NK Pohorje

Pohorje
Full name	Nogometni klub Pohorje Ruše
Nickname(s)	Zeleni (The Greens)
Founded	1956; 69 years ago
Ground	Stadion NK Pohorje
President	Marko Ozim
Head coach	Benjamin Prednik
League	1. MNZ Maribor
2024–25	1. MNZ Maribor, 6th of 12
Website	www.nk-pohorje.si
Home colours	Away colours

Nogometni klub Pohorje (English: Pohorje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Pohorje or simply Pohorje, is a Slovenian football club based in Ruše. The club competes in the 1. MNZ Maribor League, the fourth highest league in Slovenia.

History

After World War II, football began to be played in an organized manner in Ruše with the establishment of the football section of the Telovadno društvo Ruše (Ruše Gymnasium Association), which was later renamed TVD Partizan Ruše. In 1955, there were disagreements and disputes between the football section and the management of TVD Partizan over the use of the football pitch. In the same year, the football section was expelled from the TVD Partizan Ruše, which was the reason for the football club's independent path.^[3]

On 26 May 1956, a new football club was founded in Ruše at the initiative of Adolf Muršič, Vili Dugonik, Edo Robič and Tonko Dumanič.^[1]^[3] When naming the club, they hesitated between "Pohorje" and "Drava", and for the club's colours, they chose between green-white and blue-white. After the vote, the club was named NK Pohorje, and the colour was chosen as green and white. Tonko Dumanič was elected as the first president of the club.^[1]^[3]

In the 1999–2000 season, Pohorje made its first and only appearance in the top flight Slovenian league, the Slovenian PrvaLiga.^[4] However, they were immediately relegated after finishing eleventh out of twelve teams.^[5]

Honours

Slovenian Second League
- Runners-up: 1998–99
Slovenian Third League
- Winners: 1997–98, 2002–03
- Runners-up: 1995–96, 1996–97

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Perko, Drago (12 December 2016). "Pohorje je dalo tudi Ažbeta Juga". Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
^ "Stadion NK Pohorje". stadioni.org (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ruške novice" (PDF) (in Slovenian). June 2016. p. 14–16. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
^ Gomzi, Zmago (9 April 2022). "NK Ruše: Prihodnje leto ciljajo na vrh". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
^ "Slovenia 1999/00". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

External links

Official website (in Slovene)

[slonovice-1] Perko, Drago (12 December 2016). "Pohorje je dalo tudi Ažbeta Juga". Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 July 2025.

[stadium-2] "Stadion NK Pohorje". stadioni.org (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

[ruskenovice-3] "Ruške novice" (PDF) (in Slovenian). June 2016. p. 14–16. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

[4] Gomzi, Zmago (9 April 2022). "NK Ruše: Prihodnje leto ciljajo na vrh". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 July 2025.

[5] "Slovenia 1999/00". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

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v t e Slovenian PrvaLiga
Seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
2025–26 teams	Aluminij Bravo Celje Domžale Koper Maribor NŠ Mura Olimpija Ljubljana ND Primorje Radomlje
Former teams	Ankaran Bela Krajina Beltinci Drava Ptuj Dravograd Gorica Interblock Izola Jadran Dekani Kočevje Korotan Prevalje Krka Krško Livar Ljubljana Medvode NK Mura ND Mura 05 Nafta 1903 Nafta Lendava Naklo Olimpija Pohorje NK Primorje Rogaška Rudar Trbovlje Rudar Velenje Slavija Vevče Slovan Steklar Svoboda Šmartno Tabor Sežana Triglav Kranj Zagorje Zavrč Železničar Maribor
Associated competitions	Slovenian Cup Second League Third League UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League

v t e Slovenian Republic Football League
Ljubljana Subassociation League seasons	1920 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41
Teams (1920–1941)	I. SSK Maribor Amater Athletik Bratstvo Celje Čakovec Disk Građanski Grafika Hermes Hertha Hrastnik Ilirija Jadran Jugoslavija Korotan Kovinar Kranj SK Ljubljana Mars Merkur Mura Olimp Primorje Ptuj Rapid Red Star Reka Rote Elf Slavija Ljubljana Slavija Maribor Slovan Sparta Svoboda Celje Svoboda Ljubljana Svoboda Maribor Šoštanj Železničar Maribor
Slovenian Republic League seasons	1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Teams (1946–1991)	Aluminij Branik Maribor Branik Solkan Brežice Domžale Drava Dravinja Elan Elkroj Grafičar Hrastnik Ilirija Izola Jadran Dekani Jesenice Kamnik Kladivar Koper Kovinar Maribor Kovinar Štore Krim Litija Ljubljana Maribor Medvode Mura Nafta Naklo Olimp Olimpija Partizan Žalec Piran Pohorje Postojna Primorje Proletarec Rudar Trbovlje Rudar Velenje Slavija Slivnica Sloga Slovan Steklar Stol Svoboda Šmartno Tabor Triglav Kranj Triglav Ljubljana Vozila Železničar Maribor ŽŠD Celje