2015–16 ND Gorica season

The 2015–16 season was Gorica's 25th season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the Slovenian top division, since the league was created in 1991 with Gorica as one of the league's founding members. Gorica was competed in PrvaLiga and Cup. The season for club began on 18 July 2015 and ended on 21 May 2016.

ND Gorica

2015–16 season
President	Hari Arčon
Head Coach	Miran Srebrnič
Stadium	Nova Gorica Sports Park
Slovenian League	4th
Slovenian Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Blessing Eleke (12) All: Blessing Eleke (12)
Highest home attendance	1,800 (vs Maribor and Olimpija)
Lowest home attendance	300 (vs Rudar and Krka)
Average home league attendance	731
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2016.

Players

As of 1 March 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVN Gregor Sorčan 3 DF  SVN Uroš Celcer 4 DF  SVN Matija Škarabot 6 DF  SVN Miha Gregorič 7 MF  SVN Andrej Kotnik 8 FW  BIH Rifet Kapić 10 FW  SVN Miran Burgič 11 FW  SVN Sandi Arčon 14 MF  SVN Jaka Kolenc 17 FW  NGA Amarachi Osuji 22 GK  SVN Jure Lipičar 23 DF  SVN Tine Kavčič

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  SVN Jan Humar 26 MF  SVN Amel Džuzdanović 27 DF  SVN Alen Jogan (captain) 29 DF  SVN Jani Curk 30 FW  SVN Leon Marinič 31 DF  SVN Nejc Mevlja 33 FW  SVN Marko Nunič 42 DF  SVN Matija Boben 77 MF  SVN Dino Martinovič 90 MF  NGA Marshal Johnson 91 GK  SVN Januš Štrukelj 96 FW  SVN Tilen Nagode

Source:ND Gorica

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
PrvaLiga	—	4th	19 July 2015	21 May 2016
Cup	First round	First round	19 August 2015	19 August 2015

Updated to match played 25 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PrvaLiga	36	15	7	14	48	49	−1	041.67
Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	37	15	7	15	48	50	−2	040.54

Last updated: 25 May 2016

Source: Competitions

PrvaLiga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Maribor	36	19	11	6	78	37	+41	68	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Domžale	36	14	13	9	46	31	+15	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Gorica	36	15	7	14	48	49	−1	52
5	Celje	36	11	12	13	32	46	−14	45
6	Krško	36	10	11	15	24	48	−24	41[lower-alpha 2]

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene), 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.[1]
Notes:

1. Maribor qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Slovenian Cup.
2. Krško ahead of Rudar Velenje on head-to-head record: Rudar–Krško 1–1, Krško–Rudar 0–0, Rudar–Krško 0–1, Krško–Rudar 1–1.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	15	7	14	48	49	−1	52	7	3	8	20	23	−3	8	4	6	28	26	+2

Last updated: 25 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W
Position	10	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

18 July 2015 1	Olimpija	4 – 1	Gorica	Ljubljana
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kapun  18' Kronaveter  25', 68' Krefl  38' Henty  52' Šporar  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Arčon  45' Martinovič  46'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Davor Drečnik

24 July 2015 2	Gorica	2 – 1	Rudar	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jogan  22' Martinović  42' Džuzdanović  69' Širok  75'	Report (in Slovene)	Knezović  65' Prašnikar  71' S.Babić  75'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Roberto Ponis

2 August 2015 3	Krka	1 – 2	Gorica	Novo Mesto
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fuček  31' Welbeck  33' Collins  78'	Report (in Slovene)	Jogan  40' Džuzdanović  42',  78' Širok  54' Arčon  66' Martinović  74'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 400 Referee: Damir Skomina

7 August 2015 4	Celje	2 – 3	Gorica	Celje
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Esteves De Sousa  5' M.Klemenčič  40' Jogan  74' (o.g.)	Report (in Slovene)	Eleke  19',  53' Širok  21' Džuzdanović  69' Arčon  77' Nunič  90+2',  90+2'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 600 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

11 August 2015 5	Gorica	3 – 0	Zavrč	Nova Gorica
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kolenc  17' Eleke  69', 78',  81' Jogan  85'	Report	Datković  74'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 550 Referee: Marko Podgoršek

15 August 2015 6	Domžale	2 – 3	Gorica	Domžale
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Morel  25' Črnic  41' Horić  50' Mance  58'	Report (in Slovene)	Eleke  5', 56' Džuzdanović  23' Humar  76' Škarabot  87' Širok  87'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

23 August 2015 7	Gorica	3 – 1	Krško	Nova Gorica
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nunič  17', 28',  20'  62' Džuzdanović  70'	Report (in Slovene)	Urbanč  60' (pen.) Volarič  70'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 900 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

29 August 2015 8	Koper	1 – 3	Gorica	Koper
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Simčič  33' Rahmanović  55' Šme  72' Ivančić  87'	Report (in Slovene)	Humar  22' Eleke  32', 84',  74' Burgič  27',  61' Džuzdanović  72'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

