2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	2019–20
Dates	13 July 2019 – 22 July 2020
Champions	Celje (1st title)
Relegated	Rudar Velenje; Triglav
Champions League	Celje
Europa League	Maribor; Olimpija Ljubljana; Mura
Matches played	180
Goals scored	544 (3.02 per match)
Best Player	Mitja Lotrič
Top goalscorer	Ante Vukušić (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Aluminij 8–1 Triglav
Biggest away win	Triglav 0–6 Celje
Highest scoring	Triglav 3–7 Olimpija
Longest winning run	6 matches; Bravo and Maribor
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; Bravo
Longest winless run	36 matches; Rudar Velenje
Longest losing run	8 matches; Rudar Velenje
Highest attendance	9,000; Maribor 1–1 Olimpija
Lowest attendance	N/Aa
Total attendance	185,693a
Average attendance	1,043a
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 29th edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 13 July 2019 and was scheduled to end on 15 May 2020.^[2] The league was halted on 12 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia, and later resumed on 15 June 2020.^[3] Celje won their first-ever league title and earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.^[4]^[5]

Maribor were the defending champions.^[6]

Competition format

Each team played 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams played four matches against each other (2 home and 2 away).^[5]

Teams

Gorica and Krško were relegated at the end of the previous season.^[6] Bravo and Tabor Sežana joined the other eight teams in the league this season after earning promotion from the Slovenian Second League.^[7]

Stadiums and locations

Seating capacity only; some stadiums also have standing areas.

Aluminij	Bravo	Celje	Domžale
Aluminij Sports Park	Šiška Sports Park	Stadion Z'dežele	Domžale Sports Park
Capacity: 600	Capacity: 2,308	Capacity: 13,059	Capacity: 3,100

Maribor	Aluminij Celje Domžale Bravo Triglav Maribor Mura Olimpija Tabor Rudar Velenje		Mura
Ljudski vrt			Fazanerija City Stadium
Capacity: 12,702			Capacity: 4,506

Olimpija Ljubljana	Rudar Velenje	Tabor Sežana	Triglav Kranj
Stožice Stadium	Ob Jezeru City Stadium	Rajko Štolfa Stadium	Stanko Mlakar Stadium
Capacity: 16,038	Capacity: 1,864	Capacity: 1,310	Capacity: 2,060

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aluminij	Slobodan Grubor	Matic Vrbanec	Zeus Sport	Talum, Zavarovalnica Sava
Bravo	Dejan Grabić	Ovbokha Agboyi	Joma	Nomago
Celje	Dušan Kosič	Mitja Lotrič	Nike	Cinkarna, Droga
Domžale	Dejan Djuranović	Senijad Ibričić	Joma	Esad Mulalić s.p.
Maribor	Sergej Jakirović	Marcos Tavares	Adidas	Zavarovalnica Sava, Nova KBM, Radio City
Mura	Ante Šimundža	Alen Kozar	Adidas	Pomgrad, Generali
Olimpija Ljubljana	Dino Skender	Tomislav Tomić	Nike	Merkur zavarovalnica
Rudar Velenje	Dominik Beršnjak	Damjan Trifković	Joma	None
Tabor Sežana	Mauro Camoranesi	Antonio Azinović	Erreà	CherryBox24
Triglav Kranj	Vlado Šmit	Luka Majcen	Adidas	Domplan

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rudar Velenje	Almir Sulejmanović	29 July 2019^[8]	7th	Janez Žilnik	29 July 2019^[8]
Domžale	Simon Rožman	3 September 2019^[9]	10th	Andrej Razdrh	5 September 2019^[10]
Tabor Sežana	Andrej Razdrh	4 September 2019^[11]	6th	Almir Sulejmanović	8 September 2019^[12]
Rudar Velenje	Janez Žilnik	6 September 2019^[13]	10th	Nikola Jaroš	6 September 2019^[13]
Triglav Kranj	Dejan Dončić	23 September 2019^[14]	9th	Vlado Šmit	23 September 2019^[15]
Rudar Velenje	Nikola Jaroš	29 October 2019^[16]	10th	Andrej Panadić	29 October 2019^[16]
Tabor Sežana	Almir Sulejmanović	3 January 2020^[17]	8th	Mauro Camoranesi	3 January 2020^[17]
Maribor	Darko Milanič	7 March 2020^[18]	4th	Sergej Jakirović	23 April 2020^[19]
Rudar Velenje	Andrej Panadić	20 April 2020^[20]	10th	Dominik Beršnjak	20 April 2020^[20]
Domžale	Andrej Razdrh	15 June 2020^[21]	9th	Dejan Djuranović	15 June 2020^[22]
Olimpija Ljubljana	Safet Hadžić	15 June 2020^[23]	1st	Dino Skender	19 June 2020^[24]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celje (C)	36	19	12	5	74	36	+38	69	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Maribor	36	20	7	9	66	39	+27	67^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Olimpija	36	20	7	9	73	44	+29	67^[a]
4	Mura^[b]	36	14	14	8	54	42	+12	56
5	Aluminij	36	16	7	13	58	48	+10	55
6	Bravo	36	13	10	13	50	53	−3	49
7	Tabor Sežana	36	13	7	16	45	51	−6	46
8	Domžale	36	12	7	17	52	64	−12	43
9	Triglav Kranj (R)	36	9	5	22	44	87	−43	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Rudar Velenje (R)	36	0	12	24	28	80	−52	12	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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head goal difference: Maribor +1, Olimpija −1
^ Mura qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Slovenian Football Cup.

