2016–17 ND Gorica season

The 2016–17 season is Gorica's 26th season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian top division, since the league was created in 1991 with Gorica as one of the league's founding members. Gorica compete in Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian Football Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Gorica

2016–17 season
President	Hari Arčon
Head Coach	Miran Srebrnič
Stadium	Nova Gorica Sports Park
Slovenian League	4th
Slovenian Cup	Quarter-finals
Europa League	1st qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Miran Burgić (7) All: Miran Burgić (7)
Highest home attendance	1,000 (vs Maribor & Olimpija)
Lowest home attendance	250 (vs Radomlje)
Average home league attendance	580
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 13 December 2016.

Players

As of 13 December 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 — GK  SVN Gregor Sorčan — GK  SVN Jure Lipičar — GK  SVN Januš Štrukelj — DF  SVN Uroš Celcer — DF  SVN Matija Škarabot — DF  SVN Miha Gregorič — DF  SVN Tine Kavčič — DF  SVN Alen Jogan (captain) — DF  SVN Jani Curk — DF  SVN Matija Boben — DF  SVN Matic Slavec — MF  SVN Andrej Kotnik — MF  BIH Rifet Kapić

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SVN Jaka Kolenc — MF  SVN Rok Grudina — MF  SVN Dejan Žigon — MF  SVN Jan Humar — MF  SVN Amel Džuzdanović — FW  USA Sachem Wilson — FW  SVN Miran Burgič — FW  SVN Sandi Arčon — FW  NGA Bede Amarachi Osuji — FW  SVN Leon Marinič — FW  ITA Gianluca Franciosi — FW  SVN Tilen Nagode

Source:ND Gorica

Transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

Summer

22 June 2016 1	Gorica	0–0	Istra	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 100 Referee: Osman Hajdič

25 June 2016 2	Gorica	0–0	Rijeka	Kranjska Gora
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Ruteč Sports Park Referee: Marko Podgoršek

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
PrvaLiga	Pre-season	4th		16 July 2016	27 May 2017
Cup	Round of 16	—	Quarter-finals	15 September 2016	26 October 2016
UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	—	First qualifying round	30 June 2016	7 July 2016

Updated to match played 13 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PrvaLiga	21	7	7	7	24	24	+0	033.33
Cup	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	033.33
Europa League	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	000.00
Total	26	8	9	9	28	30	−2	030.77

Updated to match played 13 December 2016
Source: Competitions

PrvaLiga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	36	21	10	5	63	30	+33	73	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Gorica	36	16	12	8	48	39	+9	60[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Olimpija Ljubljana	36	17	9	10	49	35	+14	60[lower-alpha 1]
4	Domžale	36	16	8	12	63	45	+18	56	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5	Celje	36	15	10	11	48	39	+9	55

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Gorica ahead of Olimpija on head-to-head record: Olimpija–Gorica 1–0, Gorica–Olimpija 1–1, Olimpija–Gorica 1–2, Gorica–Olimpija 1–0
2. Domžale qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup.

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	16	12	8	48	39	+9	60	8	7	3	26	18	+8	8	5	5	22	21	+1

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W
Position	2	4	4	5	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 July 2016 1	Gorica	2–0	Aluminij	Nova Gorica
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arčon  30' Kavčič  50',  66' Kolenc  90+3'	Report (in Slovene)	Turkalj  74' Roškar  87'  90+2'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

22 July 2016 2	Celje	1–0	Gorica	Celje
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čirjak  9',  46' Miškić  74'	Report (in Slovene)	Kavčič  60' Boben  62'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 900 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

30 July 2016 3	Gorica	2–1	Radomlje	Nova Gorica
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grudina  36' Kolenc  59' Arčon  85', 90'	Report (in Slovene)	Kovjenič  11' Karamatić  18' Jugovar 76' Nunić  78' Jazbec  90+3'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Roman Glažar

6 August 2016 4	Krško	1–0	Gorica	Krško
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šturm  10' Kramarič  60',  78' Drnovšek  67' Vukliševič  74' Čeh  84'	Report (in Slovene)	Celcer  39' Burgič  90'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

13 August 2016 5	Gorica	2–1	Maribor	Nova Gorica
17:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šuler  42' (o.g.) Burgić  67'	Report (in Slovene)	Defendi  13' Bajde  56' Vrhovec  62' Janža  83'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

20 August 2016 6	Rudar	1–2	Gorica	Velenje
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Billong  4' Glavina  25' Mary  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Burgič  33' Žigon  37' Kapić  89'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rade Obrenović

26 August 2016 7	Gorica	3–1	Domžale	Nova Gorica
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arčon  6', 74' Nagode  47' Kapić  82'	Report (in Slovene)	Morel  11' Dobrovoljc  40' Bratanović  61'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 730 Referee: Vojko Goričan

11 September 2016 8	Olimpija	1–0	Gorica	Ljubljana
16:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matić  36' Velikonja  87' (pen.)	Report (in Slovene)	Jogan  24' Grudina  74' Kavčič  80'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

