MŠK Považská Bystrica is a
Slovak football
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team, based in the town of
Považská Bystrica
Považská Bystrica (; german: Waagbistritz; hu, Vágbeszterce) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh region of tourism.
Profile
Považská B ...
. The club was founded in 1920 as SK Považská Bystrica and played 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 ...
four times, the last time being the 1989–90 season, but never in the Corgoň liga, the first Slovak championship.
Previous names
reference
[ ]
* 1920–1924: ''ŠK''
* 1924–1926: ''Orol''
* 1924–1926: ''ŠK''
* 1933–1936: ''ŠK Munička''
* 1936–1948 : ''AC Sparta''
* 1948–1953 : ''Sokol Manet''
* 1953–1966 : ''Spartak''
* 1966–1968 : ''Sparta''
* 1968–1990 : ''ZVL''
* 1990–1997 : ''FK Sparta''
* 1997–2013 : ''FK Raven''
* 2013– : ''MŠK''
Club history
The main club sponsor Raven company ended support of the football team in Považská Bystrica, even though the club was in first place in Majstrovstvá regiónu 2012/2013 (4th level) competition after the autumn season. So the club was dissolved due to financial crisis after losing its main sponsor.
Honours
Czechoslovakia
*
1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) ''(1969–1993)''
** ''Winners (2):'' 1969–70,
1988–89
*
Slovak Cup
The Slovak Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Slovak football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
History
The competition was first contested in 1969. Until 1993, the winner of the Slovak Cup would face the w ...
''(1961–)''
** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1989
Slovak Republic (1939–45)
*
Slovak League
Slovak may refer to:
* Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'')
* Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group
* Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages
* Slovak, Arka ...
''(1939–44)''
** ''Winners (1):''
1938–39
Current squad
''For recent transfers, see
List of Slovak football transfers summer 2022''
External links
Official website *
Unofficial website
References
Football clubs in Slovakia
Czechoslovak First League clubs
Association football clubs established in 1920
MSK Povazska Bystrica
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