List of NK Maribor players explained

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]

Aside from winning the Slovenian title as Maribor's manager, Matjaž Kek won several championships with the club as a player. 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.^[8] 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.^[9]

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.

Key

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

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
Country represented	First	Last	Seasons	Apps	Goals
	2008	2022	15	593	211
	1962	1979	16	391	74
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1989	2001	10	365
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2010	2021	11	358	11
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2011	2020		351	0
	1961	1975	15	317	0
	1963	1977	12	311	104
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1993	2001		308	35
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2009	2017		308	12
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2010	2020	10	302	10
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1991	2000	10	296	102
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2010		11	293	17
	1961	1977	15	283	73
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		1980	1999	11	280	60
	1981	1997		276	82
	1970	1979		268	117
	1963	1973	10	266	29
	1991	1999		263
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1985	1996	10	256	88
	1962	1974	11	254
	2007	2016		242	61
	1972	1980		239	37
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1989	1999		236	18
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1993	2003	10	235	36
	1998	2005		230	37
	1975	1989		226	14
	1975	1984	10	224	78
	1963	1970		222	11
	1970	1978		221	11
	1989	1996		218
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2016			216
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2010	2016		215
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2016	2024		209	14
	1963	1972		204
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1999	2010		201
	2003	2011		200	51
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2010	2014		200	35
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2013	2020		198	81
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2008	2015		198
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2013	2018		195	27
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2014	2019		193	30
	1965	1972		188	0
	1965	1973		182	30
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1984	2002		182	0
	1990	1995		181	27
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2005	2020		181	25
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Albania^[10] §	1993	2005		179	110
	1997	2007	10	178	78
	1997	2004		177	13
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		1994	2003		175	26
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2014	2019		174
	1961	1969		172	62
	1984	1989		172	36
	1970	1977		170
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Macedonia^[11] §	2011	2016		168	42
	2005	2009		168	12
	1974	1985	10	168
	1985	1991		165
	1982	1997		162	18
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2013	2021		161	18
	2005	2010		161	16
	1997	2006		161	0
	2008	2015		159	62
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Bosnia and Herzegovina §	2013	2019		159	22
	1975	1989		159
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2020			157	20
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		1990	1995		157	0
	1997	2007		152
	2005	2014		149	0
	1982	1989		147
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1998	2002		143
	1961	1969		142	70
	1972	1978		142
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2019	2023		141	33
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		1997	2001		141	21
	1982	1989		141	19
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1994	2001		140	22
	1973	1979		139	41
	1978	1982		136
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2017	2021		134	26
	2020			131	0
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2010	2013		130	37
	1967	1972		128
	2013	2016		125	42
	1969	1975		124
	2015	2021		119	26
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1995	1998		118
	1991	1998		118
	2001	2005		118
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2000	2007		116
	2011	2015		116
	1998	2005		116
	1961	1965		116
	1990	1993		115
	1961	1965		113	16
	1971	1974		112
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2003	2007		111	16
	1961	1966		110	14
	1990	1993		109	18
	1999	2007		109	16
	1979	1986		107	0
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2019	2023		106
	2002	2005		105
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2007	2010		103
	1961	1967		101	19
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1999	2001		97	11
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2002	2005		96
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2019	2021		94	18
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Romania §	2018	2021		94
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Israel §	2015	2017		92
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2003	2006		86
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1996	1998		85
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2018	2021		79	32
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2022			73
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2007	2010		72	1
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Bosnia and Herzegovina^[12] §	2001	2002		71	28
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2009	2014		69
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Macedonia^[13]	1993	1995		69
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2008	2009		67	11
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2021			67	1
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2011	2012		66	28
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2012	2015		66
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2003	2004		63	0
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2010			61	15
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Bosnia and Herzegovina §	2018	2020		60	0
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Albania^[14] §	1998	2000		59
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Bulgaria^[15]	2006	2007		58	33
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	1997	1999		58	16
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Yugoslavia^[16]	1969	1979		57	14
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Bosnia and Herzegovina^[17] §	2005	2006		54	13
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Moldova^[18]	2006	2007		54	0
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2021	2023		50	23
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2016	2017		49	19
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2011	2014		49	0
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2002	2003		48	22
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Hungary^[19]	2000	2002		48	22
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2006	2007		47
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2015	2016		46	0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2010	2010		45
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2019	2022		42
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		1996	2001		42
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2010	2012		37
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Yugoslavia^[20]	1969	1970		37	0
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Republic of the Congo §	2021	2022		37	0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2021	2022		35
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Albania §	2016	2018		35
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Slovenia §	2016	2017		34	0
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Albania^[21] §	1997	1997		32	15
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Montenegro §	2020	2021		32
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2023			31	16
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2003	2004		30
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Yugoslavia^[22]	1979	1980		29
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2009	2010		27	0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2004	2004		25
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2000	2001		25
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Yugoslavia / Macedonia §	1994	1994		23	13
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		1991	1997		23	10
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		1992	1993		22
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2017	2017		20
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2023	2023		19
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Albania^[23]	1998	1999		18
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2005	2005		17
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2022	2022		16
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Lithuania §	2024			16
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Macedonia^[24]	2007	2007		14
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2023	2023		14
align=left bgcolor="#7DF9FF"	Montenegro §	2015	2016		14	0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2015	2015		13	0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2022	2023		11
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Bosnia and Herzegovina^[25]	2008	2008		10	0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2016	2016			0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Bosnia and Herzegovina^[26]	2001	2001			0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		1995	1995			0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"	Bosnia and Herzegovina^[27]	2001	2001			0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2016	2016			0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2017	2017			0
align=left bgcolor="#E5CCC9"		2011	2011			0

