NK Olimpija Ljubljana
Association football club in Ljubljana, Slovenia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovene pronunciation: [nɔɡɔˈméːtni ˈklúːp ɔˈlìːmpija ljubˈljàːna]; English: Olimpija Ljubljana Football Club), commonly referred to as Olimpija Ljubljana or simply Olimpija, is a Slovenian professional football club based in Ljubljana that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top division of the Slovenian football league system. They have won three Slovenian PrvaLiga titles and four Slovenian Cups.
Full name | Športno društvo Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana[1][2][3] | |||
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Nickname(s) | Zmaji (The Dragons) Zeleno-beli (The Green and Whites) | |||
Founded | 2 March 2005; 19 years ago (2005-03-02) (as NK Bežigrad) | |||
Ground | Stožice Stadium | |||
Capacity | 16,038[4][5] | |||
President | Adam Delius | |||
Head coach | Zoran Zeljković | |||
League | Slovenian PrvaLiga | |||
2022–23 | Slovenian PrvaLiga, 1st of 10 (champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Founded on 2 March 2005 as NK Bežigrad, Olimpija began competing in the Slovenian fifth division during the 2005–06 season and managed to achieve promotion in four successive seasons, reaching the top division for the first time in 2009 after winning the 2008–09 Slovenian Second League. After seven years in the top division, Olimpija won their first major trophy when they were crowned champions in the 2015–16 season. They won two more league titles in 2017–18 and 2022–23; in 2017–18, Olimpija also won the national cup for the first time, completing their first double.
Initially, the club played at the Bežigrad Stadium and the ŽAK Stadium during the club's stay in the second division and during the first year in the top division. In 2010, they moved to the Stožice Stadium with a capacity of 16,038.
Olimpija's nicknames are the "Green and Whites" (Slovene: Zeleno-beli), referring to their primary colours, and "The Dragons" (Slovene: Zmaji), referring to the dragon which is a symbol of Ljubljana and is represented on the city's coat of arms and on the club's crest. Their main rivals are NK Maribor, with whom they contest the Eternal derby.