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2011–12 NK Maribor season

NK Maribor
2011–12 season
President Drago Cotar
Head Coach Darko Milanič
Home stadium Ljudski vrt
Slovenian League Winners
Slovenian Cup Winners
Slovenian Supercup Runners-up
Champions League Third qualifying round
Europa League Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Dalibor Volaš (17)
All: Dalibor Volaš (24)
Highest home attendance 12,500 v. Olimpija
(30 October 2011)
Lowest home attendance 1,000 v. Triglav
(2 October 2011)
and v. Gorica
(23 November 2011)
Average home league attendance 3,800 (league)
4,885 (all competitions)
Biggest win 8–0 v. Triglav
(23 April 2012)
Biggest defeat 1–5 v. Braga
(3 November 2011)
Results summary – all competitions
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 18 5 4 66,6%
Away 15 6 6 55,5%
Neutral 0 1 0 0%
All 33 12 10 60%
Results summary – PrvaLiga
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 14 3 1 77,7%
Away 12 4 2 66,6%
All 26 7 3 72,2%

The 2011–12 season was NK Maribor's 52nd season of football and its 21st consecutive season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian top division, since the league was created in 1991 with Maribor as one of the league's founding members. Darko Milanič was a head coach of the club.

The 2011 Slovenian Supercup was the seventh edition of the Slovenian Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Slovenian PrvaLiga and Slovenian Cup competitions. The match was played on 8 July 2011, in Ljudski vrt stadium between 2010–11 Slovenian PrvaLiga winners Maribor and 2010–11 Slovenian Cup winners Domžale. Both teams contested for their second Supercup title. The match was played by the best two teams of the 2010–11 season. During the course of that season Maribor was a league champion with Domžale being the only serious contender through most of the season, eventually finishing as runners up. The two teams were the only ones in the league that earned 20 or more victories, with Maribor achieving 21 and Domžale 20. In addition, both teams were part of the Slovenian cup final, held on Stožice stadium in Ljubljana and won by Domžale with the score 4–3 after regulation. The match is arguably one of the best cup finals ever held, since the competition was first introduced during the 1991–92 season.

Domžale won the 2011 Slovenian Supercup with the score 2–1 after regulation and became the most successful team in history of the competition as the only club with more than one victory. This was the second consecutive victory for Domžale over Maribor in domestic cup finals in five weeks, after winning the Slovenian cup in May 2011. Controversies arose at the end of the match as Zlatko Zahovič, Maribor's director of football, publicly stated that Maribor was not allowed to win and was disappointed with some of the main referee's decisions in second half, especially the one in 82nd minute when a clear penalty was not ruled in favour of his club. Maribor later made an official press statement expressing their concerns with the referees regarding the club's upcoming league season.


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