Footnotes

Statistics include appearances and goals from competitive matches only, not unofficial matches such as exhibition games. During its Yugoslav period (1960–1991) Maribor competed in the Yugoslav First, Second and Third Leagues, the Slovenian Republic League, the Yugoslav Cup and the Slovenian Republic Football Cup. Since Slovenia gained independence in 1991, the club has competed domestically in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian Cup and Slovenian Supercup, and at European level in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Milko Djurovski represented Macedonia at full international level while a Maribor player during the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons.^[28] ^[29] ^[30] In the 1980s he represented Yugoslavia.^[28]
In 2005, during his brief stay at the club, Rocky Siberie was eligible to play for the Netherlands Antilles, an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and has made appearances for their national team between 2004 and 2008. Since the dissolution of the country in 2010, he has represented Curaçao.^[31]

References

General

Web site: NK Maribor Archives . . 27 May 2013 . 7 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407093121/http://www.nkmaribor.com/zgodovina/statistika/igralci.asp?count=0&countD=0&tip=-1&tipD=-1&id_deset=-1&id_desetD=-1&sezona=-1&sezonaD=-1 . live .
Web site: Football Association of Slovenia Archives . Football Association of Slovenia . 27 May 2013 . 1 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130601171707/http://www.nzs.si/ . live .

