MNK Izola is a Slovenia

Slovenia

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n football

Football (soccer)

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 club from Izola

Izola

Izola is an old fishing city and a municipality in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic coast of the Istrian peninsula. Its name originates from the Italian Isola, which means island.- History :...

, which played in Slovenian top division, 1. SNL, for five consecutive seasons during the early 1990s. Currently, the club is playing in Slovenian Third League.

History

The club was founded in 1923 as Club Calcistico Giovanile Isola d'Istria, when the city of Isola

Izola

Izola is an old fishing city and a municipality in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic coast of the Istrian peninsula. Its name originates from the Italian Isola, which means island.- History :...

 was part of Italy

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. It was known between 1930-1946 as "Ampelea Isola d'Istria" and played in Serie C between 1937-1946. It was joined to Yugoslavian League as "MNK Izola" in 1946-47 season. In 1991-92

Slovenian PrvaLiga 1991-92

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 the club was, as Belvedur Izola, cofounder of the Slovenian competition, after it became independent from Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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. The club became third, and thus qualified for the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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. Unfortunately, it met Benfica in the first round, which easily won the two matches. The next season gave poorer results: Belvedur became thirteenth. Before season 1994/95, the name was changed in NK Izola. In 1996 the club was relegated from top division and was refounded as MNK Izola.

MNK Izola in Europe

• 1R = First Round

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score
1992-93 UEFA Cup 1992-93 The UEFA Cup 1992–93 was won by Juventus, who beat Borussia Dortmund 6–1 in the final aggregate over, a record score for a UEFA Cup final. It was the third victory in the competition for the Italian team ....	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	1R		Benfica	0-3, 0-5