NK Branik Maribor
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| Full name | Nogometni Klub Branik Maribor |
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| Founded | 29 January 1949 |
| Dissolved | 11 August 1960 |
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Ljudski vrt, Maribor |
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Football (Active) |
Football (Defunct) |
Basketball |
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Volleyball (Women's) |
Water polo |
Nogometni Klub Branik Maribor (English: Branik Maribor Football Club), known as NK Branik or simply Branik, was an association football club based in the city of Maribor. Founded on 29 January 1949 they traced their origin back to 1919 and the establishment of I. SSK Maribor (Slovene: 1. Slovenski Športni Klub Maribor, English: 1. Slovene Sports Club Maribor), an association football club founded by Slovenian youth which ceased all operations due to World War II. NK Branik was disbanded on 11 August 1960 due to the food poisoning affair before their promotional qualifications match for the Yugoslav Second League against Karlovac. The club colours were black and white.
Similarly to other Slovenian towns (Ljubljana, Celje, Trbovlje) after World War I football boomed in Maribor with the establishemt of new clubs, most notably I. SSK Maribor, which was founded in 1919 by Slovenian youth. Together with athletics and tennis, football was one of the main sports departments of the club and in 1920 they received their first football field at the Ljudski vrt area. During the interwar period, I. SSK Maribor was one of the best Slovenian clubs and during the 1930s the club has won three titles in the Slovenian Republic Football League (highest football league in Slovenia within the Yugoslav football system). After the outbreak of World War II Maribor came under the occupation of Nazi Germany and the Nazi regime immediately disbanded all Slovene cultural and sports societies. I. SSK Maribor was particularly affected with dozens of arrests and deportations of their members. The club ceased all operations and many of their members joined in the fight for their fatherland and a total of 51 perished while fighting the Germans between 1941 and 1945. After the war on 19 July 1945 a new club, under the name FD Maribor (Fizkulturno društvo Maribor), was established and stepped in as the successor of the I. SSK Maribor. FD Maribor was later renamed several times and finally became known as SŠD Polet (Sindikalno Športno Društvo Polet) on 20 September 1948.
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