ND Primorje

This article is about the football club established in 2011. For the dissolved club, see NK Primorje.

Primorje
Full nameNogometno društvo Primorje Ajdovščina
Nickname(s)Sinovi burje (The Sons of Bora)
Rdeče-črni (The Red and Blacks)
FoundedJune 2011; 13 years ago (June 2011)[1][2]
(as DNŠ Ajdovščina)
GroundAjdovščina City Stadium
Capacity1,630
PresidentBojan Adžić
Head coachMilan Anđelković
LeagueSlovenian PrvaLiga
2023–24Slovenian Second League, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Websitehttps://ndprimorje.si/

Nogometno društvo Primorje Ajdovščina or simply ND Primorje is a Slovenian football club based in Ajdovščina that competes in the Slovenian First League, the top tier of the Slovenian football league system. The club was established in 2011.[3]

History

The club was founded in June 2011 as DNŠ Ajdovščina after the dissolution of NK Primorje,[1][2] a club which folded a month earlier due to high financial debt and after failing to obtain competition licences issued by the Football Association of Slovenia.[4] They merged their first team with ŠD Škou before the beginning of the 2012–13 season.[2] In the same season, the team gained promotion to the Slovenian Third League after finishing as runners-up of the 2012–13 Littoral League.[5][6] In 2018, the team started competing under the name ND Primorje and reintroduced the red and black team colours used by the now defunct NK Primorje.

In the 2023–24 season, Primorje became champions of the Slovenian Second League and were promoted to the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenia's top division, 13 years after the previously disbanded club last played in the top tier.[7]

Stadium

The team play their home matches at Ajdovščina City Stadium, a 1,630 capacity stadium in Ajdovščina.[8] The stadium was renovated during the 2009–10 season, and was reopened in September 2010.[9]

Honours

Winners: 2023–24
Winners: 2014–15

References

  1. ^ a b Uredništvo (7 June 2011). "Mlajši pod okriljem društva" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Osojnik, Engelbert; Plestenjak, Rok (23 June 2013). "Po razpadu NK Primorja so Ajdovci postavili zdrave nogometne temelje" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. ^ "ND Primorje". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Brez dodatnih kvalifikacij" [The playoffs will not be held] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Primorska liga 2012/13" (in Slovenian). MNZ Koper. Retrieved 17 April 2016.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Zadeva: Sestava 3. SNL – zahod za tekmovalno leto 2013/2014" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  7. ^ R. P. (19 May 2024). "Ajdovščina na nogah, Primorje po 13 letih spet prvoligaš!" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Nogometni stadion – Zavod za šport Ajdovščina". zs-ajdovscina.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  9. ^ Osojnik, Engelbert (5 September 2010). "Slovenija ima še en prenovljen štadion" [Slovenia has another renovated stadium] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 28 June 2016.