2014–15 NK Maribor season

NK Maribor
2014–15 season
President Drago Cotar
Head Coach Ante Šimundža
Stadium Ljudski vrt
Slovenian League Winners
Slovenian Cup Semi-final
Slovenian Supercup Winners
Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Marcos Tavares (17)
All:
Marcos Tavares (19)
Highest home attendance 12,646 vs Chelsea
(5 November 2014)
Lowest home attendance 1,200 vs Krka
(3 December 2014)
and vs Radomlje
(6 December 2014)
Average home league attendance 4,406[1]
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2014–15 season was Maribor's 55th season of football and the club's 24th consecutive season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga since the league establishment in 1991.

After the 2013–14 season when Maribor won the PrvaLiga and Supercup titles, the club continued with their dominance in domestic competitions during the 2014–15 season and has managed to add another two titles among club honours; they have won their 13th league and their fourth supercup title. Unlike the previous season, when Maribor were runners-up in the Slovenian Football Cup, this season Maribor was knocked out from the competition one round earlier when Celje defeated them 3–2 on aggregate during the semi-final of the 2014–15 Slovenian Football Cup. The club did particularly well in the UEFA competitions where they went undefeated during six matches of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying campaign and, for the first time in 15 years, have managed to secure a spot among the elite 32 clubs in the competition proper. There the club was drawn into a group with Chelsea, Schalke, and Sporting, and has managed to draw each of them once, winning a total of three points in the process. For manager Ante Šimundža this was the second time he had a taste of the elite competition with Maribor, as he was the club's player during their 1999–2000 campaign.

Team captain Marcos Tavares was the club's top scorer during the season with 19 goals, 17 of which were scored in the Slovenian PrvaLiga where he was crowned the league's top scorer for the third time. The Brazilian made history in late August 2014 when he scored the winning goal during the second leg of the UEFA Champions League play-off round against Celtic. He has also entered a small group of six players who have scored more than 100 goals in the PrvaLiga. By the end of the 2014–15 season Tavares has netted 102 goals in 240 PrvaLiga appearances. During the course of the season Maribor maintained an average league attendance of 4,406 on its home matches. This was the first time in almost two decades that the club's home average league attendance exceeded 4,000 spectators per match.

Pre-season

Supercup

Slovenian League

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Maribor (C) 36 24 7 5 74 32+42 79 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Celje 36 20 10 6 58 31+27 70 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 Domžale 35 20 5 10 49 22+27 65
4 Olimpija 36 17 10 9 55 32+23 61
5 Zavrč 35 14 4 17 34 52−18 46

Updated to games played on 30 May 2015.
Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 24 7 5 74 32  +42 79 13 3 2 44 18  +26 11 4 3 30 14  +16

Last updated: 30 May 2015.
Source: [2]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAH
Result W W D W L W L W W W D D W L W L W W W W W W W W D D W L W W D W W W W D
Position 4 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 30 May 2015.
Source: PrvaLiga website
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Notes
  1. ^ The match between Olimpija and Maribor was originally scheduled on 2 August 2014, but was postponed and rescheduled to a later date, on the request of Olimpija which argued that, due to the summer holliday season, a match at a later date would attract more fans to the stands.[3][4][5]
  2. ^ The second part of the season was scheduled to begin on 21 February 2015, however, the Football Association of Slovenia have postponed all matches of the 21st round due to "poor weather conditions".[6] The round was rescheduled to 4 March 2015.[6]

Slovenian Cup

Round of 16

Notes
  1. ^ The match between Maribor and Radomlje was originally scheduled on 17 September, however, the match was postponed and rescheduled to a later date due to Maribor's UEFA campaign.[7]

Quarter-finals

Notes
  1. ^ The quarter-final matches between Krka and Maribor were postponed and rescheduled to a later date, as during the original first and second leg schedule (i.e. 22 October 2014 and 29 October 2014) the opponent of Krka was not established.

Semi-finals

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Notes
  1. ^ Due to 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, the UEFA Emergency Panel decided that Israeli clubs must play their home legs outside of the country in the third qualifying round.[12]

Play-off round

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE SCH SPO MAR
1 England Chelsea 6 4 2 0 17 3 +14 14 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 3–1 6–0
2 Germany Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 9 14 −5 8 0–5 — 4–3 1–1
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 4–2 — 3–1
4 Slovenia Maribor 6 0 3 3 4 13 −9 3 1–1 0–1 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Squad statistics

Key

Players
Nationality
Competitions

Key
PrvaLigaXI The player was selected in the official 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga team of the season[21][22]
TopScorer The player was the top scorer in the respective competition

Foreign players

Below is the list of foreign players who have made appearances for the club during the 2014–15 season. Players primary citizenship is listed first.

