2014–15 Slovenian Third League

Slovenian Third League
Season 2014–15
Champions Zarica (Centre)
Odranci (East)
Maribor B (North)
Ajdovščina (West)
Promoted Zarica
Drava
Relegated Radomlje B
Britof
Bistrica
Serdica
Šentjur
Korotan
Bistrica
Malečnik
Portorož Piran
Matches played 669
Goals scored 2273 (3.4 per match)
Biggest home win Zagorje 9–0 Kočevje
Biggest away win Britof 0–9 Zagorje
Highest scoring Mons Claudius 1–9 Maribor B

The season began on 23 August 2014 and ended on 7 June 2015.

Format and rules

From the season 2014–15 onwards the Slovenian Third League, 3. SNL, is divided into four regional groups with a total of 52 participating clubs. Three groups (i.e. North, Center, East) are composed of 14 clubs, while the group West only has 10 clubs that are participating in the competition. The winners of the regular season in each group play a promotional two-legged play-off to decide which two teams promote to the Slovenian Second League. Reserve teams of the top division sides are ineligible to promote to the second division, due to the rules of the Football Association of Slovenia, which stipulate that one club's main squad and their reserve team must be at least two leagues apart in the country's football pyramid. Consequently, in case one club's main squad is relegated from the top division to the second division their reserve team would be automatically relegated from the third division.

The number of relegated teams from each group is determined by the number of regional MNZ's from which the clubs in all four groups are a part of. There are nine MNZ's governing bodies in Slovenian football:

This means that three teams from 3. SNL North are relegated at the end of the season and replaced by the winners of the fourth tier competitions held separately in MNZ Celje, MNZ Maribor and MNZ Ptuj. The number of relegated teams from 3. SNL Centre and 3. SNL East is two, while only the bottom team relegates from 3. SNL West as MNZ Koper and MNZ Nova Gorica manage a combined fourth tier competition. The number of relegated teams can also be determined by the location of teams which relegate from the second division. Each of the bottom placed second division teams can only relegate to the one 3. SNL group that is managed by the MNZ they are a part of.

3. SNL Centre

Clubs

Club Location Stadium 2013–14 position
BledBled Bled Sports Centre 3rd, Carniolan
BritofBritof NK Britof Stadium 2nd, Carniolan
IlirijaLjubljana Ilirija Sports Park 2nd, Ljubljana
Ivančna GoricaIvančna Gorica Ivančna Gorica Stadium 4th
JezeroMedvode Ob Sori Stadium 12th
KolpaPodzemelj Podzemelj Sports Park 3rd, Ljubljana
KočevjeKočevje Gaj Stadium 5th, Ljubljana
KomendaKomenda Komenda Hipodrom 1st, Ljubljana
LesceLesce Na Žagi Stadium 1st, Carniolan
Radomlje BRadomlje Radomlje Sports Park 4th, Ljubljana
RudarTrbovlje Rudar Stadium 6th
SavaKranj Stražišče Sports Park 13th
ZagorjeZagorje ob Savi Zagorje City Stadium 3rd
ZaricaKranj Zarica Sports Park 2nd

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zarica Kranj (Q, P) 26 19 6 1 67 14 +53 63 Qualification to Play-off round
2 Ilirija 26 17 5 4 60 21 +39 56
3 Ivančna Gorica 26 15 8 3 48 16 +32 53
4 Zagorje 26 15 6 5 77 28 +49 51
5 Radomlje B (R) 26 10 7 9 42 29 +13 37 Relegation to MNZ Ljubljana[lower-alpha 1]
6 Sava Kranj 26 10 6 10 36 36 0 36
7 Rudar Trbovlje 26 9 6 11 24 40 16 33
8 Bled 26 10 1 15 27 45 18 31
9 Jezero Medvode 26 7 9 10 32 40 8 30
10 Kolpa 26 9 3 14 26 43 17 30
11 Lesce 26 6 6 14 28 42 14 24
12 Komenda 26 7 3 16 29 55 26 24
13 Kočevje (R) 26 5 7 14 21 52 31 22 Relegation to MNZ Ljubljana
14 Britof (R) 26 5 3 18 25 81 56 18 Relegation to MNZ Kranj
Source: MNZ Kranj (Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Radomlje B are relegated because their main squad, Radomlje, was relegated from the top division to the second division. They decided to dissolve the B team after 2014-15 season.

3. SNL East

Clubs

Club Location Stadium 2013–14 position
BakovciBakovci ŠRC Bakovci 3rd, Murska Sobota
BeltinciBeltinci Beltinci Sports Park 5th
BistricaSrednja Bistrica NK Bistrica Stadium 2nd, Lendava
ČardaMartjanci ŠRC Martjanci 14th
ČrenšovciČrenšovci Črenšovci Sports Park 1st, Lendava
GradGrad NK Grad Stadium 12th
LjutomerLjutomer Ljutomer Sports Park 8th
MuraMurska Sobota Fazanerija 2nd, Murska Sobota
Nafta 1903Lendava Lendava Sports Park 7th
OdranciOdranci ŠRC Odranci 3rd
RakičanRakičan Grajski Park Stadium 4th
SerdicaSerdica Serdica Stadium 1st, Murska Sobota
TromejnikKuzma Kuzma Football Stadium 10th
TurniščeTurnišče Turnišče Stadium 3rd, Lendava

