2012–13 NK Maribor season

The 2012–13 season was the 53rd season in the history of NK Maribor and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga since the league establishment in 1991. The team participated in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian Football Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013. Darko Milanič was a head coach of the club.

NK Maribor

2012–13 season
President	Drago Cotar
Head Coach	Darko Milanič
Stadium	Ljudski vrt
Slovenian League	Winners
Slovenian Cup	Winners
Slovenian Supercup	Winners
Champions League	Play-off round
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Marcos Tavares (17) All: Marcos Tavares (26)
Highest home attendance	12,420 vs Dinamo (28 August 2012)
Lowest home attendance	900 vs Domžale (16 March 2013)
Average home league attendance	2,833[1]
Home colours Away colours

Supercup

The 2012 Slovenian Supercup was the eighth edition of the Slovenian Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Slovenian PrvaLiga and Slovenian Cup competitions. However, Maribor has won the double during the 2011–12 season, having finished first in the 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga and 2011–12 Slovenian Cup. As a consequence and according to the rules of the Football Association of Slovenia, they played the 2012 Supercup against the runners-up of the PrvaLiga, Olimpija. This was the first major domestic cup final of Olimpija, since the club was established in 2005. Maribor won the match 2–1 and secured their second supercup title.

8 July 2012 Final	Olimpija	1–2	Maribor	Maribor
20:00 CET	Ivelja  50' Radujko  59' Trifković  62' Jović  89'	Report (in Slovene)	Filipović  27' Mertelj  35'  90'  Ibraimi  78'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,150 Referee: Damir Skomina

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

Slovenian League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	36	24	6	6	80	35	+45	78	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Olimpija	36	21	7	8	73	35	+38	70	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Domžale	36	17	9	10	42	34	+8	60	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Koper	36	14	13	9	52	42	+10	55
5	Celje	36	12	13	11	39	39	0	49	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]

Source: Slovenian PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. 1
2. Maribor won the 2012-13 Slovenian Cup, so the cup-winner spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round passed to the 2nd-placed Olimpija Ljubljana, and Celje took the first qualifying round spot as cup runners-up.

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	6	6	80	35	+45	78	14	2	2	42	14	+28	10	4	4	38	21	+17

Last updated: 26 May 2013.
Source: [2]

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D
Position	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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 26 May 2013. Source: PrvaLiga website
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

14 July 2012 1	Gorica	1–3	Maribor	Nova Gorica
18:00 CET	Žigon  67'	Report	Mezga  23', 54' Handanović  38' Rajčević  46' Vetrih  65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Dejan Balažič

21 July 2012 2	Maribor	0–0	Koper	Maribor
20:00 CET	Filipović  38' Komazec  44'	Report	Palčič  7'  56'  Bagarić  90+2'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Matej Jug

29 July 2012 3	Mura 05	1–3	Maribor	Murska Sobota
18:00 CET	Sreš  40' Kouter  45' Fajić  84'  85' Majer  87'	Report	Vidović  23' Ploj  49' Komazec  72'	Stadium: Fazanerija Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Darko Čeferin

4 August 2012 4	Maribor	1–0	Triglav Kranj	Maribor
20:00 CET	Tavares  86' (pen.)	Report	Roškar  86'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Vojko Goričan

11 August 2012 5	Olimpija	0–0	Maribor	Ljubljana
20:30 CET	Sarasola  12' Božič  25' Sretenović  39'	Report	Filipović  33' Arghus  45+1' Tavares  71'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Matej Jug

18 August 2012 6	Maribor	2–1	Domžale	Maribor
20:00 CET	Mezga  33' Tavares  40'  87' Milec  52' Potokar  68'	Report	Osmanaj  54' Husmani  55' Zec  61' Knezović  74'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

25 August 2012 7	Celje	0–2	Maribor	Celje
20:00 CET		Report	Lesjak  29' Ploj  31' Črnic  73'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Roberto Ponis

1 September 2012 8	Maribor	4–0	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
20:00 CET	Berić  15' Cvijanović  34' Tavares  83' Ploj  90'	Report	Stjepanović  65'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Boris Tošeski

15 September 2012 9	Aluminij	1–5	Maribor	Kidričevo
16:00 CET	Drevenšek  5'  34' (pen.) Bešić  30' Kožar  88'	Report	Rajčević  15' Berić  18' Milec  22' Cvijanović  65'  80' Filipović  72' Ploj  84'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

