HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
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 [Ice Hockey League|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 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]. Following the 2016–17 season, the club was dissolved due to financial debt.;Club names through history:SK Ilrija HK Udarnik HK Triglav HK Enotnost HK Ljubljana HK Olimpija HK Olimpija Kompas HK Olimpija Hertz HK Olimpija HDD Zavarovalnica Maribor Olimpija HDD Tilia Olimpija HDD Telemach Olimpija
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Arena
The team played their home matches at the Tivoli Hall complex, a 7,000 all-seated ice hockey indoor hall in Ljubljana.Honours
- Austrian Hockey League
- Yugoslav Ice Hockey League
- Yugoslav Ice Hockey Cup
- Slovenian Championship
- Slovenian Ice Hockey Cup
- Slovenian Ice Hockey Supercup
- Interliga
- Alpenliga
- IIHF Federation Cup
- Karawankencup
- Alpencup
- '''Rudi Hiti Summer League'''
Team captains (since 1988)
- Srdan Kuret, 1988–1991
- Igor Beribak, 1991–2002
- Peter Rožič, 2002–2003
- Ildar Rahmatullin, 2003–04
- Damjan Dervarič, 2004–05
- Mitja Šivic, 2005–06
- Robert Ciglenečki, 2006–07
- Tomaž Vnuk, 2007–09
- Kevin Mitchell, 2009–10
- Jurij Goličič, 2010
- Žiga Pance, 2010–12
- Aleš Mušič, 2012–2017
- Aleš Mušič and Andrej Tavželj, 2015
Former NHL players
Head coaches (since 1989)
- 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