NK Kovinar Maribor

This article is about the dissolved association football club. For the currently active club, see NK Tezno Maribor.

Kovinar Maribor

Full name

Nogometni Klub Kovinar Maribor

Founded

25 May 1947^[1]

Dissolved

2007^[1]

Ground

Kovinar Stadium,^[2]
Tezno, Maribor

Capacity

200

Home colours

Away colours

Nogometni Klub Kovinar Maribor (English: Kovinar Maribor Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Kovinar Maribor or simply Kovinar, was a Slovenian football club from Maribor. The club was dissolved in 2007. They played their matches at the Kovinar Stadium, located in the Tezno suburb of Maribor.^[2]

History

Kovinar's older crest

The club was founded on 25 May 1947.^[1] They were the third most successful club from Maribor. Unlike Maribor and Železničar, Kovinar never played in the Slovenian first division after the independence of Slovenia. They also never won any major title in the Yugoslav era. In 1961, they helped the newly formed NK Maribor, giving them some players and sport equipment.^[1] After the "Ball" (Žoga) affair, when NK Maribor was pushed back to the third Yugoslav division and a lot foreign players left the club, Kovinar again helped them by giving players.^[1] The club was dissolved in late 2006, when a new club, named NK Tezno Maribor, was founded. However, they were still allowed to finish the 2006–07 season.

Zlatko Zahovič, who is regarded as one of the best Slovenian footballers, was member of the club's youth selections in the late 1980s, before joining Partizan from Belgrade.

Stadium

Kovinar Maribor played their home matches at the Kovinar Stadium, which is located in the Tezno suburb.^[2] The stadium can seat 200 spectators, while the overall capacity is around 1,000 (including a standing areas).^[2] The stadium was once a speedway track.^[2]

Colours

The traditional colours of the club were red and white.

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Zgodovina" (in Slovenian). NK Kovinar Tezno official website. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 stadioni.org. "Igrišče NK Kovinar" (in Slovenian). stadioni.org. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

Slovenian Republic League

Seasons (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)	1920 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940

Teams (1920–1941)	I. SSK Maribor Amater Athletik Bratstvo Celje Čakovec Disk Gradjanski Grafika Hermes Hertha Hrastnik Ilirija Jadran Jugoslavija Korotan Kovinar Kranj Mars Merkur Mura Olimp Primorje Ptuj Rapid Reka Rote Elf SK Ljubljana Red Star Slavija Ljubljana Slavija Maribor Slovan Sparta Svoboda Celje Svoboda Ljubljana Svoboda Maribor Šoštanj Železničar Maribor

Seasons (SFR Yugoslavia)	1946 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91

Teams (1946–1991)	Aluminij Branik Maribor Branik Solkan Brežice Domžale Drava Dravinja Elan Elkroj Grafičar Hrastnik Ilirija Izola Jadran Dekani Jesenice Kamnik Kladivar Koper Kovinar Maribor Kovinar Štore Krim Litija Ljubljana Maribor Medvode Mura Nafta Naklo Olimp Olimpija Partizan Žalec Piran Pohorje Postojna Primorje Proletarec Rudar Trbovlje Rudar Velenje Slavija Slivnica Sloga Slovan Steklar Stol Svoboda Tabor Šmartno Triglav Kranj Triglav Ljubljana Vozila Železničar Maribor ŽŠD Celje

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