Eternal derby (Slovenia)

The Eternal derby of Slovenian football, simply known as the Eternal derby (Slovene: Večni derbi) or Slovenian derby (Slovene: Slovenski derbi) was a major football rivalry between Maribor and Olimpija Ljubljana, which was dissolved in 2004. Although the old Olimpija was officially dissolved at the end of 2004 it was still allowed to finish the 2004–05 season, which was at the time already in progress.

On 2 March 2005 a new club was established,[1][2] under the name Bežigrad, retaining Olimpija's fans, colours and most of the youth team players. NK Bežigrad later changed its name twice. First to NK Olimpija Bežigrad and finally to Olimpija Ljubljana. Although the board of the newly established club and its fans see the team as the spiritual continuation of the old club, they are not regarded as the legal successors of the old NK Olimpija and are not entitled to claim the honours won by the defunct club.[3][4]

However, because the new Olimpija is supported by most of the fans of the previous Olimpija, including their Ultras group the Green Dragons who has a long-standing rivalry with Maribor's own ultras group Viole Maribor, many see the matches between Maribor and the new club as the continuation of the rivalry and refer to it by the same name.[5][6] However, there are many fans, either the ones from Maribor or the ones from Ljubljana, that does not share the same view and does not share similar beliefs,[7][8][9] including part of the media such as RTV Slovenija and Večer.[10][11][12] The overall statistics are tracked separately by the Football Association of Slovenia and the Association of 1. SNL.[4][10][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Zeleno-beli v štirih letih iz pete v prvo ligo" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Archived from the original on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "NK Olimpija Ljubljana - Zgodovina" (in Slovenian). NK Olimpija. Archived from the original on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Klubi -> Ljubljana". Football Association of Slovenia (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "PrvaLiga: NK Olimpija" (in Slovenian). Association of 1. SNL. Archived from the original on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Mariborčani osvojili tudi Stožice" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Razbita Olimpija, razbite Stožice" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "Vršič: Dovolj je bilo čakanja doma #Comments" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Vršič: Igramo lepše od Maribora #Comments" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "FOTO: Delitev točk na 104. večnem derbiju #Comments" (in Slovenian). 24ur. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 M.R. (21 March 2012). "Video: Zadetki z vseh 12 tekem med Olimpijo in Mariborom" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  11. ↑ Marjan Horvat (7 June 2011). "Kukavičjih sto let". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  12. ↑ "Novo in staro štetje" (in Slovenian). Večer. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  13. ↑ MKo (22 February 2013). "Zgodovina na strani Maribora" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  14. ↑ "SNL Statistika: Vse sezone" (in Slovenian). Association of 1. SNL. Archived from the original on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 6 February 2011.