NK Svoboda Ljubljana

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Svoboda Ljubljana

| image = NK Svoboda Ljubljana.png

| fullname = Nogometni klub Svoboda Ljubljana

| nickname = Vitezi (The Knights)

| founded = {{Start date and age|1952}}{{cite web | url = https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja/?action=vsiKlubi&id_menu=35 | title = Klubi |trans-title=Clubs | publisher = Football Association of Slovenia | access-date = 29 July 2016 | language = sl }}

| dissolved =

| ground = Svoboda Sports Park

| capacity = 800

| chrtitle = President

| chairman = Hajro Rizvić

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = Ermin Rakovič

| league = 3. SNL – West

| season = 2023–24

| position = 3. SNL – West, 7th of 14

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NK Svoboda Ljubljana (Nogometni klub Svoboda Ljubljana, 'Svoboda Ljubljana Football Club'), commonly referred to as simply Svoboda, is a Slovenian football club from Ljubljana which plays in the Slovenian Third League.

History

The club was founded as ŠD Svoboda in 1952. In the late 1950s, they merged with NK Grafičar, took over its place in the Slovenian Republic League and played under this name until 1962. The most successful period for the club was in the 1970s, when they played in the Yugoslav Second League under the sponsorship of Mercator. In 1971, they won the Slovenian Republic League for the first time and earned promotion to the Yugoslav Second League – West.

border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" !style="background:#FF0000;"\|Year !style="background:#FF0000;"\|Postiton !style="background:#FF0000;"\|Year !style="background:#FF0000;"\|Postiton
align=center\|1971	align=center\| 1st	align=center\|1977	align=center\| 17th
align=center\|1972	align=center\| 13th	align=center\|1978	align=center\| 1st
align=center\|1973	align=center\| 8th	align=center\|1979	align=center\| 16th
align=center\|1974	align=center\| 18th	align=center\|1980	align=center\| 1st
align=center\|1975	align=center\| 1st	align=center\|1981	align=center\| 8th
align=center\|1976	align=center\| 12th	align=center\|1982	align=center\| 16th

During this period, they also won two Republic Cup titles, in 1976 and 1978. Thus, Svoboda participated in the Yugoslav Cup and in the 1978–79 season reached the round of 16, where they were eliminated by Borac Banja Luka.

After Slovenia's independence in 1991, Svoboda played in the Slovenian PrvaLiga for three seasons, finishing in 11th, 6th, and 13th place. In 1994 the club was replaced by Slavija with many players leaving from them to Vevče. Svoboda then played several seasons in lower divisions, before returning to the scene in 2003, when they were promoted to the Slovenian Second League. They have played there for three seasons, scoring the best result in the 2004–05 season with third place, which was not enough to secure promotion, due to Slovenian First League being decreased to ten teams. In the next two seasons Svoboda was relegated from the second and third division, having serious financial troubles. The club was taken over by NK Interblock in 2008 to become their feeder team for youth selections, but this collaboration lasted only one season. Svoboda started on their own again in 2009. In 2018, Svoboda returned to the Slovenian Third League after they won a promotion play-off against Žiri.

Honours

League

Slovenian Republic League
Winners: 1970–71, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80
Slovenian Third League
Winners: 2002–03
Ljubljana Regional League (fourth tier)
Winners: 2010–11, 2017–18
Slovenian Fifth Division
Winners: 1994–95, 2009–10

Cup

Slovenian Republic Cup
Winners: 1975–76, 1977–78
MNZ Ljubljana Cup
Winners: 2003–04{{cite web | url = http://www.mnzljubljana-zveza.si/Novice.htm | title = Novice: Finale članskega pokala MNZ Ljubljana | publisher = MNZ Ljubljana | access-date = 30 October 2016 | language = sl | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040611071550/http://www.mnzljubljana-zveza.si/Novice.htm | archive-date = 11 June 2004}}

