Ice hockey team in Ljubljana, Slovenia
HDD Olimpija City Ljubljana , SloveniaLeague Yugoslav Hockey League (1937–1991)Slovenian Championship (1991–2017)Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (2007–2017)Founded 1928; 96 years ago (1928 ) (as SK Ilirija )[ 1] Operated 1928–2017 Dissolved 2017; 7 years ago (2017 ) Home arena Tivoli Hall (Capacity : 7,000)Colors Green, white, black 1928–1941 SK Ilriia 1946 HK Udarnik 1947 HK Triglav 1948 HK Enotnost 1949–1961 HK Ljubljana 1962–2002 HK Olimpija 2002–2017 HDD Olimpija Slovenian Championship 15 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)Yugoslav Championship 13 (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984)
Hokejsko drsalno društvo Olimpija Ljubljana , commonly referred to as HDD Olimpija or simply Olimpija , was a Slovenian professional ice hockey club from Ljubljana . They played their home games at the Tivoli Hall . Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav championships and 15 Slovenian championships . They won ten consecutive titles between 1995 and 2004.
The club was founded in 1928 as SK Ilirija.[ 1] It was the first club on the territory of Yugoslavia to play organized ice hockey under the Canadian rules. In the 2007–08 season, their first in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga , they made it all the way to the Finals, but lost 4 games to 2 against EC Red Bull Salzburg .[ 2] Following the 2016–17 season, the club was dissolved due to financial debt.[ 3]
Club names through history
SK Ilrija (1928–1941)
HK Udarnik (1946)
HK Triglav (1947)
HK Enotnost (1948)
HK Ljubljana (1949–1961)
HK Olimpija (1962–1985)
HK Olimpija Kompas (1985–1991)
HK Olimpija Hertz (1991–1998)
HK Olimpija (1999–2002)
HDD Zavarovalnica Maribor Olimpija [ 4] (2002–2008)
HDD Tilia Olimpija (2008–2012)
HDD Telemach Olimpija (2012–2016)
HDD Olimpija (2016–2017)
The team played their home matches at the Tivoli Hall complex, a 7,000 all-seated ice hockey indoor hall in Ljubljana .[ 5] [ 6]
[ 1]
Olimpija vs EC KAC at Bežigrad Stadium in 2012–13 Austrian Hockey League season
Runners-up (1): 2007–08
Winners (13): 1936–37 , 1937–38 , 1938–39 , 1939–40 , 1940–41 , 1971–72 , 1973–74 , 1974–75 , 1975–76 , 1978–79 , 1979–80 , 1982–83 , 1983–84
Runners-up (13): 1947–48 , 1957–58 , 1958–59 , 1964–65 , 1969–70 , 1970–71 , 1972–73 , 1976–77 , 1977–78 , 1980–81 , 1981–82 , 1987–88 , 1990–91
Winners (4): 1969, 1972, 1975, 1987
Winners (15): 1994–95 , 1995–96 , 1996–97 , 1997–98 , 1998–99 , 1999–2000 , 2000–01 , 2001–02 , 2002–03 , 2003–04 , 2006–07 , 2011–12 , 2012–13 , 2013–14 , 2015–16
Runners-up (10): 1991–92 , 1992–93 , 1993–94 , 2004–05 , 2007–08 , 2008–09 , 2009–10 , 2010–11 , 2014–15, 2016–17
Winners (4): 1993–94, 1995–96, 2000, 2015–16
^ The first official tournament was played in 2015–16.[ 7]
Slovenian Ice Hockey Supercup
Winners (2): 1998–99, 2016–17
Winners (2): 2000–01 , 2001–02
Runners-up (1): 1996–97
Third place (1): 1995
Winners (4): 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79
Winners (1): 1971–72
Winners (3): 2000, 2002, 2004
Team captains (since 1988)[ edit ]
Head coaches (since 1989)[ edit ]
Nikolai Ladygin, 1989–1990
Alexander Astashev, 1990–1991
Štefan Seme, 1991–1992
Peter Janoš, 1992–1993
Brad Buetow , 1993–1994
Pavle Kavčič, 1994–1995, 1995–1996, 1996–1997
Matjaž Sekelj , 1997–1998, 1998–1999
Bud Stefanski , 1998–1999
Matjaž Sekelj, 1999–2000
Marjan Gorenc , 2000–2001, 2001–2002
Chris Imes, 2002–2003
Matjaž Sekelj, 2003–2004, 2004–2005
Andrej Brodnik, 2005–2006
Ildar Rahmatullin, 2006–2007, 2007–2008
Mike Posma , 2007–2008, 2008–2009
Randy Edmonds, 2008–2009
Bojan Zajc, 2008–2009
Dany Gelinas, 2009–2010
Hannu Järvenpää , 2009–2012
Heikki Mälkiä, 2012–2012
Bojan Zajc, 2012–2014
Ivo Jan, 2014
Fabian Dahlem, 2014–2016
Bojan Zajc, 2016–2017
24 – Tomaž Vnuk, C, 1987–2009[ 8]
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