2016–17 NK Maribor season

The 2016–17 season was Maribor's 57th season of football and 26th consecutive season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian top division, since the league establishment in 1991 with Maribor as one of the league's founding members. The team participated in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian Football Cup, and UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017.

NK Maribor

2016–17 season
President	Drago Cotar
Head Coach	Darko Milanič
Stadium	Ljudski vrt
Slovenian League	Winners
Slovenian Cup	Semi-finals
Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Luka Zahović (15) All: Luka Zahović (16)
Highest home attendance	12,000 vs Olimpija (25 February 2017)[1]
Lowest home attendance	1,200 vs Celje (17 May 2017)[1]
Average home league attendance	4,222[2]
Home colours Away colours

Slovenian League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	36	21	10	5	63	30	+33	73	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Gorica	36	16	12	8	48	39	+9	60[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Olimpija Ljubljana	36	17	9	10	49	35	+14	60[lower-alpha 1]
4	Domžale	36	16	8	12	63	45	+18	56	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5	Celje	36	15	10	11	48	39	+9	55

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[3]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Gorica ahead of Olimpija on head-to-head record: Olimpija–Gorica 1–0, Gorica–Olimpija 1–1, Olimpija–Gorica 1–2, Gorica–Olimpija 1–0
2. Domžale qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	21	10	5	63	30	+33	73	14	2	2	33	9	+24	7	8	3	30	21	+9

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
Source: [4]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W
Position	3	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: PrvaLiga website
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 July 2016 1	Maribor	1–0	Koper	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Hodžić  57' Viler  75' Vršič  90+4'  90+4'	Report	Gregov  44'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

24 July 2016 2	Maribor	2–0	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Omoregie  33' Vrhovec  72' Omoregie  89'	Report	Zec  6' Krcić  32'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Damir Skomina

31 July 2016 3	Domžale	2–2	Maribor	Domžale
20:15 CEST	Juninho  49' Balkovec  65' (f.k.) Širok  82'	Report	Blažič  28' (o.g.) Bohar  30' Pihler  38'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Matej Jug

8 August 2016 4	Maribor	1–1	Olimpija	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Novaković  18' Vršič  42' Sallalich  65'	Report	Kronaveter  48' Zajc  79'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

13 August 2016 5	Gorica	2–1	Maribor	Nova Gorica
17:55 CEST	Šuler  42' (o.g.) Burgić  67'	Report	Defendi  13' Bajde  56' Vrhovec  62' Janža  83'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

21 August 2016 6	Maribor	0–2	Aluminij	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Mertelj  13' Šuler  64' Hodžić  70' Kabha  89'	Report	Škoflek  24' Petrović  42' Zeba  72'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Darjan Kovačič

28 August 2016 7	Celje	0–3	Maribor	Celje
20:15 CEST	Pišek  70'	Report	Defendi  44' Pišek  51' (o.g.) Omoregie  71' Zahović  86'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Bojan Mertik

10 September 2016 8	Maribor	4–0	Radomlje	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Novaković  40' Omoregie  45+1', 57' Šuler  51'	Report	Jugovar  17' Nunić  39'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Roman Glažar

17 September 2016 9	Krško	1–2	Maribor	Krško
20:15 CEST	Jurečič  16' Šturm  36' Krajcer  56'	Report	Vršič  12' Vrhovec  36' Šme  70' Kabha  90+1' Šuler  90+4'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

21 September 2016 10	Koper	1–2	Maribor	Koper
20:15 CEST	Datković  30' Ibričić  47' Andrejašič  53' Pučko  64' Gregov  65' Pranjić  77' Muslimović  85'	Report	Pihler  27' Zahović  45' Tavares  62' Janža  66'	Stadium: Bonifika Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Matej Jug

25 September 2016 11	Rudar Velenje	1–1	Maribor	Velenje
16:55 CEST	Vručina  31'  65' Pišek  62'	Report	Novaković  26' Kabha  21'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rade Obrenović

1 October 2016 12	Maribor	3–1	Domžale	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Tavares  51'  56' Zahović  90+1'	Report	Horvat  8' Matjašič  21' Dobrovoljc  33' Halilović  74' Širok  90+6'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

15 October 2016 13	Olimpija	1–3	Maribor	Ljubljana
20:30 CEST	Krefl  81' Kronaveter  86' Velikonja  90'	Report	Kabha  12' Tavares  12' Novaković  35'  64' Pihler  49' Vršič  63' Janža  82' Handanović  90+3' Zahović  90+4'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 13,770 Referee: Matej Jug

