FC Košice (2018)

Not to be confused with FC VSS Košice.

FC Košice

File:FC Kosice logo.png
Full name	Football Club Košice
Founded	27 April 2018 (2018-04-27) (as FC Košice)
Ground	Košická futbalová aréna
Capacity	5.836 (under construction)
Owner	Arago group - 37% Local investors - 63%
Chairman	Dušan Trnka
Head coach	Anton Šoltis
League	2. liga
2021–22	2. liga, 5th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Košice is a Slovak association football club based in Košice, that currently plays in the 2. Liga, the second tier of Slovak football. FC Košice was founded in 2018. They merged into a new club with FK Košice-Barca.

Previous names

• ŠK Vyšné Opátske (1921)
• TJ Sokol Vyšné Opátske (1948)
• TJ FK Turkon Vyšné Opátske (2006)
• TJ FK Vyšné Opátske (2014)
• FK Košice (2017, new club)
• FC Košice (merger with FK Košice-Barca) (2018–present, new club)

Logos

• Fk vysne opatske.png

  2014–2017

• Fk kosice logo.png

  2017–2018

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were affiliated with FC Košice:

• West Ham (2018–)
• Slávia TU Košice (2020-)

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2018–2019	Adidas	MAXIMA BROKER
2019–		BMW Regnum Košice
2021-2022		FASTAV
2022-		HELL

Results

League and domestic cup history

Season	League								Slovak Cup	Top goalscorer(s)
	Division (Name)	Pos/T	Pld	W	D	L	Score	Pts		Name(s)	Goals
2018–19	3rd (3. Liga)	1/(16)	26	25	0	1	90:9	75	QF, 0–0 (3–4 p) (Spartak Trnava)	Filip Serečin	26
2019–20	2nd (2. Liga)	10/(16)	17	5	6	6	22:18	21	R4, 2–2 (1–4 p) (AS Trenčín)	Erik Liener	5
2020–21	2nd (2. Liga)	5/(15)	28	15	4	9	40:27	49	SF, 3-8 agg. (MŠK Žilina)	František Pavúk / Boris Gáll	6
2021–22	2nd (2. Liga)	5/(16)	30	17	5	8	73:38	56	Ro16, 1–2 (Spartak Trnava)	Erik Pačinda	17

Current squad

As of 5 August 2022.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK SVK Frederik Valach 2 DF SVK Vladimír Majdan 5 DF SVK Jakub Jakubko 7 DF SVK Ján Mizerák 8 MF SVK Dávid Gallovič 9 FW SVK Erik Pačinda (Vice-Captain) 10 FW SEN Landing Sagna 11 FW SVK Boris Gáll 13 MF SVK Matej Jakubek 14 DF SVK František Pavúk 15 MF SVK Miroslav Sovič 16 MF ESP Pedrito 17 MF SVK František Vancák (Captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF SVK Marcel Novák 19 DF SVK Samuel Magda 20 DF SVK Ján Krivák 22 GK SVK Matúš Kira 23 DF SVK Michal Jonec 25 FW CZE Patrik Voleský 26 GK SVK Maximilián Repko 27 MF SVK Erik Liener 34 DF UKR Oleksandr Holikov 39 DF SVK Jan Krivak 48 FW SVK Matúš Smieško 57 DF SVK Jakub Nicolas Tišťan 90 FW SVK Boris Turčák

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2022.

Out on loan 2021–22

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF SVK Matúš Katunský (at Orion Tip Sereď) — DF SVK Ervín Matta (at Slavoj Trebišov)

Technical staff

Source:

Position	Staff
Manager	Anton Šoltis
Assistant coach	Ondrej Duda st.
Assistant coach	Roland Móder
Goalkeeping Coach	Marián Kello
Fitness Coach	Ladislav Dragula
Team chef	František Vancák
Team doctor	Ľubomír Jacko
Physiotherapist	Daniel Lippay
Masseur	Dominik Lukáč

• Last updated: 10 June 2022

Notable players

The following players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Košice.

• Marián Kello
• Ján Krivák
• Richard Lásik
• Erik Pačinda

Managers

• Miroslav Sovič (2017 – 2019)
• Gejza Farkaš (Jun 2019 – Aug 2019)
• Marek Fabuľa (Aug 2019 – Oct 2020)
• Peter Šinglár (Oct 2020 – Mar 2021) (interim)
• Jozef Vukušič (Mar 2021 - May 2022)
• Anton Šoltis (May 2022 - current)

External links

• Official club website (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Futbalnet.sk portal (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Ligy.sk portal (in Slovak)
• FC Košice on Facebook (in Slovak)
• FC Košice on Instagram (in Slovak)