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Nogometni klub Maribor is an association football club from Maribor, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1960 and joined the Football Association of Yugoslavia the same year.[1] It remained a member until Slovenia gained its independence in 1991, when the club joined the Football Association of Slovenia. Maribor are one of only three Slovenian teams who participated in the Yugoslav highest division, the Yugoslav First League, between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.[2] Apart from winning the Yugoslav second division once and the third division five times, they had no success during the Yugoslav period;[3] the closest they came to winning a major trophy was in the 1967–68 season, when they reached the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup.[4] Since 1991, Maribor have competed in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the highest level of football in the country.[5] They were one of the founding members and are one of only two clubs that never dropped out of the league since the inaugural 1991–92 season.[6] Maribor are the most successful club in the country, having won 16 PrvaLiga titles, 9 Slovenian Cups and 4 Slovenian Supercups.[7]

A group of individuals, some with arms round each other's shoulders, standing in a row, with two of them holding a silver trophy in the air
Maribor players celebrating the club's ninth league title in 2011.

Aside from winning the Slovenian title as Maribor's manager, Matjaž Kek won several championships with the club as a player.[8] Longtime Maribor captain Marcos Tavares joined the club in 2008 and became the all-time record holder for the most appearances and most goals, with 593 appearances and 211 goals until his retirement in 2022. He also holds the club record for most appearances and goals in the Slovenian top division with 436 and 159, respectively.[9] Furthermore, he also holds the club record for most appearances and goals in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions, with 94 and 31, respectively.[10]

Since Maribor was founded in 1960, more than 600 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club. All players who have featured in 100 or more such matches are listed below. The list also includes all current or former Maribor players who have been capped for their respective national teams.

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Key
§ The player has been capped at full international level while a member of the club
† The player has been capped at full international level
# Club record
— The player is still a member of the club

Players

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Matjaž Kek won the Slovenian PrvaLiga title with Maribor both as player and manager.[8]
 
Marcos Tavares has made the most appearances and scored the most goals for the club.
 
Dragan Jelić made the most appearances for the club between 2001 and 2010.[11]
 
Nastja Čeh has made over 100 appearances for the club in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.[12]
 
Agim Ibraimi (left) playing for Macedonia in 2011.
 
Etien Velikonja spent three seasons in Maribor before moving to Cardiff City in 2012 for the club's record transfer fee at the time.[13][14][15]
 
Dimitar Makriev was the club's leading goalscorer in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons.
 
Marko Šuler was an important piece in Matjaž Kek's Slovenia squad at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[16]
 
Milivoje Novaković, the second highest goal scorer of the Slovenian national team, played for the club between 2016 and 2017.
For a list of all Maribor players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:NK Maribor players.

The list below includes all NK Maribor players who have made at least 100 official appearances for the club or who have been capped at full international level by their countries. The list is initially ordered by the number of appearances, then by goals scored. If the players are still tied, they are listed alphabetically. The first and last columns contain the year of the player's first and last senior appearance for Maribor. The seasons column counts those seasons in which the player made at least one official appearance. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2023–24 season.

List of Maribor players, and displaying the types of accomplishments and statistics by the players during their time with the club[A]
Name Country represented First Last Seasons Apps Goals
Marcos Tavares — 2008 2022 15 593 # 211 #
Tomislav Prosen — 1962 1979 16 # 391 74
Aleš Križan   Slovenia § 1989 2001 10 365 6
Mitja Viler   Slovenia § 2010 2021 11 358 11
Jasmin Handanović   Slovenia § 2011 2020 9 351 0
Herbert Vabič — 1961 1975 15 317 0
Mladen Kranjc — 1963 1977 12 311 104
Gregor Židan   Slovenia § 1993 2001 9 308 35
Aleš Mertelj   Slovenia § 2009 2017 8 308 12
Aleksander Rajčević   Slovenia § 2010 2020 10 302 10
Ante Šimundža   Slovenia § 1991 2000 10 296 102
Martin Milec   Slovenia § 2010 — 11 293 17
Milan Arnejčič — 1961 1977 15 283 73
Matjaž Kek   Slovenia † 1980 1999 11 280 60
Milan Žurman — 1981 1997 9 276 82
Branko Horjak — 1970 1979 9 268 117
Herbert Klančnik — 1963 1973 10 266 29
Emil Šterbal — 1991 1999 8 263 3
Igor Poznič   Slovenia § 1985 1996 10 256 88
Vladimir Bolfek — 1962 1974 11 254 1
Dejan Mezga — 2007 2016 9 242 61
Zvonko Breber — 1972 1980 8 239 37
Peter Binkovski   Slovenia § 1989 1999 8 236 18
Amir Karić   Slovenia § 1993 2003 10 235 36
Stipe Balajić — 1998 2005 8 230 37
Branko Šarenac — 1975 1989 8 226 14
Bojan Krempl — 1975 1984 10 224 78
Josip Sizgoreo — 1963 1970 7 222 11
Dragan Grbavac — 1970 1978 8 221 11
Sašo Lukič — 1989 1996 8 218 7
Blaž Vrhovec   Slovenia § 2016 — 7 216 9
Željko Filipović   Slovenia § 2010 2016 6 215 5
Aleks Pihler   Slovenia § 2016 2024 8 209 14
Kajo Grubišič — 1963 1972 7 204 2
Suad Fileković   Slovenia § 1999 2010 8 201 6
Dragan Jelić — 2003 2011 9 200 51
Goran Cvijanović   Slovenia § 2010 2014 4 200 35
Luka Zahović   Slovenia § 2013 2020 9 198 81
Aleš Mejač   Slovenia § 2008 2015 8 198 4
Damjan Bohar   Slovenia § 2013 2018 5 195 27
Dare Vršič   Slovenia † 2014 2019 6 193 30
Vojislav Simeunović — 1965 1972 8 188 0
Boris Binkovski — 1965 1973 7 182 30
Marko Simeunovič   Slovenia § 1984 2002 8 182 0
Renato Kotnik — 1990 1995 6 181 27
Rene Mihelič   Slovenia § 2005 2020 7 181 25
Kliton Bozgo   Albania[17] § 1993 2005 5 179 110
Damir Pekič — 1997 2007 10 178 78
Marinko Šarkezi — 1997 2004 7 177 13
Dejan Djuranovič   Slovenia † 1994 2003 7 175 26
Marko Šuler   Slovenia † 2014 2019 6 174 9
Vito Marković — 1961 1969 9 172 62
Oliver Hafner — 1984 1989 5 172 36
Miro Petrič — 1970 1977 8 170 3
Agim Ibraimi   Macedonia[18] § 2011 2016 5 168 42
Marko Popović — 2005 2009 5 168 12
Vlado Fatur — 1974 1985 10 168 3
Josip Lukačevič — 1985 1991 7 165 9
Alojz Fricelj — 1982 1997 6 162 18
Amir Dervišević   Slovenia § 2013 2021 7 161 18
Elvedin Džinić — 2005 2010 7 161 16
Tomaž Murko — 1997 2006 9 161 0
Dalibor Volaš — 2008 2015 7 159 62
Dino Hotić   Bosnia and Herzegovina § 2013 2019 8 159 22
Vlado Potočnik — 1975 1989 9 159 5
Jan Repas   Slovenia § 2020 — 4 157 20
Mladen Dabanovič   Slovenia † 1990 1995 6 157 0
Žikica Vuksanović — 1997 2007 9 152 6
Marko Pridigar — 2005 2014 9 149 0
Bojan Škerjanec — 1982 1989 9 147 4
Muamer Vugdalić   Slovenia § 1998 2002 5 143 9
Bogdan Pirc — 1961 1969 8 142 70
Jože Karmel — 1972 1978 6 142 2
Rok Kronaveter   Slovenia † 2019 2023 4 141 33
Nastja Čeh   Slovenia † 1997 2001 5 141 21
Boris Ljubič — 1982 1989 7 141 19
Marinko Galič   Slovenia § 1994 2001 6 140 22
Esad Pirc — 1973 1979 6 139 41
Milorad Vuksanovič — 1978 1982 6 136 4
Jasmin Mešanović   Bosnia and Herzegovina † 2017 2021 4 134 26
Ažbe Jug — 2020 — 4 131 0
Robert Berić   Slovenia § 2010 2013 3 130 37
Rajko Rašević — 1967 1972 5 128 9
Jean-Philippe Mendy — 2013 2016 3 125 42
Slobodan Filipović — 1969 1975 7 124 1
Gregor Bajde — 2015 2021 6 119 26
Željko Milinovič   Slovenia § 1995 1998 3 118 4
Franc Fridl — 1991 1998 7 118 3
Miha Golob — 2001 2005 4 118 3
Fabijan Cipot   Slovenia § 2000 2007 6 116 9
Arghus — 2011 2015 5 116 8
Boštjan Žnuderl — 1998 2005 6 116 7
Veroljub Jovanović — 1961 1965 5 116 1
Žarko Tarana — 1990 1993 3 115 3
Anton Čeh — 1961 1965 5 113 16
Milan Đuričić — 1971 1974 4 112 5
