Eternal derby of Slovenian football (2007)
| Other names | Slovenski derbi |
|---|---|
| Locale | Ljubljana – Maribor, Slovenia |
| Teams |
Maribor Olimpija |
| First meeting |
24 October 2007 Slovenian Cup Maribor 3–1 Bežigrad |
| Latest meeting |
19 August 2018 Slovenian PrvaLiga Olimpija 0–3 Maribor |
| Next meeting |
27 October 2018 Slovenian PrvaLiga Maribor v Olimpija |
| Broadcasters | RTV Slovenija |
| Stadiums |
Ljudski vrt Stožice |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 49 |
| Most wins | Maribor (24) |
| Most player appearances | Marcos Tavares (46) |
| Top scorer | Marcos Tavares (8) |
| Largest victory |
Olimpija 4–1 Maribor (28 August 2011) Maribor 4–1 Olimpija (29 April 2015) |
The Eternal derby of Slovenian football, simply known as the Eternal derby (Slovene: Večni derbi) or Slovenian derby (Slovene: Slovenski derbi), is a major football rivalry between NK Maribor and NK Olimpija Ljubljana. The match between the two rivals was first contested on 24 October 2007 in a quarter-final match of the Slovenian Cup, which was won by Maribor 3–1.
History and rivalry culture
Olimpija was founded on 2 March 2005 under the name NK Bežigrad.[1][2] They later changed their name twice. First to NK Olimpija Bežigrad and finally to NK Olimpija Ljubljana. Although the board of the newly established club and its fans see the team as the spiritual continuation of the old club, they are not regarded as the legal successors of the old NK Olimpija and are not entitled to claim the honours won by the defunct club.[3][4]
However, because the new Olimpija is supported by most of the fans of the previous Olimpija, including their ultras group the Green Dragons who has a long-standing rivalry with Maribor's own ultras group Viole Maribor, many see the matches between Maribor and the new club as the continuation of the rivalry and refer to it by the same name.[5][6] The overall statistics are tracked separately by the Football Association of Slovenia and the Association of 1. SNL.[4][7] The first match between NK Maribor and the new NK Olimpija took place on 24 October 2007 on a Slovenian cup quarter-final match that was won by Maribor, 3–1.[8] At the time, Olimpija was still competing under the name NK Olimpija Bežigrad.[8]
Fans
Besides the city of Maribor itself and the surrounding area NK Maribor also has a large fan base in the whole regions of Štajerska and Koroška. The club also draws significant number of supporters from northern Gorenjska and northeastern Dolenjska as well as the capital city of Ljubljana itself, due to a large number of students and workers from eastern part of the country. Olimpija on the other hand inherited much of the fan base that belong to the dissolved Olimpija Ljubljana and draws much of its fans from the central part of the country, the majority from the city of Ljubljana with the surrounding area of southern Gorenjska and northwestern Dolenjska. A significant fan base is also present in the region of Notranjska. Overall, the two clubs were always the most popular football clubs in the country.
Both, Maribor and Olimpija, always had support on their matches from ultras groups called the Viole Maribor, supporting NK Maribor, and the Green Dragons, who supports NK Olimpija. The two groups are the largest in the country and it is not uncommon that the matches between the two clubs were sometimes interrupted by violent clashes between the two groups or with the police.[9] On many occasions, before or after the matches, the fans of the two clubs would also meet up and fight on the streets. One of the worst incidents occurred in April 2010 after the match, when a Maribor supporter stabbs a member of the Green Dragons who, with a group of friends, got into a fight with members of the Viole in Ljubljana's railway station.[10] However, to date, there has not been any fatalities in the country related to football violence. Fans of Olimpija traditionally occupy the northern stands of the stadiums, while Maribor fans are present on the southern stands.
