MŠK Púchov

MŠK Púchov

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Full name	Mestský Športový Klub Púchov
Founded	1920 (1920) as Športový klub Puchov
Ground	Mestský štadión Púchov
Capacity	6,080
President	TBA
Head coach	Vladimír Cifranič
League	2. liga
2022–22	2. liga, 12th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

MŠK Púchov is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Púchov.

In July 2006, the club lost its main sponsor, Matador a.s., and was renamed FK Púchov. The club has two stadiums, currently unusable Mestský štadión due to disagreement with the town of Púchov, and temporary Futbalový štadión Nosice. On 24 June 2013, the official website of FK Púchov announced merging between OTJ Moravany nad Váhom and FK Púchov, as FK Púchov. The club started cooperate with the town. The town is the main sponsor of the club.

Historical names

• 1920 – Športový klub Puchov
• 1945 – ŠK Rolný Púchov
• 1948 – Sokol Makyta Púchov
• 1956 – TJ Iskra Púchov
• 1968 – TJ Gumárne 1.mája Púchov
• 1993 – ŠK Matador Púchov
• 2003 – FK Matador Púchov
• 2007 – FK Púchov
• 2015 – MŠK Púchov

Honours

• Slovak Cup (1961–)
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
  • Runners-up (1): 2001–02
• Slovak Super Liga (1993–)
  • Runners-up (1): 2001–02
• Slovak second division (1993–)
  • Winners (1): 1999–00

European competition history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		Sliema Wanderers	3–0	1–2	4–2
		1. Round		SC Freiburg	0–0	1–2	1–2
2002/03	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		FC Atyrau	2–0	0–0	2–0
		1. Round		Bordeaux	1–4	0–6	1–10
2003/04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		FC Sioni Bolnisi	3–0	3–0	6–0
		1. Round		FC Barcelona	1–1	0–8	1–9

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1998–2001	Erreà	MATADOR
2001–2004	Gems
2004–2006	Jako
2006–2022		none
2022-		Mesto Púchov

Current squad

As of 21 September 2020 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 Peter Pilný 2 DF SVK Michal Riška (captain) 4 DF SVK Rastislav Ozimý 5 DF SVK Stanislav Lacko 6 MF SVK Peter Varga 7 FW SVK Juraj Martincek 8 MF SVK Tomáš Kopiš 9 FW SVK Peter Rypák 10 MF SVK Jakub Michlík

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF SVK Patrik Mráz 15 FW SVK Daniel Pilný 18 MF SVK Slavomir Kapusniak 19 MF SVK Matej Loduha 21 FW SVK Šimon Štefanec 31 GK SVK Kristián Strelčík

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

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK.

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

• Marek Bakoš
• Ivan Belák
• Mário Breška
• Jozef Chovanec
• Alias Lembakoali
• Ľubomír Luhový
• Milan Luhový
• Krisztián Németh
• Kornel Saláta
• Zdeno Štrba
• Ľubomír Talda
• Salomon Wisdom

Notable Managers

• Anton Richtárik (1993–1994)
• Vladimír Hrivnák (1994–1996)
• Jozef Zigo (1996)
• Štefan Tománek (1996–1998)
• Jozef Šuran (1998–2002)
• František Komňacký (2003)
• Štefan Zaťko (2003)
• Milan Lešický (2003–2004)
• Pavel Vrba (2004–2005)
• Stanislav Mráz (2006–2007)
• Pavol Strapáč (2007–2010)
• Jaroslav Vágner (2010–2017)
• Stanislav Ďuriš (2017–2018)
• Eduard Pagáč (2018–2019)
• Vladimír Cifranič (2019–2020)
• Lukáš Kaplan (2020–2021)
• Marek Šimáček (2021-2022)
• Vladimír Cifranič (2022-)

External links

• Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)
• MŠK Púchov on Facebook (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Futbalnet portal (in Slovak)