2017–18 NK Maribor season

The 2017–18 season was the 58th season in the history of Nogometni klub Maribor. It began on 1 June 2017 and concluded on 31 May 2018, with competitive matches played between July and May. It was the first season since 2007–08 in which Maribor did not win a single trophy during the season as the team lost the league title to Olimpija Ljubljana due to worse head-to-head record after finishing with the same number of points (80) in 36 rounds. Olimpija also eliminated Maribor in the quarter-finals of the Slovenian Cup. However, Maribor fared better in European competitions as the team reached the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the third time in club's history.

NK Maribor

2017–18 season
President	Drago Cotar
Head Coach	Darko Milanič
Stadium	Ljudski vrt
Slovenian League	Runners-up
Slovenian Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Luka Zahović (18) All: Marcos Tavares (22)
Highest home attendance	12,566 vs Spartak (13 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Gorica (2 December 2017)[1]
Average home league attendance	3,509[2]
Home colours Away colours

32 different players represented the club in three competitions and there were 17 different goalscorers. Maribor's top goalscorer was Marcos Tavares, who scored 22 goals in 47 games.

Transfers

In June 2017, Maribor signed Jean-Claude Billong and Jasmin Mešanović, both on a free transfer. Mešanović signed from Bosnian team Zrinjski Mostar, who were Maribor's opponents in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Dejan Vokić, Martin Kramarič and Sunny Omoregie returned to squad after their loan spells ended.[3] On 6 August 2017, Maribor signed Martin Milec, who already played for the club between 2010 and 2014.[4] Dare Vršič, who was selected as the best player of the 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga season, has re-signed with Maribor on 29 August 2017 after his previous contract with the club ran out after the 2016–17 season.[5] On the same day, Maribor signed forward Adnan Ahmetović, who was the top goalscorer of the 2016–17 Slovenian U19 League.[6] On the last day of the summer transfer window, Maribor acquired Israeli player Lior Inbrum on a season-long loan from Gent.[7] In December 2017, Maribor announced a two new signings, a Malian defender Kassim Doumbia from FH and a Bosnian goalkeeper Kenan Pirić from Zrinjski. However, Maribor and Zrinjski reached an agreement that Pirić would stay at Zrinjski until the end of the season before joining Maribor in July 2018.[8] On 12 January 2018, Maribor signed a Serbian defender Saša Ivković from Voždovac until 2021 for an undisclosed transfer fee.[9] On 25 January 2018, Maribor acquired the Slovenian under-21 international forward Jan Mlakar from Fiorentina on a free transfer.[10] On 13 February 2018, Maribor signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian defensive midfielder Alexandru Crețu, who previously played for Maribor's "eternal rivals" Olimpija Ljubljana.[11]

Milivoje Novaković, who scored twelve goals in all competitions during the previous season, has retired. Defender Rodrigo Defendi and midfielder Sintayehu Sallalich have left the club after their contract ran out. On 1 August 2017, Žan Celar transferred to the Italian side Roma for a transfer fee of about €1 million.[12] In December 2017, Jean-Claude Billong moved to the Serie A team Benevento for an undisclosed transfer fee, believed to be around €2 million.[13] In January 2018, Matej Palčič left for Wisła Kraków.[14] On the last day of the winter transfer window, Marwan Kabha signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[15]

In No. Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Ref 3 DF Jean-Claude Billong Rudar Velenje Free transfer 5 June 2017 [16] 27 FW Jasmin Mešanović Zrinjski Mostar Free transfer 21 June 2017 [17] 22 DF Martin Milec Standard Liège Undisclosed 6 August 2017 [4] FW Adnan Ahmetović Koper Free transfer 29 August 2017 [6] 12 MF Dare Vršič Free agent Free transfer 29 August 2017 [5] 15 DF Kassim Doumbia FH Free transfer 13 December 2017 [8] 31 DF Saša Ivković Voždovac Undisclosed 12 January 2018 [9] 29 FW Jan Mlakar Fiorentina Free transfer 25 January 2018 [10] 8 MF Alexandru Crețu Olimpija Ljubljana €100,000 13 February 2018 [11]

Out No. Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Ref DF Damjan Vuklišević Rudar Velenje Free transfer 27 June 2017 [18] DF Robert Pušaver Rudar Velenje Undisclosed 27 June 2017 [18] 11 FW Milivoje Novaković Retired Free transfer 1 July 2017 [19] 8 MF Sintayehu Sallalich Free agent Free transfer 1 July 2017 [20] 22 MF Dare Vršič Free agent Free transfer 1 July 2017 [20] 35 DF Rodrigo Defendi Aves Free transfer 12 July 2017 [21] 99 FW Žan Celar Roma €1 million 1 August 2017 [12] 3 DF Jean-Claude Billong Benevento €2 million 20 December 2017 [13] 29 DF Matej Palčič Wisła Kraków Undisclosed 23 January 2018 [14] 8 MF Marwan Kabha Hapoel Be'er Sheva €400,000 31 January 2018 [15] 72 MF Dejan Vokić Triglav Kranj Free transfer 15 February 2018 [22]

