NŠ Mura

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This article is about the association football club established in 2012. For the dissolved clubs, see NK Mura and ND Mura 05.

Coordinates: 46°40′6.81″N 16°9′27.57″E / 46.6685583°N 16.1576583°E / 46.6685583; 16.1576583

Mura
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Full nameNogometna šola Mura
Nickname(s)Muraši
Čarno-bejli or Črno-beli
(The Black and Whites)
Founded14 May 2012; 9 years ago (14 May 2012)[1]
GroundFazanerija
Capacity4,506
PresidentRobert Kuzmič
Head CoachDamir Čontala
LeagueSlovenian PrvaLiga
2020–21Slovenian PrvaLiga, 1st
WebsiteClub website

Nogometna šola Mura (English: Mura Football School), commonly referred to as NŠ Mura or simply Mura, is a Slovenian football team, playing in the town of Murska Sobota. Founded in 2012, the team currently plays in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top tier of Slovenian football. The club's home ground is Fazanerija City Stadium with a capacity of 4,506 seats.

The club started competing in the fourth tier of Slovenian football in 2013, and was promoted to the top flight by 2018. In 2020, Mura won its first major trophy after winning the Slovenian national cup. A year later, they became the champions of the Slovenian top division. Nicknamed the "Black and Whites" (Prekmurje Slovene: Čarno-bejli), they play their home matches in black kits with white stripes, and away matches in all-white kits.

History[]

After the 2012–13 season, the old ND Mura 05 experienced financial difficulties and was dissolved.[2] The newly established club used its youth club to register a team for the 2013–14 season under the name NŠ Mura.[3] Their first season of play was in 1. MNL Murska Sobota (fourth tier), where they finished second and earned promotion to the Slovenian Third League. In 2016–17 and 2017–18, Mura earned consecutive promotions to reach the top flight of Slovenian football for the first time. In 2018–19, the club finished fourth in the PrvaLiga and qualified for the UEFA Europa League, their first European competition. The club won its first major honour in 2020, defeating second division side Nafta 1903 in the final of the Slovenian Football Cup on 24 June.[4]

In 2020–21, Mura won its first Slovenian national league title after beating Maribor 3–1 in the final round of the season and finished with the same number of points as Maribor, but with a better head-to-head record.[5]

On 26 August 2021, Mura made history by qualifying for their first ever group stage of European club competition. They played against Sturm Graz in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League, and lost 5–1 on aggregate.[6] As a result they dropped into UEFA Europa Conference League, becoming only the second ever Slovenian side, after Maribor, to play in a group stage of European competition.[7] Subsequently, Mura was drawn into a group with Vitesse, Rennes and Tottenham Hotspur.[8] After losing the first four games in the group, Mura caused an upset by beating Tottenham 2–1 at home with a last-minute goal from Amadej Maroša.[9] The result was labelled by the English press as one of the most humiliating defeats in Tottenham's entire history, given that they had played in the UEFA Champions League final as recently as 2019.[10] Mura finished the competition in fourth place, with five defeats in six games.[11]

Stadium[]

Further information: Fazanerija City Stadium

Mura play their home matches at Fazanerija City Stadium in Murska Sobota, Slovenia. The stadium was originally built in 1936 and has been expanded and renovated several times since then. It currently has a capacity of 4,506 covered seats.[12] With the standing area included, the total capacity of the stadium is around 4,700.[13]

Current squad[]

As of 1 September 2021[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 FW Slovenia SVN Kai Cipot
3 DF Slovenia SVN Klemen Pucko
7 MF Slovenia SVN Alen Kozar
8 MF Croatia CRO Luka Bobičanec
9 DF Slovenia SVN Matic Maruško
10 MF Slovenia SVN Tomi Horvat
11 DF Slovenia SVN Žiga Kous
13 DF Croatia CRO Marin Karamarko
14 MF Slovenia SVN Nik Lorbek
17 FW Slovenia SVN Amadej Maroša
18 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Marko Brkić
19 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Nardin Mulahusejnović
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Slovenia SVN Žan Karničnik
23 DF Slovenia SVN Klemen Šturm
24 MF Slovenia SVN Tio Cipot
27 FW Slovenia SVN Žiga Škoflek
30 DF Slovenia SVN Jan Gorenc
32 MF Germany GER Samsondin Ouro
33 FW Slovenia SVN Mitja Lotrič (on loan from Würzburger Kickers)
44 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Azur Mahmić
47 FW Croatia CRO Mihael Klepač
69 GK Croatia CRO Matko Obradović
77 MF Montenegro MNE Staniša Mandić
90 GK Slovenia SVN Marko Zalokar

