The NK Maribor Post
Squad17 May 2027
The knee: Niko Ljubić out for 28 days
28 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. NK Maribor lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match17 May 2027
NK Maribor are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 35 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market17 May 2027
Matej Tadič is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at NK Maribor is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad17 May 2027
Žan Jevšenak stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Žan Jevšenak and NK Maribor agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad17 May 2027
Words exchanged at NK Maribor
Mark Zabukovnik and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market17 May 2027
One of our own: Timi Birsa joins the NK Maribor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Timi Birsa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 May 2027
NK Maribor promote Vid Brekalo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vid Brekalo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 May 2027
One of our own: Rok Kurtovic joins the NK Maribor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rok Kurtovic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 May 2027
A row about effort at NK Maribor
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Benjamin Tetteh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Hilal Soudani plays
- The dugout Luka Zahovič knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout A door opens for Ažbe Jug