The Koper Herald
Squad24 Jul 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Isaac Matondo
83 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Koper lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market24 Jul 2028
Leo Štulac puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Koper, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match22 Jul 2028
Nobody wants to play Koper right now
4 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
Koper tie Andraz Vipotnik down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Koper
Luka Baš 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 Koper
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
Koper rebuffed over Tarik Čandić
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Tabor Sežana have kept their man, and Koper go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces24 Jul 2028
One of their own: Aljaž Zalaznik
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
Nobody could get near Giuseppe Agyemang
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Filip Balkovec joins the Koper first team
- Market Koper promote Tomas Kurtovic from within
- Market One of our own: Rok Kurtovic joins the Koper first team