2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga

	Leader
	Second
	Third
	Relegation play-off
	Relegation to 2.SNL

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	2015–16
Champions	Olimpija (1st title)
Relegated	Krka
Champions League	Olimpija
Europa League	Maribor; Domžale; Gorica
Matches played	180
Goals scored	439 (2.44 per match)
Best Player	Rok Kronaveter
Top goalscorer	Andraž Šporar, Jean-Philippe Mendy & Rok Kronaveter; (all 17 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Nejc Vidmar
Biggest home win	Maribor 7–1 Rudar
Biggest away win	Koper 0–5 Maribor
Highest scoring	Maribor 7–1 Rudar
Longest winning run	7 matches; Gorica; Olimpija
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches; Maribor
Longest winless run	13 matches; Krško
Longest losing run	5 matches; Krka
Highest attendance	14,000; Olimpija 1–2 Maribor
Lowest attendance	100; Krka 1–5 Rudar
Total attendance	282,490
Average attendance	1,569
	← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 26 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga season (also known as the PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th edition of the PrvaLiga (English: FirstLeague) since its establishment in 1991. Also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, PrvaLiga was contested by the top ten clubs in Slovenia, for the title of national champions. The season began on 17 July 2015 and ended on 21 May 2016.

Maribor was the defending champion, having won its 13th league title the previous season.

Competition format

Each team played 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams played four matches against each other (2 home and 2 away).^[4]

Teams

A total of ten teams contested the league, including nine from the 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga and one promoted from the 2014–15 Slovenian Second League.

Winners of the Slovenian second division Krško won direct promotion as champions of the Slovenian Second League. They replaced Radomlje in the top division, who finished at the bottom of the PrvaLiga table, ending their first season in the top division.

This was the first season for Krško in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.^[5]

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity¹
NK Celje	Celje	Arena Petrol	13,059
NK Domžale	Domžale	Sports Park	2,813
ND Gorica	Nova Gorica	Sports Park	3,066
FC Koper	Koper	Bonifika	4,047
NK Krka	Novo Mesto	Portoval	500
NK Krško	Krško	Matija Gubec Stadium	1,728
NK Maribor	Maribor	Ljudski vrt	12,702
NK Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Stožice	16,038
NK Rudar Velenje	Velenje	Ob Jezeru	2,341
NK Zavrč	Zavrč	Sports Park	962

¹Seating capacity only. Some stadiums (e.g. Krka, Krško, Rudar, Zavrč) also have standing areas.

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
NK Celje	Robert Pevnik	Blaž Vrhovec	Legea	Cinkarna
NK Domžale	Luka Elsner	Darko Zec	Taxa	Tark
ND Gorica	Miran Srebrnič	Alen Jogan	Erreà	/
FC Koper	Milan Obradović	Leo Štulac	Nike	Luka Koper
NK Krka	Miloš Kostić	Danijel Dežmar	Hummel	Krka
NK Krško	Tomaž Petrovič	Miha Drnovšek	Erima	/
NK Maribor	Darko Milanič	Marcos Tavares	Adidas	Zavarovalnica Maribor / Nova KBM / Radio City
NK Olimpija Ljubljana	Rodolfo Vanoli	Darijan Matić	Nike	Telekom Slovenije
NK Rudar Velenje	Ramiz Smajlović	Ivan Knezović	Joma	Premogovnik Velenje
NK Zavrč	Slavko Matić	Lovro Cvek	Zeus	RM VUK Holding / Tilia

League table

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpija Ljubljana (C)	36	22	8	6	75	25	+50	74	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Maribor	36	19	11	6	78	37	+41	68	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Domžale	36	14	13	9	46	31	+15	55	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Gorica	36	15	7	14	48	49	−1	52
5	Celje	36	11	12	13	32	46	−14	45
6	Krško	36	10	11	15	24	48	−24	41^{[lower-alpha 3]}
7	Rudar Velenje	36	11	8	17	34	52	−18	41^{[lower-alpha 3]}
8	Koper	36	11	7	18	40	54	−14	40^{[lower-alpha 4]}
9	Zavrč	36	9	13	14	32	41	−9	40^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10	Krka (R)	36	8	10	18	30	56	−26	34	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (Slovene), Soccerway
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.^[6]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Maribor qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Slovenian Cup.
↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Slovenian Cup, Maribor, qualified for European competitions based on league position, the spot in the Europa League first qualifying round is passed to the fourth-placed team.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Krško ahead of Rudar Velenje on head-to-head record: Rudar–Krško 1–1, Krško–Rudar 0–0, Rudar–Krško 0–1, Krško–Rudar 1–1.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Koper ahead of Zavrč on head-to-head record: Zavrč–Koper 1–0, Koper–Zavrč 3–1, Zavrč–Koper 1–3, Koper–Zavrč 1–0.

