Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Eternal derby of Slovenian football, simply known as the Eternal derby (Slovene: Večni derbi) or Slovenian derby (Slovene: Slovenski derbi) was a major football rivalry between Maribor and Olimpija, which was dissolved in 2004. Although the old Olimpija was officially dissolved at the end of 2004 it was still allowed to finish the 2004–05 season, which was at the time already in progress.In 2005 a new club, under the name of NK Bežigrad was founded and later changed its name several times until it eventually became known as Olimpija. Because most of the fans that supported the dissolved Olimpija simply started to support Bežigrad, the continuation of the rivalry is considered by most Slovenian media and fans, as the matches between Maribor and the new Olimpija Ljubljana, established in 2005 as NK Bežigrad, The new club consider themselves as the spiritual continuation of the 2004 dissolved club. However, legally, the current Olimpija Ljubljana is a distinct and separate club, and is not entitled to claim the history and honours won by the old Olimpija. Football Association of Slovenia, Association of 1. SNL and UEFA does not recognize the titles and statistics before 2005. Neither does the legislation of the Republic of Slovenia."@en }
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- Eternal_derby_of_Slovenian_football_(1962–2004) abstract "The Eternal derby of Slovenian football, simply known as the Eternal derby (Slovene: Večni derbi) or Slovenian derby (Slovene: Slovenski derbi) was a major football rivalry between Maribor and Olimpija, which was dissolved in 2004. Although the old Olimpija was officially dissolved at the end of 2004 it was still allowed to finish the 2004–05 season, which was at the time already in progress.In 2005 a new club, under the name of NK Bežigrad was founded and later changed its name several times until it eventually became known as Olimpija. Because most of the fans that supported the dissolved Olimpija simply started to support Bežigrad, the continuation of the rivalry is considered by most Slovenian media and fans, as the matches between Maribor and the new Olimpija Ljubljana, established in 2005 as NK Bežigrad, The new club consider themselves as the spiritual continuation of the 2004 dissolved club. However, legally, the current Olimpija Ljubljana is a distinct and separate club, and is not entitled to claim the history and honours won by the old Olimpija. Football Association of Slovenia, Association of 1. SNL and UEFA does not recognize the titles and statistics before 2005. Neither does the legislation of the Republic of Slovenia.".