20 September 2015 9	Gorica	1 – 4	Maribor	Nova Gorica
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Burgič  6',  51'	Report (in Slovene)	Mendy  12', 57' Tavares  25' Stojanović  53' Bohar  77'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Damir Skomina

19 September 2015 10	Gorica	0 – 3	Olimipja	Nova Gorica
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jogan  44'	Report (in Slovene)	Kronaveter  45' (pen.), 89' Bajrić  58' Kapun  79'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

23 September 2015 11	Rudar	1 – 0	Gorica	Velenje
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kašnik  13' M.Babić  24' Kocić  58'	Report (in Slovene)	Johnson  41'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Mitja Žganec

27 September 2015 12	Gorica	2 – 0	Krka	Nova Gorica
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Burgič  82' Eleke  90+4',  90+4'	Report (in Slovene)	Bogdan  65' Mitrović  65' Gliha  73'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

3 October 2015 13	Gorica	1 – 1	Celje	Nova Gorica
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Širok  37' Celcer  90+2' Jogan  90+2' Škarabot  90+5'	Report (in Slovene)	Miškić  6' Pajač  76'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 560 Referee: Rade Obrenović

16 October 2015 14	Zavrč	1 – 2	Gorica	Zavrč
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batrović  66'	Report (in Slovene)	Burgič  11' Eleke  32' Džuzdanović  38' Kavčič  64' Škarabot  81' Martinović  88'	Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Dejan Balažič

25 October 2015 15	Gorica	0 – 1	Domžale	Nova Gorica
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Burgič  35' Škarabot  61' Širok  69'	Report (in Slovene)	Blažič  83' Črnic  87'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

30 October 2015 16	Krško	1 – 0	Gorica	Krško
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Štefanac  17' Jakolić  66' Petranić  81' Drnovšek  90+3' Blažinčič  90+4'	Report (in Slovene)	Eleke  70'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

8 November 2015 17	Gorica	1 – 2	Koper	Nova Gorica
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eleke  25' Celcer  62'	Report (in Slovene)	Memolla  19',  88' Pavić  66' Šimurina  79' Štromajer  90+2'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 550 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

25 November 2015 18	Maribor	4 – 2	Gorica	Maribor
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibraimi  21' Sallalich  41' Filipović  46' Jogan  50' (o.g.) Bajde  61'	Report (in Slovene)	Kotnik  37' Eleke  46' Arčon  90'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dejan Balažič

29 November 2015 19	Olimpija	0 – 2	Gorica	Ljubljana
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kronaveter  35'	Report (in Slovene)	Džuzdanović  27' Cvijanović  59'  90' Širok  83'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Damir Skomina

2 December 2015 20	Gorica	1 – 0	Rudar	Nova Gorica
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mevlja  32' Johnson  67' Eleke  86' Celcer  88'	Report (in Slovene)	M.Babić  11' S.Babić  62'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

6 December 2015 21	Krka	1 – 0	Gorica	Novo Mesto
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marotti  25' Collins  37' Ejup  47' Kastrevec  75' Gliha  86'	Report (in Slovene)	Arčon  13' Johnson  40'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 150 Referee: Mitja Žganec

12 December 2015 22	Gorica	2 – 2	Celje	Nova Gorica
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Širok  48' Jogan  74'	Report (in Slovene)	Firer  13', 67' Osman Ali  41' Esteves De Sousa  42'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 620 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

27 February 2016 23	Gorica	2 – 2	Zavrč	Nova Gorica
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Osuji  19' Burgić  35' Jogan  36' Celcer  43' Nunič  76'	Report (in Slovene)	Batrović  22', 36' (pen.) Tahiraj  43' Kokorović  81'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Vojko Goričan

6 March 2016 24	Domžale	1 – 1	Gorica	Domžale
16:55 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trajkovski  26' Črnic  51' Zec  90'	Report (in Slovene)	Johnson  17' Humar  59' Boben  89'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Bojan Mertik

12 March 2016 25	Gorica	1 – 0	Krško	Nova Gorica
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jogan  24' Arčon  26' Johnson  33' Burgič  65'	Report (in Slovene)	Čeh  57'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 450 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

18 March 2016 26	Koper	1 – 1	Gorica	Koper
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Biljan  14' Jurina  43',  90+4' Batur  44'	Report (in Slovene)	Celcer  34' Burgič  44' Gregorič  53' Kapić  66'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

2 April 2016 27	Gorica	0 – 2	Maribor	Nova Gorica
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nunič  86' Kolenc  88'	Report (in Slovene)	Mendy  59', 70'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Dejan Balažič

6 April 2016 28	Gorica	1 – 1	Olimipja	Nova Gorica
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kavčič  50' Kotnik  80' Kapić  82' Gregorič  84' Martinovič  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Kronaveter  40' (pen.) Fink  54' Zajc  76'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Damir Skomina

