NK Maribor B

Maribor B
Full name Nogometni Klub Maribor B
Founded June 2014[1][2]
Ground Tabor Sports Park,
Maribor
Capacity 1,000
President Drago Cotar
Head Coach Marko Lešnik
League Slovenian Third League
Website Club home page

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. 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 an 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]

Players

For more details on this topic, see List of NK Maribor 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 Slovenia GK Aljaž Cotman
11 Slovenia FW Luka Zahovič
12 Slovenia GK Marino Hamer
13 Slovenia GK Žan Vidic
15 Slovenia FW Rok Sirk
16 Slovenia DF Damjan Vuklišević
23 Slovenia MF Dino Hotić
24 Slovenia DF Dejan Trajkovski
25 Serbia MF Ranko Moravac
27 Slovenia FW Alen Ploj
No. Position Player
31 Slovenia MF Daniel Vujčić
34 Slovenia GK Michael Lovrec
35 Slovenia DF Matej Filipovič
36 Slovenia DF Žiga Živko
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Anel Hajrić
40 Slovenia MF Sven Dodlek
41 Slovenia MF Nik Lorbek
42 Slovenia MF Luka Lazar
45 Slovenia DF Robert Pušaver
92 Slovenia MF Matic Črnic
Information in the above player listing is current as of 31 August 2014.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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.

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