The NK Maribor Post
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Karol Borys at 19 — 7.92
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Karol Borys did not need any: 7.92, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Čedomir Bumbić beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Žan Karničnik signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Žan Karničnik and NK Maribor agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Žan Karničnik in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at NK Maribor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Dario Vizinger falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Grasshopper tell NK Maribor: Nikolas Muci is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
NK Maribor supporters have found a favourite in Karol Borys
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Karol Borys 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Karol Borys sends NK Maribor past Rudar Velenje
It finished 2‑0, and it was Karol Borys’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to NK Maribor.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jean Michaël Seri retires from international football
“64 caps. I have loved every one, and it is somebody else’s turn.” At 35 he has stepped away from his country and is going nowhere at NK Maribor.
In brief
- Market Nobody at NK Maribor has picked up the phone to Ažbe Jug
- Transfer targets NK Maribor ask about Max Dean
- The dugout Luka Janza has his say