2005–06 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	2005–06
Champions	Gorica; (4th title)
Relegated	Rudar
Champions League	Gorica
UEFA Cup	Domžale; Koper (cup winners)
Intertoto Cup	Maribor
Matches played	180
Goals scored	490 (2.72 per match)
Best Player	Ermin Rakovič
Top goalscorer	Miran Burgič; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Primorje 6–1 Rudar; Domžale 5–0 Celje; Nafta 5–0 Rudar ; Gorica 5–0 Bela Krajina
Biggest away win	Rudar 0–8 Domžale
Highest scoring	Rudar 0–8 Domžale; Primorje 6–2 Drava
Longest winning run	5 games; Koper; Maribor; Drava
Longest unbeaten run	14 games; Domžale
Longest winless run	16 games; Rudar
Longest losing run	5 games; Rudar
Highest attendance	5,000; Maribor 4–1 Gorica
Lowest attendance	100; Rudar 1–2 Nafta
Total attendance	170,114
Average attendance	966
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The 2005–06 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 24 July 2005 and ended on 3 June 2006. Each team played a total of 36 matches.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gorica (C)	36	21	10	5	75	30	+45	73	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Domžale	36	20	11	5	69	28	+41	71	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
3	Koper	36	16	9	11	49	39	+10	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
4	Maribor	36	16	6	14	51	42	+9	54	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Drava Ptuj	36	15	9	12	50	46	+4	54
6	Celje	36	15	4	17	48	59	−11	49
7	Nafta	36	13	7	16	42	52	−10	46
8	Primorje	36	11	10	15	43	50	−7	43
9	Bela Krajina (O)	36	7	13	16	35	61	−26	34	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Rudar (R)	36	2	9	25	28	83	−55	15	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Koper won the 2005–06 Slovenian Football Cup and qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Relegation play-offs

7 June 2006

17:00 CEST

Dravinja	2–2	Bela Krajina
Moćić 23' Vodopivec 86'	Report	Grabić 50' Špelić 69'

Dobrava Stadium, Slovenske Konjice

Attendance: 1,200

11 June 2006

17:00 CEST

Bela Krajina	0–0	Dravinja
	Report

Loka Stadium, Črnomelj

Bela Krajina won on away goals rule.

Results

Every team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.

First half of the season

Home \ Away	BKR	CEL	DOM	DRA	GOR	KOP	MAR	NAF	PRI	RUD
Bela Krajina		1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–4	1–0	1–0
Celje	0–3		3–2	2–0	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1
Domžale	4–0	5–0		1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1
Drava Ptuj	3–0	1–0	1–1		1–3	1–0	0–3	3–2	4–1	1–0
Gorica	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		3–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	0–0
Koper	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–0		2–3	0–2	1–1	2–1
Maribor	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–2		1–0	2–0	1–1
Nafta	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–4	1–0	0–4		1–0	5–0
Primorje	2–1	1–0	2–2	6–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0		6–1
Rudar	0–0	0–1	0–8	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	0–4

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away	BKR	CEL	DOM	DRA	GOR	KOP	MAR	NAF	PRI	RUD
Bela Krajina		3–1	0–1	1–5	1–1	0–3	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1
Celje	2–0		1–3	3–1	0–4	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	4–2
Domžale	2–1	2–1		0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0
Drava Ptuj	0–1	4–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–1
Gorica	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0		0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Koper	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
Maribor	0–0	1–2	0–3^[a]	2–1	4–1	0–1		5–1	2–0	1–0
Nafta	3–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	0–1	1–0		2–0	2–1
Primorje	2–2	2–4	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	0–3	0–0		1–1
Rudar	2–2	2–4	2–0	1–3	0–3	2–2	2–3	1–2	1–1

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match between Maribor and Domžale was suspended in the 77th minute due to spectator riots, when the score was 2–1 for Domžale. The match was later voided and registered as a 3–0 win for Domžale.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Miran Burgić	Gorica	24
2	Valter Birsa	Gorica	19
3	Oskar Drobne	Koper	17
4	Viktor Trenevski	Drava Ptuj	16
5	Dražen Žeželj	Primorje	14
5	Ermin Rakovič	Domžale	14
7	Jože Benko	Nafta Lendava	13
8	Enes Demirović	Gorica	12
9	Rok Kronaveter	Drava Ptuj	10
9	Nikola Nikezić	Domžale	10