NK Fužinar

==History==

==History==

The club was founded in August 1937 as SK Slovan Guštanj. In the 1939–40 season, they joined the subassociation competitions and won the Carinthian second-tier group ahead of their neighbors [[NK Partizan|SK Mislinja]]. In the next year, they played in the Maribor League – West, but the season was interrupted due to the outbreak of [[World War II in Yugoslavia]]. After the war, they first competed as the football section of Partizan Guštanj, and then founded ŠD Fužinar in 1947. They again played in Maribor subassociation leagues until 1950, when they qualified for the second division in Slovenia. Fužinar finished dead last and immediately returned to the local level.

The club was founded in August 1937 as SK Slovan Guštanj. In the 1939–40 season, they joined the subassociation competitions and won the Carinthian second-tier group ahead of their neighbors [[NK Partizan|SK Mislinja]]. year, they played in the Maribor League – West, but the season was interrupted due to the outbreak of [[World War II in Yugoslavia]]. After the war, they first competed as the football section of Partizan Guštanj, and then founded ŠD Fužinar in 1947. They again played in Maribor subassociation leagues until 1950, when they qualified for the second division in Slovenia. Fužinar finished dead last and immediately returned to the local level.

They achieved their biggest success during the Yugoslav era in the 1965–66 season, when they played in the newly established Slovenian Zonal League – East at the new stadium and took second place. Therefore, they played in the qualifiers for the [[Slovenian Republic League]] against [[NK Svoboda|Svoboda]], but lost 6–4 on aggregate. After that, Fužinar played in zonal and regional leagues until 1988, but never came close to promotion. In the 1979–80 season, there was also an attempt to unite all the clubs from the region under the name Koroška, but the short-lived project proved unsuccessful.

They achieved their biggest success during the Yugoslav era in the 1965–66 season, when they played in the newly established Slovenian Zonal League – East at the new stadium and took second place. Therefore, they played in the qualifiers for the [[Slovenian Republic League]] against [[NK Svoboda|Svoboda]], but lost 6–4 on aggregate. Fužinar in zonal and regional leagues until 1988, but never came close to promotion. the 1979–80 season, was to unite all clubs under the name Koroška, but the short-lived project unsuccessful.

After Slovenia’s independence in 1991, they found themselves in the lowest possible league and the club was reorganized as KNK Fužinar in the mid-1990s. They qualified for the [[Slovenian Third League]] in 1999, but were soon relegated again. Their rise began in 2012, when former [[Slovenian PrvaLiga|top division]] player Niko Podvinski joined the club as player/manager, and the club was promoted from the fifth to the third league in two years. In 2017, they took third place, but the champions [[NK Maribor B|Maribor B]] declined promotion, so Fužinar was promoted to the [[Slovenian Second League]] for the first time in the club’s history.<ref name = “Zgodovina”>{{cite web | url = https://www.knkfuzinar.si/oklubu/zgodovina | title = Zgodovina |trans-title=History | publisher = NK Fužinar | access-date = 22 May 2019 | language = sl }}</ref>

After Slovenia’s independence in 1991, they found themselves in the lowest possible league and the club was reorganized as KNK Fužinar in the mid-1990s. They qualified for the [[Slovenian Third League]] in 1999, but were soon relegated again. Their rise began in 2012, when former [[Slovenian PrvaLiga|top division]] player Niko Podvinski joined the club as player/manager, and the club was promoted from the fifth to the third league in two years. In 2017, they took third place, but the champions [[NK Maribor B|Maribor B]] declined promotion, so Fužinar was promoted to the [[Slovenian Second League]] for the first time in the club’s history.<ref name = “Zgodovina”>{{cite web | url = https://www.knkfuzinar.si/oklubu/zgodovina | title = Zgodovina |trans-title=History | publisher = NK Fužinar | access-date = 22 May 2019 | language = sl }}</ref>