NK Svoboda Ljubljana (Nogometni klub Svoboda Ljubljana, 'Svoboda Ljubljana Football Club'), commonly referred to as simply Svoboda, is a Slovenian football club from Ljubljana which plays in the Slovenian Third League.
History
The club was founded as ŠD Svoboda in 1952. In the late 1950s, they merged with NK Grafičar, took over its place in the Slovenian Republic League and played under this name until 1962. The most successful period for the club was in the 1970s, when they played in the Yugoslav Second League under the sponsorship of Mercator. In 1971, they won the Slovenian Republic League for the first time and earned promotion to the Yugoslav Second League – West.
YearPostitonYearPostiton1971 1st 1977 17th1972 13th 1978 1st1973 8th 1979 16th1974 18th 1980 1st1975 1st 1981 8th1976 12th 1982 16th
During this period, they also won two Republic Cup titles, in 1976 and 1978. Thus, Svoboda participated in the Yugoslav Cup and in the 1978–79 season reached the round of 16, where they were eliminated by Borac Banja Luka.
After Slovenia's independence in 1991, Svoboda played in the Slovenian PrvaLiga for three seasons, finishing in 11th, 6th, and 13th place. In 1994 the club was replaced by Slavija with many players leaving from them to Vevče. Svoboda then played several seasons in lower divisions, before returning to the scene in 2003, when they were promoted to the Slovenian Second League. They have played there for three seasons, scoring the best result in the 2004–05 season with third place, which was not enough to secure promotion, due to Slovenian First League being decreased to ten teams. In the next two seasons Svoboda was relegated from the second and third division, having serious financial troubles. The club was taken over by NK Interblock in 2008 to become their feeder team for youth selections, but this cooperation lasted only one season, after which Svoboda started independently again in 2009. In 2018, Svoboda returned to the third division after winning the promotion play-offs against Žiri.
Honours League Slovenian Republic League Winners: 1970–71, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80 Slovenian Third League Winners: 2002–03 Ljubljana Regional League (fourth tier) Winners: 2010–11, 2017–18 Slovenian Fifth Division Winners: 1994–95, 2009–10
Cup Slovenian Republic Cup Winners: 1975–76, 1977–78 MNZ Ljubljana Cup Winners: 2003–04
Domestic league and cup results
SeasonLeaguePositionPtsPWDLGFGACup1991–921. SNL1140401412145155Round of 641992–931. SNL638341410103833Quarter-finals1993–941. SNL13233095163159First round1994–952. MNZ LJ1281813234320First round1995–961. MNZ LJ3482615384833did not qualify1996–971. MNZ LJ3452514385433did not qualify1997–983. SNL – West2422511954121did not qualify1998–993. SNL – Centre3472614577850did not qualify1999–20003. SNL – Centre11262668123439did not qualify2000–013. SNL – Centre933268993234did not qualify2001–023. SNL – Centre3472613854532did not qualify2002–033. SNL – Centre1622519517623did not qualify2003–042. SNL8343297164847did not qualify2004–052. SNL3613318785233First round2005–062. SNL9252774162633First round2006–073. SNL – West11292691523959did not qualify2007–082. MNZ LJ8212070134050did not qualify2008–09did not enter any competitions2009–102. MNZ LJ1381612227122did not qualify2010–11Regional1562617546027did not qualify2011–123. SNL – West14222657142349did not qualify2012–13Regional2552617456431did not qualify2013–14Regional8322695124450did not qualify2014–15Regional628199193331did not qualify2015–16Regional2442214265234did not qualify2016–17Regional4402212464231did not qualify2017–18Regional1582218406518did not qualify2018–193. SNL – Centre6322771194452did not qualify2019–203. SNL – West231149414719did not qualify2020–213. SNL – West7221971113347did not qualify2021–223. SNL – West13162644182055did not qualify2022–233. SNL – West6392611693230First round2023–243. SNL – West73526112135254Preliminary round2024–253. SNL – West84026124105636First round2025–263. SNL – West12232665153051First round Notes
*Best results are highlighted.
References
External links Official website