22 October 2016 14	Maribor	1–0	Gorica	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Šuler  47'	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dejan Balažič

30 October 2016 15	Aluminij	0–0	Maribor	Kidričevo
14:00 CET	Vrbanec  38' Turkalj  44' Rebernik  74'	Report	Janža  88'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Roberto Ponis

5 November 2016 16	Maribor	2–0	Celje	Maribor
20:15 CET	Zahović  62'  86' Novaković  70'	Report	Rahmanović  53'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Matej Jug

20 November 2016 17	Radomlje	0–3	Maribor	Domžale
16:55 CET	Jazbec  35' Marinšek  90+3'	Report	Šuler  32' Pihler  37', 88' Janža  56' Šme  81'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

26 November 2016 18	Maribor	4–0	Krško	Maribor
20:15 CET	Zahović  8'  65' Vršič  15' Tavares  18' Šme  26' Sallalich  36'	Report	Špiler  21' Dangubić  84' Sokler  87'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Rade Obrenović

30 November 2016 19	Maribor	4–0	Koper	Maribor
20:15 CET	Zahović  9' Tavares  12', 59' Vršič  36' Sallalich  68' Hotić  77'	Report	Kokorović  50' Biljan  57' Teijo  68'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Miran Bukovec

3 December 2016 20	Maribor	1–0	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
20:15 CET	Zahović  81' Kabha  81'	Report	Vručina  29' Babić  64' Mužek  81' Kašnik  90+3'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Roman Glažar

10 December 2016 21	Domžale	3–2	Maribor	Domžale
16:55 CET	Vetrih  12', 74' Blažič  32'	Report	Zahović  6' (pen.), 43' Pihler  38' Vrhovec  60' Šme  62' Šuler  89'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Roberto Ponis

25 February 2017 22	Maribor	1–0	Olimpija	Maribor
20:15 CET	Zahović  51' Kabha  58' Defendi  88'	Report	Avramovski  82'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

7 March 2017^[A] 23	Gorica	2–4	Maribor	Nova Gorica
16:00 CET	Burgič  14' (pen.) Humar  21' Burgič  72'	Report	Kabha  33' Vršič  35', 41' Šuler  59' Zahović  63', 85' Novaković  72'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Dejan Balažič

11 March 2017 24	Maribor	4–1	Aluminij	Maribor
20:15 CET	Zahović  41' (pen.) Novaković  64' Vršič  66' (f.k.) Tavares  86'	Report	Bizjak  40'  78'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Roberto Ponis

18 March 2017 25	Celje	1–1	Maribor	Celje
20:15 CET	Barišić  5'  54'  Volaš  45' Vidmajer  74'	Report	Novaković  6' Pihler  44' Vrhovec  58' Bajde  87'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Damir Skomina

29 March 2017 26	Maribor	1–0	Radomlje	Maribor
19:30 CEST	Vršič  7' Sallalich  78'	Report	Jazbec  19' Cerar  75' Balić  83'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Vojko Goričan

1 April 2017 27	Krško	1–1	Maribor	Krško
20:15 CEST	Šturm  26' Dangubić  29' (pen.)	Report	Defendi  28' Vršič  41'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Mitja Žganec

8 April 2017 28	Koper	2–2	Maribor	Koper
20:15 CEST	Ibričić  10' (pen.)  29' Park  30' Datković  73' Križman  81' Kokorović  83'	Report	Viler  15' Novaković  59', 63'	Stadium: Bonifika Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rade Obrenović

15 April 2017 29	Rudar Velenje	0–1	Maribor	Velenje
20:15 CEST	Vručina  56' Zec  90+1'	Report	Zahović  39' Palčič  61' Handanović  90+3'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

22 April 2017 30	Maribor	1–0	Domžale	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Tavares  1' Vrhovec  5' Mertelj  89' Viler  90'	Report	Husmani  49'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

29 April 2017 31	Olimpija	0–0	Maribor	Ljubljana
20:30 CEST	Issah  41'	Report	Zahović  35' Pihler  38' Novaković  89'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

6 May 2017 32	Maribor	2–2	Gorica	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Zahović  37' Viler  45' Novaković  52', 87'	Report	Žigon  35' Filipović  39' Osuji  72'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Roberto Ponis

