Friday is cup final day: First, the women in Stožice, and in the evening, beaten Rogaška and Gorica, who could make history
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On Friday evening, the curtain will finally fall on the club 2023/24 season in Slovenia. What has been a magnificent and highly intriguing journey on numerous different levels will conclude with a double cup program. Stožice will come alive at 16:30, when ŽNK Ljubljana and ŽNK Mura Nona face off for the women’s cup victory. The Prekmurje team will go into the match as favorites, but the Ljubljana team is determined to do everything for their first trophy in history.
In the evening, the country’s largest stadium will then be occupied by the players of Rogaška and Gorica. In the final of the men’s Pivovarna Union Cup, a club that has never won a trophy in its history and a Primorska team that has been both national and cup winners in the past will compete. It has been 10 years since Gorica’s last victory, and this time the Novogoričani, despite their richer history, will undoubtedly not be in the role of favorites.
Rogaška is still a top-tier team, although there is doubt about what condition the black-and-whites will be in when they arrive in Ljubljana. It is true that they will be accompanied by more than 1500 fans, but at the same time, the team is undoubtedly downcast after it became clear that the club would not receive a license for the Prva liga Telemach and would have to bid farewell to the elite. It is also a fact that tonight, Rogaška will be playing only for the trophy and not for Europe.
If Rogaška wins the cup, Slovenia will be represented in Europe next season by Celje (Champions League), Maribor (Europa League), and Olimpija and Bravo (both in the Conference League). If Gorica wins, the Primorci will generally go to Europe, provided they receive a license to play internationally.
The match at Stožice will begin at 20:30, with Dejan Balažič officiating. Whoever wins will replace Olimpija on the throne. If Gorica wins, they will claim their fourth league trophy and become the first second-division team to win the cup.
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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