2025–26 NK Olimpija Ljubljana season

NK Olimpija Ljubljana
2025–26 season
Manager	Jorge Simão; (13 June – 5 August); Senzen (caretaker); (5 August – 11 August); Erwin van de Looi ; (11 August – 22 September); Federico Bessone ; (22 September –)
Stadium	Stožice Stadium
Slovenian PrvaLiga	4th
UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round
UEFA Conference League	Play-off round

The 2025–26 season is the 21st season^[1] in the history of NK Olimpija Ljubljana, and the club's 18th consecutive season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Slovenian Cup and the UEFA Champions League qualifications.

First team

Management team

Position	Staff
Head coach	Jorge Simão
Assistant coach	João Correia
Assistant coach	Fábio Nuno
Goalkeeper coach	Josip Škorić
Athletic coach	Nikola Vidović
	Ažbe Ribič
	Ivan Zorić
Video analyst	Ivan Damjanović
Physiotherapist	Žiga Benko
	Luka Levec
	Riva Milić
Equipment manager	Branko Bučar
Assistant equipment manager	Jože Vidergar

Source: NK Olimpija

List of managers

Statistics correct as of 25 September 2025.

Key

Includes competitive matches only.
M = matches managed; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = goals for; GA = goals against; GD = goal difference; Win% = percentage of total matches won.

Name	Nationality	From	To	Days	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%	Honours
Jorge Simão	Portugal	13 June 2025	5 August 2025	53	7	3	2	2	10	11	−1	042.86	–
Ivan Senzen	Croatia	5 August 2025	13 August 2025	8	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00	–
Erwin van de Looi	Netherlands	13 August 2025	22 September 2025	40	8	2	1	5	13	18	−5	025.00	–
Federico Bessone	Argentina	22 September 2025	Present		1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	–

Contracts and transfers

New contracts

Transfers in

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Type	Ref.
12 June 2025	DF	Jošt Urbančič	Viking FK	Transfer	^[2]
13 June 2025	MF	Dimitar Mitrovski	Varaždin	Transfer	^[3]

Transfers out

Friendlies

Pre-season

21 June 2025 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–0	Vardar	Radenci
17:30	Diogo Pinto 65' Tamm 78'	Report		Stadium: ŠRC Radenci

25 June 2025 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–3	MTK Budapest FC	Radenci
	Muhamedbegović 10' Durdov 46' Motika 87'	Report	Kosznovszky 42' Molnár 72' Németh 80'	Stadium: ŠRC Radenci

1 July 2024 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	4–0	Vllaznia Shkodër	Ljubljana
	Tamm 16' 69' Marin 41' Durdov 76'	Report		Stadium: Šiška Sports Park

2 July 2024 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–0	PFC CSKA Sofia	Ljubljana
19:00	Aćimović 16' Doffo 66' Tamm 81'	Report		Stadium: Šiška Sports Park

9 July 2024 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–2	Ilirija 1911	Ljubljana
	Durdov	Report	Černe Zulić	Stadium: Kodeljevo Sports Park

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva Liga Telemach	19 July 2025	23 May 2026	Matchday 1		9	4	1	4	13	15	−2	044.44
Slovenian Cup	TBD		TBD		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	8 July 2025	15 July 2025	First qualifying round	First qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Conference League	23 July 2025	28 August 2025	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	6	2	2	2	12	12	+0	033.33
Total					17	6	4	7	26	30	−4	035.29

Last updated: 20 September 2025
Source: Soccerway

Prva Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Koper	18	9	4	5	33	25	+8	31	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Bravo	18	8	4	6	34	28	+6	28
5	Olimpija Ljubljana	18	7	4	7	23	23	0	25
6	Aluminij	18	7	4	7	27	32	−5	25
7	Radomlje	18	7	4	7	26	31	−5	25

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2025. Source: PrvaLiga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 7 July 2025.
Source: Prva Liga Telemach

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L
Position	5	1	4	2	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 23 July 2025. Source: Prva Liga Telemach
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 July 2025 1	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	Mura	Ljubljana
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marin 73' Jelenković 45'	Report	Sana 46'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: David Šmajc

26 July 2025 2	Aluminij	0–3	Olimpija Ljubljana	Kidričevo
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sule 21' Svržnjak 26' Kočar 77'	Report	Durdov 4' Blanco 8' Brest 23' Gorenc 60'	Stadium: Aluminij Sports Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Aleksandar Matković

Slovenian Cup

24 September 2025 Second round	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	Domžale	Ljubljana
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pedro Lucas 77' Gorenc 74'	Report	Vujčić 6'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Denis Šabanagić

29 October 2024 Round of 32	Eltron Šenčur	1–2	Olimpija Ljubljana	Šenčur
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kurtić 86' (o.g.)	Report	Tamm 42' Jelenković 80'	Stadium: Šenčur Sports Park Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Jure Žagar

4 December 2025 Round of 16	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	Celje	Ljubljana
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gorenc 52'	Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Mihael Antič

4 March 2026 Quarter-finals	Brinje Grosuplje	v	Olimpija Ljubljana	Grosuplje
				Stadium: Brinje Stadium

UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round

8 July 2025 First leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	Kairat	Ljubljana
19:00 UTC+2	Pinto 66'	Report	Satpayev 59'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 4,877^[4] Referee: Christos Vergetis (Greece)

13 July 2025 Second leg	Kairat	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Almaty, Kazahstan
20:00 UTC+5	Jorginho 5' Mrynskiy 31'	Report		Stadium: Almaty Central Stadium, Attendance: 22,800^[5] Referee: Matteo Marchetti (Italy)

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

23 July 2025 First leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	4–2	Inter Club d'Escaldes	Ljubljana
20:00 UTC+2	Diogo Pinto 55', 61', 65' Muhamedbegović 80'	Report	Bollo 13' Rafinha 50'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 2,651^[6] Referee: Marek Radina (Czech Republic)

29 July 2025 Second leg	Inter Club d'Escaldes	1–1 (3–5 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Encamp, Andorra
20:30 UTC+2	Martín 55'	Report	Diogo Pinto 42'	Stadium: Estadi de la FAF Attendance: 242^[7] Referee: Lukasz Kuzma (Poland)

Third qualifying round

7 August 2025 First leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–0	Egnatia	Ljubljana
20:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 3,596^[8] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

14 August 2025 Second leg	Egnatia	2–4 (a.e.t.) (2–4 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Rrogozhinë, Albania
21:00 UTC+2	Lushkja 6', 86'	Report	Jelenković 32' Marin 79' Durdov 99' Blanco 107'	Stadium: Egnatia Arena Attendance: 4,500^[9] Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland))

Play-off round

21 August 2025 First leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–4	Noah	Ljubljana
20:00 UTC+2	Durdov 56'	Report	Jakoliš 36' Oulad Omar 39', 52' (pen.), 64'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 3,937^[10] Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

28 August 2025 Second leg	Noah	3–2 (7–3 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Abovyan, Armenia
18:00 UTC+4	Ferreira 17' Aiás 20' Harutyunyan 77'	Report	Marin 56' (pen.) Durdov 76'	Stadium: Abovyan City Stadium Attendance: 2,900^[11] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

References

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2025–26 in Slovenian football
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Women's competitions	Women's Champions League
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