Appearances and goals

Correct as of 30 May 2015, match v. Koper. Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The players squad numbers, playing positions, nationalities and statistics are based solely on match reports in Matches sections above and the official website of NK Maribor and the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Only the players, which made at least one appearance for the first team, are listed.

List of Maribor players, who represented the team during the 2014–15 season, and displaying their statistics during that timeframe
No. Pos. Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League Cup Supercup Champions League Total
1 GK Slovenia Aljaž Cotman 10 40 10 &
—
&
—
 60
3 DF Slovenia Erik Janža 60 20 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 80
4 DF Slovenia Marko Šuler 243 30 10 80 363
5 MF Slovenia Željko Filipović 140 30 &
—
&
—
 120 290
6 MF Senegal Welle N'Diaye 152 20 10 20 202
7 DF Slovenia Aleš Mejač 210 21 10 30 271
8 MF Israel Sintayehu Sallallich 275 30 10 80 395
9 FW Brazil Marcos Tavares PrvaLigaXI 3417 TopScorer 31 &
—
&
—
 121 4919
10 MF Republic of Macedonia Agim Ibraimi PrvaLigaXI 242 30 &
—
&
—
 124 396
11 FW Slovenia Luka Zahović 3012 32 10 51 3915
14 FW France Jean-Philippe Mendy 266 41 10 120 437
15 FW Slovenia Rok Sirk &
—
&
—
 10 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 10
16 DF Slovenia Damjan Vuklišević 30 10 11 &
—
&
—
 51
17 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Nusmir Fajić 40 &
—
&
—
 11 20 71
17 FW Slovenia Dalibor Volaš 1410 21 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 1611
20 FW Israel Dudu Biton 111 31 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 142
21 MF Slovenia Amir Dervišević 161 30 10 60 261
22 MF Slovenia Dare Vršič 261 50 12 TopScorer 111 434
23 MF Slovenia Dino Hotić 40 10 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 50
24 DF Slovenia Dejan Trajkovski 10 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 10
24 MF Slovenia Dejan Vokić 20 10 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 30
26 DF Slovenia Aleksander Rajčević PrvaLigaXI 311 20 &
—
&
—
 120 451
28 DF Slovenia Mitja Viler PrvaLigaXI 282 40 10 110 442
30 DF Slovenia Petar Stojanović PrvaLigaXI 230 10 10 110 360
31 DF Slovenia Daniel Vujčić 20 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 20
33 GK Slovenia Jasmin Handanović 340 10 &
—
&
—
 120 470
36 DF Slovenia Žiga Živko 10 20 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 30
39 MF Slovenia Damjan Bohar 337 42 &
—
&
—
 123 4912
40 MF Croatia Sven Dodlek &
—
&
—
 10 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 10
44 DF Brazil Arghus 151 10 &
—
&
—
 40 201
45 DF Slovenia Robert Pušaver 10 20 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 30
69 GK Croatia Matko Obradović 10 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 10
70 MF Slovenia Aleš Mertelj 281 30 10 100 421
97 MF Slovenia Martin Kramarič 10 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 10

Discipline

Correct as of 30 May 2015, match v. Koper. Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The players squad numbers, playing positions, nationalities and statistics are based solely on match reports in Matches sections above and the official website of NK Maribor and the Slovenian PrvaLiga. If a player received two yellow cards in a match and was subsequently sent off the numbers count as two yellow cards, one red card.

