The Rudar Velenje Courier
Match3 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Rudar Velenje
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Rudar Velenje — 7.44
1 for Ante Kozina, marked 7.44, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Denny Tiganj keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rudar Velenje may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Petr Kudakovskiy falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Rudar Velenje pick somebody else ahead of Lenos Sofroniou
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Match3 Oct 2026
Rudar Velenje share the spoils with NK Maribor
A 1‑1 draw with NK Maribor leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Sabur Ali
- Player ratings Stian Džumhur runs at them all day
- Player ratings The referee tires of Edin Ajdinović