2023–24 Slovenian PrvaLiga

The 2023–24 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 33rd edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 22 July 2023 and ended on 19 May 2024.^[3] Olimpija Ljubljana were the defending champions after winning their third title in the previous season.

Slovenian PrvaLiga

Season	2023–24
Dates	22 July 2023 – 19 May 2024
Champions	Celje (2nd title)
Relegated	Aluminij Rogaška
Champions League	Celje
Europa League	Maribor
Conference League	Olimpija Ljubljana Bravo
Matches played	180
Goals scored	505 (2.81 per match)
Best Player	Žan Karničnik[1]
Top goalscorer	Aljoša Matko (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Maribor 7–0 Aluminij
Biggest away win	Aluminij 0–5 Domžale
Highest scoring	Aluminij 4–5 Olimpija
Highest attendance	10,460 Maribor 2–1 Olimpija
Total attendance	223,148[2]
Average attendance	1,254[2]
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Celje won their second PrvaLiga title with three rounds to go after defeating Olimpija 1–0 on 28 April 2024.^[4] As champions, they qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.^[5] Maribor, which finished as runners-up, qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League instead of Slovenian Cup winners Rogaška, which failed to obtain competition licence and were thus relegated.^[6] The third-placed and the fourth-placed teams, Olimpija and Bravo, entered the second and first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, respectively. Aluminij were relegated to the Slovenian Second League as the bottom-placed team, together with eight-placed Rogaška.^[6][7]

Teams

Olimpija Ljubljana entered the season as defending champions after winning their third title in the previous season.^[8] Gorica and Tabor Sežana were relegated at the end of the previous season.^[9] They were replaced by Aluminij and Rogaška, who joined the remaining eight teams this season after promotion from the Slovenian Second League.^[10] Aluminij returned to the first division after a one-year absence, while Rogaška made their PrvaLiga debut.^[11]

Stadiums and locations

Aluminij

Bravo

Celje

Domžale

Koper

Maribor

Mura

Olimpija

Radomlje

Rogaška

Locations of the 2023–24 Slovenian PrvaLiga teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aluminij	Kidričevo	Aluminij Sports Park	1,200
Bravo	Ljubljana	Šiška Sports Park	2,308
Celje	Celje	Stadion Z'dežele	13,059
Domžale	Domžale	Domžale Sports Park	3,100
Koper	Koper	Bonifika Stadium	4,047
Maribor	Maribor	Ljudski vrt	11,709
Mura	Murska Sobota	Fazanerija City Stadium	4,506
Olimpija	Ljubljana	Stožice Stadium	16,038
Radomlje	Domžale	Domžale Sports Park	3,100
Rogaška[a]	Rogaška Slatina	Rogaška Slatina Sports Centre	1,000

1. Rogaška played at Matija Gubec Stadium in Krško until mid-September 2023, as their stadium was still under renovations.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Celje	Roman Pylypchuk	18 July 2023[12]	Pre-season	Albert Riera	20 July 2023[13]
Domžale	Simon Rožman	3 August 2023[14]	5th	Dušan Kosič	7 August 2023[15]
Mura	Dejan Grabić	14 August 2023[16]	8th	Vladimir Vermezović	6 September 2023[17]
Maribor	Damir Krznar	2 October 2023[18]	5th	Ante Šimundža	3 October 2023[19]
Celje	Albert Riera	11 October 2023[20]	1st	Damir Krznar	11 October 2023[21]
Olimpija Ljubljana	João Henriques	13 October 2023[22]	3rd	Zoran Zeljković	18 October 2023[23]
Koper	Zoran Zeljković	18 October 2023[24]	2nd	Safet Hadžić	18 October 2023[25]
Koper	Safet Hadžić	18 December 2023[26]	3rd	Aleksandar Radosavljević	18 December 2023[26]
Mura	Vladimir Vermezović	20 February 2024[27]	6th	Anton Žlogar	21 February 2024[28]
Radomlje	Oliver Bogatinov	30 March 2024[29]	10th	Darjan Slavic	8 April 2024[30]
Domžale	Dušan Kosič	1 April 2024[31]	7th	Matej Podlogar	1 April 2024[31]
Koper	Aleksandar Radosavljević	5 April 2024[32]	5th	Oliver Bogatinov	5 April 2024[32]
Olimpija Ljubljana	Zoran Zeljković	6 May 2024[33]	2nd	Goran Boromisa (caretaker)	10 May 2024[34]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celje (C)	36	24	7	5	75	34	+41	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Maribor	36	19	10	7	67	35	+32	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Olimpija Ljubljana	36	18	10	8	69	44	+25	64	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Bravo	36	12	14	10	42	42	0	50	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
5	Koper	36	12	12	12	51	49	+2	48
6	Mura	36	11	10	15	42	55	−13	43[b]
7	Domžale	36	13	4	19	52	60	−8	43[b]
8	Rogaška (R)	36	10	6	20	37	64	−27	36	Relegation to fourth tier[c]
9	Radomlje	36	7	12	17	33	51	−18	33
10	Aluminij (R)	36	8	7	21	37	71	−34	31	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: RSSSF
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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the 2023–24 Slovenian Cup winners (Rogaška) were denied a UEFA licence, the Europa League berth, which was originally intended for the cup winners, was transferred to the second-placed team in the league, Maribor.^[35]
2. Ranked on head-to-head points: Mura 9, Domžale 3.
3. Rogaška did not obtain a competition licence and were relegated to the fourth division.

