# 2016–17 NK Celje season

The 2016–17 season was Celje's 26th season in the Slovenian top division, Slovenian PrvaLiga, since the league was created in 1991 with Celje as one of the league's founding members. Celje competed in Slovenian PrvaLiga and Slovenian Football Cup.

## Players

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 | Matic Kotnik |
| — | GK | SVN | Metod Jurhar |
| — | GK | SVN | Matjaž Rozman |
| — | DF | SVN | Žiga Kous |
| — | DF | SVN | Elvedin Džinić |
| — | DF | SVN | Tilen Klemenčič |
| — | DF | SVN | Jure Travner (captain) |
| — | DF | SVN | Damir Hadžić |
| — | DF | SVN | Tadej Vidmajer |
| — | MF | SVN | Anej Lovrečić |
| — | DF | BIH | Amar Rahmanović |
| — | MF | SVN | Rudi Požeg Vancaš |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SVN | Jon Šporn |
| — | MF | SVN | Goran Cvijanović |
| — | MF | SVN | Nino Pungaršek |
| — | MF | CRO | Lovre Čirjak |
| — | MF | SVN | Janez Pišek |
| — | FW | CRO | Marin Glavaš |
| — | FW | SVN | Dalibor Volaš |
| — | FW | BIH | Irfan Hadžić |
| — | FW | SVN | Matej Podlogar |
| — | FW | SVN | Matic Marcius |
| — | FW | SVN | Mitja Križan |
| — | FW | SVN | Tilen Pečnik |
Source:NK Celje

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| PrvaLiga | Pre-season | 5th | | 16 July 2016 | 27 May 2017 |
| Cup | First round | — | Round of 16 | 17 August 2016 | 13 September 2016 |
Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| PrvaLiga | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 25 | +0 | 038.10 |
| Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 039.13 |
Updated to match played 11 December 2016 Source: Competitions

### PrvaLiga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Koper (R) | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 50 | Relegation to fourth tier |
| 7 | Rudar Velenje | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 41 | |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Koper did not get a competition licence and was thus relegated to the fourth division.

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Cup
#### First round

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures