško	2 - 3	Celje	Krško
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dangubić  57' (pen.)  61'  67' (pen.) Vuklišević  89'	Report	Rahmanović  11'  59' Cvek  26' Travner  33' Belić  36' Klemenčič  47' Volaš  70' Podlogar  83'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Matej Jug

18 March 2017 25	Celje	1 - 1	Maribor	Celje
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Barišić  5'  Volaš  45' Vidmajer  74'	Report	Novaković  6' Pihler  44' Vrhovec  58' Bajde  87'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Damir Skomina

29 March 2017 26	Rudar Velenje	1 - 2	Celje	Velenje
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Črnčič  27' Jean-Claude Billong  56'  63'	Report	Rahmanović  21' Hadžić  60' Požeg  85' Podlogar  89'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Cup

First round

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 August 2016 First round	Žiri	0–5	Celje	Žiri
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Domijan  25'	Report	Podlogar  7', 66' Džinić  20' Lovrečič  32' Šporn  35' Glavaš  40' Pišek  67'	Stadium: Polje Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Rade Obrenović

Round of 16

13 September 2016 Round of 16	Krško	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Celje	Krško
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Džinić  9' (o.g.) Mensah  32' Pušaver  41' Kramarič  85' Zalokar  92' Jurečič  96' Dangubić  120'	Report	Džinić  27' Rahmanović  48', 97' Hadžić  67' Volaš  92'  117'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Darjan Kovačič
	Penalties
	Špiler Dangubić Sadiković		Travner Džinić Vidmajer Kous

Statistics

Goalscorers

Slovenian PrvaLiga 8 goals Dalibor Volaš 5 goals Lovre Čirjak 4 goals Irfan Hadžić 3 goals Matej Podlogar 2 goals Amar Rahmanović 1 goal Jure Travner Nino Pungaršek Marin Glavaš

Slovenian Football Cup 2 goals Matej Podlogar Amar Rahmanović 1 goal Elvedin Džinić Anej Lovrečič Marin Glavaš

See also

• 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga
• 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup

References

1. "Licenčna komisija za pritožbe sprejela odločitev o pritožbi FC Koper" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
2. R. K. (1 June 2017). "Koper dokončno brez licence, v prvi ligi Aluminij in Ankaran" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
3. "Tekmovalni pravilnik NZS (50. člen)" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

External links

• Official website (in Slovene)
• PrvaLiga profile (in Slovene)
• Official UEFA profile