NŠ Mura

History

After the dissolution of ND Mura 05 following the 2012–13 season, the newly established club used its youth club to register a team for the 2013–14 season under the name NŠ Mura. They began play in the fourth-tier 1. MNL Murska Sobota, finishing second and earning promotion to the Slovenian Third League. Consecutive promotions in 2016–17 and 2017–18 brought the club to the top flight for the first time.

In 2018–19, Mura finished fourth in the PrvaLiga and qualified for the UEFA Europa League. The club won its first major honour in 2020, defeating second-division side Nafta 1903 in the Slovenian Football Cup final on 24 June. The following season, Mura secured its first national league title by beating Maribor 3–1 in the final round, finishing level on points with Maribor but with a better head-to-head record. On 26 August 2021, Mura qualified for their first European group stage after losing 5–1 on aggregate to Sturm Graz in the Europa League play-off round, dropping into the UEFA Europa Conference League.

They became the second Slovenian side, after Maribor, to play in a European group stage. Drawn with Vitesse, Rennes, and Tottenham Hotspur, Mura lost their first four group matches but then upset Tottenham 2–1 at home with a last-minute goal from Amadej Maroša. The English press called it one of the most humiliating defeats in Tottenham's history, given Tottenham had played in the 2019 UEFA Champions League final. Mura finished fourth in the group with five defeats in six games.

Did You Know?

• Fazanerija City Stadium was originally built in 1936 and has a total capacity of about 4,700 including standing areas.
• The club's nickname in Prekmurje Slovene is Čarno-bejli.