23 September 2012 10	Maribor	4–0	Gorica	Maribor
19:00 CET	Ploj  11'  31' Berić  14', 60' Vidović  69'	Report	Vetrih  68'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

26 September 2012 11	Koper	2–3	Maribor	Koper
20:00 CET	Bubalo  24' Đukić  34' Čadikovski  37' Žibert  68' Majcen  77' Blažič  83'	Report	Cvijanović  19' Mejač  41' Tavares  43' Trajkovski  77'	Stadium: Bonifika Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dejan Balažič

30 September 2012 12	Maribor	1–0	Mura 05	Maribor
18:00 CET	Cvijanović  8' Trajkovski  37' Arghus  45'	Report	Eterović  45' Boakye  74' Kramar  76' Bohar  87'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Matej Jug

7 October 2012 13	Triglav Kranj	1–0	Maribor	Kranj
15:00 CET	Poplatnik  9'	Report	Mejač  12' Rajčević  15' Arghus  44' Lesjak  87'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andrej Tratnjek

20 October 2012 14	Maribor	1–0	Olimpija	Maribor
20:00 CET	Tavares  89' (pen.)  90'	Report	Zarifović  28'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

28 November 2012^15 15	Domžale	2–2	Maribor	Domžale
18:00 CET	Ihbeisheh  61', 68' Korun  39'	Report	Berić  23'  51' Tavares  67'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

3 November 2012 16	Maribor	1–2	Celje	Maribor
18:00 CET	Mezga  25' (pen.) Filipović  58' Milec  86' Rajčević  88'	Report	Bajde  11' Verbič  12' Gobec  15' Krajcer  18'  88' Vrhovec  72'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andrej Tratnjek

13 March 2013^17 17	Rudar Velenje	0–3	Maribor	Velenje
17:00 CET	Firer  7'	Report	Fajić  11' Berić  86' Bubalović  90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 800 Referee: Bojan Mertik

11 November 2012 18	Maribor	2–1	Aluminij	Maribor
16:00 CET	Ploj  10' Komazec  43'	Report	Kašnik  54' Bingo  90+3'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

17 November 2012 19	Gorica	1–6	Maribor	Nova Gorica
14:00 CET	Širok  41'	Report	Cvijanović  12' Mezga  16' Mertelj  56' Ibraimi  65', 84' Tavares  66'  68', 89'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Miran Bukovec

25 November 2012 20	Maribor	3–0	Koper	Maribor
16:00 CET	Ibraimi  9', 90+3' Rajčević  45' Komazec  65'	Report	Đukić  68' Hadžić  88'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Darko Čeferin

2 December 2012 21	Mura 05	1–2	Maribor	Murska Sobota
13:00 CET	Eterović  38' Bohar  78' Aborah  80' Janža  90+2'	Report	Mezga  74' Cvijanović  76' Mejač  79' Komazec  80'  90' Handanović  84'	Stadium: Fazanerija Attendance: 700 Referee: Damir Skomina

2 March 2013 22	Maribor	4–1	Triglav Kranj	Maribor
18:30 CET	Berić  5' Cvijanović  30' Tavares  39' Milec  49' Mertelj  55' Hotić  66'	Report	Đurković  60' Klemenčič  75' Zolić  85'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Dejan Balažič

10 March 2013 23	Olimpija	1–1	Maribor	Ljubljana
17:00 CET	Jović  40' Zarifović  57' Nikezić  58' Trifković  70' Božič  90+1'	Report	Fajić  22' Mertelj  42' Arghus  44' Handanović  70' Ibraimi  70'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin

16 March 2013 24	Maribor	1–3	Domžale	Maribor
20:00 CET	Fajić  62'  74' Rajčević  69'	Report	Vuk  3'  14' Balkovec  20'  40' Vidmar  85' Knezović  90+2'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 900 Referee: Roberto Ponis

17 April 2013^25 25	Celje	2–1	Maribor	Celje
20:30 CET	Žurej  2' Vidmajer  21' Srdić  26' Tomažič Šeruga  59' Gobec  62'	Report	Filipović  37' Berić  42' Fajić  85'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 450 Referee: Davor Drečnik

30 March 2013 26	Maribor	3–1	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
17:30 CET	Mezga  6' Milec  25' Tavares  65' Berić  77'	Report	Berko  69' Podlogar  80'  86'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Damir Skomina

6 April 2013 27	Aluminij	1–2	Maribor	Kidričevo
16:00 CET	Kurež  44' Topolovec  67' Hodžurda  90+1' Jeleč  90+2'	Report	Fajić  20' Potokar  54'  73'  Cvijanović  90+3'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

