The NK Celje Sentinel
Squad24 Jul 2028
A fracture rules Blaž Kramer out for 72 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason NK Celje will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Armandas Kučys keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” NK Celje may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market24 Jul 2028
Only the photograph left for Nino Vukasović
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Nino Vukasović will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around NK Celje the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match22 Jul 2028
NK Celje cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Tempers go at NK Celje
Leonardo Koutris 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.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at NK Celje
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Door shut on Silvio Merkaj
NK Celje asked and Vicenza said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match22 Jul 2028
NK Celje get the job done against NK Domzale
A 2‑0 win over NK Domzale, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market24 Jul 2028
Eyes on Teva Gardies again
The phone has started ringing about Teva Gardies again, and this time the name on the line is NK Zavrc. NK Celje are listening politely and promising nothing.
In brief
- Match NK Celje are at home on the road
- Market Benjamin Verbic steps up from the NK Celje academy
- Market One of our own: Benjamin Birsa joins the NK Celje first team