Positions by round

Key
	Final round before the winter break

Team \ 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
Team \ Round
Olimpija	1	2	6	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maribor	5	4	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Domžale	2	5	2	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Gorica	10	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Celje	8	8	8	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	8	8	8	5	7	5	5
Krško	4	1	4	6	6	6	7	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	8	6
Rudar	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	8	5	6	7
Koper	7	9	9	8	9	10	5	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	8	10	7	7	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Zavrč	6	7	5	7	7	9	9	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	7	9
Krka	3	3	7	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Results

First half of the season

Home ╲ Away	CEL	DOM	GOR	KOP	KRK	KRŠ	MAR	OLI	RUD	ZAV
Celje		0–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–4	1–0	2–1
Domžale	2–2		2–3	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1
Gorica	1–1	0–1		1–2	2–0	3–1	1–4	0–3	2–1	3–0
Koper	1–1	2–3	1–3		0–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–1
Krka	1–0	0–4	1–2	2–4		2–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–1
Krško	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–3	0–2	0–0	0–1
Maribor	1–0	1–1	4–2	4–0	2–2	4–1		0–3	7–1	1–1
Olimpija	6–0	0–2	4–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	2–2		5–0	0–2
Rudar	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3		1–3
Zavrč	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (Slovene)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home ╲ Away	CEL	DOM	GOR	KOP	KRK	KRŠ	MAR	OLI	RUD	ZAV
Celje		1–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–0
Domžale	0–3		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	4–0	0–0
Gorica	1–2	0–2		0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–2
Koper	1–2	0–2	1–1		2–3	0–1	0–5	1–2	0–1	1–0
Krka	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	1–3	0–2	1–5	2–0
Krško	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–0		1–3	2–1	1–1	0–1
Maribor	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–1	6–0		0–0	2–3	3–3
Olimpija	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–2		5–0	1–1
Rudar	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1		1–0
Zavrč	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2

Updated to games played on 21 May 2016.
Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (Slovene)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

PrvaLiga play–off

There will be a two-legged play-off between the ninth placed team in PrvaLiga and the second placed team in the 2. SNL for a place in the 2016–17 PrvaLiga.

First leg

29 May 2016 1	Zavrč	3–2	Aluminij	Zavrč
20:00 CEST	Pihler 42' Kokorović 44' Tišma 86'	Report (Slovene)	Bizjak 14' (pen.) Kurež 24'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Roberto Ponis

Second leg

4 June 2016 2	Aluminij	v	Zavrč	Kidričevo
		[Report (Slovene)]		Stadium: Sports Park

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 21 May 2016.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andraž Šporar	Olimpija	17
	Rok Kronaveter	Olimpija
	Jean-Philippe Mendy	Maribor
4	Blessing Eleke	Gorica/Olimpija	15
5	Gregor Bajde	Maribor	13
6	Marcos Tavares	Maribor	12
7	Antonio Mance	Domžale	11
8	Agim Ibraimi	Maribor	10
9	Ezekiel Henty	Olimpija	8
	Jaka Štromajer	Koper
	Matic Črnic	Domžale

Source:PrvaLiga official website

Top assists

As of matches played 21 May 2016.

Rank	Player	Team	Asists
1	Marcos Tavares	Maribor	10
2	Miha Zajc	Olimpija	9
2	Blessing Eleke	Gorica/Olimpija	9
4	Ezekiel Henty	Olimpija	8
4	Nejc Skubic	Domžale	8
6	Dejan Trajkovski	Domžale	7
6	Agim Ibraimi	Maribor	7
8	Amel Džuzdanović	Gorica	6
8	Josip Fuček	Krka	6
10	Mario Babić	Rudar Velenje	5
	Stjepan Babić	Rudar Velenje
	Martin Mimoun	Olimpija
	Leo Štulac	Koper
	Petar Stojanović	Maribor
	Miran Burgić	Gorica

Source:PrvaLiga official website

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Andraž Šporar	Olimpija	Rudar	5–0 (H)	30 August 2015	8	Report
Andraž Šporar⁴	Olimpija	Celje	4–0 (A)	31 October 2015	16	Report
Gregor Bajde	Maribor	Krško	6–0 (H)	5 December 2015	21	Report
Jean-Philippe Mendy	Maribor	Krško	6–0 (H)	5 December 2015	21	Report

⁴ Player scored four goals

Discipline

As of matches played on 21 May 2016.