13 April 2013 28	Maribor	2–1	Gorica	Maribor
17:30 CET	Milec  14' Fajić  25' Arghus  31' Ibraimi  55' Viler  69'	Report	Mbida  74' Širok  75' Bremec  85'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

20 April 2013 29	Koper	2–1	Maribor	Koper
20:00 CET	Galešić  12'  44' Čovilo  54' Mavrič  71' Bradaschia  73' Nenezič  90+4'	Report	Tavares  40' Berić  66' Potokar  88'	Stadium: Bonifika Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Miran Bukovec

27 April 2013 30	Maribor	4–0	Mura 05	Maribor
20:00 CET	Ibraimi  6', 22' Cvijanović  52' Filipović  55' Milec  82' Berić  90'	Report	Barbič  67' Šimić  75' Vinko  78' Rep  89'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Matej Jug

4 May 2013 31	Triglav Kranj	1–2	Maribor	Kranj
17:00 CET	Jelar  10' Stojnić  16' Poplatnik  53' Šmit  71'	Report	Potokar  38' Mezga  45' Arghus  74' Berić  90+1' Smrekar  90+2'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Roberto Ponis

11 May 2013 32	Maribor	2–1	Olimpija	Maribor
20:00 CET	Filipović  20' Cvijanović  33' Berić  65'  73' Tavares  69' Mezga  89' Handanović  90+3'	Report	Delamea Mlinar  20' Lovrečič  45' Fink  46'  65'  Omladič  58'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

14 May 2013 33	Domžale	1–1	Maribor	Domžale
18:00 CET	Knezović  48' Vuk  63'	Report	Mertelj  82'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bojan Mertik

18 May 2013 34	Maribor	5–1	Celje	Maribor
17:30 CET	Mezga  12' Potokar  19' Tavares  43', 47', 64' Cvijanović  60'	Report	Žurej  58' Bajić  69' Vrhovec  87'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

22 May 2013 35	Rudar Velenje	3–1	Maribor	Velenje
17:30 CET	Kašnik  21' Firer  55' Stjepanović  58' Jahič  59' Eterović  77' Črnčič  90+1'	Report	Dedić  18' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 800 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

26 May 2013 36	Maribor	2–2	Aluminij	Maribor
17:30 CET	Berić  20'  24' Tavares  85'	Report	Rešek  27'  37' Kurež  73'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Miran Bukovec

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

Notes

• Note 1: The match was postponed to a later date due to bad pitch conditions.[3]
• Note 2: The match was postponed to a later date due to Maribor's UEFA Europa League campaign.
• Note 3: All matches of the 25th round were postponed by one week due to snowfall.[4] The match between Celje and Maribor was originally scheduled for 2 April 2013, but was postponed and rescheduled for 17 April 2013, once again due to snowfall.[5]

Slovenian Cup

31 October 2012^1 Round of 16	Zavrč	0–2	Maribor	Zavrč
19:00 CET	Dugolin  36' Murko  69' A. Čeh  69'	Report	Berić  26' Mezga  31' Mejač  88' Filipović  90+2'	Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vojko Goričan

27 February 2013^2 Quarter-finals 1st leg	Olimpija	1–3	Maribor	Ljubljana
18:30 CET	Valenčič  57' Omladič  61' Delamea Mlinar  71' Džafić  83'	Report	Potokar  57' Milec  65' Mezga  69', 87' (pen.) Rajčević  90+1'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

6 March 2013 Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Maribor	0–1 (3–2 agg.)	Olimpija	Maribor
17:00 CET	Mezga  35' Viler  80' Tavares  90+1'	Report	Valenčič  5' Kapun  69' Omladič  72' Baskera  83' Kovačević  87'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Matej Jug

1 May 2013^3 Semi-finals 1st leg	Triglav Kranj	2–2	Maribor	Kranj
17:00 CET	Bubanja  14' Šturm  39' Đurković  76'	Report	Mezga  8' Ibraimi  60' Mertelj  65' Tavares  90'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Davor Drečnik

8 May 2013^4 Semi-finals 2nd leg	Maribor	3–0 (5–2 agg.)	Triglav Kranj	Maribor
20:00 CET	Tavares  50', 73', 77'	Report	Šturm  20' Jelar  77'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vojko Goričan

29 May 2013 Final	Maribor	1–0	Celje	Koper
20:45 CET	Ibraimi  44'	Report	Vrhovec  29' Verbič  82' Plesec  86'	Stadium: Bonifika Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Matej Jug

