Slovenian Second League

Slovenian Second League

Organising body	Football Association of Slovenia
Founded	1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Country	Slovenia
Number of clubs	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	1. SNL
Relegation to	3. SNL (2 divisions)
Current champions	Primorje (1st title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Rudar Velenje Triglav Kranj (both 3 titles)
TV partners	Sportklub
Website	nzs.si

The Slovenian Second Football League (Slovene: Druga slovenska nogometna liga), also known by the abbreviation 2. SNL, is the second highest football league in Slovenia. The league was formed in 1991 and is operated by the Football Association of Slovenia.

Format and rules

In its inaugural edition in 1991–92, the Slovenian Second League was divided into two regional groups (East and West), with both winners directly promoted to the Slovenian PrvaLiga. In 1992, a unified league was formed, with 16 clubs playing the round-robin system, which lasted until 2003. Two clubs were usually promoted, while the number of those relegated varied with the number of divisions in the Slovenian Third League. In 2003, the league was reduced to twelve teams, and only the champion was directly promoted to the top tier, as an additional promotion play-off was introduced for the second-placed team. In 2005, the league was further reduced to ten teams playing a triple round-robin format.

In 2017, the competition returned to the old system with 16 clubs, used between 1992 and 2003. Each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 30 matchdays. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. The winner is promoted to the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the second-placed team enters the promotion play-offs, and the bottom two teams are relegated to the Slovenian Third League.

2024–25 teams

• Aluminij
• Beltinci
• Bilje
• Bistrica
• Brinje Grosuplje
• Drava Ptuj
• Dravinja
• Gorica
• Ilirija 1911
• Jadran Dekani
• Krka
• Rudar Velenje
• Slovan
• Tabor Sežana
• Tolmin
• Triglav Kranj

Winners

Source:^[1][2]

Season		Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1991–92	East	Železničar Maribor	Dravograd	Turnišče
	West	Krka	Triglav Kranj	Ilirija
1992–93		Jadran Dekani	Primorje	Kočevje
1993–94		Kočevje	Korotan Prevalje	Turnišče
1994–95		Šmartno	Nafta Lendava	Zagorje
1995–96		Železničar Ljubljana	Nafta Lendava	Črnuče
1996–97		Vevče	Drava Ptuj	Dravograd
1997–98		Triglav Kranj	Koper	Domžale
1998–99		Dravograd	Pohorje	Železničar Maribor
1999–2000		Koper	Tabor Sežana	Šmartno
2000–01		Triglav Kranj	Šmartno	Aluminij
2001–02		Dravograd	Ljubljana	Aluminij
2002–03		Domžale	Drava Ptuj	Aluminij
2003–04		Rudar Velenje	Bela Krajina	Zagorje
2004–05		Rudar Velenje	Nafta Lendava	Svoboda
2005–06		Factor	Dravinja	Triglav Kranj
2006–07		Livar	Bonifika	Krško
2007–08		Rudar Velenje	Bonifika	Bela Krajina
2008–09		Olimpija	Aluminij	Triglav Kranj
2009–10		Primorje	Triglav Kranj	Aluminij
2010–11		Aluminij	Interblock	Dravinja
2011–12		Aluminij	Dob	Šenčur
2012–13		Zavrč	Dob	Krka
2013–14		Dob	Radomlje	Aluminij
2014–15		Krško	Aluminij	Dob
2015–16		Radomlje	Aluminij	Drava Ptuj
2016–17		Triglav Kranj	Dob	Ankaran
2017–18		Mura	Drava Ptuj	Nafta 1903
2018–19		Bravo	Tabor Sežana	Radomlje
2019–20		Cancelled[a]
2020–21		Radomlje	Krka	Nafta 1903
2021–22		Gorica	Triglav Kranj	Krka
2022–23		Rogaška	Aluminij	Ilirija 1911
2023–24		Primorje	Nafta 1903	Beltinci

Top scorers

Season	Player	Goals	Club
1992–93	Miloš Breznikar	31	Jadran Dekani
1993–94	Milan Osterc	20	Veržej
1994–95	Tomi Druškovič	26	Šmartno
1995–96	Marjan Dominko Oskar Drobne	19	Nafta Lendava Šentjur
1996–97	Anton Usnik	15	Ljubljana / Vevče
1997–98	Oliver Bogatinov	32	Triglav Kranj
1998–99	Alen Mujanovič	18	Šmartno
1999–2000	Milan Emeršič	21	Aluminij
2000–01[4]	Borut Arlič	22	Šmartno
2001–02[5]	Matej Rebol	23	Dravograd
2002–03[6]	Matjaž Majcen	26	Drava Ptuj
2003–04[7]	Ismet Ekmečić	30	Rudar Velenje
2004–05[8]	Mirnes Ibrahimovič	32	Rudar Velenje
2005–06[9]	Živojin Vidojević	15	Dravinja
2006–07[10]	Dejan Božičič Dalibor Volaš	14	Zagorje Bonifika
2007–08[11]	Alen Mujanovič	21	Rudar Velenje
2008–09[12]	Dejan Burgar	16	Triglav Kranj
2009–10[13]	Darko Kremenović	15	Primorje
2010–11[14]	Ladislav Stanko	16	Šenčur / Dob
2011–12[15]	Goran Vuk	17	Dob
2012–13[16]	Josip Golubar Amer Krcić	13	Zavrč Dob
2013–14[17]	Marko Nunić	16	Šenčur
2014–15[18]	Matej Poplatnik	18	Triglav Kranj
2015–16[19]	Lovro Bizjak Dejan Sokanović	14	Aluminij Tolmin
2016–17[20]	Matej Poplatnik	27	Triglav Kranj
2017–18[21]	Marko Roginić	21	Nafta 1903
2018–19[22]	Anel Hajrić	35	Radomlje
2019–20	Not awarded
2020–21[23]	Kaheem Parris	16	Krka
2021–22[24]	Tin Matić	21	Triglav Kranj
2022–23[25]	Matej Poplatnik	24	Ilirija 1911
2023–24[26]	Toni Lun Bončina	17	Nafta 1903

Awards

Player of the Year awards are presented by the Union of Professional Football Players of Slovenia (SPINS) since 2018.

• 2017–18: Luka Bobičanec (Mura)
• 2018–19: Anel Hajrić (Radomlje)
• 2019–20: Not awarded^[27]

Notes

1. The season was interrupted in March 2020 and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia, and the winners were not announced.^[3] Koper and Gorica, the top two teams before the cancellation of the season, were promoted to the top division.

References

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External links

• Official website (in Slovene)
• 2. SNL fixtures and table at Soccerway