Marked for Zan Kampl
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Dec 2026
Vid Janza 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 The request is on a desk at NK Domzale, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Dec 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 Domzale this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Andrej Kovacevic is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Zech Medley, and the manager let it.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“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.
Market21 Dec 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Zan Kampl’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Zan Kampl and NK Domzale agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at NK Domzale training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jan Vipotnik 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Žan Majer is doing the arithmetic
The table has started to be checked before the results are in, and that is always the tell. Nobody at NK Domzale says the word out loud, and everybody in the building is thinking it.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
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.
Market14 Dec 2026
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 watch14 Dec 2026
11 starts and an average of 6.65. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.
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Uneasy
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” NK Domzale may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
NK Zavrc next, and both sides can do the sum. Win and the table looks different; lose and it looks the way everybody has been fearing.
Squad16 Nov 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 Domzale this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout16 Nov 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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at NK Domzale would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Kevin Oblak knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Kevin Oblak trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market16 Nov 2026
The Zan 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
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Uneasy
Match12 Oct 2026
NK Domzale are in real trouble now
Position 10, 2 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 65 days on the sidelines for Žan Majer, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Oct 2026
At 17 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad12 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 Domzale this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
Everything rides on NK Krsko
Both clubs in the mire, one fixture between them, and a ground that will be louder and more frightened than at any point in the season. NK Domzale know what is at stake and so does everybody in the away end.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Anton Kravchenko and NK Domzale agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
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.
Market12 Oct 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
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.
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Crisis
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 27. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match29 Aug 2026
The wait goes on for NK Domzale
5 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
The goals have deserted NK Domzale
5 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at NK Domzale can tell you which week it ends in.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $15.0K — a club that wants Tiijan Zorko enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
No deal for Tiijan Zorko at that price
NK Domzale offered $15.0K; NK Celje said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets31 Aug 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.