Loans in No. Position Player Loaned from Loan commenced Loan expired Ref 99 MF Lior Inbrum Gent 31 August 2017 January 2018[lower-alpha 1] [7][23]

Loans out No. Position Player Loaned to Loan commenced Loan expired Ref FW Anel Hajrić Radomlje 5 July 2017 End of season [24] FW Adnan Ahmetović Veržej 1 September 2017 January 2018 [25] 18 MF Sandi Ogrinec Krško 24 January 2018 End of season [26] 44 DF Denis Šme Aluminij 25 January 2018 End of season [27] 17 FW Luka Štor Aluminij 1 February 2018 End of season [28] DF Medin Bajrami Ilirija 1911 7 February 2018 End of season 25 MF Ranko Moravac Fužinar 19 February 2018 End of season [29] 14 FW Sunny Omoregie Alashkert 21 February 2018 End of season [30]

1. Originally announced as a season-long loan; however, Inbrum returned to Gent in January 2018.

Slovenian League

The 2017–18 season of the Slovenian PrvaLiga saw 10 teams play 36 matches; four against every other team, with two matches at each club's stadium. Three points were awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the season the top team qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League; teams in second and third qualified for the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League instead. The fixture list was released on 22 June 2017.[31]

July–September

Maribor hosted Aluminij at Ljudski vrt on the opening weekend of the season. Aleks Pihler scored the only goal of the game early in the second half.[32] In the second round, Maribor played against newly promoted Triglav Kranj. After 60 minutes, Triglav were leading 2–0; however, Maribor managed to turn the game around, scoring three goals in the last twenty minutes for a 3–2 victory.[33] One week later, Maribor defeated Rudar Velenje 1–0 for the third consecutive league victory.[34] Maribor ended July in second place with the same number of points (nine) as Olimpija Ljubljana.[35] In the first week of August, Maribor defeated Ankaran Hrvatini 5–1 away from home, topping the league for the first time in the season.[36] In the fifth round, Maribor failed to win a match for the first time in the season after a goalless draw against Domžale.[37] A 95th-minute goal by Aleks Pihler secured three points against Krško in a 3–2 victory. Head coach Darko Milanič has made several changes to the starting lineup with a purpose to rest the players for the return leg of the Champions League play-offs against Hapoel Be'er-Sheva.[38] The first derby of the season between "eternal rivals" Olimpija and Maribor, contested on 27 August 2017 at the Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana, has ended in a goalless draw.[39]

After the international break in early September, Maribor contested in another goalless draw, this time against Celje at home.[40] In the ninth round, a brace from Jasmin Mešanović secured three points against Gorica in a 3–0 victory.[41] Maribor won another game with a score of 3–2 after a comeback in the last twenty minutes, this time against Aluminij; in this match, Lior Inbrum was sent-off on his debut appearance for the club.[42] After two consecutive victories, Maribor contested in yet another goalless draw against Triglav at home.[43]

October–December

In October, Maribor played three league games, against Ankaran Hrvatini at home and against Rudar Velenje and Domžale away, narrowly winning all three games, scoring four goals and conceding one.[44] Three out of four team goals were scored by Mešanović.[45] In the first week of November, Maribor secured their highest win of the season after defeating Krško 5–0, with a hat-trick scored by team captain Marcos Tavares and a brace by Aleksander Rajčević.[46] In the second "Eternal derby" of the season on 17 November 2017, Maribor defeated Olimpija 1–0 at home in front of 9,000 spectators with another goal scored by Tavares, topping the league table for the first time since early August.[47] However, in the next round, Maribor suffered their first defeat of the season, losing 2–1 in the "Styrian derby" against Celje. In this match, Tavares scored his 130th goal in the Slovenian top division, tying himself with Štefan Škaper as the all-time top goalscorer in the PrvaLiga.[48] Tavares became the sole record holder when he scored a winning goal in the next round against Gorica in a 2–1 victory.[49] In the last round of the autumn part of the season, Maribor should have played against Aluminij, but the match was postponed to February 2018 due to snowy conditions.[50] Before the winter break, Maribor were top of the league with 43 points out of 18 games.