Honours
- Official statistics of honours won by NK Maribor and NK Olimpija, established in 2005 under the name NK Bežigrad, as treated by the Football Association of Slovenia.[11][12]
| Major honours won | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competition | Maribor | Olimpija |
| 1. SNL | 14 | 2 |
| Cup | 9 | 1 |
| Supercup | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 27 | 3 |
Head-to-head
Matches
Slovenian First League
| Maribor – Olimpija | Olimpija – Maribor | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Round | Date | Venue | Attendance | Score | Report | Round | Date | Venue | Attendance | Score | Report |
| 2009–10 | 4 | 08–08–2009 | Ljudski vrt | 6,000 | 1–0 | Rep. | 13 | 17–10–2009 | ŽŠD Ljubljana | 2,000 | 0–1 | Rep. |
| 22 | 09–12–2009 | Ljudski vrt | 2,500 | 2–1 | Rep. | 31 | 16–04–2010 | ŽŠD Ljubljana | 2,000 | 1–1 | Rep. | |
| 2010–11 | 13 | 16–10–2010 | Ljudski vrt | 8,000 | 0–0 | Rep. | 4 | 29–09–2010 | Stožice | 10,000 | 0–1 | Rep. |
| 31 | 04–05–2011 | Ljudski vrt | 9,500 | 2–2 | Rep. | 22 | 12–03–2011 | Stožice | 5,000 | 0–0 | Rep. | |
| 2011–12 | 16 | 30–10–2011 | Ljudski vrt | 12,500 | 2–2 | Rep. | 7 | 28–08–2011 | Stožice | 8,000 | 4–1 | Rep. |
| 34 | 12–05–2012 | Ljudski vrt | 10,000 | 3–2 | Rep. | 25 | 21–03–2012 | Stožice | 8,000 | 1–2 | Rep. | |
| 2012–13 | 14 | 20–10–2012 | Ljudski vrt | 9,000 | 1–0 | Rep. | 5 | 11–08–2012 | Stožice | 5,500 | 0–0 | Rep. |
| 32 | 11–05–2013 | Ljudski vrt | 9,000 | 2–1 | Rep. | 23 | 10–03–2013 | Stožice | 2,000 | 1–1 | Rep. | |
| 2013–14 | 13 | 06–10–2013 | Ljudski vrt | 6,500 | 2–0 | Rep. | 4 | 02–03–2014 | Stožice | 5,000 | 0–3 | Rep. |
| 31 | 03–05–2014 | Ljudski vrt | 5,500 | 2–0 | Rep. | 22 | 15–03–2014 | Stožice | 100[A] | 2–0 | Rep. | |
| 2014–15 | 12 | 04–10–2014 | Ljudski vrt | 10,000 | 3–3 | Rep. | 3 | 08–04–2015 | Stožice | 5,000 | 0–0 | Rep. |
| 30 | 29–04–2015 | Ljudski vrt | 8,500 | 4–1 | Rep. | 21 | 04–03–2015 | Stožice | 6,500 | 0–1 | Rep. | |
| 2015–16 | 6 | 16–08–2015 | Ljudski vrt | 10,000 | 0–3 | Rep. | 15 | 21–11–2015 | Stožice | 13,500 | 2–2 | Rep. |
| 24 | 05–03–2016 | Ljudski vrt | 12,160 | 0–0 | Rep. | 33 | 07–05–2016 | Stožice | 14,000 | 1–2 | Rep. | |
| 2016–17 | 4 | 08–08–2016 | Ljudski vrt | 11,000 | 1–1 | Rep. | 13 | 15–10–2016 | Stožice | 13,770 | 1–3 | Rep. |
| 22 | 25–02–2017 | Ljudski vrt | 12,000 | 1–0 | Rep. | 31 | 29–04–2017 | Stožice | 7,000 | 0–0 | Rep. | |
| 2017–18 | 16 | 17–11–2017 | Ljudski vrt | 9,000 | 1–0 | Rep. | 7 | 27–08–2017 | Stožice | 13,000 | 0–0 | Rep. |
| 34 | 19–05–2018 | Ljudski vrt | 12,166 | 2–3 | Rep. | 25 | 31–03–2018 | Stožice | 12,000 | 1–1 | Rep. | |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 27–10–2018 | Ljudski vrt | 5 | 19–08–2018 | Stožice | 8,600 | 0–3 | Rep. | |||
| 32 | 11–05–2019 | Ljudski vrt | 23 | 16–03–2019 | Stožice | |||||||
• Total: Maribor 18 wins (48,64%), 15 draws (40,54%), Olimpija 4 wins (10,81%).
