The Rudar Velenje Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Rudar Velenje
Sabur Ali 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Benjamin Sesko joins the Rudar Velenje first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Sesko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nejc Bijol joins the Rudar Velenje first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nejc Bijol is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Robert Verbic steps up from the Rudar Velenje academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Verbic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rudar Velenje promote Filip Bijol from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Filip Bijol has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gašper Gaberšek Rotovnik 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Stefan Đorđević
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Rudar Velenje will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Francesco Tahiraj
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ante Kozina takes the honours
Marked 7.08 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Rudar Velenje had the best player on the pitch.
In brief
- Match Rudar Velenje draw a blank against NK Krsko
- Squad Stefan Đorđević still has not settled
- Player ratings The referee tires of Aljaž Krefl