February–May

Maribor began the spring part of the season with a goalless draw at home against Aluminij on 25 February 2018.[51] After the match against Triglav was postponed due to snow, Maribor contested in another home draw against Rudar and dropped to second place by early March, behind their rivals Olimpija.[52][53] Maribor won their first match in the spring part of the season on 10 March after defeating Ankaran Hrvatini 3–0 with a goals by Dare Vršič, Luka Zahović, and Jasmin Mešanović, before suffering their first home defeat of the season in the next round against Domžale.[54][55] This was followed by another home defeat, this time against Krško. After the match, during the press conference, Zlatko Zahovič, a Director of Football at Maribor, made a personal attack against the journalist of the sports newspaper EkipaSN, which caused a major controversy among the media and the public.[56][57] As a result, Zahovič was suspended by the club and the Football Association of Slovenia.[58][59] In the third "Eternal derby" of the season, Maribor and Olimpija drew 1–1 in Ljubljana as Olimpija retained a ten-point lead over Maribor after 25 matches.[60] In the 26th round, Maribor ended their home ground winless drought after defeating Celje 3–2 with a hat-trick by Luka Zahović.[61] At Stanko Mlakar Stadium, Maribor equalised their highest win of the season as they defeated Triglav 5–0 in a previously postponed match.[62] In the next round, however, Maribor surpassed this record as they defeated Gorica 6–0 in Nova Gorica, extending their winning streak to three games, in which the team scored fourteen goals.[63] In the two remaining games of April, Maribor defeated Aluminij and Triglav, reducing Olimpija's lead to only one point.[64][65] Maribor began the last month of the season with another two victories, over Rudar and Ankaran, extending their winning streak to seven games,[66] before drawing 1–1 with Domžale in the 32nd round after a 91st-minute equalizer by Tavares.[67] In the next round, Maribor topped the league table for the first time since late February after defeating Krško 2–1 at Matija Gubec Stadium, while Olimpija dropped points against Ankaran.[68] In the last derby of the season on 19 May, Maribor lost 3–2 to Olimpija after Andrés Vombergar's last-minute winner in front of 12,166 spectators, again dropping to second place.[69] Maribor have won two remaining matches, 4–0 and 2–0 against Celje and Gorica, respectively, but lost the league title to Olimpija with the same number of points, but worse head-to-head record.[70][71]

Matches

15 July 2017 1	Maribor	1–0	Aluminij	Maribor
20:20 CEST	Pihler  50'	Report	Mesec  85' Jakšić  90'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dejan Balažič

22 July 2017 2	Triglav Kranj	2–3	Maribor	Kranj
16:50 CEST	Gvardjančič  15' Bukara  50' Majcen  55' Poplatnik  60' Robnik  72'	Report	Mešanović  71' Pihler  77' Bohar  86' Tavares  88'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Damir Skomina

29 July 2017 3	Maribor	1–0	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
20:20 CEST	Pihler  9' Vrhovec  11'	Report	Tučić  34'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Rade Obrenović

6 August 2017 4	Ankaran Hrvatini	1–5	Maribor	Dravograd
16:50 CEST	Kidrič  64' Badžim  77'	Report	Kramarič  2' Pihler  36' Hotić  56' Tavares  80' Delgado  90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dravograd Sports Centre Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Roman Glažar

11 August 2017 5	Maribor	0–0	Domžale	Maribor
20:20 CEST	Rajčević  8'	Report	Husmani  56'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

19 August 2017 6	Maribor	3–2	Krško	Maribor
20:20 CEST	Bajde  17' Pihler  66'  90+5' Bohar  74'	Report	Ejup  10' Kovačič  63' Škrbić  81' Jakolić  84'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

27 August 2017 7	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–0	Maribor	Ljubljana
20:20 CEST	Oduwa  46' Čanađija  90+3'	Report	Vrhovec  12' Kabha  54' Ahmedi  82' Mešanović  89'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

8 September 2017 8	Maribor	0–0	Celje	Maribor
20:20 CEST	Milec  17' Kabha  82'	Report	Štraus  45' Pišek  90+3'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Matej Jug

17 September 2017 9	Gorica	0–3	Maribor	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST		Report	Jogan  27' (o.g.) Mešanović  43', 60' Billong  65'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Damir Skomina

22 September 2017 10	Aluminij	2–3	Maribor	Kidričevo
20:20 CEST	Tahiraj  15' Vrbanec  51' Nunić  69' Mensah  72' Jakšić  82'	Report	Inbrum  55'  82' Kabha  60' Ahmedi  65' Hotić  67'  89' Billong  74'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rade Obrenović

30 September 2017 11	Maribor	0–0	Triglav Kranj	Maribor
20:20 CEST	Rajčević  53' Milec  57'	Report	Bukara  59' Poplatnik  80' Zec  80'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

