# 2016–17 ND Gorica season

The 2016–17 season is Gorica's 26th season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian top division, since the league was created in 1991 with Gorica as one of the league's founding members. Gorica compete in Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian Football Cup and UEFA Europa League.

## Players

As of 13 December 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | SVN | Gregor Sorčan |
| — | GK | SVN | Jure Lipičar |
| — | GK | SVN | Januš Štrukelj |
| — | DF | SVN | Uroš Celcer |
| — | DF | SVN | Matija Škarabot |
| — | DF | SVN | Miha Gregorič |
| — | DF | SVN | Tine Kavčič |
| — | DF | SVN | Alen Jogan (captain) |
| — | DF | SVN | Jani Curk |
| — | DF | SVN | Matija Boben |
| — | DF | SVN | Matic Slavec |
| — | MF | SVN | Andrej Kotnik |
| — | MF | BIH | Rifet Kapić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SVN | Jaka Kolenc |
| — | MF | SVN | Rok Grudina |
| — | MF | SVN | Dejan Žigon |
| — | MF | SVN | Jan Humar |
| — | MF | SVN | Amel Džuzdanović |
| — | FW | USA | Sachem Wilson |
| — | FW | SVN | Miran Burgič |
| — | FW | SVN | Sandi Arčon |
| — | FW | NGA | Bede Amarachi Osuji |
| — | FW | SVN | Leon Marinič |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianluca Franciosi |
| — | FW | SVN | Tilen Nagode |
Source:ND Gorica

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| PrvaLiga | Pre-season | 4th | | 16 July 2016 | 27 May 2017 |
| Cup | Round of 16 | — | Quarter-finals | 15 September 2016 | 26 October 2016 |
| UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | — | First qualifying round | 30 June 2016 | 7 July 2016 |
Updated to match played 13 December 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| PrvaLiga | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Cup | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Europa League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 030.77 |
Updated to match played 13 December 2016 Source: Competitions

### PrvaLiga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maribor (C) | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 30 | +33 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Gorica | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Domžale | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Celje | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 55 | |
* 1 2 Gorica ahead of Olimpija on head-to-head record: Olimpija–Gorica 1–0, Gorica–Olimpija 1–1, Olimpija–Gorica 1–2, Gorica–Olimpija 1–0
* ↑ Domžale qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Cup
#### Round of 16

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Quarter-finals
### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round

Win  Draw  Loss