List of NK Maribor seasons

Nogometni klub Maribor is a professional association football club from Maribor, Slovenia. Founded in 1960, the club joined the Football Association of Yugoslavia during the same year and was a member thereof until 1991 and the independence of Slovenia when the club joined the Football Association of Slovenia, where it remains to the present day.

Maribor players celebrating their ninth league title on a podium
Maribor players celebrating the club's ninth league title

Maribor was founded on 12 December 1960 when it entered the Republic League, the third tier of the Yugoslav football system.[1] During its time in the Yugoslav leagues, Maribor was one of only three Slovenian clubs to participate in the Yugoslav First League, the system's top division.[1] In 31 seasons before the independence of Slovenia in 1991, the club played five seasons in the top Yugoslav division, seventeen in the Second League and nine in the Third League (six seasons as part of the Republic League and three in the Inter-Republic League formed at the end of the 1980s).[2] Apart from winning the Yugoslav second division once and the third division five times, the club had no major success during its Yugoslav period;[2] the closest it came to winning a major trophy was in the 1967–68 season, when it reached the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup.[3]

An empty football stadium on a sunny day with mountains in the background.
Ljudski vrt

Since 1991, Maribor has competed in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the highest level of football in the country.[4] The team was one of the league's founding members and is one of only two clubs that have competed in every season of the Slovenian top division since its establishment.[5][6] The first major success for the club was during its first season as part of the Slovenian football system when it won the Slovenian Cup,[4] a feat it has repeated eight times to date for a total of nine cup titles.[7] The club has won the league championship 16 times in 33 seasons and is the most successful club in the country.[8] In 2009, the club also won the Slovenian Supercup for the first time, the last domestic trophy missing among the club's honours.[9]

As of the end of the 2023–24 season, the team have spent 38 seasons in the top division, 17 in the second division and 9 in the third.[10] To date, the club has won a total of 29 domestic trophies.[11] The team plays at the Ljudski vrt stadium since 1961 and played there even during the stadium's construction.[12] This list details the club's achievements in senior league and cup competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Champions † Runners-up ‡ Promoted Relegated Top scorer in top division ♦

Domestic record

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Correct as of the end of the 2023–24 season. Top scorer's goal tallies are for league goals only. Due to differences in the competition's structure over time (NK Maribor competed in both the Yugoslav Cup and the Slovenian Cup), performances cannot be easily compared, and are therefore not available for sorting.

Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Cup Supercup Competition Result Name Goals
League Other Top scorer
List of year ranges, representing seasons, and displaying the numbers and types of accomplishments of awards by the team and its players during those timeframes
1960–61 Div 3 22 16 3 3 60 22 35 1st N/A Štefan Tolič 9
1961–62 Div 2 22 10 4 8 33 33 24 5th R2 N/A Bogdan Pirc 8
1962–63 Div 2 30 12 11 7 51 33 35 3rd R16 N/A Bogdan Pirc 17
1963–64 Div 2 30 17 6 7 57 21 40 2nd N/A Bogdan Pirc 14
1964–65 Div 2 30 16 6 8 56 33 38 3rd N/A Bogdan Pirc 11
1965–66 Div 2 33 16 9 8 56 30 41 4th N/A Tomislav Prosen 15
1966–67 Div 2 34 23 10 1 68 17 56 1st R16 N/A Vito Marković
Boris Binkovski
11
1967–68 Div 1 30 8 11 11 38 53 27 12th SF N/A Mladen Kranjc 11
1968–69 Div 1 34 7 14 13 33 57 28 16th N/A Mladen Kranjc 11
1969–70 Div 1 34 13 7 14 40 51 33 10th N/A Mladen Kranjc 12
1970–71 Div 1 34 9 11 14 33 48 29 13th N/A Mitropa Cup R1 Mladen Kranjc 7
1971–72 Div 1 34 3 14 17 24 61 20 18th N/A Mladen Kranjc 13
1972–73 Div 2 34 20 10 4 69 23 50 2nd QF N/A Branko Horjak 22
1973–74 Div 2 34 12 8 14 46 42 32 13th R16 N/A Slobodan Vučeković 13
1974–75 Div 2 34 9 15 10 37 46 33 15th N/A[B] N/A Branko Horjak 17
1975–76 Div 3 26 23 1 2 86 21 47 1st N/A Slobodan Miljković
Bojan Krempl
16
1976–77 Div 2 34 14 7 13 44 49 35 8th N/A Branko Horjak 17
1977–78 Div 2 34 13 12 9 47 39 38 4th R32 N/A Branko Horjak 9
1978–79 Div 2 30 12 10 8 46 34 34 2nd N/A Savo Zolotić 8
1979–80 Div 2 30 13 5 12 47 38 31 5th QF N/A Josip Turčik 19
1980–81 Div 2[C] 30 14 8 8 50 48 36 10th N/A Josip Turčik 19
1981–82 Div 3 26 18 6 2 52 13 42 1st R16 N/A Bojan Krempl 10
1982–83 Div 2 34 7 12 15 24 40 26 17th N/A Jože Prelogar
Milan Žurman
6
1983–84 Div 3 26 22 1 3 74 11 35 1st R32 N/A Matjaž Kek 20
1984–85 Div 2 34 11 6 17 39 47 28 16th N/A Matjaž Kek 10
1985–86 Div 3 26 17 6 3 66 18 40 1st R16 N/A Jože Prelogar 30
1986–87 Div 2 34 11 6 17 36 59 28 16th R16 N/A Milan Žurman 15
1987–88 Div 3 26 16 6 4 40 17 38 2nd N/A Metod Verle 9
1988–89 Div 3 34 12 9 13 30 32 30 10th R32 N/A Milan Žurman 6
1989–90 Div 3 34 12 7 15 38 36 29 11th R32 N/A Igor Poznič 11
1990–91 Div 3 34 14 5 15 34 37 31 8th N/A Igor Poznič 10
1991–92 Div 1[D] 40 25 9 6 76 29 59 2nd W N/A Igor Poznič 27
1992–93 Div 1 34 18 12 4 50 20 48 2nd R16 N/A UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Ante Šimundža
Mirsad Bičakčić
12
1993–94 Div 1 30 16 10 4 55 24 42 3rd W N/A UEFA Cup R2 Kliton Bozgo 13
1994–95 Div 1 30 17 8 5 61 23 42 2nd SF N/A UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Ante Šimundža 9
1995–96 Div 1 36 14 11 11 47 32 53 4th R16 UEFA Cup R1 Ante Šimundža
Gregor Židan
7
1996–97 Div 1 36 21 8 7 71 34 71 1st W UEFA Intertoto Cup G Oskar Drobne 14
1997–98 Div 1 36 24 4 8 69 34 76 1st QF N/A

