Celje wins national football championship for first time ever

Celje climbed to the top in the 2019/20 season, which was interrupted due to the coronavirus epidemic, by defending the home turf in the last, 36th round of the premier league, drawing a thriller with the rivals from the capital.

The new champions are actually one of the only two clubs to never be relegated from the first Slovenian league since its establishment, and this is the year where the consistency finally paid off.

Olimpija finished third in the standings and was leapfrogged by Maribor, the champions from the previous season, due to the better head-to-head record.

Celje head coach Dušan Kosić, who was declared the best coach of the season, said after the game, which was watched by only 500 spectators due to restrictive measures, that it was "crazy, full of emotion, and the match was tough.

"The journey was beautiful, and even when we...

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