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ŠD Brezje

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Nickname(s)
  
Vijolice (The Violets)

League
  
Slovenian League

Website
  
Club home page

Ground
  
Tabor Hall

President
  
Vinko Gajser

Ground Capacity
  
3,800

2015–16
  
Slovenian League, 1st

Head coach
  
Robert Grdović

Date founded
  
2011

Full name
  
Športno Društvo Brezje Maribor

Športno Društvo Brezje Maribor or simply ŠD Brezje is a futsal club from Maribor, Slovenia. The club is also known as PROEN Maribor due to sponsorship reasons.

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History

ŠD Brezje was founded in 2011, when the club started competing in the Slovenian second division. In their second season, the team gets promoted to the elite Slovenian Futsal League. After finishing in third place in the 2014–15 season, the team won the league title in the 2015–16 season, defeating FC Litija 3–1 in series in the final. The club, competing under the name PROEN Maribor due to sponsorship reasons, has also won the Slovenian Cup in the same season.

In the 2016–17 season, ŠD Brezje debuted in the international competitions as the club competed in the 2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, where they reached the elite round after winning the Group G of the preliminary round and finishing in the second place in Group 1 of the main round. The team have won the Slovenian Cup trophy for the second time in a row during the 2016–17 season, defeating Bronx Škofije 6–2 in the final on 5 March 2017.

Name changes

Club names through history:

  • ŠD Brezje (2011–2013)
  • RE/MAX Brezje Maribor (2014–2015)
  • PROEN Maribor (2016–present)
  • Arena

    The team play their home matches at a 3,800 capacity Tabor Hall in the Tabor district of Maribor. Their secondary venues are a 2,100 capacity Lukna Sports Hall and TŠC Maribor Sports Hall, which is located in the Tezno district of Maribor.

    Current squad

    Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    Source:

    Honours

  • Slovenian League: 1
  • Slovenian Cup: 2
  • MNZ Maribor Cup: 2
  • Notable players

    The following players have made at least one appearance for the senior national team in the official UEFA recognized matches.

    Slovenia

  • Žiga Čeh
  • Sebastijan Drobne
  • Alen Fetić
  • Matej Fideršek
  • Suad Fileković
  • Damir Puškar
  • Mile Simeunović
  • Irnes Škorić
  • Davorin Šnofl
  • Denis Totošković
  • Aleš Vrabel
  • Managers

  • Boris Šprah (2011–2013)
  • Dejan Kraut (2013)
  • Simon Šabeder (2013–2014)
  • Drago Adamič (2014–2015)
  • Senudin Džafić (2015–2016)
  • Robert Grdović (2016–present)
  • References

    ŠD Brezje Wikipedia