ŠD Brezje

Športno društvo Brezje Maribor or simply ŠD Brezje was a futsal club from Maribor, Slovenia. They won the Slovenian Futsal League two times, in 2016 and 2017.

Brezje Maribor

Full name	Športno društvo Brezje Maribor
Nickname(s)	Vijolice (The Violets)
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011)[1]
Dissolved	2019; 6 years ago (2019)
Ground	Tabor Hall
Capacity	3,261
Home colours Away colours

History

ŠD Brezje was founded in 2011, when the club started competing in the Slovenian second division.^[1] In their second season, the team was promoted to the top tier Slovenian Futsal League.^[1] 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.^[1][2] The club, competing under the name PROEN Maribor due to sponsorship reasons, has also won the Slovenian Cup in the same season.^[1][3]

In the 2016–17 season, ŠD Brezje debuted in international competitions as the club competed in the 2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, where they reached the elite round.^[4] The team has 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. Brezje has also defended the national title, again defeating Litija 3–1 in the final.^[5][6] In the 2017–18 UEFA Futsal Cup, Brezje started in the main round of the competition, where the team was eliminated with three defeats out of three games.^[7] In the same season, Brezje failed to retain the national championship as the team finished the season in third place.^[8] After the 2018–19 season, when Brezje finished as runners-up of the national league, the team was dissolved due to financial problems.^[9]

Name changes

Club names through history:

• ŠD Brezje (2011–2013)
• RE/MAX Brezje Maribor (2014–2015)
• PROEN Maribor (2016–2017)
• FutureNet Maribor (2017–2019)

Arena

The team played their home matches at Tabor Hall in the Tabor District of Maribor. Their secondary venue was a 2,100^[10] capacity Lukna Sports Hall, also located in Maribor.

Honours

• Slovenian Championship
  • Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17^[11]
  • Runners-up: 2018–19
• Slovenian Cup
  • Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17^[11]
  • Runners-up: 2018–19
• Slovenian Supercup
  • Runners-up: 2016, 2017
• MNZ Maribor Cup
  • Winners: 2013–14, 2014–15^[11]

Season-by-season records

Season	Division	League	Pos.	Cup	Supercup	UEFA Futsal Cup
2011–12	2	2. SFL	5	—	—	—
2012–13	2	2. SFL	3	—	—	—
2013–14	1	1. SFL	7	Round of 16	—	—
2014–15	1	1. SFL	3	Quarterfinals	—	—
2015–16	1	1. SFL	1	Winners	—	—
2016–17	1	1. SFL	1	Winners	Runners-up	Elite round
2017–18	1	1. SFL	3	Quarterfinals	Runners-up	Main round
2018–19	1	1. SFL	2	Runners-up	—	—

UEFA club competitions record

All results list Brezje's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Result
2016–17	UEFA Futsal Cup	Preliminary round	KF Tirana	4–2
			FC Munsbach	14–2
			Zduńska Wola	6–4
		Main round	ETO Győr	0–4
			Energia Lviv	6–2
			Kremlin-Bicêtre United	1–2
		Elite round	Ekonomac	6–2
			EP Chrudim	1–4
			Inter FS	1–3
2017–18	UEFA Futsal Cup	Main round	Dina Moskva	2–5
			Braga/AAUM	2–3
			Inter FS	1–4

International players

The following ŠD Brezje players were capped at full international level.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Dario Markić
• Ivan Matan

Croatia

• Robert Grdović
• Josip Jurić
• Kristijan Postružin
• Marinko Šamija

Serbia

• Miloš Stojković

Slovenia

• Jeremy Bukovec
• Žiga Čeh
• Sebastijan Drobne
• Alen Fetić
• Matej Fideršek
• Suad Fileković
• Tilen Gajser
• Nikola Jandrić
• Nikola Jelić
• Uroš Kroflič
• Tjaž Lovrenčič
• Damir Puškar
• Vid Sever
• Milivoje Simeunović
• Davorin Šnofl
• Jaka Sovdat
• Denis Totošković
• Teo Turk
• Aleš Vrabel

Managers

• Boris Šprah (2011–2013)
• Dejan Kraut (2013)
• Simon Šabeder (2013–2014)
• Drago Adamič (2014–2015)
• Senudin Džafić (2015–2016)
• Robert Grdović (2016–2017)
• Matej Gajser (2017–2018)
• Tomislav Horvat (2018–2019)

References

1. "Zgodovina in vizija" (in Slovenian). ŠD Brezje. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
2. "Maribor prvič prvak v futsalu" (in Slovenian). Siol. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
3. "Mariboru prvi pokalni naslov" (in Slovenian). Siol. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
4. "Maribor bo gostil Ligo prvakov v futsalu". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 18 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
5. M. L. (5 March 2017). "Mariborčani drugič zapored pokalni zmagovalci" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
6. A. V. (2 May 2017). "Futsal: Proen Maribor ubranil naslov" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
7. "Španci previsoka ovira za slovenske futsal prvake" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
8. "Bron v Maribor" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
9. "Konec futsala v Mariboru, klub razpustil ekipo". maribor24.si (in Slovenian). 14 August 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
10. "Športna dvorana Ljudski vrt – Lukna". maribor.si (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
11. "Dosežki" [Achievements] (in Slovenian). ŠD Brezje. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

External links

• UEFA profile