NK Maribor B

Maribor B

Full name	Nogometni Klub Maribor B
Founded	June 2014[1][2]
Ground	Ljudski vrt (artificial turf), Maribor
President	Drago Cotar
Head Coach	Zvonko Breber
League	3. SNL - North
2014–15	1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Nogometni Klub Maribor "B" (English: Maribor B Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Maribor B or simply Maribor B, is an association football club based in the city of Maribor, Slovenia. Founded in 2014, Maribor B is the reserve team of Maribor and currently plays in the Slovenian Third League, 3. SNL North.^[1][2]

Reserve teams in Slovenia play in the same league system as the senior teams, however, they cannot play in the same competition as their senior teams, and thus, Maribor B is ineligible to play in the Slovenian PrvaLiga or the Slovenian Cup. The team is also ineligible for promotion in the Slovenian Second League, 2. SNL, due to the current rules of the Football Association of Slovenia which prevents reserve teams of the PrvaLiga clubs to play in the Slovenian Second League. Only players between the age of 17 and 23 have the right to play for the team, with the exception of individuals, members of the first squad, who would become eligible to play for the team in case of a lengthy injury.^[3][4]

Maribor B played their first match on 10 July 2014 on a neutral venue in Dokležovje, when they faced Bosnia and Herzegovina top division side Sloboda Tuzla on a international friendly match and lost with the score 1–0.^[5][6] The team played their first official league match on 23 August 2014 against Mons Claudius in Rogatec and won with the score 9–1.^[7] After six wins in six rounds, with the goal difference 26–8, Maribor B suffered their first league defeat on 12 October 2014 when they were defeated 1–0 on an away match against Podvinci.^[8] The team finished their inaugural season as the winners of the northern group in the Slovenian Third League, however, they were unable to promote due to the rules of the Football Association of Slovenia.^[9]

Results

Key

Matches P = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points won Pos = Final position

Competitions Div 3 = Slovenian Third League (North) N/A = Was not held — = Did not compete

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted ↑

Relegated ↓

Top scorer in top division ♦

Domestic record

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

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Cup	Supercup	Competition	Result	Name	Goals
	League											Other		Top scorer
2014–15	Div 3	26	22	1	3	80	25	67	1st	& —	& —	& —	& —	Ploj, AlenAlen Ploj	20

Players

Current squad

The following list of players is current as of the date shown in the update status at the foot of the listing and player inclusion, team positions, nationalities and squad numbers depicted for the players is based solely on the first team squad information that is published and regularly maintained under the "Players" tab of the NK Maribor official website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Aljaž Cotman 12 GK Marino Hamer 13 GK Žan Vidic 15 FW Rok Sirk 18 FW Bian Paul Šauperl 25 MF Ranko Moravac 31 DF Daniel Vujčić 32 DF Nejc Rober 34 GK Damjan Prineg 35 DF Matej Filipović 36 DF Žiga Živko 40 MF Sven Dodlek

No. Position Player 41 MF Nik Lorbek 42 MF Luka Lazar 45 FW Matija Zver 55 FW Rok Taneski 72 MF Dejan Vokić 77 MF Žan Karničnik 78 MF Almir Mulalić 92 DF Medin Bajrami 93 MF Tilen Stefanović 95 MF Marko Janković 99 DF Deni Štraus

Information in the above player listing is current as of 18 March 2016.

References

1. Peter Dominko (18 June 2014). "Maribor z drugo ekipo v tretji ligi" [Maribor with a reserve team in the third division] (in Slovenian). SNPortal. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
2. "Naša druga ekipa v tretji ligi" [Our reserve team to play in the third division] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
3. "Začetek v Rogatcu" [The beginning in Rogatec] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
4. A. V. (22 August 2014). ""Druga" ekipa Maribora v tretji ligi" ["Second" Maribor team in the third division] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija official website. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
5. "Začel tudi Maribor B" [Maribor B have also begun] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
6. R. Š. (10 July 2014). "Poraz na zadnjem testu pred Zrinjskim" [A defeat in a last test before Zrinjski] (in Slovenian). SNPortal. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
7. NK Maribor (23 August 2014). "NK Maribor B: Za uvod zmaga 9–1" [NK Maribor B: For the intro a 9–1 victory] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
8. Andrej Lončarič (12 October 2014). "Neporaženih ni več, Maribor pokleknil v Podvincih" [No more undefeated, Maribor lost in Podvinci] (in Slovenian). SNPortal. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
9. "Prvaki tudi v tretji ligi!" [Champions also in the Third League!] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.

External links

• Official website (Slovene)