NK Železničar Maribor explained

Clubname:Železničar Maribor
Fullname:Nogometni klub Železničar Maribor
Nickname:Ajzenponarji (The Railroaders)
Modro-beli
(The Blue and Whites)
Founded:[1]
Dissolved:[2]
Ground:Tabor Sports Park
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Nogometni klub Železničar Maribor (English: Železničar Maribor Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Železničar Maribor or simply Železničar, was a Slovenian football club from Maribor. They qualified for the top division of Slovenian football, the Slovenian PrvaLiga, in the 1992–93 season, but were relegated in their first season, never returning to the top level. They were one of the most successful Slovenian clubs in the Yugoslav era, winning the Slovenian Republic League four times and the Slovenian Republic Cup twice.[3]

History

The club was established in 1927 as a football section of SK Železničar, the railway workers' sports club. They played their first match on 7 August of the same year and won 5–1 against SK Merkur.[3] They joined Slovenian competitions, playing in the Maribor region, where they soon developed a fierce rivalry with I. SSK Maribor.[3]

In the Ljubljana Subassociation League, Železničar finished second in 1934 and 1935, before finally winning their first title in 1937. In the qualifiers for the Yugoslav First League, they lost against SAŠK Sarajevo in the final.[3] Železničar won another title in 1940, this time in a knockout system, beating their rivals I. SSK Maribor 2–1 in the final.[3] [4] The club was refounded as SFD Železničar after the World War II. In 1946, they finished second behind Lendava, missing promotion to the Yugoslav top division by only two points.[5]

Železničar then stabilised as a mid-table team in the next years, until the league system was changed in 1952.[3] They were located in the East group of the Republic League, where they finished second in 1953 and first in 1954. They have defeated the West group winners Piran (6–0 and 1–2) for the unofficial title and thus qualified for the Croatian-Slovenian League.[3] The team was renamed to ŽNK Maribor and finished tenth, missing out Branik Maribor and ninth spot by one point and was therefore relegated to the Maribor-Varaždin-Celje Zonal League. They have won their first Slovenian Republic Cup in 1957.[3] After three mediocre seasons the team returned to the unified Slovenian Republic League, which was reformed in 1958. In 1960, they have won another Slovenian Republic Cup title.[3]

In December 1960, due to Branik Maribor's food poisoning affair, ŽNK Maribor, holding the first position on the league table, had to give up their place to a newly formed NK Maribor and were relegated.[3] [6] Maribor have won the title with the squad formed mostly of players from the ŽNK. They instantly returned to the Republic League in 1962 and renamed back to NK Železničar Maribor in the same year.

The results soon improved and the club won their third republic title in 1968–69, earning a place in the Yugoslav Second League for the first time in history. They stayed there for three seasons and were relegated in 1971–72 after finishing in 18th place.

They have won another republic title in 1972–73, but lost in the Yugoslav Second League (West) play-ofs against Mercator Ljubljana.[3] Železničar then played several republic seasons without any notable success. In 1981, despite scoring only fourth position, the Football Association of Yugoslavia offered them a place in the Yugoslav Second League, but the club declined promotion due to lack of funds. They were struggling against relegation in the next years, until they were finally relegated to the regional league for the first time in 1987. They stayed there until the breakup of Yugoslavia. Železničar holds a record of 42 played seasons in the Slovenian Republic League.

Železničar was one of the founding members of the Slovenian Second League in 1991.[3] They have immediately finished first and earned a promotion to the first division in the 1991–92 season, managed by their former player Jože Karmel. Železničar played in the 1992–93 Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top level of Slovenian football, but was relegated after finishing 17th, never returning to the top flight again.[3] The club was close to return on several occasions as they refused promotion in 1996, lost the play-offs against Beltinci in the 1997–98 season, and missed a second place by one point in the 1998–99 season. At the beginning of the new century, Železničar became financially unstable and was relegated to the lowest division over the course of several years; from the Second League in 2003 after finishing dead last,[3] from the Slovenian Third League in 2007, having not fulfilled the licence documentation, from the fourth division in 2008, and even from the fifth division in 2014, before ceasing all operations in 2019.[2]

Stadium

The club have built their first ground, Ob Tržaški Cesti Stadium (Slovenian: Stadion ob Tržaški cesti), between 1932 and 1935.[3] After a few seasons on their temporary home ground in Poljane (Železničar lost their original home ground due to the construction of a new bridge in 1963), they moved to the newly built Tabor Sports Park (Slovenian: Športni park Tabor) in 1967.[3] The stadium can seat 1,000 spectators, while the overall capacity of the stadium, including the standing area, is around 4,000.[7]

Colours

The traditional colours of the club were blue and white, the colours of the first Yugoslav Railways and then Slovenian Railways, used by all railway clubs in the country.