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

Notes

• Note 1: The match between Zavrč and Maribor was rescheduled from 19 September to 31 October, as Maribor played their first match of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League on 20 September.[6]
• Note 2: The first leg of the quarter-finals match between Olimpija and Maribor was originally scheduled on 23 February 2013. However, after starting on schedule, the match was suspended in the 24th minute due to heavy snowfall. The match was then rescheduled for 27 February 2013, the date originally intended for the second leg match in Maribor.[7]
• Note 3: The first leg of the semi-finals were rescheduled from 10 April 2013 to 1 May 2013, due to rescheduling of the matches in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.[8]
• Note 4: The second leg of the semi-finals were rescheduled from 17 April 2013 to 8 May 2013, due to rescheduling of the matches in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.[8]

European campaign

UEFA Champions League

Qualified as the 2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga champions, Maribor started their European campaign in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League against Bosnian Premier League champions Željezničar. This was the first meeting in UEFA competitions between Maribor and a team from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first leg was played at the Ljudski vrt stadium, the home of Maribor. The match started poorly for the home side as shortly after the missed scoring opportunity from Ibraimi, Maribor soon found themselves a goal behind when Adilović scored the opener in the 15th minute. Maribor then took control and tried to score an equalizer before half time, however, they were unsuccessful and the score was 1–0, in favour of the Bosnian side, at the 45 minute mark. Maribor dominated during the second half and was able to capitalize on their chances. Berić scored the first goal for the home side in the 47th minute, with Mezga adding the second one in the 67th, from penalty. Berić, who was man of the match, scored his second goal in the 76th minute, giving his side a 3–1 lead. He did not stop there as in the 90th minute he assisted team captain Tavares, who scored his first goal of the season, for the final score 4–1. The second leg was played a week later in Sarajevo and was followed by over 500 Maribor supporters. Željezničar plays their home matches at Grbavica Stadium, however, their stadium did not meet UEFA stadia criteria and they were forced to play at Asim Ferhatović Hase Olympic stadium. The home side needed a three goals victory to progress to the next round and had couple of chances to score early in the match, including a disallowed goal from Adilović who was in offside position. Their plans for an early lead were shattered, however, when Ibraimi scored from a long range effort in the 20th minute, which was the only goal during the first half. Second half started poorly for the Bosnians when Čolić received his second booking and was subsequently sent off. Željezničar bounced back in the 59th minute when Kvesić scored an equalizer. However, soon afterwards the nervous home players received two red cards in a matter of minutes and had to finish the match with only eight players. Maribor then prevailed, took the ball possession and finished the match with the goal from Tavares, for the final score of the match 2–1, and 6–2 aggregate.

The match between Maribor and Dudelange attracted a crowd of 12,025.

In the third qualifying round, Maribor faced Dudelange from Luxembourg, a team which made a huge upset by eliminating the Austrian champions Salzburg. This was the second year in a row for Maribor to face Dudelange. During the 2011–12 season Maribor played against them in the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and was successful with two victories and the score 5–1 aggregate. The first match against the Luxembourg champions was played on 1 August 2012 at Ljudski vrt. Being fully aware that a two-legged victory over Dudelange secures, at least, the UEFA Europa League group stages, Maribor players started their home match strong and quickly took the lead with a free kick goal by Mezga. Another free kick goal followed in the 38th minute when Mezga left the ball to Tavares who scored with a strong shot to the lower left corner, for the half-time score 2–0. It took only two minutes of the second half for the home players to score the third goal, when Mezga scored another long range effort from outside of the penalty box. In the 77th minute Berić continued his good form, having scored his third goal in as many 2012–13 UEFA qualifying matches. This goal was not the last, however, as Joachim took advantage of a mistake from Rajčević and scored in the 92nd minute for the final score 4–1. One week later Maribor again proved to strong for the Luxembourg champions and won 1–0, with the goal by Mertelj in the 79th minute. Similarly to the 2011–12 season Maribor again secured two victories over Dudelange, with the score 5–1 aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb and Maribor moments before kick-off on 22 August 2012

