NK Maribor

Nogometni Klub Maribor (), commonly referred to as NK Maribor or simply Maribor, is a professional association football club based in the city of Maribor, Slovenia. Founded on 12 December, 1960, Maribor is one of only three football clubs in the country who have never been relegated from Slovenian top flight 1. SNL since its establishment in 1991. They are regarded as a symbol of Slovenian football and in particularly their home region of Styria () in northeastern Slovenia.

Maribor is the most successful club in the country, having won nine Slovenian League titles, six Slovenian Cup and one Slovenian Supercup. The club's most successful period was in the late 1990s and early 2000s when they overwhelmingly dominated domestic football and won seven consecutive league titles and three national cups. Prior to Slovenia's independence in 1991 they played in the Yugoslav football system and are one of only three Slovenian clubs who had stints in the Yugoslav First League, the country's top level between 1946 and 1991. They are also the only Slovenian club to date to have participated in the UEFA Champions League, having appeared in group stages in the 1999–2000 season under the guidance of head coach Bojan Prašnikar. In addition, they are one of only four clubs from the former Yugoslavia who participated in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League since the breakup of the country in 1991.

They maintain a fierce rivalry with Olimpija from the capital...
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