Ivan Ćalušić

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6 Edition

The NK Celje Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Deadline passes with 7 signed and 7 gone

That is the business done at NK Celje until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

NK Celje rebuffed over Tibor Gorenc Stankovič

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nafta 1903 have kept their man, and NK Celje go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words at NK Celje training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Darko Hrka is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ivan Ćalušić slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Ivan Ćalušić is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ivan Ćalušić named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Ivan Ćalušić is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

The manager has not finished forgetting Andrej Kotnik's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Squad7 Sep 2026

NK Celje take the armband off Svit Sešlar

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Mark Zabukovnik

“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.

Looking ahead7 Sep 2026

A reunion for Žiga Frelih

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Bravo in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The NK Celje Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

The paperwork begins on Stefan Melentijević

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. NK Celje have done the hard part with Primorje, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Lan Vidmar

NK Celje asked and NK Maribor said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at NK Celje

Darko Hrka 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 dugout17 Aug 2026

Žiga Frelih gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market17 Aug 2026

NK Maribor join the queue for Gašper Vodeb

Add another name to the list: NK Maribor have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Gašper Vodeb. The answer from NK Celje has not changed — yet.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Milot Avdyli was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match15 Aug 2026

NK Celje come up short against NK Domzale

NK Domzale left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at NK Celje training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Łukasz Bejger is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Rok Cerin left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief