Ante Kramaric

Central Defender - NK Domzale
20 Dec 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Ante Kramaric

20 Edition

The NK Domzale Courier

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Filip Kovacevic

44 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. NK Domzale lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Ante Kramaric asks to leave NK Domzale

“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.

Squad

A falling-out at NK Domzale

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

Squad

Jan Verbic stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jan Verbic and NK Domzale agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A row about effort at NK Domzale

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

The dugout

Tomas Cerin 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.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The NK Domzale Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Filip Kovacevic

76 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. NK Domzale lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Ante Kramaric asks to leave NK Domzale

“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 ratings

Both of them Matic Balkovec's — 8.47

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.47, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad

Tempers go at NK Domzale

Stipe Erceg 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.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about NK Domzale and Olimpija Ljubljana in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Match

NK Domzale come up short against Olimpija Ljubljana

Olimpija Ljubljana left with the points after a 2‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Mark Zabukovnik 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.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 2‑4 defeat, delivered by Matic Bijol to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout

NK Domzale keep their word to Vid Skubic

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.

In brief

12 Edition

The NK Domzale Courier

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: Filip Kovacevic out for 105 days

105 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. NK Domzale lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market

Ante Kramaric 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 NK Domzale, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at NK Domzale

Stipe Erceg 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.

Match

NK Domzale come up short against Rudar Velenje

Rudar Velenje left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Zan Sesko

“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.

Squad

A row about effort at NK Domzale

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

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Matic Bijol to a room that had heard them before.

Squad

Benjamin Janza finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. NK Domzale have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

The Stipe Erceg talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. NK Domzale know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

8 Edition

The NK Domzale Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Timi Cerin

18 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. NK Domzale lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

Stipe Erceg is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.50 with 16 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Tempers go at NK Domzale

Stipe Erceg 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.

Match

NK Domzale are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 5 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Match

NK Celje take the points off NK Domzale

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Words at NK Domzale training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolas Rajsel 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 dugout

Matic Bijol answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout

Ante Kramaric is still paying for one afternoon at NK Domzale

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Jan Sesko

“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.

In brief