I. SSK Maribor
1. slovenski športni klub Maribor (English: First Slovene Sports Club Maribor) or simply I. SSK Maribor was a football club from Maribor. The club was founded in 1919.[1][2][3] Drago Kolbl was the first president of the club.[3] I. SSK Maribor had a fierce rivalry with NK Železničar Maribor.[4]
Full name | 1. slovenski športni klub Maribor | |
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Founded | 28 June 1919[1][2][3] | |
Dissolved | 1941[1][3] | |
Ground | Ljudski vrt | |
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History
The club was founded on 28 June 1919 by Ivo Vauda, who was the best Slovenian footballer in Maribor at the time.[2] I. SSK Maribor was considered as the successor of ŠD Maribor.[1] The first match was played on 11 July 1919 against the German-based team from Maribor, Hertha. I. SSK Maribor won the game 2–1.[2] The first official match in the Slovenian Republic League was played against another German-based team from Maribor, Rapid Marburg.[2] Rapid won the first game 5–0, but in the second game, I. SSK Maribor won 2–1.[2] The first international match was played on 1 July 1922 against Grazer AK.[2] The match ended with a draw, 2–2.[2] After finished as the runners-up on six occasions, they finally won the league for the first time in the 1930–31 season.[2][3] They won another two titles in the 1932–33 and 1938–39 seasons.[2][3] The club was dissolved at the beginning of the World War II in Yugoslavia.[1][3]
Stadium
The club did not have its own ground until 1920, when the players helped to create a football pitch at the Ljudski vrt.[2][3]
Honours
League
References
- "Prvi slovenski športni klub Maribor 1919 - 1941" (in Slovenian). MŠD Branik. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- "MNZ Maribor – 80 let nogometa v Mariboru" (PDF). MNZ Maribor. 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- "Kratka zgodovina NK Maribor" [Short history of NK Maribor]. Večer (in Slovenian). 9 May 2009. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- "80 letnica društva" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Železničarsko Športno Društvo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2013.