FC Nitra is a Slovak association football club, playing in the town of
Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth l ...
. Established in 1909, FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in
Slovakia
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.
History
Czechoslovak era
Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from 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 forme ...
with their longest stay being 5 years (1979–1984, 1986–1991). Nitra came close to clinching the title in 1962 only to lose out by 3 points to
Dukla Prague
Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech association football, football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in ...
. This year was most successful in club history because they reached also
Mitropa Cup
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final. Another successful period was end of 80s when Nitra stayed on top positions in
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 forme ...
(in 1989 they reached 3rd place) with players like
Michal Hipp
Michal Hipp (born 13 March 1963) is a Slovak football manager and a former player.
Playing career
Hipp began his football career in his native village Horná Kráľová. When he was twelve years old, he started playing in the youth team and t ...
,
Ľubomír Moravčík
Ľubomír "Lubo" Moravčík (born 22 June 1965) is a Slovakian football manager and former footballer. A creative midfielder renowned for his technical ability, he was capable of unleashing powerful, accurate shots, and pinpoint crosses with bo ...
,
Ladislav Molnár
Ladislav Molnár (born 12 September 1960) is a Slovak football manager and former goalkeeper.
Honours
Manager
1.FC Košice
* Slovak Cup: Runners-up: 1999-00
Koba Senec
* Slovak Cup (1): 2001-02
Dukla B.Bystrica
*Slovak Super Liga
The Slo ...
,
Peter Palúch,
Jozef Majoroš
Jozef Majoroš (''pronounced'' Mayorosh) (born 19 March 1970 in Geča near Košice) is a former Slovak footballer and head coach of Liptovský Mikuláš.
Club career
Majoroš started with football in your native village Geča. Functionarie ...
,
Róbert Tomaschek,
Miroslav Sovič. FC Nitra was the first football professional club in the former Czechoslovakia.
Slovak era
Nitra was involved in the inaugural Slovakian championship in 1994 but was relegated to the second division after their first season. The following season they were promoted back to the first division, only for the same fate to occur and were again relegated. Roller coaster seasons became somewhat of an FC Nitra speciality during the early 90s, until the promotions stopped in 2001 where fans had to wait five long seasons before seeing their club again return to the top flight where they finished with a respectable fifth place. This was mainly due to the work of head coach
Ivan Galád
Ivan Galád (born 10 April 1963) is a Slovak football manager and former player, who is the head coach of FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce.
He previously managed Slovakia's national under-21 team.
Honours Manager
FC Nitra
* DOXXbet liga: Winners : 20 ...
, who took control of the team in the winter of 2004, guiding the team to a fourth-place finish in the second division.
Róbert Rák
Róbert Rák (born 15 January 1978 in Rimavská Sobota) is a retired Slovak professional footballer who played as a striker for MFK Zemplín Michalovce and FC Nitra. He was top goalscorer of the Corgoň Liga twice. First at the 2005–06 season ...
became the top goal scorer both in the second division in the 2004/2005 season and (together with
Erik Jendrišek
Erik Jendrišek (born 26 October 1986) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward, plays for Slovak club MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš. Previously, he played for AS Trenčín.
Club career Ružomberok
Jendrišek was the best y ...
) in the first division in the 2005/2006 season. In the beginning of the next season he was transferred to
MFK Ružomberok
MFK Ružomberok () is a Slovak football club, playing in the city of Ružomberok.
History
Established in 1906, the club's colours have been traditionally white, yellow and red, which are also featured on the town's flag. However, the sponsor ...
. Galád coached the team very defensively (as according to his words no good striker was in the team). Galád lost his job after not much good results of the team at the end of 2006/2007 season (many losses and draws). The former Czech player
Pavel Hapal
Pavel Hapal (born 27 July 1969) is a Czech former football player and current manager of Baník Ostrava.
Playing career
Hapal's professional career began at SK Sigma Olomouc. After the club's successful season when they reached the quarter-fin ...
was named as the head coach of the team for the 2007/2008 season. His way of coaching brought almost immediately very good results and the team finished 3rd (the best in the history of the club). After the season Hapal decided to leave the club to accept an offer from the top Czech club
FK Mladá Boleslav
FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech football club based in the city of Mladá Boleslav . The club currently plays in the Czech First League.
Mladá Boleslav were runners up in the 2005–06 Czech First League and went on to play in the 2006–07 UEF ...
.
Pavel Malura
Pavel Malura (born 24 December 1970) is a Czech football manager.
Managerial career
Malura's first Gambrinus liga managerial appointment was with 1. FC Slovácko, where he started, 13 games into the season, in 2006. In his first season, the clu ...
, another coach from the Czech Republic, has taken the job. In spring 2009 the new manager
Petar Kurčubić was appointed.
In 2021 after the club was relegated from the top flight, they did not obtain a licence for the league below and so were further demoted another level.
Events timeline
* 1909 – Founded as ''Nyitrai ÖTTSO''
* 1911 – Renamed ''Nyitrai TVE''
* 1919 – Renamed ''Nyitrai SC''
* 1921 – Renamed ''SK Nitra''
* 1923 – Renamed ''AC Nitra''
* 1948 – Renamed ''Sokol Nitra''
* 1949 – Renamed ''ZSJ Sokol spojene zavody Nitra''
* 1949 – Renamed ''ZK KP Nitra''
* 1953 – Renamed ''DSO Slavoj Nitra''
* 1956 – Renamed ''TJ Slovan Nitra''
* 1966 – Again Renamed ''AC Nitra''
* 1976 – Renamed ''TJ Plastika Nitra''
* 1989 – First European qualification,
1990
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* 1990 – Renamed ''FC Nitra''
Honours
Domestic
Czechoslovakia
*
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 forme ...
''(1925–1993)''
** ''Runners-Up (1):''
1961–62
** ''Third place (1):''
1988-89
*
1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) ''(1969–1993)''
** ''Winners (3):'' 1978–79,
1985–86,
1991–92
Slovakia
*
Slovak League
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''(1993–Present)''
** ''Third place (1):''
2007–08
*
Slovenský Pohár ''(Slovak Cup) (1961–Present)'
1** ''Runners-up (4):'' 1974–75, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1990–91
*
Slovak Second Division
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History
The league was formed as a sec ...
(1993–Present)
** ''Winners (3):''
1994–95,
1997–98,
2004–05
** ''Runners-Up (2):''
2000–01,
2016-17
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Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer
The
Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94
Slovak League
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Top scorer.
:
1Shared award
European
*
Mitropa Cup
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2** ''Runners-up:'' 1961
*
Intertoto Cup
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** ''Winners (3):''
1972
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1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
,
1980
Sponsorship
Current squad
''Updated 5 August 2021''
Out on loan
Current technical staff
:''Updated 25 March 2021''
Results
League and Cup history
''Slovak League only (1993–present)''
:
1 FC Nitra did not obtain a licence for the 2021–22 season
European competition history
UEFA-administered
Not UEFA-administered
Player records
Most goals
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Nitra.
:''Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found
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Former managers
References
External links
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FC NitraUltras
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Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth l ...
Sport in Nitra
Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth l ...
Nitra FC
1909 establishments in Slovakia