I. SSK Maribor
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| Full name | 1. slovenski športni klub Maribor | |
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| Founded | 28 June 1919[1][2][3] | |
| Dissolved | 1941[1][3] | |
| Ground | Ljudski vrt | |
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1. slovenski športni klub Maribor (English: First Slovene Sports Club Maribor) or simply I. SSK Maribor was a football club from Maribor. The club was founded in 1919.[1][2][3] I. SSK Maribor had a fierce rivalry with NK Železničar Maribor.[4]
The club was founded on 28 June 1919 by Ivo Vauda, who was the best Slovenian footballer in Maribor at the time.[1][2] Drago Kolbl was the first president of the club.[3] I. SSK Maribor was considered as the successor of ŠD Maribor.[1] The first match was played on 11 July 1919 against the German-based team from Maribor, SK Hertha, which I. SSK Maribor won 2–1.[2] The first official competitive match was played against another German-based team from Maribor, Rapid.[2] Rapid won the first game 5–0, but in the second game, I. SSK Maribor won 2–1.[2] The first international match was played on 1 July 1922 against Grazer AK.[2] The match ended in a 2–2 draw.[2] After finishing as the runners-up on six occasions, they have finally won the Ljubljana Subassociation League for the first time in the 1930–31 season.[2][3] They have won another two titles in the 1932–33 and 1938–39 seasons.[2][3] The club was dissolved at the beginning of the World War II in Yugoslavia.[1][3]