Milan Rakič   Slovenia § 2003 2007 4 111 16
Štefan Tolič — 1961 1966 6 110 14
Marijan Bakula — 1990 1993 3 109 18
Martin Pregelj — 1999 2007 5 109 16
Janko Irgolič — 1979 1986 7 107 0
Nemanja Mitrović   Slovenia § 2019 2023 5 106 6
Dalibor Teinović — 2002 2005 3 105 4
Armin Bačinović   Slovenia § 2007 2010 4 103 6
Milan Šober — 1961 1967 9 101 19
Simon Sešlar   Slovenia § 1999 2001 3 97 11
Danijel Brezič   Slovenia † 2002 2005 3 96 5
Rudi Požeg Vancaš   Slovenia † 2019 2021 3 94 18
Alexandru Crețu   Romania § 2018 2021 4 94 5
Marwan Kabha   Israel § 2015 2017 3 92 5
Damjan Ošlaj   Slovenia § 2003 2006 4 86 3
Spasoje Bulajič   Slovenia § 1996 1998 3 85 4
Jan Mlakar   Slovenia § 2018 2021 3 79 32
Sven Karič   Slovenia † 2022 — 2 73 4
Miral Samardžić   Slovenia † 2007 2010 4 72 1
Samir Duro   Bosnia and Herzegovina[19] § 2001 2002 3 71 28
Matic Črnic   Slovenia † 2009 2014 6 69 7
Blagoja Milevski   Macedonia[20] † 1993 1995 2 69 3
Zoran Pavlović   Slovenia † 2008 2009 3 67 11
Gregor Sikošek   Slovenia § 2021 — 2 67 1
Etien Velikonja   Slovenia § 2011 2012 3 66 28
Petar Stojanović   Slovenia § 2012 2015 5 66 3
Aleš Čeh   Slovenia † 2003 2004 2 63 0
Josip Iličić   Slovenia § 2010 — 3 61 15
Kenan Pirić   Bosnia and Herzegovina § 2018 2020 2 60 0
Geri Çipi   Albania[21] § 1998 2000 2 59 2
Dimitar Makriev   Bulgaria[22] † 2006 2007 2 58 33
Damjan Gajser   Slovenia § 1997 1999 3 58 16
Slobodan Janković   Yugoslavia[23] † 1969 1979 2 57 14
Zajko Zeba   Bosnia and Herzegovina[24] § 2005 2006 2 54 13
Vladislav Lungu   Moldova[25] † 2006 2007 2 54 0
Žan Vipotnik   Slovenia § 2021 2023 2 50 23
Milivoje Novaković   Slovenia § 2016 2017 2 49 19
Dejan Trajkovski   Slovenia † 2011 2014 4 49 0
Ermin Rakovič   Slovenia § 2002 2003 3 48 22
Barnabás Sztipánovics   Hungary[26] † 2000 2002 2 48 22
Andrej Pečnik   Slovenia † 2006 2007 2 47 1
Erik Janža   Slovenia † 2015 2016 3 46 0
Siniša Anđelković   Slovenia † 2010 2010 2 45 4
Nino Žugelj   Slovenia † 2019 2022 4 42 7
Matej Šnofl   Slovenia † 1996 2001 4 42 1
Rajko Rep   Slovenia † 2010 2012 3 37 2
Vladislav Bogićević   Yugoslavia[27] † 1969 1970 1 37 0
Antoine Makoumbou   Republic of the Congo § 2021 2022 2 37 0
Danijel Šturm   Slovenia † 2021 2022 2 35 2
Valon Ahmedi   Albania § 2016 2018 4 35 1
Matej Palčič   Slovenia § 2016 2017 2 34 0
Viktor Paço   Albania[28] § 1997 1997 2 32 15
Ilija Martinović   Montenegro § 2020 2021 2 32 3
Hillal Soudani   Algeria † 2023 — 1 31 16
Enes Mešanović   Bosnia and Herzegovina † 2003 2004 1 30 6
Milan Janković   Yugoslavia[29] † 1979 1980 1 29 8
Janez Aljančič   Slovenia † 2009 2010 1 27 0
Dominik Beršnjak   Slovenia † 2004 2004 2 25 6
Vladimir Kokol   Slovenia † 2000 2001 1 25 1
Milko Djurovski   Yugoslavia /   Macedonia[B] § 1994 1994 2 23 13
Matjaž Cvikl   Slovenia † 1991 1997 2 23 10
Saša Gajser   Slovenia † 1992 1993 3 22 1
Jean-Claude Billong   Cameroon † 2017 2017 1 20 1
Xhuliano Skuka   Albania † 2023 2023 1 19 3
Mehmet Dragusha   Albania[30] † 1998 1999 2 18 2
Rocky Siberie   Netherlands Antilles /   Curaçao[C] † 2005 2005 1 17 7
Đorđe Ivanović   Serbia † 2022 2022 1 16 4
Pijus Širvys   Lithuania § 2024 — 1 16 1
Dragan Čadikovski   Macedonia[31] † 2007 2007 1 14 4
Érico Castro   Angola † 2023 2023 1 14 2
Marko Janković   Montenegro § 2015 2016 1 14 0
Abel Gigli   Somalia † 2015 2015 1 13 0
Ishaq Rafiu   Nigeria † 2022 2023 2 11 1
Zdravko Šaraba   Bosnia and Herzegovina[32] † 2008 2008 1 10 0
Amar Rahmanović   Bosnia and Herzegovina † 2016 2016 2 9 0
Faruk Ihtijarević   Bosnia and Herzegovina[33] † 2001 2001 2 8 0
Amir Ružnić   Slovenia † 1995 1995 1 5 0
Dalibor Šilić   Bosnia and Herzegovina[34] † 2001 2001 1 3 0
Žan Celar   Slovenia † 2016 2016 1 1 0
Žan Karničnik   Slovenia † 2017 2017 1 1 0
Luka Krajnc   Slovenia † 2011 2011 1 1 0

Footnotes

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References

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General
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