They played in the Slovenian top division for five consecutive seasons during the early 1990s.Italian internationals Giuseppe Grezar,[1] Alberto Eliani and Aredio Gimona played with Ampelea in the 1943–44 season.Due to the occupation of Istria and the Trieste territory by the Yugoslav Army, it was forced to change its name to the more proletarian sounding Unione Sportiva Isola, and finally to NK Izola in 1951.[2] The club was dissolved after the 1995–96 Slovenian PrvaLiga season due to financial problems.[3] Izola played in the 1992–93 UEFA Cup, losing to Benfica.