2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga

The 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 21st season of the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top-tier football league in Slovenia. The season began on 16 July 2011 and ended on 26 May 2012, with a winter break in effect between 4 December 2011 and 2 March 2012.^[2] Maribor were the defending champions, having won their ninth title the previous season.^[3]

Slovenian PrvaLiga

Season	2011–12
Champions	Maribor (10th title)
Relegated	Nafta
Champions League	Maribor
Europa League	Olimpija Mura 05 Celje (cup finalists)
Matches played	180
Goals scored	491 (2.73 per match)
Best Player	Dare Vršič[1]
Top goalscorer	Dare Vršič (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Maribor 8–0 Triglav
Biggest away win	Nafta 0–6 Olimpija
Highest scoring	Maribor 8–0 Triglav
Longest winning run	7 games Maribor
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Maribor
Longest winless run	18 games Nafta
Longest losing run	7 games Triglav
Highest attendance	12,500 Maribor 2–2 Olimpija
Lowest attendance	100 Triglav 1–1 Nafta
Total attendance	246,290
Average attendance	1,368
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Teams

Olimpija – Domžale match at Stožice Stadium

Primorje were directly relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season to the Slovenian Second League after the last-place finish. They were replaced by the 2010–11 Slovenian Second League fourth-placed team, Mura 05, who participated in the competition for the first time in their history. Mura 05 received and accepted an invitation to join the league after Aluminij, Interblock and Dravinja – who finished in the top three places – all declined promotion due to financial reasons.^[4]

With both Nafta and Mura 05 participating in the 2011–12 edition, Prekmurje region had two teams in the top division for the first time since the 1999–2000 season.

Stadia and locations

Celje

Domžale

Gorica

Olimpija

Koper

Maribor

Mura 05

Nafta

Rudar

Triglav

Location of teams in the 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Club	City / Town	Stadium	Capacity1	Kit maker
Celje	Celje	Arena Petrol	13,059	Joma
Domžale	Domžale	Domžale Sports Park	3,100	Kelme
Gorica	Nova Gorica	Nova Gorica Sports Park	3,100	Joma
Koper	Koper	Bonifika Stadium	4,047	Lotto
Maribor	Maribor	Ljudski vrt	12,702	Adidas
Mura 05	Murska Sobota	Fazanerija City Stadium	3,782	Nike
Nafta	Lendava	Lendava Sports Park	2,000	Zeus
Olimpija	Ljubljana	Stožice Stadium	16,038	Virma
Rudar	Velenje	Ob Jezeru	1,864	Joma
Triglav	Kranj	Stanko Mlakar	2,060	Royal Sport

¹Seating capacity only. Some stadiums (e.g. Mura 05, Nafta, Rudar) also have standing areas.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	36	26	7	3	88	35	+53	85	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Olimpija	36	19	8	9	60	38	+22	65	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Mura 05	36	18	5	13	52	46	+6	59
4	Koper	36	16	10	10	48	35	+13	58
5	Gorica	36	14	11	11	49	37	+12	53
6	Rudar	36	11	10	15	55	54	+1	43
7	Domžale	36	11	7	18	39	52	−13	40
8	Celje	36	9	10	17	44	56	−12	37	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
9	Triglav Kranj	36	9	6	21	22	67	−45	33	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Nafta (R)	36	5	10	21	34	71	−37	25	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Celje lost to Maribor in the final of 2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup competition; since Maribor have qualified for the Champions League, Celje will enter the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.

Positions by round

Team ╲ 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
Maribor	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Olimpija	10	9	5	5	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Mura 05	5	3	4	8	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	8	6	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	3
Koper	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	3	3	3	4
Gorica	6	7	9	6	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Rudar	9	4	6	3	6	6	6	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Domžale	2	1	1	2	2	2	4	2	3	5	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	6	8	8	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7
Celje	1	5	3	4	5	5	7	7	8	9	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8
Triglav Kranj	4	6	9	9	7	8	5	6	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Nafta	7	10	7	7	8	7	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

	Leader
	2nd place
	3rd place

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team of the 2011–12 PrvaLiga, Triglav Kranj, played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the 2011–12 Slovenian Second League, Dob. Although Triglav lost the two-legged play-off 6–0 on aggregate, they retained their place in PrvaLiga as Dob declined promotion due to financial reasons.

2 June 2012

17:30 CEST

Triglav Kranj	0–2	Dob
	Report	Vuk 35' Kukavica 42'

Stanko Mlakar Stadium, Kranj

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Damir Skomina

6 June 2012

17:00 CEST

Dob	4–0	Triglav Kranj
Vuk 12', 21' Kunstelj 45' (pen.), 54'	Report

Dob Sports Park, Dob

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Davor Drečnik

Results

Every team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.

First half of the season Home \ Away CEL DOM GOR KOP MAR MUR NAF OLI RUD TRI Celje 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 Domžale 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–0 Gorica 2–0 0–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 Koper 1–2 2–1 0–4 2–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 Maribor 5–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 6–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 Mura 05 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–2 4–2 0–0 0–1 Nafta 0–2 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 Olimpija 0–3 3–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 Rudar 3–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–4 2–2 5–0 Triglav Kranj 0–1 0–4 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season Home \ Away CEL DOM GOR KOP MAR MUR NAF OLI RUD TRI Celje 0–2 0–0 0–4 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 Domžale 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 Gorica 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–3 4–1 1–1 Koper 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 Maribor 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 6–0 3–2 1–0 8–0 Mura 05 3–0 3–4 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 Nafta 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–6 1–1 1–2 Olimpija 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 Rudar 1–1 6–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 5–2 0–3 3–0 Triglav Kranj 4–3 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–5 Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[5] 1 Dare Vršič Olimpija 22 2 Nusmir Fajić Mura 05 20 3 Vito Plut Gorica 17 Dalibor Volaš Maribor 5 Roman Bezjak Celje 16 6 Etien Velikonja Maribor 14 7 Goran Galešić Gorica 10 Luka Majcen Rudar Dejan Mezga Maribor Marcos Tavares Maribor

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Milan Osterc Koper Nafta 4–1 23 October 2011 Dejan Djermanović Olimpija Nafta 6–0 3 March 2012 Etien Velikonja Maribor Triglav 8–0 22 April 2012 Matej Podlogar Rudar Nafta 5–2 20 May 2012

Average attendance

Rank	Club	Total attendance	Matches played	Average
1	Maribor	68,400	18	3,800
2	Mura 05	51,800	18	2,878
3	Olimpija Ljubljana	33,050	18	1,836
4	Nafta Lendava	18,000	18	1,000
5	Rudar Velenje	17,550	18	975
6	Koper	16,800	18	933
7	Celje	12,950	18	719
8	Domžale	10,150	18	564
9	Triglav	9,850	18	547
10	Gorica	7,740	18	430

See also

• 2011 Slovenian Supercup
• 2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup
• 2011–12 Slovenian Second League