Domestic league and cup results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
Season !League !Position !Pts !P !W !D !L !GF !GA !Cup
1991–92 \|1. SNL \|11 \|40 \|40 \|14 \|12 \|14 \|51 \|55 \|Round of 64
1992–93 \|1. SNL \|bgcolor=lightblue\|6 \|38 \|34 \|14 \|10 \|10 \|38 \|33 \|bgcolor=lightyellow\|Quarter-finals
1993–94 \|1. SNL \|13 \|23 \|30 \|9 \|5 \|16 \|31 \|59 \|First round
1994–95 \|2. MNZ LJ \|1 \|28 \|18 \|13 \|2 \|3 \|43 \|20 \|First round
1995–96 \|1. MNZ LJ \|3 \|48 \|26 \|15 \|3 \|8 \|48 \|33 \|did not qualify
1996–97 \|1. MNZ LJ \|3 \|45 \|25 \|14 \|3 \|8 \|54 \|33 \|did not qualify
1997–98 \|3. SNL – West \|2 \|42 \|25 \|11 \|9 \|5 \|41 \|21 \|did not qualify
1998–99 \|3. SNL – Centre \|3 \|47 \|26 \|14 \|5 \|7 \|78 \|50 \|did not qualify
1999–2000 \|3. SNL – Centre \|11 \|26 \|26 \|6 \|8 \|12 \|34 \|39 \|did not qualify
2000–01 \|3. SNL – Centre \|9 \|33 \|26 \|8 \|9 \|9 \|32 \|34 \|did not qualify
2001–02 \|3. SNL – Centre \|3 \|47 \|26 \|13 \|8 \|5 \|45 \|32 \|did not qualify
2002–03 \|3. SNL – Centre \|1 \|62 \|25 \|19 \|5 \|1 \|76 \|23 \|did not qualify
2003–04 \|2. SNL \|8 \|34 \|32 \|9 \|7 \|16 \|48 \|47 \|did not qualify
2004–05 \|2. SNL \|3 \|61 \|33 \|18 \|7 \|8 \|52 \|33 \|First round
2005–06 \|2. SNL \|9 \|25 \|27 \|7 \|4 \|16 \|26 \|33 \|First round
2006–07 \|3. SNL – West \|11 \|29 \|26 \|9 \|15 \|2 \|39 \|59 \|did not qualify
2007–08 \|2. MNZ LJ \|8 \|21 \|20 \|7 \|0 \|13 \|40 \|50 \|did not qualify
2008–09 \|colspan="10"\|did not enter any competitions
2009–10 \|2. MNZ LJ \|1 \|38 \|16 \|12 \|2 \|2 \|71 \|22 \|did not qualify
2010–11 \|Regional \|1 \|56 \|26 \|17 \|5 \|4 \|60 \|27 \|did not qualify
2011–12 \|3. SNL – West \|14 \|22 \|26 \|5 \|7 \|14 \|23 \|49 \|did not qualify
2012–13 \|Regional \|2 \|55 \|26 \|17 \|4 \|5 \|64 \|31 \|did not qualify
2013–14 \|Regional \|8 \|32 \|26 \|9 \|5 \|12 \|44 \|50 \|did not qualify
2014–15 \|Regional \|6 \|28 \|19 \|9 \|1 \|9 \|33 \|31 \|did not qualify
2015–16 \|Regional \|2 \|44 \|22 \|14 \|2 \|6 \|52 \|34 \|did not qualify
2016–17 \|Regional \|4 \|40 \|22 \|12 \|4 \|6 \|42 \|31 \|did not qualify
2017–18 \|Regional \|1 \|58 \|22 \|18 \|4 \|0 \|65 \|18 \|did not qualify
2018–19 \|3. SNL – Centre \|6 \|32 \|27 \|7 \|11 \|9 \|44 \|52 \|did not qualify
2019–20 \|3. SNL – West{{efn\|The season was not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}} \|2 \|31 \|14 \|9 \|4 \|1 \|47 \|19 \|did not qualify
2020–21 \|3. SNL – West \|7 \|22 \|19 \|7 \|1 \|11 \|33 \|47 \|did not qualify
2021–22 \|3. SNL – West \|13 \|16 \|26 \|4 \|4 \|18 \|20 \|55 \|did not qualify
2022–23 \|3. SNL – West \|6 \|39 \|26 \|11 \|6 \|9 \|32 \|30 \|First round

