# 2024–25 NK Olimpija Ljubljana season

The 2024–25 season is the 20th season in the history of NK Olimpija Ljubljana, and the club's 17th consecutive season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Slovenian Cup and the UEFA Conference League.

## First team
### Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Víctor Sánchez |
| Assistant coach | Giannis Kontoes |
| Assistant coach | Ramiro Muñoz (since 14. 1. 2025) |
| Goalkeeper coach | Josip Škorić |
| Athletic coach | Nikola Vidović |
| Athletic coach | Hrvoje Božičković |
| Athletic coach | Ivan Zorić |
| Video analyst | Ivan Damjanović |
| Physiotherapist | Žiga Benko |
| Physiotherapist | Luka Levec |
| Physiotherapist | Riva Milić |
| Economist | Branko Bučar |
| Assistant Economist | Jože Vidergar |
Source: NK Olimpija

## Kits

Supplier: Puma
| Home 0 | Away 0 | Third 0 |

## Contracts and transfers
### New contracts

The following Olimpija players signed their first or new professional contracts with the club.
| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | Contract type |
| First team ||||||
| 28 Jun 2024 | 9 | FW | Dino Kojić | Contract extension till 2027 |
| 27 Aug 2024 | 15 | DF | Marko Ristić | Contract extension till 2028 |
| 24 Sep 2024 | 6 | MF | Peter Agba | Contract extension till 2028 |
| 16 Oct 2024 | 10 | MF | Raul Florucz | Contract extension till 2028 |
| 25 Nov 2024 | 14 | DF | Marcel Ratnik | Contract extension till 2028 |
| 25 Nov 2024 | 9 | FW | Dino Kojić | Contract extension till 2029 |
| Academy ||||||
| 1 July 2024 | 44 | RB | Matej Dvoršak | First professional contract till 2027 |
| 1/28 Aug 2024 | – | DF | Nik Pirečnik | First professional contract till 2027 |
| 1 Aug 2024 | – | | Matej Henjak | First professional contract till 2027 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | – | | Frano Mohorovičić | First professional contract till 2025 |

### Transfers in

The following players joined Olimpia permanently and signed professional contracts with the club.
| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Transfer fee |
| First team |||||||
| 21 Jun 2024 | 88 | MF | Thalisson | Rogaška (PrvaLiga) | Free |
| 27 Jul 2024 | 28 | W | Benjika Caciel | Würzburger Kickers (Regionalliga Bayern) | Free |
| 18 Jul 2024 | 21 | DF | Manuel Pedreño | SD Tarazona (Primera Federación) | Free |
| 28 Aug 2024 | 33 | LB | Jordi Govea | Beroe (efbet Liga) | Undisclosed |
| 30 Aug 2024 | 11 | W | Álex Blanco | Reggiana (Serie B) | Undisclosed |
| 8 Jan 2025 | 27 | FW | Alex Tamm | Nõmme Kalju (Meistriliiga) | Free Transfer |
| 12 Jan 2025 | | MF | Jurgen Çelhaka | Legia Warsaw (Ekstraklasa) | Free Transfer |
| Academy |||||||
| 16 Aug 2024 | – | FW | Frane Bobanović | Hajduk U-19 | Free |
| 24 Dec 2024 | – | LB | Ajdin Husić | Brinje Grosuplje | Undisclosed |
| 18 Jan 2025 | – | GK | Tijan Vasić | Domžale | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/Notes |
| First team |||||||
| 25 June 2024 | 11 | MF | Sa'ar Fadida | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | |
| 25 June 2024 | 21 | MF | Ivan Posavec | Zrinjski Mostar | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2024 | 82 | FW | Redi Kasa | Egnatia | Loan return |
| 10 July 2024 | 6 | DF | Mateo Karamatić | Hartberg | |
| 13 July 2024 | 31 | GK | Žan Mauricio | Nafta | |
| 29 July 2024 | 10 | MF | Timi Max Elšnik | Red Star Belgrade | €1.5m |
| 23 October 2024 | | FW | Mustafa Nukić | Free Agent | |
| 16 January 2025 | | DF | Nikola Motika | Free Agent | Contract expired |
| 30 January 2025 | | FW | Benjika Caciel | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Released |
| Academy |||||||
| 12 June 2024 | | GK | Som Kumar | Kerala Blasters | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2024 | | DF | Tim Matanović | Rudar Velenje | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2024 | | RW | Marcel Kobal | Bistrica | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2024 | | MF | Jaša Jelen | Radomlje | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2024 | | FW | Senad Porić | Svoboda Ljubljana | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2024 | | W | Nik Balon | Svoboda Ljubljana | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2024 | | MF | David Uršič | Svoboda Ljubljana | Free transfer |
| 8 Januar 2025 | | CF | Marcel Petrov | Shanghai Shenhua | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Notes |
| First team |||||||
| 15 June 2024 | 17 | FW | Admir Bristrić | Polissya Zhytomyr | End of season (buy option) |
| 11 July 2024 | 26 | LB | Vall Janković | Slovan | End of season |
| 6 August 2024 | 44 | RB | Matej Dvoršak | Slovan | Till 17 Januar 2025 |
| 16 August 2024 | 29 | FW | Tihomir Maksimović | Slovan | End of season |
| 30 August 2024 | 20 | W | Nemanja Motika | Greuther Fürth | End of season |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Slovenian PrvaLiga | 19 July 2024 | 18 April 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 064.00 |
| Slovenian Cup | 25 September 2024 | TBD | Second round | TBD | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 25 July 2024 | 20 February 2025 | Second qualifying round | Knockout phase play-offs | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 057.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 22 | +48 | 064.29 |
Last updated: 1 September 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Slovenian PrvaLiga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 12 | +32 | 57 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Maribor | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 51 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Bravo | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 45 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Koper | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 41 | |
| 5 | Celje | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 39 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 December 2024. Source: PrvaLiga

#### 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 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 25 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A$^1$ | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* $^1$ Matchday 22 (v. Domžale) was postponed due to several illness in the Olimpija team.

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 27 June 2024.

### UEFA Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
#### League phase

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 12 | Pafos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 13 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 14 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 15 | Real Betis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 16 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 22 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 14 |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 |

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout phase play-offs

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 20 December 2024.