The NK Zavrc Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
11 saves: Yelco was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 11 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match8 Aug 2026
A hiding for NK Zavrc
Beaten 0‑4 by NK Celje, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Edi Midžan will not be coming to NK Zavrc
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at NK Krka is saying, and nobody at NK Zavrc is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at NK Zavrc
Žan Leban and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nicolas Rajsel 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Vid Bijol joins the NK Zavrc first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vid 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
Luka Ilicic steps up from the NK Zavrc academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luka Ilicic 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
Benjamin Brekalo steps up from the NK Zavrc academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Brekalo 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
Vid Oblak steps up from the NK Zavrc academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vid Oblak 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.
In brief
- The dugout Yelco gets it from the manager
- Squad No place for Leonard Vuk in the new shape
- Boardroom Nobody left the NK Zavrc dressing room in a hurry