NK Železničar Maribor
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| Full name | Nogometni Klub Železničar Maribor |
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| Nickname(s) |
Ajzenponarji (The Railroaders) Modro-beli (The Blue and Whites) |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Ground | Tabor Sports Park, Maribor |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| President | Damijan Petek |
| Head Coach | Elvis Šahmanović |
| League | 2. MNZ League |
| 2015–16 | 3. MNZ League, 2nd |
Nogometni Klub Železničar Maribor (English: Železničar Maribor Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Železničar Maribor or simply Železničar, is a Slovenian football club from Maribor, which plays in the 2. MNZ Maribor League, the fifth level of the Slovenian football system. They qualified for the elite Slovenian PrvaLiga in the 1992–93 season, but were relegated in their first season, never returning to the top level. They were one of the most successful Slovenian clubs in the Yugoslav era, winning the Slovenian Republic League four times and the Slovenian Republic Cup twice.
The club was established in 1927 as a football section of SK Železničar, railway workers sports club. They played their first match on 7 August the same year and won 5–1 against SK Merkur. They joined Slovenian republic competitions, playing in the Maribor region, where they soon developed a fierce rivalry with I. SSK Maribor.
Železničar finished at the second place in 1934, 1935 and 1936. They finally won their first title in 1937 and played in qualifying for the Yugoslav First League, where they lost against SAŠK Sarajevo in the final. They won another republic title in 1940, this time in knock-out system, beating their rivals I. SSK Maribor 2–1 in the final. The club was refounded as SFD Železničar after the war in 1945 and had one of the best teams in SR Slovenia at the time. They have beaten Red Star Belgrade 3–2 in a friendly match in 1946 and finished second after Nafta Lendava in the first season of the Slovenian republic league, missing promotion to the Yugoslav League by only two points.
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