NK Aluminij

Nogometni klub Aluminij (English: Aluminij Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Aluminij or simply Aluminij, is a Slovenian football club based in the town of Kidričevo that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the first tier of Slovenian football. The club was founded in 1946.^[1]

Aluminij

Full name	Nogometni klub Aluminij Kidričevo
Nickname(s)	Šumari (The Foresters) Rdeče-beli (The Red and Whites)
Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946)^[1]
Ground	Aluminij Sports Park
Capacity	1,200
President	Marko Drobnič
Head coach	Robert Pevnik
League	Slovenian PrvaLiga
2022–23	Slovenian Second League, 2nd of 16 (promoted via play-offs)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Players

Current squad

As of 6 March 2024^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SVN Samo Pridgar (on loan from Maribor) 2 DF   SVN Gašper Pečnik 3 DF   SVN Aleksandar Zeljković 4 DF   CRO Tin Martić 5 DF   CRO Mario Šubarić 6 MF   SVN Janez Pišek 7 FW   HUN Barnabás Tanyi 9 FW   RUS Stanislav Krapukhin 10 MF   CRO Marko Brkljača (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) 11 FW   CRO Loren Maružin 13 GK   SVN Jan Petek 14 MF   CRO Tomislav Jagić 17 DF   SVN Filip Kosi 19 MF   SVN Gal Gorenak 21 DF   SVN Gašper Jovan 23 MF   SVN Sandro Jovanović

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 FW   CRO Tin Matić (on loan from Celje) 25 MF   SVN Tom Kljun 27 GK   SRB Kristijan Župić 28 GK   SVN Lan Jovanović 30 MF   SVN Maj Škoflek 32 DF   SVN Rok Schaubach 33 GK   CRO Tibor Banić 33 MF   AUT Dejan Šarac 37 DF   SVN Luka Koblar 45 FW   GAM Bamba Susso (on loan from Pisa) 49 MF   SVN Aleks Repina 66 MF   SVN Marko Simonič 77 MF   SVN Žan Baskera 78 MF   SVN Leo Čeh 99 MF   UKR Artem Bilyi (on loan from Celje)

Honours

Yugoslavia

• Slovenian Republic League
  • Winners: 1965–66
• Slovenian Republic Cup
  • Winners: 1965

Slovenia

• Slovenian Second League
  • Winners: 2010–11, 2011–12
  • Runners-up: 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2022–23
• Slovenian Third League (East)
  • Winners: 1996–97
  • Runners-up: 1993–94
• Slovenian Football Cup
  • Runners-up: 2001–02, 2017–18
• MNZ Ptuj Cup
  • Winners: 1991–92, 1993,^[3] 1994–95,^[4] 1999–2000,^[5] 2000–01,^[6] 2001–02,^[7] 2002–03,^[8] 2004–05,^[9] 2008–09,^[10] 2009–10,^[11] 2013–14^[12]

Domestic league and cup results

Season	League	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Cup
1991–92	1. MNZ Ptuj	2	36	22	15	6	1	65	26	Quarter-finals
1992–93	3. SNL East	12	22	26	8	6	12	35	41	did not qualify
1993–94	3. SNL East	2	34	26	14	6	6	59	35	First round
1994–95	3. SNL East	3	33	23	15	3	5	54	30	Round of 16
1995–96	3. SNL East	4	37	26	10	7	9	41	36	Round of 16
1996–97	3. SNL East	1	62	26	19	5	2	67	18	Quarter-finals
1997–98	2. SNL	13	31	30	8	7	15	34	50	First round
1998–99	2. SNL	6	51	30	14	9	7	57	42	Round of 16
1999–2000	2. SNL	4	55	30	16	7	7	62	32	First round
2000–01	2. SNL	3	60	29	18	6	5	62	29	Round of 16
2001–02	2. SNL	3	71	30	22	5	3	73	22	Runners-up
2002–03	2. SNL	3	57	30	17	6	7	67	37	Quarter-finals
2003–04	2. SNL	5	50	32	14	8	10	50	39	First round
2004–05	2. SNL	7	47	33	14	5	14	68	51	Round of 16
2005–06	2. SNL	4	43	27	12	7	8	37	24	Round of 16
2006–07	2. SNL	6	37	27	10	7	10	29	29	did not qualify
2007–08	2. SNL	4	41	27	12	5	10	39	30	did not qualify
2008–09	2. SNL	2	49	27	15	4	7	65	40	Second round
2009–10	2. SNL	3	46	27	14	4	9	67	34	First round
2010–11	2. SNL	1	48	27	13	9	5	54	22	Round of 16
2011–12	2. SNL	1	68	27	21	5	1	54	12	did not qualify
2012–13	1. SNL	10	30	36	7	9	20	36	67	Semi-finals
2013–14	2. SNL	3	47	27	13	8	6	45	23	Quarter-finals
2014–15	2. SNL	2	50	27	15	5	7	49	21	First round
2015–16	2. SNL	2	50	27	14	8	5	61	29	did not qualify
2016–17	1. SNL	9	38	36	9	11	16	38	52	Quarter-finals
2017–18	1. SNL	8	33	36	8	9	19	40	63	Runners-up
2018–19	1. SNL	6	48	36	14	6	16	50	53	Semi-finals
2019–20	1. SNL	5	55	36	16	7	13	58	48	Semi-finals
2020–21	1. SNL	8	43	36	10	13	13	31	41	Round of 16
2021–22	1. SNL	10	24	36	4	12	20	33	72	First round
2022–23	2. SNL	2	64	30	19	7	4	58	23	Semi-finals

References

1. "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
2. "Člani" (in Slovenian). NK Aluminij. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. "Nogometni praznik v Kidričevem (page 13)". Tednik (Ptuj) (in Slovenian). 26 August 1993. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
4. "Drava – Aluminij 1:3 (page 15)". Tednik (Ptuj) (in Slovenian). 15 June 1995. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
5. "Pokal nogometašem Aluminija (page 25)". Tednik (Ptuj) (in Slovenian). 1 June 2000. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
6. "Finale pokalnega tekmovanja MNZ Ptuj (page 28)". Tednik (Ptuj) (in Slovenian). 17 May 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
7. "Finale pokala MNZ Ptuj (page 32)". Tednik (Ptuj) (in Slovenian). 18 April 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
8. "Aluminij se je oddolžil vsaj v finalu (page 25)". Štajerski tednik (in Slovenian). 15 May 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
9. "Pokal MNZ Ptuj zasluženo v rokah Aluminija (page 15)". Štajerski tednik (in Slovenian). 29 April 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
10. "Naslov Aluminiju (page 18)". Štajerski tednik (in Slovenian). 15 May 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
11. "Zavrču v finalu ni uspelo presenetiti Aluminija" (in Slovenian). NK Zavrč. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
12. (PDF) (in Slovenian). MNZ Ptuj. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

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