14 May 2017 33	Aluminij	3–1	Maribor	Kidričevo
16:55 CEST	Mesec  18', 42' Kramer  44' Vrbanec  85' Bizjak  90+3'	Report	Vrhovec  57' Hotić  78'  87' (f.k.)	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

17 May 2017 34	Maribor	0–2	Celje	Maribor
20:15 CEST	Tavares  29' Rajčević  85'	Report	Požeg Vancaš  26' Džinić  49' Volaš  51' Cvek  67' Hodžić  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rade Obrenović

21 May 2017 35	Radomlje	1–1	Maribor	Murska Sobota
16:55 CEST	Nunić  53' Lidjan  74' Primc  87'	Report	Tavares  67'	Stadium: Fazanerija Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bojan Mertik

27 May 2017 36	Maribor	1–0	Krško	Maribor
16:55 CEST	Rajčević  37' Hotić  45' Viler  67'	Report	Mujan  35' Šturm  60' Pušaver  89'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Miran Bukovec

Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.

Notes

1. ^
   The match was originally scheduled on 4 March 2017, however, it was postponed to a later date because of poor weather conditions and waterlogged pitch.[5][6]

Slovenian Cup

14 September 2016 Round of 16	Radomlje	0–2	Maribor	Domžale
18:00 CEST	Stoiljković  27' Osmanaj  80'	Report	Defendi  55' Vršič  74' Šuler  80' Kabha  90+3'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Vojko Goričan

19 October 2016 Quarter-finals 1st leg	Gorica	1–1	Maribor	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST	Grudina  31' Celcer  34' Kotnik  58' (f.k.)	Report	Zahović  44' Hotić  62' Sallalich  71' Mezga  89'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

26 October 2016 Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Maribor	0–0 (1–1 (a) agg.)	Gorica	Maribor
17:15 CEST	Šme  33' Sallalich  48' Hotić  55' Obradović  90+2'	Report	Kolenc  22' Burgić  45'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

5 April 2017 Semi-finals 1st leg	Olimpija	2–1	Maribor	Ljubljana
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eleke  41' Wobay  48' Benko  81', 85' Štiglec  90+4'	Report	Vrhovec  40' Vršič  48'  64' Šuler  79'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Matej Jug

12 April 2017 Semi-finals 2nd leg	Maribor	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Olimpija	Maribor
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hotić  71'	Report	Eleke  18' Crețu  32'  45' Klinar  63' Vodišek  66'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Damir Skomina

Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

14 July 2016 First leg	Maribor	0–0	Levski Sofia	Maribor, Slovenia
20:00 CEST		Report	Hristov  31' Kostadinov  35' Jorgačević  65'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 7,345[7] Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

21 July 2016 Second leg	Levski Sofia	1–1 (1–1 (a) agg.)	Maribor	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 CEST	Aleksandrov  6' Narh  22' Kostadinov  65' Narh  90'	Report	Kabha  47' Tavares  68' Hotić  76' Šuler  82'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 17,600[8] Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

Third qualifying round

28 July 2016 First leg	Aberdeen	1–1	Maribor	Aberdeen, Scotland
20:45 CEST	Hayes  31'  88' Rooney  90+3'	Report	Kabha  25' Vrhovec  67' Novaković  83' Bohar  90+1' Tavares  90+4'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 17,105[9] Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

4 August 2016 Second leg	Maribor	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Aberdeen	Maribor, Slovenia
20:15 CEST	Handanović  23' Novaković  38' Janža  54' Kabha  83' Shinnie  90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Shinnie  36' Stockley  53'  61'  Wright  90+3'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 9,796[10] Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Play-off round

18 August 2016 First leg	Gabala	3–1	Maribor	Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00 CEST	Zenjov  37' Dabo  50', 52'	Report	Tavares  17' Šuler  29' Vrhovec  58'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena^[B] Attendance: 4,723[11] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

25 August 2016 Second leg	Maribor	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Gabala	Maribor, Slovenia
20:15 CEST	Janža  49' Pihler  60' Šme  65' Tavares  66' Kabha  67'	Report	Vernydub  38' Weeks  69' Mammadov  87' Ozobić  89'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 9,000[12] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.

