MŠK Púchov is a Slovak

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club, playing in the town of

Púchov Púchov (german: Puchau; hu, Puhó) is an industrial town in the centre of Púchov District in Slovakia, with a population close to 18,000. Geography It is located on the main train line between Bratislava and Košice. It is half way between Tre ...

. In July 2006, the club lost its main sponsor, '' Matador a.s.'', and was renamed FK Púchov. The club has two stadiums, currently unusable Mestský štadión due to disagreement with the town of

, and temporary ''Futbalový štadión Nosice''. On 24 June 2013, the official website of FK Púchov announced merging between OTJ Moravany nad Váhom and FK Púchov, as FK Púchov. The club started cooperate with the town. The town is the main sponsor of the club.

Historical names

* 1920 – Športový klub Puchov * 1945 – ŠK Rolný Púchov * 1948 – Sokol Makyta Púchov * 1956 – TJ Iskra Púchov * 1968 – TJ Gumárne 1.mája Púchov * 1993 – ŠK Matador Púchov * 2003 – FK Matador Púchov * 2007 – FK Púchov * 2015 – MŠK Púchov

Honours

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–)'' ** ''Winners (1):'' 2002–03 ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2001–02 * Slovak Super Liga ''(1993–)'' ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2001–02 *

Slovak second division The 2. Liga is the second-level football league in Slovakia. Currently, there are sixteen teams in one group of the competition. For two seasons, it was also known as DOXXbet liga for sponsorship reasons. History The league was formed as a sec ...

''(1993–)'' ** ''Winners (1):'' 1999–00

European competition history

Sponsorship

Current squad

''As of 21 September 2020'' ''For recent transfers, see

List of Slovak football transfers summer 2022 Notable Slovak football transfers in the summer transfer window 2022 by club. Only transfers of the Fortuna Liga and 2. liga are included. Fortuna Liga ŠK Slovan Bratislava In: Out: MFK Ružomberok In: Out: ...

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Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK. :''Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.'' * Marek Bakoš *

Ivan Belák Ivan Belák (born 23 January 1978 in Handlová) is a Slovak footballer (midfielder) who currently plays for the Slovak 6. liga club FC Baník Horná Nitra. He previously played for 1. FC Tatran Prešov in the Slovak Corgoň Liga The Slova ...

Mário Breška Mário Breška (born 27 December 1979 in Topoľčany) is a Slovak football winger Career Early years Breška played for MFK Topoľčany and FC Nitra without making league appearances. FK Matador Púchov In 2001, Breška moved from FC Nit ...

* Jozef Chovanec *

Alias Lembakoali Alias "Ali" Lembakoali (born 27 March 1971) is a Centrafrican retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Career In July 1997, he joined Slovak club FK Matador Púchov. In next time Ali played for the Slovak champion club Inter Br ...

Ľubomír Luhový Ľubomír Luhový (born 31 March 1967) is a former Slovak football player and manager. He is former sporting director of Třinec. In his club career he played mostly for FK Inter Bratislava. Club career Luhový played for FC Martigues in the Fre ...

Milan Luhový Milan Luhový (born 1 January 1963 in Ružomberok) is a former football player. He played 31 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored seven goals. In his club career he played for Slovan Bratislava, Dukla Prague, Sporting Gijón, AS Saint-Étien ...

Krisztián Németh Krisztián Németh (; born 5 January 1989) is a Hungarian professional footballer who currently plays for Hungarian club MTK Budapest. Club career Born in Győr, Németh started his career at hometown club ETO Győr where he played from 2003 ...

Kornel Saláta Kornel Saláta (; hu, Saláta Kornél; born 24 January 1985) is a Slovak professional football who plays as a centre-back for MSO Štúrovo. Club career Saláta made his Corgoň Liga debut in the 2005–06 season for Matador Púchov. After ...

* Zdeno Štrba * Ľubomír Talda * Salomon Wisdom

Notable Managers

* Anton Richtárik (1993–1994) *

Vladimír Hrivnák Vladimír Hrivnák (23 April 1945 – 17 October 2014) was a Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 13 matches. He helped Slovan Bratislava to the 1969 European Cup Winners' Cup Fin ...

(1994–1996) * Jozef Zigo (1996) * Štefan Tománek (1996–1998) * Jozef Šuran (1998–2002) *

František Komňacký František Komňacký (born 15 November 1951) is a Czech football manager and former player. Career As a player, Komňacký played for regional clubs from South Moravia, his native region. In 1970, he went to Russia to study pedagogy and played ...

(2003) *

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, ...

(2003) * Milan Lešický (2003–2004) *

Pavel Vrba Pavel Vrba (born 6 December 1963) is a Czech football manager and former player. He is known for applying an offensive football philosophy in the teams he coaches. As a player, Vrba played for several clubs including Baník Ostrava. As a coach, ...

(2004–2005) * Stanislav Mráz (2006–2007) * Pavol Strapáč (2007–2010) * Jaroslav Vágner (2010–2017) *

Stanislav Ďuriš Stanislav and variants may refer to: People * Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, C ...

(2017–2018) * Eduard Pagáč (2018–2019) *

Vladimír Cifranič Vladimír Cifranič (born 10 January 1975) is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He currently manages Pohronie. Coaching career In September 2013, Cifranič was appointed as the assistant manager ...

(2019–2020) * Lukáš Kaplan (2020–2021) * Marek Šimáček (2021-2022) *

(2022-)

References

External links

Futbalnet profile
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Club profile at Futbalnet portal
Football clubs in Slovakia Association football clubs established in 1920 MSK Puchov {{Slovakia-footyclub-stub