28 September 2016 9	Gorica	1–1	Koper	Nova Gorica
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gregorič  29'	Report (in Slovene)	Štromajer  6' Ibričić  45'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Bojan Mertik

21 September 2016 10	Aluminij	0–0	Gorica	Kidričevo
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Krljanović  58' Vrbanec  83'	Report (in Slovene)	Kapić  59'	Stadium: Kidričevo Sports Park Attendance: 100 Referee: Dejan Balažič

24 September 2016 11	Gorica	0–1	Celje	Nova Gorica
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arčon  24' Kapić  66' Grudina  68' Burgič  85'	Report (in Slovene)	Volaš  24' Džinić  44'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 550 Referee: Roberto Ponis

2 October 2016 12	Radomlje	2–4	Gorica	Domžale
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cerar  50' Kovjenić  62' Balić  64' Šipek  79' Nunić  81' Anđelković  83'	Report (in Slovene)	Burgič  18' (pen.), 63' (pen.),  54' Nagode  24' Kapić  84' (pen.) Curk  87'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

14 October 2016 13	Gorica	1–1	Krško	Nova Gorica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nagode  17' Kolenc  28' Kotnik  51' Arčon  63' Gregorič  90'	Report (in Slovene)	Dangubić  30' Kramarič  59' Čeh  65'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

22 October 2016 14	Maribor	1–0	Gorica	Maribor
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šuler  47'	Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dejan Balažič

30 October 2016 15	Gorica	1–3	Rudar	Nova Gorica
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Arčon  10' Burgič  80' (pen.)	Report (in Slovene)	Lotrič  48' Glavina  55' Kašnik  78' Mary  85' Vručina  90+4'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

5 November 2016 16	Domžale	5–0	Gorica	Domžale
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Horvat  22' Alvir  30', 34' (90+2), pen.' Žinko  37' Vuk  56'	Report (in Slovene)	Boben  90+2' Kotnik  90+2'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Vojko Goričan

19 November 2016 17	Gorica	1–1	Olimpija	Nova Gorica
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Burgič  64',  81'	Report (in Slovene)	Benko  12' Zajc  48' Jurčević  72' Krefl  86' Kronaveter  90+6'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Roberto Ponis

26 November 2016 18	Koper	0–0	Gorica	Koper
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report (in Slovene)	Boben  56' Škarabot  90+3'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Dejan Balažič

30 November 2016 19	Gorica	3–0	Aluminij	Nova Gorica
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gregorič  62' Kapić  80' Burgić  87' (pen.), 90+1' Jogn  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Vrbanec  8' Tahiraj  36' Cvek  76'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

3 December 2016 20	Celje	1–1	Gorica	Celje
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pišek  49' Volaš  63',  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Žigon  41' Burgić  58'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 300 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

10 December 2016 21	Gorica	1–1	Radomlje	Nova Gorica
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Curk  39' Škarabot  49' Kotnik  80'	Report (in Slovene)	Karamatić  30' Lidjan  55' Jugovar  88'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Voljko Goričan

26 February 2017 22	Krško	1 - 2	Gorica	Krško
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Krajcer  74' Ibrahim Mensah  82'	Report	Škarabot  22' Rok Grudina  39'  88' Burgić  44' (pen.) Rifet Kapić  46' Gregorič  59'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Cup

Round of 16

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 September 2016 Round of 16	Nafta 1903	1–3	Gorica	Lendava
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kapić  39' (o.g.) Malešević  50'	Report	Burgić  40' Kotnik  71' Arčon  90' Franciosi  90+3'	Stadium: Lendava Sports Park Attendance: 800 Referee: Roman Glažar

Quarter-finals

19 October 2016 First leg	Gorica	1–1	Maribor	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grudina  31' Celcer  34' Kotnik  58'	Report	Zahović  44' Hotić  62' Sallalich  71' Mezga  89'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

26 October 2016 Second leg	Maribor	0–0 (1–1 (a) agg.)	Gorica	Maribor
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šme  33' Sallalich  48' Hotić  55' Obradović  90+2'	Report	Kolenc  22' Burgić  45'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss

30 June 2016 First leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Gorica	Netanya
19:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Igiebor  13', 69' Sá  45'	Report	Škarabot  10'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 7,982 Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

7 July 2016 Second leg	Gorica	0–1 (0–4 agg.)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Nova Gorica
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Benayoun  10' Ben Haim  73'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Slovenian PrvaLiga 7 goals Miran Burgić 5 goals Sandi Arčon 4 goals Rifet Kapić 2 goals Andrej Kotnik Dejan Žigon 1 goal Sandi Arčon Tine Kavčič Miha Gregorič

Slovenian Football Cup 2 goals Andrej Kotnik 1 goal Miran Burgić Gianluca Franciosi

See also

• 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga
• 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup
• 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

References

1. "Tekmovalni pravilnik NZS (50. člen)" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

External links

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