Notes

2. ^
   Gabala played their home match at Bakcell Arena in Baku, as their own Gabala City Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

Friendlies

17 June 2016 1	Mattersburg	0–0	Maribor	Jennersdorf, Austria
18:00 CEST		Report		Referee: Thomas Paukovits

21 June 2016 2	Maribor	2–2	Chikhura Sachkhere	Bakovci, Slovenia
17:00 CEST	Tavares  18' Štor  58'	Report	Lobjanidze  25', 39'	Stadium: ŠRC Bakovci Referee: Štefan Fekonja

25 June 2016 3	Maribor	2–3	Jagiellonia Białystok	Beltinci, Slovenia
18:15 CEST	Tomasik  66' (o.g.) Bajde  90'	Report	Górski  21' Mystkowski  28' Černych  57'	Stadium: Beltinci Sports Park Referee: Darjan Kovačič

29 June 2016 4	Sturm Graz	1–2	Maribor	Gralla, Austria
19:00 CEST	Matić  43'	Report	Sallalich  20' Bohar  77'	Stadium: Sportanlage Gralla Attendance: 800 Referee: Alexander Harkam

3 July 2016 5	Maribor	2–1	Vardar	Odranci, Slovenia
17:00 CEST	Šuler  45' Tavares  60'	Report	Felipe  78' (f.k.)	Stadium: ŠRC Odranci Referee: Bojan Mertik

6 July 2016 6	Maribor	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Kidričevo, Slovenia
17:30 CEST	Kabha  48'	Report	Júnior  9'	Stadium: Sports Park Referee: Niko Mihelič

9 July 2016 7	Maribor	0–0	Celtic	Maribor, Slovenia
19:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tadej Mežnar

7 October 2016 8	Maribor	0–3	Szombathelyi Haladás	Odranci, Slovenia
15:00 CEST		(in Slovene) Report	Gaál  13' Dombi  74' Rácz  80'	Stadium: ŠRC Odranci Referee: Bojan Mertik

11 November 2016 9	Maribor	0–1	Inter Zaprešić	Maribor, Slovenia
14:15 CET		(in Slovene) Report	Mamut  83'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Tadej Mežnar

18 January 2017 10	Nafta 1903	1–2	Maribor	Lendava, Slovenia
16:00 CET	Marciuš  15'	Report	Vršič  32' Bohar  68'	Stadium: 2. OŠ Lendava Field Referee: Hozjan

21 January 2017 11	ZTE	1–3	Maribor	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
14:00 CET	Végh  4'	Report	Omoregie  16' Štor  70' Sallallich  87'	Stadium: ZTE Football Centre Referee: Dávid Lapath

24 January 2017 12	Maribor	5–0	Kapfenberger SV	Maribor, Slovenia
14:00 CET	Vršič  16' Defendi  30' Vršič  40' (pen.) Meusburger  44' (o.g.) Novaković  60'	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt (artificial turf) Referee: Tadej Mežnar

28 January 2017 13	Maribor	4–1	Gorica	Maribor, Slovenia
14:00 CET	Tavares  4' Novaković  51' Hotić  55' (pen.) Novaković  77'	Report	Tatar  14'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt (artificial turf) Referee: Miha Kamplet

1 February 2017 14	Maribor	1–1	Arsenal Tula	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET	Pihler  43'	Report	Denisov  3'	Stadium: Titanic Deluxe Sports Centre Referee: Isa Kas (Turkey)

4 February 2017 15	Maribor	0–0	BATE Borisov	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sport Center Referee: Rifet Çakır (Turkey)

6 February 2017 16	Maribor	1–1	Oleksandriya	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET	Bohar  5'	Report	Uskoković  15' (o.g.)	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center Referee: Askhat Abdanbaev (Kazakhstan)

8 February 2017 17	Maribor	2–2	Ludogorets	Belek, Turkey
14:00 CET	Zahović  5', 31' (pen.)	Report	Keșerü  63' Lukoki  84'	Stadium: Titanic Deluxe Sports Centre Referee: Denis Ismailov (Kazakhstan)

10 February 2017 18	Maribor	0–1	Slovácko	Belek, Turkey
17:00 CET		Report	Čivić  30'	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center Referee: Roman Galimov (Russia)

11 February 2017 19	Maribor	1–3	Budućnost Podgorica	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET	Bajde  48'	Report	Raičević  15' Raičković  32' Mirković  64'	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center Attendance: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

18 February 2017 20	Maribor	1–1	Rudar Velenje	Maribor, Slovenia
15:00 CET	Novaković  34'	Report	Vručina  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Colour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.