Results

First half of the season

Home \ Away	ALU	BRA	CEL	DOM	MAR	MUR	OLI	RUD	TAB	TRI
Aluminij		5–1	0–0	4–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1
Bravo	0–1		2–2	0–0	0–1	3–3	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0
Celje	0–0	2–2		2–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	2–0	4–0
Domžale	1–1	2–0	3–5		0–1	0–0	1–4	2–2	1–0	3–0
Maribor	2–1	4–0	1–0	4–1		0–0	0–0	5–0	4–2	1–2
Mura	2–4	4–3	1–0	3–0	1–1		3–1	2–0	1–0	2–2
Olimpija	3–1	3–1	2–2	4–2	2–4	1–1		6–0	2–0	4–2
Rudar	1–2	1–4	3–3	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–3		2–2	1–1
Tabor	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–1		2–0
Triglav	1–0	1–0	0–6	2–3	1–3	1–3	2–3	3–2	3–2

Source: PrvaLiga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away	ALU	BRA	CEL	DOM	MAR	MUR	OLI	RUD	TAB	TRI
Aluminij		1–2	0–2	2–5	1–4	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	8–1
Bravo	0–0		1–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0
Celje	2–0	2–2		4–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2
Domžale	1–3	1–1	1–1		1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
Maribor	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1		3–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–2
Mura	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0
Olimpija	0–1	0–5	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0		5–0	1–2	0–2
Rudar	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–1		0–1	0–1
Tabor	1–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	4–1	1–2	0–3	1–0		3–1
Triglav	1–4	1–4	0–5	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–7	3–0	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 2019–20 Slovenian Second League was played. The winner earned a place in the 2020–21 PrvaLiga season.

26 July 2020

18:00 CEST

Gorica	1–1	Triglav Kranj
Osuji 27'	Report	Arh Česen 30'

Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Referee: Bojan Mertik

30 July 2020

17:00 CEST

Triglav Kranj	0–5	Gorica
	Report	Begić 25' Osuji 29' Marinič 56' Grudina 61' Kolenc 68'

Stanko Mlakar Stadium, Kranj

Referee: Rade Obrenović

Gorica won 6–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers


Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ante Vukušić	Olimpija Ljubljana	26
2	Dario Vizinger	Celje	23
3	Mitja Lotrič	Celje	18
4	Aljoša Matko	Bravo	15
4	Ante Živković	Aluminij	15
6	Predrag Sikimić	Tabor Sežana/Domžale	14
6	Rok Kronaveter	Maribor	14
8	Amadej Maroša	Mura	13
9	Luka Bobičanec	Mura	12
10	Arnel Jakupović	Domžale	11

Source: PrvaLiga official website

Awards

Annual awards

PrvaLiga Player of the Season

Mitja Lotrič^[25]

PrvaLiga U23 Player of the Season

Dario Vizinger^[26]

PrvaLiga Coach of the Season

Dušan Kosič^[27]

PrvaLiga Team of the Season

Slovenian PrvaLiga Team of the 2019–20 season – SPINS XI.

Player	Team	Position	Ref.
Matjaž Rozman	Celje	Goalkeeper	^[28]
Matic Maruško	Mura	Defender
Nemanja Jakšić	Aluminij	Defender
Miral Samardžić	Olimpija Ljubljana	Defender
Žan Zaletel	Celje	Defender
Luka Menalo	Olimpija Ljubljana	Midfielder
Luka Bobičanec	Mura	Midfielder
Tomislav Tomić	Olimpija Ljubljana	Midfielder
Mitja Lotrič	Celje	Forward
Ante Vukušić	Olimpija Ljubljana	Forward
Dario Vizinger	Celje	Forward

Notes

^a All matches after March 2020 were played either behind closed doors or with significantly reduced capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia.

References

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^ Plestenjak, Rok (15 June 2020). "Domžale predstavile novega trenerja, trofejnega znanca 1. SNL" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ Pavčnik, Martin (15 June 2020). "Ljubljanski deja vu: Safet Hadžić ni več trener Olimpije" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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External links

Official website (in Slovene)
Soccerway.com

[table_hth_MAR0.18681432082635-25] Head-to-head goal difference: Maribor +1, Olimpija −1

[table_note_MUR0.18681432082635-26] Mura qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Slovenian Football Cup.

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