Celje achieved its thirteenth victory in Europe, and although it was substantial, it was not the highest in history: The Štajerci even scored seven goals twice!
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Celje passed its baptism of fire with flying colors, as the opening European match of the 2024/25 season proved to be just a slightly tougher training session for the Slovenian champions. Flora, the Estonian champions, were helpless in front of their own fans. Damir Krznar guided his team to a convincing victory, ending with a score of 5:0. There is no doubt that Celje is practically through to the second round of Champions League qualifications. However, what’s interesting is this: despite Celje scoring a solid 5 goals by the Baltic Sea, it did not celebrate its highest victory in history.
Believe it or not, the victory in Estonia was “only” the third highest that Celje has achieved in European competitions, where they have triumphed 13 times so far. Twice, the club from Celje has scored as many as 7 goals in a single European match. In 2001, in the Intertoto Cup, they surprisingly defeated Danish Aarhus 7:1, after losing the first match 0:1. Two years later, in the UEFA Cup, they were even better with a 7:2 result against Belasica from North Macedonia. They also defeated them away with a 5:0 score, the same result as this time.
Regarding the record victory against Aarhus, where goals were scored by Robert Koren (2), Veliče Šumolikoski, Domen Beršnjak, Oliver Bogatinov, Andrej Jožef, and Aljoša Sivko (all with 1 goal), it’s worth noting that the Danes played with seven youngsters and only two regulars from the first team in the match in the city by the Savinja River (with 1000 people in attendance at Skalna klet). One more thing: even Celje’s record European achievement could have been broken today. Krznar’s players scored five goals but also missed several exceptional chances and even a penalty kick…
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