For the play-off round of the elite UEFA Champions League, Maribor was drawn together with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb. This was the second time the two clubs have met in the UEFA competitions, having faced each other during the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying stages, when Dinamo secured a close 2–1 aggregate victory. The first leg was played at Maksimir stadium in front of 20,135 spectators, over 1,000 of which were Maribor supporters, a record for the most fans gathered on Maribor's away matches. Dinamo were the favorites and took an early lead with a goal by Duje Čop. Dinamo continued to play well and had couple of more chances, but it was Maribor who scored the second goal, from an own goal scored by Dinamo's captain Milan Badelj. Both teams had chances to take the lead in the second half and in the 74th minut Badelj scored another goal. This time it was in the right net and Dinamo regained their lead. Shortly afterwards Maribor's Robert Berić had a good chance to equalize, but was unsuccessful. Right at the end, Sammir had a good chance to increase the lead of the home team, however, his free-kick attempt narrowly missed the target. The second leg in Maribor saw a turn out of 12,420 spectators, the most of the 2012–13 season, which were expecting a good result from the home side and the qualification to the Champions league for the first time in almost 10 years. The Croatians, however, proved again to be too strong and after taking another early lead, they comfortably held the positive result right until the very end, with couple of good chances to increase the lead. Dinamo thus won the second leg with an away 1–0 victory, aggregate 3–1, and advanced to the Champions league group stages for the second successive season. Even though, they were defeated, Maribor advanced to the group stages of the UEFA Europa League.

Second qualifying round

18 July 2012 First leg	Maribor	4–1	Željezničar Sarajevo	Maribor, Slovenia
20:00 CET	Berić  47', 76' Mezga  67' (pen.) Rajčević  90' Tavares  90+2'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Adilović  15'  55' Svraka  18' Kerla  37' Bogičević  67' Jamak  69'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany

24 July 2012 Second leg	Željezničar Sarajevo	1–2 (2–6 agg.)	Maribor	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
21:00 CET	Čolić  2'  53'  Bešlija  14' Zolotić  39' Adilović  54' Kvesić  59' Stanić  61' Svraka  63'  64'  Bekrić  65'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Ibraimi  20' Potokar  52' Tavares  86'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase^2 Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

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

Third qualifying round

1 August 2012 First leg	Maribor	4–1	Dudelange	Maribor, Slovenia
20:00 CET	Mezga  13', 47' Tavares  38' Rajčević  63' Berić  77'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Steinmetz  26' Hug  79' Da Mota  80' Melisse  83' Joachim  90+2'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 12,025 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)

8 August 2012 Second leg	Dudelange	0–1 (1–5 agg.)	Maribor	Dudelange, Luxembourg
17:00 CET	Tournut  39' Steinmetz  71'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Mezga  37' Mertelj  79' Potokar  90'	Stadium: Stade Jos Nosbaum Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

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

Play-off round

22 August 2012 First leg	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Maribor	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 CET	Čop  10' Ademi  18' Vida  28' Leko  38' Badelj  74'  75' Šimunić  80'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Mertelj  31' Badelj  39' (o.g.)	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 20,135 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

28 August 2012 Second leg	Maribor	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Maribor, Slovenia
20:45 CET	Handanović  13' Arghus  84' Tavares  84'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Tonel  12' Ademi  16' Badelj  36' Vida  71'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 12,420 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

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

Notes

• Note 1: Željezničar played their home match at Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in Sarajevo, as their own Grbavica Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

UEFA Europa League

Lazio and Maribor at Stadio Olimpico on 4 October 2012

Tottenham and Maribor at White Hart Lane on 8 November 2012

Group J

20 September 2012 1	Maribor	3–0	Panathinaikos	Maribor, Slovenia
21:05 CET	Berić  25'  90' Ibraimi  62'  63' Tavares  88' (pen.)	Report Report (in Slovene)	Vitolo  75' Spyropoulos  84'  90+3'  Velázquez  87'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

4 October 2012 2	Lazio	1–0	Maribor	Rome, Italy
19:00 CET	Cana  54' Ederson  62'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Marcos Tavares  45+1' Vidović  76'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

25 October 2012 3	Maribor	1–1	Tottenham	Maribor, Slovenia
19:00 CET	Berić  42' Mezga  48'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Sigurðsson  58' Naughton  73'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 12,049 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

8 November 2012 4	Tottenham	3–1	Maribor	London, England
21:05 CET	Defoe  22', 49', 77' Bale  53' Carroll  76'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Mejač  38' Berić  40'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 27,089 Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

22 November 2012 5	Panathinaikos	1–0	Maribor	Athens, Greece
19:00 CET	Vitolo  67' (pen.)	Report Report (in Slovene)	Mejač  42'  45'  Mertelj  52' Arghus  54'	Stadium: OAKA Attendance: 9,390 Referee: Laurent Duhamel France

6 December 2012 6	Maribor	1–4	Lazio	Maribor, Slovenia
21:05 CET	Filipović  37' Tavares  84'	Report Report (in Slovene)	Kozák  16'  22' Radu  32' Floccari  38', 51' Cavanda  65' Ciani  88'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 11,500 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lazio	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	10
3	Panathinaikos	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5
4	Maribor	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4

Source:

Friendlies

16 June 2012 1	Jesenice	0–4	Maribor	Jesenice, Slovenia
17:30 CET		Report (in Slovene)	Rep  8' Tavares  37' Cvijanović  56' Črnic  76'	Stadium: Podmežakla Stadium

17 June 2012 2	Rudar Trbovlje	1–5	Maribor	Trbovlje, Slovenia
20:00 CET	Milošević  24'	Report (in Slovene)	Lesjak  21' Mezga  35' (pen.) Dodlek  54' Črnic  74' Velikonja  89'	Stadium: Rudar Stadium

19 June 2012 3	Maribor	6–3	Sarajevo	Rogoza, Slovenia
18:30 CET	Velikonja  14' Črnic  30' Tavares  40' Berić  68' Kek  71' Ibraimi  82'	Report (in Slovene)	Husejinović  19' Karamatić  24' Čomor  74' (pen.)	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Silvester Tkalčič (Slovenia)

21 June 2012 4	Maribor	1–0	Inter Baku	Maribor, Slovenia
19:00 CET	Rep  53'	Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 500 Referee: Tadej Mežnar (Slovenia)

23 June 2012 5	Mura 05	0–0	Maribor	Odranci, Slovenia
18:15 CET		Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: ŠRC Odranci Referee: Bojan Mertik

24 June 2012 6	Arsenal Kyiv	2–2	Maribor	Odranci, Slovenia
18:30 CET	Stargorodskiy  13' Kobakhidze  43'	Report (in Slovene)	Cvijanović  8'  39'	Stadium: ŠRC Odranci Referee: Bojan Mertik (Slovenia)

27 June 2012 7	Illichivets Mariupol	2–1	Maribor	Serdica (Rogašovci), Slovenia
18:00 CET	Kozhanov  6' Fedotov  39'	Report (in Slovene)	Tavares  57'

28 June 2012 8	Tišina	0–9	Maribor	Tišina, Slovenia
18:00 CET		Report (in Slovene)	Moravac  12' Komazec  26'  31'  59' Ploj  38'  44'  54' Vidović  70' Berić  87'

29 June 2012 9	Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	Maribor	Ilz, Austria
18:00 CET	Cristaldo  28' (pen.)	Report (in Slovene)

2 July 2012 10	Zavrč	1–1	Maribor	Zavrč, Slovenia
20:00 CET	A. Čeh  14'	Report (in Slovene)	Komazec  71'	Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park

4 July 2012 11	Maribor	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Maribor, Slovenia
20:00 CET	Tavares  13'	Report (in Slovene)	Glushakov  38'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 700 Referee: Tadej Mežnar (Slovenia)

10 July 2012 12	Śląsk Wrocław	0–1	Maribor	Čakovec, Croatia
18:30 CET		Report (in Slovene)	Berić  57'

11 September 2012 13	Veržej	0–6	Maribor	Veržej, Slovenia
17:00 CET		(in Slovene)	Mezga  7'  37' Cvijanović  43' Komazec  56' Črnic  61' Milec  90'	Stadium: Čistina Stadium

13 October 2012 14	Cerkvenjak	1–14	Maribor	Cerkvenjak, Slovenia
15:00 CET	Zorman  43'	(in Slovene)	Ploj  13' Komazec  19'  25'  38' Mezga  21'  36' (pen.) Smrekar  48'  79' Hotić  51' Šauperl  55'  56' Milec  68' Rep  83' Arghus  88'	Stadium: Sports and Recreation Center Attendance: 1,000

22 January 2013 15	Maribor	1–1	Mattersburg	Stegersbach, Austria
14:30 CET	Smrekar  70'	Report (in Slovene)	Klemen  41'	Referee: Grlec (Slovenia)

26 January 2013 16	Maribor	2–1	Pécsi	Lendava, Slovenia
14:30 CET	Ibraimi  pen' (5) Berić  27'	Report (in Slovene)	Wittredi  pen' (77)	Referee: Grlic (Slovenia)

29 January 2013 17	Maribor	10–0	Odranci	Lendava, Slovenia
	Filipović  20' Tavares  25' Mertelj  28' Smrekar  32' Moravac  44' Milec  45' Berić  53' Mevlja  59' Fajić  79' Hozjan  og.' (81)	Report (in Slovene)		Referee: Tratnjek

