The Nafta 1903 Courier
Market19 Jul 2027
Terms done: Josip Zorica is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Olimpija Ljubljana waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Nafta 1903 is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market19 Jul 2027
Vito Marot asks to leave Nafta 1903
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Nafta 1903
Rok Pirtovšek and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Nafta 1903
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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Nafta 1903
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lucas Erjavšek was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Istra 1961 tell Nafta 1903: Teo Žiković is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market19 Jul 2027
Nafta 1903 promote Gregor Sesko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gregor Sesko 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Nafta 1903 promote Rok Birsa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rok Birsa 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.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Anis Jašaragić
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Boardroom The numbers do not look good at Nafta 1903
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Nafta 1903
- Squad Josip Dabić wants out of the dugout