Marko Kmetec 10
1998–99 Div 1 33 19 9 5 72 29 66 1st W N/A

Kliton Bozgo 15
1999–2000 Div 1 33 25 6 2 90 30 81 1st SF N/A UEFA Champions League G[E] Kliton Bozgo 24 ♦
2000–01 Div 1 33 18 8 7 61 36 62 1st QF N/A UEFA Champions League QR Andrej Kvas 9
2001–02 Div 1 33 19 9 5 64 23 66 1st SF N/A UEFA Champions League QR Samir Duro 15
2002–03 Div 1 31 18 8 5 56 31 62 1st QF N/A UEFA Champions League QR Ermin Rakovič 13
2003–04 Div 1 32 15 9 8 51 34 54 3rd W N/A UEFA Champions League QR Damir Pekič 12
2004–05 Div 1 32 15 6 11 47 36 51 7th SF N/A UEFA Cup R1 Kliton Bozgo 18 ♦
2005–06 Div 1 36 16 6 14 51 42 54 4th SF N/A Martin Pregelj 8
2006–07 Div 1 36 15 12 9 64 50 57 3rd F N/A

Dimitar Makriev 13
2007–08 Div 1 36 14 10 12 55 46 52 4th F UEFA Intertoto Cup R2 Dimitar Makriev 10
2008–09 Div 1 36 17 12 7 62 44 63 1st SF Marcos Tavares 15
2009–10 Div 1 36 18 8 10 58 44 63 2nd W W

Dragan Jelić 15
2010–11 Div 1 36 21 12 3 65 25 75 1st F F UEFA Europa League PR Marcos Tavares 16 ♦
2011–12 Div 1 36 26 7 3 88 35 85 1st W F

Dalibor Volaš 17
2012–13 Div 1 36 24 6 6 80 35 78 1st W W

Marcos Tavares 17 ♦
2013–14 Div 1 36 24 5 7 78 31 77 1st F W

Nusmir Fajić 16
2014–15 Div 1 36 24 7 5 74 32 79 1st SF W UEFA Champions League G Marcos Tavares 17 ♦
2015–16 Div 1 36 19 11 6 78 37 68 2nd W F UEFA Champions League QR Jean-Philippe Mendy 17 ♦
2016–17 Div 1 36 21 10 5 63 30 73 1st SF N/A UEFA Europa League PR Luka Zahović 15
2017–18 Div 1 36 24 8 4 76 28 80 2nd QF N/A UEFA Champions League G Luka Zahović 18 ♦
2018–19 Div 1 36 23 9 4 82 34 78 1st F N/A UEFA Europa League QR Luka Zahović 18 ♦
2019–20 Div 1 36 20 7 9 66 39 67 2nd R16 N/A

Rok Kronaveter 14
2020–21 Div 1 36 17 12 7 64 41 63 2nd QF N/A UEFA Europa League QR Jan Mlakar 14 ♦
2021–22 Div 1 36 21 7 8 57 37 70 1st QF N/A UEFA Europa Conference League QR Ognjen Mudrinski 17 ♦
2022–23 Div 1 36 18 8 10 70 43 62 3rd F N/A



Žan Vipotnik 20 ♦
2023–24 Div 1 36 19 10 7 67 35 67 2nd R16 N/A UEFA Europa Conference League QR Arnel Jakupović 17

Footnotes

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References

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General
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