2016–17 NK Celje season

NK Celje

2016–17 season

President

Stevan Đorđević

Head Coach

Home stadium

5th

First round

Home colours

Away colours

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All statistics correct as of 29 July 2016.

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

Players

As of 17 July 2016

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Žiga Kous
3	DF	Elvedin Džinić
4	MF	Anej Lovrečić
6	DF	Tilen Klemenčič
7	FW	Marin Glavaš
9	FW	Érico Sousa
10	MF	Rudi Požeg Vancaš
11	FW	Irfan Hadžić
12	GK	Matic Kotnik
13	MF	Jon Šporn
14	FW	Matej Podlogar
15	DF	Amadej Brecl

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Jure Travner
17	FW	Matic Marcius
19	FW	Mitja Križan
20	MF	Tim Obrez
23	MF	Nino Pungaršek
24	FW	Milan Spremo
25	DF	Lovre Čirjak
27	DF	Damir Hadžić
28	FW	Tilen Pečnik
30	DF	Tadej Vidmajer
31	GK	Metod Jurhar
32	MF	Janez Pišek

Source:NK Celje

Transfer

For more details on this topic, see List of Slovenian football transfers summer 2016 § Celje.

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 (Slovene)

18 June 2016 2	Domžale	1–1	Celje	Radomlje
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mance 13'	[Report (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 (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 (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 (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 (Slovene)	Ljubanović 3'	Stadium: Bled Sports Centre

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

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

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
PrvaLiga	Pre-season		16 July 2016	27 May 2017
Cup	First round		17 August 2016

Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PrvaLiga	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Cup	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Total	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

PrvaLiga

For more details on this topic, see 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Olimpija Ljubljana	20	14	3	3	33	14	+19	45	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Domžale	20	11	3	6	42	20	+22	36	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Celje	20	8	3	9	24	23	+1	27
5	Gorica	20	7	6	7	23	23	0	27
6	Koper	20	7	5	8	18	24	−6	26

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: PrvaLiga (Slovene), UEFA.com, 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.^[1]

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
Position

Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

16 July 2016 1	Olimpija	1–0	Celje	Ljubljana
20:15CEST (UTC+02:00)	Velikonja 6' Eleke 82' Kirm 88'	Report (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 (Slovene)	Kavčič 60' Boben 62'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 900 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

31 July 2016 3	Aluminij	v	Celje	Kidričevo
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report (Slovene)]		Stadium: Kidričevo Sports Park

6 August 2016 4	Koper	v	Celje	Koper
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report (Slovene)]		Stadium: Bonifika Stadium

12 August 2016 5	Celje	v	Radomlje	Celje
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report (Slovene)]		Stadium: Arena Petrol

20 August 2016 6	Krško	v	Celje	Krško
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report (Slovene)]		Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium

27 August 2016 7	Celje	v	Maribor	Celje
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report (Slovene)]		Stadium: Arena Petrol

10 September 2016 8	Rudar	v	Celje	Velenje
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report (Slovene)]		Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium

17 September 2016 9	Celje	v	Domžale	Celje
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report (Slovene)]		Stadium: Arena Petrol

Cup

For more details on this topic, see 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup.

First round