Founded | March 21, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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League | Slovenian Football League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Based in | Maribor, Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Tabor Sports Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colors | Green, Gold, and Black | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Tibor Babič | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championships | : 2013, 2014, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | www.generals.si |
The Maribor Generals are an American football team from Maribor, Slovenia, founded on March 21, 2008. The Generals are playing in the Slovenian Football League. In the 2016 season, the team also competed in the Division 2 of the Austrian Football League.
The Maribor Generals were founded on March 21, 2008.
In October 2009, the Generals, along with the Ljubljana Silverhawks, Kranj Alp Devils, and Mozirje Gold Diggers, began to organize the first Slovenian Football League. The Generals played their first official match of the Slovenian Championship against the Kranj Alp Devils, defeating them by a score of 25–13 and scoring the first touchdown of a National Championship with a kickoff return.
In 2012, the Generals reached the Slovenian Bowl II, where they were defeated by the Sliverhawks, 23–10. In the 2013 season, the difference in points made the Generals reached the Slovenian Bowl once again, but the Silverhawks defeated them again.
In 2016, the Generals played in the Division 2 of the Austrian Football League, where the team finished in the first place without a single defeat after the regular part of the season, but were defeated in the IX Iron Bowl against the Styrian Bears, held in Graz.