1. FC Tatran Prešov () is a Slovak

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club based in the city of

Prešov Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn language, Rusyn and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj) and Šariš, as well as the historic Sáros Cou ...

. Tatran Prešov is the oldest football club in Slovakia, founded on 25 May 1898. The club currently participates in the 2.liga. The "Green and Whites" played 32 seasons in the Czechoslovak top division. Tatran became the dark horse of the Czechoslovak league in the 1960s and 1970s, but never won a title. The greatest league success was the second place in the 1965 and 1973 seasons. The club also came close in the Czechoslovak Cup, losing twice in 1966 and 1992 finals.

History overview

Early history

The first official

match on the territory of present-day

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took place on 25 May 1898 in

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, today's Prešov, that time in Hungary, between two

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-based teams, Óbudai TE and Budapesti TC on the initiation of František Pethe, a gymnastic teacher in the local grammar school. On the same day the Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Eperjesi TVE, lit. ''Gymnastic and Fencing Association of Eperjes'') was founded, which is regarded as the first football club of Slovakia. Eperjesi TVE initially competed in the Hungarian league system, achieving its best result in the 1907–08 season, when it won the Northern District Championship. In 1920 Prešov became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia, subsequently the club competed in the Czechoslovak leagues. Prešov finished in second place in the

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed ...

in 1965 and 1973, finishing the season just one point behind champions Spartak Trnava in the 1972–73 season. In the national cup the team also had success, reaching the final of the Czechoslovak Cup in 1966, where they lost to Dukla Prague and in 1992 where Sparta Prague were victorious. The greatest legend of Tatran's Prešov history is Ladislav Pavlovič. From 1948 until 1966, he netted for Tatran Prešov 150 goals in 309 matches. He also represented Czechoslovakia national football team, where he played 14 matches and scored two goals. In 2013, he was stated to Prešov's Hall of Fame.

Previous names

* Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Hungarian version), ETVE Prešov ''(1898)'' * TVE Prešov ''(1920)'' * Slávia Prešov ''(1931)'' * PTS Prešov ''(1945)'' * DSO Slavia Prešov a DSO Snaha Prešov (split from PTS Prešov) ''(1947)'' * Sparta Dukla Prešov ''(1948)'' * Dukla Prešov ''(1950)'' * Dukla ČSSZ Prešov ''(1951)'' * ČSSZ Prešov ''(1952)'' * DSO Tatran Prešov ''(1953)'' * TJ Tatran Prešov ''(1960)'' * Tatran Agro Prešov ''(1989)'' * FC Tatran Prešov ''(1991)'' * FC Tatran Bukóza Prešov ''(1996)'' * FC Tatran Prešov ''(1998)'' * 1.FC Tatran Prešov ''(2005)'' * FC Tatran Prešov ''(2022)''

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia *

''(1925–93)'' ** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1964–65, 1972–73 * Czechoslovak Cup ''(1960–93)'' ** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1965–66, 1991–92 * 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) ''(1969–1993)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 1979–80, 1989–90 Slovakia *

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''(Slovak Cup)'' ''(1961–)'' ** ''Winners (1):'' 1992 ** ''Runners-up (4):'' 1973, 1985,

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* 2. liga ''(Slovak second division)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 2007-08, 2015-16 ** ''Third (2):'' 2003-04, 2014-15 * 3. liga východ ''(Slovak third division east)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 2019-20, 2021-22 ** ''Third (1):'' 2020-21

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944 to 1945 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94

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Top scorer. :¹Shared award

European

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** ''Winners (1):'' 1981 * InterCup ** ''Winners (1):'' 1978

Results

League and Cup history

''Slovak League only (1993–present)'' :

European competition history

Rivalries

Tatran's biggest rivals are

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, and the matches between the two teams are referred to as "Eastern Slovak derby" ( sk, Východniarske derby).
They also have rivalry with

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and

FC Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a Slovak professional Association football, football club based in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won the Czechoslovak First League five times and the Czechoslovak Cup ...

. ''1. FC Tatran Prešov'' supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of the Polish side JKS Czarni 1910 Jasło.

Sponsorship

Club partners

source *DÚHA *Ekofin

Current squad

''Updated 14 July 2022.'' ''For recent transfers, see

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Out on loan 2022–23

Reserve team

1. FC Tatran Prešov juniori was the reserve team of 1. FC Tatran Prešov. They mostly played in the Slovak 3. Liga (Eastern division).

Squad

Current technical staff

:''Updated 18 June 2022''

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Tatran. ''For full list, see :1. FC Tatran Prešov players''

Notable fan

* Milan Timoš (1948–2012Skonal obdivuhodný fanúšik Tatrana
09.02.2012, korzar.sme.sk)

Notable managers

* František Pethe (1898–04) * Iszer Károly (sept 1898) * Bohumil Peťura (1940–41) * Július Grobár (1941–42) * Jozef Kuchár (1942–43) * Július Grobár (1943) * Vojtech Herdický (1943) * Ferenc Szedlacsek (1950) *

Jozef Karel Jozef Karel (13 September 1922 in Humenné – 26 September 2005 in Košice) was a Slovak association football, football player and coach. A midfielder, he played for SAC Sečovce, Snaha Košice, 1. FC Tatran Prešov, Slávia Prešov, ŠK Slovan ...

(1951–57) * Jozef Steiner (1957–59) *

Gejza Šimanský Gejza Šimanský (born 29 August 1924 in Sečovce, died 19 June 2007) was a former Slovak footballer who played for ŠK Slovan Bratislava and FC Tatran Prešov during the 1940s and 1950s. Club career Šimanský made 212 appearances and score ...

(1959) * Štefan Jačianský (1960–61) * Jozef Kuchár (1961–62) * Gejza Sabanoš (1962–64) *

(1964–65) * Jozef Steiner (1965–66) *

(1966) * Teodor Reimann (1967–68) *

(1968–72) * Milan Moravec (1972–74) * Ladislav Pavlovič (1974) * Jozef Tarcala (1975) * Štefan Jačianský (1976–78) * Belo Malaga (1978–79) * Michal Baránek (1979) * Štefan Hojsík (1979–81) *

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(1981–82) *

Valér Švec Valér Švec (born 20 July 1935) was a Slovak football player and coach. He played for FC Spartak Trnava. He coached Spartak Trnava, Inter Bratislava, Zbrojovka Brno, Tatran Prešov, Slovan Bratislava, FC Nitra and AEL Limassol Athlitiki E ...

(1982–84) *

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(1984–85) *

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(1985–86) * Peter Majer (1986–87) * Juraj Mihalčín (1987–88) * Albert Rusnák (1988) * Štefan Nadzam (1989–93) * Igor Novák (1993–94) * Belo Malaga (1994–95) *

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(1995–97) * Andrej Daňko (1997–98) *

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(1998–99) *

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(1999–01) *

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(2001–02) * Vladimír Gombár (2002) * Ján Molka (2002) * Vladimír Gombár (2002–04) * Karol Kisel (2004) *

(2004–05) * Štefan Horný (July 2005–Sept 05) * Jaroslav Rybár (Sept 2005–06) *

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(Jan 2006–July 6) * Ján Karaffa (July 2006) * Jozef Daňko (Aug 2006) * Peter Polák (Aug 2006–Feb 07) *

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(Feb 2007–Aug 10) *

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(Sept 2010–June 11) *

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(July 2011–Jan 12) *

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(Nov 2012–April 13) *

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(April 2013–May 13) * Jozef Kostelník (June 2013-May 14) * Stanislav Varga (July 2014-Oct 14, 2016) * Ján Karaffa (carateker) (Oct 2016) *

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(Nov 2016-Sept 2017) * Pavol Mlynár (Sept 2017-Oct 2017) (interim) *

(Oct 2017-Jan 2018) *

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(Jan 2018-Apr 2019) *

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(April 2019-June 2019) *

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(July 2019-July 2021) * Stanislav Šesták (July 2021-June 2022) * Róbert Petruš (July 2021-June 2022) *

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(June 2022-)

References

External links

Official website
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