Squad statistics

Key

Players

• No. = Shirt number
• Pos. = Playing position
• GK = Goalkeeper
• DF = Defender
• MF = Midfielder
• FW = Forward

Nationality

• = Bosnia and Herzegovina
• = Brazil
• = Croatia
• = France
• = Israel
• = Macedonia
• = Nigeria
• = Senegal
• = Serbia
• = Slovenia

Competitions

• = Appearances
• = Goals
• = Yellow card
• = Red card

Designations

•  The player was selected in the official 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga team of the season[13][14]

Appearances and goals

Correct as of 27 May 2017, match v. Krško. 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 2016–17 season, and displaying their statistics during that timeframe

No.	Pos.	Name
			League		Cup		Europa League		Total
2	DF	Adis Hodžić	7	0	—	—	2	0	9	0
3	DF	Erik Janža	16	0	2	0	6	0	24	0
4	DF	Marko Šuler	32	3	3	0	6	0	41	3
5	MF	Blaž Vrhovec	27	0	5	0	6	0	38	0
6	MF	Aleks Pihler	31	3	2	0	4	0	37	3
7	DF	Žan Karničnik	1	0	—	—	—	—	1	0
7	MF	Amar Rahmanović	1	0	—	—	—	—	1	0
8	MF	Sintayehu Sallalich	22	1	3	0	4	0	29	1
9	FW	Marcos Tavares	33	9	5	0	6	3	44	12
10	MF	Dino Hotić	28	2	3	1	3	0	34	3
11	FW	Milivoje Novaković	26	11	3	0	6	1	35	12
14	FW	Sunny Omoregie	14	5	2	0	2	0	18	5
18	MF	Sandi Ogrinec	6	0	1	0	—	—	7	0
20	FW	Gregor Bajde	10	1	1	0	6	0	17	1
22	MF	Dare Vršič	26	9	3	2	6	0	35	11
24	MF	Marwan Kabha	20	1	3	1	5	0	28	2
26	DF	Aleksander Rajčević	12	0	1	0	—	—	13	0
28	DF	Mitja Viler	18	0	3	0	—	—	21	0
29	DF	Matej Palčič	17	0	4	0	—	—	21	0
30	MF	Valon Ahmedi	5	0	—	—	—	—	5	0
31	MF	Daniel Vujčić	1	0	—	—	—	—	1	0
32	DF	Luka Uskoković	1	0	—	—	—	—	1	0
33	GK	Jasmin Handanović	32	0	—	—	6	0	38	0
35	DF	Rodrigo Defendi	25	0	5	0	4	0	34	0
39	MF	Damjan Bohar	20	1	4	0	5	0	29	1
44	DF	Denis Šme	15	0	2	0	6	0	23	0
45	DF	Robert Pušaver	1	0	—	—	—	—	1	0
69	GK	Matko Obradović	4	0	5	0	—	—	9	0
70	MF	Aleš Mertelj	12	0	2	0	1	0	15	0
88	MF	Dejan Mezga	4	0	3	0	—	—	7	0
90	FW	Luka Zahović	28	15	5	1	—	—	33	16
Own goals			—	2	—	—	—	1	—	3
Totals			—	63	—	5	—	5	—	73

Discipline

Correct as of 27 May 2017, match v. Krško. 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 2016–17 season, and displaying their statistics during that timeframe

No.	Pos.	Name
			League		Cup		Europa League		Total
2	DF	Adis Hodžić	2	0	—	—	0	0	2	0
3	DF	Erik Janža	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
4	DF	Marko Šuler	4	0	2	0	2	0	8	0
5	MF	Blaž Vrhovec	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
6	MF	Aleks Pihler	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
8	MF	Sintayehu Sallalich	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
9	FW	Marcos Tavares	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
10	MF	Dino Hotić	2	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
11	FW	Milivoje Novaković	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
20	FW	Gregor Bajde	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	Dare Vršič	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
24	MF	Marwan Kabha	6	0	0	0	4	0	10	0
26	DF	Aleksander Rajčević	2	0	0	0	—	—	2	0
28	DF	Mitja Viler	5	0	0	0	—	—	5	0
29	DF	Matej Palčič	1	0	0	0	—	—	1	0
33	GK	Jasmin Handanović	2	0	—	—	1	0	3	0
35	DF	Rodrigo Defendi	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
39	MF	Damjan Bohar	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
44	DF	Denis Šme	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
69	GK	Matko Obradović	0	0	1	0	—	—	1	0
70	MF	Aleš Mertelj	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
88	MF	Dejan Mezga	0	0	1	0	—	—	1	0
90	FW	Luka Zahović	4	0	0	0	—	—	4	0
Totals			67	0	12	0	17	0	96	0

Foreign players

Below is the list of foreign players who have made appearances for the club during the 2016–17 season. Players primary citizenship is listed first.

