Sabur Ali

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Marked for Sabur Ali

5 Edition

The Rudar Velenje Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match29 Aug 2026

Chastening afternoon for Rudar Velenje

A 0‑3 beating by Koper was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market31 Aug 2026

Sabur Ali puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Rudar Velenje, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Denny Tiganj keeps Rudar Velenje in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Matej Jurička is a medical away from Rudar Velenje

The deal with Podbrezova is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Jack McMillan in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rudar Velenje this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Utrecht tell Rudar Velenje: Shedrach Ebite is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Denny Tiganj

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Rudar Velenje

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sabur Ali was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom31 Aug 2026

Inquest at Rudar Velenje

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Rudar Velenje Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

No thanks: Luka Kolar rejects the move

Rudar Velenje had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at NK Celje, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Rudar Velenje

Lejs Pličanić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Rudar Velenje training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adam Vošnjak is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Petar Vlasic

Rudar Velenje asked and Sibenik said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match15 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Rudar Velenje against NK Domzale

1‑2 to NK Domzale, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Gašper Gaberšek Rotovnik

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gašper Gaberšek Rotovnik, and the manager let it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

No place for Rok Frešer in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Rudar Velenje are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Kevin Handanovic answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

A loan move for Martin Bozenik is in the works

Rudar Velenje have made the call to FK Senica. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief

2 Edition

The Rudar Velenje Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Both of them Josip Perković's — 8.76

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.76, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Francesco Tahiraj runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Rudar Velenje lose Rok Frešer

16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Mate Antunović turns down Rudar Velenje

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Lokomotiva Zagreb keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Rudar Velenje

Rok Frešer and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Tai Žnuderl

Rudar Velenje asked and Dinamo Zagreb said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Josip Perković

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Market10 Aug 2026

Erik Sikosek steps up from the Rudar Velenje academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Erik Sikosek has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

Rudar Velenje promote Sandi Handanovic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sandi Handanovic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief