FC Baník Prievidza is a Slovak

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club, playing in the town of

Prievidza Prievidza (; hu, Privigye, german: Priwitz) is a city in the central-western Slovakia. With approximately 46,000 inhabitants it is the second biggest municipality in the Trenčín Region and 11th List of cities and towns in Slovakia, largest ...

. Between 1993 and 2000, Prievidza played in the highest level of Slovak football, the

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. Following the 2006–07 season, HFK Prievidza was promoted to the

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(second level of Slovak football). The club finished in 6th place for the 2007–08 season. Beginning with the 2008–09 season, the club changed its name to FK Mesto Prievidza. In 2009–10, the club withdrew from the

Club history

*1919 – PAC Prievidza *1929 – ŠK Prievidza *1943 – SOHG Prievidza *1948 – Sokol Prievidza *1949 – Sokol Carpatia Prievidza *1954 – Merger of Baník Novaky and Baník Prievidza *1961 – TJ Baník Prievidza *1994 – MFK Prievidza *1995 – FK Petrimex Prievidza *1998 – FK Baník Prievidza *2003 – HFK Prievidza (resulted from the merger of MŠK TOPVAR, Horná Nitra Topoľčany and FK Baník Prievidza) *2008 – FK Mesto Prievidza *2011 – FC Baník Horná Nitra (ŠKF Baník Handlová merged with FK Prievidza 2010) *2017 – FC Baník Prievidza

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia * 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) ''(1969–1993)'' ** ''Winners (1):'' 1971–72

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are currently affiliated with FC Baník Horná Nitra: *

AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovakia, Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its association football, football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak Super Liga, Fortuna Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak Fi ...

(2011–present) *

MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina () is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak Superliga. Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one of the most s ...

(2013–present)

Current squad

''As of 23 August 2015''

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Baník. ''For full list, see :FC Baník Prievidza players'' * Ivan Belák *

Karol Dobiaš Karol Dobiaš (born 18 December 1947) is a former Slovak football player and coach. During his career, he was a versatile player, mostly playing as defender or midfielder. Player career He was born in Handlová. His career started in Baník ...

Karol Jokl Karol Jokl (29 August 1945 – 28 October 1996) was a Slovak football player and manager. He played for ŠK Slovan Bratislava and Czechoslovakia. Between 1963 and 1975 he played in the Czechoslovak First League for ŠK Slovan Bratislava, scorin ...

Dávid Hancko Dávid Hancko (born 13 December 1997) is a Slovak professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Slovakia national football team, Slovakia national team. Club career ...

Filip Hlohovský Filip Hlohovský (born 13 June 1988) is a Slovak football winger for Baník Prievidza. Club career Hlhovský was born in Handlová. Filip started his career in Prievidza, later was transferred to AS Trenčín. On 28 May 2012, he signed a fou ...

* Patrik Hrošovský * Martin Králik *

Miloš Krško Miloš Krško (born 23 October 1979 in Bojnice) is a Slovak football defender who plays for Baník Horná Nitra. He previously played for OFK Metacolor Ludanice. Club career Krško previously played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi, MŠK Žilina, ŠK ...

* František Kubík *

Juraj Kucka Juraj Kucka (; born 26 February 1987), also known by his nickname Kuco (), is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovak club Slovan Bratislava and the Slovakia national team. Club career Early career Kucka made his ...

* Anton Malatinský *

Ján Mucha Ján Mucha (born 5 December 1982) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Everton In January 2010, Mucha signed a pre-contract deal with English Premier League club Everton to join them on 1 July. O ...

Peter Németh Peter Németh (born 14 September 1972) is a retired Slovak football player and manager. Németh played for several top Slovak clubs during his career, including Inter Bratislava and MŠK Žilina. He also spent one season playing for Czech team ...

Branislav Obžera Branislav Obžera (born 29 August 1981) is a former Slovak football midfielder. Club career Obžera previously played for Baník Prievidza and FC Artmedia Bratislava in the Slovak Superliga and for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast in the Russian Premi ...

* Filip Oršula *

Ladislav Petráš Ladislav Petráš (born 1 December 1946) is a former Slovak football player. He played 19 matches for Czechoslovakia national team and scored six goals. Petráš was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where he played three matches and s ...

* Martin Petráš * Martin Škrteľ *

Anton Švajlen Anton Švajlen (born 3 December 1937) is a Slovak former football goalkeeper who played over 300 games in the Czechoslovak First League for VSS Košice between 1959 and 1975. He competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo ...

Ján Vlasko Ján Vlasko (born 11 January 1990) is a Slovak professional Association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder, attacking midfielder for MFK Skalica, Skalica. Club career Born in Bojnice, Vlasko began playing youth football for FC Baní ...

* Vladimír Weiss

Notable managers

Milan Albrecht Milan Albrecht (born 16 July 1950) is a retired Slovak footballer. During his career he played for Jednota Trenčín, before finishing with Baník Ostrava and Vítkovice. He earned 5 caps for the Czechoslovakia national football team, and part ...

(2004) *

Vladimír Goffa Vladimír Goffa (born 1 December 1959) is a former Association football, football player from Slovakia and currently assistant manager of Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała, Podbeskidzie, who coached FK Bodva Moldava nad Bodvou, HFK Prievidza, Baník Pri ...

* Vladimír Rusnák (2008-2009) * Dušan Uškovič (2011-2012) * Vladimír Ilko (2012-2014) * Peter Černák (2014-2016) * Juraj Pekár (2017) * Roman Slaný (2017-208) * Vladimir Helbich (2018-2019) * Ján Hancko (2021-)

References

External links

Official site
* Football clubs in Slovakia Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Slovakia FC Baník Prievidza Prievidza District Sport in Trenčín Region {{Slovakia-footyclub-stub