Pos	Team
1	Rudar	101	6	9
2	Koper	99	5	7
3	Celje	85	3	8
4	Krka	89	2	6
5	Zavrč	100	2	2
6	Olimpija	81	4	4
7	Maribor	76	3	5
8	Krško	77	1	4
9	Gorica	74	3	4
10	Domžale	74	2	3
TOTALS		856	31	52

Source:PrvaLiga official website

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Olimpija	78,300	14,000	1,000	4,350	2.0166435506241+201.6%^†
2	Maribor	76,660	12,160	2,000	4,259	-0.96663640490241−3.3%^†
3	Krško	23,250	2,400	550	1,292	2.5013550135501+250.1%^¹
4	Celje	21,220	4,100	450	1,179	0.046140195208518+4.6%^†
5	Rudar	18,500	3,000	350	1,028	0.80985915492958+80.9%^†
6	Domžale	18,050	2,600	300	1,003	0.087852494577007+8.7%^†
7	Koper	13,650	2,700	200	758	0.56935817805383+56.9%^†
8	Gorica	13,160	1,800	300	731	1.3206349206349+132.0%^†
9	Zavrč	11,750	2,200	250	653	0.31653225806452+31.6%^†
10	Krka	7,950	800	100	442	-0.98222222222222−1.7%^†
	League total	282,490	14,000	100	1,569	+45.1%^†

Updated to games played on 21 May 2016
Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga official website (Slovene)
Note ¹:Krško played in the Slovenian Second League the previous season.

Awards

Annual awards

PrvaLiga Player of the season

Rok Kronaveter^[1]^[2]

PrvaLiga Goalkeeper of the season

Nejc Vidmar^[1]^[2]

PrvaLiga U23 Player of the season

Miha Zajc^[1]^[2]

PrvaLiga Team of the season

Slovenain PrvaLiga Team of the 2015–16 season – SPINS XI.

Player	Team	Position	Ref.
Nejc Vidmar	Domžale/Olimpija	Goalkeeper	^[1]^[2]
Toni Datković	Zavrč/Koper	Defender	^[1]^[2]
Matic Fink	Olimpija	Defender	^[1]^[2]
Nemanja Mitrović	Olimpija	Defender	^[1]^[2]
Nejc Skubic	Domžale	Defender	^[1]^[2]
Rok Kronaveter	Olimpija	Midfielder	^[1]^[2]
Blaž Vrhovec	Celje	Midfielder	^[1]^[2]
Miha Zajc	Olimpija	Midfielder	^[1]^[2]
Blessing Eleke	Gorica/Olimpija	Forward	^[1]^[2]
Jean-Philippe Mendy	Maribor	Forward	^[1]^[2]
Andraž Šporar	Olimpija	Forward	^[1]^[2]

References

General

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External links

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.073510218520486-6] Maribor qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Slovenian Cup.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.073510218520486-7] Since the winners of the 2015–16 Slovenian Cup, Maribor, qualified for European competitions based on league position, the spot in the Europa League first qualifying round is passed to the fourth-placed team.

[table_hth_KR.C5.A00.073510218520486-8] 3.0 ^3.1 Krško ahead of Rudar Velenje on head-to-head record: Rudar–Krško 1–1, Krško–Rudar 0–0, Rudar–Krško 0–1, Krško–Rudar 1–1.

[table_hth_KOP0.073510218520486-9] 4.0 ^4.1 Koper ahead of Zavrč on head-to-head record: Zavrč–Koper 1–0, Koper–Zavrč 3–1, Zavrč–Koper 1–3, Koper–Zavrč 1–0.

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2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Contents

Competition format

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

League table

Standings

Positions by round

Results

First half of the season

Second half of the season

PrvaLiga play–off

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Attendances

Awards

Annual awards

PrvaLiga Team of the season

See also

References

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