Hokejsko drsalno druÃ
¡tvo 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.
History
The club was founded in 1928 as SK Ilirija. It was the first club on the territory of Yugoslavia to play organized ice hockey under the Canadian rules. In the 2007âÂÂ08 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. Following the 2016âÂÂ17 season, the club was dissolved due to financial debt.
Club names through history:
- SK Ilrija (1928âÂÂ1941)
- HK Udarnik (1946)
- HK Triglav (1947)
- HK Enotnost (1948)
- HK Ljubljana (1949âÂÂ1961)
- HK Olimpija (1962âÂÂ1985)
- HK Olimpija Kompas (1985âÂÂ1991)
- HK Olimpija Hertz (1991âÂÂ1998)
- HK Olimpija (1999âÂÂ2002)
- HDD Zavarovalnica Maribor Olimpija (2002âÂÂ2008)
- HDD Tilia Olimpija (2008âÂÂ2012)
- HDD Telemach Olimpija (2012âÂÂ2016)
- HDD Olimpija (2016âÂÂ2017)
Arena
The team played their home matches at the Tivoli Hall complex, a 7,000 all-seated ice hockey indoor hall in Ljubljana.
Honours
: Runners-up (1): 2007âÂÂ08
:Winners (13): 1936âÂÂ37, 1937âÂÂ38, 1938âÂÂ39, 1939âÂÂ40, 1940âÂÂ41, 1971âÂÂ72, 1973âÂÂ74, 1974âÂÂ75, 1975âÂÂ76, 1978âÂÂ79, 1979âÂÂ80, 1982âÂÂ83, 1983âÂÂ84
:Runners-up (13): 1947âÂÂ48, 1957âÂÂ58, 1958âÂÂ59, 1964âÂÂ65, 1969âÂÂ70, 1970âÂÂ71, 1972âÂÂ73, 1976âÂÂ77, 1977âÂÂ78, 1980âÂÂ81, 1981âÂÂ82, 1987âÂÂ88, 1990âÂÂ91
:Winners (4): 1969, 1972, 1975, 1987
:Winners (15): 1994âÂÂ95, 1995âÂÂ96, 1996âÂÂ97, 1997âÂÂ98, 1998âÂÂ99, 1999âÂÂ2000, 2000âÂÂ01, 2001âÂÂ02, 2002âÂÂ03, 2003âÂÂ04, 2006âÂÂ07, 2011âÂÂ12, 2012âÂÂ13, 2013âÂÂ14, 2015âÂÂ16
:Runners-up (10): 1991âÂÂ92, 1992âÂÂ93, 1993âÂÂ94, 2004âÂÂ05, 2007âÂÂ08, 2008âÂÂ09, 2009âÂÂ10, 2010âÂÂ11, 2014âÂÂ15, 2016âÂÂ17
:Winners (4): 1993âÂÂ94, 1995âÂÂ96, 2000, 2015âÂÂ16
- Slovenian Ice Hockey Supercup
:Winners (2): 1998âÂÂ99, 2016âÂÂ17
:Winners (2): 2000âÂÂ01, 2001âÂÂ02
:Runners-up (1): 1996âÂÂ97
:Third place (1): 1995
:Winners (4): 1972âÂÂ73, 1973âÂÂ74, 1974âÂÂ75, 1978âÂÂ79
:Winners (1): 1971âÂÂ72
:Winners (3): 2000, 2002, 2004
Team captains (since 1988)
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Former NHL players
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Head coaches (since 1989)
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- Nikolai Ladygin, 1989âÂÂ1990
- Alexander Astashev, 1990âÂÂ1991
- Ã
 tefan Seme, 1991âÂÂ1992
- Peter JanoÃ
¡, 1992âÂÂ1993
- Brad Buetow, 1993âÂÂ1994
- Pavle KavÃÂiÃÂ, 1994âÂÂ1995, 1995âÂÂ1996, 1996âÂÂ1997
- MatjaÃ
¾ Sekelj, 1997âÂÂ1998, 1998âÂÂ1999
- Bud Stefanski, 1998âÂÂ1999
- MatjaÃ
¾ Sekelj, 1999âÂÂ2000
- Marjan Gorenc, 2000âÂÂ2001, 2001âÂÂ2002
- Chris Imes, 2002âÂÂ2003
- MatjaÃ
¾ Sekelj, 2003âÂÂ2004, 2004âÂÂ2005
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- Andrej Brodnik, 2005âÂÂ2006
- Ildar Rahmatullin, 2006âÂÂ2007, 2007âÂÂ2008
- Mike Posma, 2007âÂÂ2008, 2008âÂÂ2009
- Randy Edmonds, 2008âÂÂ2009
- Bojan Zajc, 2008âÂÂ2009
- Dany Gelinas, 2009âÂÂ2010
- Hannu Järvenpää, 2009âÂÂ2012
- Heikki Mälkiä, 2012âÂÂ2012
- Bojan Zajc, 2012âÂÂ2014
- Ivo Jan, 2014
- Fabian Dahlem, 2014âÂÂ2016
- Bojan Zajc, 2016âÂÂ2017
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Retired numbers
- 24 â TomaÃ
¾ Vnuk, C, 1987âÂÂ2009
References
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