time since 2009–10 after finishing second behind their rivals Olimpija. They did, however, win their ninth cup title after defeating Celje in the final. Maribor bounced back and reclaimed the title the following season. As champions, they earned a place in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and repeated the feat from 2014, qualifying for the group stages of the competition for the third time in the history of the club. They again won three points in six games, drawing twice with Spartak Moscow and once with Sevilla. Their 7–0 defeat to Liverpool in the third matchday was the club's heaviest home defeat in European competitions, and their second highest European defeat overall. During the same season, Maribor failed to win a trophy for the first time since 2007–08. In the national league, Maribor was already ten points behind Olimpija by mid-March with twelve games remaining, however, the club won the next eight out of nine games and took one point lead over Olimpija before the head-to-head match in the 34th round. In the title deciding match, Olimpija won 3–2 with a goal by Andrés Vombergar in the last minute. Maribor have won two remaining games, but lost the league title to Olimpija on head-to-head record after finishing with the same number of points. Olimpija also eliminated Maribor in the quarter-finals of the national cup with an aggregate score of 4–1, meaning that Maribor failed to reach the semi-finals of the competition for the first time since 2002–03. In 2018–19, Maribor won its 15th national title under the guidance of Milanič, who won his sixth league title with the club. In 2019–20, Maribor were eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2019–20 Slovenian Cup by the second division side Koper. They were never before eliminated from the cup by a team outside the top division; it was also the first time since 1995–96 that Maribor got eliminated so early in the competition. In March 2020, Milanič and Zahovič resigned after a series of poor results. During Zahovič's era, Maribor won eight league titles and reached the UEFA Champions League group stages twice. Management changes and Tavares's departure (2020–present) After the departure of Zahovič and Milanič, a turbulent period began for the club. Zahovič was replaced by Oliver Bogatinov as sports director, who was previously the head of the youth academy. Maribor lost the 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga title to Celje and