13 October 2017 12	Rudar Velenje	1–2	Maribor	Velenje
20:20 CEST	Mary  34' Vuklišević  44' Črnčič  66' Vizinger  76' Tomašević  88'	Report	Mešanović  52'  54' Bohar  82'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Matej Jug

21 October 2017 13	Maribor	1–0	Ankaran Hrvatini	Maribor
20:20 CEST	Mešanović  40'	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vojko Goričan

28 October 2017 14	Domžale	0–1	Maribor	Domžale
20:20 CEST	Širok  21' Vetrih  34' Balkovec  90+4' Klemenčič  90+4'	Report	Mešanović  58' Vršič  77'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

4 November 2017 15	Krško	0–5	Maribor	Krško
20:20 CET	Balić  74'	Report	Tavares  5', 11', 49' Rajčević  13', 82' Ahmedi  85'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Damir Skomina

17 November 2017 16	Maribor	1–0	Olimpija Ljubljana	Maribor
20:20 CET	Tavares  6' Vrhovec  24' Kabha  53' Viler  79' Billong  90+4'	Report	Bajrić  29' Kapun  37' Čanađija  90+1'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Matej Jug

25 November 2017 17	Celje	2–1	Maribor	Celje
20:20 CET	Džinić  30' Požeg Vancaš  47' Šušnjara  64' Šauperl  90' Jurhar  90+2'	Report	Vrhovec  90+3' Tavares  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Z'dežele Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Dejan Balažič

2 December 2017 18	Maribor	2–1	Gorica	Maribor
20:20 CET	Bohar  43' Billong  68' Tavares  88'	Report	Celcer  26'  65' Nwabueze  45'  49'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

25 February 2018^[A] 19	Maribor	0–0	Aluminij	Maribor
15:00 CET	Milec  73'	Report	Kepir  22'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

11 April 2018^[B] 20	Triglav Kranj	0–5	Maribor	Kranj
15:00 CEST	Elsner  3' Zec  11'  18' Šmit  75'	Report	Zahović  13', 88' Ivković  15' Mlakar  19' (pen.) Šmit  39' (o.g.) Tavares  75' Šuler  85'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Mitja Žganec

6 March 2018 21	Maribor	2–2	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
16:00 CET	Tavares  64' Mešanović  85' Viler  90+3'	Report	Vasiljević  37' Tučić  56' Antonov  83' Radić  90'  90'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Dejan Balažič

10 March 2018 22	Ankaran Hrvatini	0–3	Maribor	Dravograd
15:00 CET	Bordon  62'	Report	Vršič  57' Zahović  63' Mešanović  74' Bajde  76'	Stadium: Dravograd Sports Centre Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mitja Žganec

13 March 2018 23	Maribor	1–2	Domžale	Maribor
16:00 CET	Ivković  74' Milec  78' Vršič  89'	Report	Širok  10' Vetrih  30' Bizjak  48' Dobrovoljc  72' Ibričić  90' Mulalić  90+3'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

17 March 2018 24	Maribor	0–2	Krško	Maribor
18:00 CET	Mešanović  23' Ivković  47' Viler  56'	Report	Volarič  32'  44' Vekić  47'  49' Mujan  81' Ejup  84'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rade Obrenović

31 March 2018 25	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	Maribor	Ljubljana
20:30 CEST	Apau  69' Uremović  73'	Report	Zahović  82'  84'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Matej Jug

7 April 2018 26	Maribor	3–2	Celje	Maribor
16:20 CEST	Zahović  16', 49', 70'	Report	Požeg Vancaš  25' Lupeta  89'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dejan Balažič

15 April 2018 27	Gorica	0–6	Maribor	Nova Gorica
16:55 CEST	Kavčič  74' Curk  85'	Report	Ivković  26' Mlakar  29' Hotić  30' Hodžić  37' Zahović  38' Pihler  45' Vrhovec  78' Tavares  88'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

21 April 2018 28	Aluminij	0–2	Maribor	Kidričevo
16:50 CEST	Zeba  43' Horvat  67'	Report	Viler  5' Mlakar  64' Handanović  80' Dervišević  89'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

28 April 2018 29	Maribor	2–1	Triglav Kranj	Maribor
16:50 CEST	Zahović  31', 35' Ivković  64'	Report	Poplatnik  24'  39' Bojić  70' Robnik  74' Majcen  83'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bojan Mertik

2 May 2018 30	Rudar Velenje	1–3	Maribor	Velenje
16:00 CEST	Antonov  34' Bijol  75' Parfitt-Williams  89'	Report	Tavares  33'  45', 59' Hotić  66' Zahović  84'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 800 Referee: Rade Obrenović

