FC Tatran Prešov () is a Slovak

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club based in the city of

Prešov Prešov () is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region () and Šariš. With a population of approximately 85,000 for the city, and in total more than 100,000 with the urban area, it is the second-largest city i ...

. Tatran Prešov is the oldest football club in Slovakia, founded on 25 May 1898. The club set to participate in the

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from 2025–26, the top tier of Slovak football after promotion from 2. Liga in 2024–25. The "Green and Whites" played 32 seasons in the Czechoslovak top division. Tatran became the dark horse of the Czechoslovak league in the 1960s and 1970s, but never won a title. The greatest league success was the second place in the 1965 and 1973 seasons. The club also came close in the Czechoslovak Cup, losing twice in 1966 and 1992 finals.

History overview

Early history

The first official

match on the territory of present-day

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took place on 25 May 1898 in Eperjes, today's Prešov, that time in Hungary, between two

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-based teams, Óbudai TE and

Budapesti TC Budapesti Torna Club was a Hungarian sports club in Budapest and the first football club in the country. Its football team were the winners of the first two seasons of Nemzeti Bajnokság I, in 1901 and 1902. History The club was founded on 21 ...

on the initiation of František Pethe, a gymnastic teacher in the local grammar school. On the same day the Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Eperjesi TVE, lit. ''Gymnastic and Fencing Association of Eperjes'') was founded, which is regarded as the first football club of Slovakia. Eperjesi TVE initially competed in the Hungarian league system, achieving its best result in the 1907–08 season, when it won the Northern District Championship. In 1920 Prešov became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia, subsequently the club competed in the Czechoslovak leagues. Prešov finished in second place in the

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in 1965 and 1973, finishing the season just one point behind champions

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in the 1972–73 season. In the national cup the team also had success, reaching the final of the

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in 1966, where they lost to

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech 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 the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

and in 1992 where

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were victorious. The greatest legend of Tatran's Prešov history is

Ladislav Pavlovič Ladislav Pavlovič (8 April 1926 – 28 January 2013) was a Slovak footballer. A winger, he played for Czechoslovakia national team in 14 matches and scored two goals. He was a participant at the Euro 1960, where he played in five matches and ...

. From 1948 until 1966, he netted for Tatran Prešov 150 goals in 309 matches. He also represented

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, where he played 14 matches and scored two goals. In 2013, he was stated to Prešov's Hall of Fame. On 2 May 2025, Tataran Prešov secure champions of 2.Liga, promotion to

from next season after defeat Samorin 1–2 and return to top tier after seven years absence.

Previous names

* Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Hungarian version), ETVE Prešov ''(1898)'' * TVE Prešov ''(1920)'' * Slávia Prešov ''(1931)'' * PTS Prešov ''(1945)'' * DSO Slavia Prešov a DSO Snaha Prešov (split from PTS Prešov) ''(1947)'' * Sparta Dukla Prešov ''(1948)'' * Dukla Prešov ''(1950)'' * Dukla ČSSZ Prešov ''(1951)'' * ČSSZ Prešov ''(1952)'' * DSO Tatran Prešov ''(1953)'' * TJ Tatran Prešov ''(1960)'' * Tatran Agro Prešov ''(1989)'' * FC Tatran Prešov ''(1991)'' * FC Tatran Bukóza Prešov ''(1996)'' * FC Tatran Prešov ''(1998)'' * 1.FC Tatran Prešov ''(2005)'' * FC Tatran Prešov ''(2022)''

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia *

''(1925–93)'' ** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1964–65,

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''(1960–93)'' ** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1965–66, 1991–92 * 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) ''(1969–1993)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 1979–80, 1989–90 Slovakia *

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''(Slovak Cup)'' ''(1961–)'' ** ''Winners (1):'' 1992 ** ''Runners-up (4):'' 1973, 1985,

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* 2. liga ''(Slovak second division)'' ** ''Winners (3):'' 2007–08, 2015–16, 2024–25 ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2022-23 ** ''Third (3):'' 2003–04, 2014–15, 2023-24 * 3. liga východ ''(Slovak third division east)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 2019–20, 2021–22 ** ''Third (1):'' 2020–21

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944 to 1945 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer. :¹Shared award

European

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** ''Winners (1):'' 1981 * InterCup ** ''Winners (1):'' 1978

Results

League and Cup history

''Slovak League only (1993–present)'' :

European competition history

Rivalries

Tatran's biggest rivals are

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, and the matches between the two teams are referred to as "Eastern Slovak derby" ().
They also have rivalry with

MFK Zemplín Michalovce MFK Zemplín Michalovce () is a Slovakia, Slovak professional football (soccer), football team based in the town of Michalovce, that competes in the Slovak First Football League, the top tier in the Football in Slovakia#System, Slovakian league ...

and

FC Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. The club competes in Slovak First Football League, the top flight in the Football in Slovakia#System, Slovak league system, hav ...

. ''1. FC Tatran Prešov'' supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of the Polish side JKS Czarni 1910 Jasło.

Sponsorship

Club partners

source *DÚHA *Ekofin

Current squad

''Updated 15 July 2025.'' ''For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2025.''

