NK Olimpija Ljubljana
Founded: 1911
Colors: white, green
Ground: Stozice Stadium, 16 038 seats
President: Milan Mandaric
Head coach: Safet Hadzic
Current position in Slovenian league table: 1
Lineup average age: 25,3 years
Titles
Slovenian league: 6 titles
Slovenian Cup: 6
Slovenian Super Cup: 1
Current season
After 20 matchdays Olimpija are domestic league leaders with 42 points.
They tumbled out of the national cup in the round of 16 by losing against NK Rudar Velenje – 0:1.
As for euro cups, Olimpija outplayed Latvian side FK RFC (2:3 at home, 2:0 away) in the first round of qualification, but then they were defeated by Yeni Malatyaspor in the second round (2:2 at home, 0:1 away).
Lineup
The average age of Olimpija first team players is 25,3 years. Foreigners make 52% of the lineup.
The #1 goalkeeper is 30-year-old Nejc Vidmar (20 appearances in Slovenian league). Leading defenders are Miral Samardzic (18 appearances), Macky Bagnack (17), Eric Boakye (13) and Vitalijs Maksimenko (13). Key midfielders are Stefan Savic (20), Tomislav Tomic (19), Mario Jurcevic (18) and Vitja Valencic (17). The major striking force of the team is Ante Vukusin, who has 16 goals in Slovenian league to his name at the moment. Other strikers are Luka Menalo (7 goals in 19 matches) and Jucie Lupeta (9/4).
Coach
As a player, Safet Hadzic used to feature for eight different Slovenian clubs. His coaching career is pretty much the same. In April of the last year he took charge of Olimpija for the third time.