Slovenian Cup
| Season | Round | Leg | Date | Venue | Attendance | Match | Score | Winner | Report |
| 2007–08 | Quarter-final | & —
|
24–10–2007 | Ljudski vrt | 3,500 | Maribor – Olimpija | 3–1 | Maribor | Rep. |
| 2009–10 | Round of 16 | & —
|
21–10–2009 | ŽŠD Ljubljana | 1,700 | Olimpija – Maribor | 0–1 | Maribor | Rep. |
| 2012–13 | Quarter-final | First | 27–02–2013 | Stožice | 4,000 | Olimpija – Maribor | 1–3 | Maribor | Rep. |
| Second | 06–03–2013 | Ljudski vrt | 5,000 | Maribor – Olimpija | 0–1 | Rep. | |||
| 2013–14 | Semi-final | First | 26–03–2014 | Ljudski vrt | 7,000 | Maribor – Olimpija | 1–0 | Maribor | Rep. |
| Second | 02–04–2014 | Stožice | 4,000 | Olimpija – Maribor | 1–1 | Rep. | |||
| 2016–17 | Semi-final | First | 05–04–2017 | Stožice | 6,000 | Olimpija – Maribor | 2–1 | Olimpija | Rep. |
| Second | 12–04–2017 | Ljudski vrt | 10,500 | Maribor – Olimpija | 1–1 | Rep. | |||
| 2017–18 | Quarter-final | First | 11–11–2017 | Stožice | 7,000 | Olimpija – Maribor | 3–0 | Olimpija | Rep. |
| Second | 29–11–2017 | Ljudski vrt | 3,000 | Maribor – Olimpija | 1–1 | Rep. |
• Series won: Maribor 4 (66,66%), Olimpija 2 (33,33%).
Slovenian Supercup
| Season | Round | Leg | Date | Venue | Attendance | Match | Score | Winner | Report |
| 2012 | Final | & —
|
08–07–2012 | Ljudski vrt | 4,150 | Olimpija – Maribor | 1–2 | Maribor | Rep. |
| 2013 | Final | & —
|
07–07–2013 | Arena Petrol (N) | 1,800 | Maribor – Olimpija | 3–0 | Maribor | Rep. |
• Series won: Maribor 2 (100%), Olimpija 0 (0%).
Statistics
The table below is accurate as of 19 August 2018.
| Maribor wins |
Draws | Olimpija wins | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. SNL | |||
| At Maribor home | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| At Olimpija home | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| Total | 18 | 15 | 4 |
| Slovenian Cup | |||
| At Maribor home | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| At Olimpija home | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Slovenian Supercup | |||
| At Maribor home[B] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| At Olimpija home | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neutral field | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | |||
| 49 | 24 | 18 | 7 |
League ranking
| Position | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| 8 | |||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
• Total: Maribor 7 times higher (77,77%), Olimpija 2 times higher (22,22%).
Footnotes
- A The match was played behind closed doors.
- B Olimpija Ljubljana was officially selected as the home team during the 2012 Slovenian Supercup, with a draw. However, the match was played at Ljudski vrt stadium in Maribor, the home of NK Maribor.
References
- ↑ "Zeleno-beli v štirih letih iz pete v prvo ligo" [Green-whites in four years from fifth to first league] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ↑ "NK Olimpija Ljubljana - Zgodovina" [NK Olimpija Ljubljana - History] (in Slovenian). nkolimpija.si. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ↑ "Klubi" [Clubs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- 1 2 "PrvaLiga: NK Olimpija" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga official website. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ↑ Sportal (27 September 2010). "Mariborčani osvojili tudi Stožice" [Maribor conquers Stozice] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ↑ Klemen Kos (30 September 2010). "Razbita Olimpija, razbite Stožice" [Broken Olimpija, broken Stozice] (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ↑ "SNL Statistika: Vse sezone" [SNL Statistics: All seasons] (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga official website. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- 1 2 Sportal (28 November 2007). "Mariboru večni derbi" [Eternal derby to Maribor] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ↑ M.K./STA (30 September 2010). "FOTO in VIDEO: Stožice: Škode za okoli 20.000 evrov" [Stozice: Damage is worth about 20.000 euros] (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: 24ur.com. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ↑ Tina Pertoci (17 April 2010). "Po derbiju v Ljubljani zaboden navijač" [Fan stabbed after derby in Ljubljana] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ↑ "Maribor – basic info" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ↑ "Olimpija Ljubljana – basic info" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 12 November 2017.