Specific

Notes and References

Web site: Zgodovina: 1961–1970 . History: 1961–1970 . . sl . 4 February 2013 . 19 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101219114221/http://www.nkmaribor.com/Zgodovina/1961-1970 . live .
Web site: Zgodovina . History . . sl . 5 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150328005448/https://www.nzs.si/nzs/predstavitev-nzs/zgodovina. 28 March 2015.
Web site: Zgodovina NK Maribor . NK Maribor history . . sl . 5 February 2013 . 16 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130216112537/http://www.nkmaribor.com/Zgodovina/ . live .
Web site: Cup of Yugoslavia 1967–68. Dinant. Abbink. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 5 February 2013. 8 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240108015218/http://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/joegcupdetail.html. live.
Web site: Zgodovina: 1991–2000. History: 1991–2000. NK Maribor. sl. 4 February 2013. 12 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210212020152/https://www.nkmaribor.com/Zgodovina/1991-2000. live.
Web site: Dolores . Subotić . Sežanci vzeli Goričanom prvoligaški status . . 10 July 2019 . Nova Gorica . sl . 2 June 2019 . 2 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602200055/https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/nogomet/prva-liga/sezanci-vzeli-goricanom-prvoligaski-status/489866 . live .
Web site: Osebna izkaznica . . sl . 5 February 2013 . 28 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328101417/https://www.nkmaribor.com/dokument.asp?id=9 . live .
Web site: Arhiv: NK Maribor . Archive: NK Maribor . . sl . 10 July 2019 . 2 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210802020548/https://www.prvaliga.si/tekmovanja/?action=klub&id_menu=217&id_kluba=21&prikaz=6 . live .
Web site: Marcos Tavares » Club matches . worldfootball.net . 15 June 2022 . en . 15 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220615144730/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/marcos-tavares/2/ . live .
Web site: FIFA player statistics: Kliton Bozgo . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023020947/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=95254/index.html . dead . 23 October 2012 . . 19 April 2013.
Web site: FIFA player statistics: Agim Ibraimi . https://web.archive.org/web/20120921070928/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=359918/index.html . dead . 21 September 2012 . . 2 May 2013 .
Web site: 2001 Matches, Europe (January – June) . Ambrosius . Kutschera . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 30 May 2013 . 13 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313054331/http://www.rsssf.com/intldetails/2001e1.html . live .
Web site: FYR Macedonia v Egypt, 29 September 1998 . AFS Enterprises . 30 May 2013 . 6 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131206140554/http://www.11v11.com/matches/fyr-macedonia-v-egypt-29-september-1998-266266/ . live .
Web site: FIFA player statistics: Geri Cipi . https://web.archive.org/web/20130205081728/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=179185/index.html . dead . 5 February 2013 . . 25 April 2013.
Web site: FIFA player statistics: Dimitar Makriev . https://web.archive.org/web/20090523152756/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=306118/index.html . dead . 23 May 2009 . . 2 May 2013.
Web site: Janković Slavoljub . reprezentacija.rs. 21 May 2013. sr. 13 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120613020741/http://www.reprezentacija.rs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1121&Itemid=12.
Web site: International Friendly Matches 2005 . Hamdan . Saaid . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 30 May 2013 . 19 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419221527/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/friend-intres2005.html . live .
Web site: FIFA player statistics: Vladislav Lungu . . 2 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011022954/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player%3D182793/index.html . 11 October 2012 .
Web site: 1999 Matches, Europe (January – September) . Ambrosius . Kutschera . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 28 May 2013 . 17 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017035908/http://www.rsssf.com/intldetails/1999e1.html . live .
Web site: Bogićević Vladislav. reprezentacija.rs. 21 May 2013. sr. 7 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120607214428/http://www.reprezentacija.rs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=924&Itemid=12.
Web site: FIFA player statistics: Viktor Paco . https://web.archive.org/web/20120831195355/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=153871/index.html . dead . 31 August 2012 . . 25 April 2013.
Web site: Janković Milan . reprezentacija.rs. 21 May 2013. sr. 10 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120310062109/http://reprezentacija.rs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1119&Itemid=58.
Web site: FIFA player statistics: Mehmet Dragusha . https://web.archive.org/web/20120912031422/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=217897/index.html . dead . 12 September 2012 . . 25 April 2013.
Web site: FIFA player statistics: Dragan Cadikovski . . 2 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003054645/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player%3D216040/index.html . 3 October 2012 .
Web site: International Friendly Matches 2008 . Hamdan . Saaid . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 30 May 2013 . 13 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313054331/http://www.rsssf.com/intldetails/2001e1.html . live .
Web site: Appearances for Bosnia and Herzegovina National Team . Roberto . Mamrud . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 21 May 2013 . 27 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221127144621/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bih-recintlp.html . live .
Web site: International Friendly Matches 2006 . Hamdan . Saaid . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 30 May 2013 . 3 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150703134901/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/friend-intres2006.html . live .
Web site: Players Appearing for Two or More Countries . Roberto Mamrud . 26 July 2012 . 4 February 2013 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080803173844/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html . 3 August 2008 .
Web site: Milko Djurovski 1993–94 . . sl . 4 February 2013 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205040/http://www.prvaliga.si/klubi/mostvo/igralec.asp?idi=25270&id=21&ids=1994 . live .
Web site: Milko Djurovski 1994–95 . . sl . 4 February 2013 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203908/http://www.prvaliga.si/klubi/mostvo/igralec.asp?idi=25270&id=21&ids=1995 . live .
Web site: Fifa player statistics: Richmar Siberie . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025221231/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=210346/ . dead . 25 October 2012 . . 4 February 2013.