Nogometno društvo Primorje Ajdovščina or simply ND Primorje is a Slovenian

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club based in

Ajdovščina Ajdovščina (; ,trilingual name "Haidenschaft, Aidussina, Ajdovščina" inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K. ...

that competes in the

Slovenian First League The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

, the top tier of the Slovenian football league system. The club was established in 2011 as the successor of defunct

NK Primorje Nogometni klub Primorje (), commonly referred to as NK Primorje or simply Primorje, was a Slovenian football club from Ajdovščina. After Slovenia's independence in 1991, Primorje spent a total of 18 seasons in the Slovenian First League until ...

and has played in the Slovenian top flight since the 2024–25 season.

History

The club was founded in June 2011 as DNŠ Ajdovščina after the dissolution of

, a club from the same town which folded a month earlier due to high financial debt and after failing to obtain competition licences issued by the

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. They merged their first team with ŠD Škou before the beginning of the 2012–13 season. In the same season, the team gained promotion to the

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after finishing as runners-up of the 2012–13 Littoral League. In the 2014–15 season, the club won the West division of the Slovenian Third League. Following the season, they played in promotion play-offs for the

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, but lost 4–2 on aggregate to Zarica Kranj to miss out on promotion. In 2018, the team started competing under the name ND Primorje and reintroduced the red and black team colours used by the now defunct NK Primorje. In the 2023–24 season, Primorje became champions of the Slovenian Second League and were promoted to the

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

, Slovenia's top division, 13 years after the previously disbanded club last played in the top tier.

Stadium

The team play their home matches at

Ajdovščina City Stadium Ajdovščina (; ,trilingual name "Haidenschaft, Aidussina, Ajdovščina" inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K. ...

, a 1,630 capacity stadium in

. The stadium was renovated during the 2009–10 season, and was reopened in September 2010.

Honours

:: Winners: 2023–24 *

:: Winners: 2014–15

References

External links

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Soccerway profile
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