Marked for Petar Kampl
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces3 May 2027
The mood at NK Domzale has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad3 May 2027
62 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.
Squad3 May 2027
Andraz Mevlja 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.
Squad3 May 2027
A row about effort at NK Domzale
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jan Vipotnik was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout3 May 2027
Alexandru Musi 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 NK Domzale, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 May 2027
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at NK Domzale, another week without a signature from Zech Medley.
The dugout3 May 2027
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Market3 May 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Tomas Kampl’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Loan watch3 May 2027
26 starts and a season average of 6.76. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
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Squad26 Apr 2027
Anton Kravchenko damages knee ligaments — 70 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 70 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match26 Apr 2027
3 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Petar Ilicic 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Brown Irabor 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 dugout26 Apr 2027
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
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Squad5 Apr 2027
Anton Kravchenko damages knee ligaments — 93 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 93 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Svit Hočevar is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad5 Apr 2027
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 Domzale this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Chirri is not the player he was
It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 37 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at NK Domzale, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market5 Apr 2027
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at NK Domzale, another week without a signature from Evan Khouri.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Zech Medley has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Zech Medley has written the date down.
Market5 Apr 2027
The Tomas Kampl 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.
Loan watch5 Apr 2027
26 starts and an average of 6.76. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.
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Squad8 Mar 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Anton Kravchenko
123 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Žan Majer and NK Domzale agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Petar Ilicic and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A row about effort at NK Domzale
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jan Vipotnik was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Alexandru Musi 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 NK Domzale, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market8 Mar 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Zech Medley has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Zech Medley has written the date down.
Market8 Mar 2027
The Tomas Kampl 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.
Loan watch8 Mar 2027
23 starts and a season average of 6.73. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
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The dugout16 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Andraž Lipec 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 Krka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at NK Krka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leon Bičanić 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 dugout16 Nov 2026
A promise honoured for Petar Kampl
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. NK Krka told Petar Kampl something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Andraž Lipec’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and NK Krka needing him to play as if none of it matters.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Bruno Župan asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Next up on the road: NK Krsko, position 7. The supporters who go will talk about it all week and the ones who do not will check their phones at ten to five.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Inas Kukavica in the team of the week — 6.72
6.72 across the ninety minutes, and a place in the division’s best eleven for it. Nobody who saw the match will argue.
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Market7 Sep 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 19 in, 2 out at NK Krka
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 19 arrived, 2 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The paperwork begins on Marko Simić
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. NK Krka have done the hard part with Rudar Velenje, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad7 Sep 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 Krka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at NK Krka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aaron Lewis 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 targets7 Sep 2026
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 dugout7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leon Bičanić, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No place for Petar Kampl in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation NK Krka are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Tilen Kovačić has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.