2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga

The 2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 32nd edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 15 July 2022 and ended on 20 May 2023.^[2] Olimpija Ljubljana won the league after beating Maribor 2–0 in the 31st round, clinching their third league title with five rounds to go.^[3] As champions, they qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League.^[4]

Slovenian PrvaLiga

Season	2022–23
Dates	15 July 2022 – 20 May 2023
Champions	Olimpija Ljubljana (3rd title)
Relegated	Tabor Sežana Gorica
Champions League	Olimpija Ljubljana
Europa Conference League	Celje Maribor Domžale
Matches played	180
Goals scored	457 (2.54 per match)
Best Player	Žan Vipotnik^[1]
Top goalscorer	Žan Vipotnik (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Maribor 7–0 Radomlje
Biggest away win	Tabor 0–8 Olimpija
Highest scoring	Tabor 0–8 Olimpija
Longest winning run	8 matches Olimpija
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Radomlje
Longest winless run	19 matches Radomlje
Longest losing run	4 matches Bravo, Gorica and Koper
Highest attendance	9,611 Maribor 2–0 Olimpija
Lowest attendance	0 (behind closed doors) Olimpija 2–0 Mura Maribor 0–3 Domžale
Total attendance	227,209
Average attendance	1,276
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Maribor were the defending champions after winning their sixteenth title in the previous season.^[5]

Competition format

Each team played 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams played four matches against each other (2 home and 2 away).

Teams

Aluminij were relegated after finishing last in the previous season. Gorica were promoted from the Slovenian Second League.^[6]

Stadiums and locations

Seating capacity only; some stadiums also have standing areas.

Bravo	Celje	Domžale	Gorica
Šiška Sports Park	Stadion Z'dežele	Domžale Sports Park	Nova Gorica Sports Park
Capacity: 2,308	Capacity: 13,059	Capacity: 3,100	Capacity: 3,100
Koper	Celje   Domžale   Bravo   Gorica   Koper   Maribor   Mura   Olimpija   Tabor   Radomlje		Maribor
Bonifika Stadium			Ljudski vrt
Capacity: 4,047			Capacity: 11,709
Mura	Olimpija Ljubljana	Radomlje	Tabor Sežana
Fazanerija City Stadium	Stožice Stadium	Domžale Sports Park	Rajko Štolfa Stadium
Capacity: 4,506	Capacity: 16,038	Capacity: 3,100	Capacity: 1,310

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bravo	Aleš Arnol	Martin Kramarič	Joma	Nomago, Mastercard, Generali
Celje	Roman Pylypchuk	Denis Popović	Nike	Cinkarna
Domžale	Simon Rožman	Zeni Husmani	Joma	None
Gorica	Agron Šalja	Etien Velikonja	Erreà	Hit, E3
Koper	Zoran Zeljković	Matej Palčič	Macron	Port of Koper
Maribor	Damir Krznar	Martin Milec	Adidas	Zavarovalnica Sava, Nova KBM, Radio City
Mura	Dejan Grabić	Žiga Kous	Adidas	Generali
Olimpija Ljubljana	Albert Riera	Timi Max Elšnik	Puma	None
Radomlje	Oliver Bogatinov	Luka Cerar	Joma	Kalcer
Tabor Sežana	Dušan Kosič	Jan Koprivec	Erreà	CherryBox24, Involta

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Maribor	Radovan Karanović	15 August 2022^[7]	10th	Damir Krznar	16 August 2022^[8]
Radomlje	Nermin Bašić	9 December 2022^[9]	9th	Oliver Bogatinov	22 December 2022^[10]
Gorica	Miran Srebrnič	24 February 2023^[11]	10th	Edoardo Reja	2 March 2023^[12]
Bravo	Dejan Grabić	28 February 2023^[13]	7th	Aleš Arnol	1 March 2023^[14]
Mura	Damir Čontala	28 February 2023^[13]	6th	Dejan Grabić	28 February 2023^[13]
Gorica	Edoardo Reja	17 April 2023^[15]	9th	Agron Šalja	17 April 2023^[15]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpija Ljubljana (C)	36	23	4	9	60	39	+21	73	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Celje	36	19	10	7	53	34	+19	67	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Maribor	36	18	8	10	70	43	+27	62	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4	Domžale	36	13	13	10	50	42	+8	52
5	Mura	36	13	13	10	50	45	+5	52
6	Koper	36	14	8	14	46	40	+6	50
7	Radomlje	36	10	14	12	35	53	−18	44
8	Bravo	36	9	9	18	33	41	−8	36
9	Gorica (R)	36	5	12	19	31	57	−26	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Tabor Sežana (R)	36	3	15	18	29	63	−34	24	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: PrvaLiga
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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