Honours

Yugoslavia

Slovenia

Domestic league and cup results

In Yugoslavia

SeasonLeaguePosition
1927–28Ljubljana Subassociation League4th in Maribor subdivision
1928–29Ljubljana Subassociation League3rd in Maribor subdivision
1929–30Ljubljana Subassociation League3rd in Maribor subdivision
1930–31Ljubljana Subassociation League2nd in Maribor subdivision
1931–32Ljubljana Subassociation League4th
1932–33Ljubljana Subassociation League3rd
1933–34Ljubljana Subassociation League2nd
1934–35Ljubljana Subassociation League2nd
1935–36Ljubljana Subassociation League3rd
1936–37Ljubljana Subassociation League1st
1937–38Ljubljana Subassociation League2nd
1938–39Ljubljana Subassociation LeagueQuarter-final
1939–40Ljubljana Subassociation LeagueWinners
1940–41Ljubljana Subassociation League2nd
1941–45World War II
1946Slovenian Republic League2nd
1946–47Slovenian Republic League6th
1947–48Slovenian Republic League3rd
1948–49Slovenian Republic League5th
1950Slovenian Republic League6th
1951Slovenian Republic League6th
1952Slovenian Republic League7th
1952–53Slovenian Republic League2nd in East group
1953–54Slovenian Republic League1st in East group
1954–55Croatian-Slovenian League10th
1955–56Maribor-Varaždin-Celje League5th
1956–57Maribor-Varaždin-Celje League4th
1957–58Maribor-Varaždin-Celje League3rd
1958–59Slovenian Republic League4th
1959–60Slovenian Republic League3rd
1960–61Slovenian Republic League
Maribor Subassociation League		1st
6th
1961–62Maribor Subassociation League1st
1962–63Slovenian Republic League7th
1963–64Slovenian Republic League11th
1964–65Slovenian Republic League3rd
1965–66Slovenian Republic League6th
1966–67Slovenian Republic League3rd
1967–68Slovenian Republic League8th
1968–69Slovenian Republic League1st
1969–70[8] Yugoslav Second League (West)7th
1970–71[9] Yugoslav Second League (West)11th
1971–72[10] Yugoslav Second League (West)18th
1972–73Slovenian Republic League1st
1973–74Slovenian Republic League4th
1974–75Slovenian Republic League10th
1975–76Slovenian Republic League4th
1976–77Slovenian Republic League11th
1977–78Slovenian Republic League9th
1978–79Slovenian Republic League6th
1979–80Slovenian Republic League4th
1980–81Slovenian Republic League4th
1981–82Slovenian Republic League7th
1982–83Slovenian Republic League10th
1983–84Slovenian Republic League6th
1984–85Slovenian Republic League7th
1985–86Slovenian Republic League11th
1986–87Slovenian Republic League13th
1987–88Slovenian Regional League (East)7th
1988–89[11] Slovenian Regional League (East)6th
1989–90Slovenian Regional League (East)4th
1990–91Slovenian Regional League (East)3rd

