2015. Nov. 14. Saturday, 12:09
CL’s group round is coming again this weekend; the team of MVM Veszprém is travelling to Slovenia where they are playing against Celje Pivovarna Lasko on November 15, Sunday at 3 PM. Live broadcast on Sport1.
It seems like Celje always gets into the same group with us in Champions League. It is the 4th season in a row that we face them during the group round. The Sunday game will be the 11th CL game against them. Our all-time result: 8 victories, 1 draw, and 1 defeat.
Our previous games are the following:
09.10.1994.: Fotex Veszprém - Celje Pivovarna Lasko, CL qualifying match 2nd round: 22:18 (8:9)
15.10.1994.: Celje Pivovarna Lasko - Fotex Veszprém, CL qualifying match 2nd round: 21:24 (12:10)
29.09.2007.: MKB Veszprém KC - Celje Pivovarna Lasko, CL group round match: 24:24 (14:11) 18.11.2007.: Celje Pivovarna Lasko - MKB Veszprém KC, CL group round match: 28:23 (15:14) 29.09.2012.: MKB Veszprém KC - Celje Pivovarna Lasko, CL group round match: 32:22 (16:11) 01.12.2012.: Celje Pivovarna Lasko - MKB Veszprém KC, CL group round match: 19:24 (9:11)
17.11.2013.: Celje Pivovarna Lasko - MKB-MVM Veszprém, CL group round match: 26:31 (14:15)
23.11.2013.: MKB-MVM Veszprém - Celje Pivovarna Lasko, CL group round match: 27:26 (13:10)
18.10.2014.: RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko - MKB-MVM Veszprém, CL group round match: 21:24 (9:14)
15.02.2015.: MKB-MVM Veszprém - RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko, CL group round match: 29:26 (15:10)
The above mentioned results are encouraging because we have not lost a point against them since 2007. However, according to the
statement of Coach Sabaté and some of our players, we have to be careful, especially in an away game.
Although 11 years went by, Celje is still the only non-German or non-Spanish team which has been able to gain the CL trophy. Last year they won the national championship and cup again and in the new season they are aiming at gaining their 20th champion title; moreover, they want to qualify into the best 16.
In the previous season, on the average 4100 handball fans visited the Champions League games in the Zlatorog Arena and they want to increase this number. The average age of their team is 24 and their team is becoming even more experienced and unified. Out of the key players of Coach Branko Tamse, only one of them left the team namely Ivan Sliskovic who has signed for MVM Veszprém.
List of the new signings and the departing players:
New players: Ivan Gajic (Al Ahli), Ziga Mlakar (RK Maribor Branik), Luka Dobelsek (RK Gorenje Velenje), Povilas Babarskas (Bregenz), Gregor Potocnik (RK Trimo Trebnje), Lucijan Fizuleto (RK Sevnica), Arthur Malburg Patrianova (Villa de Aranda)
Departed: Ivan Sliskovic (Veszprém), David Miklavcic (Tremblay), Matevz Skok (N-Lübbecke), Rok Zuran (Jeruzalem Ormoz)
In the 2015/16 season, they are on top of the Slovenia Championship; while in Champions League they have gained one victory (against Besiktas) and suffered five defeats so far, so they are in the 6th place of the group. They suffered a 10-goal fiasco against Flensburg but we should not ignore the fact that they have not been defeated with more than 3 goals.
In the tournament, their most productive player is the right wing Ziga Mlakar with 26 goals.
More than a thousand Veszprém fans are going to travel to Slovenia to see the match and to cheer for the team in this important game.