5 May 2018 31	Maribor	5–1	Ankaran Hrvatini	Maribor
16:50 CEST	Ivković  7' Viler  13' Hotić  25' Zahović  50' Šuler  83' Tavares  55', 90+2'	Report	Felipe Santos  38' Mate  50'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: David Šmajc

9 May 2018 32	Domžale	1–1	Maribor	Domžale
16:00 CEST	Dobrovoljc  36' Ibričić  51' Širok  66' Klemenčič  69' Hodžić  83'	Report	Pihler  40' Ivković  80' Zahović  84' Tavares  90+1'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Matej Jug

12 May 2018 33	Krško	1–2	Maribor	Krško
16:50 CEST	Kovačič  25' Vekić  81' Balić  90+3'	Report	Dervišević  81'  90' Šuler  85' Zahović  88'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dejan Balažič

19 May 2018 34	Maribor	2–3	Olimpija Ljubljana	Maribor
20:30 CEST	Zahović  12', 52'  76' Pihler  49' Viler  60' Šuler  61' Handanović  73'	Report	Čanađija  3'  51' Štiglec  27' Andrés Vombergar  63'  89' Kronaveter  74' (pen.)	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 12,166 Referee: Damir Skomina

23 May 2018 35	Celje	0–4	Maribor	Celje
16:00 CEST	Stojinović  29'	Report	Ivković  30' Zahović  35', 60', 69'  64' Viler  55' Hotić  71'	Stadium: Stadion Z'dežele Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

27 May 2018 36	Maribor	2–0	Gorica	Maribor
16:00 CEST	Tavares  20' Vršič  22' Pihler  74' Vrhovec  75'	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

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

Notes

1. ^
   The match was originally scheduled on 10 December 2017, however, it was postponed to 25 February 2018 due to snow.[50]
2. ^
   The match was originally scheduled on 3 March 2018, however, it was postponed to 11 April 2018 due to snow.[72]

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpija Ljubljana (C)	36	23	11	2	61	17	+44	80[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Maribor	36	24	8	4	76	28	+48	80[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
3	Domžale	36	22	7	7	79	31	+48	73
4	Rudar Velenje	36	15	5	16	50	49	+1	50[lower-alpha 3]
5	Celje	36	14	8	14	56	51	+5	50[lower-alpha 3]

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene), Soccerway, UEFA.com
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) Fair play ranking; 9) Draw.[73]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Olimpija Ljubljana were ahead of Maribor on head-to-head away goals scored: Olimpija 3 goals, Maribor 1 goal.
2. Olimpija Ljubljana qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Slovenian Football Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to them as the cup winners was passed to the fourth-placed team.
3. Rudar Velenje were ahead of Celje on head-to-head points: Rudar 9 pts, Celje 3 pts.

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	24	8	4	76	28	+48	80	10	5	3	26	16	+10	14	3	1	50	12	+38

Last updated: 27 May 2018.
Source: [74]

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2018. Source: [75]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Slovenian Cup

Maribor entered the competition in the Round of 16, receiving a bye as one of the four Slovenian teams that competed in the UEFA competitions during the season.[76] Their opening match was a 3–0 away win against Tabor Sežana on 5 September 2017, with two goals scored by Jasmin Mešanović and one goal by Aleksander Rajčević.[77] In the quarter-finals, Maribor was eliminated 4–1 on aggregate by their "Eternal rivals" Olimpija Ljubljana, failing to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time since the 2002–03 season.[78]

5 September 2017 Round of 16	Tabor Sežana	0–3	Maribor	Sežana
16:00 CEST	Škerjanc  57'	Report	Rajčević  34' Vrhovec  36' Mešanović  78', 90'	Stadium: Rajko Štolfa Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Roman Glažar

11 November 2017 Quarter-finals 1st leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–0	Maribor	Ljubljana
17:15 CET	Issah  11'  81' Kapun  35', 90+3'	Report	Rajčević  69'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Roberto Ponis

29 November 2017 Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Maribor	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Maribor
20:15 CET	Billong  13' Bajde  15'  46' Tavares  19' Mešanović  59'	Report	Klinar  26' Ilić  37' Kronaveter  44'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

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

UEFA Champions League

Marcos Tavares has scored four out of seven team goals in the qualifying rounds.