EU Nationals

• Dejan Mezga[15]
• Matko Obradović

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

• Rodrigo Defendi[16]
• Marcos Tavares[17]

Non-EU Nationals

• Amar Rahmanović
• Marwan Kabha
• Sintayehu Sallalich
• Sunny Omoregie

Transfers and loans

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
6	MF		Aleks Pihler	22	EU	Zavrč	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	[18][19]
5	MF		Blaž Vrhovec	24	EU	Celje	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed, alleged to be around €500,000	[20][21]
14	FW		Sunny Omoregie	27	Non-EU	Celje	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed, part of Blaž Vrhovec transfer	[20][21]
—	FW		Zoran Baljak	20	Non-EU	Dinamo Vranje	Transfer	Summer	—	Free transfer	[22][23]
—	MF		Chris Cener	15	EU	Rapid Wien	Transfer	Summer	—	Undisclosed, youth transfer	[24][25]
88	MF		Dejan Mezga	31	EU	Apollon Limassol	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	[26][27]

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
6	MF		Welle N'Diaye	26	Non-EU	Free agent	Contract ended	Summer	Free	[28][29]
10	MF		Agim Ibraimi	27	EU	Astana	Transfer	Summer	Free^[C]	[30][31]
5	MF		Željko Filipović	27	EU	Mechelen	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed, alleged to be around €500,000	[32][33]
14	FW		Jean-Philippe Mendy	29	EU	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed, alleged to be around €2 million	[34][35]
—	DF		Žan Florjanc	18	EU	Aluminij	Transfer	Summer	Youth transfer	[36]
—	FW		Zoran Baljak	20	Non-EU	Retirement	—	—	Contract ended, player deceased	[37][38]
—	MF		Damjan Marjanović	20	EU	Retirement	—	—	Contract ended, player deceased	[37][38]
—	GK		Ljubomir Moravac	19	Non-EU	Retirement	—	—	Career ended	[39][40]
—	MF		Sven Dodlek	20	EU	Rudar Velenje	Transfer	Summer	Free	[41][42]
7	MF		Amar Rahmanović	22	Non-EU	Celje	Transfer	Summer	Free	[43][44]
3	DF		Erik Janža	23	EU	Viktoria Plzeň	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed, alleged to be around €700,000	[45][46]
88	MF		Dejan Mezga	31	EU	Nacional	Transfer	Winter	Free	[47][48]
—	FW		Bian Paul Šauperl	21	EU	Veržej	Transfer	Winter	Free	[49][50]

Notes

3. ^
   Agim Ibraimi signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side Astana,[51] with the contract reportedly being worth a total of €2.25 million. Astana acquired the player as a free agent,[51] with Ibraimi, whose contract with Maribor was set to expire in 2019,[52] presumably buying out his contract for an undisclosed fee.[30][31]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
90	FW		Luka Zahović	20	EU	Heerenveen	Loan	Summer	2017	—	[53][54]

Loans out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
97	FW		Martin Kramarič	18	EU	Krško	Loan	Summer	—	[55][56]
25	MF		Ranko Moravac	21	EU	Krško	Loan	Summer	—	[55][56]
72	MF		Dejan Vokić	20	EU	Krško	Loan	Summer	—	[55][56]
16	DF		Damjan Vuklišević	20	EU	Krško	Loan	Summer	—	[55][56]
—	GK		Tadej Ponudič	18	EU	Aluminij	Loan	Summer	—	[24]
—	DF		Tim Vorše	18	EU	Aluminij	Loan	Summer	—	[24]
—	DF		Robert Pušaver	21	EU	Krško	Loan	Summer	—	[57][58]
20	FW		Gregor Bajde	22	EU	Novara	Loan	Summer	—	[59][60]
14	FW		Sunny Omoregie	28	Non-EU	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Loan	Winter	—	[61][62]
—	MF		Amir Dervišević	24	EU	Veržej	Loan	Winter	—	[49][63]
—	MF		Dejan Vokić	20	EU	Veržej	Loan	Winter	—	[49][50]

See also

• List of NK Maribor seasons

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