I. SSK Maribor explained

Clubname:I. SSK Maribor
Fullname:1. slovenski športni klub Maribor
Founded:[1] [2] [3]
Ground:Ljudski vrt
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1. slovenski športni klub Maribor (English: First Slovene Sports Club Maribor) or simply I. SSK Maribor was a football club from Maribor. The club was founded in 1919.[1] [2] [3] I. SSK Maribor had a fierce rivalry with NK Železničar Maribor.[4]

History

The club was founded on 28 June 1919 by Ivo Vauda, who was the best Slovenian footballer in Maribor at the time.[1] [2] Drago Kolbl was the first president of the club.[3] I. SSK Maribor was considered as the successor of ŠD Maribor.[1] The first match was played on 11 July 1919 against the German-based team from Maribor, SK Hertha, which I. SSK Maribor won 2–1.[2] The first official competitive match was played against another German-based team from Maribor, Rapid.[2] Rapid won the first game 5–0, but in the second game, I. SSK Maribor won 2–1.[2] The first international match was played on 1 July 1922 against Grazer AK.[2] The match ended in a 2–2 draw.[2] After finishing as the runners-up on six occasions, they have finally won the Ljubljana Subassociation League for the first time in the 1930–31 season.[2] [3] They have won another two titles in the 1932–33 and 1938–39 seasons.[2] [3] The club was dissolved at the beginning of the World War II in Yugoslavia.[1] [3]

Stadium

The club did not have its own ground until 1920, when the players helped to create a football pitch at the Ljudski vrt area.[2] [3]

Honours

Winners (3): 1930–31, 1932–33, 1938–39

Runners-up (7): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1939–40

Winners (2): 1925, 1929

Runners-up (1): 1926

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prvi slovenski športni klub Maribor 1919–1941 . MŠD Branik . 15 August 2013 . sl . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426054256/http://www.zveza-msdbranik.si/vsebina/1/27/1919_-_1941.html . 26 April 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: MNZ Maribor – 80 let nogometa v Mariboru . MNZ Maribor . 2008 . 15 August 2013 .
  3. News: Kratka zgodovina NK Maribor. Short history of NK Maribor . . 9 May 2009 . 15 August 2013 . sl . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317075817/http://web.vecer.com/portali/vecer/v1/default.asp?kaj=3&id=2009050905431884. 17 March 2012.
  4. Web site: 80 letnica društva . Železničarsko Športno Društvo . 15 August 2013 . sl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025426/http://www.navdih.net/datoteke/reference/ZSD_Maribor/ZSD_Maribor_knjiga_80-let.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dmy-all .