FC Koper

The club was formed as Circolo sportivo Capodistriano in 1920.{{cite web|url=http://www.fckoper.si/klub/zgodovina/|title=Zgodovina|trans-title=History|access-date=25 February 2016|language=sl|publisher=FC Koper}} The team was made up of students, workers and fishermen. Its colours were black and white. In 1928, the club was renamed as Unione sportiva Capodistriana. Six years later, the club was renamed as Libertas.

After World War II, the club became part of a larger sports association and renamed as Aurora. By 1948, there were five clubs operating in the Koper area: Aurora, Meduza, Partizan, Edilit, and Adria. In 1955, Aurora and Meduza merged, creating NK Koper. The club played under this name in different Yugoslav leagues until 1991 and was one of the most successful Slovenian clubs. After Slovenia's independence, the club played in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. At the beginning of the 1990s, the club was achieving mid-table success. By the end of the 1990s, the club had been relegated to the second division twice, had serious financial problems, and renamed as FC Koper. With the advent of the new millennium, Koper consistently achieved positions in the upper half of the table. In 2002, they competed in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup, their first international competition. Two years of mid-table anonymity and significant financial difficulties followed, in part because the former owner, Georg Suban, left substantial debts to the club and took half of the team with him when he moved to the other Slovenian PrvaLiga team, Mura.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

The fans took control of the club and tried to improve its finances to save it from going bankrupt like three other major Slovenian clubs (Olimpija, Mura and Ljubljana), with reasonable success. In the 2005–06 season, Mladen Rudonja returned to the club and brought with him the Serbian-American businessman Milan Mandarić, who paid off all the remaining debts. After the first half of the season, before the arrival of the new patron, Koper was battling against relegation, but in the second part of the season, with a new coach, Milivoj Bračun, the club started an unbeaten run that led them to reach the third place in the Slovenian PrvaLiga and to win the Slovenian Cup for the first time.{{cite web |title=Slovenia – List of Cup Finals |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/slovcuphist.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=27 December 2021}} This also qualified the team to play in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds in the 2006–07 season. The following seasons were more difficult, with the club narrowly avoiding relegation in 2009. In the 2009–10 season, the team was expanded and, under the leadership of veteran player Miran Pavlin, eventually won the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship for the first time,{{cite web |title=Slovenia – List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/slovchamp.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=27 December 2021}} securing a place in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, where they were defeated by Dinamo Zagreb 5–4 on aggregate (1–5, 3–0).{{cite web |title=Koper–Dinamo Zagreb 2011 History {{!}} UEFA Champions League |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2002438--koper-vs-dinamo-zagreb/ |publisher=UEFA |access-date=27 December 2021 |language=en}} In the aftermath, Pavlin left the club.

Following the 2016–17 season, Koper failed to obtain a competition licence and was excluded from the Slovenian top division.{{cite news|url=https://www.nzs.si/novica/Licencna_komisija_za_pritozbe_sprejela_odlocitev_o_pritozbi_FC_Koper?id=44755&id_objekta=1|title=Licenčna komisija za pritožbe sprejela odločitev o pritožbi FC Koper|language=sl|date=1 June 2017|access-date=1 June 2017|publisher=Football Association of Slovenia}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/nogomet/prva-liga/koper-dokoncno-brez-licence-v-prvi-ligi-aluminij-in-ankaran/423886|title=Koper dokončno brez licence, v prvi ligi Aluminij in Ankaran|language=sl|date=1 June 2017|access-date=1 June 2017|publisher=RTV Slovenija|author=R. K.}}

• 1920: Formed as Circolo sportivo Capodistriano
• 1928: Renamed as Unione sportiva Capodistriana
• 1946: Renamed as Aurora Koper
• 1955: Merger of Aurora Koper and Meduza Koper to form NK Koper
• 1990: Renamed as FC Koper Capodistria
• 2001: Renamed as Sport Line Koper (sponsorship)
• 2005: Renamed as FC Anet Koper (sponsorship){{cite web |title=Koprski nogometaši dobili novega pokrovitelja |url=https://www.sta.si/963813/koprski-nogometasi-dobili-novega-pokrovitelja |website=sta.si |publisher=Slovenian Press Agency |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=sl |date=28 July 2005}}
• 2008: Renamed as FC Luka Koper (sponsorship){{cite web |title=FC Koper odslej FC Luka Koper |url=https://www.sta.si/1320784/fc-koper-odslej-fc-luka-koper |website=sta.si |publisher=Slovenian Press Agency |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=sl |date=16 September 2008}}
• 2017: Renamed as FC Koper