In Slovenia

SeasonLeaguePositionPtsPWDLGFGACup
1991–922. SNL1362614843819Round of 64
1992–931. SNLbgcolor=lightblue17203468203062First round
1993–942. SNL1324 (−1)30105153650First round
1994–952. SNL103130135124347x
1995–962. SNL54429135115147First round
1996–972. SNL93729107123733Round of 16
1997–982. SNL4513014975239Round of 16
1998–992. SNL3543015965830x
1999–20002. SNL5533016594732Round of 16
2000–012. SNL103729107124049First round
2001–022. SNL103930116133744bgcolor=lightyellowQuarter-finals
2002–032. SNL16183046202369Round of 16
2003–043. SNL5432613496041First round
2004–053. SNL11302686123545Second round
2005–063. SNL11252667133151x
2006–073. SNL12292692153250x
2007–08Styrian League (4th level)13212670193887x
2008–09[12] 1. MNZ (5th level)3452613676038x
2009–10[13] 1. MNZ (5th level)2552617459026First round
2010–11[14] 1. MNZ (5th level)11302693144461x
2011–12[15] 1. MNZ (5th level)441 (−2)26141116450x
2012–13[16] 1. MNZ (5th level)74026124106163x
2013–14[17] 1. MNZ (5th level)141026242023102x
2014–152. MNZ (6th level)2492415457031x
2015–163. MNZ (6th level)2391613036715x
2016–172. MNZ (5th level)Withdrew from the competition during the season.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Klubi . Clubs . . 29 July 2016 . sl . 21 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190621112716/https://www.nzs.si//tekmovanja/?action=vsiKlubi&id_menu=35 . live .
  2. Web site: Nogometni klub Železničar Maribor . ajpes.si . 31 July 2020 . sl . 24 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201024210110/https://www.ajpes.si/podjetje/Nogometni_klub_Zeleznicar_Maribor?enota=243291&EnotaStatus=2 . live .
  3. Web site: 80 letnica društva . 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025426/http://www.navdih.net/datoteke/reference/ZSD_Maribor/ZSD_Maribor_knjiga_80-let.pdf. Železničarsko športno društvo Maribor . 27 December 2012 . sl .
  4. Web site: MNZ Maribor – 80 let nogometa v Mariboru . MNZ Maribor . 2008 . 15 August 2013 . 1 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101231031/https://mnzmaribor.si/wp-content/uploads/MNZ_Maribor_knjiga_Vec%CC%8C-kot-igra_predaja_2020-05-18.pdf . live .
  5. Web site: Matjaž Kešanski . Razvoj nogometa v Sloveniji med leti 1945 – 1950 . fsp.uni-lj.si . 1 August 2020 . sl . 11 May 2007 . 23 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200923173448/https://www.fsp.uni-lj.si/COBISS/Diplome/Diploma22047070KesanskiMatjaz.pdf . live .
  6. Web site: Miha Zupan . NK Maribor je posledica "afere driska" . Nogomania . 1 August 2020 . sl . 23 October 2019 . 7 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211207141816/https://www.nogomania.com/Novica/NK-Maribor-je-posledica-afere-driska . live .
  7. Web site: Športni park Tabor . Tabor Sports Park . stadioni.org . 18 March 2023 . sl . 18 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230318222535/https://stadioni.org/maribor/sportni-park-tabor . live .
  8. Web site: Yugoslavia 1969/70 . . 20 July 2016 . 6 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406154047/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/joeg70.html . live .
  9. Web site: Yugoslavia 1970/71 . . 20 July 2016 . 20 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820013819/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/joeg71.html . live .
  10. Web site: Yugoslavia 1971/72 . . 20 July 2016 . 6 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406074805/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/joeg72.html . live .
  11. Web site: 30 let MNZ Ptuj . . 23 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160410111423/http://mnzveza-ptuj.si/file/MNZ_Ptuj_30let_1.pdf . 10 April 2016 .
  12. Web site: 1. članska 2008/09 . MNZ Maribor . 18 April 2016 . sl. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716100513/http://www.mnzveza-mb.si/tekmovanja?sezona=2008&liga=21&kolo=26&podatek=rezultati. 16 July 2019.
  13. Web site: 1. članska 2009/10 . MNZ Maribor . 18 April 2016 . sl. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716100507/https://www.mnzveza-mb.si/tekmovanja?sezona=2009&liga=21&kolo=26&podatek=rezultati. 16 July 2019.
  14. Web site: 1. članska 2010/11 . MNZ Maribor . 18 April 2016 . sl. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716100515/https://www.mnzveza-mb.si/tekmovanja?sezona=2010&liga=21&kolo=26&podatek=rezultati. 16 July 2019.
  15. Web site: 1. članska 2011/12 . MNZ Maribor . 18 April 2016 . sl. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716100508/https://www.mnzveza-mb.si/tekmovanja?sezona=2011&liga=21&kolo=26&podatek=rezultati. 16 July 2019.
  16. Web site: 1. članska 2012/13 . MNZ Maribor . 18 April 2016 . sl. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716100513/https://www.mnzveza-mb.si/tekmovanja?sezona=2012&liga=21&kolo=26&podatek=rezultati. 16 July 2019.
  17. Web site: 1. članska 2013/14 . MNZ Maribor . 18 April 2016 . sl. 16 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716100512/http://www.mnzveza-mb.si/tekmovanja?sezona=2013&liga=21&kolo=26&podatek=rezultati.

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