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3 Edition

The ND Gorica Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match15 Aug 2026

No mercy from ND Gorica

Bilje will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. ND Gorica were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A day Tim Matavž will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Tim Matavž, 37, rolls back the years — 9.59

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 9.59 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nura Salisu, 19, steals the show — 7.81

Marked 7.81 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Market17 Aug 2026

ND Gorica turn down BSK Bijelo Brdo for Marko Čavara

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market17 Aug 2026

Eyes on Klemen Mlakar again

The phone has started ringing about Klemen Mlakar again, and this time the name on the line is Dubrava. ND Gorica are listening politely and promising nothing.

Match15 Aug 2026

ND Gorica 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at ND Gorica

Andrija Drljo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Koper tell ND Gorica: Nsana Simon 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.

In brief

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2 Edition

The ND Gorica Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match8 Aug 2026

Prosper Obiora Nwachukwu leads the rout of Slovan Ljubljana

5‑2, and Prosper Obiora Nwachukwu took the headlines on an afternoon when everything ND Gorica tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A day Prosper Obiora Nwachukwu will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nura Salisu, 19, steals the show — 7.92

Marked 7.92 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at ND Gorica

Andrija Drljo 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.

Match8 Aug 2026

7 goals as ND Gorica and Slovan Ljubljana go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between ND Gorica and Slovan Ljubljana, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

One of those days for Prosper Obiora Nwachukwu

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.37, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

ND Gorica rebuffed over Antonio Marin

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Olimpija Ljubljana have kept their man, and ND Gorica go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Andrija Drljo

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Market10 Aug 2026

Andraz Elsnik steps up from the ND Gorica academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andraz Elsnik has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

1 Edition

The ND Gorica Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match1 Aug 2026

ND Gorica run riot against Bistrica

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

A brace, and Tim Matavž takes the afternoon — 8.72

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Tim Matavž provided it, and the 8.72 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A move Klemen Mlakar would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Klemen Mlakar is living that version at ND Gorica, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tim Matavž signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tim Matavž commits to ND Gorica for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Andrija Drljo in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at ND Gorica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Filip Pobi falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Door shut on Mark Strajnar

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

The terraces3 Aug 2026

ND Gorica supporters have found a favourite in Luka Baruca

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Luka Baruca has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Anej Kobal 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.

In brief