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| Full name | Nogometni klub Mura Murska Sobota | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | Črno-beli (The Black and Whites) | ||
| Founded | 16 August 1924; 101 years ago (16 August 1924) | ||
| Dissolved | 2005; 20 years ago (2005)[1] | ||
| Ground | Fazanerija | ||
| Capacity | 3,782 | ||
Nogometni klub Mura (English:Mura Football Club), commonly referred to asNK Mura or simplyMura, was a Slovenianassociation football club based inMurska Sobota. The club was founded on 16 August 1924 as one of the first clubs in thePrekmurje region. The club had its golden years in the 1990s when they won theSlovenian Football Cup. During this period they were also the runners-up of theSlovenian PrvaLiga on two occasions. They played their home matches atFazanerija City Stadium.
NK Mura was dissolved during the 2004–05 season after the club failed to obtain competition licences issued by theFootball Association of Slovenia. The club was allowed to finish the 2004–05 season, which was already in progress, and after finishing eighth in the national championship, Mura effectively ceased all operations.
NK Mura was founded inMurska Sobota on 16 August 1924 in the congress hall of the Hotel Dobrai, and Franjo Košir was appointed as the first president.[2] Their first match was played on 31 August 1924 at home against SK Maribor, which was won by the visiting team 6–0.[3] They played one more match in 1924, against SK Merkur fromMaribor, which ended with another loss for Mura (5–1).[4]
The best period in the club's history was after 1991, when Slovenia gained independence from Yugoslavia. Mura finished as runners-up of theSlovenian top division twice, in1993–94 and1997–98. In May 1995, the club won its first major trophy after winning the1994–95 Slovenian Cup with a 2–1 aggregate victory overCelje.[5] With this title, Mura secured an invitation to play in the newly establishedSlovenian Supercup at the start of the next season. The match was played inLjubljana and was won byOlimpija 2–1.[6]
Mura had a string of mixed results for the remainder of their final seasons, despite acquiring highly regarded coaches such asMiroslav Blažević. The club became financially unstable; in their last season, the club had struggled on the pitch and failed to obtain competition licences issued by theFootball Association of Slovenia, which led to its dissolution in 2005.[1] The club finished the last competitive season (2004–05) in eight place out of twelve teams. A successor club was established in 2005 under the nameND Mura 05; however, they are legally not considered to be the same club and their records and honours are kept separate by the Football Association of Slovenia.[7] Mura 05 was later disbanded in 2013.[8]
League
Cup
| Season | League | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | 1. SNL | 7th | / |
| 1992–93 | 1. SNL | 3rd | / |
| 1993–94 | 1. SNL | 2nd | Qualified forUEFA Cup |
| 1994–95 | 1. SNL | 4th | WonSlovenian Cup. Qualified forUEFA Cup Winners' Cup. |
| 1995–96 | 1. SNL | 3rd | Qualified forUEFA Cup |
| 1996–97 | 1. SNL | 7th | / |
| 1997–98 | 1. SNL | 2nd | Qualified forUEFA Cup |
| 1998–99 | 1. SNL | 4th | / |
| 1999–2000 | 1. SNL | 10th | / |
| 2000–01 | 1. SNL | 4th | / |
| 2001–02 | 1. SNL | 7th | / |
| 2002–03 | 1. SNL | 9th | / |
| 2003–04 | 1. SNL | 5th | / |
| 2004–05 | 1. SNL | 8th | Club dissolved during the season but played until the end. |
All results (home and away) list Mura's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | UEFA Cup | PR |  Aarau | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| 1995–96 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | QR |  Žalgiris | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup | PR |  Bečej | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| QR |  Lyngby BK | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | ||
| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup | 1QR |  Daugava Riga | 6–1 | 2–1 | 8–2 |
| 2QR | Silkeborg IF | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