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Odranci (Q) 26 19 3 4 75 30 +45 60 Qualification to Play-off round
2 Beltinci 26 17 4 5 84 30 +54 55
3 Mura 26 15 3 8 54 28 +26 48
4 Grad 26 14 6 6 60 36 +24 48
5 Ljutomer 26 14 4 8 49 35 +14 46
6 Tromejnik 26 14 4 8 46 36 +10 46
7 Turnišče 26 14 2 10 54 45 +9 44
8 Rakičan 26 12 7 7 51 36 +15 43
9 Nafta 1903 26 10 8 8 40 43 3 38
10 Čarda 26 8 5 13 35 49 14 29
11 Črenšovci 26 4 7 15 32 58 26 19
12 Bakovci 26 4 3 19 18 73 55 15
13 Bistrica (R) 26 3 5 18 39 75 36 14 Relegation to MNZ Lendava
14 Serdica (R) 26 1 5 20 17 80 63 8 Relegation to MNZ Murska Sobota
Source: MNZ Murska Sobota (Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

3. SNL North

Clubs

Club Location Stadium 2013–14 position
BistricaSlovenska Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica Sports Park 13th
DravaPtuj Ptuj City Stadium 2nd
DravogradDravograd Dravograd Sports Centre 2nd, Styrian
FužinarRavne na Koroškem City Stadium 1st, Styrian
KorotanPrevalje Stadion na Prevaljah 1st, MNZ Maribor
LenartLenart ŠRC Polena 3rd, Styrian
MalečnikMalečnik Berl Sports Centre 9th
Maribor BMaribor Tabor Sports Park N/A1
Mons ClaudiusRogatec Rogatec Sports Centre 5th, Styrian
PodvinciPodvinci Podvinci Stadium 3rd, Ptuj
RadljeRadlje ob Dravi Radlje ob Dravi Stadium 4th, Styrian
ŠampionCelje Olimp 9th, 2. SNL
ŠentjurŠentjur Šentjur Sports Park 11th
ŠmarjeŠmarje pri Jelšah Sports Park 6th

1 Stojnci and Videm declined promotion.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maribor B 26 22 1 3 80 25 +55 67 Ineligible for promotion[lower-alpha 1]
2 Drava Ptuj (Q, P) 26 19 4 3 82 29 +53 61 Qualification to Play-off round
3 Podvinci 26 13 4 9 49 35 +14 43
4 Dravograd 26 12 6 8 56 42 +14 42
5 Šmarje pri Jelšah 26 12 4 10 45 36 +9 40
6 Fužinar 26 10 10 6 39 35 +4 40
7 Šampion 26 12 2 12 66 49 +17 38
8 Mons Claudius 26 12 2 12 37 61 24 38
9 Radlje 26 10 5 11 50 44 +6 35
10 Lenart 26 11 0 15 41 50 9 33
11 Šentjur (R) 26 9 4 13 39 59 20 31 Relegation to MNZ Celje[lower-alpha 2]
12 Korotan Prevalje (R) 26 9 2 15 42 50 8 29 Relegation to MNZ Maribor
13 Bistrica (R) 26 4 1 21 22 71 49 13 Relegation to MNZ Ptuj
14 Malečnik (R) 26 4 1 21 28 90 62 13 Relegation to MNZ Maribor
Source: MNZ Maribor (Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Maribor B are ineligible for promotion because their main squad, Maribor, plays in the top division.
  2. Šentjur are relegated because Šmartno 1928 and Dravinja finished as the bottom-placed teams during the 2014–15 Slovenian Second League and will both be relegated to the 3. SNL North.

3. SNL West

Clubs

Club Location Stadium 2013–14 position
AdriaMiren Pri Štantu Stadium 11th
Ajdovščina ŠkouAjdovščina Ajdovščina Stadium 10th
BiljeBilje V Dolinci Stadium 1st, Littoral
BrdaDobrovo Vipolže Stadium 8th
CerknicaCerknica Koleno Stadium 3rd, Littoral
Ilirska BistricaIlirska Bistrica Trnovo Sports Centre 4th, Littoral
IzolaIzola Izola City Stadium 5th
JadranDekani Ivan Gregorič Stadium 7th
Portorož PiranPiran Pod Obzidjem Stadium 2nd, Littoral
TaborSežana Rajko Štolfa Stadium 9th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajdovščina Škou (Q) 25 17 6 2 63 24 +39 57 Qualification to Play-off round
2 Izola 25 16 6 3 73 30 +43 54
3 Brda 25 12 7 6 46 36 +10 43
4 Bilje 25 13 4 8 46 31 +15 43
5 Jadran Dekani 25 9 7 9 43 43 0 34
6 Tabor Sežana 25 7 9 9 44 46 2 30
7 Ilirska Bistrica 25 5 8 12 32 58 26 23
8 Adria 25 6 2 17 18 47 29 20
9 Cerknica 25 5 4 16 21 50 29 19
10 Portorož Piran (R) 9 0 1 8 4 25 21 1 Relegation to MNZ Koper[lower-alpha 1]
Source: MNZ Nova Gorica (Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Portorož Piran withdrew from the competition after 14 rounds, due to financial reasons. Results of the first third of the competition (rounds 1–9) were recognized.

Play-off

First leg

Second leg

Zarica Kranj and Drava Ptuj were promoted to the 2015–16 Slovenian Second League.

See also

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