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Season

!League

!Position

!Pts

!GF

!GA

!Cup

1991–92

|1. SNL

|11

|40

|14

|12

|14

|51

|55

|Round of 64

1992–93

|1. SNL

|bgcolor=lightblue|6

|38

|34

|14

|10

|38

|33

|bgcolor=lightyellow|Quarter-finals

1993–94

|1. SNL

|13

|23

|30

|16

|31

|59

|First round

1994–95

|2. MNZ LJ

|28

|18

|13

|43

|20

|First round

1995–96

|1. MNZ LJ

|48

|26

|15

|48

|33

|did not qualify

1996–97

|1. MNZ LJ

|45

|25

|14

|54

|33

|did not qualify

1997–98

|3. SNL – West

|42

|25

|11

|41

|21

|did not qualify

1998–99

|3. SNL – Centre

|47

|26

|14

|78

|50

|did not qualify

1999–2000

|3. SNL – Centre

|11

|26

|12

|34

|39

|did not qualify

2000–01

|3. SNL – Centre

|33

|26

|32

|34

|did not qualify

2001–02

|3. SNL – Centre

|47

|26

|13

|45

|32

|did not qualify

2002–03

|3. SNL – Centre

|62

|25

|19

|76

|23

|did not qualify

2003–04

|2. SNL

|34

|32

|16

|48

|47

|did not qualify

2004–05

|2. SNL

|61

|33

|18

|52

|33

|First round

2005–06

|2. SNL

|25

|27

|16

|26

|33

|First round

2006–07

|3. SNL – West

|11

|29

|26

|15

|39

|59

|did not qualify

2007–08

|2. MNZ LJ

|21

|20

|13

|40

|50

|did not qualify

2008–09

|colspan="10"|did not enter any competitions

2009–10

|2. MNZ LJ

|38

|16

|12

|71

|22

|did not qualify

2010–11

|Regional

|56

|26

|17

|60

|27

|did not qualify

2011–12

|3. SNL – West

|14

|22

|26

|14

|23

|49

|did not qualify

2012–13

|Regional

|55

|26

|17

|64

|31

|did not qualify

2013–14

|Regional

|32

|26

|12

|44

|50

|did not qualify

2014–15

|Regional

|28

|19

|33

|31

|did not qualify

2015–16

|Regional

|44

|22

|14

|52

|34

|did not qualify

2016–17

|Regional

|40

|22

|12

|42

|31

|did not qualify

2017–18

|Regional

|58

|22

|18

|65

|18

|did not qualify

2018–19

|3. SNL – Centre

|32

|27

|11

|44

|52

|did not qualify

2019–20

|3. SNL – West{{efn|The season was not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}}

|31

|14

|47

|19

|did not qualify

2020–21

|3. SNL – West

|22

|19

|11

|33

|47

|did not qualify

2021–22

|3. SNL – West

|13

|16

|26

|18

|20

|55

|did not qualify

2022–23

|3. SNL – West

|39

|26

|11

|32

|30

|First round

:*Best results are highlighted.

References

External links

[https://www.nksvoboda.si/ Official website] {{in lang|sl}}

Category:Association football clubs established in 1952

Category:Football clubs in Slovenia

Category:Football clubs in Yugoslavia

Category:1952 establishments in Slovenia

Category:Football clubs in Ljubljana

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align=center\|1971	align=center\| 1st	align=center\|1977	align=center\| 17th
align=center\|1972	align=center\| 13th	align=center\|1978	align=center\| 1st
align=center\|1973	align=center\| 8th	align=center\|1979	align=center\| 16th
align=center\|1974	align=center\| 18th	align=center\|1980	align=center\| 1st
align=center\|1975	align=center\| 1st	align=center\|1981	align=center\| 8th
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