Results

First half of the season Home \ Away ALU BRA CEL DOM KOP MAR MUR OLI RAD ROG Aluminij 1–1 2–2 0–5 3–2 1–0 0–1 4–5 0–2 1–2 Bravo 2–0 0–2 3–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 4–2 0–2 2–0 Celje 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 Domžale 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 3–0 3–0 Koper 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 Maribor 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 Mura 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 Olimpija 0–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 Radomlje 0–2 1–2 0–4 3–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–3 Rogaška 0–1 2–0 0–4 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 Source: PrvaLiga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season Home \ Away ALU BRA CEL DOM KOP MAR MUR OLI RAD ROG Aluminij 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 Bravo 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 Celje 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 Domžale 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–5 1–3 1–1 0–1 Koper 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–4 0–1 1–2 Maribor 7–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 Mura 3–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 Olimpija 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 Radomlje 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 Rogaška 1–4 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 Source: PrvaLiga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

PrvaLiga play-off

The ninth-placed club of the PrvaLiga, Radomlje, should have played a two-legged play-off against the second-placed club from the 2023–24 Slovenian Second League, Nafta 1903, for the final place in the following season's PrvaLiga. However, the Football Association of Slovenia cancelled the play-offs on 22 May 2024, as Rogaška, which finished eighth in the PrvaLiga, did not obtain a competition licence and were relegated.^[6] As a consequence, both Radomlje and Nafta 1903 earned a place in the 2024–25 Slovenian PrvaLiga season.

23 May 2024 (2024-05-23)

Nafta 1903	Cancelled	Radomlje

Lendava Sports Park, Lendava

26 May 2024 (2024-05-26)

Radomlje	Cancelled	Nafta 1903

Domžale Sports Park, Domžale

Statistics

Top scorers

^[36]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aljoša Matko	Celje	18
2	Arnel Jakupović	Maribor	17
3	Hillal Soudani	Maribor	15
4	Patrik Mijić	Rogaška	11
	Matej Poplatnik	Bravo
6	Amadej Maroša	Mura	10
	Rui Pedro	Olimpija Ljubljana
8	Raul Florucz	Olimpija Ljubljana	9
	Timothé Nkada	Koper
	Jošt Pišek	Domžale
	Madžid Šošić	Radomlje

Awards

Monthly awards

PrvaLiga Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
July	Arnel Jakupović[37]	Maribor
August	Aljoša Matko[38]	Celje
September	Martin Pečar[39]	Bravo
October	Žan Karničnik[40]	Celje
November	Rui Pedro[41]	Olimpija Ljubljana
December	Jan Repas[42]	Maribor
February	Josip Iličić[43]	Maribor
March	Patrik Mijić[44]	Rogaška
April	Hillal Soudani[45]	Maribor
May	Hillal Soudani[46]	Maribor

Annual awards

PrvaLiga Player of the Year

• Žan Karničnik^[1]

PrvaLiga Young player of the Year

• Yegor Prutsev^[1]

PrvaLiga Manager of the Year

• Ante Šimundža^[1]

PrvaLiga Team of the Season

Player	Team	Position	Ref.
Ažbe Jug	Maribor	Goalkeeper	[1]
Žan Karničnik	Celje	Defender
Sven Šoštarič Karič	Maribor	Defender
David Zec	Celje	Defender
Marcel Ratnik	Olimpija Ljubljana	Defender
Josip Iličić	Maribor	Midfielder
Hillal Soudani	Maribor	Midfielder
Jan Repas	Maribor	Midfielder
Patrik Mijić	Rogaška	Forward
Aljoša Matko	Celje	Forward
Arnel Jakupović	Maribor	Forward

See also

• 2023–24 Slovenian Football Cup