Supporters and Rivalry
The club had a supporters group called Maribor Supporters. They started to attend a games in the 2008–09 season, when the club was playing in the Slovenian Second League. However, the supporters group was official established in 2011. In February 2012 there was an incident, when the small number of Maribor Supporters chanted a song about the Srebrenica massacre against the Bosnian team Gradačac in the first leg of the 2011–12 EHF Challenge Cup. The group was banned from attending the Branik's home games. Maribor Branik do not have any major rivals, however, matches between Maribor Branik and Celje are considered as the Styrian derby, named after the Styria region in Slovenia, with Maribor and Celje being the two biggest cities in the region.
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