The NK Zavrc Chronicle
Match8 Aug 2026
NK Zavrc taken apart
2‑13 to NK Celje, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Michael Kelly stands alone
9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Stian Džumhur's — 8.68
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.68, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Aljaž Zalaznik due for a NK Zavrc medical
Everything agreed with Koper, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jurica Jurčec 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 Zavrc this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
15 goals as NK Zavrc and NK Celje go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 15 goals between NK Zavrc and NK Celje, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Market10 Aug 2026
Filip Elsnik steps up from the NK Zavrc academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Filip Elsnik 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
NK Zavrc promote Jan Oblak from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jan Oblak 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
NK Zavrc promote Miha Balkovec from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Miha Balkovec 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jan Mevlja joins the NK Zavrc first team
- The dugout Jurica Jurčec gets it from the manager
- Squad No place for Jurica Jurčec in the new shape