The NK Maribor Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Hilal Soudani scores twice — 9.16
Two goals and a mark of 9.16 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
David Pejičić, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 7.94
A mark of 7.94 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market10 Aug 2026
NK Maribor turn down Vitebsk for Benjamin Tetteh
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
NK Maribor bid $720.0K for Luka Kolar
The offer went to NK Celje this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tio Cipot signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tio Cipot and NK Maribor agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
NK Maribor rebuffed over Antonio Marin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Olimpija Ljubljana have kept their man, and NK Maribor go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at NK Maribor
Petar Stojanović was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Hilal Soudani sends NK Maribor past Koper
It finished 2‑1, and it was Hilal Soudani’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to NK Maribor.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
NK Maribor supporters have found a favourite in David Pejičić
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. David Pejičić has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Ažbe Jug
- Market Kevin Lovric steps up from the NK Maribor academy
- Market One of our own: Petar Oblak joins the NK Maribor first team