Where is Maribor and what have Liverpool’s opponents won in the past?

Liverpool take on NK Maribor in the the second Champions League encounter between the two sides at Anfield tonight.

Jurgen Klopp’s side thrashed the Champions League minnows last week 7-0, and are expected to win tonight to take a stranglehold of Group E.

The group is tightly poised, with the Reds level on points with rivals, Spartak Moscow and one point ahead of Sevilla.

Spartak Moscow and Sevilla face each other tonight, so Liverpool know that this is a must-win game.

But what is the background of Maribor?

Maribor is a Slovenian city set amid wine-region hills on the Drava River.

Maribor has a population of around 95,500 people – making it Slovenia’s second largest city behind Ljubljana.

The city is located in the home region of Styria, northeastern Slovenia.

The old town’s main square is known as Glavni Trg. This resembles a Renaissance-style look and the town hall (Mariborski rotovž) dates from 1515.

Nearby Grajski Trg square there is also a 15th century Maribor Castle which houses a Knights’ Hall and the regional museum of Maribor.

On the Drava River lies Maribor Island, here is located Maribor’s oldest public bath. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions.

There are two hills in Maribor: Calvary Hill and Pyramid Hill, both surrounded by vineyards.

What have NK Maribor won?

NK Maribor was established in 12 December, 1960.

Maribor is the most successful club in the country, having won 14 Slovenian PrvaLiga titles, nine Slovenian Cups, and four Slovenian Supercups.

The club are the only Slovenian club to have participated in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.

The majority of the club’s success came in the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning seven successive league titles and three national cups.

However, since 2008/2009, the club have won seven out of nine championships since then.

Interestingly, Maribor competed in the Yugoslav football system, before Slovenia became independent.

Maribor also hold a European trophy to their name also, being one of the 11 winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, in which they defeated Spanish side Villarreal in the final round in 2006.

Villareal were a strong side, having played in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League against Arsenal that year.

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