The Rudar Velenje Courier
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Rudar Velenje
Tilen Rajter Krebs 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Ante Kozina
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ante Kozina, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Marko Simić has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rudar Velenje will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Sandro Zukić talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Rudar Velenje know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market12 Oct 2026
The shop window has Tomislav Knežević in it
Rudar Velenje have let the market know Tomislav Knežević can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Maj Škoflek 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 Rudar Velenje, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Gal Gorenak has settled at Rudar Velenje
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.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
Home comforts ahead for Rudar Velenje
Dravinja, position 12, come to town on Saturday. Nobody will call it a big game and nobody at the club will be treating it as anything else.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
Hugo Šelih has made Bistrica’s shirt his own
8 starts now, an average of 6.61, and the team sheet at Bistrica has stopped being a question. Exactly what everybody signed up for.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Aljaž Krefl
- Squad Benjamin Birsa back in training