The UEFA Champions League is a continental club football competition organised by UEFA. Founded in the 1950s as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the competition was open to champion clubs of each country and arranged as a straight knockout tournament.[79] The growth of television rights saw the format rebranded in the 1990s to include a group stage and permit multiple entrants. Maribor have qualified for the group stage in 1999–2000 and 2014–15, when they finished in fourth place in the group on both occasions.[80][81]

Qualifying rounds

Maribor began the European campaign in the second qualifying round. They were drawn against Zrinjski Mostar, a team they have already met in the same stage of the competition during the 2014–15 season.[82] In the first leg in Mostar, Maribor secured a 2–1 win with a goals by Luka Zahović and Marcos Tavares; Blaž Vrhovec was also sent off after receiving two yellow cards.[83] In the second leg, Zrinjski took the lead early in the game, before Mitja Viler equalised for the final score of 1–1, thus Maribor eliminated Zrinjski 3–2 on aggregate.[84] Maribor continued in the third qualifying round, where they defeated FH 2–0 on aggregate; Tavares scored both goals for Maribor.[85] In the play-off round, Maribor eliminated Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva. The first match in Israel has finished 2–1 for the home side, with Tavares scoring his four European goal of the season.[86] In the return leg in Maribor, Viler scored the only goal of the match in a 1–0 victory, sending Maribor through to the group stage of the competition for the third time in the club's history due to away goals rule.[87]

Second qualifying round

12 July 2017	Zrinjski Mostar	1–2	Maribor	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom, Mostar
19:00 CEST	Mulahusejnović  82' Todorović  89' Stojkić  90+3'	Report	Šuler  10' Zahović  43' Hotić  62' Vrhovec  63'  68' Tavares  90+4' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,000[88] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

19 July 2017	Maribor	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Zrinjski Mostar	Ljudski vrt, Maribor
20:15 CEST	Viler  27'	Report	Todorović  7' Bilbija  87'	Attendance: 9,266[89] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

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

Third qualifying round

26 July 2017	Maribor	1–0	FH	Ljudski vrt, Maribor
20:20 CEST	Tavares  54'	Report		Attendance: 8,166[90] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

2 August 2017	FH	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Maribor	Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
20:30 CEST	Doumbia  56' D. Vidarsson  69' Gudnason  74' P. Vidarsson  90+3' Bödvarsson  90+5'	Report	Viler  37' Vrhovec  50' Šuler  75' Tavares  90+2' Rajčević  90+3' Hotić  90+6'	Attendance: 2,563[91] Referee: Peter Kráľovič (Slovakia)

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

Play-off round

16 August 2017	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Maribor	Turner Stadium, Beersheba
20:45 CEST	Nwakaeme  12' Tzedek  45+2' (pen.) Melikson  81'	Report	Tavares  10' Vrhovec  45+1' Viler  77'	Attendance: 15,265[92] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

22 August 2017	Maribor	1–0 (2–2 (a) agg.)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Ljudski vrt, Maribor
20:45 CEST	Viler  10'  15' Kabha  80'	Report	Ghadir  19' Elhamed  29' Taha  51' Bitton  73'	Attendance: 12,066[93] Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

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

Group stage

Jasmin Mešanović celebrating a last-minute equalizer in Moscow.

Maribor were drawn in Group E, along with Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, and Liverpool.[94] The club opened their group stage campaign with a 1–1 home draw against Spartak. Damjan Bohar scored the equalising goal late in the game.[95] In the second matchday, Maribor suffered a 3–0 defeat against Sevilla after a hat-trick by Ben Yedder.[96] In the third round, Maribor suffered their biggest home defeat in European competitions as the team lost 7–0 to Liverpool.[97] Liverpool repeated the feat in the home match at Anfield, defeating Maribor 3–0.[98] Maribor secured their second point in the fifth round in Moscow, again drawing 1–1 with Spartak, with Jasmin Mešanović scoring a last-minute goal.[99] Maribor concluded their European season with a home draw against Sevilla, finishing the competition in fourth place with three points out of six games.[100]

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	6	3	3	0	23	6	+17	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sevilla	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9
3	Spartak Moscow	6	1	3	2	9	13	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League
4	Maribor	6	0	3	3	3	16	−13	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 September 2017 1	Maribor	1–1	Spartak Moscow	Maribor, Slovenia
20:45 CEST	Bohar  85'	Report	Dzhikiya  36' Samedov  59'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 12,566[101] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

26 September 2017 2	Sevilla	3–0	Maribor	Seville, Spain
20:45 CEST	Ben Yedder  27', 38', 83' (pen.) Escudero  56'	Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 34,705[102] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

17 October 2017 3	Maribor	0–7	Liverpool	Maribor, Slovenia
20:45 CEST	Milec  45' Vrhovec  80' Hotić  89'	Report	Firmino  4', 54' Coutinho  13' Salah  19', 40' Oxlade-Chamberlain  86' Alexander-Arnold  90'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 12,506[103] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

