NK Celje U18

Slovenian Prva Liga U18
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The NK Celje Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

A fracture rules Rudi Požeg Vancaš out for 122 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason NK Celje will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market17 Aug 2026

NK Celje say no — this time

The offer from Karlovac 1919 for Ivica Vidović was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

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.

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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Leonardo Koutris stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.38 on the card, and the NK Celje support went home talking about one name.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Matic Oblak was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the NK Celje dressing room was either.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The weekend belonged to Svit Sešlar

Player of the week, judged against every other man in the division. A small award, and one most careers never collect.

Match15 Aug 2026

NK Celje and NK Domzale cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. NK Domzale came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Looking ahead17 Aug 2026

A reunion for Damjan Vuklišević

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

In brief

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The NK Celje Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Svit Sešlar scores twice — 8.47

Two goals and a mark of 8.47 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Age has not caught Mario Kvesić yet — 8.08

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.08 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Match8 Aug 2026

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about NK Celje and Radomlje in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Match8 Aug 2026

Svit Sešlar sends NK Celje past Radomlje

It finished 4‑2, and it was Svit Sešlar’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to NK Celje.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Svit Sešlar signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Svit Sešlar commits to NK Celje for another 4 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Darko Hrka 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 NK Celje this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Gregor Bijol joins the NK Celje first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gregor Bijol is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

NK Celje promote Jure Verbic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jure Verbic 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Jan Brekalo steps up from the NK Celje academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jan Brekalo 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

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The NK Celje Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Leonardo Koutris beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 27. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market3 Aug 2026

NK Celje say no — this time

The offer from Kauno Zalgiris for Žan-Luk Leban was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Leonardo Koutris signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Leonardo Koutris and NK Celje agree another 3 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at NK Celje

Leonardo Koutris 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.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Žiga Frelih

“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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on David Castro again

The phone has started ringing about David Castro again, and this time the name on the line is Beltinci. NK Celje are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at NK Celje

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Darko Hrka was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

One of those days for Svit Sešlar

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market3 Aug 2026

Talks stall between NK Celje and Benjamin Verbič

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief