FK Pohronie is a Slovak football team, based in the town of

Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, german: link=no, Heiligenkreuz, hu, Garamszentkereszt; until 1920 ''Svätý Kríž'' and until 1955 ''Svätý Kríž nad Hronom'') is a city in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Name development The name of the ...

. The club currently competes in 2. Liga. The 2019/20 season was the first time in the club's history that the team played in

Fortuna Liga The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, ...

, the highest level of the Slovak football league system. The club avoided relegation that season, and continued in the top division for the 2020/21 season. In the 2021/22 season the team was relegated.

History

On 1 June 2012, Sokol Dolná Ždaňa and

FK Žiar nad Hronom FK Žiar nad Hronom was a Slovak football team, based in the town of Žiar nad Hronom. The club was founded in 1929. In the summer of 2012, FK Žiar nad Hronom merged with TJ Sokol Dolná Ždaňa to form FK Pohronie. The club's most notable ...

reached an agreement regarding the running of the new club.

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were or are affiliated with FK Pohronie : * MFK Žarnovica (2018–2019) * MFK Nová Baňa (2019–2022) * FK Železiarne Podbrezová (2022-)

Honours

Domestic

* 2. Liga (1993–present) ** ''Winners (1):'' 2018–19 (Promoted) * 3. Liga - Central (1993–present) ** ''Winners (1):''

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(Promoted)

Recent seasons

Sponsorship

Current squad

''As of 25 March 2023'' ''For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2022-23''

Out on loan

Current staff

:''As of 8 March 2023''

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Reserve team

FK Pohronie B is inactive. Most recently, it had played in the Slovak 7th football level ( VII. liga DOUBLE STAR BET ObFZ ZH).

Notable players

The following notable players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Pohronie.
Notable players, who have played for predecessor clubs,

and Sokol Dolná Ždaňa, are listed with their respective clubs. * Cedric Badolo *

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* Willie Britto *

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* Richard Lásik * Yusuf Mainge * Jaroslav Mihalík *

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* Muhammed Sanneh * Lukáš Tesák * Mateusz Zachara

Managers

Štefan Zaťko Štefan Zaťko (born 21 May 1962) is a Slovak football manager and manages Pohronie on a caretaker basis. Zaťko has coached TSG Kälberau, Matador Púchov, Slovan Bratislava and Čadca Čadca (; until 1918 Čatca, Czača, hu, Csaca, pl, ...

(2012 – May 2016) * Rastislav Štanga (May 2016 – June 2016) * Peter Černák (July 2016 – Aug 2016) * Miloš Foltán (Aug 2016 – Sept 2017) * Milan Nemec (Sept 2017 – July 2019) * Rastislav Urgela (Aug 2019) (''car.'') * Ján Rosinský (Aug 2019 – Oct 2019) * Mikuláš Radványi (Oct 2019 – Oct. 2020) * Jan Kameník (Oct 2020 – May 2021) * Gergely Geri (June 2021 – Aug 2021) *

(Aug 2021 – Sept 2021) (''car.'') * Pablo Villar (Oct 2021 – Dec 2021) * Martin Bittengl (Jan 2022 – April 2022) *

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(April 2022 – Dec 2022) * Jan Kameník (Jan 2023) * Rastislav Urgela (Jan 2023 – ) (''car.'')

References

External links

Official club website
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TJ Sokol Dolná Ždaňa website FK Žiar nad Hronom website
Pohronie Association football clubs established in 2012 2012 establishments in Slovakia {{Slovakia-footyclub-stub