2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga

The 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 24th edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. Also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, PrvaLiga was contested by the top ten clubs in Slovenia, for the title of national champions.

Slovenian PrvaLiga

Season	2014–15
Champions	Maribor (13th title)
Relegated	Radomlje
Champions League	Maribor
Europa League	Celje Domžale Koper (cup winners)
Matches played	180
Goals scored	455 (2.53 per match)
Best Player	Benjamin Verbič[1]
Top goalscorer	Marcos Tavares (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Rudar 7–2 Zavrč
Biggest away win	Radomlje 1–6 Maribor
Highest scoring	Rudar 7–2 Zavrč
Longest winning run	8 games Domžale Maribor
Longest unbeaten run	20 games Celje
Longest winless run	10 games Radomlje
Longest losing run	8 games Radomlje
Highest attendance	10,000 Maribor 3–3 Olimpija
Lowest attendance	100 Rudar 2–2 Koper
Total attendance	194,590
Average attendance	1,081
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Competition format

Each team played 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams played four matches against each other (two at home and two away).^[2]

Stadiums and locations

Celje

Domžale

Gorica

Koper

Krka

Maribor

Olimpija

Radomlje

Rudar

Zavrč

Location of teams in the 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity1
Celje	Celje	Arena Petrol	13,059
Domžale	Domžale	Domžale Sports Park	3,100
Gorica	Nova Gorica	Nova Gorica Sports Park	3,100
Koper	Koper	Bonifika	4,047
Krka	Novo Mesto	Portoval	500
Maribor	Maribor	Ljudski vrt	12,702
Olimpija	Ljubljana	Stožice	16,038
Radomlje	Radomlje	Domžale Sports Park2	3,100
Rudar	Velenje	Ob Jezeru	1,864
Zavrč	Zavrč	Zavrč Sports Park3	962

¹Seating capacity only. Some stadiums (e.g. Krka, Rudar) also have standing areas.
²Radomlje played their matches at the Domžale Sports Park because their stadium in Radomlje, roughly five kilometres from Domžale, did not meet the Football Association of Slovenia PrvaLiga stadia criteria.^[3]
3Zavrč played the first half of the season at the Ptuj City Stadium, with the capacity of 2,207 seats, because their regular stadium went through a major reconstruction.^[4]

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	36	24	7	5	74	32	+42	79	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Celje	36	20	10	6	58	31	+27	70	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Domžale	36	21	5	10	52	22	+30	68
4	Olimpija	36	17	10	9	55	32	+23	61
5	Zavrč	36	15	4	17	38	52	−14	49
6	Rudar	36	12	10	14	44	43	+1	46
7	Krka	36	11	7	18	38	54	−16	40
8	Koper	36	12	4	20	35	58	−23	40	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
9	Gorica (O)	36	10	7	19	40	46	−6	37	Qualification to relegation play-off
10	Radomlje (R)	36	4	4	28	21	85	−64	16	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Koper qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2014–15 Slovenian Football Cup.

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	4	3	3	3	4	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Celje	7	9	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Domžale	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Olimpija	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Zavrč	5	2	5	4	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Rudar	9	10	7	7	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Krka	10	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7
Koper	2	5	4	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Gorica	8	8	10	9	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Radomlje	4	6	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Leader
	Second
	Third
	Relegation play-off
	Relegation to 2.SNL

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene)

Results

First half of the season Home \ Away CEL DOM GOR KOP KRK MAR OLI RAD RUD ZAV Celje 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 0–1 Domžale 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 Gorica 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 4–0 1–2 1–0 Koper 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–1 Krka 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 Maribor 1–2 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–3 3–2 1–0 3–0 Olimpija 1–3 2–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 Radomlje 0–3 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 1–2 Rudar 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 Zavrč 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 Source: Slovenian 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 KRK MAR OLI RAD RUD ZAV Celje 0–0 0–3 3–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–3 3–0 Domžale 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 4–0 2–3 Gorica 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 4–0 Koper 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–2 Krka 0–4 3–2 0–2 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 Maribor 4–1 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–2 4–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 Olimpija 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 Radomlje 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–6 0–4 1–0 0–4 Rudar 1–3 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 7–2 Zavrč 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

PrvaLiga play-off

The two-legged play-off between Gorica, the ninth-placed team of the 2014–15 PrvaLiga, and Aluminij, the second-placed team of the 2014–15 Second League, was played. The winner earned a place in the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga.^[2]

3 June 2015

17:00 CEST

Gorica	0–0	Aluminij
	Report

Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Attendance: 800

Referee: Damir Skomina

7 June 2015

17:00 CEST

Aluminij	1–2	Gorica
Škoflek 4'	Report	Žigon 8', 41'

Kidričevo Sports Park, Kidričevo

Attendance: 600

Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

Gorica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Awards

PrvaLiga Player of the Season

• Benjamin Verbič

PrvaLiga U23 Player of the Season

• Benjamin Verbič

SPINS XI

PrvaLiga Team of the Year 2015^[5]

Player	Team	Position
Nejc Vidmar	Domžale	Goalkeeper
Aleksander Rajčević	Maribor	Defence
Uroš Korun	Domžale	Defence
Petar Stojanović	Maribor	Defence
Mitja Viler	Maribor	Defence
Agim Ibraimi	Maribor	Midfield
Miha Zajc	Olimpija	Midfield
Blaž Vrhovec	Celje	Midfield
Benjamin Verbič	Celje	Forward
Andraž Šporar	Olimpija	Forward
Marcos Tavares	Maribor	Forward

Statistics

Goals Rank Player Club Goals 1 Marcos Tavares Maribor 17 2 Benjamin Verbič Celje 15 3 Andraž Šporar Olimpija Ljubljana 13 4 Luka Zahović Maribor 12 Sunny Omoregie Celje 6 Dalibor Volaš Maribor 10 7 Ivan Firer Rudar Velenje 9 Dragan Jelić Rudar Velenje 9 Mitja Lotrič Koper 8 10 Luka Majcen Gorica 7 Damjan Bohar Maribor Dejan Žigon Gorica Benjamin Morel Domžale Danijel Miškić Celje Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga

Assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Nejc Skubic Domžale 10 Benjamin Verbič Celje 3 Mitja Viler Maribor 8 Dare Vršič Maribor Sintayehu Sallalich Maribor Mario Babić Rudar Velenje 7 Agim Ibraimi Maribor 6 Doris Kelenc Zavrč 9 Seven players N/A 5

See also

• 2014 Slovenian Supercup
• 2014–15 Slovenian Cup
• 2014–15 Slovenian Second League