File:Koper - Bonifika Stadium.jpg

{{main|Bonifika Stadium}}

Bonifika Stadium is the team's home ground, named after the area where it is situated in the town of Koper. The stadium was built in 1948.{{cite web | url = http://fckoper.si/klub/stadion/ | title = Stadion | trans-title = Stadium | publisher = FC Koper | access-date = 25 May 2019 | language = sl}} In 2010, the stadium underwent extensive reconstruction{{cite news | url = http://www.primorske.si/Sport/Nogomet/Prenovljeni-stadion-bo-v-obliki-crke-L.aspx | title = Prenovljeni stadion bo v obliki črke L |trans-title=The renovated stadium will be in the shape of letter L | first =Rok |last=Maver | newspaper= Primorske novice | language = sl | date = 28 July 2010 | access-date = 20 May 2014 }} and its current capacity is 4,047 seats.

{{Updated|21 February 2025|{{cite web |title=Prva ekipa|trans-title=First team|url=https://fckoper.si/ekipe/ |publisher=FC Koper |access-date=27 July 2024|language=sl}}}}

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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=SLO|pos=GK|name=Jan Koprivec}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=LBR|pos=DF|name=Mark Pabai}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Felipe Curcio}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=SLO|pos=DF|name=Lan Vidmar|other=on loan from Maribor}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=KOS|pos=MF|name=Toni Domgjoni}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Tomi Jurić}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Omar El Manssouri}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Deni Jurić}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=SLO|pos=DF|name=Maj Mittendorfer}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=NGR|pos=MF|name=Emmanuel Adinnu}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=Petar Petriško}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SLO|pos=MF|name=Aljaž Zalaznik}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=NGR|pos=FW|name=Wisdom Sule}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=SLO|pos=MF|name=Nik Omladič}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=SLO|pos=MF|name=Denis Popović}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=SLO|pos=MF|name=Sandro Jovanović}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=SLO|pos=GK|name=Tadej Bonaca}}

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{{Fs player|no=26|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=Gabriel Groznica}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=SLO|pos=DF|name=Dominik Ivkič}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=Nikola Krajinović}}

{{Fs player|no=31|nat=SLO|pos=GK|name=Metod Jurhar}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=SRB|pos=DF|name=Veljko Mijailović}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=Fran Tomek}}

{{Fs player|no=34|nat=SLO|pos=DF|name=Anel Zulić|other=on loan from Viborg}}

{{Fs player|no=35|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=Di Mateo Lovrić}}

{{Fs player|no=39|nat=SLO|pos=MF|name=Damjan Bohar}}

{{Fs player|no=45|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Isaac Matondo}}

{{Fs player|no=48|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Ahmed Sidibé}}

{{Fs player|no=49|nat=SLO|pos=MF|name=Timotej Brkić}}

{{Fs player|no=73|nat=SLO|pos=GK|name=Luka Baš}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=SLO|pos=MF|name=Enej Jelenič|other=on loan from Novara}}

{{Fs player|no=80|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Jean-Pierre Longonda}}

{{Fs player|no=99|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Kamil Manseri}}

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League

• Slovenian Republic League (third tier in Yugoslavia)
• Winners: 1984–85, 1987–88
• Runners-up: 1986–87

Cup

• Slovenian Republic Cup
• Winners: 1989–90, 1990–91
• Runners-up: 1988–89

League

• Slovenian First League
• Winners: 2009–10
• Runners-up: 2007–08, 2013–14, 2021–22
• Slovenian Second League
• Winners: 1999–2000
• Runners-up: 1997–98
• Slovenian Third League
• Winners: 2018–19
• Littoral League (fourth tier)
• Winners: 2017–18

Cup

• Slovenian Cup
• Winners: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2014–15, 2021–22
• Runners-up: 2008–09, 2024–25
• Slovenian Supercup
• Winners: 2010, 2015
• Runners-up: 2007
• MNZ Koper Cup
• Winners: 2017–18, 2018–19

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;Key

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• P – Matches played
• W – Matches won
• D – Matches drawn
• L – Matches lost
• GF – Goals for
• GA – Goals against
• Pts – Points

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All results (home and away) list Koper's goal tally first.

;Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 1R: First round
• 2R: Second round
• 3R: Third round
• SF: Semi-final

{{reflist}}

• {{oweb|https://fckoper.si/}} {{in lang|sl}}
• {{URL|http://www.nk-koper.si|Unofficial NK Koper website}} {{in lang|sl}}
• [https://www.prvaliga.si/tekmovanja/?action=klub&id_kluba=1&id_menu=217 FC Koper] at PrvaLiga {{in lang|sl}}
• [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/slovenia/fc-koper/2003/ FC Koper] at Soccerway

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