List of Maribor players, who represented the team during the 2014–15 season, and displaying their statistics during that timeframe
No. Pos. Name YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card
League Cup Supercup Champions League Total
3 DF Slovenia Erik Janža 00 20 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 20
4 DF Slovenia Marko Šuler 71 20 00 20 111
5 MF Slovenia Željko Filipović 71 00 &
—
&
—
 30 101
6 MF Senegal Welle N'Diaye 40 20 00 00 60
7 DF Slovenia Aleš Mejač 20 10 00 &
—
&
—
 30
8 MF Israel Sintayehu Sallallich 10 00 00 00 10
9 FW Brazil Marcos Tavares PrvaLigaXI 20 10 &
—
&
—
 40 70
10 MF Republic of Macedonia Agim Ibraimi PrvaLigaXI 50 00 &
—
&
—
 20 70
11 FW Slovenia Luka Zahović 31 00 00 00 31
14 FW France Jean-Philippe Mendy 50 00 00 10 60
16 DF Slovenia Damjan Vuklišević 00 &
—
&
—
 10 &
—
&
—
 10
17 FW Slovenia Dalibor Volaš 10 00 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 10
20 FW Israel Dudu Biton 10 00 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 10
21 MF Slovenia Amir Dervišević 50 10 00 10 70
22 MF Slovenia Dare Vršič 50 10 00 00 60
23 MF Slovenia Dino Hotić 20 00 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 20
26 DF Slovenia Aleksander Rajčević PrvaLigaXI 42 10 &
—
&
—
 10 62
28 DF Slovenia Mitja Viler PrvaLigaXI 61 00 00 20 81
30 DF Slovenia Petar Stojanović PrvaLigaXI 131 00 00 30 161
31 DF Slovenia Daniel Vujčić 21 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 21
39 MF Slovenia Damjan Bohar 40 00 &
—
&
—
 00 40
44 DF Brazil Arghus 80 10 &
—
&
—
 10 100
45 DF Slovenia Robert Pušaver 10 00 &
—
&
—
 &
—
&
—
 10
70 MF Slovenia Aleš Mertelj 80 00 00 10 90

Transfers and loans

Summer transfer window

Transfer Position Name From / last To Note
Transfer out MF Croatia Dejan Mezga Maribor Hajduk Split Contract expired[25]
Transfer out DF Slovenia Martin Milec Maribor Standard Liège Undisclosed transfer fee, alleged to be around €1,3 million[26][27]
Transfer in MF Israel Sintayehu Sallallich Maccabi Haifa Maribor Free transfer[28]
Transfer in MF Senegal Welle N'Diaye Gorica Maribor Free transfer[29]
Transfer out FW Slovenia Alen Ploj Maribor Aluminij Free transfer
Transfer out GK Slovenia Marko Pridigar Maribor Free agent Contract expired
Loan out DF Slovenia Matjaž Kek Maribor Veržej Loaned out
Loan out / Slovenia David Borenović Maribor Aluminij Loaned out
Loan out MF Slovenia Nejc Pečovnik Maribor Aluminij Loaned out
Transfer out MF Slovenia Goran Cvijanović Maribor Rijeka Undisclosed transfer fee, alleged to be around €100,000[30][31]
Transfer in GK Slovenia Tadej Trajkovski SV Wildon Maribor Free transfer
Loan out GK Slovenia Tadej Trajkovski Maribor Bistrica Loaned out
Transfer in GK Croatia Matko Obradović Krka Maribor Undisclosed transfer fee, alleged to be around €40,000[32]
Transfer in MF Slovenia Martin Kramarič Krka Maribor Undisclosed transfer fee, alleged to be around €80,000[32]
Loan in FW Israel Dudu Biton Standard Liège Maribor Loaned until the end of the season[33]
Transfer out MF Slovenia Timotej Dodlek Maribor Dunaújváros PASE Free transfer
Transfer out MF Slovenia Emir Dautović Maribor Free agent Contract terminated
Transfer in DF Montenegro Luka Uskoković Budućnost Podgorica Maribor Free transfer
Loan in DF Slovenia Žiga Šoštarič Drava Ptuj Maribor Loaned until the end of the season