First half of the season Home \ Away BRA CEL DOM GOR KOP MAR MUR OLI RAD TAB Bravo 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 6–1 1–1 2–1 Celje 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 3–3 4–3 2–1 1–0 Domžale 0–0 0–0 5–1 0–2 3–2 2–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 Gorica 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 Koper 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 5–0 2–1 Maribor 3–0 2–2 0–3 3–2 0–1 5–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 Mura 1–0 3–1 4–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 3–0 2–2 Olimpija 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 Radomlje 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–5 1–1 0–1 0–0 Tabor 0–4 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–4 0–4 0–1 2–1 Source: PrvaLiga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season Home \ Away BRA CEL DOM GOR KOP MAR MUR OLI RAD TAB Bravo 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 Celje 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 Domžale 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–4 Gorica 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 Koper 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 5–1 Maribor 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 7–0 1–1 Mura 0–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 Olimpija 2–1 0–2 1–4 4–3 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 Radomlje 3–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 Tabor 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–8 1–2 Source: PrvaLiga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

PrvaLiga play-off

A two-legged play-off between the ninth-placed team from the PrvaLiga and the second-placed team from the 2022–23 Slovenian Second League was played. The winner earned a place in the 2023–24 PrvaLiga season.

25 May 2023 (2023-05-25)

20:15 CEST

Aluminij	3–1	Gorica
Brest   7' Marinšek   57' (pen.) Skiba   78'	Report	Krajnc   19'

Aluminij Sports Park, Kidričevo

Attendance: 600

Referee: Slavko Vinčić

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28)

17:30 CEST

Gorica	1–1	Aluminij
Iličić   9'	Report	Marinšek   27'

Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Attendance: 800

Referee: Rade Obrenović

Aluminij won 4–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

^[16]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Žan Vipotnik	Maribor	20
2	Mirlind Daku	Mura	19
3	Aljoša Matko	Celje	14
4	Andrej Kotnik	Koper	12
	Franko Kovačević	Domžale
	Martin Kramarič	Bravo
	Mario Kvesić	Olimpija Ljubljana
8	Ester Sokler	Radomlje	10
9	Bright Edomwonyi	Koper	9
	Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi	Celje
	Svit Sešlar	Olimpija Ljubljana

Awards

Annual awards

PrvaLiga Player of the Year

• Žan Vipotnik^[17]

PrvaLiga Young player of the Year

• Žan Vipotnik^[17]

PrvaLiga Manager of the Year

• Albert Riera^[17]

PrvaLiga Team of the Season

 

 

Vidovšek

 

Watson

 

Crnomarković

 

Sikošek

 

Ratnik

 

Sešlar

 

Kvesić

 

Ikwuemesi

 

Daku

 

Elšnik

 

Vipotnik

2022–23 Team of the Season

Player	Team	Position	Ref.
Matevž Vidovšek	Olimpija Ljubljana	Goalkeeper	^[17]
Đorđe Crnomarković	Olimpija Ljubljana	Defender
Gregor Sikošek	Maribor	Defender
Max Watson	Maribor	Defender
Marcel Ratnik	Olimpija Ljubljana	Defender
Timi Max Elšnik	Olimpija Ljubljana	Midfielder
Svit Sešlar	Olimpija Ljubljana	Midfielder
Mario Kvesić	Olimpija Ljubljana	Midfielder
Mirlind Daku	Mura	Forward
Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi	Celje	Forward
Žan Vipotnik	Maribor	Forward

See also

• 2022–23 Slovenian Football Cup
• 2022–23 Slovenian Second League

References

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9. "Zadnja zmaga je bila dosežena julija, zdaj sta si Radomlje in trener Bašić pomahala v slovo". nogomania.com (in Slovenian). 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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12. "URADNO: Reja je prevzel Gorico, z njim bo sodeloval tudi nekdanji uspešni nogometaš Juventusa". nogomania.com (in Slovenian). 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
13. "URADNO: Dejan Grabić je novi trener Mure!". nogomania.com (in Slovenian). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
14. S. J. (1 March 2023). "Sikošek bo zaradi poškodbe kolena odsoten pol leta; Arnol na klopi Brava" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
15. "Potrjeno: Eksperiment Gorice z Edyjem Rejo je končan, novi trener je Agron Šalja". nogomania.com (in Slovenian). 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
16. "Lestvica strelcev – 2022/2023" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
17. "SPINS XI: NajboljšI nogometaši, nogometašica in trener sezone 2022/2023 so ..." spins.si (in Slovenian). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Slovene)