31 January 2013 18	Maribor	3–1	Kaposvári	Moravske Toplice, Slovenia
	Ibraimi  pen' (20) Tavares  50'  70'	Report (in Slovene)	Haruna  73'	Referee: Grilc (Slovenia)

5 February 2013 19	Maribor	0–2	Admira Wacker	Belek, Turkey
14:00 CET		Report (in Slovene)	Mikuš  14' Ouédraogo  85'	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center

9 February 2013 20	Maribor	3–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Belek, Turkey
10:00 CET	Mezga  pen' (62)  68' Smrekar  72'	Report (in Slovene)	Bokila  69'	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center

10 February 2013 21	Maribor	0–0	Jiangsu	Belek, Turkey
14:00 CET		Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Susesi Sport Center

12 February 2013 22	Maribor	0–1	Litex Lovech	Belek, Turkey
14:00 CET		Report (in Slovene)	Milanov  pen' (61)	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center

13 February 2013 23	Maribor	2–0	Karpaty Lviv	Belek, Turkey
16:30 CET	Mezga  52' Berić  75'	Report (in Slovene)		Stadium: Susesi Sport Center

15 February 2013 24	Maribor	3–2	Baumit Jablonec	Belek, Turkey
14:00 CET	Cvijanović  50' Berić  82' Potokar  90'	Report (in Slovene)	Rossi Silva  8' Třešňák  72'	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center

20 March 2013 25	Maribor	6–1	Maribor Academy	Maribor, Slovenia
	Smrekar  8' Fajić  12' Tavares  35' Lesjak  84' Berić  85'  90'	Report (in Slovene)	Konjić  74'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt (training pitch)

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 = Macedonia = Serbia = Slovenia

Competitions Apps = Appearances = Yellow card = Red card

Key

	The player was selected in the official 2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga team of the season and was chosen as the league's MVP
	The player was selected in the official 2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga team of the season
#	The player was the top scorer in the respective competition

Appearances and goals

Correct as of 29 May 2013, end of the 2012–13 season. 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 2012–13 season, and displaying their statistics during that timeframe

No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			League		Cup		Supercup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
4	DF	Jovan Vidović	9	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	2	0	12	2
5	MF	Željko Filipović	26	0	6	0	1	1 #	6	0	6	0	45	1
6	DF	Martin Milec	25	2	5	0	—	—	1	0	5	0	36	2
7	DF	Aleš Mejač	18	1	2	0	1	0	6	0	5	0	32	1
8	MF	Dejan Mezga^[C]	28	7	6	4 #	1	0	6	3	5	0	46	14
9	FW	Marcos Tavares	29	17 #	6	4 #	1	0	6	3	6	2	48	26
10	MF	Agim Ibraimi	25	6	6	1	1	1 #	6	1	6	1	44	10
11	FW	Etien Velikonja	2	0	—	—	1	0	1	0	—	—	4	0
11	FW	Luka Zahovič	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0
12	GK	Marko Pridigar	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0
14	FW	Bian Paul Šauperl	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0
17	FW	Matija Smrekar	10	0	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	0
20	MF	Goran Cvijanović	32	12	6	0	1	0	6	0	6	0	51	12
21	FW	Nikola Komazec	13	3	1	0	—	—	4	0	3	0	21	3
22	DF	Nejc Potokar	23	0	4	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	35	0
23	MF	Dino Hotić	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0
24	DF	Dejan Trajkovski	11	0	—	—	1	0	3	0	1	0	16	0
25	MF	Ranko Moravac	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	0
26	DF	Aleksander Rajčević	23	1	3	1	1	0	6	0	6	0	39	2
27	FW	Alen Ploj	14	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	6
28	DF	Mitja Viler	21	0	5	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	27	0
29	MF	Timotej Dodlek	19	0	2	0	—	—	1	0	4	0	26	0
30	MF	Petar Stojanović	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	0
31	MF	Zoran Lesjak	6	0	—	—	—	—	2	0	—	—	8	0
32	FW	Robert Berić	33	13	5	1	1	0	6	3	6	3	51	20
33	GK	Jasmin Handanović	33	0	6	0	1	0	6	0	6	0	52	0
35	DF	Mitja Rešek	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0
44	DF	Arghus^[D]	14	1	3	0	—	—	6	0	4	0	27	1
45	DF	Nejc Mevlja	11	0	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	0
55	FW	Rajko Rep	4	0	—	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	5	0
70	MF	Aleš Mertelj	27	1	6	0	1	0	6	1	6	0	46	2
71	FW	Nusmir Fajić	8	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	4
92	MF	Matic Črnic	12	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	13	1