1 November 2017 4	Liverpool	3–0	Maribor	Liverpool, England
20:45 CET	Salah  49' Can  64' Sturridge  90'	Report	Bohar  22' Rajčević  52'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 47,957[104] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

21 November 2017 5	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Maribor	Moscow, Russia
18:00 CET	Popov  49' Luiz Adriano  51' Kutepov  62' Zé Luís  82'	Report	Vrhovec  23' Mešanović  90+2'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 42,920[105] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

6 December 2017 6	Maribor	1–1	Sevilla	Maribor, Slovenia
20:45 CET	Tavares  10' Pihler  35' Bohar  50' Milec  77'	Report	Ganso  75'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 11,976[106] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

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

Friendlies

June–July

To prepare for the forthcoming season, Maribor played a series of friendlies across Eastern Slovenia. Their first match ended in defeat against Osijek of the Croatian First Football League; Valon Ahmedi scored the opening goal of the season for Maribor in the first half, before Osijek turned the game around in the second half for a 2–1 victory.[107] Maribor then played out a 1–1 draw against Shkëndija, with both goals of the game scored in the first ten minutes.[108] Maribor recorded their first victory of the pre-season against the Russian side Ural. The first goal was scored by newly-signed Jasmin Mešanović in the 62nd minute, while Gregor Bajde scored the second goal just one minute later for the final 2–0.[109] During the next few days, Maribor narrowly won two more games, defeating Macedonian champions Vardar and Romanian team Dinamo București, 1–0 and 2–1 respectively.[110][111] Maribor concluded their pre-season with two defeats, against Croatian first division side Inter Zaprešić and the Russian Premier League side Krasnodar. During the match against Inter, Mešanović and Ahmedi have picked up injuries and have been substituted in the first half.[112][113]

16 June 2017 1	Maribor	1–2	Osijek	Maribor, Slovenia
19:00 CEST	Ahmedi  31'	Report	Ejupi  60', 65'	Stadium: Training Centre Pohorje Referee: Samo Veselič (Slovenia)

20 June 2017 2	Maribor	1–1	Shkëndija	Odranci, Slovenia
18:00 CEST	Bohar  6'	Report	Ibraimi  10'	Stadium: ŠRC Odranci Referee: Bojan Mertik (Slovenia)

22 June 2017 3	Maribor	2–0	Ural	Bakovci, Slovenia
18:00 CEST	Mešanović  62' Bajde  63'	Report		Stadium: ŠRC Bakovci Referee: Simon Grlec (Slovenia)

24 June 2017 4	Maribor	1–0	Vardar	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
18:00 CEST	Mešanović  42'	Report		Stadium: Gornja Radgona Stadium Referee: Simon Grlec (Slovenia)

28 June 2017 5	Maribor	2–1	Dinamo București	Limbuš, Slovenia
18:00 CEST	Zahović  55' (pen.) Šuler  59' Vrhovec  69'	Report	Costache  74'	Stadium: Pod Grajskim gričem Referee: Bojan Tkalčič (Slovenia)

1 July 2017 6	Maribor	1–2	Inter Zaprešić	Bakovci, Slovenia
18:00 CEST	Tavares  83'	Report	Čirjak  3' Mazalović  59' (pen.)	Stadium: ŠRC Bakovci Referee: Darjan Kovačič (Slovenia)

6 July 2017 7	Maribor	0–2	Krasnodar	Maribor, Slovenia
18:30 CEST		Report	Claesson  9', 51'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tadej Mežnar (Slovenia)

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

January–March

During the winter break, Maribor played several friendly matches at their home stadium, Ljudski vrt, and in Belek, Turkey.[114]

17 January 2018 1	Maribor	7–0	Radomlje	Maribor, Slovenia
15:00 CET	Bohar  14', 38' Mešanović  22' Tavares  32' Ivković  52' Dervišević  74' (pen.) Jazbec  78' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Tadej Mežnar

20 January 2018 2	Maribor	4–2	Nafta 1903	Maribor, Slovenia
15:00 CET	Vršič  17' Tavares  42' (pen.) Hotić  66' Bajde  83'	Report	Monjac  14' Vinko  60'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Bojan Tkalčič

24 January 2018 3	Maribor	1–1	Haladás	Maribor, Slovenia
14:00 CET	Vrhovec  79'	Report	Ramos  60'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

27 January 2018 4	Maribor	3–0	SC Weiz	Maribor, Slovenia
15:00 CET	Zahović  50' Tavares  63' Mlakar  86'	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

