Nogometni klub Rudar Trbovlje (English: Rudar Trbovlje Football Club) or simply NK Rudar Trbovlje is a Slovenian football club from Trbovlje that competes in the Slovenian Third League, the third tier of the Slovenian football system. The club have a long-standing local rivalry with NK Zagorje, which is known as the Zasavje Derby.[5]

Rudar Trbovlje
Club crest
Full nameNogometni klub Rudar Trbovlje
Nickname(s)Knapi (The Miners)
Zeleno-črni (The Green and Blacks)
Founded1922; 102 years ago (1922)[1]
(as ŠK Zora)
GroundRudar Sports Park
Capacity1,000[2]
PresidentDenis Bolte[3]
Head coachVukašin Ristič[4]
League3. SNL – West
2023–24Ljubljana Regional League, 1st of 14 (promoted)
Websitewww.nkrudar.si

History

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The history of football in Trbovlje dates back to 1922, when ŠK Zora was established.[6] In the same year, the club aroused a lot of interest in this sport among youth working class. In 1924, the club was banned after a political clash with Orjuna. Some former members then founded DSK Svoboda, which renamed as SK Amater in 1927.

In 1972, on the 50th anniversary of the club, they won the Slovenian Republic League for the first time.[7] A successful period lasted until 1980, as Rudar won the Republic titles two more times between 1974 and 1979.[7]

With the collapse of Yugoslavia and the independence of Slovenia, all Slovenian teams returned from the federal leagues. Some of the key players left the club and Rudar was relegated from the newly established Slovenian PrvaLiga in the inaugural 1991–92 season.[8] They never returned to the first division.

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References

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  1. ^ "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Športni park Rudar". Zavod za mladino in šport Trbovlje (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Predsednik kluba" [Club's President] (in Slovenian). NK Rudar Trbovlje. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Strokovno vodstvo" [Coaching staff] (in Slovenian). NK Rudar Trbovlje. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ "V sezoni 2021/22 ponovno na sporedu veliki zasavski derbi". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Slovenia – List of Foundation Dates". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Vse od časov bivše Juge ..." Žurnal24 (in Slovenian). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Slovenia 1991/92". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Regionalna Ljubljanska liga 2011/12" (in Slovenian). MNZ Ljubljana. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Praznik trboveljskega nogometa, ki bo trajal več dni". Sportklub (in Slovenian). 7 June 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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