2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga

The 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga is the 29th edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since the league was formed in 1991. The season began on 13 July 2019 and was scheduled to end on 15 May 2020.[1] The league winners will qualify for a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.[2] The league was halted on 12 March 2020.

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	125
Goals scored	376 (3.01 per match)
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
Highest attendance	7,500 Maribor 0–0 Mura
Lowest attendance	200 Rudar 2–3 Domžale
Total attendance	144,371
Average attendance	1,443
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Maribor are the defending champions.[3]

Competition format

Each team will play 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams will play four matches against each other (2 home and 2 away).[2]

Teams

Gorica and Krško were relegated at the end of the previous season.[3] Bravo and Tabor Sežana joined the other eight teams in the league this season after earning promotion from the Slovenian Second League.[4]

Stadia and locations

Seating capacity only; some stadiums also have standing areas.

Aluminij	Bravo	Celje	Domžale
Aluminij Sports Park	Ljubljana Sports Park	Stadion Z'dežele	Domžale Sports Park
Capacity: 532	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: 3,782
Olimpija Ljubljana	Rudar Velenje	Tabor Sežana	Triglav Kranj
Stožice Stadium	Ob Jezeru	Rajko Štolfa Stadium	Stanko Mlakar Stadium
Capacity: 16,038	Capacity: 2,341	Capacity: 1,200	Capacity: 2,060

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aluminij	Slobodan Grubor	Matic Vrbanec	Zeus Sport	Talum
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
Mura	Ante Šimundža	Alen Kozar	Adidas	Pomgrad, Generali
Olimpija Ljubljana	Dino Skender	Tomislav Tomić	Nike	Merkur zavarovalnica
Rudar Velenje	Dominik Beršnjak	Damjan Trifković	Joma	n/a
Tabor Sežana	Mauro Camoranesi	Antonio Azinović	Erreà	Cherrybox24
Triglav Kranj	Vlado Šmit	Luka Majcen	Adidas	Domplan

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[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Olimpija	36	20	7	9	73	44	+29	67[lower-alpha 1]
4	Mura[lower-alpha 2]	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 the Slovenian Second League

Source: 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[5]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: Maribor +1, Olimpija −1
2. Mura qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round due to 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: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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 will be played. The winner will earn a place in the 2020–21 PrvaLiga season.

26 July 2020

18:00 CEST

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

Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Referee: Bojan Mertik

30 July 2020

17:00 CEST

Triglav	0–5	Gorica
	Report	Begic  25' Osuji  29' L. Marinič  56' Grudina  61' Kolenc  68'

Stanko Mlakar Stadium, Kranj

Referee: Rade Obrenović

Gorica won 6–1 on aggregate, and therefore promoted to the Slovenian PrvaLiga while Triglav are relegated to the Slovenian Second League.

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 Ante Živković Aluminij 6 Predrag Sikimić Tabor Sežana/Domžale 14 Rok Kronaveter Maribor 8 Amadej Maroša Mura 13 9 Luka Bobičanec Mura 12 10 Arnel Jakupović Domžale 11 Source: PrvaLiga official website

Top assists Rank Player Team Assists 1 Dario Vizinger Celje 12 2 Mitja Lotrič Celje 11 3 Rudi Požeg Vancaš Maribor 9 Matic Vrbanec Aluminij 5 Luka Kerin Celje 8 Ante Vukušić Olimpija Ljubljana Stefan Savić Olimpija Ljubljana Rodrigue Bongongui Tabor Sežana Luka Menalo Olimpija Ljubljana 10 Ivor Horvat Tabor Sežana 11 Source: PrvaLiga official website

Awards

Annual awards

PrvaLiga Player of the season

• Mitja Lotrič[6]

PrvaLiga U23 Player of the season

• Dario Vizinger[7]

PrvaLiga Coach of the season

• Dušan Kosič[8]

PrvaLiga Team of the season

Rozman

Jakšić

Samardžić

Maruško

Zaletel

Bobičanec

Menalo

Vizinger

Lotrič

Tomić

Vukušić

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

Player	Team	Position	Ref.
Matjaž Rozman	Celje	Goalkeeper	[9]
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

See also

• Slovenian Football Cup

References

1. "1.SNL". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
2. "1.SNL: Season Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
3. "1.SNL". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
4. "2.SNL". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
5. "1.SNL". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
6. "SPINS :: NAJBOLJŠI POSAMEZNIKI V SEZONI 2019/2020 SO ..." www.spins.si. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
7. "SPINS :: NAJBOLJŠI POSAMEZNIKI V SEZONI 2019/2020 SO ..." www.spins.si. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
8. "SPINS :: NAJBOLJŠI POSAMEZNIKI V SEZONI 2019/2020 SO ..." www.spins.si. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
9. "SPINS :: OBJAVLJAMO NAJBOLJŠO ENAJSTERICO SEZONE 2019/2020 v 1. SNL". www.spins.si. Retrieved 2020-07-24.

External links

• Official website (in Slovene)
• Soccerway.com