Winter transfer window

Transfer Position Name From / last To Note
Transfer in FW Slovenia Dalibor Volaš Debreceni Maribor Free transfer[34]
Transfer in DF Slovenia Erik Janža Domžale Maribor Undisclosed transfer fee and Matic Črnic and Dejan Trajkovski heading the other way[35]
Transfer out DF Slovenia Dejan Trajkovski Domžale Maribor Part of Erik Janža transfer[35]
Transfer out MF Slovenia Matic Črnic Domžale Maribor Part of Erik Janža transfer[35]
Transfer out FW Israel Dudu Biton Maribor Hapoel Tel Aviv Free transfer[36]
Transfer in MF Slovenia Dejan Vokić Bravo Maribor Free transfer[37]
Transfer out FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Nusmir Fajić Maribor Dinamo Minsk Undisclosed transfer fee, alleged to be around €200,000[38]
Transfer in DF Ukraine Alexei Antonov Oleksandriya Maribor Free transfer[39]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistični pregled 2014–15" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Analiza lestvice – 2014–15" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Matej Rijavec (24 July 2014). "Vršič: Prišel sem po čudež in verjamem, da se lahko zgodi" [Vrsic: I came for a miracle, and I believe it can happen] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Novinarska konferenca Darka Karapetrovića po tekmi Olimpija - Chelsea" [Darko Karapertrović press conference after the match Olimpija - Chelsea] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Jaša Lorenčič (2 August 2014). "Večni? Ne. Virtualni derbi." [Eternal? No. Virtual derby.] (in Slovenian). Večer. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  6. 1 2 A.G. (9 February 2015). "Preložen začetek spomladanskega dela Prve lige za teden dni" [The beginning of the second part of the season postponed for a week] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Peter Dominko (22 August 2014). "V drugem krogu Pokala dva prvoligaška obračuna" [Two first division matches in the second round of the cup] (in Slovenian). SNPortal.si. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Zrinjski Mostar vs Maribor 0–0". Soccerway. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Maribor vs Zrinjski Mostar 2–0". Soccerway. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Maribor vs Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0". Soccerway. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Maribor 2–2". Soccerway. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Allon Sinai (10 July 2014). "Maccabi Tel Aviv's Champions League qualifier changed due to rocket fire". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Maribor vs Celtic 1–1". Soccerway. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Celtic vs Maribor 0–1". Soccerway. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Maribor vs Sporting CP 1–1". Soccerway. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Schalke 04 vs Maribor 1–1". Soccerway. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Chelsea vs Maribor 6–0". Soccerway. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  18. ↑ "Maribor vs Chelsea 1–1". Soccerway. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  19. ↑ "Sporting CP vs Maribor 3–1". Soccerway. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  20. ↑ "Maribor vs Schalke 0–1". Soccerway. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  21. ↑ "Najboljši je Benjamin Verbič!" [Benjamin Verbic is the most valuable player!] (in Slovenian). Association of 1. SNL. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  22. ↑ A. V. (13 May 2015). "Nogometaši izbrali Benjamina Verbiča" [The footballers have picked Benjamin Verbic] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  23. ↑ NK Maribor. "Tretji Brazilec v LV" [Third Brazilian in LV] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  24. ↑ NK Maribor (16 September 2013). "Kapetan je prisegel" [The Captain has sworn] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  25. ↑ NK Maribor (23 May 2014). "Slovo s trakom" [Farewell with the captain's armband] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  26. ↑ NK Maribor (27 June 2014). "Milec pred podpisom za Standard" [Milec is about to sign for Standard] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  27. ↑ Peter Dominko (27 June 2014). "Le še zdravniški pregled" [Only a medical examination left] (in Slovenian). snportal.si. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  28. ↑ NK Maribor (27 June 2014). "Novo ime je Sallalich" [Sallalich is the new player] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  29. ↑ NK Maribor (30 June 2014). "N'Diaye dve leti v vijoličastem" [N'Diaye in purple for two years] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  30. ↑ NK Maribor (11 August 2014). "Cvijanović se je preselil na Reko" [Cvijanovic has moved to Rijeka] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  31. ↑ T. Gr. (9 August 2014). "Cvijanović iz Maribora h Keku na Reko" [Cvijanovic from Maribor to Kek's Rijeka] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  32. 1 2 NK Maribor (31 August 2014). "Nova člana Obradović in Kramarič" [Obradović and Kramarič are new squad members] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  33. ↑ NK Maribor (1 September 2014). "Novi napadalec je Dudu Biton" [Dudu Biton is a new striker] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  34. ↑ rk (23 December 2014). "Dalibor Volaš se vrača v Ljudski vrt" [Dalibor Volas returns] (in Slovenian). Dnevnik. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  35. 1 2 3 M.L. (7 January 2015). "Po Trajkovskem v Domžalah še Črnic" [After Trajkovski Crnic also heading to Domzale] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  36. ↑ Peter Dominko (16 January 2015). "Biton spomladi nič več za Maribor" [Maribor without Biton during spring] (in Slovenian). SNPortal.si. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  37. ↑ Peter Dominko (29 January 2015). "Obetavni Vokić v Ljudskem vrtu" [Promising Vokić arrives at Ljudski vrt] (in Slovenian). SNPortal.si. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  38. ↑ Peter Dominko (2 February 2015). "Fajić odslej za Dinamo iz Minska" [Fajić joins Dinamo Minsk] (in Slovenian). SNPortal.si. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  39. ↑ Peter Dominko (10 February 2015). "Maribor tudi z Ukrajincem" [Maribor also with an Ukrainian] (in Slovenian). SNPortal.si. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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