30 January 2018 5	Maribor	2–2	Vojvodina	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET	Bajde  68' Tavares  101'	Report	Kolmanič  6' (o.g.) Nešković  98'	Stadium: Titanic Deluxe Sports Centre Referee: Kris Jakubik (Poland)

2 February 2018 6	Maribor	0–3	Sigma Olomouc	Belek, Turkey
15:30 CET		Report	Hála  2', 14' Plšek  25'	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

5 February 2018 7	Maribor	2–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET	Zahović  82' (pen.) Mlakar  90'	Report		Stadium: Susesi Sport Center Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Ukraine)

8 February 2018 8	Maribor	0–2	Oleksandriya	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET	Hodžić  88'	Report	Hrytsuk  70' (pen.) Hitchenko  90+3'	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodovsky (Kazakhstan)

10 February 2018 9	Maribor	1–3	Zenit	Belek, Turkey
10:00 CET	Tavares  49'	Report	Rigoni  14' Kokorin  32' Pletnev  81'	Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex Referee: Igor Chesnokov (Kazakhstan)

17 February 2018 10	Maribor	4–1	Celje	Maribor, Slovenia
17:00 CET	Zahović  17', 33', 89' Milec  65'	Report	Lupeta  67'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Tadej Mežnar

24 March 2018 11	Sturm Graz	1–2	Maribor	Gleinstätten, Austria
15:00 CET	Edomwonyi  13'	Report	Ahmedi  33' Bohar  36'

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

Squad statistics

Maribor used a total of 32 players during the 2017–18 season and there were 17 different goalscorers. Tavares featured in 47 matches – the most of any Maribor player in the campaign. The highest scorer was also Tavares, with 22 goals in all competitions, followed by Zahović who scored 19 goals. Zahović became the top goalscorer of the Slovenian PrvaLiga with 18 goals; all of them were scored in the second part of the season.[115] Four Maribor players were sent off during the season: Vrhovec, Ivković, Handanović, and Inbrum.

Key

No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position Nat. = Nationality Apps = Appearances

GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward

= Yellow cards = Red cards

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Slovenian PrvaLiga		Slovenian Cup		Champions League		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SVN	Aljaž Cotman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	SVN	Adis Hodžić	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
3	DF	FRA	Jean-Claude Billong	14	1	1	0	5	0	20	1	4	0
4	DF	SVN	Marko Šuler	25	0	1	0	11	0	37	0	6	0
5	MF	SVN	Blaž Vrhovec	21	2	2	0	10	0	33	2	11	1
6	MF	SVN	Aleks Pihler	30	3	1	0	12	0	43	3	8	0
7	MF	ALB	Valon Ahmedi	16	1	1	0	10	0	27	1	2	0
8	MF	ISR	Marwan Kabha	13	0	2	0	12	0	27	0	5	0
8	MF	ROM	Alexandru Crețu	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Marcos Tavares	32	17	3	0	12	5	47	22	2	0
10	MF	SVN	Dino Hotić	30	4	2	0	10	0	42	4	6	0
11	FW	SVN	Luka Zahović	25	18	0	0	5	1	30	19	4	0
12	MF	SVN	Dare Vršič	22	3	3	0	2	0	27	3	1	0
14	FW	NGR	Sunny Omoregie	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	MF	SVN	Sandi Ogrinec	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
20	FW	SVN	Gregor Bajde	18	1	3	1	9	0	30	2	2	0
21	MF	SVN	Amir Dervišević	15	2	0	0	0	0	15	2	1	0
22	DF	SVN	Martin Milec	25	0	2	0	8	0	35	0	6	0
23	DF	SVN	Žan Kolmanič	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
26	DF	SVN	Aleksander Rajčević	17	2	2	1	10	0	29	3	5	0
27	FW	BIH	Jasmin Mešanović	30	8	3	2	9	1	42	11	4	0
28	DF	SVN	Mitja Viler	32	0	2	0	12	2	46	2	10	0
29	DF	SVN	Matej Palčič	7	0	2	0	4	0	13	0	0	0
29	FW	SLO	Jan Mlakar	12	3	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0
31	DF	SRB	Saša Ivković	16	3	0	0	0	0	16	3	4	1
32	DF	MNE	Luka Uskoković	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
33	GK	SVN	Jasmin Handanović	33	0	1	0	12	0	46	0	1	1
39	MF	SVN	Damjan Bohar	21	4	3	0	10	1	34	5	2	0
44	DF	SVN	Denis Šme	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
69	GK	CRO	Matko Obradović	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
97	FW	SVN	Martin Kramarič	22	1	1	0	3	0	26	1	0	0
99	MF	ISR	Lior Inbrum	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1

Source: [116][117][118]

See also

• List of NK Maribor seasons

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