League history[]

Season League Position Record Cup
2013–14[15] 1. MNL (level 4) 2nd 15–7–4 Did not qualify
2014–15 3. SNL – East 4th 15–3–8 Did not qualify
2015–16 3. SNL – East 2nd 18–3–5 Round of 16
2016–17 3. SNL – East 2nd 20–3–3 Did not qualify
2017–18 2. SNL 1st 23–3–4 Quarter-finals
2018–19 1. SNL 4th 13–13–10 Semi-finals
2019–20 1. SNL 4th 14–14–8 Winners
2020–21 1. SNL 1st 17–12–7 Round of 16

Timeline[]

Slovenian PrvaLigaSlovenian Second LeagueSlovenian Third LeagueSlovenian Regional League

European record[]

Summary
As of match played 9 December 2021
Competition Record
G W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League 4 2 1 1 7 3
UEFA Europa League 9 3 1 5 12 15
UEFA Europa Conference League 6 1 0 5 5 14
Total 19 6 2 11 24 32
Matches

All results (home and away) list Mura's goal tally first.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Israel Maccabi Haifa 2–3 0–2 2–5
2020–21[a] UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Estonia Nõmme Kalju N/A 4–0[b] N/A
Second qualifying round Denmark AGF 3–0 N/A
Third qualifying round Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–5 N/A
2021–22 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round North Macedonia Shkëndija 5–0 1–0 6–0
Second qualifying round Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 0–0 1–3 1–3
UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Lithuania Žalgiris 0–0 1–0 1–0
Play-off round Austria Sturm Graz 1–3 0–2 1–5
UEFA Europa Conference League Group G Netherlands Vitesse 0–2 1–3 N/A
England Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 1–5
France Rennes 1–2 0–1
Notes
  1. ^ Only one match per qualifying round was played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ Played at Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Budapest (Hungary) due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours[]

League[]

  • 1. MNL (fourth tier)
    • Runners-up: 2013–14

Cup[]

  • MNZ Murska Sobota Cup
    • Winners: 2016–17, 2017–18

References[]

  1. ^ "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ ""S takšnim odnosom se vsega tega ne da rešiti"" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. ^ A. V. (10 July 2013). "Muraši od zdaj v "prekmurski" ligi" [Mura from now on in the Prekmurje League] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ^ R. K.; Mitja Lisjak (24 June 2020). "Mura dobila prekmurski derbi za prvi pokal po 25 letih" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Prekmurci osvojili Ljudski vrt: Mura prvič državni prvak!" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  6. ^ R. K.; Toni Gruden (26 August 2021). "Sturm s skupnih 5:1 nadigral Muro, ki jo čaka Konferenčna liga" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Pred tekmo: Mura – Radomlje" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021. Mura je po Mariboru šele drugi slovenski klub, ki bo zaigral v skupinskem delu evropskih tekmovanj.
  8. ^ Lisjak, Mitja (27 August 2021). "Mura v skupini s Tottenhamom, Rennesom in Vitesseom" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  9. ^ "NS Mura 2–1 Tottenham: Antonio Conte's 10-man Spurs humbled in Slovenia". Sky Sports. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Mura stun Tottenham with late Europa Conference winner after Sessegnon red". The Guardian. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Europa Conference League 2021/2022 – Group G". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  12. ^ "UEFA match database, stadium capacity section". UEFA. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  13. ^ "(FOTO) Pred Fazanerijo urejajo parkirna mesta". vestnik.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Igralci" [Players] (in Slovenian). NŠ Mura. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  15. ^ "1. MNL 2013/14" (in Slovenian). MNZ Murska Sobota. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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