Marked for Svit Hočevar
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad4 Jan 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 62 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what NK Krsko can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
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Squad4 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at NK Krsko
Svit Hočevar and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market4 Jan 2027
Add another name to the list: NK Domzale have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Matic Kustrin. The answer from NK Krsko has not changed — yet.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
NK Krsko asked and NK Maribor said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A row about effort at NK Krsko
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Niki Radovič was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market4 Jan 2027
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Patrik Veselić has his answer from NK Krsko; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
“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.
Back issues
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Steady
The dugout21 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Olimpija Ljubljana may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Bruno Lourenço, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Olimpija Ljubljana training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Davit Kobouri 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.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Jošt Urbančič gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jošt Urbančič is on it.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A new face in his position, and Agustín Doffo suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Olimpija Ljubljana have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Diga knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Olimpija Ljubljana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 Dec 2026
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Zico Asare arrives at Olimpija Ljubljana with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A season on the outside for Zico Asare
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Olimpija Ljubljana has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Market21 Dec 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Zico Asare may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Crisis
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” NK Krsko may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad16 Nov 2026
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Match14 Nov 2026
No end in sight to NK Krsko's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at NK Krsko has to find a result from somewhere.
Match14 Nov 2026
NK Krsko cannot find the net
5 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A falling-out at NK Krsko
Svit Hočevar and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match14 Nov 2026
0‑2 to NK Celje, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A row about effort at NK Krsko
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jakob Zbašnik was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aleksa Đurasović, and the manager let it.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Rudar Velenje to sit and watch. I want to come back to NK Krsko and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 12 matches say the rest.
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Crisis
Match2 Nov 2026
NK Krsko are in real trouble now
Position 8, 6 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market2 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what NK Krsko can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Nik Belovič beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match31 Oct 2026
The goals have deserted NK Krsko
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at NK Krsko can tell you which week it ends in.
Match31 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at NK Krsko
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jure Zupan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Jan Župančič 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.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Josip Krznarić will call it something else in private.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Robert Vipotnik left the room before anybody could ask which.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market12 Oct 2026
“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.
Match10 Oct 2026
It had gone 11 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Svit Hočevar, 17, steals the show — 7.87
Marked 7.87 at 17, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at NK Krsko
Nemanja Gavrić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match10 Oct 2026
Rudar Velenje made NK Krsko work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
19 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Squad12 Oct 2026
NK Krsko are still strangers to each other
9 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
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The dugout
The view from the dugout
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Squad
Svit Hočevar, 17, is the weekend’s best young player
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The dugout
Josip Krznarić does not fit this one
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Crisis
Match3 Oct 2026
11 matches without a win for NK Krsko
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around NK Krsko are no longer polite ones.
Squad5 Oct 2026
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match3 Oct 2026
Chastening afternoon for NK Krsko
A 0‑3 beating by NK Domzale was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match5 Oct 2026
NK Krsko sink to position 9
3 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market5 Oct 2026
“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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad5 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at NK Krsko this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Svit Hočevar 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Jure Zupan 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.
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Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for NK Krsko
10 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.
Market28 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what NK Krsko can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Svit Hočevar 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 NK Krsko this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match26 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at NK Krsko training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jakob Zbašnik 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.
Match28 Sep 2026
Halfway: NK Krsko sit in position 9
3 points at the turn. The first half of a season is a promise; the second is a bill, and the town is about to find out which of the two this one was.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match19 Sep 2026
No end in sight to NK Krsko's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at NK Krsko has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad21 Sep 2026
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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
56 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Niki Radovič 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.
Transfer targets21 Sep 2026
NK Krsko asked and Koper 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 dugout21 Sep 2026
“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.
Match19 Sep 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Robert Vipotnik after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The one goal every signing is asked about until it comes. It has come, and a press-conference question has been retired.