Brown Irabor

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Koper
12 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Brown Irabor

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The Koper Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Abdoulaye Dabo 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 The request is on a desk at Koper, and it is not being withdrawn.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad

Tempers go at Koper

Luis Soria 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.

Squad

Metod Jurhar gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Koper come up short against NK Krsko

NK Krsko left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Andraž Ruedl

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Fran Tomek dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Brian Oddei

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Squad

A promise honoured for Filip Damjanović

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Koper told Filip Damjanović something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Koper Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Every point is an argument now for Koper

Position 10 and 2 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market

Jean-Pierre Longonda asks to leave Koper

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

6 matches without a win for Koper

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Koper are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Abdoulaye Dabo 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 Koper this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

Koper supporters have found a favourite in Andraž Ruedl

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Andraž Ruedl has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings

One of those days for Andraž Ruedl

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.02, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Julio Cerpa

“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.

Match

Koper share the spoils with ND Gorica

A 1‑1 draw with ND Gorica leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Isaac Matondo

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief