HDD Olimpija
City	Ljubljana, Slovenia
League	Yugoslav Hockey League (1937–1991) Slovenian Championship (1991–2017) Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (2007–2017)
Founded	1928; 96 years ago (1928) (as SK Ilirija)[1]
Operated	1928–2017
Dissolved	2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Home arena	Tivoli Hall (Capacity: 7,000)
Colors	Green, white, black
Franchise history
1928–1941	SK Ilriia
1946	HK Udarnik
1947	HK Triglav
1948	HK Enotnost
1949–1961	HK Ljubljana
1962–2002	HK Olimpija
2002–2017	HDD Olimpija
Championships
Slovenian Championship	15 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
Yugoslav Championship	13 (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984)

Active sport clubs named Olimpija Ljubljana
Football Basketball Ice Hockey Football (Women's) Handball (Women's)

Defunct clubs named Olimpija Ljubljana
Football (1945–2005) Basketball (1946–2019) Ice Hockey (1928–2017)

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 championships and 15 Slovenian championships. They won ten consecutive titles between 1995 and 2004.

History

The club was founded in 1928 as SK Ilirija.^[1] 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.^[2] Following the 2016–17 season, the club was dissolved due to financial debt.^[3]

Club names through history

• SK Ilrija (1928–1941)
• HK Udarnik (1946)
• HK Triglav (1947)
• HK Enotnost (1948)
• HK Ljubljana (1949–1961)
• HK Olimpija (1962–1985)
• HK Olimpija Kompas (1985–1991)
• HK Olimpija Hertz (1991–1998)
• HK Olimpija (1999–2002)
• HDD Zavarovalnica Maribor Olimpija^[4] (2002–2008)
• HDD Tilia Olimpija (2008–2012)
• HDD Telemach Olimpija (2012–2016)
• HDD Olimpija (2016–2017)

Arena

The team played their home matches at the Tivoli Hall complex, a 7,000 all-seated ice hockey indoor hall in Ljubljana.^[5][6]

Honours

^[1]

• Austrian Hockey League

Runners-up (1): 2007–08

• Yugoslav Ice Hockey League (until 1991)

Winners (13): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84

Runners-up (13): 1947–48, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1990–91

• Yugoslav Ice Hockey Cup (until 1991)

Winners (4): 1969, 1972, 1975, 1987

• Slovenian Championship

Winners (15): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16

Runners-up (10): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2016–17

• Slovenian Ice Hockey Cup^[a]

Winners (4): 1993–94, 1995–96, 2000, 2015–16

• Slovenian Ice Hockey Supercup

Winners (2): 1998–99, 2016–17

• Interliga

Winners (2): 2000–01, 2001–02

• Alpenliga

Runners-up (1): 1996–97

• IIHF Federation Cup

Third place (1): 1995

• Karawankencup

Winners (4): 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79

• Alpencup

Winners (1): 1971–72

• Rudi Hiti Summer League

Winners (3): 2000, 2002, 2004

Team captains (since 1988)

Former NHL players

Head coaches (since 1989)

Retired numbers

• 24 – Tomaž Vnuk, C, 1987–2009^[8]