Olimpija leads the first league, but the club of the same name is also increasingly drawing attention to itself at the bottom of Slovenian football
Olimpija at the top, Olimpija at the bottom. From the 2022/23 season onwards, there are two clubs bearing the name Olimpija in Slovenian club football. NK Olimpija Ljubljana plays in
Telemach First League
, and Olimpija Ljubljana is increasingly drawing attention to itself in the
MNZ league
which is the worst in the country in terms of quality.
Olimpija Ljubljana Primary School is a project of Hajr Rizvić, also the president and coach of the third-placed player Svoboda, who used to run the football school at NK Olimpija Ljubljana. During the reign of Milan Mandaric, Rizvić went his own way, while maintaining the collective that had been operating within NK Olimpija Ljubljana for many years.
Both defeats were inflicted by Raković and Lazić
Until the new season, NŠ Olimpija Ljubljana was mainly involved in training young players, but then the club’s management, which includes former NK Olimpija Ljubljana director Dejan Stamenković, made a bold move and also entered the youth ranks.
The other Olimpija in Ljubljana is doing as planned in the MNZ league. Rizvic’s club, led from the bench by Senad Zulić, a former player with eight appearances in 2. SNL, with five wins and only two defeats in seven games played. Both were assigned to Ljubljana, led from the bench by coach Ermin Raković and his assistant Igor Lazić, both of whom played for NK Olimpija Ljubljana… Ljubljana leads the standings with 21 points, while Olimpija is in second place with 15 points and one game less.
Three Africans in the lowest league
You won’t find any familiar faces on the Slovenian football scene at Olimpija, but it is interesting that the club has three Africans in its ranks. Koko Drame has scored two goals in seven games, Gouro Yaya Toure can also boast full minutes and Eric Asante Kutin has been given five chances to prove himself.
How it is possible that there are two clubs with the same name in Slovenian football is an interesting question, but the question is whether the answers are too much bothered about it. But it would certainly be interesting if one day it would be in the same rank of the competition… The confusion in this case would be considerable. After all, when announcing its matches, Olimpija Ljubljana also uses the same slogan as NK Olimpija Ljubljana:“Olimpija plays today.” So now there are two Olimpija teams playing in the capital…
Source of photo: Olimpija Ljubljana Primary School
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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