Športno društvo Brezje Maribor or simply ŠD Brezje was a

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club from

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, Slovenia. They won the Slovenian Futsal League two times, in 2016 and 2017.

History

ŠD Brezje was founded in 2011, when the club started competing in the Slovenian second division. In their second season, the team was promoted to the top tier 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 international competitions as the club competed in the

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, where they reached the elite round. 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. In the

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, Brezje started in the main round of the competition, where the team was eliminated with three defeats out of three games. In the same season, Brezje failed to retain the national championship as the team finished the season in third place. After the 2018–19 season, when Brezje finished as runners-up of the national league, the team was dissolved due to financial problems.

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

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in the Tabor District of

. Their secondary venue was a 2,100 capacity Lukna Sports Hall, also located in Maribor.

Honours

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**Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17 **Runners-up: 2018–19 * Slovenian Cup **Winners: 2015–16, 2016–17 **Runners-up: 2018–19 *Slovenian Supercup **Runners-up: 2016, 2017 *MNZ Maribor Cup **Winners: 2013–14, 2014–15

Season-by-season records

UEFA club competitions record

All results list Brezje's goal tally first.

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 *

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* Tilen Gajser * Nikola Jandrić *

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* Uroš Kroflič * Tjaž Lovrenčič * Damir Puškar *

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* 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

External links

UEFA profile
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