Out on loan

Reserve team

1. FC Tatran Prešov juniori was the reserve team of 1. FC Tatran Prešov. They mostly played in the Slovak 3. Liga (Eastern division).

Current technical staff

:''Updated 2 June 2025''

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Tatran. ''For full list, see :1. FC Tatran Prešov players''

Notable fan

* Milan Timoš (1948–2012Skonal obdivuhodný fanúšik Tatrana
09.02.2012, korzar.sme.sk)

Notable managers

* František Pethe (1898–04) * Iszer Károly (sept 1898) * Bohumil Peťura (1940–41) * Július Grobár (1941–42) * Jozef Kuchár (1942–43) * Július Grobár (1943) * Vojtech Herdický (1943) * Ferenc Szedlacsek (1950) * Jozef Karel (1951–57) * Jozef Steiner (1957–59) *

Gejza Šimanský Gejza Šimanský (born 29 August 1924 in Sečovce, died 19 June 2007) was a former Slovak footballer who played for ŠK Slovan Bratislava and FC Tatran Prešov during the 1940s and 1950s. Club career Šimanský made 212 appearances and scor ...

(1959) * Štefan Jačianský (1960–61) * Jozef Kuchár (1961–62) * Gejza Sabanoš (1962–64) * Jozef Karel (1964–65) * Jozef Steiner (1965–66) * Jozef Karel (1966) * Teodor Reimann (1967–68) * Jozef Karel (1968–72) * Milan Moravec (1972–74) *

(1974) * Jozef Tarcala (1975) * Štefan Jačianský (1976–78) * Belo Malaga (1978–79) * Michal Baránek (1979) * Štefan Hojsík (1979–81) *

Ján Zachar Ján Zachar (born 1 December 1936) is a Slovak football coach and former player. He coached among others ŠK Slovan Bratislava and MFK Košice. He coached VP Frýdek-Místek, Tatran Prešov, 1. FC Brno, Sparta Prague, Slovan Bratislava and ...

(1981–82) * Valér Švec (1982–84) * Jozef Jarabinský (1984–85) * Justin Javorek (1985–86) * Peter Majer (1986–87) * Juraj Mihalčín (1987–88) * Albert Rusnák (1988) * Štefan Nadzam (1989–93) * Igor Novák (1993–94) * Belo Malaga (1994–95) * Anton Jánoš (1995–97) * Andrej Daňko (1997–98) * Jozef Adamec (1998–99) * Mikuláš Komanický (1999–01) *

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(2001–02) * Vladimír Gombár (2002) * Ján Molka (2002) * Vladimír Gombár (2002–04) * Karol Kisel (2004) * Mikuláš Komanický (2004–05) *

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(Jan 2006–July 6) * Ján Karaffa (July 2006) * Jozef Daňko (Aug 2006) * Peter Polák (Aug 2006–Feb 07) * Roman Pivarník (Feb 2007–Aug 10) * Ladislav Pecko (Sept 2010–June 11) *

Štefan Tarkovič Štefan Tarkovič (born 18 February 1973) is a Slovak football manager and a former player. He currently manages Kyrgyzstan. Previously, he headed the national team of Slovakia as well as various Slovak clubs such as Žilina, Tatran Prešov an ...

(July 2011–Jan 12) *

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(Jan 2012–June 12) * Angel Chervenkov (July 2012–Nov 12) * Ladislav Totkovič (Nov 2012–April 13) *

Jozef Bubenko Jozef Bubenko (born 21 March 1951) is a Slovak football coach who last managed for Zemplín Michalovce. He played for Tatran Prešov and Dukla Banská Bystrica. He coached teams Tatran Prešov (1988–92), JAS BArdejov (1992–96), Int ...

(April 2013–May 13) * Jozef Kostelník (June 2013-May 14) *

Stanislav Varga Stanislav Varga (born 8 October 1972) is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš. Club career Sunderland Varga, a tall and commanding centre-back, was recruited ...

(July 2014-Oct 14, 2016) * Ján Karaffa (carateker) (Oct 2016) * Miroslav Jantek (Nov 2016-Sept 2017) * Pavol Mlynár (Sept 2017-Oct 2017) (interim) *

(Oct 2017-Jan 2018) * Anton Mišovec (Jan 2018-Apr 2019) * Jaroslav Galko (April 2019-June 2019) *

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(July 2019-July 2021) *

Stanislav Šesták Stanislav Šesták (; born 16 December 1982) is a retired Slovak football striker, manager, as well as a club official and a local politician. Šesták last managed Slovakia's oldest club Tatran Prešov in 3. Liga - East. Club career Slovak ...

(July 2021-June 2022) * Róbert Petruš (July 2021-June 2022) *

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(June 2022-June 2023) *

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(June 2023-September 2023) *

(Sep 2023 – March 2025) * Jaroslav Hynek (March 2025 - present)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1. Fc Tatran Presov Presov, Tatran Sport in Prešov Association football clubs established in 1898 Presov, Tatran 1898 establishments in Austria-Hungary