9 April 2016 29	Rudar	1 – 0	Gorica	Velenje
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahić  41',  50' Črnčič  90+2'	Report (in Slovene)	Burgič  44' Mevlja  89'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

16 April 2016 30	Gorica	1 – 0	Krka	Nova Gorica
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mevlja  74' Kapić  82' Osuji  90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Bocaccini  35' Brkljača  37' Kostanjšek  72' Majcen  87'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Darjan Kovačič

23 April 2016 31	Gorica	1 – 2	Celje	Nova Gorica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kavčič  40' Curk  49' Humar  83'	Report (in Slovene)	Podlogar  25', 62' Kous  85' Kotnik  90+3'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

29 April 2016 32	Zavrč	1 – 1	Gorica	Zavrč
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Golubar  31' Jakšić  36' Karamatić  90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Kapić  29',  57'	Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Roberto Ponis

8 May 2016 33	Gorica	0 – 2	Domžale	Nova Gorica
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Humar  24'	Report (in Slovene)	Črnic  44' Mance  69'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

11 May 2016 34	Krško	0 – 2	Gorica	Krško
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Volarič  53' Sikošek  59'	Report (in Slovene)	Kotnik  11' Celcer  30' Jogan  53' Boben  89'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

14 May 2016 35	Gorica	0 – 1	Koper	Nova Gorica
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boben  44'	Report (in Slovene)	Horvat  34' Biljan  79' Tomić  90+4'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Bojan Mertik

21 May 2016 36	Maribor	2 – 3	Gorica	Maribor
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bajde  9', 38',  30'	Report (in Slovene)	Burgič  14' Kotnik  82' Osuji  87' Škarabot  90+2'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rade Obrenović

Cup

First round

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 August 2015 First round	Mura	1 – 0	Gorica	Murska Sobota
16:00 CEST	Toth  29',  57' Slana  72' Kisilak  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Eleke  55'	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Alen Borošak

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of matches played 21 May 2016.

No.	Pos.	Player	Total				PrvaLiga				Cup
1	GK	Gregor Sorčan	35	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Uroš Celcer	32	0	6	1	31	0	6	1	1	0	0	0
4	DF	Matija Škarabot	26	1	4	0	25	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	Miha Gregorič	14	1	1	0	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	Andrej Kotnik	18	3	1	0	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	Rifet Kapić	12	1	4	0	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Miran Burgič	33	6	6	0	32	6	6	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW	Sandi Arčon	29	2	4	0	29	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Jaka Kolenc	23	0	2	0	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Bede Amarachi Osuji	14	3	0	0	13	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	GK	Jure Lipičar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Tine Kavčič	27	1	2	0	26	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
24	MF	Jan Humar	25	1	4	0	25	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	Amel Džuzdanović	20	5	4	0	19	5	4	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	Alen Jogan	27	2	6	1	26	2	6	1	1	0	0	0
29	DF	Jani Curk	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	Leo Marinič	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Nejc Mevlja	13	0	3	0	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	Marko Nunič	28	5	3	1	27	5	3	1	1	0	0	0
42	DF	Matija Boben	9	0	3	0	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	Dino Martinovič	29	1	4	0	28	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
90	MF	Marshal Johnson	20	0	5	1	19	0	5	1	1	0	0	0
91	GK	Januš Štrukelj	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
96	FW	Tilen Nagode	17	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players who left the club in Summer/Winter transfer window or on loan
–	MF	Goran Cvijanovič	9	1	1	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
–	FW	Blessing Eleke	20	12	6	0	19	12	5	0	1	0	1	0
–	DF	Matija Širok	21	3	5	0	21	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
Own goals			–	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	–
TOTALS			–	48	75	4	–	48	74	4	–	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of matches played 21 May 2016.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	PrvaLiga	Cup	Total
1	–	FW	Blessing Eleke	12	0	12
2	10	FW	Miran Burgič	6	0	6
3	26	MF	Amel Džuzdanović	5	0	5
	33	FW	Marko Nunič	5	0	5
5	7	MF	Andrej Kotnik	3	0	3
	17	FW	Bede Amarachi Osuji	3	0	3
	–	DF	Matija Širok	3	0	3
8	11	FW	Sandi Arčon	2	0	2
	27	DF	Alen Jogan	2	0	2
10	4	DF	Matija Škarabot	1	0	1
	6	DF	Miha Gregorič	1	0	1
	8	FW	Rifet Kapić	1	0	1
	23	DF	Tine Kavčič	1	0	1
	24	MF	Jan Humar	1	0	1
	77	MF	Dino Martinovič	1	0	1
	–	MF	Goran Cvijanovič	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
TOTALS				48	0	48

See also

• 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga
• 2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup

References

1. "1. SNL: Season Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

External links

• Official website (in Slovene and English)
• Facebook profile
• PrvaLiga profile (in Slovene)
• Official UEFA profile
• Soccerway profile