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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
	Ramiro Muñoz (since 14. 1. 2025)
Goalkeeper coach	Josip Škorić
Athletic coach	Nikola Vidović
	Hrvoje Božičković
	Ivan Zorić
Video analyst	Ivan Damjanović
Physiotherapist	Žiga Benko
	Luka Levec
	Riva Milić
Economist	Branko Bučar
Assistant Economist	Jože Vidergar

Source: NK Olimpija

Kits

Supplier: Puma

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Away 0

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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	Ref.
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	Ref.
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

Transfers out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/Notes	Ref.
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
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 Wang	Shanghai Shenhua	Free transfer

Loans out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Notes	Ref.
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

Friendlies

Pre-season

26 June 2024 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–0	Gloria Buzău	Ljubljana
18:00	Pedro Lucas 18' Boultam 43'	Report		Stadium: Šiška Sports Park

2 July 2024 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	Sarajevo	Ljubljana
18:00	Dvoršak 80'	Report		Stadium: Kodeljevo Sports Park

6 July 2024 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–1	Slovácko	Ljubljana
11:00	Florucz 58' Motika 80' Kojić 88'	Report	Kozák 87'	Stadium: Kodeljevo Sports Park

13 July 2024 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–0	CSKA 1948 Sofia	Ljubljana
19:00	Sualehe 33' Motika 64' Boultam 70'	Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium

Mid-season

20 January 2025 Friendly	Śląsk Wrocław	0–2	Olimpija Ljubljana	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00 CET		Report	Florucz 59' Sualehe 63'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 1 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

Slovenian PrvaLiga

League table

Results summary

Last updated: 11 December 2024.
Source: PrvaLiga

Results by round

Matches

The match schedule was released on 27 June 2024.

Slovenian Cup

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

25 July 2024 Second leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–0	Polissya Zhytomyr	Ljubljana
19:00 UTC+2	Jorge Silva  31' Kojić  33' Florucz 56' Pinto 90+2'	Report	Sarapiy  25' Budkivskyi  31' Maisuradze  49' Ashur  77' Krushynskyi  87'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 3,572 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas (Spain)

1 August 2024 First leg	Polissya Zhytomyr	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Gliwice, Poland
18:00 UTC+2	Kushnirenko 1' Diachenko  42' Talles Costa  85' Mykhaylichenko  86'	Report	Florucz 11'  62' Durdov 90+3'	Stadium: Piotr Wieczorek Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,296 Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

Third qualifying round

8 August 2024 First leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Ljubljana
19:00 UTC+2	Muhamedbegović  14' Pedro Lucas 45+4' (pen.) Doffo 65' Sualehe 84'	Report	Lins  45+2'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 3,797 Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Greece)

15 August 2024 Second leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–1 (0–4 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Tiraspol, Moldova
20:00 UTC+3	Kyabou  43' Mija  82' Ademo  90+2'	Report	Motika 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Sheriff Stadium Attendance: 2,422 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Play-off round

22 August 2024 First leg	Rijeka	1–1	Olimpija Ljubljana	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 UTC+3	Ivanović 33' Pašalić  49' Đalović  72' Zlomislić  75' Ante Majstorović  76' Toni Fruk  83'	Report	Doffo  34' Ratnik  34' Sualehe  35' Pedro Lucas 76' (pen.) Thalisson  78'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 6,487 Referee: César Soto Grado (Spain)

29 August 2024 Second leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	5–0 (6–1 agg.)	Rijeka	Ljubljana, Slovenia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Florucz 2'  54' Thalisson  10' 13', 45' Kojić 35' Lucas 47'	Report	Janković  8' Radeljić  38' Petrovič  52'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 12,616 Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

League phase

Pos	Team v t e	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
14	Olimpija Ljubljana	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
15	Real Betis	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
16	1. FC Heidenheim	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10

3 October 2024 1	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Olimpija Ljubljana	Heidenheim, Germany
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Beck 6' Wanner 83', 83',  84' Scienza  88' Kerber  90+5'	Report	Thalisson  37' Agba  65' Blanco 77'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 12,887 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

24 October 2024 2	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–0	LASK	Ljubljana
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blanco 14' Sualehe  48' Boultam  72' Pedro Lucas 80'  81' Muhamedbegović  90'	Report	Bogarde  73' Flecker  94'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 6,558 Referee: Daniele Chiffi (Italy)

7 November 2024 3	HJK	0–2	Olimpija Ljubljana	Helsinki, Finland
18:45 (19:45 UTC+2)		Report	Brest 57' Agba 68'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 6,394 Referee: Robert Jones (England)

28 November 2024 4	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	Larne	Ljubljana
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Silva  35' Durdov 67'	Report	Graham  35'  81' Ferguson  57'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 4,954 Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)

12 December 2024 5	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–4	Cercle Brugge	Ljubljana
18:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Blanco 5' Agba  27' Škorić  45+4' Thalisson  48' Sánchez  50' Sualehe  53' Ristić  65' Doffo  90+4'	Report	Olaigbe 2', 81' Felipe Augusto  8' 24' Diakité  64' Denkey 72'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 5,646 Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)

19 December 2024 6	Jagiellonia Białystok	0–0	Olimpija Ljubljana	Białystok, Poland
21:00	Sáček  32' Pululu  38' Nguiamba  82'	Report	Brest  17' Blanco  28' Silva  85' Boultam  89'	Stadium: Białystok Municipal Stadium Attendance: 14,329 Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

Knockout phase

Knockout phase play-offs

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

13 February 2025 (2025-02-13) First leg	Borac Banja Luka	v	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
				Stadium: Banja Luka City Stadium

20 February 2025 (2025-02-20) Second leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	v	Borac Banja Luka	Ljubljana
				Stadium: Stožice Stadium

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• Slovenian football clubs 2024–25 season
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League participants seasons