NK Maribor
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| Full name | Nogometni Klub Maribor |
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| Nickname(s) |
Vijoličasti (The Purples) Vijolice (The Violets) Štajerski ponos (The pride of Styria) |
| Founded | 12 December 1960 |
| Ground |
Ljudski vrt, Maribor |
| Capacity | 12,702 |
| President | Drago Cotar |
| Head Coach | Darko Milanič |
| League | Slovenian PrvaLiga |
| 2015–16 | Slovenian PrvaLiga, 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
Nogometni Klub Maribor (English: Maribor Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Maribor or simply Maribor, is a professional football club based in Maribor, Slovenia. Founded on 12 December 1960, Maribor is one of only three football clubs in the country who have never been relegated from the Slovenian top flight 1. SNL since its establishment in 1991. They are regarded as a symbol of Slovenian football, particularly in their home region of Styria (Slovene: Štajerska) in the northeastern Slovenia.
Maribor is the most successful club in the country, having won 13 Slovenian PrvaLiga titles, nine Slovenian Cups and four Slovenian Supercups. The club's most successful period was in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when they overwhelmingly dominated domestic football, winning seven successive league titles and three national cups. Following the 2008–09 season, Maribor became the dominant force in Slovenian football for the second time, having won six out of eight championships since then. Since 2011 the club also enjoys a fair amount of success in European football, reaching the group stage of the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League for four consecutive seasons between 2011 and 2014. Prior to Slovenia's independence in 1991, Maribor played in the Yugoslav football system, where the club, apart from winning the Yugoslav second division in 1967, had no major success during that period. They are one of only three Slovenian teams who participated in the country's highest division, Yugoslav First League, between the end of World War II in 1945 and the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. In addition, they are the only Slovenian club and one of only four clubs from the former Yugoslavia who participated in group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
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