Eternal derby (Slovenia)
The Eternal derby of Slovenian football, simply known as the Eternal derby (Template:Lang-sl) or Slovenian derby (Template:Lang-sl) was a major football rivalry between Maribor and Olimpija, which was dissolved in 2004. Although the old Olimpija was officially dissolved at the end of 2004 it was still allowed to finish the 2004–05 season, which was at the time already in progress.
On 2 March 2005 a new club was established,[1][2] under the name Bežigrad, retaining Olimpija's fans, colours and most of the youth team players. NK Bežigrad later changed its name twice. First to NK Olimpija Bežigrad and finally to 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][8]
References
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "NK Olimpija Ljubljana - Zgodovina" (in Slovenian). NK Olimpija. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Klubi -> Ljubljana" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "PrvaLiga: NK Olimpija" (in Slovenian). Association of 1. SNL. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Mariborčani osvojili tudi Stožice" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Razbita Olimpija, razbite Stožice" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ MKo (22 February 2013). "Zgodovina na strani Maribora" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "SNL Statistika: Vse sezone" (in Slovenian). Association of 1. SNL. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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