Discipline

Correct as of 29 May 2013, end of the 2012–13 season. 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 2012–13 season, and displaying their statistics during that timeframe

No.	Pos.	Name
			League		Cup		Supercup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
4	DF	Jovan Vidović	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	1	0	1
5	MF	Željko Filipović	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
6	DF	Martin Milec	5	0	1	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	6	0
7	DF	Aleš Mejač	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	1
8	MF	Dejan Mezga^[C]	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
9	FW	Marcos Tavares	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
10	MF	Agim Ibraimi	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
11	FW	Etien Velikonja	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0
11	FW	Luka Zahovič	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
12	GK	Marko Pridigar	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
14	FW	Bian Paul Šauperl	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
17	FW	Matija Smrekar	1	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0
20	MF	Goran Cvijanović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Nikola Komazec	3	1	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	3	1
22	DF	Nejc Potokar	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	1
23	MF	Dino Hotić	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0
24	DF	Dejan Trajkovski	2	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	—	2	0
25	MF	Ranko Moravac	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
26	DF	Aleksander Rajčević	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
27	FW	Alen Ploj	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0
28	DF	Mitja Viler	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	2	0
31	MF	Zoran Lesjak	2	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	0
32	FW	Robert Berić	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
33	GK	Jasmin Handanović	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1
44	DF	Arghus^[D]	3	2	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0	4	3
45	DF	Nejc Mevlja	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
55	FW	Rajko Rep	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0
70	MF	Aleš Mertelj	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	8	1
71	FW	Nusmir Fajić	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0
92	MF	Matic Črnic	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0

Transfers and loans

Summer transfer window

Transfer	Position	Name	From / last	To	Note
Loan out	DF	Aleš Majer	Maribor	Mura 05	Loaned out until 1 June 2013[9]
Transfer in	FW	Nikola Komazec	Petrolul Ploiești	Maribor	Free agent[10]
Transfer out	MF	Gabriel	Maribor	Valletta	Free agent[11]
Transfer out	FW	Etien Velikonja	Maribor	Cardiff City	Undisclosed transfer fee, alleged to be around €2 million[12]
Loan out	DF	Mitja Rešek	Maribor	Aluminij	Loaned out until 1 June 2013[11]
Transfer out	DF	Dejan Kurbus	Maribor	Mura 05	Free transfer[11]
Transfer out	MF	Aleks Pihler	Maribor	Domžale	Free transfer[11]
Loan out	DF	Matjaž Kek	Maribor	Šenčur	Loaned out until January 2013[13]
Loan out	GK	Dragan Topić	Maribor	Šenčur	Loaned out[13]
Transfer in	DF	Nejc Mevlja	Gorica	Maribor	Free transfer[14]

Winter transfer window

Transfer	Position	Name	From / last	To	Note
Transfer in	FW	Nusmir Fajić	Mura 05	Maribor	Undisclosed transfer fee, alleged to be around €30,000[15][16]
Transfer in	FW	Matija Smrekar	Charleroi	Maribor	Free agent[16]
Loan out	MF	Matic Črnic	Maribor	Aluminij	Loaned out until June 2013[17]
Loan out	DF	Matjaž Kek	Maribor	Dravinja	Loaned out until June 2013[18]
Loan out	FW	Alen Ploj	Maribor	Mura 05	Loaned out until June 2013[18]
Loan out	MF	Rajko Rep	Maribor	Mura 05	Loaned out until June 2013[18]
Loan out	GK	Matej Radan	Maribor	Dravinja	Loaned out until June 2013[18]
Transfer out	FW	Nikola Komazec	Maribor	Suphanburi	Transferred out[19]

Footnotes

• ^A Knockout matches which were decided on penalty kicks are listed as a draw.
• ^B Olimpija was officially selected as the home team during the 2012 Slovenian Supercup, with a draw. The Slovenian Supercup is, however, traditionally played at the stadium of the previous year league champions and the 2012 final was played at the Ljudski vrt stadium in Maribor, the home of NK Maribor. Thus, the match is listed as being played at home.
• ^C Mezga holds a dual citizenship of Croatia and Slovenia.[20]
• ^D Arghus holds a dual citizenship of Brazil and Italy.[21]

See also

• List of NK Maribor seasons

References

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