The Ilirija 1911 Post
Squad3 Aug 2026
Agustín Urrutia stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Agustín Urrutia and Ilirija 1911 agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Agustín Urrutia
Still no offer on the table, and Agustín Urrutia’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Denis Videnović
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Ilirija 1911 try to borrow Lan Vidmar
NK Maribor have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Ilirija 1911 try to borrow Borna Buljan
Bravo have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Rok Kopatin is in the works
Ilirija 1911 have made the call to Bravo. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad3 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Ilirija 1911 are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Ilirija 1911
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anel Zulić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Matic Handanovic chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Anel Zulić
- Match Point won or two lost for Ilirija 1911?
- Squad Niko Grlić walks taller at Ilirija 1911