Season 2011–12 Champions League Maribor Best goalkeeper Jasmin Handanović Champion NK Maribor Best player Dare Vršič Goals scored 491 | Champions Maribor
(10th title) Top goalscorer Dare Vršič
(22 goals) Dates 16 Jul 2011 – 26 May 2012 Location Slovenia Relegated NK Nafta Lendava Matches played 180 | |
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Europa League Olimpija
Mura 05
Celje (cup finalists) | ||
The 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga (also known as 1. SNL, English: Slovenian First League) was the 21st season of top-tier football in Slovenia. The season began on 16 July 2011 and ended on 26 May 2012, with a winter break in effect between 4 December 2011 and 2 March 2012. Maribor were the defending champions, having won their ninth title the previous season.
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Teams
Primorje were directly relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season to the Slovenian Second League after a last-place finish. They were replaced by the 2010–11 Slovenian Second League fourth-place finishers, Mura 05, who are participating in this competition for the first time in their history. Mura 05 received and accepted an invitation to join the league after Aluminij, Interblock, and Dravinja – who finished in the top three places – all declined promotion due to financial reasons.
With both Nafta and Mura 05 participating in the 2011–12 edition, Prekmurje region had two teams in the top division for the first time since the 1999–2000 season.
Stadia and locations
1Seating capacity only. Some stadiums (e.g. Mura 05, Nafta, Rudar) also have standing areas.
League table
Updated to games played on 20 May 2012.
Source: PrvaLiga website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Celje lost to Maribor in the final of 2011–12 Slovenian Cup competition; since Maribor have qualified for the Champions League, Celje will enter the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Positions by round
Source: PrvaLiga (Slovene)
Relegation play-offs
The 9th placed team played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of 2011–12 Slovenian Second League. Although Triglav lost the two-legged play-off against Dob, they retained their place in the PrvaLiga as Dob were declined promotion due to financial reasons.
Results
Every team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.