FK Železiarne Podbrezová

FK Železiarne Podbrezová () is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Podbrezová.

History

Podbrezová was formed in 1920 as RTJ Podbrezová. The club is also particularly famous for its youth program that has produced many Slovak talents over the years, including Juraj Kucka, Michal Breznaník, Róbert Pich, Peter Štyvar and Marek Bažík. Podbrezová has been cooperating with the Italian club Inter, in a worldwide social project – Inter Campus (2002–2008). Argentine midfielder Pablo Podio, who played for Podbrezová, is a product of the Inter Campus project. Major achievements in the history of the club include: second place in the I. liga in the 2007/2008 season and the semifinals of the Slovak Cup in the 2001/2002 season.
In 2009–10, the club withdrew from the Slovak First League.

Fortuna Liga promotion

In 2013–2014, Podbrezová were promoted to the top flight of Slovak football for the first time in their history. The success was born under the leadership of coach Jaroslav Kentoš. The keys players were Vratislav Greško, Blažej Vaščák, Jozef Hanák, Michal Pančík and others.

Events timeline

* 1920 – Founded as ''RTJ Podbrezová''
* 1930 – Merged with ''Tatran Horná Lehota'' and renamed ''ŠK Podbrezová''
* 1936 – Renamed ''ŠKP Podbrezová''
* 2006 – Merged with ''Brezno'' and renamed ''FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová''
* 2017 – Renamed ''FK Železiarne Podbrezová''

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with Podbrezová:
* Kardemir Karabükspor (2017–)
* FK Poprad (2021–)
* FC Nordsjælland (2019–)
* FK Pohronie (2022–)

Honours

Domestic

* Slovak Second Division ''(1993–)''
** ''Winners (2):'' 2013–14, 2021–22
** ''Runners-up (3):'' 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13

Sponsorship

Club partners

source

*Železiarne Podbrezová
*Zaninoni
*ŽDAS
*SLOVRUR
* Moravia Steel
*REA-S
*Pipex Italia

Current squad

''As of 1 September 2022''

''For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2022.
and List of Slovak football transfers winter 2022-23''

Out on loan

Staff

Current technical staff

:''As of 4 January 2022''

Club officials

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries

''For full list, see :ŽP Šport Podbrezová players''

* Marius Alexe
* Michal Breznaník
* Vratislav Greško
* Filip Hlohovský
* Juraj Chvátal
* Jakub Kiwior
* Ján Krivák
* Juraj Kucka
* Milan Nemec
* Michal Pančík
* Dejan Peševski
* Štefan Rusnák
* Pavol Šafranko
* Siradji Sani
* Samuel Štefánik
* Peter Štyvar
* Blažej Vaščák
* Mateusz Zachara

Notable managers

* Milan Nemec (1998–2001)
* Ladislav Kuna (2001–04)
* Anton Jánoš (Aug 15, 2006 – May 31, 2008)
* Raffaele Quaranta (1 Jun 2008 – 11 Oct 2010)
* Jaroslav Kentoš (2011 – February 2015)
* Jozef Mores (February 2015 – June 2015)
* Zdenko Frťala (June 15, 2015 – September 22, 2015)
* Marek Fabuľa (September 22, 2015;– April 25, 2017)
* Karol Praženica (April 25, 2017;- September 20, 2017)
* Marek Fabuľa (September 20, 2017;– November 21, 2018)
* Gergely Geri (November 21, 2018– January 4, 2019)
* Vladimír Veselý (January 4, 2019– August 26, 2019)
* Jozef Mores (August 26, 2019– March 6, 2020)
* Martin Poljovka (March 6, 2019– June 1, 2020)
* Vladimír Cifranič (June 1, 2020– December 4, 2020)
* Mikuláš Radványi (December 17, 2020– May 28, 2021)
* Roman Skuhravý (May 28, 2021–)

References

External links

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Football clubs in Slovakia
Association football clubs established in 1920
1920 establishments in Slovakia
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