NK IB 1975 Ljubljana explained

Clubname:IB 1975 Ljubljana
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Fullname:Nogometni klub IB 1975 Ljubljana
Founded: (as Ježica)[1] [2]
(as Interblock)[3]
Ground:Štefan Bele Sports Park
Capacity:500
Chairman:Igor Pušnik
Chrtitle:President
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Darin Vitanc
League:Ljubljana Regional League
Season:2023–24
Position:Ljubljana Regional League, 3rd of 14
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Website:https://nkib1975-lj.si/

Nogometni klub IB 1975 Ljubljana, known simply as NK IB 1975 Ljubljana, is a Slovenian football club based in Ljubljana that competes in the Ljubljana Regional League, the fourth level of the Slovenian football system. They won the Slovenian Cup twice and the Slovenian Supercup once.

History

The club was founded in 1975 as NK Ježica.[1] [2] In the next two decades they competed mostly in the Ljubljana League, which was the fifth or sixth level of Yugoslav football. After the independence of Slovenia the league was transformed into the intercommunal MNZ League, and the club was renamed to NK Factor Ježica. They merged with nearby Črnuče in 1997 and therefore played in Slovenian Second League until 1999. Factor was then relegated to third level, where they stayed until 2004, when they won the centre zone and defeated Korte in promotion play-off. After returning to the second division, the club had to move their home matches to ŽŠD Ljubljana Stadium due to insufficient criteria of their home field.

Factor earned promotion to the Slovenian PrvaLiga in 2006, finishing first in the Slovenian Second League in the 2005–06 season. In 2007, Joc Pečečnik, one of the richest persons in Slovenia, took over NK Factor and renamed them to Interblock Ljubljana.[4] At the end of the 2006–07 season, Interblock came ninth and won a play-off series to remain in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the first division of Slovenian professional football. In the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, they won the Slovenian Cup.[5] In 2008, they won the Slovenian Supercup, defeating the Slovenian champions Domžale.[6]

In 2010, the club started to cooperate with NK Bravo and the team was renamed to IB Interblock. In the next year, the senior squads of both teams merged and they competed as Bravo1 Interblock in the Second League. In February 2012, Pečečnik, who has left the club after the 2011–12 season, intended to merge their youth selections with NK Bravo Publikum, but after the revolt from parents of the youth selections, the club has remained its own entity. The senior team withdrew from all competitions in 2012 but was reestablished in the 2015–16 season.

Honours

League

Cup

European record

Season[7] CompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAgg.
2008–09UEFA Cup1Q1–01–12–1
2Q Hertha BSC0–20–10–3
2009–10UEFA Europa League3Q Metalurh Donetsk0–30–20–5
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Posavski zanesenjaki na dobri poti . Šučur . Ivan . 1986 . Zbor občanov Bežigrad . 20 February 2013 . sl . 9 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009114023/http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-V3F4ISIY/?query=%27keywords%3Dposavski+zanesenjaki%27&pageSize=25 . live .
  2. Web site: Zgodovina kluba. Club's history. sl. 17 March 2021. NK IB 1975 Ljubljana. 17 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210317193123/https://nkib1975-lj.si/zgodovina-kluba/.
  3. Web site: Klubi . Clubs . . 29 July 2016 . sl . 21 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190621112716/https://www.nzs.si//tekmovanja/?action=vsiKlubi&id_menu=35 . live .
  4. News: Joc najprej pozdravil svojo ženo. sl. 1 March 2007. 26 December 2016. RTV Slovenija. 5 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220305012521/https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/nogomet/joc-najprej-pozdravil-svojo-zeno/116734. live.
  5. Web site: Interblock ubranil pokalni naslov . . 17 March 2021 . sl . 31 May 2009 . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305130340/https://www.dnevnik.si/1042270892 . live .
  6. Web site: Interblock po loteriji do superpokala . . 17 March 2021 . sl . 9 July 2008 . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305012524/https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/nogomet/interblock-po-loteriji-do-superpokala/124127 . live .
  7. Web site: Interblock Ljubljana – Record against . worldfootball.net . 17 March 2021 . en . 9 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009114022/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/interblock-ljubljana/11/ . live .