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. 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. Apart from winning the Yugoslav second division once and the third division five times, they had no success during the Yugoslav period; 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. Since 1991, Maribor have competed in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the highest level of football in the country. 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. Maribor are the most successful club in the country, having won 16 PrvaLiga titles, 9 Slovenian Cups and 4 Slovenian Supercups.
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. 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.
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.
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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 2025–26 season.
+List of Maribor players, and displaying the types of accomplishments and statistics by the players during their time with the clubNameCountry representedFirstLastSeasonsAppsGoals2008202215593 211 1962197916 39174 Slovenia §1989200110365 Slovenia §201020211135811 Slovenia §201120203510196119751531701963197712311104 Slovenia §201020251231117 Slovenia §1993200130835 Slovenia §2009201730812 Slovenia §201020201030210 Slovenia §1991200010296102196119771528373 Slovenia 19801999112806019811997276821970197926811719631973102662919911999263 Slovenia §198519961025688196219741125420072016242611972198023937 Slovenia §1989199923618 Slovenia §199320031023536 Slovenia §201620252311998200523037 Slovenia §202020262272719751989226141975198410224781963197022211197019782211119891996218 Slovenia §20102016215 Slovenia §20162024209142020209019631972204 Slovenia §199920102012003201120051 Slovenia §2010201420035 Slovenia §201319881 Slovenia §20082015198 Slovenia §2013201819527 Slovenia 20142019193301965197218801965197318230 Slovenia §1984200218201990199518127 Slovenia §2005202018125 Albania §199320051791101997200710178781997200417713 Slovenia 1994200317526 Slovenia 201420191741961196917262198419891723619701977170 Macedonia §201120161684220052009168121974198510168198519911651982199716218 Slovenia §201320211611820052010161161997200616102008201515962 Bosnia and Herzegovina §201320191592219751989159 Slovenia 1990199515701997200715220052014149019821989147 Slovenia §19982002143196119691427019721978142 Slovenia 2019202314133 Slovenia 19972001141211982198914119 Slovenia §1994200114022197319791394119781982136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017202113426 Slovenia §2010201313037196719721282013201612542196919751242015202111926 Slovenia §199519981181991199811820012005118 Slovenia §2000200711620112015116199820051161961196511619901993115196119651131619711974112 Slovenia §2003200711116196119661101419901993109181999200710916197919861070 Slovenia §2019202310620022005105Marko Božić2022202410317 Slovenia §200720101031961196710119 Algeria 202320269836 Slovenia §199920019711 Slovenia 2002200596 Slovenia 201920219418 Romania §2018202194 Slovenia §2021202594 Israel §2015201792 Slovenia §201020258918 Slovenia §2003200686 Slovenia §1996199885 Slovenia 2022202484 Lithuania §2024202682 Slovenia §20187932 United Arab Emirates 201820197611 Slovenia 2007201072 Bosnia and Herzegovina §200120027128 Slovenia 2009201469 Macedonia 1993199569 Slovenia 200820096711 Slovenia §201120126628 Slovenia §201266 Slovenia 20032004630 Bosnia and Herzegovina §20182020600 Albania §1998200059 Bulgaria 200620075833 Slovenia §199719995816 Yugoslavia 196919795714 Ghana 202420265425 Bosnia and Herzegovina §200520065413 Moldova 20062007540 Slovenia §202120235023Felipe Santos Benin 2018202150 Slovenia §201620174919 Slovenia 20112014490 Slovenia §200220034822 Hungary 200020024822 Tunisia §202547 Slovenia 2006200747 Slovenia 20152016 460 Slovenia 2010201045 Slovenia 2011202643 Slovenia 2019202242 Slovenia 1996200142 Slovenia 2010201237 Yugoslavia 19691970370 Republic of the Congo §20212022370 Slovenia 2021202235 Albania §2016201835 Slovenia 2020202134 Slovenia §20162017340 Gabon §202420253315 Albania §199719973215 Montenegro §2020202132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003200430 Yugoslavia 1979198029 Slovenia 20092010270 Slovenia 2004200425 Slovenia 2000200125 Yugoslavia / Macedonia §199419942313 Slovenia 199119972310 Slovenia 1992199322 Cameroon 2017201720 Albania 2023202319 Albania 1998199918 Netherlands Antilles / Curaçao 2005200517 Serbia 2022202216 Finland 2025202515 Ivory Coast §2025150 Macedonia 2007200714 Angola 2023202314 Montenegro §20152016140 Somalia 20152015130 Nigeria 2022202311 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20082008100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 201620160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 200120010 Slovenia 199519950 Bosnia and Herzegovina 200120010 Slovenia 201620160 Madagascar 20260 Slovenia §20170
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's 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 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. In the 1980s he represented Yugoslavia. 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.
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